@basmith.bsky.social
Academic union activist, re-reader of Henry James, film lover.
Reposted
‘Schopenhauer came into vogue as despondency did. Conrad, Kafka, Beckett and Borges all owe him a debt.’
Terry Eagleton on Schopenhauer’s philosophy.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Terry Eagleton on Schopenhauer’s philosophy.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Terry Eagleton · Pregnant with Monsters: Schopenhauer makes a stir
Schopenhauer has long held the title of gloomiest philosopher in history. He sees human existence not as grand tragedy...
www.lrb.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 7:50 PM
‘Schopenhauer came into vogue as despondency did. Conrad, Kafka, Beckett and Borges all owe him a debt.’
Terry Eagleton on Schopenhauer’s philosophy.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Terry Eagleton on Schopenhauer’s philosophy.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Reposted
Millions of workers are toiling away from their families this holiday weekend.
So thank the workers who serve you. Appreciate the workers who care for you. Respect the workers who pick up your trash. Salute the workers who get you your mail.
Pay all workers a living wage.
So thank the workers who serve you. Appreciate the workers who care for you. Respect the workers who pick up your trash. Salute the workers who get you your mail.
Pay all workers a living wage.
November 30, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Millions of workers are toiling away from their families this holiday weekend.
So thank the workers who serve you. Appreciate the workers who care for you. Respect the workers who pick up your trash. Salute the workers who get you your mail.
Pay all workers a living wage.
So thank the workers who serve you. Appreciate the workers who care for you. Respect the workers who pick up your trash. Salute the workers who get you your mail.
Pay all workers a living wage.
Reposted
Mark Kelly: "This president, when he says things like 'third world countries,' what is he really saying? I think what he's saying is he doesn't want brown people in our country. And that's disturbing. It's un-American."
November 30, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Mark Kelly: "This president, when he says things like 'third world countries,' what is he really saying? I think what he's saying is he doesn't want brown people in our country. And that's disturbing. It's un-American."
Reposted
The MAGA civil war is real, and antisemitism is at the center of it. thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/gop-antise...
MAGA’s Civil War Over Antisemitism
The GOP has a Groyper problem, and it’s not going away
thinkbigpicture.substack.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The MAGA civil war is real, and antisemitism is at the center of it. thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/gop-antise...
Reposted
It’s wild how the press is ok with the president abusing the pardon power. That used to be one of the most scrutinized things about a presidency.
November 30, 2025 at 7:00 AM
It’s wild how the press is ok with the president abusing the pardon power. That used to be one of the most scrutinized things about a presidency.
Reposted
As others have pointed out, the founders never foresaw a corrupt president (which we have) abusing the pardon power to absolve all criminals and miscreants for any reason, nor did our Daffy Duck Supreme Court ever think it might not be a good idea to put said president above the law.
December 1, 2025 at 12:22 AM
As others have pointed out, the founders never foresaw a corrupt president (which we have) abusing the pardon power to absolve all criminals and miscreants for any reason, nor did our Daffy Duck Supreme Court ever think it might not be a good idea to put said president above the law.
Reposted
Who could have predicted the Trump family would make a fortune and normal people would lose their shirts??? www.wsj.com/finance/stoc...
November 30, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Who could have predicted the Trump family would make a fortune and normal people would lose their shirts??? www.wsj.com/finance/stoc...
Reposted
A message for you this chili Sunday afternoon:
November 30, 2025 at 7:14 PM
A message for you this chili Sunday afternoon:
Reposted
"They [international researchers] are being welcomed to a system that is facing a funding crisis, where existing researchers are struggling," Robin Whitaker, CAUT President.
Read more: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Read more: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
November 14, 2025 at 3:08 PM
"They [international researchers] are being welcomed to a system that is facing a funding crisis, where existing researchers are struggling," Robin Whitaker, CAUT President.
Read more: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Read more: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Reposted
We are happy to announce that SMU PT Faculty members have ratified the Tentative Agreement. Members will return to work and classes will resume on Monday.
Congratulations everyone!
#cdnpse #canlab
@caut.bsky.social @cupens.bsky.social @cupescfp.bsky.social
Congratulations everyone!
