West Coast Canadiana.

this whole issue see also, universities

Julie DiCaro@juliedicaro.bsky.social · last wk.

I know people have been controlling me for over a decade now will come here and say it’s because I suck at everything and everyone hates me. But actuality, I’ve been very good at the jobs I’ve had. And the constant layoffs I’ve experienced in media have nothing to do with my abilities.

Edible Canadiana.

Canadiana.

Canadiana.

AI is the asbestos we're shoveling into the walls of our civilization and our descendants will be digging it out for generations: pluralistic.net/2026/04/08/p... 36/

We're looking for an Engagement Specialist & Content Strategist 📢 If you're passionate about communications, research and innovation, join the CFI and help grow the Research Facilities Navigator! bit.ly/4wjBtsP 📍Ottawa (Hybrid) 🕒 One-year contract 📅 Apply by August 10, 2026

My Odyssey and Iliad translations are available as audiobooks, read/ performed by very talented real people: Claire Danes and Audra MacDonald. They do a much better job than the robots! www.audible.com/pd/The-Iliad...

The Odyssey

Check out this great listen on Audible.com. Acclaimed actress Claire Danes burnishes an epic story of heroes, gods, and monsters in a groundbreaking translation of The Odyssey, the first great adventure story in the Western literary tradition. When the wily warrior-king Odysseus sets off for home ...

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“Used ChatGPT as my search engine” 👀 🫠 Editor-in-Chief of Science

Holden Thorp@holdenthorp.bsky.social · 3w ago

Hi, this is Holden emerging from my Bluesky hiatus to tell everyone that when checking the links in the piece, I used ChatGPT as my search engine (does anyone use Google anymore?). The piece was written by me and edited by humans. So all the links were checked by me and again by our copyeditors.

leaf containing #chant for the feast of the Assumption, now at Princeton University #fragmentfriday

Probably more helpful to think of them not so much as “Canadian wildfires” but rather “climate change wildfires currently consuming Canada”

The owner of a local, tiny, independent bookshop allowed her store to become a third space for me and my friends. She even let us carefully read parts of books, knowing we would spend our allowances there. She also gave me my first part-time summer job. An amazing person; sorely missed.

Zack Davisson@zackdavisson.com · 3w ago

I ask as always: What were these mythical "third places that previous generations had available to them?" The whole idea of "third places" is just so much Camelot mythmaking.

Hello from academia

Jesse Thorn@jessethorn.bsky.social · 4w ago

Drafts are fucked up. Imagine not being able to choose your employer, even where you live, for the first decade of your career.

I love the rainbow wings on the angel. Even more spectacular in real life!

Dr. Peter Paul Rubens@peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 4w ago

Within her church, framed by 3 windows for the Trinity, Mary hears the voice of beautiful angel & replies I am the handmaiden of the Lord. A lovely performance staged by Jan van Eyck in 1434.

It’s the annual Medieval and Renaissance Music Conference and I really wish early musos had a bigger presence on BlueSky! For the past couple of years I haven’t been able to attend in-person or online, but I wish I could see the highlight reel of skeets! #MedRen2026

Bonnie Blackburn was an astounding academic, whose contributions to the field are immeasurable. She was also the best editor in the business—to have your work edited by her was a privilege & a joy. Most of all she was unfailingly encouraging & supportive. She always had a kind word. #MedRen2026

Erika Supria H@drcanonic.bsky.social · last mo.

A tribute to Bonnie Blackburn, whose loss is immeasurable. She was beloved everywhere—including in Poland—and helped build bridges with Polish scholars over 20 years ago. What a difference she made to so many, and how profoundly she shaped the field. 4/

You too can have an accessible conference! Accessibility makes things better for everyone! Open access guidelines, compiled by Alexandra R. A. Lee & me, here 👉 www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi... #MedievalSky #IMC2026 🗃️

First Round of 16 appearance. First hat-trick by a CANMNT player. First win in FIFA World Cup history. First multi-goal game. First tournament on home soil. First run with multiple players scoring goals. 2026 was a World Cup to remember for CANMNT 🥹🇨🇦

otd 3 July 1515 Leonora d'Este was born, daughter of Lucrezia Borgia and Alfonso I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara. She became abbess of the convent of Corpus Domini, and an esteemed musician. Maistre Jhan's "Ecce amica mea" may have been written for her. musicasecreta.bandcamp.com/album/mother...

Mother Sister Daughter, by Musica Secreta

31 track album

musicasecreta.bandcamp.com

Are you attending the #SHARPIES festival? On Thurs 9 Jul, 21:30-22:30 CEST I will be hosting the 'All-Languages Book Recommendation Fika Social Hour.' Bring your bookish book recommendation (fiction & non-fic) & tell us why you liked it. @sharpweb.org #BookHistory 1/

Essential reading, and an analysis that holds true for university systems outside the UK as well.

Independent Social Research Foundation@isrfoundation.bsky.social · last mo.

What is the human impact of the current crisis in UK higher education? Bethan Evans draws from the experiences of academics with energy limiting conditions to show how universities function as an 'exhaustion economy' Check out the latest from our Dispatches series

Hey there cats and kittens, it's just before 0700 my time and I'm on Discourse here bc it's quite a day for Catholics and medievalists on here and we need to do a bit better than yesterday. So a thread: The thema (oh ho!) I'm gonna work w/is: "one holy and Apostolic Church"

THE VATICAN IS CALLING IT A SCHISM I REPEAT HOUSTON, WE HAVE A SCHISM

Claire Willett@clairewillett.bsky.social · last mo.

OH SHIT DUDES THE VATICAN HAS WEIGHED IN AND THEY ARE BIG MAD 🔥🔥🔥

I’m on vacation, and one of the best things about my current career (speaking as an Ex-Academic) is that my breaks are truly breaks. I’m not expected to conduct research / present at a conference / finish that article / apply for that grant / prep teaching, etc. I’m expected to rest.

#Musicology is also included and a wonderful #Plainchant specialist, Karin Lagergren, works at Linnaeus University! #EarlyMusic

Petter Hellström@nphellstrom.bsky.social · last mo.

The Linnaeus University (southern Sweden) is inviting applications for 5-6 fully funded PhD positions in the arts and humanities, including #history, #arthistory and #religiousstudies. International applicants without prior knowledge of Swedish are encouraged to apply.

Call for Papers for 'Women and the Reformation: Religious Life, Communication, and Materiality' now also on hsozkult. Send in your abstracts by the end of July! www.hsozkult.de/searching/id...

“UNESCO sees adjunctification as a systemic, global problem that undermines job security, academic freedom and career attractiveness”. Links to commentary article and SDG brief in comments. #AcademicChatter

Katherine Stiles@katherinestiles.org · last mo.

· #AcademicSky · #EduSky · #HigherEd · “Across continents, universities are witnessing the emergence of a new academic precariat.”

#Musicology is also included and a wonderful #Plainchant specialist, Karin Lagergren, works at Linnaeus University! #EarlyMusic

Petter Hellström@nphellstrom.bsky.social · last mo.

The Linnaeus University (southern Sweden) is inviting applications for 5-6 fully funded PhD positions in the arts and humanities, including #history, #arthistory and #religiousstudies. International applicants without prior knowledge of Swedish are encouraged to apply.

“UNESCO sees adjunctification as a systemic, global problem that undermines job security, academic freedom and career attractiveness”. Links to commentary article and SDG brief in comments. #AcademicChatter

Katherine Stiles@katherinestiles.org · last mo.

· #AcademicSky · #EduSky · #HigherEd · “Across continents, universities are witnessing the emergence of a new academic precariat.”

Reposts very appreciated on this, as I’m looking globally! #AcademicChatter

Dr. Marianne C.E. Gillion@mcegillion.bsky.social · 2mo ago

#AcademicSky I’m doing some work on Narrative CVs in grant applications. That is, a CV type where you’re asked to describe some of your experience in prose. Think UKRI’s Résumé for Research or the NWO’s Evidenced-Based CV. I’m curious: which funders have you applied to that uses this CV type?