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Thiago Krause @thiagokrause.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Call for proposals for a workshop, my people! Slavery and transimperial trade next March at William & Mary. Please spread it far and wide: I want to read your many great proposals!

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2027 Workshop Call for Proposals - Atlantic Exchanges Workshop

Atlantic Exchanges 2027 Slavery and the Commercial Machinery of Empires The Atlantic Exchanges Workshop invites proposals for its second edition, […]

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Heather M. Ross 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦 @mctoonish.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Students don't want it. Communities that are having data centres pushed on them don't want it. Canadian artists of all mediums don't want it. Those of us who care about the future of the planet don't want it. Billionaires want it. CEOs who think they can save on labour want it. Stop the hard push

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A huge, loud elk @ibewavy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Harper: HERE I COME TO CALLOUSLY SMASH WORKERS' RIGHTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS! Carney: here I come to do the same thing, but nicely.

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CUPE SCFP @cupescfp.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Le SCFP affirme que le projet de loi fédéral déposé aujourd’hui constitue une attaque directe à la Charte canadienne des droits et libertés et réclame au gouvernement fédéral de l’abandonner.

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Karen Racine @klracine.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

So very very much this. It's exhausting and I don't like feeling duped.

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Please repost! Drexel announced that it will close the Academy of Natural Sciences public museum- the oldest nat history museum in the US. There are 2 petitions to support the academy. Please sign both & come to our rally Tues. actionnetwork.org/petitions/pe... www.change.org/p/the-academ...

A poster featuring the T-Rex at the cognitive natural sciences, which says save the Academy natural sciences, museum rally in front of the academy 1900 Ben Franklin Parkway, Tuesday, September 8 10 AM. The T-Rex is saying tell Drexel keep the museum open. There’s an RSVP QR code and then the logos of Philly Science Action Skype scientist In Philly on the bottom.

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Daniel Munro @dkmunro.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I think it was @catelli.bsky.social who said that Canada Post should be directed to develop a public email system for Canada, assigning emails to all residents. Paid by taxes plus fees for premium services. Strikes me as both technically and politically feasible. Now would be a good time.

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Greg Bester 🇨🇦 @gregbester.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

My guess about Carney going forward. He is a neoliberal, so all of his policies will continue to follow his ideology. So, more tax cuts, more austerity and more privatization. Carney is who he is, especially in a crisis. If we want a different approach we will need a new PM.

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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 25/08/2026

We should be targeting pressure points, not raising costs for ourselves. Export taxes on potash, oil, electricity, now!

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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 24/08/2026

Carney doesn't deserve this credit. He was fully prepared to increase integration with a corrupt, authoritarian regime, at the behest of a Canadian business community with its head up its ass. He only balked when late terms became obviously politically unpalatable.

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Arrête Mark Carney ⚜️ @lalegault.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Chrétien in Québec angry that Carney won’t use our energy leverage, as we all should be. #polcan #cdnpoli

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Ryan @epitomeofman.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

It would be a great time to cancel Canada's contracts with Palantir and all other US tech firms. Also completely open up the market to Chinese EV's.

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Paul L. @paul9876.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

The number one thing the Canadian government could do to strength Canada is to start drafting legislation to prevent majority ownership of Canadian resources by foreign entities. ie. US corporations own 60% of Canada's oil and a significant portion of our lumber.

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Karen Racine @klracine.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Invite Juan Carlos to your class! He's great!

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Arrête Mark Carney ⚜️ @lalegault.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Freeland & Kinew & Davies got on camera, and said don’t make a bad deal for Canadians after Carney had offered Keystone & a draft copy of the other trade details had leaked. Multiple experts flipped out. Crediting Mark Carney for the aversion of a bad deal is revisionist history. #cdnpoli

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Karen Racine @klracine.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

There are few things wrong with the world today that simply being funded and staffed at full and appropriate levels would not fix.

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 13/08/2026

I feel like an issue that would connect well with voters would be doing anything at all to slow the current progression toward "absolutely everything now is a scam"

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Gregory A. Hargreaves @bordergroves.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

I went to the source, and Instructure has amended their Ai etc policy somewhat to add a kill switch at the institutional level. So the school subscribing to Canvas has the option to allow the scraping and copying above, or not. Ask your school admins to opt out. www.instructure.com/policies/art...

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Artificial Intelligence Supplement

Explore additional AI policy guidelines covering responsible use, governance, and safeguards for Instructure AI-powered tools.

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Gregory A. Hargreaves @bordergroves.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Instructure owner of Canvas LMS changed terms of use to give it free access to all content on the platform, allowing it to train Ai models and market modules based upon the IP of instructors and students. I stopped using Canvas, but students adapted to digital learning think I’m disadvantaging them.

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Dr Karen Pinder 🇨🇦 🔬 @drkarenpinder.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

All jokes aside, you can literally die on a Saturday and be replaced at work first thing Monday morning. Don't forget that as you live and prioritize your life.

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Trey Ferguson @pastortrey05.com · 09/07/2026

Good morning, beloved. Life is meant to be lived together. Pursue peace on purpose. Today is a great day to overcome evil with good.

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Karen Racine @klracine.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Shameful and, once again, not what we were led to believe we were voting for. It's like we got the Canadian politics equivalent of Seinfeld's bizarro world.

