Saw an ad for a psoriasis medication last night - woman is on couch with husband, and she says she is grateful he is still interested, they start kissing and he turns off the light - implied so he cannot see her skin. I have no words.
Dr Gillian I Leitch
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Historian, writer, artist, genealogist, popular culture - Co-Chair SFF PCA - Views are my own :) (Identities, 19C QC & ON, immigration history, Science Fiction - Doctor Who, etc)
Had an amazing tour of the Library and Archives at the National Art Gallery in Ottawa. This is an amazing collection, what a resource, and open to all researchers. Thank you to the staff for the tour!
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Critics slam Tim Hortons Harry Potter promotion as anti-2SLGBTQ+ | CBC News
Tim Hortons has announced a new Harry Potter promotion, but the reaction online has been anything but magical.
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The campaign against the Canadian Museum for Human Rights’ Nakba exhibition shows why arm’s-length cultural institutions must be protected. www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
Museum independence cannot be conditional in Canada | CCPA
The campaign against the Canadian Museum for Human Rights’ Nakba exhibition shows why arm’s-length cultural institutions must be protected.
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Weir(d?) Times at Library and Archives Canada: A Visit to 395 Wellington - Anglo-Celtic Connections
On a drizzly Wednesday morning I made my way from the Lyon OCTranspo LRT station to the Library and Archives Canada building on Wellington Street in Ottawa. I signed in — my user card had expired — an...
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I have a request for panelists: for the 2027 Pop Culture Association Conference. We want to explore how naval history and traditions are taught about in fictional navies (Jack Cambell's Lost Fleet series Shannon battle during the War of 1812 in Robert Heinlein's Starship Troopers etc) Please DM me
so I started thinking about my fall courses today (sorry!) and I have a question for #skystorians : What’s your favorite academic article (chapter, edited volume essay, etc) about non-European science in the early modern period? My 200-level “Scientific Revolution” survey could use a refresh.
Great read: aftermath.site/google-searc... “I just don’t want to talk to my fucking search results. I want information that I can explore and evaluate on my own; I want to see what’s out there and what experts say, not what a bot can regurgitate and poorly summarize.“
Stop Talking To Me, Google Search
Since May, Google's AI summaries have tried to lure users into conversation with AI
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AI-generated fake historic images are destroying our past, present, and future Morning File by @suzannerent.bsky.social
AI-generated fake historic images are destroying our past, present, and future - Halifax Examiner
"There have always been plagiarists, careless and lazy researchers, and bad actors. AI in its current incarnation and its rapid, seemingly thoughtless, dissemination just takes it to a whole new level...
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Bibliotheque et Archives National du Quebec – archives matter 2026
The BANQ is Quebec’s provincial archives and library. It is a group of 12 different buildings – 2 libraries and 10 archives centres. The BANQ serves Quebec’s different regions very well. Collection…
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‘A disaster’ for access, expert says as cuts push Library and Archives to end proactive declassification work www.hilltimes.com/2026/07/21/a...
‘A disaster’ for access, expert says as cuts push Library and Archives to end proactive declassification work - The Hill Times
'It's just another tragedy in the access story,' says historian Timothy Sayle of the decision to axe the three-year-old program, and part of a 'broader pattern of underfunding access to information…
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OC transpo, faced with increase of govt workers on its routes decides best way to deal with it is not increased buses on busy routes, but an appeal for workers to stay downtown longer so their buses don't fill up
So you want to advocate for inclusive history but don't know where to start? Check out the Advocacy Resources page designed to help you advocate in line with professional codes of ethics, communicate the value of history, navigate issues of labor solidarity, and more! ncph.org/what-is-publ...
Robot Suicide is on sale!! It's my most expensive title, so you should definitely grab it now while you can. www.bloomsbury.com/us/robot-sui...
Robot Suicide
In Robot Suicide: Death, Identity, and AI in Science Fiction, Liz W Faber blends cultural studies, philosophy, sociology, and medical sciences to show how ficti…
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Because sure a LLM which grabbed all the content off the internet without permission will keep what you say private.... Dumb ad.
This is so cool! theironroom.wordpress.com/2026/07/06/a...
An Extraordinary Society
Archives & Collections are delighted to announce the inscription of another of our collections onto the UNESCO Memory of the World National Register. It is well known that UNESCO recognises pla…
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Every vote counts - and a protest vote is still a vote. It is a part of parliamentary democracy!
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Montreal Water Famine – Emergency Supply from Lachine Canal, 1914
“Montreal Water Works – Emergency Supply from Lachine Canal” Among the material that came to me through the contents of my Great-Uncle Clair’s former home [see: ] was a black scrapbook …
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Scotland's national film archive holds 26,000 films – from Clyde shipyards to St Andrews parades. But half are on decaying formats, and time is running out. This year's Annual Appeal is raising funds to digitise and restore them, before they're lost > auth.nls.uk/support-us/w...
I really feel sorry for the American mens' soccer team. Imagine working so hard to advance in the World Cup only to have your president decide you obviously aren't good enough, and try to game the system. Then to have the world shit on you because of it.
Happy pub date to Sarah Carter's CROPPED. This long-awaited work exposes the stranglehold the DIA had on First Nations’ land, resources, and livelihoods and shows the deep roots of First Nations agricultural knowledge.
🚨🚨🚨 SCHOLARLY RESOURCE MUTUAL AID ALERT She said she would make the humanities resource mutual aid relay device herself. Hosting it because I've got the hosting capacity for now and it was the easy button. Presenting: The Resource Exchange! www.meganfaragher.com/resourceexch...
Soccer is a marvelous sport, and the idea of a world tournament where everyone competes with a common set of rules and goals is wonderful. FIFA allowing politics and power subvert the rules is shameful. But then they gave a warmonger a peace prize, so clearly they feel no shame.
Chicago National #Archives Closure Will Be Loss For Historians, Researchers — Even Deep-Sea Divers (via @blockclubchi.bsky.social) blockclubchicago.org/author/leigh... #NARA #govdocs #usgov #ushistory
Just here to post this again like I do every year, not only because Douglass was one of the founding philosophers of American liberty but because I am so moved by the kids Frederick Douglass’ descendants deliver “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July”
‘What To The Slave Is The Fourth Of July?’: Descendants Read Frederick Douglass' Speech | NPR
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While I wish Taylor Swift well in her marriage, I really have no interest in the "details" of her wedding. All that media hanging around for pics, whatever. But kudos to her and her fiancé for making all those big donations to worthy causes. Report on that.