Jason S. Canon
@uncanonical.bsky.social
Peripatetic American in Cambridge. PhD work on empathy and democracy.
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you guys aren't thinking this through. if the GOP renege on any part of this deal they'll look like shameful hypocrites!
November 10, 2025 at 12:42 AM
you guys aren't thinking this through. if the GOP renege on any part of this deal they'll look like shameful hypocrites!
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A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
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sound on. I’m still laughing
November 8, 2025 at 1:26 PM
sound on. I’m still laughing
A society so intellectual that an economist's op-ed on another economist's tax policy gets a news alert.
November 8, 2025 at 11:45 AM
A society so intellectual that an economist's op-ed on another economist's tax policy gets a news alert.
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The Onion, yet again, FTW.
November 7, 2025 at 6:39 PM
The Onion, yet again, FTW.
Cable news and social media are the leaded gasoline of our time. www.ft.com/content/5060...
Why American-style polarisation is spreading across the west
New research shows how incentives in the modern media ecosystem help explain rising division and negativity
www.ft.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Cable news and social media are the leaded gasoline of our time. www.ft.com/content/5060...
No better way to honor Cheney than shooting from the hip.
So, do we get post-McCain-death Trump, or post-GHW Bush-death Trump?
November 4, 2025 at 1:28 PM
No better way to honor Cheney than shooting from the hip.
New details on life of Cambridge hero.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Lost grave of daughter of Black abolitionist Olaudah Equiano found by A-level student
Fitzwilliam Museum has uncovered student’s work from 1977 that revealed Cambridgeshire location of child’s burial place
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 4:20 PM
New details on life of Cambridge hero.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Need something life-affirming? Allow me to recommend Perfect Days (2023), a meditation on life and beauty and public sanitation infrastructure.
Don't watch the trailer. Don't expect intense plotting. Do watch through the end of the credits.
Don't watch the trailer. Don't expect intense plotting. Do watch through the end of the credits.
October 29, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Need something life-affirming? Allow me to recommend Perfect Days (2023), a meditation on life and beauty and public sanitation infrastructure.
Don't watch the trailer. Don't expect intense plotting. Do watch through the end of the credits.
Don't watch the trailer. Don't expect intense plotting. Do watch through the end of the credits.
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No amount of bolding will save this company’s name.
October 29, 2025 at 11:19 AM
No amount of bolding will save this company’s name.
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cc: Janet Mills
leedrutman.substack.com/p/why-americ...
leedrutman.substack.com/p/why-americ...
October 29, 2025 at 11:18 AM
cc: Janet Mills
leedrutman.substack.com/p/why-americ...
leedrutman.substack.com/p/why-americ...
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We live in an episode of Veep
October 28, 2025 at 6:17 PM
We live in an episode of Veep
A happy change: my article on Rousseau’s three general wills is now open access at the Review of Politics. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
October 28, 2025 at 11:14 AM
A happy change: my article on Rousseau’s three general wills is now open access at the Review of Politics. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Humans are the only animals known to weep emotionally.
But we now know that doggos get teary when reunited with their humans. 🥺
But we now know that doggos get teary when reunited with their humans. 🥺
October 27, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Humans are the only animals known to weep emotionally.
But we now know that doggos get teary when reunited with their humans. 🥺
But we now know that doggos get teary when reunited with their humans. 🥺
Tomorrow belongs to me!
I made an image of all the art posted by US DOL on X since approximately Labor Day
October 26, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Tomorrow belongs to me!
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It's less than 24 hours after 5-8 million Americans marched against a president who called them domestic terrorists, and there is zero reference to it on the current NYT home page, except for a Bouie op/ed that came out several days earlier.
October 19, 2025 at 7:55 PM
It's less than 24 hours after 5-8 million Americans marched against a president who called them domestic terrorists, and there is zero reference to it on the current NYT home page, except for a Bouie op/ed that came out several days earlier.
I hear that it’s nearly impossible to unsubscribe
October 19, 2025 at 8:21 PM
I hear that it’s nearly impossible to unsubscribe
What kind of society can’t discuss courtesy without legality?
October 17, 2025 at 4:16 PM
What kind of society can’t discuss courtesy without legality?
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"One party only needs 44% of the national popular vote to maintain control over the legislature" sure is a statement about the state of American democracy
If Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act falls, Democrats might need to win the national popular vote by 5 to 6 points to take control of the House, via Nate Cohn
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...
October 15, 2025 at 8:43 PM
"One party only needs 44% of the national popular vote to maintain control over the legislature" sure is a statement about the state of American democracy
Try as I might, can’t escape concussionball.
October 11, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Try as I might, can’t escape concussionball.
Unmitigated malpractice in this coverage.
October 10, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Unmitigated malpractice in this coverage.