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Karen Racine @klracine.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Digital Humanities folks based in the US. Fulbright Canada has a 4 month gig to start Sept 2027 or Jan 2028, based at the Univ of Guelph in southern Ontario, 82 km from Toronto. Deadline for applications is Sept 15. Come spend a semester near me! www.fulbright.ca/programs/ame...

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Research Chairs - All Disciplines

Award 271429-CA Research Chairs - General and interdisciplinary COMPETITION OPEN Awards to be taken up in the 2027-2028 Academic Year...

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Karen Racine @klracine.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

You did so much work! I can't wait to see it in print. A toast to you!

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UGuelph History Department @uguelphhist.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Department chair @mhayday.bsky.social was one of the historians interviewed by the Globe & Mail for its extended July 3 article "Partners in Time," on the history of Canadian-American relations. The article is not paywalled, and is free to read. #cdnhist www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...

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Canada is as much a product of the American Revolution as America is

American visionaries, money and ideas have shaped Canada over centuries, whether we like it or not

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Daniel Abraham @abraham.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Physical books. You own them. They don't require updates. They don't surveil you or collect and sell your data. They are a genuinely safe hallucinogen that leaves you smarter and more empathetic and with a longer attention span the more you use them. Free from the library. What's not to like?

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Sassenach 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 @sassenach25.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Americans need to take a page out of the Albanian’s playbook. They are in the streets every day protesting Kushner & Ivanka’s resort & have pushed their construction bldings down a hill. We, just sit back & say “well what are u gonna do?” They are showing us the way; we need to get off our asses.

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Nicki Ault Studio @nicki-ault-studio.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

"When The River Was High" oil on cradled panel 22x30 inches Nicki Ault 2026 #landscapes #landscapepainting #river #originalart #rushingriver

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Karen Racine @klracine.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Every year, this thread makes me smile.

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Naheed Nenshi @naheednenshi.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

The Canada Health Act is clear: care is based on need, not on your ability to pay. The UCP's healthcare scheme is breaking that fundamental promise to Albertans and creating a system where money talks louder than medical need. youtube.com/shorts/UihB8...

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UCP's health care scheme: money talks louder than medical need

YouTube video by Naheed Nenshi

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James L Turk @jameslturk.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

The V-Dem Institute report on global democracy shows Canada's democratic decline, accelerated by the firehose of government bills undermining basic civil liberties, human rights and democratic practices-- C-5, C-4, C-15, C-12, C-14, C-9, and C-22. cfe.torontomu.ca/blog/2026/06...

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While We Watch the U.S., Canada’s Democracy Is Quietly Eroding | Centre for Free Expression

With the precipitous decline of democracy in the United States, it is all too easy to ignore that Canada’s democracy is in decline as well. We ignore the signs at our peril.

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Just a Dad 📎 @dadmakingcans.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Can we finally all agree that the argument “we should run the country like a business, and therefore elect businessmen to run it” has been a failed experiment?

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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

The Canadian mining company NovaRed is sending an appalling message by hiring Kristi Noem. This woman has no business working in Canada. Contact NovaRed to share your views on Noem. info@novaredmining.com Telephone: 1-604-805-6340 substack.com/home/post/p-...

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Kristi Noem Has No Business Working for a Canadian Company

You have to be a special kind of toxic to be kicked out of the Trump inner circle.

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Karen Racine @klracine.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Canadians, please consider signing this bill to protect and safeguard Canadians' privacy and to ensure independent oversight over surveillance powers

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much ado about muffin @muffindoin.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

choosing to believe this is an intentional rebuke to all the Tolkien dilettante tech fascists

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Karen Racine @klracine.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Canadian art has a definite aesthetic. Slow down amd enjoy some peace and plants today, friends.

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Steve Schwinghamer🇨🇦 @sschwinghamer.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

CBC covering "National AI strategy." My proposal: 1) The Canadian government will sue every company offering an LLM trained on stolen material to protect Crown Copyright and on behalf of Canadians whose work has been stolen.

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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Today is #WorldBeeDay so we made a bee out of books and now we're buzzing. 🐝

A bee made out of yellow and black books

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Monica Byrne @monicabyrne13.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

If you'd like a human-designed sticker to wear to YOUR commencement, order here:

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Stickers! | monicabyrne

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Arrête Mark Carney ⚜️ @lalegault.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Prime Minister Stephen Harper tried to introduce a bill in 2012 called C30, that was almost identical to C-22. Here is the @liberalca.bsky.social, including the current speaker of the HoC & fmr leader @bobbyrae48.bsky.social arguing AGAINST that bill. #cdnpoli @openmedia.org @iclmg-csilc.bsky.social

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Karen Racine @klracine.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

He needs to be sent packing.

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Arrête Mark Carney ⚜️ @lalegault.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

We now have a 🇨🇦 country music 🎵 protest song and associated cartoon for Bill C22. @openmedia.org #cdnpoli

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Christina Proenza-Coles @proenzacoles.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Wifredo Lam (pictured right) was a widely celebrated 20th century artist. An Afro-Cuban painter of Chinese & Congolese ancestry, a descendant of slavery, a colleague of Pablo Picasso (pictured left), Henri Matisse, & Frida Kahlo, Lam viewed his world-renowned work as “an act of decolonization.”

Black and white image of people, in the foreground Pablo Picasso is on the left, smiling with his arms crossed. On the right, Wifredo Lam is smiling and holding a cigarette and has one hand in his pocket. The photo was taken by André Villers around 1954.

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