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Luc Cousineau
@luccousineau.bsky.social
Co-Director of research and founder @ Canadian Institute for Far-Right Studies (www.cifrs.org). Faculty of Health and Human Performance @ Dalhousie.
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Have you told a weird bigot they are being a weird bigot today?
I'm in Westminster Abbey and someone is just blasting speed on the organ.
It's rad.
January 29, 2026 at 9:56 AM
I just got a review request from a journal...lol.

I hope being ignored is what that editor wanted for their holiday of choice.
December 25, 2025 at 3:21 PM
How come we can have bread price fixing class action lawsuits in Canada but its just, like, fine that gas prices fluctuate wildly and in a coordinated way between all sellers in an area and that is somehow fine?
WTF is that?
December 25, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Anybody else have a sealed copy of the board game pandemic that you got for Christmas in 2019 and will likely never open because #trauma?

Just me?
December 17, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Good news everyone, a book I'm in just got published!

Do I have access to the finished product at this time? No.
Can I share my chapter with you yet? No.
Am I going to receive a print version of the book I contributed to without compensation? No.

Is academic publishing completely fucked? Yes.
December 9, 2025 at 4:38 PM
It is completely unacceptable to contribute to a book and not even get a paper copy of that book.
This isn't ok.
Stop writing for these companies and stop asking your friends to write on your projects if they aren't getting a book.
I was told "request a desk copy".

#AcademicExploitation
#BadFriend
November 25, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Want to catch a recording of the debate I did at @ubcokanagan.bsky.social on whether there is a crisis in masculinity?
You're in luck!
You can listen to the audio on YouTube (www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VyS...) or SoundCloud (soundcloud.com/ubcokanagan/...).

It was a good night with interesting folks
UBC Okanagan Debates: Masculinity in Crisis
Across schools, workplaces and communities, boys and young men are struggling—facing higher dropout rates, deeper isolation and rising vulnerability to radicalization. Debates about masculinity are…
www.youtube.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Hey Folks, check out this new 2SLGBTQIA+ Support Guide: Nova Scotia & Canada (buff.ly/w52nvto) published by @SMUarts.bsky.social and @cifrs.org using work from our Countering Anti-2SLGBTQIA+ Misinformation in Rural Canada project.
This guide aims to promote awareness, reduce barriers, and support.
2SLGBTQIA+ Support Guide: Nova Scotia & Canada
This 2SLGBTQIA+ Support Guide is part of a series of outputs from the project “Countering Anti-2SLGBTQIA+ Misinformation in Rural Canada: Investigating How Older Canadians Interact with the Anti-SOGI Movement in Alberta, British Columbia, and Nova Scotia.” The project is a partnership between the Canadian Institute for Far-Right Studies and the Department of Political Science and Global Development Studies at Saint Mary’s University. The guide provides accurate and up-to-date information about initiatives, programs, and services available in Nova Scotia and across Canada. It includes resources related to gender-affirming and inclusive healthcare, mental health, and counselling supports, as well as a substantial section on community and culture that highlights community-based organizations and groups. Additionally, it lists crisis-intervention services and other forms of assistance that promote the safety, inclusion, and overall well-being of 2SLGBTQIA+ persons. By bringing these resources together in one place, this guide aims to promote awareness, reduce barriers to access, and support the 2SLGBTQIA+ community—not only in moments of crisis, but also by nurturing connection and promoting solidarity.
buff.ly
November 10, 2025 at 8:45 PM
It is new publication day. YEAH!

You can check my our new chapter - Sex, Gender, Sexuality and the Outdoor Leisure Body - from the book Inclusion and Equity in Outdoor Leisure: Whose Body Belongs? (www.cabidigitallibrary.org/doi/book/10....)
Also starring Drs. Carr & Baker.

Reach out for a copy.
Inclusion and Equity in Outdoor Leisure | CABI Books
Bookshop
www.cabidigitallibrary.org
November 10, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I'm editing a special issue of World Leisure Journal with my friend Dr. Paulo Ravecca.
Our friends at CANSES have posted the call for us (buff.ly/C7oHcif) and you can also find the call here (buff.ly/rDeeFkM).
Check out the cool format we are using where we are calling for interdisciplinary teams!
Submit a Manuscript - CANSES
Submit a manuscript to the World Leisure Journal for a special issue on Leisure and the Far Right: Critical Interdisciplinary Interventions.
canses.ca
November 7, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Reposted by Luc Cousineau
They’ve started running Dick Cheney through the Charlie Kirk sanitation machine.

