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LOVE this! reasonstobecheerful.world/clothing-vis...
Stitch It, Don't Ditch It: Resisting Fast Fashion Through Visible Mending
Stitchers around the world are repairing their clothes with pride, turning a once-hidden process into a bold fashion statement.
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April 30, 2025 at 7:02 PM
LOVE this! reasonstobecheerful.world/clothing-vis...
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Tech companies want us to believe our work and profiles are incredibly valuable — and also too worthless to pay for
Morning File by @philmoscovitch.bsky.social
Morning File by @philmoscovitch.bsky.social
Tech companies want us to believe our work and profiles are incredibly valuable — and also too worthless to pay for - Halifax Examiner
All kinds of companies are built on hoovering up information they find online and repurposing it, profiting from it while the creators get nothing.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
April 23, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Tech companies want us to believe our work and profiles are incredibly valuable — and also too worthless to pay for
Morning File by @philmoscovitch.bsky.social
Morning File by @philmoscovitch.bsky.social
www.dal.ca/dal/usa.html Thinking of studying in Canada? it's not too late for next year. Dalhousie has the country's first Black and African Diaspoara Studies, Gender and Women's Studies... and most of the stuff you'd expect of a U15 institution (Canada's equivalent of an R1).
Future Students - United States
Thinking about Dalhousie? Explore our programs and admission requirements, learn about tuition and transfers for US students.
www.dal.ca
April 21, 2025 at 3:59 PM
www.dal.ca/dal/usa.html Thinking of studying in Canada? it's not too late for next year. Dalhousie has the country's first Black and African Diaspoara Studies, Gender and Women's Studies... and most of the stuff you'd expect of a U15 institution (Canada's equivalent of an R1).
I’m an atheist myself, but I have a lot of time for progressive religious leaders and communities. I recommend this obituary of Pope Francis.
jacobin.com/2025/04/pope...
jacobin.com/2025/04/pope...
Pope Francis Was an Amiable Mold Breaker in the Vatican
Although he had a conservative reputation in his earlier years, Pope Francis used his role as a world religious leader to campaign against poverty and social oppression, directly challenging the appro...
jacobin.com
April 21, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I’m an atheist myself, but I have a lot of time for progressive religious leaders and communities. I recommend this obituary of Pope Francis.
jacobin.com/2025/04/pope...
jacobin.com/2025/04/pope...
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Wondering what 50501 is? Rolling Stone offers a glimpse of its emergence www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
How a Reddit Meme Birthed a Nationwide Anti-Trump Movement
50501 is a new activist coalition of protesters that’s inspiring millions to take to the streets to fight Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and fascism.
www.rollingstone.com
April 19, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Wondering what 50501 is? Rolling Stone offers a glimpse of its emergence www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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International students contribute $44 billion to the US economy annually, creating 1 job for every 4 students enrolled.
Higher ed is America’s 10th largest export industry. A finance professor explores how their impact reaches beyond big cities to small towns like Mankato, MN. buff.ly/kcGr5b1
Higher ed is America’s 10th largest export industry. A finance professor explores how their impact reaches beyond big cities to small towns like Mankato, MN. buff.ly/kcGr5b1
April 18, 2025 at 7:48 PM
International students contribute $44 billion to the US economy annually, creating 1 job for every 4 students enrolled.
Higher ed is America’s 10th largest export industry. A finance professor explores how their impact reaches beyond big cities to small towns like Mankato, MN. buff.ly/kcGr5b1
Higher ed is America’s 10th largest export industry. A finance professor explores how their impact reaches beyond big cities to small towns like Mankato, MN. buff.ly/kcGr5b1
Love this…. Finding a job you love with an Arts degree…. www.dal.ca/faculty/arts...
"No, you shouldn't worry about what you'll do with your Arts degree" By Phoebe Knight (BA’21)
www.dal.ca
April 18, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Love this…. Finding a job you love with an Arts degree…. www.dal.ca/faculty/arts...
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WOW. One of the Venezuelans whom Kristi Noem tried to render to El Salvador's slave prison managed to avoid removal and was able to make it to immigration court, and you'll never guess what happened: THE GOVERNMENT GAVE NO EVIDENCE OF HIS GANG MEMBERSHIP. Due process ftw
April 17, 2025 at 4:48 PM
WOW. One of the Venezuelans whom Kristi Noem tried to render to El Salvador's slave prison managed to avoid removal and was able to make it to immigration court, and you'll never guess what happened: THE GOVERNMENT GAVE NO EVIDENCE OF HIS GANG MEMBERSHIP. Due process ftw
Beware, Halifax renters. www.halifaxexaminer.ca/housing/dalh...
Dalhousie Legal Aid urges vigilance as stricter deadlines for tenants are put in place - Halifax Examiner
New changes to the Residential Tenancies Act that include limiting time between late rent and eviction notices, allowing evictions of tenants who are repeatedly late paying rent, and rules limiting su...
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
April 15, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Beware, Halifax renters. www.halifaxexaminer.ca/housing/dalh...
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A new north strong and free? How should Canada reimagine itself in the age of Trump?