#cdnpse #canlab
@caut.bsky.social @cupens.bsky.social @cupescfp.bsky.social
November 15, 2025 at 4:46 PM
We are happy to announce that SMU PT Faculty members have ratified the Tentative Agreement. Members will return to work and classes will resume on Monday.
Congratulations everyone!
#cdnpse #canlab
@caut.bsky.social @cupens.bsky.social @cupescfp.bsky.social
Congratulations everyone!
#cdnpse #canlab
@caut.bsky.social @cupens.bsky.social @cupescfp.bsky.social
Reposted
(1/4) The Government of Ontario has been interfering systemically and structurally with the Laurentian University Faculty Association’s free and fair collective bargaining rights.
November 18, 2025 at 7:29 PM
(1/4) The Government of Ontario has been interfering systemically and structurally with the Laurentian University Faculty Association’s free and fair collective bargaining rights.
Reposted
"Never wanting to let a good crisis go to waste, myriad actors have come out of the woodwork to propose their grand solutions to this current moment. While public funding may be the headline, the fine print is worth investigating."
Check out this article by URFA member @drmarcspooner.bsky.social ⬇️
Check out this article by URFA member @drmarcspooner.bsky.social ⬇️
Not all calls for public funding are good - CAUT
Program cuts, layoffs and campus closures are making headlines across the country.
www.caut.ca
November 26, 2025 at 5:42 PM
"Never wanting to let a good crisis go to waste, myriad actors have come out of the woodwork to propose their grand solutions to this current moment. While public funding may be the headline, the fine print is worth investigating."
Check out this article by URFA member @drmarcspooner.bsky.social ⬇️
Check out this article by URFA member @drmarcspooner.bsky.social ⬇️
Reposted
Welcome to our newest member, the Association of McGill Library Academic Staff!
Bienvenue à notre tout nouveau membre, l’Association du personnel académique des bibliothèques de McGill!
Bienvenue à notre tout nouveau membre, l’Association du personnel académique des bibliothèques de McGill!
November 28, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Welcome to our newest member, the Association of McGill Library Academic Staff!
Bienvenue à notre tout nouveau membre, l’Association du personnel académique des bibliothèques de McGill!
Bienvenue à notre tout nouveau membre, l’Association du personnel académique des bibliothèques de McGill!
Reposted
Ce matin,le Conseil de @caut.bsky.social a voté unaniment son appui à la grande mannifestation «Dans la rue pour le Québec» organisée après un appel des 9 principales organisations syndicales. www.lapresse.ca/actualites/2... @ocufa.bsky.social @ottawalabour.bsky.social @cclh.bsky.social @cuasa.ca
November 29, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Ce matin,le Conseil de @caut.bsky.social a voté unaniment son appui à la grande mannifestation «Dans la rue pour le Québec» organisée après un appel des 9 principales organisations syndicales. www.lapresse.ca/actualites/2... @ocufa.bsky.social @ottawalabour.bsky.social @cclh.bsky.social @cuasa.ca
Reposted
Solidarité with our caut/acppu colleagues in Québec against the anti-labour Loi 3. @caut.bsky.social
November 29, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Solidarité with our caut/acppu colleagues in Québec against the anti-labour Loi 3. @caut.bsky.social
Reposted
L'ACPPU solidaire avec tous les syndicats au Québec qui prendront les rues à Montréal lors de la manifestation "Dans la rue pour le Québec"!
CAUT stands in solidarity with all unions in Quebec who will take to the streets in Montreal during the “Dans la rue pour le Québec” protest!
CAUT stands in solidarity with all unions in Quebec who will take to the streets in Montreal during the “Dans la rue pour le Québec” protest!
November 29, 2025 at 4:45 PM
L'ACPPU solidaire avec tous les syndicats au Québec qui prendront les rues à Montréal lors de la manifestation "Dans la rue pour le Québec"!
CAUT stands in solidarity with all unions in Quebec who will take to the streets in Montreal during the “Dans la rue pour le Québec” protest!
CAUT stands in solidarity with all unions in Quebec who will take to the streets in Montreal during the “Dans la rue pour le Québec” protest!
Reposted
When those in power silence workers, they show us exactly who they serve.
