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Susan Joudrey
@sujo.bsky.social
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educator. historian of public history, settler colonialism & eugenics. concerned citizen. pop culture enthusiast. Worth a million in prizes, but also anti-capitalist.
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Kjipuktuk (Halifax)-Mi'kma'ki
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Susan Joudrey @sujo.bsky.social · Jul 8
I guess my Bluesky typos will also keep me humble
sujo.bsky.social
Democracy can work, it doesn't need to be tied to capitalism, and the form it takes can change over time. It's worth the effort because no form of governance is perfect, but many are more inequitable.
thomaszimmer.bsky.social Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 2d
Democracy can feel tiresome, boring, frustrating. It is all about constantly negotiating and re-negotiating conflicting interests and sensibilities. Not exactly the most rousing stuff. But it is the day-to-day implementation of the grandest and noblest of ideas: That all people are equal.
November 17, 2025 at 3:02 PM
sujo.bsky.social
"We wish for the N.S. government to do better. In 2026 provide people on Income Assistance a much more substantial living allowance, than we received in 2025!

...For some sort of mental health service to become available over the actual 2 weeks of Christmas..."
November 16, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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clairewillett.bsky.social
Alice is the gold standard of what Twitter was when it was great - how you could just find these brilliant, remarkable people with the kind of voices that rarely get platformed or taken seriously, and hear about their lives in their own words without intruding on them or demanding emotional labor
thrasherxy.bsky.social Steven W. Thrasher is finishing The Overseer Class @thrasherxy.bsky.social · 1d
Watching disabled people around the world mourn Alice is a reminder of the good aspect of the internet. 30 years ago, few people outside of SF would ever have known Alice existed. I never would have met her. The internet connected us all. Let’s honor Alice’s memory by using that power and community.
rachelherzl-betz.bsky.social Rachel Herzl-Betz ❌👑 @rachelherzl-betz.bsky.social · 1d
My social media is wall-to-wall love for the incomparable Alice Wong, and I need more words. What captures sadness and/also affection for a community that knows what's been lost?
November 16, 2025 at 5:29 AM
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arieltroster.com
One year, 4,464 calls, 92% required no police intervention. The Alternative Neighbourhood Crisis Response (ANCHOR) in Centretown is sending the right people to help in cases of mental health or substance use crises. It represents the de-tasking of police and it works.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Centretown crisis response team handled thousands of calls in its 1st year, report shows | CBC News
Launched in August 2024, the Alternative Neighbourhood Crisis Response (ANCHOR) team responded to 4,464 calls in its first year, according to numbers in a new city report. The pilot program aims to pr...
www.cbc.ca
November 16, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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betsyladyzhets.bsky.social
"Alice supported and took many people with Long COVID under her wing — I was honored to call her a colleague and friend."

