This speaks volumes: Yale professors, Timothy Snyder, a historian of totalitarianism and the author of "On Tyranny," and Jason Stanley, a philosopher and the author of "How Fascism Works", move to Canada. leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2025/03... munkschool.utoronto.ca/person/timot...

Really wish this were true. Is he the biggest problem with the Jays? No. But I just get a sense that he's not *not* a problem.

Wow. I'm curious if the FO leaks the deal they had on the table. It would potentially poison the relationship, but would also set the floor for any team that would be considering signing him in as a FA.

Keegan Matheson@keeganmatheson.bsky.social · last yr.

I'm impressed by how Vladdy handled everything this morning. He's drawn a clear line on his number, which he says the #BlueJays were not close to, but multiple times he made it clear that he wants to keep distractions away from his team and that he wants to be in Toronto.

your eyes ask to lift my chin as they trace above my lip's indention I whisper philtrum with questioned end you sigh in reply my cupid's bow was your intention a vermillion border of limitation answered with flick of my tongue around fingers of your words to clarify the want is not for conversation

Remember when the Raptors had a Huskies uniform and awesome blue warm up suits? Remember when I had a job that I could stand on the court under the basket during the warm ups before the game and snap a picture like this? Man, I miss that job sometimes.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cgT... Getting into the festive mood.

NASA Rocket Engine Fireplace - 8 Hours in 4K

YouTube video by NASA

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I'm super proud of the final project that my visual studies students created this year. IG: @theprogressum is an online social media performance culminating in an interactive media installation that took the form of a summoning ritual.

For the past 4 weeks, my students have been performing on social media as a tech cult known as The Progressum. This was all in the lead up to an interactive installation presented today, where their god was being summoned by encouraging visitors to sit and browse their phones while they charge them.

youtu.be/CLDUXW1vVYw The provincial government is failing higher ed in Ontario.

Wow. This video is truly eye-opening. Take a couple minutes to watch this. A mind-boggling visual representation of wealth inequality in America. This sh*t ain’t workin’, folks. #TaxBillionaires #UnionsForAll

Wealth Inequality in America

YouTube video by politizane

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Just found this image and it seems like a succinct way to think about how to write alt text for images. Also, writing the alt text for an image about writing alt text is a very meta-activity which I quite enjoyed.

Re: “echo chambers” Thank you Mina

Mina Kimes@minakimes.bsky.social · 2y ago

Harassment, racism, and engagement farming are not “a difference of opinion.” Had a chance to talk about BlueSky on Pablo’s pod—and why the echo chamber argument mischaracterizes what’s actually going on. 📺: youtu.be/DFBlec2Exrw?...

Back at the dissertation grindstone, I re-read this quote today: "The poet, who speaks in the name of a creative power, capable of overturning all orders and representations in order to affirm difference in the state of permanent revolution which characterizes eternal return; and that... 1/2

if you didn't watch that fight you missed the most recent fight of all time

This is a memory I don't know if I needed to remember.

If you're already here, you've probably already come to this conclusion, but it's time to bail on Twitter for good.

The Case for Abandoning X - Truthdig

When everything around you is the Mad Hatter's tea party with swastikas, common decency itself begins to look demented.

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I’m excited at the prospect of having a baseball community again.