Lesley Wood
@bikenerd416.bsky.social
Sociologist, activist and dance floor enthusiast.
Cool sounds from living creatures? Bears huffing; ravens crackling; and raccoons chirring (the last one I heard tonight).
July 3, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Cool sounds from living creatures? Bears huffing; ravens crackling; and raccoons chirring (the last one I heard tonight).
“Critical minerals” make it sound much nicer than the absolute pillage of the land and waters this implies. To say nothing of endless war. nationalpost.com/news/canada/...
Canada will pay for NATO spending hike partly by developing critical minerals: Carney
"Some of the spending for that counts towards that 5% (target). In fact, a lot of it will count toward that 5% because of infrastructure spending"
nationalpost.com
June 25, 2025 at 11:49 PM
“Critical minerals” make it sound much nicer than the absolute pillage of the land and waters this implies. To say nothing of endless war. nationalpost.com/news/canada/...
For those in it/ How do you think about the experience of this intense heatwave? For me, it feels like I’m waiting, a bit claustrophobic.
June 24, 2025 at 6:21 PM
For those in it/ How do you think about the experience of this intense heatwave? For me, it feels like I’m waiting, a bit claustrophobic.
Who else feels like the Liberal government is taking full advantage of the fear of Trump to push through Trump-lite policies?
June 4, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Who else feels like the Liberal government is taking full advantage of the fear of Trump to push through Trump-lite policies?
Lesley Wood
My current cosseted existence as a visiting scholar in Italy means that each afternoon, I work in an old palazzo, while buskers sing opera and horses clip clop down the street outside my window. Weird.
My current cosseted existence as a visiting scholar in Italy means that each afternoon, I work in an old palazzo, while buskers sing opera and horses clip clop down the street outside my window. Weird.
May 27, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Lesley Wood
My current cosseted existence as a visiting scholar in Italy means that each afternoon, I work in an old palazzo, while buskers sing opera and horses clip clop down the street outside my window. Weird.
My current cosseted existence as a visiting scholar in Italy means that each afternoon, I work in an old palazzo, while buskers sing opera and horses clip clop down the street outside my window. Weird.
Law and social movements research conference! With a comparative lens. www.sns.it/it/evento/so...
May 20, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Law and social movements research conference! With a comparative lens. www.sns.it/it/evento/so...
Protests irritate those in power, who seek to contain and shrink the spaces, and expressions of dissent. We must stop this City bylaw, limiting the location of protest, when it is clear what is being debated. shorturl.at/NLeAk
May 6, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Protests irritate those in power, who seek to contain and shrink the spaces, and expressions of dissent. We must stop this City bylaw, limiting the location of protest, when it is clear what is being debated. shorturl.at/NLeAk
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I hope more universities do this (in the US especially, but also Canada -- our students and faculty may need assistance as well!)
As it became clear that the State Department and ICE were targeting students for their lawful political speech, our dean worked with university leadership and our clinical program to establish a rapid response project for students threatened with detention or deportation.
April 14, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I hope more universities do this (in the US especially, but also Canada -- our students and faculty may need assistance as well!)
Trump wants “Viewpoint Diversity” at @harvard.edu . Does this mean poorly researched findings are just as valuable as well researched ones? Yeesh
April 15, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Trump wants “Viewpoint Diversity” at @harvard.edu . Does this mean poorly researched findings are just as valuable as well researched ones? Yeesh
It’s one of those sunbeam on skin; smell of road salt kind of days.
March 19, 2025 at 9:32 PM
It’s one of those sunbeam on skin; smell of road salt kind of days.
youtube.com/watch?v=kyaW... Over 100 Palestine solidarity activists have been arrested in Toronto over the past 17 months. Help fund legal defense at tcjf.ca
Drop the Charges Against the Indigo 11!
YouTube video by friendsofthe11
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March 18, 2025 at 1:00 AM
youtube.com/watch?v=kyaW... Over 100 Palestine solidarity activists have been arrested in Toronto over the past 17 months. Help fund legal defense at tcjf.ca
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I just heard this as well. The entire staff of the National Center for Education Statistics, created in 1867, has been fired.
March 12, 2025 at 1:20 AM
I just heard this as well. The entire staff of the National Center for Education Statistics, created in 1867, has been fired.
The detention of recent @columbiauniversity.bsky.social grad and Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil by ICE is a structure test. www.thenation.com/article/acti...
Mahmoud Khalil Is the First Activist to Be Disappeared by Trump
The detention and attempted deportation of Khalil is a test by Trump to see how far he can go—and a test for us to see how hard we will fight back.
www.thenation.com
March 11, 2025 at 2:12 PM
The detention of recent @columbiauniversity.bsky.social grad and Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil by ICE is a structure test. www.thenation.com/article/acti...