@mileswgriffis.bsky.social in @thesicktimes.org's obituary for the great Alice Wong: thesicktimes.org/2025/11/15/a...
Alice Wong, disability activist and luminary, dies at 51 - The Sick Times
Alice Wong platformed and uplifted people with Long COVID in her final chapter as a lifelong disability advocate and storyteller.
thesicktimes.org
November 16, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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heleninwords.bsky.social
Congratulations, SMU colleagues! Well fought/bargained!
cupe3912.bsky.social CUPE 3912 @cupe3912.bsky.social · 2d
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
November 15, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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jennykaynz.bsky.social
RIP Alice Wong, author, #HumanRights activist, disabled warrior and fierce with it! Farewell @sfdirewolf.bsky.social
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If you haven't heard of Alice Wong, here's an interview from earlier in 2025 on her receiving a 2024 MacArthur ‘genius’ award.
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www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Disability advocate Alice Wong on resistance in the new year: ‘Life is a dumpster fire, but I’m not alone’
The activist, who received a 2024 MacArthur ‘genius’ grant, reflects on a moment that changed her life – and why she finds hope in sci-fi
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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foxrook.bsky.social
Want to honor Alice Wong and her work? Wear a damn mask!
November 15, 2025 at 7:32 AM
sujo.bsky.social
the hackmatack are all golden on the south shore
November 15, 2025 at 7:51 PM
sujo.bsky.social
And those students lost and continue to lose care-givers to Covid. Nobody's ever provided support for the trauma. And there's no support for students who are struggling with Long Covid.
lollardfish.bsky.social David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 2d
Every time Covid and learning loss hits the news, people act like the only factor is folk staying home and learning online, rather than… Living through a global mass death event.
November 14, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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brainnotonyet.bsky.social
It’s too bad that those of us on the research and academic side who’ve been correctly saying that the goal for the Republicans was global ethnic cleansing and mass murder have been getting smeared by liberals and others on this site as conspiracy theorists or doomers for pointing this out months ago
desqatarian.bsky.social Britt @desqatarian.bsky.social · 4d
Ooh, @bigthink.com this exchange between @joscha.bsky.social and Jeffrey Epstein is so eugenics-smeared. Contemplating using climate change and involuntary euthanasia of infirm and elderly to cull the population… I think I’m going to be ill.
From HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_026413
failure of agriculture. The climate change itself with result in migration and wars, but most people will probably survive that. But who knows, I might be wrong. too many people, so many mass executions of the elderly and infirm make sense is the fundamental fact that everyone dies at some time make it imporrisbole to ask so why not earilier. if the brain discards unused neurons, why shold socieity keep their equivalent The radical idea of treating individuals in a society as cells and the society itself as a well-organized organism is fascism, or course. Probably the most efficient and rationally stringent way of governance, if , maybe climate change is a good way of dealing with overpopulation. fire. potentailly a good thing for the species • the earths forest Making having children expensive in terms of upbringing and missed opportunity (like in the west) is a more humane way. Environmental stress while Exactly. I looked up the statistics, black kids in the US have slower cognitive development (and never catch up), which the study of course attributed to social factors without any evidence, and they had faster motor development! I suspect this means their brains are slower at learning high-level concepts, because the low- level structures are optimized for a shorter time. But they will keep the lead in motor development, because it is easier to learn, and they have more time and attention to practice once they get the structures in place.
November 14, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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trevorjadams.bsky.social
Make no mistake: The widespread outpouring of fury forced this decision.
West Mabou Beach golf development proposal won't proceed, premier says | CBC News
Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston told reporters Thursday the proposal 'won't get to the next step.'
www.cbc.ca
November 13, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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beachlover.bsky.social
I am so happy they are leaving West Mabou alone. I am sure it is because of the public outcry. Good job everyone!
November 13, 2025 at 7:04 PM
sujo.bsky.social
This would be news to Nova Scotians. I have not seen any announcement from the province to bring back elected school board trustees. In fact, the cons have been resisting it hard. But, yes, the current system doesn't work at all. Parents have no advocates.
November 13, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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cupe3912.bsky.social
SMU Part-Time Faculty have a tentative agreement! SMU PT members, check your email for more information.

#SMUstrike #FairDealNow #cdnpse #canlab
WE HAVE A TENTATIVE AGREEMENT! (SMU PT FACULTY, CHECK YOUR EMAIL! NOW!) Information Sessions on Nov 13: 9 am via Zoom with the Bargaining Team 12 pm in-person at the SMU Picket Line with Neil and Howard 6 pm via Zoom with the Bargaining Team
November 13, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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sharkusg.bsky.social
Maybe we’ve had this wrong. It’s possible that Epstein is all over the Trump files.
November 13, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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lootina.bsky.social
Agreed: read their new book on how arsenic emissions polluted a northern mining town – and the ways activists and Indigenous people fought back. #envhist www.mqup.ca/price-of-gol...
November 13, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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twpiggott.bsky.social
There were once dreams of eradicating measles - I remember discussion on it in my MSc epi class.
The loss of progress on measles is not only a health loss for kids (measles can be disabling & deadly), it’s also a massive economic loss.

We save billions/yr not having to vaccinate & treat smallpox.
November 13, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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halifaxwater.bsky.social
Lake Major Returns to Voluntary Restrictions

Due to recent precipitation, Halifax Water’s source water supply has started to replenish and recover. Effective immediately, all customers serviced by Lake Major are returned to voluntary water restrictions.

halifaxwater.ca/alert/lake-m...

