StephenHenighan
@stephenhenighan.bsky.social
Novelist-Short Story Writer-Translator-Journalist-Prof of Spanish American literature // www.stephenhenighan.com
For @thetls.bsky.social, I wrote about @margaretatwood.bsky.social's memoirs.
www.the-tls.com/lives/autobi...
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Margaret Atwood’s lives in memoir
Anyone who lives a long life runs through a variety of identities. In this memoir of her sixty-five years as a writer, Margaret Atwood describes a
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November 12, 2025 at 4:41 PM
For @thetls.bsky.social, I wrote about @margaretatwood.bsky.social's memoirs.
www.the-tls.com/lives/autobi...
www.the-tls.com/lives/autobi...
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Deborah Campbell on the transformation of a medical case into literature
Make a sentence work
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November 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Deborah Campbell on the transformation of a medical case into literature
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Three German universities offering post-docs for researchers "who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure. "
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
Early Career Rescue Fellowship
www.uni-konstanz.de
November 11, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Three German universities offering post-docs for researchers "who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure. "
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
Blackfeet people, deprived of US gov. food stamps, return to eating bison.
www.nytimes.com/card/2025/11...
www.nytimes.com/card/2025/11...
When Food Cuts Loomed, This Tribe Turned to Bison
In one of its largest harvests ever, the Blackfeet tribe turned to its herd to help feed its members, who rely heavily on federal food assistance.
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Blackfeet people, deprived of US gov. food stamps, return to eating bison.
www.nytimes.com/card/2025/11...
www.nytimes.com/card/2025/11...
Festeja-se hoje o 50º aniversário da independência de Angola. Um momento para admiração e reflexão.
November 11, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Festeja-se hoje o 50º aniversário da independência de Angola. Um momento para admiração e reflexão.
Risky to say that you're looking forward to *Flesh*, but *All That Man Is* showed me that Szalay is a remarkable writer.
www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/book...
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Canadian-born author David Szalay wins the Booker Prize for his novel Flesh
The book, a dark story about a Hungarian man from a working-class background whose life unravels after he reaches the top of society in London, is Szalay’s sixth
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Risky to say that you're looking forward to *Flesh*, but *All That Man Is* showed me that Szalay is a remarkable writer.
www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/book...
www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/book...
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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 ...
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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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Canada has just lost measles elimination status. The U.S. will undoubtedly follow shortly.
Elimination means that there is no continuous spreading of measles within the country for a year or longer.
Canada and the U.S. have blown it, and it’s largely the fault of the anti-vaccination movement.
Elimination means that there is no continuous spreading of measles within the country for a year or longer.
Canada and the U.S. have blown it, and it’s largely the fault of the anti-vaccination movement.
Canada loses measles elimination status after three decades, health agency says
Canada has lost its measles elimination status after nearly three decades due to its failure to curb a year-long outbreak, the country's public health agency said on Monday.
www.reuters.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Canada has just lost measles elimination status. The U.S. will undoubtedly follow shortly.
Elimination means that there is no continuous spreading of measles within the country for a year or longer.
Canada and the U.S. have blown it, and it’s largely the fault of the anti-vaccination movement.
Elimination means that there is no continuous spreading of measles within the country for a year or longer.
Canada and the U.S. have blown it, and it’s largely the fault of the anti-vaccination movement.
Thank you very much!
A great read, I'd highly recommend The World of After!
#Books
#Books
Very pleased to receive a visit from my MP @orourkeguelph.bsky.social to help me promote my novel *The World of After* ( @cormorantbooks.bsky.social) --my bestselling title of the day-- at today's Book Bash in #Guelph, @downtownguelph.bsky.social.
November 10, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Thank you very much!
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What’s happening inside the Conservative Party under Pierre Poilievre isn’t normal turbulence. It’s institutional decay disguised as discipline. It's a flashing red light signaling rot, with a party on the brink of combustion.
This isn't a political party; it's a cult. #cdnpoli
This isn't a political party; it's a cult. #cdnpoli
Sharan Kaur: Inside the Conservative Party’s culture of fear
Canadian politics has never been for the faint of heart. Every party has its fractures, leadership wars, and moments of chaos. But what’s happening inside the Conservative Party under Pierre Poilievre...
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November 10, 2025 at 12:46 AM
What’s happening inside the Conservative Party under Pierre Poilievre isn’t normal turbulence. It’s institutional decay disguised as discipline. It's a flashing red light signaling rot, with a party on the brink of combustion.
This isn't a political party; it's a cult. #cdnpoli
This isn't a political party; it's a cult. #cdnpoli
Very pleased to receive a visit from my MP @orourkeguelph.bsky.social to help me promote my novel *The World of After* ( @cormorantbooks.bsky.social) --my bestselling title of the day-- at today's Book Bash in #Guelph, @downtownguelph.bsky.social.
November 9, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Very pleased to receive a visit from my MP @orourkeguelph.bsky.social to help me promote my novel *The World of After* ( @cormorantbooks.bsky.social) --my bestselling title of the day-- at today's Book Bash in #Guelph, @downtownguelph.bsky.social.
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UN report on the situation in the West Bank, October 2025 only:
-260 settler attacks (average 8 per day), highest number since the UN started recording in 2006
-140 Palestinians injured
-150 attacks on olive harvesting
-4,200 olive trees vandalised in 77 villages
www.ochaopt.org/content/huma...
