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Candida Rifkind
@crifkind.bsky.social
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Professor of comic books & Canadian Literature at University of Winnipeg. Writing about refugee & migrant comics, architectural imagination in comics, Canadian auto/bio.
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NEW: No Arms In The Arts launches boycott of the Scotiabank Photo Award.

70 artists, curators and photographers, including many past winners and nominees, are withdrawing their work ahead of the 2025 nominations.

boycottphotoaward.org
November 10, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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whenisbirths.bsky.social
Keep thinking of when Disney tried to sue the BBC when Alexei Sayle’s Stuff parodied Snow White and the BBC legal person was heard to say, ‘Fuck Disney, we’re the BBC.’
November 10, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social
This is fucking brilliant, and you should read it: lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
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November 8, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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artnau.bsky.social
Taking the Cats for a Ride, Central Park, New York, March 20, 1976 by Barbara Alper www.instagram.com/balper_nyc/
November 8, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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rahaeli.bsky.social
Excuse me, @theguardian.com, I'd like to report an error in your headline; this should read "James D Watson, who co-discovered Rosalind Franklin's notebook showing her discovery of DNA's twisted-ladder structure, dies aged 97"

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
James D Watson, who co-discovered DNA’s twisted-ladder structure, dies aged 97
Nobel prize winner shaped medicine, crimefighting and genealogy, but later years marred by racist remarks
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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elishadacey.bsky.social
The most important part of today's #federalbudget2025: Canada joining Eurovision!
Budget 2025 proposes to provide $150 million in 2025-26 for CBC/RadioCanada to strengthen its mandate to serve the public and to better reflect the needs of Canadians. The government will explore modernising CBC/Radio-Canada’s mandate to strengthen independence, and is working with CBC/Radio Canada to explore participation in Eurovision.
November 4, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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leximcmenamin.com
thank you for the outpouring of support!

those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.
Donate to Help Laid-Off Teen Vogue Staffers Recover, organized by Lexi McMenamin
More than half the team at Teen Vogue was laid off this week by our parent co… Lexi McMenamin needs your support for Help Laid-Off Teen Vogue Staffers Recover
www.gofundme.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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ianmosby.bsky.social
You would barely notice looking at most of its major media outlets, but there is no longer any question that America is now governed by an official policy of white supremacy.
reichlinmelnick.bsky.social Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 11d
NEW: Trump has announced that the US will admit the lowest level of refugees ever at 7,500 in FY 2026. The US will only be admitting as refugees White people from South Africa and "victims of illegal or unjust discrimination," which leaked memos suggest means far-right Europeans.
T H E W H I T E H OU S E W A S H I N G T O N S e p t e m b e r 3 0 , 2 0 2 5 P r e s i d e n t i a l D e t e r m i n a t i o n N o . _ _ _ _ _ _ 2 0 2 5 - 1 3 _ _ _ _ _ MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE THE SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SUBJECT: Presidential Determination on Refugee Admissions for Fiscal Year 2026 By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, in accordance with section 207 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1157), and after appropriate consultations with the Congress, I hereby make the following determinations and authorize the following actions: The admissions of up to 7,500 refugees to the United States during Fiscal Year 2026 is justified by humanitarian concerns or is otherwise in the national interest. The admissions numbers shall primarily be allocated among Afrikaners from South Africa pursuant to Executive Order 14204, and other victims of illegal or unjust discrimination in their respective homelands. Refugee admissions under this determination, which may reach but not exceed the numerical limit described herein, are in all respects subject to the requirements of other Presidential policies and actions, whether issued prior or subsequent to this determination. Those Presidential policies and actions include, but are not limited to: Executive Order 14161, which mandates that refugees receive the most stringent identification verification of any class of alien seeking admission or entry to the United States; Executive Order 14163, which suspends the entry into the United States of refugees other than when the Secretaries of State and Homeland Security jointly determine that an admission is in the national interest and does not threaten the security or welfare of the United States; Executive Order 14204, which provides for refugee resettlement of Afrikaners from South Africa who are victims of unjust racial discrimination; and …
October 30, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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drdomdavies.bsky.social
Excited for this hybrid launch of Graphic Refuge with my co-author @crifkind.bsky.social and colleague @ernestopriego. Join us on 19 Nov for a discussion of the way comics intervene in our anti-migrant visual culture with relations of refuge. And some beautiful pictures of some beautiful comics!
October 27, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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ernestopriego.com
Co-authored by @drdomdavies.bsky.social and @crifkind.bsky.social, Graphic Refuge (@wlupress.bsky.social 2025) explores graphic narratives about a range of refugee experiences. You're invited to a panel event to celebrate the book: www.hcid.city/news/graphic...
Graphic Refuge Panel Event - 19th November
You are invited to the Graphic Refuge panel event with Dr. Dominic Davies and Dr Candida Rifkind
www.hcid.city
October 23, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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costasamaras.com
If you're teaching in a classroom and you use the chalkboard/whiteboard, you erase that board after class before you leave
zachweinersmith.bsky.social Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 25d
Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?
October 18, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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ernestopriego.com
Looking forward to participating in MCCI's Connect: Graphic Refuge panel event with authors @drdomdavies.bsky.social @crifkind.bsky.social and fellow respondent Mihaela Precup www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-eve... (19 November 2025 5pm) #ComicsStudies
MCCI's Connect: Graphic Refuge panel event | City St George's, University of London
Graphic Refuge is the first in-depth study of comics about refugees, asylum seekers, migrants, and detainees by artists from the Global North and South.
www.citystgeorges.ac.uk
October 17, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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deadder.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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corruptario.bsky.social
I like Kneecap's response.
Tweet from Kneecap responding to Vince Gasparro Message to Gasparro calling him a liar and a zunt. Message to fans in Canada: we've played Canada many times but your government is made up of genocidal cunts, sorry.
September 19, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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caitbeaumont.bsky.social
Nice one @theguardian.com front page & Carol Ann Duffy ❤️. 
September 18, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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ianmosby.bsky.social
If you are still on the garbage website Academia dot edu, delete that account asap
nposegay.bsky.social Dr. Nick Posegay @nposegay.bsky.social · Sep 17
I'm sorry, worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable permission to my voice and likeness? For what now? In any manner for any purpose???

This is in academia/.edu's new ToS, which you're prompted to agree to on login. Anyway I'll be jumping ship. You can find my stuff at hcommons.org.
By creating an Account with Academia.edu, you grant us a worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable license, permission, and consent for Academia.edu to use your Member Content and your personal information (including, but not limited to, your name, voice, signature, photograph, likeness, city, institutional affiliations, citations, mentions, publications, and areas of interest) in any manner, including for the purpose of advertising, selling, or soliciting the use or purchase of Academia.edu's Services.
September 17, 2025 at 10:47 PM
crifkind.bsky.social
Thanks @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social for inviting me and @drdomdavies.bsky.social to talk about our new co-authored book exploring how comics can document & disrupt dominant images of war & forced displacement @wlupress.bsky.social newbooksnetwork.com/graphic-refuge
Dominic Davies and Candida Rifkind, "Graphic Refuge: Visuality and Mobility in Refugee Comics" (Wilfrid Laurier UP, 2025) - New Books Network
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September 17, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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boxbrown.bsky.social
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The History of Marc Maron’s ‘WTF’ Podcast Will Be Preserved in a Very Unconventional Way
Marc Maron's 'WTF' podcast history will be told in the form of a graphic novel.
www.billboard.com
August 29, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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comicsbeat.bsky.social
Marc Maron and Box Brown declare WTF IS A PODCAST

www.comicsbeat.com/wtf-ogn/
Marc Maron and Box Brown declare WTF IS A PODCAST
Z2 will release the book by Brendan McDonald and Brian Box Brown, chronicling the history of Maron's long-running podcast, via Kickstarter.
www.comicsbeat.com
August 22, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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nrvscrcts.bsky.social
It's the most wonderful time of the year
August 22, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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nsousanis.bsky.social
My drawn statement on Ai as standalone from my now finished minicomic as syllabus for new liberal studies class! As promised this is shareable, printable - all from my site, feel free to make use of it, cite me & let me know how it’s received. Share away all here! spinweaveandcut.com/fall-2025-sy...
a snippet of a mini-comic, at top - straight line stretches from point A to B. Immediately below, same dot at A, then becomes a curving, meandering line that winds through the page and ends at a point with rays and a question mark emanating from it. Text reads: "Nothing can do this for you - that robs you of experience and conflates answers with learning. Rather, it's all the decisions you make along the way, the mistakes, struggles, and surprises! These pathways you create - this is learning. Pages from a mini comic Pages from a mini comic Pages from a mini comic
August 20, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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theguardian.com
Sally Rooney could be arrested under Terrorism Act after pledging royalties to Palestine Action
Sally Rooney could be arrested under Terrorism Act after pledging royalties to Palestine Action
The bestselling novelist promised to financially support the group proscribed as a terrorist organisation by the British government Irish novelist Sally Rooney could be arrested under the Terrorism Act after saying she intends to use proceeds from her work to support Palestine Action, which was proscribed as a terrorist organisation in the UK last month, a legal expert has warned. Meanwhile, No 10 said that supporting the group was an offence under the act, after Rooney had made her pledge. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
August 18, 2025 at 7:57 PM
crifkind.bsky.social
Show me your quick getaway vehicle
A big fluffy dog sticking its head out a bike trailer
August 10, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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Where did you get live footage of me
phdhurtbrain.bsky.social Tobias Wilson-Bates @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · Aug 6
*Academics in early August
Ralph Wiggem “I’m in danger” meme
August 6, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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lostcatdog.bsky.social
Washington Post: “Is fascism bad? The answer may surprise you”

Teen Vogue: “Here are three fun tips you can use this summer to disable an armored personnel carrier”
August 6, 2025 at 12:28 PM