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S. Laurel Weldon

@slweldon.bsky.social
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Political Scientist, Scholar of Women, Gender and Politics, Dean, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Fellow Royal Society of Canada, Distinguished Professor, Simon Fraser University

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Brendan Cantwell @cantb.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I don’t recall recall reading this before. If you like me didn’t catch it the first time around, read it now on the occasion of FIRE’s updated rankings.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Wow. New CNN poll finds 64% in Michigan say Trump's tariffs on Canada are bad for the state. Supports my argument below that Trump's disastrous trade wars are discrediting MAGA/right wing nationalist zero-sum thinking at a very profound level:
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Kevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The Contract with America was released on September 27, 1994. There's still time for Dems to do a "Square Deal"* or whatever you want to call it. Start with stock trading bans. *Yes I know that was a TR phrase, but honestly we could use some meat inspection and trust busting right about now.
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 09/09/2026
Not to brag, but our product has been foldable since 1828.
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Jenni @jennismovingcastle.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
What happens when you replace the career scientists with 20-year-olds nicknamed "big balls"
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Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Looks like at least eight US F-15 fighter jets and one A-10 were damaged in this attack.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Since becoming president again, Trump has promised: -$5000 stimulus checks via "DOGE dividend" -$2000 stimulus checks via "tariff dividend" -$1000+ checks via "savings" from expiring ACA subsidies -$5000 "dividend" if Rs win midterms No checks have been issued www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-magi...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The most corrupt regime ever. With no close 2nd.
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Steve Witkoff Earned More Than $100 Million From Entity Tied to Trump Crypto
The Trump envoy’s income surged in 2025, lifted by gains from World Liberty Financial.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 09/09/2026
NEW: Our analysis found that from 2020 to 2025, the rate of deaths involving ectopic pregnancies nearly doubled compared with the previous six-year period. The uptick was steeper in states with abortion bans.
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Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.
With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis, ...
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Sarah McBride: Being a Democratic politician who decides to speak at Trump’s midterm convention is like boarding the Titanic after it hit the iceberg.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The Troll-Masters return Wednesday 9/16 🙏 🤣
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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
🚨🚨An #artificialintelligence researcher who worked at #Anthropic — and previously #OpenAI — has resigned, saying both tech giants are "gambling with our lives." 🧵 www.politico.eu/article/anth...
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‘Gambling with our lives’: AI researcher quits Anthropic with dire warning about safety
“The people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade,” staffer says in resignation post after leaving the tech giant.
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Elizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
This second act brought to you by the nation’s top diplomat
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S. Laurel Weldon @slweldon.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Global Bond Markets Are Flashing Red www.worldpoliticsreview.com/global-bond-...
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
In a country so deeply divided, isn't it nice to have something we can ALL agree on? #ReleaseTheFiles-BeginTheTrials ⚖️
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
SHOUT-OUT to Political Cartoonist extraordinaire & Member of the Order of Canada Michael de Adder, who routinely does a far better job of holding this administration accountable than the corporate media. Thank you for your attention to his brilliant satirical wit! 🙏 (also: 🤣)
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Global Abortion Rights News @globalabortionnews.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Olivia Rodrigo raised $20 million for women's well-being with a benefit show featuring a women-led lineup. Her show raised $10 million and Melinda French Gates pledged another $10 million. Rodrigo said the festival's artists and activists give her hope despite the “regression of women's rights."
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Olivia Rodrigo's festival is uniting women and girls behind nonprofits promoting their well-being
Few superstars are better suited to bridge the gap between Gen Z and nonprofits, which have struggled to build relationships with younger donors.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 31/08/2026
While the 911 calls we obtained may be difficult to listen to, they offer a glimpse into a place reporters cannot access. And they show failures in responding to mental health and medical emergencies in a place where three people died over six weeks.
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Listen to 911 Calls From Inside an Immigration Detention Center: “We Just Need to Take Him to the Hospital”
Reporters don’t have access to Camp East Montana, one of the largest immigration detention centers in the country. Emergency calls from the Texas facility offer a glimpse of unfolding crises faced by ...
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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
🧊🚸⛓️ ”ICE just arrested a 5-year-old boy on his way to a soccer game in my home city of Austin, Texas. His name, just like the name of the little boy from Minnesota, is Liam. And Liam should be starting kindergarten this week, but instead he’s sitting in a trailer prison right now in Dilley, Texas.”
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Texas Lawmakers Call on ICE to Close Detention Camp Where 100+ Children Are Held
In Texas, calls are mounting to shut down the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, where it’s estimated more than 100 children are being detained by ICE. This comes after a 5-year-old boy,...
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Rick @rickylongthread.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Lake America
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SFU Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences @sfufass.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
As we prepare to welcome our inaugural student cohort to the SFU–Exeter Accelerated Law Program (ALP) this September, Dean @slweldon.bsky.social Weldon and key representatives from FASS recently visited the @uniexeterlawschool.bsky.social.
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SFU Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences @sfufass.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Congratulations to this year's Robert C. Brown Award winners—Aidan Gough and Mishael Abu-Samhan—awarded for their outstanding academic achievement and leadership at Simon Fraser University. www.sfu.ca/fass/news/2026/06/rcb-award-winners.html @sfu.ca @slweldon.bsky.social
On the left Aidan Gough stands in front of the legislature buildings in Victoria, BC. On the right Mishael Abu-Samhan sits with the illuminated Hungarian Parliament Building behind him.
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Scott Lincicome @scottlincicome.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
"Mapped: The Top Import Partner of Every U.S. State" www.visualcapitalist.com/mapped-the-t...
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
BREAKING: Liam Tadeo was just deported by ICE.
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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
A civilian geography professor was fired from West Point for pushing back after department officials barred faculty from teaching that humans contribute to climate change.
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West Point professor fired after pushing back on limitations to teaching climate change, lawsuit says
Adam Kalkstein pushed back after department officials barred faculty from teaching that humans contribute to climate change, the lawsuit says.
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Yayoi Kusama (1929-2026) RIP
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𝙹*𝚊𝚍𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝙼𝚊𝚐𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚎 🍏 @artmyoldfriend.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
“Lake Ontario Painting” by California artist Dmitry. (Watercolor)
“Lake Ontario Painting” by California artist Dmitry. (Watercolor)
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🦌 The Deer Whisperer 🦌 @thedeerwhisperer.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Good night, Bluesky! Niagara Falls lot up in pink in honor of Dolly Parton 📸 Niagara Falls State Park
Niagara falls in pink light
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SeniorCanadaOwnerKnitter🇨🇦🇨🇦 @ownerofcanadacb.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Beautiful Lake Ontario, Ontario Canada
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Stephanie Carvin @stephaniecarvin.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Wake up, babe. The Prime Minister just dropped “hydronym”.
The name Lake Ontario comes from the Wendat word Ontari’io, which, appropriately, means “the lake is beautiful, the lake is big”.