-260 settler attacks (average 8 per day), highest number since the UN started recording in 2006
-140 Palestinians injured
-150 attacks on olive harvesting
-4,200 olive trees vandalised in 77 villages
www.ochaopt.org/content/huma...
Humanitarian Situation Update #337 | West Bank | United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs - Occupied Palestinian Territory
October 2025 recorded the highest monthly number of Israeli settler attacks since OCHA began documenting such incidents in 2006, with more than 260 attacks resulting in casualties, property damage or ...
www.ochaopt.org
November 8, 2025 at 8:51 PM
UN report on the situation in the West Bank, October 2025 only:
-260 settler attacks (average 8 per day), highest number since the UN started recording in 2006
-140 Palestinians injured
-150 attacks on olive harvesting
-4,200 olive trees vandalised in 77 villages
www.ochaopt.org/content/huma...
-260 settler attacks (average 8 per day), highest number since the UN started recording in 2006
-140 Palestinians injured
-150 attacks on olive harvesting
-4,200 olive trees vandalised in 77 villages
www.ochaopt.org/content/huma...
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Newspapers, including the Globe and Mail, have policies restricting use of LLMs. These experiments show why those policies are needed -they can't be trusted in writing, research or editing.
I'm not anti-AI. It's worth developing. But the design of LLMs makes them a non-option for truth-based work
I'm not anti-AI. It's worth developing. But the design of LLMs makes them a non-option for truth-based work
November 7, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Newspapers, including the Globe and Mail, have policies restricting use of LLMs. These experiments show why those policies are needed -they can't be trusted in writing, research or editing.
I'm not anti-AI. It's worth developing. But the design of LLMs makes them a non-option for truth-based work
I'm not anti-AI. It's worth developing. But the design of LLMs makes them a non-option for truth-based work
Canada's first big-city Muslim mayor was also from a South Asian family with roots in East Africa.
November 6, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Canada's first big-city Muslim mayor was also from a South Asian family with roots in East Africa.
The chronology of our hemisphere is ever changing and becomes ever longer.
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Archaeologists discover how oldest American civilisation survived a climate catastrophe
Experts find artefacts left behind in Caral showing how population survived drought without resorting to violence
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:42 PM
The chronology of our hemisphere is ever changing and becomes ever longer.
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
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this morning, ICE went into a Spanish language immersion daycare and took a teacher from the building in front of screaming and crying kids and parents at dropoff and the daycare had to shut down for the day (near Lane Tech, where they were yesterday). Really hoping today's "theme" is not "daycare."
November 5, 2025 at 2:22 PM
this morning, ICE went into a Spanish language immersion daycare and took a teacher from the building in front of screaming and crying kids and parents at dropoff and the daycare had to shut down for the day (near Lane Tech, where they were yesterday). Really hoping today's "theme" is not "daycare."
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For anyone who thinks this government actually cares about universities & colleges, consider the following statement from the budget.
"New international student arrivals have also declined by approximately 60 per cent compared to 2024. This is a start, but
we recognise there is more work to do."
"New international student arrivals have also declined by approximately 60 per cent compared to 2024. This is a start, but
we recognise there is more work to do."
November 4, 2025 at 10:51 PM
For anyone who thinks this government actually cares about universities & colleges, consider the following statement from the budget.
"New international student arrivals have also declined by approximately 60 per cent compared to 2024. This is a start, but
we recognise there is more work to do."
"New international student arrivals have also declined by approximately 60 per cent compared to 2024. This is a start, but
we recognise there is more work to do."
Not a bad review by Beattie, either. One of his better ones, in fact.
November 4, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Not a bad review by Beattie, either. One of his better ones, in fact.
Peru breaks diplomatic relations with Mexico.
Le Pérou rompt ses relations diplomatiques avec le Mexique après l’asile accordé à une ancienne première ministre
Le Pérou rompt ses relations diplomatiques avec le Mexique après l’asile accordé à une ancienne première ministre
Betssy Chavez est jugée par la justice péruvienne aux côtés de l’ancien président Pedro Castillo depuis mars 2025 pour le délit présumé de rébellion.
www.lemonde.fr
November 4, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Peru breaks diplomatic relations with Mexico.
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As many of you know, I was born in Guyana. Just found this excellent set of YouTube videos exploring the history of the Guianas. Little known story for most people in the world, and yet a globally impactful one.
youtu.be/iaR53L2CFN0?...
youtu.be/iaR53L2CFN0?...
The Guianas: South America's Weirdest Countries?
YouTube video by Lost in Context
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November 3, 2025 at 2:45 PM
As many of you know, I was born in Guyana. Just found this excellent set of YouTube videos exploring the history of the Guianas. Little known story for most people in the world, and yet a globally impactful one.
youtu.be/iaR53L2CFN0?...
youtu.be/iaR53L2CFN0?...
Sad to see #Montreal get doughnuted like some S. Ont. section of sprawl, with the suburban low-tax, anti-bike-lane candidate closing in on the city centre. Sad, also, that the daughter of anti-Pinochet #Chilean refugees is the protagonist of this movement.
With 147,500 votes counted, Martinez Ferrada has 45.1 per cent of the vote, ahead of Projet Montréal’s Luc Rabouin (34.3 per cent), according to Élections Montréal. montrealgazette.com/news/local-n...
Montreal election 2025: Martinez Ferrada takes early lead in mayoral race
Ensemble Montréal is also leading in the borough mayor races in four boroughs previously held by Projet Montréal
montrealgazette.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:57 AM