Jane Dryden
@janedryden.bsky.social
Philosophy prof in a tiny town in New Brunswick. Intellectual magpie writing about vulnerability, autonomy, disability, feminist philosophy, German idealism, gut microbiome, neurodiversity. she/her.
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Jane Dryden
@janedryden.bsky.social
· Aug 10
My cat Mo is on guard and ready to defend us from ghosts.
to the tune of “See You In September” — “grading... with a migraine….”
the last push of the semester.
the last push of the semester.
December 20, 2025 at 6:39 PM
to the tune of “See You In September” — “grading... with a migraine….”
the last push of the semester.
the last push of the semester.
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Calgary woman says she can't afford doctor's fee to apply for disability tax credit https://calgaryherald.com/news/calgary-woman-says-she-cant-afford-doctors-fee-to-apply-for-disability-tax-credit
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December 20, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Calgary woman says she can't afford doctor's fee to apply for disability tax credit https://calgaryherald.com/news/calgary-woman-says-she-cant-afford-doctors-fee-to-apply-for-disability-tax-credit
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I signed this. ProPublica marketed HARD on being the last journalists with integrity standing. I believed them and donated the equivalent of my subscription to the Post two years in a row. They won't see a dime from me if they don't fly right.
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Fair Contract Now for ProPublica Guild
We, the workers of ProPublica, provide our readers with deeply researched, unbiased news that holds power to account. This work is more important now than ever, but our staff can’t properly contribute...
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December 17, 2025 at 6:26 PM
I signed this. ProPublica marketed HARD on being the last journalists with integrity standing. I believed them and donated the equivalent of my subscription to the Post two years in a row. They won't see a dime from me if they don't fly right.
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Progressive Conservative joins Progressive Conservative party
Progressive Conservative joins Progressive Conservative party
OTTAWA - In a stunning move, progressive conservative MP Michael Ma crossed the floor Thursday to the progressive conservative Liberal Party, just a few weeks after similar minded progressive conserva...
www.thebeaverton.com
December 12, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Progressive Conservative joins Progressive Conservative party
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Dear all,
I am happy to share this CFA opportunity for a PhD-level student interested in working with me on the SSHRC-funded Indigenous Stories of Philosophy project. Please spread the word far and wide.
#FundedPhD #Philosophy #Academia #IndigenousPhilosophy
I am happy to share this CFA opportunity for a PhD-level student interested in working with me on the SSHRC-funded Indigenous Stories of Philosophy project. Please spread the word far and wide.
#FundedPhD #Philosophy #Academia #IndigenousPhilosophy
December 10, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Dear all,
I am happy to share this CFA opportunity for a PhD-level student interested in working with me on the SSHRC-funded Indigenous Stories of Philosophy project. Please spread the word far and wide.
#FundedPhD #Philosophy #Academia #IndigenousPhilosophy
I am happy to share this CFA opportunity for a PhD-level student interested in working with me on the SSHRC-funded Indigenous Stories of Philosophy project. Please spread the word far and wide.
#FundedPhD #Philosophy #Academia #IndigenousPhilosophy
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Palantir's new neurodivergent fellowship is in fact bad because neurodivergent people participating in technofascism will not save us. Latest for @motherjones.com www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The problem with Palantir's new neurodivergent fellowship
Critics have accused the company of being technofascist.
www.motherjones.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Palantir's new neurodivergent fellowship is in fact bad because neurodivergent people participating in technofascism will not save us. Latest for @motherjones.com www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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like i have been saying, if you have ADHD you should be standing with trans people on their medical rights for basic moral and solidarity reasons but also the practical reason that you can fight at their barricade or you can fight at ours but it's the same fight
then, the transphobes , feeling victorious at how many people they have made unhappy and despairing in the previous week, move on to anything else that has a spectrum and the possibility of more colours than they can conceive - such hateful people - they cannot understand anything that is not THEM
December 7, 2025 at 7:40 PM
like i have been saying, if you have ADHD you should be standing with trans people on their medical rights for basic moral and solidarity reasons but also the practical reason that you can fight at their barricade or you can fight at ours but it's the same fight
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Sadly, this appears to be AI. There are some tells throughout (hands disappearing, the people in the background staring like collective zombies, some weird configurations on the walls) but overall, this looks pretty real -- it's getting harder to tell what's real and what's not. Which ain't great.