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"Politicians find it more convenient to blame foreigners, instead of addressing the cumulative consequences of years, even decades, of failure to protect housing as an enforceable human right."
-- UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing, Balakrishnan Rajagopal
-- UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing, Balakrishnan Rajagopal
Migrants must not be blamed for housing crises, says Special Rapporteur on Housing
GENEVA – Migrants and refugees are not responsible for the global housing crisis and are among those most vulnerable to its effects, the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing, Balakri...
www.ohchr.org
March 9, 2025 at 5:18 PM
"Politicians find it more convenient to blame foreigners, instead of addressing the cumulative consequences of years, even decades, of failure to protect housing as an enforceable human right."
-- UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing, Balakrishnan Rajagopal
-- UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing, Balakrishnan Rajagopal
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The American Association of University Professors (@aaup.bsky.social) issued a strongly worded statement Wednesday condemning President Trump's recent comments threatening to expel and arrest student protesters and cut federal funding to colleges and universities that permit campus demonstrations.
AAUP Condemns Trump's Threats Against Campus Protests as "Antithetical to Democracy"
Academic organization criticizes president's remarks about expelling and arresting student protesters.
www.diverseeducation.com
March 6, 2025 at 3:18 PM
The American Association of University Professors (@aaup.bsky.social) issued a strongly worded statement Wednesday condemning President Trump's recent comments threatening to expel and arrest student protesters and cut federal funding to colleges and universities that permit campus demonstrations.
Delighted to be a part of this! Incredible editors and contributors ..
🧵Happy to announce our Special Issue on the #Political and #Transformative Uses of #Time is out! Coedited by me & E Colin Ruggero. Many thanks to all our contributors and to @timeandsociety.bsky.social. Hope it will be useful for those thinking time politically.
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March 6, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Delighted to be a part of this! Incredible editors and contributors ..
We know that creating uncertainty is a power move. But some things remain certain. we must take care of one another and all our relations.
February 25, 2025 at 4:01 PM
We know that creating uncertainty is a power move. But some things remain certain. we must take care of one another and all our relations.
As a supervisor of graduate students, today I was reminded of how anxiety can be the enemy of curiosity.
February 24, 2025 at 8:08 PM
As a supervisor of graduate students, today I was reminded of how anxiety can be the enemy of curiosity.
Suspended for 15 months so far.
February 24, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Suspended for 15 months so far.
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One of the big questions with coups is who the military sides with. It's a big question now. Does the firing of a whole lot of leadership make the military now more malleable, or does it anger and alienate a lot of people down the chain of command? www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Trump ousts Joint Chiefs chairman, other leaders in major Pentagon shake-up
The Navy’s top admiral and a senior Air Force general also were dismissed as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth moves to align the military with Trump’s agenda.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 22, 2025 at 3:09 AM
One of the big questions with coups is who the military sides with. It's a big question now. Does the firing of a whole lot of leadership make the military now more malleable, or does it anger and alienate a lot of people down the chain of command? www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Anyone else in Ontario experiencing a surge in political polling? I think I’ve had ten calls, texts or emails in the past two weeks.
February 12, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Anyone else in Ontario experiencing a surge in political polling? I think I’ve had ten calls, texts or emails in the past two weeks.
Imagining some sort of political internationalist alliance amongst Gazans, Greenlanders, Panamanians and Canadians. Room for growth. lol
February 10, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Imagining some sort of political internationalist alliance amongst Gazans, Greenlanders, Panamanians and Canadians. Room for growth. lol
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It's not a demolition site it's a mass grave. It's not a demolition site it's a crime scene. It's not a demolition site its a homeland. It's not a demolition site it's Palestine. It's not a demolition site it's a genocide.
Trump, with Netanyahu sitting next to him, says "Gaza maybe is a demolition site right now ... you can't live in Gaza right now. I think we need another location."
February 5, 2025 at 5:47 AM
It's not a demolition site it's a mass grave. It's not a demolition site it's a crime scene. It's not a demolition site its a homeland. It's not a demolition site it's Palestine. It's not a demolition site it's a genocide.
A mensch. RIP Michael Burawoy
I will always remember him as the 1st professor to show up at the barricades & the last to leave whenever there was a student protest on campus. Here he is on the steps of Wheeler Hall lecturing on Foucault as students chained themselves to the roof protesting austerity. 📸 @zunguzungu.bsky.social
February 5, 2025 at 1:11 AM
A mensch. RIP Michael Burawoy