The Tradwife Illusion Meets the Anti-Trump Reality www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/o...
Opinion | The Tradwife Illusion Meets the Anti-Trump Reality
Nara Smith’s illusion meets the anti-Trump reality.
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Linda A. White
@lindawhite.bsky.social
Professor of Political Science @UofToronto. Researches inequalities in access to care, education, and other social investment policies. All my posts should end with, “can’t we do it for the kids?” @equityed.bsky.social
Sometimes in a library I imagine each book as years of an author’s life such that you are standing amidst uncounted hours of effort and concentration like some oasis of meaningful time.
The WNBA has never had a trans woman play in the league’s 30-year history and now the right and other anti-trans activists are hammering the league over something that has never been an issue, proving once again it isn’t about protection but exhibiting cruelty toward trans people.
Whhhhyyyy? Trump Administration Plans to Upend Head Start by Deregulating It www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/u...
Trump Administration Plans to Upend Head Start by Deregulating It
The White House tried but failed to block funding for preschool for poor children. Instead, it will seek to strip away standards on health, literacy — and brushing teeth.
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In September, the 2 Million inhabitants of Sachsen-Anhalt, one of the 16 German Länder vote for their parliament. This is the current polling 👇
Recently had to explain to a professional from outside Toronto, that the vast majority of downtown Toronto workers commute by bike, walking, or transit. Some drive, but they are the minority. Perhaps I should show them these bike share stations…
man I will just never get over the fact that the collective response to the pandemic, and an absolutely miraculous vaccine development, was to destroy public health in this country and smear everyone involved I generally take a positive view of humanity overall but it's so depressing
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.Moreno to Fauci: "Who the fuck did you think you were?"
When CBS hired Morley Safer to 60 minutes, he was a few years younger than ross douthat, but had already covered 9 wars, including Vietnam, where he’d been shot down in combat, broke the infamous village torching story, & got an Emmy for the Gulf of Tonkin Incident. That’s a journalist.
Thanks for the boost, @atkinsoncentre.bsky.social! We are pleased to share our Research Digest, and look forward to creating more! You can find it on our website: equityeducation.ca/equity-in-ed... @bdhuey.bsky.social @lindawhite.bsky.social @oiseuoft.bsky.social @utscresearch.bsky.social
Equity in Education Research Digest - Equity Education Canada
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Atkinson Centre@atkinsoncentre.bsky.social · 2w agoNew from @equityed.bsky.social Equity in Education Research Digest : In this first issue of our Research Digest, we highlight three different articles and two progress notes, that intersect in the area of education and public policies.... equityeducation.ca/equity-in-ed...
“Teens sue Musk's xAI over Grok's pornographic images of them *** Two of the teenagers behind the lawsuit are under the age of 18…” 3/16/26 … 1/ www.bbc.com/news/article...
Teens sue Elon Musk's xAI over Grok's pornographic images of them
Musk's AI chatbot has created millions of fake sexualised images, experts say.
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The ongoing Musk nazi tweets just have me wondering if corporate boards are even a thing anymore
The first human trial of the new Bundibugyo ebola vaccine has started. First volunteer received their vaccine on Friday www.ox.ac.uk/news/2026-07...
First volunteer vaccinated in the world's first Bundibugyo ebolavirus vaccine trial
The University of Oxford’s Oxford Vaccine Group has today successfully vaccinated the first volunteer in the world’s first clinical trial of a vaccine designed to protect against Bundibugyo ebolavirus...
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Idea: To stop wildfire smoke from Canada, build a wall the entire length of the US/Canada border and the height of the tropopause (let’s make it 15 km to be safe). Or we can stop burning fossil fuels.
Led by Javier Olivera & just published in JEBO, we compare the “mental maps” of redistribution among politicians and citizens across seven parliaments. The headline finding is that politicians hold markedly more polarized views on redistribution than citizens. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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A new interesting article by Jenna Quelch is now available on our FirstView page. It is entitled "Medicalization, deservingness, and policy feedback: survey evidence on public support for gendered-reproductive health care in Canada". Enjoy it here: tinyurl.com/mscfs8ms
It would be an extremely sorry state if after 30 years of relentless effort, we had to give up on the goal of polio eradication It’s so close, yet we’re now backsliding because of funding cuts. And success rests mainly on two regions between Afghanistan and Pakistan www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Polio should have been eradicated by now. What’s plan B?
Amid funding cuts and political barriers, researchers are asking whether the campaign can ever succeed, and what to do next.
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I’m hard pressed to come up with any single thing that has been studied as much as vaccines & autism (vaxx safety in general), or as debunked as a link between vaccines & autism. But even more striking is how these people clearly think autism is worse than your child getting a disease or even dying
Alicia Ault@aliciaault.bsky.social · 2w agoCDC has updated its vaccine safety pages. Now says: "The claim 'vaccines do not cause autism' is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism." Whoa #EpiSky #pediatrics #NeuroSky #PsychSky
📈 How do people update their perceptions of the economy? ➡️ Derek A. Epp and Christopher Wlezien show that people interpret the same economic changes differently depending on their prior perceptions, suggesting that public opinion is shaped by benchmarking www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
🆕 in @bjpols.bsky.social: "Thinly Veiled: The Use of Femonationalist Speech in European Parliaments" We describe the ⬆️ of femonationalist speech over time & across party families in Europe We find the far right use it esp when other parties converge on their anti-immigration position Open access!
British Journal of Political Science@bjpols.bsky.social · 2w agoNEW - Thinly Veiled: The Use of Femonationalist Speech in European Parliaments - https://cup.org/4fPucuL - @jmfernandes86.bsky.social, Bonnie M. Meguid & @anacweeks.bsky.social #OpenAccess
Autopsies show how hard doctors tried to save babies who died after not getting a vitamin K shot: tubes inserted in their airways, blood transfusions. They’re excruciating to read because they underscore how preventable these deaths could have been. (Published May)
What I Can’t Forget About the Babies Who Died After Not Receiving a Vitamin K Shot
Babies have died after not receiving the vitamin K shot at birth. Their autopsy records underscore how preventable their deaths could have been.
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Nice to see someone with Jamelle's prominence say this. youtu.be/SPs9MNl5QTg
It is time to stop treating Donald Trump's anti-Canada rhetoric like a joke
YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
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🪧 The University of Toronto (St. George) is hiring in American Politics, with a focus on democracy in the United States. Please spread the word! I'm on the committee and am more than happy to answer questions. Full ad & details here: jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
Your regular reminder that these tariffs are a tax imposed on American companies and individuals that import Canadian goods It’s not a tax on Canadians pressprogress.ca/donald-trump... truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
The biggest affront that Canada has committed to the US is declining to be annexed. The mere fact of Canadian independence is what annoys Trumpists. No concessions short of complete vassalage will satisfy them. So we might as well just get on with our lives.
Amid scandals ranging from insider trading to death markets, Congress has introduced 20+ pieces of legislation on prediction markets. I wrote about how there’s still little consensus on what they even are. 🧵/1
Don Moynihan@donmoyn.bsky.social · 2w agoNew, from @splawinski.bsky.social at Can We Still Govern? The more we learn about how prediction markets operate, the clearer the need for regulation. So whats happening? Congress seems unable to act, while the Trump admin is blocking states from doing so. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-only-t...
Smoke from U.S. wildfires affecting air quality in B.C. #Canada www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
Smoke from U.S. wildfires affecting air quality in B.C.
Wildfires south of the border are responsible for “much” of the smoke that has prompted an air quality warning in one region of B.C., according to officials.
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