December 6, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Sadly, this appears to be AI. There are some tells throughout (hands disappearing, the people in the background staring like collective zombies, some weird configurations on the walls) but overall, this looks pretty real -- it's getting harder to tell what's real and what's not. Which ain't great.
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The Girl Guides of Canada say: Be prepared to protect trans rights.
December 4, 2025 at 7:53 PM
The Girl Guides of Canada say: Be prepared to protect trans rights.
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‘Unprecedented’: #Canada’s new border bills pave the way for American law enforcement overreach
Human rights advocates warn that new legislation could erode protections and expose Canadians to U.S. investigations and surveillance.
New from @opheliedm.bsky.social:
ricochet.media/internationa...
Human rights advocates warn that new legislation could erode protections and expose Canadians to U.S. investigations and surveillance.
New from @opheliedm.bsky.social:
ricochet.media/internationa...
‘Unprecedented’: Canada’s new border bills pave the way for American law enforcement overreach
Human rights advocates warn that new legislation could erode constitutional protections and expose Canadian marginalized communities and dissidents to U.S. investigations, surveillance and political r...
ricochet.media
December 3, 2025 at 4:58 PM
‘Unprecedented’: #Canada’s new border bills pave the way for American law enforcement overreach
Human rights advocates warn that new legislation could erode protections and expose Canadians to U.S. investigations and surveillance.
New from @opheliedm.bsky.social:
ricochet.media/internationa...
Human rights advocates warn that new legislation could erode protections and expose Canadians to U.S. investigations and surveillance.
New from @opheliedm.bsky.social:
ricochet.media/internationa...
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In a new publication, Órla Murray, IMH Honorary Fellow, reflects on her diagnosis of ulcerative colitis in the context of a feminist queer crip approach.
Read our news article and the access the full article here:
medhumsplatform.org/crip-guts-st...
Read our news article and the access the full article here:
medhumsplatform.org/crip-guts-st...
Crip guts, stomas, and the violence of ‘returning to normal’
In a new publication, Órla Murray, IMH Honorary Fellow, reflects on her diagnosis of ulcerative colitis in the context of a feminist queer crip approach.
medhumsplatform.org
December 3, 2025 at 3:29 PM
In a new publication, Órla Murray, IMH Honorary Fellow, reflects on her diagnosis of ulcerative colitis in the context of a feminist queer crip approach.
Read our news article and the access the full article here:
medhumsplatform.org/crip-guts-st...
Read our news article and the access the full article here:
medhumsplatform.org/crip-guts-st...
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We need to know who is vulnerable among us and how we can protect them so they can continue to do their work with integrity.
This is not a "grading essays on controversial topics" problem.
This is a "protecting our colleagues from bad actors" problem.
This is not a "grading essays on controversial topics" problem.
This is a "protecting our colleagues from bad actors" problem.
December 1, 2025 at 8:28 PM
We need to know who is vulnerable among us and how we can protect them so they can continue to do their work with integrity.
This is not a "grading essays on controversial topics" problem.
This is a "protecting our colleagues from bad actors" problem.
This is not a "grading essays on controversial topics" problem.
This is a "protecting our colleagues from bad actors" problem.
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This is just my opinion, but I don't think departments need to change their strategy for reading or grading student work.
Departments need a strategy for responding to harassment and attacks.
Departments need a strategy for responding to harassment and attacks.
December 1, 2025 at 8:23 PM
This is just my opinion, but I don't think departments need to change their strategy for reading or grading student work.
Departments need a strategy for responding to harassment and attacks.
Departments need a strategy for responding to harassment and attacks.
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For my newsletter, I wrote about that college essay scandal that's gone viral and what everyone is seeming to miss:
It's about ATTACKING TRANS PEOPLE!!!
www.burnsnotice.com/that-viral-e...
It's about ATTACKING TRANS PEOPLE!!!
www.burnsnotice.com/that-viral-e...
That Viral Essay Scandal is (SURPRISE!) Actually About Trans People
A shoddy Oklahoma University essay went viral. Cis people think this is about conservatives whining for better grades. Trans people see a planned attack on a trans academic.
(Note for free subscriber...
www.burnsnotice.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:18 PM
For my newsletter, I wrote about that college essay scandal that's gone viral and what everyone is seeming to miss:
It's about ATTACKING TRANS PEOPLE!!!
www.burnsnotice.com/that-viral-e...
