Lucy Pick @lucykpick.bsky.social · 13hHmm. I see him saying he wants to end the tariff war, not end the tariffs. 100
Reposted by Lucy PickSara McDougall @sarannmcd.bsky.social · 18hNYC friends this is happening next Tuesday! Join this discussion about survivors and resilience then and now @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social @bam-bio-mem.bsky.social #skystorians #medievalsky #RAINN 01810
Reposted by Lucy PickPete Fraser @petefrasermusic.bsky.social · 20hThis is incredibly important. I feel deeply that curbing sexual violence will come from raising social expectations of men, not from ‘educating’ them. I fear this is an unpopular view, because people are afraid to face up to the scale of the issue. 14890267
Lucy Pick @lucykpick.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I’ve heard it attributed to one talk radio station, call letters CHOI, that broadcasts in the QC area. 000
Lucy Pick @lucykpick.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I don’t see realignment. I see people who were angry at Biden about the economy now angry with Trump about the economy. 120
Lucy Pick @lucykpick.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I live in shsa and the qs mna has been a complete non-entity. I had to google who it was when the writ dropped. I expect he’ll win but he doesn’t deserve it. 120
Lucy Pick @lucykpick.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Here’s another article on UChicago move towards a whiter, more male student body: chicagomaroon.com/53303/news/u...chicagomaroon.comUChicago Enrolled More Male, Fewer Black Undergraduates Last YearThe 2025–26 Common Data Set, which the University released last week, also showed continued growth in transfer-student applications and enrollment. 000
Lucy Pick @lucykpick.bsky.social · 05/10/2026UChicago drastically cuts the number of women and Black students admitted to the College over the last several years. The new American “meritocracy.”https://chicagomaroon.com/53804/viewpoints/op-ed/creating-a-manosphere-at-the-university-of-chicago/chicagomaroon.comCreating a Manosphere at the University of ChicagoWhy does the University of Chicago reject so many women? 111
Reposted by Lucy PickCatherine🇨🇦📚🎸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ @buca.bsky.social · 04/10/2026FFS 🤦🏻♀️ “Gov DeSantis railed against property taxes, which fund local govts & the services they provide- police, fire, EMS, equating them to a form of modern-day feudalism where homeowners must "pony up money to the govt just for the courtesy of using your own property." www.cbc.ca/news/world/f...cbc.caFlorida weighs ditching property taxes and sticking Canadians with the bill | CBC NewsFlorida voters are weighing whether to scrap residential property taxes and the state's governor has a solution to that potentially huge revenue loss: tax Canadians more. 175
Lucy Pick @lucykpick.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Hands down no contest That’s America is the best Kids in the Hall skit. m.youtube.com/watch?v=Izj2...m.youtube.comKids In The Hall - That's AmericaYouTube video by FBIVideo1 021
Reposted by Lucy PickPatricia Tessier @patriciatessier.bsky.social · 03/10/2026St-Pierre Plamondon was scheduled to attend the meeting, according to correspondence between former U.S. consul general Robert Sanders and a Quebec public official, which The Gazette obtained. Neither the PQ nor the State Department would divulge the purpose of the meetings. 02010
Reposted by Lucy PickLurker Envoy @lurkerenvoy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Aight so he straight up lied about this then? montrealgazette.com/quebec-elect...montrealgazette.comPQ sought meeting with U.S. officials in Washington, State Department saysThe encounter was set for early March but was cancelled as the U.S. became embroiled in the Iran war. 0359
Lucy Pick @lucykpick.bsky.social · 03/10/2026And the joke is that Democrats aren’t really going to be able to do anything to make that cheaper. 010
Reposted by Lucy PickAkiva Weisinger @misfittorah.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I mean you wanna talk about a language that created an artificial sense of unity that enabled most of the colonial crimes of the past 300 years? תסתכל במראה, אנגלו 32148
Lucy Pick @lucykpick.bsky.social · 02/10/2026And you don’t speak punctuation marks when you speak — does this person think people would not pause in speech if their written language didn’t use marks? antisemitism gets more creative every day. 110
Reposted by Lucy PickGwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Things Gavin Newsom has vetoed this week: -A ban on secretly recording people with smart glasses -A ban on ICE agents working for the state government -A ban on websites selling your data -A bill giving native tribes more say over water rights -A bill protecting transgender healthcare providers 293112944104
Lucy Pick @lucykpick.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This part of the horrific story does not seem to be widely reported (And I don’t see it in the link). Isn’t allowing distressed flights to land akin to rescuing distressed ships at sea? 000
Reposted by Lucy PickMiddle East Medievalists @mideastmedieval.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Assistant or Associate Professor for the History of the Mediterranean and its Hinterlands, 500-1500 CE, University of California Berkeley aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05501aprecruit.berkeley.eduAssistant or Associate Professor – Mediterranean and its Hinterlands, 500-1500 CE - Department of HistoryUniversity of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now! 033
Lucy Pick @lucykpick.bsky.social · 30/09/2026static.klipy.comWhy Not Both Por Que No Los DosAlt: Why Not Both /Por Que No Los Dos 0150
Lucy Pick @lucykpick.bsky.social · 30/09/2026This was going to be Schmitt’s big day. He had it all planned, and he fell on his face. 2572
Lucy Pick @lucykpick.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I never liked Swallowdale — it’s the only one I think I only read once (but I should try it again) and Peter Duck was one of my favourites! 001
Lucy Pick @lucykpick.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I think if CAQ had a total collapse it would mostly benefit the PLQ because any CAQ support that would go PQ already has. 120
Reposted by Lucy PickAsheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 28/09/2026The Vanderbilt report's operating premise - that a "pre-political" scholarship existed or even could exist - is invalidated by the actual history of scholarship. asheeshksi.substack.com/p/the-vander...asheeshksi.substack.comThe Vanderbilt Report Ignores the History of ScholarshipCriticizing the distortion of scholarship by politics, the authors conveniently elide how knowledge and politics have long been intertwined. 1264
Reposted by Lucy PickAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 28/09/2026Trump on Canada: "They have been one of the worst countries in the entire world" 5881315330
Reposted by Lucy PickAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 28/09/2026Trump on Canada: "Everything we have, we don't need. And they have to treat our country with respect." 248710132
Reposted by Lucy PickMichael Lobel @mlobelart.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I've talked to a few journal editors who are concerned about similar problems re: anonymous reviewers. If a peer reviewer wants a little help & feeds your unpublished submission into an AI system, they've just shared your proprietary work & broken confidentiality. A nightmare to think about 6239134
Reposted by Lucy PickCarl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 27/09/2026Four days ago, a scientist was surprised by the news that Anthropic discovered new virus genes for making DNA. He says he’s been studying them for years—and feeding his data to Anthropic’s AI as part of his own research. Coincidence? Here’s my story. nyti.ms/3VSWaycnyti.msDid Anthropic’s A.I. Really Make a Scientific Discovery on Its Own? (Gift Article)An expert at the University of Copenhagen said his team had been sharing its research with the company’s A.I. model, Claude, and that its new finding matched their work. 882124874
Reposted by Lucy PickLa Presse @lapresse.ca · 28/09/2026lapresse.caSondage Synopsis-La Presse | La CAQ s’effondre, le PQ en zone majoritaireLa Coalition avenir Québec (CAQ) s’effondre, ce qui ouvre la voie à un gouvernement majoritaire du Parti québécois (PQ), révèle un sondage Synopsis-La Presse. 866
Lucy Pick @lucykpick.bsky.social · 27/09/2026My first book? They spelled the title wrong on the dust jacket. The only part they never showed me. 110
Reposted by Lucy PickSteve Rukavina @steverukavina.bsky.social · 26/09/2026www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caWhistleblower alleges millions of Driscoll’s berries sent to Canada with excess chemical levels | CBC NewsA whistleblower lawsuit in California is alleging millions of pounds of Driscoll's fruit containing non-compliant levels of pesticides and chemicals crossed the border into Canada, and the company tri... 1912
Lucy Pick @lucykpick.bsky.social · 26/09/2026At the end of my block this mornin. #Montreal2026 #WomensCycling #RoadWorlds #WorldChampioships 030
Lucy Pick @lucykpick.bsky.social · 26/09/2026This is why they don’t care about losing Congress. They’re not using Congress. And I don’t know what “illegal” means in this context. 051
Reposted by Lucy PickOh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The case of Canadian ICC judge Kimberly Prost being debanked by the United States — having her credit cards and online accounts frozen — shows why Canada, Europe, and others need to develop their own financial systems outside of US control.cbc.caANALYSIS | As Canada deepens ties with Europe, could it leave U.S. banks and dollars behind? | CBC NewsPrime Minister Mark Carney last week pointed to international payments as a system that "can be used as leverage against you" before telling the EU that he sees this as an area for "deep co-operation.... 213832
Reposted by Lucy PickWilliam B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 25/09/2026It’s all stupid and silly until it isn’t. 312711
Reposted by Lucy PickIsaiah Bishop @isaiahbishop.bsky.social · 25/09/2026US once again trying to fuck with usjournaldemontreal.comIngérence étrangère: Ottawa a averti Québec d’une possible tentative américaine d’influencer le voteLa Coalition Avenir Québec a été rencontré par les services secrets canadiens 618145
Reposted by Lucy PickDefence Scheme Enjoyer 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱🇲🇽🇵🇸 @maxp94.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Hopefully this is Eastern Canada’s ‘oh shit’ moment in a way that this exact news in Alberta apparently wasn’t.montreal.citynews.caPossible foreign interference: Christine Fréchette “very concerned”Premier Christine Fréchette says she is “very concerned” about possible foreign interference in the Quebec elections. “Serious information regarding possible risks of foreign interference in the Quebe... 23710
Lucy Pick @lucykpick.bsky.social · 25/09/2026New York Magazine is now owned by James Murdoch, yes that family, and that explains this mess, and the Traister nonsense the other day. They’re selling something. 000
Lucy Pick @lucykpick.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Maybe Bluesky needs to do a poll of “the 38 least influential people on Bluesky.” Barker is a solid contender. 000
Lucy Pick @lucykpick.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I mean, it’s called the Corporation of the Seven Wardens. That’s a fantasy novel right there. 040
Reposted by Lucy PickProPublica @propublica.org · 25/09/2026Two months after the CEO of defense contractor Navatek used a shell company to send $150,000 to the Susan Collins super PAC, the senator committed to getting Navatek $32 million in naval contracts, according to company emails.propublica.orgThe FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the WayAfter the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini... 27875337