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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

If today’s New York Times editors had been working in London in 1888, they would’ve said Jack the Ripper was “testing societal norms“ and “straining the bounds of propriety.”

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M Jay Smith @mjaysmith.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

I also feel like this is a story that could have mentioned paid maternity and paternity leave. It could have mentioned men doing more domestically (cutesy references to "helpful husbands" aside). All these women talk sunnily about their day jobs and "having it all" but just "choosing" children.

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M Jay Smith @mjaysmith.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

I love how the woman profiled also wrote a book while "focussing on her family." What?!

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M Jay Smith @mjaysmith.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

wow. our real estate agent keeps trying to convince us that having a yard like this is a good idea. i keep saying no. good thing i spent 15 years playing indoor soccer!

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Micah @rincewind.run · 17/06/2025

seen some people complaining that this is a political stunt and lemme say if this was the kind of political stunt more politicians were doing on a regular basis we wouldn't be where we are today dude is actually putting himself on the line here, fuck off with that shit

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Jen St. Denis @jenstden.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Radio-Canada's investigation was remarkable - and this goes to show that sometimes journalism is all the justice people will get. So we need to make the effort and do it right.

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Lilly Dancyger @lillydancyger.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

it's like a feud between two drakes, not a kendrick in sight

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Jonny Wakefield @jonnywakefield.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

The phrase “Bigfoot is bears” is going to be part of my mental landscape for the rest of my life

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Septimus Brown @septimusbrown.com · 02/06/2025

Happy pride month ❤️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

A sign in the background says New Hope church, God says homosexuality is in. In the foreground there are two men smiling holding the letter s that they've taken from the sign

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M Jay Smith @mjaysmith.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

today in mediclinics-on-a-monday, we are very very old, or very young & coughing, or very covered in face tattoos.

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M Jay Smith @mjaysmith.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

If you click through to the bill, you see that C-291 has received Royal Assent but doesn't come into force until 1 year has passed since Royal Assent. It received assent on Oct 10, 2024, so it will be in force (and the online materials duly consolidated with changes) on Oct 10, 2025. Glad to see!

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M Jay Smith @mjaysmith.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Also, the CC (as you no doubt know) swims along in a literal iteration which is not exactly the manifestation of its force in practice. Cf. Travis Vader.

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M Jay Smith @mjaysmith.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

I'm seeing the criticized term when I look for it on CanLii and see this iterated in the search results when I try to find updated language. What is your basis for believing it has been updated? Also, CASM is a much better term!

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M Jay Smith @mjaysmith.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

It blows that "women can be whatever type of women they want" gets turned into "therefore i won't respect someone's pronouns." :(

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M Jay Smith @mjaysmith.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

I agree! It's absolutely appalling. I *only* know of her in the context of her incredible art & her *absolutely tragic* murder. To suggest that femicide is somehow a romantic impulse slightly misguided... I guess it's honest at least? Just ick.

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M Jay Smith @mjaysmith.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

I'm not really a fan of the sport of dumping Lena Dunham, but also — wtf, the death of Ana Mendieta is not romantic in any context. How did she think this? How was it even published?

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M Jay Smith @mjaysmith.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

I do like normalizing the rejection. It's easy to feel alone!

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M Jay Smith @mjaysmith.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

This is such a bonkers, pro-police interpretation considering that most "misconduct" by police officers that would warrant criminal charges in just about any non-police circumstance is handled internally. So none of that is relevant? Right.

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M Jay Smith @mjaysmith.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

It's so boring to represent Alberta as a sea of Conservatives. Look at how many ridings have NDP/Liberals splitting the vote. Look at the percentage of popular support the NDP got in the last provincial election. We're so much more interesting & varied, as a province, that eastern media can imagine.

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M Jay Smith @mjaysmith.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

Scientists are fleeing to Canada; I hope Petrova applies for asylum there.

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M Jay Smith @mjaysmith.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

I wonder if the more effective response (which may be later) is that government agencies RUN on taxpayer's money (i.e., taxes). So why would they be taxed? What purpose would it serve?