It's about ATTACKING TRANS PEOPLE!!!
www.burnsnotice.com/that-viral-e...
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Here’s a novel idea: what if we discussed how to support the TA while she’s going through this. How do we help an academic worker who is being institutionally thrown under the bus and actively harassed for doing her job because of who she is?
December 1, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Here’s a novel idea: what if we discussed how to support the TA while she’s going through this. How do we help an academic worker who is being institutionally thrown under the bus and actively harassed for doing her job because of who she is?
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The academic discourse today is like “would the trans TA not have been institutionally murdered if she had given 5 points out of 25 instead of 0 points out of 25”
December 1, 2025 at 9:01 PM
The academic discourse today is like “would the trans TA not have been institutionally murdered if she had given 5 points out of 25 instead of 0 points out of 25”
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Great to see some provinces understanding the importance of investing in 2SLGBTQI+ inclusive health care
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
N.L. commits to bettering transgender health-care effort, minister says | CBC News
Newfoundland and Labrador's new health minister used one of her first interviews to commit to improving inclusive and accessible health care for the province's transgender and LGBTQ+ population.
www.cbc.ca
November 28, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Great to see some provinces understanding the importance of investing in 2SLGBTQI+ inclusive health care
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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A debt of gratitude owed to @anhedoniaoakley.bsky.social for bringing this issue to public attention.
There are so many bad decisions made by the federal govt around Canadian Disability Benefit and they keep compounding rather than solving them.
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
There are so many bad decisions made by the federal govt around Canadian Disability Benefit and they keep compounding rather than solving them.
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
Woman seeking Canada Disability Benefit frustrated after being sent to costly AI-integrated service
When Vancouver Island resident Iris Parker began applying for the Canada Disability Benefit, she didn’t expect to face steep up-front costs—particularly to have AI-integrated software fill out one of ...
www.ctvnews.ca
November 28, 2025 at 12:47 AM
A debt of gratitude owed to @anhedoniaoakley.bsky.social for bringing this issue to public attention.
There are so many bad decisions made by the federal govt around Canadian Disability Benefit and they keep compounding rather than solving them.
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
There are so many bad decisions made by the federal govt around Canadian Disability Benefit and they keep compounding rather than solving them.
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
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BREAKING: Pipelines only bad when Conservatives do it
November 25, 2025 at 2:31 PM
BREAKING: Pipelines only bad when Conservatives do it
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1802) Transwrongsbot. Listen, validation and love is all very well, but at some point things get bad enough that action is required as a matter of simple survival. It's time to protect trans rights by doing some trans wrongs.
January 21, 2025 at 2:06 PM
1802) Transwrongsbot. Listen, validation and love is all very well, but at some point things get bad enough that action is required as a matter of simple survival. It's time to protect trans rights by doing some trans wrongs.
me: I have never once in my life managed to meet self-imposed internal deadlines for myself.
also me: (spends 45 minutes making a set of self-imposed internal deadlines for thing in lieu of actually doing any writing)
also me: (spends 45 minutes making a set of self-imposed internal deadlines for thing in lieu of actually doing any writing)
November 17, 2025 at 1:29 PM
me: I have never once in my life managed to meet self-imposed internal deadlines for myself.
also me: (spends 45 minutes making a set of self-imposed internal deadlines for thing in lieu of actually doing any writing)
also me: (spends 45 minutes making a set of self-imposed internal deadlines for thing in lieu of actually doing any writing)
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I know no media is covering the Canada Student Grant cuts, but it's real and it's going to cost several hundred thousand students about $1200 this year. Here's the explainer.
The Canada Student Grant Cut | HESA
Somewhat remarkably, no media have picked up the story that the Canada Student Grants were slashed in last week’s budget. Possibly, this is because the government did not issue a press release saying ...
higheredstrategy.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I know no media is covering the Canada Student Grant cuts, but it's real and it's going to cost several hundred thousand students about $1200 this year. Here's the explainer.
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There is not only "no crying in baseball", there is only crying in baseball.
November 2, 2025 at 3:30 AM
There is not only "no crying in baseball", there is only crying in baseball.
nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
November 2, 2025 at 4:06 AM
nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo