Natalie Brender
@nataliebrender.bsky.social
Eternal migrant seeking opera, ruthless yet humane criticism, Jamesian ambivalence, vestigial Kantianisms. All the public health, politics, cultural, social & global policy interests.
You might wonder whether this windup could deliver yet deeper depths of purple prose, and yes it does. What a day for the Nuzzim.
November 18, 2025 at 1:42 AM
You might wonder whether this windup could deliver yet deeper depths of purple prose, and yes it does. What a day for the Nuzzim.
It's 9:12am and the professional napper is at it again.
November 3, 2025 at 2:14 PM
It's 9:12am and the professional napper is at it again.
Can anyone explain why Mamdani would promise to do this?
November 2, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Can anyone explain why Mamdani would promise to do this?
Excellent swag today from a conference session on digital literacy strategy. The tech NGO kids are all right.
October 23, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Excellent swag today from a conference session on digital literacy strategy. The tech NGO kids are all right.
Read enough by and about Alice Munro and all you can see out the train window is one site after another of Southern Ontario Rural Gothic.
October 18, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Read enough by and about Alice Munro and all you can see out the train window is one site after another of Southern Ontario Rural Gothic.
My edition is weirder and wonderfuller 🥸
September 24, 2025 at 10:51 PM
My edition is weirder and wonderfuller 🥸
When the stars align
September 21, 2025 at 10:56 PM
When the stars align
One halcyon day the Abrahamic faiths can get together to compare vintage hat cases. (vintage shtreimel and case)
September 21, 2025 at 10:31 PM
One halcyon day the Abrahamic faiths can get together to compare vintage hat cases. (vintage shtreimel and case)
So much wish the NDP were capable of leading this. On the other hand this book gives galvanizing hope in possibilities. Reading-to-action group maybe?
September 20, 2025 at 3:15 PM
So much wish the NDP were capable of leading this. On the other hand this book gives galvanizing hope in possibilities. Reading-to-action group maybe?
Yes, wish the Dems (and Canada's NDP) would read and do this:
September 17, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Yes, wish the Dems (and Canada's NDP) would read and do this:
Some people were outraged at the hypocrisy. But also the agreement of the Met board & artists is striking. Existential fear is setting in, it seems. Am surprised there wasn't more debate re this Gelb quote from the article.
September 4, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Some people were outraged at the hypocrisy. But also the agreement of the Met board & artists is striking. Existential fear is setting in, it seems. Am surprised there wasn't more debate re this Gelb quote from the article.
Why aren't people talking more about this book, which not only shows how terribly democratic collective action has atrophied in the US but gives detailed analysis of how to change that. By a true legend of democratic organizing (who cites Olivia Chow as one of his former students, for 🇨🇦).
August 31, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Why aren't people talking more about this book, which not only shows how terribly democratic collective action has atrophied in the US but gives detailed analysis of how to change that. By a true legend of democratic organizing (who cites Olivia Chow as one of his former students, for 🇨🇦).
Vitally important thread for Americans, and another reason to read @anandwrites.bsky.social's The Persuaders.
August 30, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Vitally important thread for Americans, and another reason to read @anandwrites.bsky.social's The Persuaders.
Spectacularly good writing and choices about tone in this piece by @jiatolentino.bsky.social. To see this cultural syndrome so acutely, and to diagnose the illusion with such unsnarky compassion, is rare and wonderful.
August 27, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Spectacularly good writing and choices about tone in this piece by @jiatolentino.bsky.social. To see this cultural syndrome so acutely, and to diagnose the illusion with such unsnarky compassion, is rare and wonderful.
Whew @vassb.bsky.social makes a convincing case that Canada needs to tackle the big hard issues and stop futzing around with the minor ones (eg trade barriers). thewalrus.ca/provincial-t...
August 24, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Whew @vassb.bsky.social makes a convincing case that Canada needs to tackle the big hard issues and stop futzing around with the minor ones (eg trade barriers). thewalrus.ca/provincial-t...
Not sure I did expect it to such a degree. But mentally stuck trying to process this scenario:
August 16, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Not sure I did expect it to such a degree. But mentally stuck trying to process this scenario:
Some bird in this tree in the Laurentians has a call I've never heard before: imagine a very irritable squeaky hinge.
August 13, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Some bird in this tree in the Laurentians has a call I've never heard before: imagine a very irritable squeaky hinge.
The pernicious bafflegab of this rationale from the UChicago dean of arts & humanities: the risk of becoming "a pale, indecipherable version of what we once aspired to be".
August 13, 2025 at 7:13 PM
The pernicious bafflegab of this rationale from the UChicago dean of arts & humanities: the risk of becoming "a pale, indecipherable version of what we once aspired to be".
Stagedoor cosplay, Lohengrin
August 9, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Stagedoor cosplay, Lohengrin
With Ortrud herself. 🥹
August 9, 2025 at 2:53 AM
With Ortrud herself. 🥹
Furry step snake.
August 2, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Furry step snake.
Above is Avrum Burg's conclusion. This is his premise:
July 29, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Above is Avrum Burg's conclusion. This is his premise:
Powerful, very important post on Israel's moral dead-end by Avrum Burg, former Speaker of the Knesset and peace activist. substack.com/home/post/p-...
July 29, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Powerful, very important post on Israel's moral dead-end by Avrum Burg, former Speaker of the Knesset and peace activist. substack.com/home/post/p-...
Given the pointlessness of Canadian statements that change no official positions, I think the very least my government could do is to renounce the fantasy of calling for all sides to do the right thing, and instead call for something else that might now happen.
July 25, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Given the pointlessness of Canadian statements that change no official positions, I think the very least my government could do is to renounce the fantasy of calling for all sides to do the right thing, and instead call for something else that might now happen.