Jason Haslam
@jasonhaslam.ca
Professor, English and Gender & Women’s Studies at Dalhousie U. He/him Check out the Broadview Anthology of Science Fiction: https://broadviewpress.com/product/the-broadview-anthology-of-science-fiction/ http://jasonhaslam.ca
Rates are now as bad as the 1970s, with thousands of miners sick and dying. Mining experts blame toxic silica dust, now more common in mines. n.pr/4yZJVPo
Appalachia's black lung rates highest in nearly 50 years as miners' protections stall
Rates are now as bad as the 1970s, with thousands of miners sick and dying. Mining experts blame toxic silica dust, now more common in mines.
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“And that’s the kind of day it’s been.” Always appreciated that signature sign-off. Former CTV News chief anchor Lloyd Robertson dies at 92 By Daniel Otis via CTV News
Former CTV News chief anchor Lloyd Robertson dies at 92
Canadian journalist Lloyd Robertson, who covered everything from the fall of the Berlin Wall to the 9/11 terrorist attacks during 35 years as chief anchor of CTV National News, has died. He was 92.
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Damn he gets it:
Ron Skolnik@ronskolnik.bsky.social · yesterdayEl-Sayed: "I believe in equal rights to peace, dignity, and self-determination, for Palestinians and Jewish Israelis alike... If that’s 2 states, I’m for it. If it’s 1 state, I’m for that. If it’s this 'land for all' model, ... or whatever they decide." www.newyorker.com/news/the-new...
Ok, shutting this app off for a while because it has thrown just way too much America at me tonight.
Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · 22h agoOh my god the dietician who is telling everyone in the White House to only eat steak and sauerkraut doesn't wipe his ass.
Professors sue Texas A&M System over limits on teaching race, gender This is the second Texas university system sued over teaching restrictions in recent weeks. www.texastribune.org/2026/08/04/t...
Texas A&M sued over teaching limits on race, gender
This is the second Texas university system sued over teaching restrictions in recent weeks.
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i don't like to police genre, but it's not dark academia unless somebody gets squished in one of these bad boys
Most humans, when asked about a child being injured, immediately say their first thought was about the child’s wellbeing. This CHUD, however…
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 22h agoRep. Max Miller: "When I was reported for child abuse of my daughter for a broken collarbone, my daughter was in my ex-wife's care 9 out of the last 11 days and she took her to the emergency room, which is a contempt violation from our shared parenting plan."
As usual, Susan Collins does the tally, sees that Todd Blanche has the votes to win, and then announces...
Booker: "Ghislaine Maxwell is sitting in the lowest possible confinement after giving no information that helped us get one more investigation started and has been silent, and the man responsible for that we're about to make the attorney general of the US ... this is farcical."
Happy (?) "There Will Come Soft Rains" day to all who celebrate! (Pics are from my Broadview Anthology of SF). broadviewpress.com/product/the-... @broadviewpress.bsky.social
That's what taxes are, man. That's the definition of taxes. "You are subsidizing things you might never use" man shut the fuck up. My taxes currently subsidize like oil company exec private jets, you think I'm upset at low-income people eating inexpensive bananas?
USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 2d agoOpinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.
Bluesky is a "liberal bubble" because fascist chuds can't get traction without algorithmic assistance and because people here trained themselves to block "debate me" trybois the instant they roll up
The Verge@theverge.com · 2d agoBluesky's new CEO Toni Schneider on the platform's reputation for being a liberal bubble: "Yes, we definitely want that to change. It is already changing. It certainly wasn’t designed to attract one specific group of people."
they want to humiliate you. it's not enough that you have to knuckle under. they need you to feel bad and resign yourself to this system. they won't even let you take out a loan to do something that might have value that can't be measured in money.
The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 2d agoPresident Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loans. Degrees for social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music will be hit the hardest. trib.al/aaAEu6v
Bluesky oldheads will remember that brief period of time when the conservative trolls tried to storm the place and were flummoxed by the idea they would have to organically grow an audience and that someone who didn't want to talk to them could nuke every interaction they ever had from orbit
once upon a time, we cut off the trolls’ oxygen and they got bored and wandered off. that’s how this place became the so-called “bubble” they hate so much. the end.