The name is more than 400 years old, predating both the Confederation of Canada and the Declaration of Independence of the United States of America.

We know that America is changing. Their trading relationships, their foreign policies, their national monuments, their hydronyms. 

Canadians also know that naming reality means calling it Lake Ontario – then, now and always.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
My suggestion is to cancel your subscription to any media company that refers to Lake Ontario as Lake America.
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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
I’m ok. I’m a survivor so this small agitator isn’t going to intimidate me from doing my work. I don’t let bullies win. Grateful to my incredible constituents who rallied behind me. Minnesota strong.
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Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Very important, from former @govjayinslee.bsky.social:
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Hannah BW @hbwhbwhbw.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
my grandmother, an Auschwitz survivor, was Anne Frank’s neighbor in Amsterdam, and Oma thinks this comparison is perfectly apt
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David Nir @davidnir.com · 28/01/2026
Nope. Son of Holocaust survivor. My father was 11 when the Nazis invaded his hometown in eastern Poland. He survived only by fleeing to a different city with a false baptismal certificate. The comparison is apt. Carry on.
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Chuck Schumer @schumer.senate.gov · 28/01/2026
The attack on Rep. Omar tonight was a despicable act of political violence and intimidation. I am glad Rep. Omar is OK, and I thank USCP and local police for their quick action to apprehend the suspect.
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Euronews @euronews.com · 28/01/2026
On Holocaust Remembrance Day, the victims of the Nazi regime are commemorated throughout Germany. At the same time, anti-semitism in the western European country and across the continent is rising at an alarming rate.
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Berlin honours Levi family with memorial 'stumbling stone' plaques
On Holocaust Remembrance Day, the victims of the Nazi regime are commemorated throughout Germany. At the same time, anti-semitism in the western European country and across the continent is rising at an alarming rate.
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[Christopher M. Federico] @chrispps.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
hell awaits
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Maria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Trump's relentless bullying of Ukraine presented as a "peace process" is making us sound like broken records. Like, how many times do we have to say that asking Ukraine to withdraw from its most fortified region in exchange for another useless Budapest memorandum offer is a dumb proposition?
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David Fortunato @fortunato.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
I’ve often wondered how many sitting members of Congress have actually read the Constitution that they’ve sworn to “support and defend.”
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Jamie Gangel @jamiegangel.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
www.cnn.com/2026/01/27/u...
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Exclusive: ‘Pink coat lady’ who recorded fatal encounter between federal officers and Alex Pretti speaks to Anderson Cooper | CNN
Anderson speaks with Stella Carlson, the witness who captured crucial video showing exactly what happened when Alex Pretti was shot and killed by DHS officers.
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Rapporteur @euractiv.com · 28/01/2026
Athens fears Turkish trap on Trump’s peace board
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Athens fears Turkish trap on Trump’s peace board
Trump’s business-driven approach could open the door to a political settlement in the region
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Michael Leo Owens @milophd.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
“Dr. West’s mathematics really did lay the foundation for the global positioning system to be built,” D. Sarah Stamps, a geophysicist at Virginia Tech, said in an interview. “She made the world more precise for all of us.” 🫶🏾
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Gladys West, Unsung Figure in Development of GPS, Dies at 95
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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Think you have to retire the phrase “immigration crackdown” when every major violent spectacle — at least those the news is choosing to highlight — involve US citizens screaming “Check my ID!”
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
ICE agents are stalking the streets of Minneapolis demanding that random brown people provide proof of citizenship. We good with that, America? I thought we learned this lesson back in World War II, but I guess not.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
AOC: They are sending ICE into the streets. They’re invading other countries. They are tweeting crazy shit. But what they’re not doing is lowering the price of groceries…
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Dag. @3fecta.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Harper's Letter folks are being kind of shy lately about free speech issues. Maybe they are writing an extra long letter this time.
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Diana Butler Bass @dianabutlerbass.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Lutherans when riled: And though this world, with devils filled Should threaten to undo us We will not fear, for God hath willed His truth to triumph through us The Prince of Darkness grim We tremble not for him His rage we can endure For lo, his doom is sure One little word shall fell him
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