Puzzled by @nytimes.com near-silence on DT's petroleum deal with Putin. Why not report it?

Few Nobel laureates in literature have Ph.D.'s. In the last 30 years or so, other than Anne Carson, only Abdulrazak Gurnah, Mario Vargas Llosa and J.M. Coetzee held earned doctorates.

Now that students write essays by hand in class (no AI), I can report that most are unable to distinguish between possessive forms of singular nouns & 3rd-person singular verb conjugations, e.g. "John walk's Janes dog, then borrow's Freds car and watch's TV at Celias house."

Finland's President Alexander Stubb approved the 35th military aid package for Ukraine on October 9, 2026. Valued at €1 million, it's drawn from Finnish defense stockpiles.

Finland will provide Ukraine with a new package of military aid worth €1 million

Finland has approved its 35th military aid package for Ukraine, valued at approximately 1 million euros. The decision was made by President Alexander Stubb on October 9, 2026, following a government p

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The late great Steven Heighton predicted this in his song "2020": "The new regime supplies livestream of its latest retribution...."

The Hard Times @thehardtimesnews.bsky.social · 3d ago

Pentagon to Livestream Firing Squad Execution Exclusively on somethingrotten . com thehardtimes.net/breaking/pen...

Haaretz's detailed story on the Israeli gulags, in which nearly 10,000 Palestinians are held, vast majority of them have not been charged or convicted. These are crimes against humanity. archive.ph/LdVXQ

#Canada is finally catching up on events in #Angola. You can fill in your background with these two books: www.mqup.ca/Books/F/Fiss... & www.mqup.ca/Books/A/A-Si... www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...

Ottawa negotiating deal with Angola as trade diversification efforts expand

Canadian miners could benefit from partnerships with country rich in untapped critical minerals resources

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Anne Carson's Nobel is very bad news for Margaret Atwood. The Swedes looked for a representative Canadian and did NOT choose Atwood, but a writer who lives in the US and has few CanLit connections. It's similar to when the Swedes mistakenly thought Bob Dylan incarnated opposition to Trump.

Anne Carson? Dull dull dull.

"Occupation, expulsion, settlement. It's time to win!" An advert for "Religious Zionism", Netanyahu's closest ally party. They don't leave any room for subtext

Central to Israel's effort in justifying its genocide is the suggestion that the events of October 7, 2023, interrupted peace in the region and took place without provocation. History tells a different story. 🇵🇸 www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/5...

History did not begin on October 7th | Reading List

Books on the history of settler violence, global resistance, and Palestinian art and identity including Gaza: The Story of a Genocide.

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Join Jennifer Elrick and Mireille Paquet for the launch of their new book, Immigration and Canada: Sixteen Questions, in Montreal on October 19! The book: buff.ly/EtBDqax Event details: buff.ly/gx8mfCw

Please enjoy my cartoon for Wednesday's Toronto Star

The US has been heavily intervening on behalf of right wing challenger Flávio Bolsonaro ahead of Sunday’s elections.

In Brazil’s Elections, Trump Seeks to Tighten Right Wing Grip on the Americas

The US has been heavily intervening on behalf of right wing challenger Flávio Bolsonaro ahead of Sunday’s elections.

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“When it comes to people saying you can’t write characters that aren’t the same as you, that’s the end of literature,” he told me. “It is the deepest form of love to try to imagine your way into somebody else’s condition.” Sebastian Barry

PQ sought meeting with U.S. officials in Washington, State Department says montrealgazette.com/quebec-elect...

The pleasure of publishing an essay in @thetls.bsky.social --in this case on neo-classicism in Fernando Pessoa's poetry-- is never quite real until the print copy reaches your hands.

Of course Egyptians could never be African. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Row erupts over Cairo mural depicting Tutankhamun and Nefertiti with dark skin

Artwork created in Tahrir Square for Chinese president’s state visit to Egypt is painted over amid allegations it revived Afrocentric claims about Pharaohs’ origins

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With the back to school season in full swing, we are sharing the introduction from University Women: A History of Women and Higher Education in Canada by Sara Z. Macdonald. Read the excerpt: buff.ly/ElLPsWw Check out our back to school reading list: buff.ly/F2sX99h

Yakabuski as predictable as ever. The French Right persecutes Orélien but in some twisted way the whole thing is the Left's fault.

The Globe and Mail@theglobeandmail.com · 2w ago

Last night I read from *The World of After*, @cormorantbooks.bsky.social, in the Drunk Fiction reading series at the Caledonian Pub. Many thanks to @emilyweedon.bsky.social & my co-readers.

Come and join us in #Toronto this evening. Pure Canadian fiction in a small café--could any literary experience feel more authentic than this?

In fact, Argentines would be apoplectic to hear this. www.thestar.com/opinion/star...

Haroon Siddiqui: No, Mark Carney, Canada is not the most European non-European country

We might have a shared history with Europe, but we don’t have a shared present

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Expect significant acceleration in violence against Palestinians in the West Bank after the Israeli election (27 Oct), especially if it looks like Netanyahu will be forced out of office.

Periodic reminder that "Ugh, having to speak more than 1 language is hard/annoying/woke/etc." is the dumbest North American white people shit. Speaking multiple languages is standard practice in the vast majority of the world.

The Hill Times@hilltimes.com · 2w ago

Opinion: Bilingualism offers Canada a competitive advantage www.hilltimes.com/2026/09/23/b...

350 writers protested the exclusion of Ariana Harwicz from the Granada literary festival, so 500 writers wrote back supporting the Harwicz's exclusion for denying the existence of Israeli crimes in Gaza. letralia.com/noticias/202...

Retirada de Ariana Harwicz del festival Cultur-ALH es respaldada por más de quinientas firmas

Un manifiesto ha sido suscrito por Cristina Rivera Garza, Camila Sosa Villada, Alejandro Zambra y otras personas vinculadas a la literatura, las artes, el periodismo y el ámbito académico.

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En tout cas, joyeuse Journée franco-ontarienne à tout mon monde! On existe, on a notre propre langue et culture. J'nous adore!

Quebec novelist Théylson Orélien excluded from the Goncourt for having used AI to write his novel. www.franceinfo.fr/culture/livr...

Le roman de Thélyson Orélien supprimé de la sélection du prix Goncourt en raison de soupçons de recours à l'intelligence artificielle et d'accusations de plagiats

"Ce choix est dicté par la volonté de préserver l'intégrité du prix", a écrit l'Académie Goncourt dans un communiqué, vendredi. "C'était ça ou mourir" figurait sur la première liste de seize ouvrages ...

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This is all right-wing politics is now, a guy who's killed tens of thousands of children complaining about podcasters

Kristi Yamaguccimane@wapplehouse.bsky.social · 2w ago

If you’re bitching to the UN about a Twitch streamer it’s safe to say your PR battle has taken the biggest of L’s