The man pushed false WMD claims, justified torture, and expanded unchecked executive power after 9/11. He showed zero remorse for the hundreds of thousands who died in Iraq.

Like… stop it.
November 4, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Why are we so committed to the #enshitification of EVERYTHING?

The Halifax airport has made the super decision to remove all the tables that you can sit at like a human being and actually do something productive because....

No reason?

It isn't even like they replaced them. Just empty space. WTF?
October 31, 2025 at 11:45 PM
I can tell you right now, opening a box of Triscuits and finding out that there is no salt on them is...truly...terrible.

I feel sad.
October 31, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Reposted by Luc Cousineau
It's new article day! So excited that this piece with @luccousineau.bsky.social and @iamryanhopkins.bsky.social is out in the world. In it we work through our experiences studying the far-right & propose some ways universities can better support students.

journals.library.brocku.ca/index.php/SS...
Scholar and Student Wellness while Confronting Violence and Ignorance: Can we Trust our Institutions when we are Targeted? | Studies in Social Justice
journals.library.brocku.ca
October 29, 2025 at 11:44 PM
If you are interested, you can catch me as the call-in guest on Maritime Noon (www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...) with CBC Radio tomorrow at noon Atlantic - www.cbc.ca/listen/live-....
We will be talking about online misogyny and the real-world impacts on kids, classrooms, teachers, and all of our lives.
October 28, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Come on #McDonalds #Canada.
I don't want a paper cup. I don't care about monopoly. I just want you to give me my tea in my reusable cup so I can feel better about the world I am forced to live in...but no.
You will not.
Why don't we go back to plastic straws while we're at it because fuck turtles...
October 26, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Hey folks, check out this new call for papers in World Leisure Journal that I am co-editing with my colleague Dr. Paulo Ravecca.
Should wind up being really interesting.

Leisure and the Far Right: Critical Interdisciplinary Interventions
Leisure and the Far Right: Critical Interdisciplinary Interventions
Calling for critical, interdisciplinary research that explores how leisure and far-right ideologies shape, spread, and mold each other.
think.taylorandfrancis.com
October 20, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Oh yes, you understand that correctly. The @Dalhousie.bsky.social administration has walked itself straight into another job action through its unfair treatment of its employees.
When are we going to collectively make a statement that the problem is the leaders, not the workers?

#KeepDalStrong
October 17, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Don't let the craziness of the world let you forget about the fact that failure to create spaces where pedestrians and cyclists can be safe in cities is a moral failure of government and elected officials.

People die.

They do nothing.

It is shameful.

#Guelph #VisionZero #TrafficCalming
October 17, 2025 at 6:58 PM
You know about NSPM-7 and why it matters?
No? You should. It is a National Security order in the US that criminalizes dissent. That should matter to you.
You can read about why it matters in my new post with @CIFRS.org.

Know about NSPM-7? Read the blog anyway.

www.cifrs.org/post/what-is...
What is NSPM-7 and why it matters
This post covers the basics of the new US Security Directive NSPM-7 and why knowing about this matters to us at CIFRS and should absolutely matter to you as a Canadian. This is serious stuff that you…
www.cifrs.org
October 16, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Well, just gonna put this pre-made lasagne into the oven to cook and...HOLY SHIT! 32 MINUTES IN THE MICROWAVE?!

That is how we got the ninja turtles in an alternate timeline. I'm sure of it.
October 16, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Just gonna leave this here for the @dalhousie.bsky.social admin as a reminder of how they might better think about their current situation and jobs.
No Dal without @dalfaculty.bsky.social and we will bring the school forward.
#KeepDalStrong
October 11, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Today I am attending the GEO Nova Scotia Forum (geonovascotia.ca) on #DigitalInclusion.
Just heard the #NovaScotia Minister of Cyber Security and Digital Solutions announce that this week is now "Digital Inclusion Week in Nova Scotia".
This is, and I can't stress enough, a nothingburger. No action.
GEO Nova Scotia – GEO Nova Scotia
geonovascotia.ca
October 8, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Reposted by Luc Cousineau
"Faith in the AI boom has recently been rattled by research from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which showed that 95% of organisations are getting zero return from their investments in generative AI"

Maybe this is why we need journalism and analysis rather than "faith" in tech oligarchs
October 8, 2025 at 12:07 PM