John Scalzi@scalzi.com · 2d agoBluesky oldheads will remember that brief period of time when the conservative trolls tried to storm the place and were flummoxed by the idea they would have to organically grow an audience and that someone who didn't want to talk to them could nuke every interaction they ever had from orbit
🧵 Snopes pored over hundreds of pages of documents to confirm that Anthropic bought millions of books in bulk and destructively scanned them to train its AI model.
Apparently DEI was the only thing standing between us and death lettuce
Reuters@reuters.com · 2d agoMichigan reports two deaths in ongoing cyclosporiasis outbreak reut.rs/4w4bd4E
Good article on That Study claiming to show the Thing that is designed to clear particles from the air does not work on magic particles that somehow defy physics, but actually showing that the Thing doesn't work well when turned off, turned on too low, poorly placed or (checks notes) urinated on.
Can air purifiers prevent flu and COVID-19 in nursing homes? Only if they’re used properly
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Thank you for your work as a shipyard welder during #WWII --for being one of the “Rosie the Riveters” -- and for spending your final years telling your story each Friday at the Rosie the Riveter World War II Homefront National Historical Park. Goodnight & godspeed, Jeanne Gibson.🕯️
Beloved ‘Rosie’ Jeanne Gibson dies at 100
“One less welding torch shines today,” said National Parks volunteer Tammy Brumley, affectionately known as the Rosie Wrangler.
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This oped by @stufts.bsky.social is good. Executives at WestJet will delay good faith negotiations knowing the federal government loathes labour disruption + will sacrifice workers fair wages, rights & gender-based wage gains for investment attractiveness. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...
Opinion: WestJet labour dispute is really a proxy battle between Carney and unions
Liberal government continues to set a tone restricting the right to strike in federally regulated sectors, something that’s emerging as foundational to the Prime Minister’s economic strategy
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RFK Jr and wife had a soiree at their Hollywood mansion during COVID and required proof of COVID vaccination with RSVP. Watch what they do, not what they say. –Rachel Maddow
Saw a post on another site bemoaning that a US AI firm has lured away a Canadian academic AI firms are built on stolen IP & add significantly & needlessly to environmental destruction. If someone’s willing to overlook that, well: good riddance. Don’t let the door hit ya where the good lord split ya
"If I built a big robot that consumed 33% of my state's electricity so it could go around stealing people's art I would be arrested, and that's how you know law is a social construct." #TechLiteracy #AiIsTheProblem
I worked for New York’s largest medical center at the start of the pandemic. There were morgue trucks on the streets. They set up emergency medical tents in Central Park. Healthcare worker colleagues died. It is horrific that RFK Jr is on national TV lying that ICUs were empty.
If another advanced civilization lived on Earth before us, would we know? It is a mind-bending idea that not only looks deep into the Earth’s past but also far into its future, as humans change the climate swiftly and dramatically by burning fossil fuels: https://cnn.it/4hKTKdX
If another advanced civilization lived on Earth before us, would we know? | CNN
Two scientists explored the idea that there was another civilizaton before humans, which harnessed energy and wiped itself out. To investigate, they looked deep into the Earth’s past but also far into...
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Always fun to read about how universities, like @dalhousie.bsky.social, are willing to spend millions to <checks notes> cut spending. (Of course the parasitic consultancy class always recommends cuts that end up breaking things so badly that management then hires more consultants to “fix” it, &c.)
The Breach@breachmedia.ca · 3w agoCanada’s universities are broke—and easy prey for consulting firms peddling austerity. @jameshasaface.bsky.social & Kyla Perry investigate the Nous Group, an Australian consulting firm that has earned a name for “restructuring” that cuts jobs, services, and faculties at Canadian schools.
On the enduring willingness of senior university managers to buy any auld pig in a poke! www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/educati...
‘Mind-boggling stupidity’: The consultancy that captured universities
Nous Group has slowly taken over the university sector, filling VCs’ offices with ex-staff and buying ‘incredibly sensitive’ data that is sold back for benchmarking.
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