We asked six Dalhousie experts to answer that question — offering insights into how Canadians should navigate the choices ahead. ow.ly/ftSf50Vu3MO
We asked six Dalhousie experts to answer that question — offering insights into how Canadians should navigate the choices ahead. ow.ly/ftSf50Vu3MO
April 3, 2025 at 5:22 PM
A new north strong and free? How should Canada reimagine itself in the age of Trump?
We asked six Dalhousie experts to answer that question — offering insights into how Canadians should navigate the choices ahead. ow.ly/ftSf50Vu3MO
We asked six Dalhousie experts to answer that question — offering insights into how Canadians should navigate the choices ahead. ow.ly/ftSf50Vu3MO
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/f.... So articulate, thoughtful and chilling.
‘Professors are the enemy’: Trump’s war on higher education
Podcast Episode · Front Burner · 2025-03-26 · 35m
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March 30, 2025 at 8:29 PM
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/f.... So articulate, thoughtful and chilling.
My colleague, Karen Foster (herself a researcher with clear local relevance), on the dangers of the Houston government’s post secondary policy.
‘Dangers in demanding alignment’: Dal prof concerned about province’s advanced education and research act
By Karen Foster
By Karen Foster
'Dangers in demanding alignment’: Dal prof concerned about province’s advanced education and research act - Halifax Examiner
The guardrails limiting government influence over research and teaching in our postsecondary institutions are there for good reason. Tim Houston’s government is taking them off in the name of accounta...
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
February 22, 2025 at 5:50 PM
My colleague, Karen Foster (herself a researcher with clear local relevance), on the dangers of the Houston government’s post secondary policy.
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Bolstering Canada’s right to repair could shield it against U.S. tariffs and trade uncertainty
Bolstering Canada’s right to repair could shield it against U.S. tariffs and trade uncertainty
The right to repair can increase the amount of well-paying Canadian jobs and reduce Canada’s dependence on unpredictable global markets.
theconversation.com
February 9, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Bolstering Canada’s right to repair could shield it against U.S. tariffs and trade uncertainty
Just watched Hamilton again. Feels very timely.
February 8, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Just watched Hamilton again. Feels very timely.
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While he has "fond memories" of the commercial and is glad it's "resonating with people in difficult times," he says he's "learned a lot more in recent decades about the darker aspects of Canadian history, and worries about the country sliding back into the "blind patriotism" of the early aughts."
The 'I am Canadian' ad is back in a big way. Its star has mixed feelings | CBC Radio
Before he was a staple of CBC Radio, Jeff Douglas was best known as Joe from Molson’s wildly popular “I am Canadian!” television commercials. Now, 25 years later — amid a looming trade war with the U....
www.cbc.ca
February 7, 2025 at 2:27 PM
While he has "fond memories" of the commercial and is glad it's "resonating with people in difficult times," he says he's "learned a lot more in recent decades about the darker aspects of Canadian history, and worries about the country sliding back into the "blind patriotism" of the early aughts."
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no funding if it seems like the research MIGHT involve a woman or a nonwhite person
🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
February 4, 2025 at 2:34 AM
no funding if it seems like the research MIGHT involve a woman or a nonwhite person
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"The buck stops here"- Harry Truman
"I don't take any responsibility at all."- DJT
"I don't take any responsibility at all."- DJT
January 30, 2025 at 9:23 PM
"The buck stops here"- Harry Truman
"I don't take any responsibility at all."- DJT
"I don't take any responsibility at all."- DJT
Sure this isn’t The Onion?
I will be continuing to call it the Gulf of Mexico because I don't cater to the whims of a ridiculous felon
www.reuters.com/world/us/goo...
www.reuters.com/world/us/goo...
Google Maps to rename 'Gulf of Mexico' to 'Gulf of America' for US users
Google Maps will change the name of "Gulf of Mexico" to "Gulf of America" once it is officially updated in the U.S. Geographic Names System, it said in an X post on Monday.
www.reuters.com
January 29, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Sure this isn’t The Onion?
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What was the last time the hospitals and healthcare system was systematically dismantled and destroyed and healthcare workers systematically killed and abducted? Is this unprecedented in modern medical care?
December 29, 2024 at 5:43 PM
What was the last time the hospitals and healthcare system was systematically dismantled and destroyed and healthcare workers systematically killed and abducted? Is this unprecedented in modern medical care?
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The 100th number of "Focaal, journal of global and historical anthropology" re-analyses Wolf's "Europe and the people without history" (1982) -a must read book. This celebratory number also brings a list of 100 indispensable works for thinking in our times:
www.berghahnjournals.com/view/journal...
www.berghahnjournals.com/view/journal...
www.berghahnjournals.com
December 3, 2024 at 6:52 AM
The 100th number of "Focaal, journal of global and historical anthropology" re-analyses Wolf's "Europe and the people without history" (1982) -a must read book. This celebratory number also brings a list of 100 indispensable works for thinking in our times:
www.berghahnjournals.com/view/journal...
www.berghahnjournals.com/view/journal...
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/f...
Great discussion!
Great discussion!
Hasan Piker on how Trump seized online culture
Podcast Episode · Front Burner · 2024-11-13 · 42m
podcasts.apple.com
November 18, 2024 at 9:04 PM
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Great discussion!
Great discussion!