Yulia Ryzhik
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Yulia Ryzhik
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English professor in early modern literature (University of Toronto), runner, birder, letterpress printer, canoe tripper, cat lover
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Though I am not here to talk about Ukraine and the unprovoked Russian invasion, I want to repeat what I have always believed: Canada should support Ukraine unequivocally. Because they deserve our help in defending their sovereignty and those who want to erase democracies will not stop at Ukraine.
February 15, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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Our parks are in chaos. We’ve seen firsthand how Trump’s hiring freeze, the rescinding of hundreds of job offers, and the layoff of 5% of NPS staff have left us overwhelmed and short-handed.
February 15, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Doug Ford is destroying Ontario to make himself rich and all his developer buddies.
Ontario's growing environmental crisis: how two major projects are harming the Great Lakes
www.thesarniajournal.ca/news/ontario...
Ontario's growing environmental crisis: how two major projects are harming the Great Lakes
www.thesarniajournal.ca
February 6, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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One of my favourite fairy tales is 'The Boy Who Drew Cats.' It is a Japanese tale about a boy who was compelled to draw cats everywhere. He initially got into trouble but his hobby paid off because one day the cats he drew saved him from a giant rat goblin.
#FairyTaleTuesday #JapaneseFolklore
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September 3, 2024 at 9:58 AM
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NEW: In response to orders by the Trump admin, the CDC has taken down the Household Pulse Survey, one of the biggest and most important sources of Long COVID data in the world.

The US government is literally erasing the existence of Long COVID.
February 1, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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Abe no Seimei was a famous onmyoji, a Japanese magician and diviner for the imperial court in the Heian period. He was able to predict the gender of unborn babies, locate lost items, summon spirits, conduct exorcisms, and command oni to do his bidding.
#FolkyFriday #JapaneseFolklore
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January 24, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Book of Ehon Ginsekai (The World in Silver) https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/37360
January 12, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Flowers from Philipp Hainhofer's Große Stammbuch (1596-1633) @publicdomainrev.bsky.social
January 11, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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An early modern anti-multi-tasking emblem and slogan...

“We cannot all do everything”

Jacob Hoefnagel, 1634

(British Museum)
January 6, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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So this is very exciting! We have 16 places on our AHRC-funded Print Matters Summer School. There is no course fee, and applicants get 4 nights B&B accommodation and a travel bursary of up to £100. The Summer School is open to all disciplines and career stages.

www.thinicepress.org/events/print...
Print Matters summer school: Thin Ice Press — Thin Ice Press
What does it mean to think about matter and materiality through the medium of letterpress printing?  We invite scholars of matter, materiality and/or material culture (broadly conceived) in any ...
www.thinicepress.org
January 10, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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‘Libertinism, by parading its heterodoxy, its independence of the rules, risks being just a parade: a firework display that fizzles into nothing.’

Clare Bucknell on the Earl of Rochester and the pursuit of pleasure:
Clare Bucknell · The Readyest Way to Hell: The Exhausting Earl of Rochester
Rochester could ruin anything. ‘Even his most elegant verse often resounds with the crash of breaking glass,’...
www.lrb.co.uk
January 2, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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No matter what happens with the Canadian Federal election, one thing will be true — a significant % of Canadian voters & media will have been successfully manipulated to oppose a beneficial carbon pricing approach that was either revenue-neutral or financially beneficial to almost all Canadians…1/2
January 4, 2025 at 5:46 AM
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Maneki Neko at Gotokuji Temple in Tokyo.
#Caturday #Japan #cats
December 14, 2024 at 4:43 AM
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Today I’ll be reading “Narcissus” by Osamu Dazai (trans. Ralph McCarthy), compliments of @wwborders.bsky.social. Join me! ☺️
January 2, 2025 at 2:38 PM
@footnotesman.bsky.social Great to connect with you! I'll be giving a talk at Meiji University on December 13, on Japanese translation(s) of Milton's Paradise Lost. Perhaps see you there?
November 25, 2024 at 7:02 PM