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November 12, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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tinaadcock.bsky.social
If you work in environmental history or humanities, please consider donating to NiCHE this month. They do so, so much to support and expand these fields, and I know they would really appreciate your support -- in any amount, or through spreading news of their campaign! #envhum #envhist
November 12, 2025 at 6:50 PM
sujo.bsky.social
sometimes I need to continue to stay on top of conspiracy theorists, and holy eff, thoughts and prayers for my algorithm.
November 12, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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ketanjoshi.co
"In an internal memo from September, CEO Sam Altman said that OpenAI’s “audacious long-term goal is to build 250 gigawatts of capacity by 2033.” If Altman achieves this goal, OpenAI will need almost exactly as much electricity as India’s 1.5 billion people"

Great @truthdig.com piece on chips ->
The Ecological Cost of AI Is Much Higher Than You Think - Truthdig
As the demands of AI grow, each generation of microchips requires more energy, minerals and water to produce, driving a ruinous cycle.
www.truthdig.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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sujo.bsky.social
Whatever you think about the upcoming Remembrance Day, I'd like to see more of this nazi-fighting energy from everyone.
A photo of a poster that reads "Men of valor. They fight for you. Two-man boarding party from the Canadian corvette 'Oakville' subdues crew of German sub in Caribbean." The painting depicts two bare-chested men wearing shorts on a submarine taking on 5 or 6 uniformed nazis who are also wearing life preservers. This poster can be viewed at the Naval Museum of Halifax, in Nova Scotia.
November 8, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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moriartylab.bsky.social
Canadian COVID Forecast: Nov 8 - Nov 21, 2025

SEVERE: AB
VERY HIGH: CAN, MB, NB, NL, North, NS, QC, SK
HIGH: BC, ON, PEI
MODERATE: none

About 1 in 118 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
This image shows gauges with the Nov 8 - Nov 21, 2025 Forecast scores for Canada, the provinces, & territories. From left to right: Canada: VERY HIGH - 10.1 Alberta: SEVERE - 16.2 British Columbia: HIGH - 8.4 Manitoba: VERY HIGH - 11.9 New Brunswick: VERY HIGH - 14.5 Newfoundland & Labrador: VERY HIGH - 10.1 North: VERY HIGH - 11.5 Nova Scotia: VERY HIGH - 12.7 Ontario: HIGH - 9.2 Prince Edward Island: HIGH - 7.7 Quebec: VERY HIGH - 10.1 Saskatchewan: VERY HIGH - 13.1 A text box reads: "The COVID Forecast is calculated from 3 equally weighted categories: 1) Current infections and spread; 2) Healthcare system impact; 3) Mortality. Within each category there is one sub-category for trends over the most recent week (Trends) and one sub-category for current parameter values relative to a specified baseline (Current values). Trends and current values are weighted equally when determining the final score for a category. All Forecast input data and sources are available here (https://datastudio.google.com/embed/u/0/reporting/42b886cf-d661-488e-b7d8-5c5836b55ab6/page/p_2yqs028mwc). Past Forecast scores are available in the table below. Forecast scores are grouped into 4 ranges: MODERATE (1 to <5, white), HIGH (6 to <10, yellow), VERY HIGH (10 to <15, orange), SEVERE (>15 red)."
November 10, 2025 at 10:56 PM
sujo.bsky.social
"...4 full-time students in Rhys's class who require a teaching assistant. ...2 more part-time students who need a [TA] will soon be joining the class. ...there is 1 [TA] in the classroom."

By denying supports, the NS Dept of Ed pushes self-segregation. Parents are told they should just homeschool.
Cape Breton family concerned about inadequate support for their child with diabetes in the classroom | CBC News
A Cape Breton family is fighting to get an extra teacher’s assistant to help monitor the blood sugar levels of their child with diabetes. So far, the school is refusing to do so.
www.cbc.ca
November 10, 2025 at 10:21 PM