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Adriana Guatame-García @adriguatame.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

A friend included this anti-acknowledgement section on her PhD thesis. She also added the proposition: “Systematic bullying and undermining of girls and women in STEM starts early on and is the reason why they do not stay in science and related fields.” Absurd we still need to go through this 🧪👩‍🔬

There have been people less than helpful in my journey here. I wanted to acknowledge those too, bc I know I am not unique in this experience.
No thank you to the physics study assoc that made me sing songs about how women couldn't study physics without sleeping with the professor, the day I stepped into university life. No thank you to the 5th year physics student that decided to assign me a stripper name within the first minute of meeting me in the physics coffee corner in my first year. No thank you to the technician that was responsible for onboarding me on the use of the cluster in my third year who raised his eyebrows and asked me if that meant I was some sort of computer girl. No thank you to the senior researcher that sent me utterly inappropriate texts after a conference, then proceeded to apologise months later by telling me they had not been meant for me anyway so no hard feelings remain hopefully And no thank you to him for attending every conference I've been to since. No thank you to the people who told me that it was surprising that I was doing a PhD since I was a girl. No thank you to the man who mistook me for a coffee lady at a conference, and after having to correct him two times that I did not work there, responded with you should consider it. No thank you to the researcher that asked me what I was wearing underneath my outfit during a conference. No thank you to the physicist who declared to a room full of other physicists that biologists don't know how to design an experiment. No thank you to the people who have called me scary instead of strong and intimidating instead of intelligent.
And finally, no thank you to the exec board of the TU Delft, whose knee-jerk reaction to being held up a mirror about the social safety at the university, was to sue the party holding up the mirror instead of looking at the problems they highlighted.
... You have made me feel like I do not belong in science & I cannot forgive you for that.

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M Jay Smith @mjaysmith.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

at least it's still alive & well on the Other Place, "at least" referencing a consistent stance on "consent"

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M Jay Smith @mjaysmith.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

the world* you mean the patriarchy* you mean 😭

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M Jay Smith @mjaysmith.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

it took me about zero seconds to identify that as the mcdonalds on 109 & argyll. mcdonald's is one of those bizarre cultural touchstones where traffic is so gentle (i.e. non-vehicular-homicidal-y) towards pedestrians tryna get there

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/02/2025

I miss DEI

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M Jay Smith @mjaysmith.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

um, hasn't this already happened? who is debating the other side (while pulling on reality to support their position)?

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M Jay Smith @mjaysmith.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

as someone who is not a fan of catholicism, but who respects liberation theology (yes), i'm kind of sad about the pope. the play-by-plays on the hourly news is a lot. 🥲

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M Jay Smith @mjaysmith.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Given that USAID procures condoms for $0.05 (for Gaza, Mozambique), that number, points out AJ, is ONE BILLION condoms. 😱 The more you know, eh? aljazeera.com/news/2025/1/...

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M Jay Smith @mjaysmith.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

RB & I just looked at an open house & sometimes I'm like, I don't really care about the concrete countertops (though they're nice), I just want to know the person who has such a good bookcase.

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M Jay Smith @mjaysmith.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Pre-ordered! Congrats, friend! It looks gorgeous!

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M Jay Smith @mjaysmith.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Elon Musk's mother is from the City That Rhymes With Fun?! (Sign the petition.)

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M Jay Smith @mjaysmith.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

i think you're supposed to be invested in hockey rn?

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M Jay Smith @mjaysmith.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

genuinely wondering if this will be considered anti-semitic violence

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M Jay Smith @mjaysmith.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

genuinely wondering if this will be an instance of anti-semitic violence now

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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Something something free speech

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M Jay Smith @mjaysmith.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

When I was 19 (so young!) kicking through South America, I found a mercado negro cassette copy of a Maná album & proceeded to listen to it on repeat on repeat on repeat. Listening to "Rayando el sol" just made me cry for nostalgia. www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

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Maná Thinks Their Rock Hall of Fame Nod Is 'the Start of Something Much Bigger'

Maná opens up about their 40-year career and why they dedicated their historic Rock Hall of Fame nomination to Latino immigrants in the U.S.

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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

They have no intention of giving us voting rights. Stop sane washing this nonsense, please.

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M Jay Smith @mjaysmith.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

the logo! be still, my heart!

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M Jay Smith @mjaysmith.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

oh my god the logo. be still, my heart

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M Jay Smith @mjaysmith.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Pay less in taxes? While the US is ramping up middle class taxes to pay for tax cuts for billionaires? At least we get universal healthcare out of the deal. Also, this "Governor Trudeau" stuff is so infantile. Like, we get it. You don't recognize our national autonomy.

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M Jay Smith @mjaysmith.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

looks like AI nailed the "don't trust smiling white men" aspect of true crime-slash-life, tho

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M Jay Smith @mjaysmith.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

I'm a lawyer, and there's one way to spell "judgement" that, in my principal's parlance, makes you look like a rube and there's another way to spell "judgment" that doesn't. Which is which? I don't know. Still. Don't tell me because I won't remember, but also, I want to know.

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M Jay Smith @mjaysmith.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

My guess (from someone with a legal education) would be that the text incorrectly drew conclusions of law from evidence. Witnesses and evidence are facts, not conclusions of law. Judges/juries make those. You can see "supposed" in the text, which implies to me that a review of this type has occured.

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