This is an unprecedented attack on workers.
And it is a direct assault on our democracy.
This is an unprecedented attack on workers.
And it is a direct assault on our democracy.
October 28, 2025 at 3:55 AM
When those in power silence workers, they show us exactly who they serve.
This is an unprecedented attack on workers.
And it is a direct assault on our democracy.
This is an unprecedented attack on workers.
And it is a direct assault on our democracy.
Reposted
I should’ve learned this by now but DO NOT use FedEx. The diseased monkeys I ordered haven’t arrived and I can’t get a straight answer on what happened to them
October 29, 2025 at 2:18 AM
I should’ve learned this by now but DO NOT use FedEx. The diseased monkeys I ordered haven’t arrived and I can’t get a straight answer on what happened to them
Reposted
Lights are on but nobody is home.
We have a broken Roomba for President.
We have a broken Roomba for President.
October 28, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Lights are on but nobody is home.
We have a broken Roomba for President.
We have a broken Roomba for President.
Reposted
BREAKING: Secretary of Energy Chris Wright announces government investigation into “so-called solar energy,” including possible heath risks of “solar radiation” from solar panels and concerns that solar energy initiatives “may use up all of the sun, leaving us dark and cold.”
October 28, 2025 at 7:38 PM
BREAKING: Secretary of Energy Chris Wright announces government investigation into “so-called solar energy,” including possible heath risks of “solar radiation” from solar panels and concerns that solar energy initiatives “may use up all of the sun, leaving us dark and cold.”
Reposted
A brief future-history story:
The Left, warning: “Trump will try to stay past his second term.”
The Right, celebrating: “Trump will try to stay past his second term.”
The New York Times et al., ‘reporting’: “Bipartisan spirit takes hold in the country around Trump’s third term.”
The Left, warning: “Trump will try to stay past his second term.”
The Right, celebrating: “Trump will try to stay past his second term.”
The New York Times et al., ‘reporting’: “Bipartisan spirit takes hold in the country around Trump’s third term.”
October 29, 2025 at 2:27 AM
A brief future-history story:
The Left, warning: “Trump will try to stay past his second term.”
The Right, celebrating: “Trump will try to stay past his second term.”
The New York Times et al., ‘reporting’: “Bipartisan spirit takes hold in the country around Trump’s third term.”
The Left, warning: “Trump will try to stay past his second term.”
The Right, celebrating: “Trump will try to stay past his second term.”
The New York Times et al., ‘reporting’: “Bipartisan spirit takes hold in the country around Trump’s third term.”
Reposted
Reposted
In Opinion
Adelita Grijalva won a special election in September to serve as a Democratic congresswoman. But Speaker Mike Johnson refuses to swear her in. “Such is the essence of Trumpist leadership: If you don’t support my tribe, you deserve to be ignored, even punished,” Michelle Cottle says.
Adelita Grijalva won a special election in September to serve as a Democratic congresswoman. But Speaker Mike Johnson refuses to swear her in. “Such is the essence of Trumpist leadership: If you don’t support my tribe, you deserve to be ignored, even punished,” Michelle Cottle says.
Opinion | Adelita Grijalva Just Wants to Get to Work. The House Speaker Won’t Let Her.
Mike Johnson, the speaker, won’t swear in the Democratic representative-elect from Arizona.
nyti.ms
October 29, 2025 at 3:40 AM
In Opinion
Adelita Grijalva won a special election in September to serve as a Democratic congresswoman. But Speaker Mike Johnson refuses to swear her in. “Such is the essence of Trumpist leadership: If you don’t support my tribe, you deserve to be ignored, even punished,” Michelle Cottle says.
Adelita Grijalva won a special election in September to serve as a Democratic congresswoman. But Speaker Mike Johnson refuses to swear her in. “Such is the essence of Trumpist leadership: If you don’t support my tribe, you deserve to be ignored, even punished,” Michelle Cottle says.
Reposted
Should the New York Times be sold to Pennysaver and its editors sent to work in Amazon warehouses? It depends on who you ask.
October 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Should the New York Times be sold to Pennysaver and its editors sent to work in Amazon warehouses? It depends on who you ask.