Jon Coutts
@joncoutts.bsky.social
Scotch-Canadian theologian writing a book on Bonhoeffer. Film lover and lifelong fan of #LFC and the #Canucks.
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My observation and experience: It's not a coincidence that this non-involvement was at the same time that women started to achieve parity in mid- to senior-ranks. Service work (e.g. involvement in governance) became the job of women, with the effect that fewer men took part.
Faculty didn't want to "play politics" and didn't get involved when outsourcing of University administration accelerated in the early-mid 2000s. And now that Faculty are starting to take notice of the problems, they're realizing administrations have COMPLETELY shut them out of decision-making.
December 1, 2025 at 4:57 PM
My observation and experience: It's not a coincidence that this non-involvement was at the same time that women started to achieve parity in mid- to senior-ranks. Service work (e.g. involvement in governance) became the job of women, with the effect that fewer men took part.
"Sometimes I worry about a society shaped by superheroes rather than muppets" is a sentence I just found in my book draft.
December 1, 2025 at 4:50 PM
"Sometimes I worry about a society shaped by superheroes rather than muppets" is a sentence I just found in my book draft.
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
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If you have tenure and you aren’t standing up for your contingent faculty colleagues I don’t even know what you’re doing.
also given the risk involved in teaching, it’s fucked up that universities don’t want to pay tenure-line professors to take the risk by being the lead instructors for these courses
December 1, 2025 at 3:30 AM
If you have tenure and you aren’t standing up for your contingent faculty colleagues I don’t even know what you’re doing.
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If the Venezuelan sailors were enemy combatants, then the 2nd strike is a war crime.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
November 30, 2025 at 8:42 PM
If the Venezuelan sailors were enemy combatants, then the 2nd strike is a war crime.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
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top notch mascottin'
November 29, 2025 at 8:06 PM
top notch mascottin'
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We had it right the first time. Frankenstein, the doctor, WAS the monster.
November 29, 2025 at 5:05 AM
We had it right the first time. Frankenstein, the doctor, WAS the monster.
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen:
▪︎ Massive Attack
▪︎ Wilco
▪︎ The 77s
▪︎ Phoenix
▪︎ Michael Kiwanuka
▪︎ Massive Attack
▪︎ Wilco
▪︎ The 77s
▪︎ Phoenix
▪︎ Michael Kiwanuka
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen:
The Liptonians
Royal Canoe
Chic Gamine
The New Lightweights
Bros Landreth
The Liptonians
Royal Canoe
Chic Gamine
The New Lightweights
Bros Landreth
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen:
Frightened Rabbit
Bruce Cockburn
Death Cab for Cutie
Brand New
Pedro the Lion
Frightened Rabbit
Bruce Cockburn
Death Cab for Cutie
Brand New
Pedro the Lion
November 29, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen:
▪︎ Massive Attack
▪︎ Wilco
▪︎ The 77s
▪︎ Phoenix
▪︎ Michael Kiwanuka
▪︎ Massive Attack
▪︎ Wilco
▪︎ The 77s
▪︎ Phoenix
▪︎ Michael Kiwanuka
Wow what a goal
November 28, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Wow what a goal
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It’s infuriating to me that I need to evaluate media to determine whether it’s AI generated now. The great “time saver” technology wastes incalculable time and energy for people who want to retain their grasp on reality
November 28, 2025 at 8:48 PM
It’s infuriating to me that I need to evaluate media to determine whether it’s AI generated now. The great “time saver” technology wastes incalculable time and energy for people who want to retain their grasp on reality
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The greatest irony of this comment is that it's actually fossil fuel companies (and the governments they've captured) who are living in the past. The rest of the world is moving towards renewables, and all this multi-billion dollar fossil fuel infrastructure is going to be worthless stranded assets.
People who care about climate change are “dreaming nostalgically about the past.” - Minister Hodgson
Gotcha. That explains a lot.
Gotcha. That explains a lot.
November 28, 2025 at 3:25 PM
The greatest irony of this comment is that it's actually fossil fuel companies (and the governments they've captured) who are living in the past. The rest of the world is moving towards renewables, and all this multi-billion dollar fossil fuel infrastructure is going to be worthless stranded assets.
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Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
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Banning street hockey in Canada?
This isn’t about protecting kids. It’s about protecting drivers from having to think about kids.
This isn’t about protecting kids. It’s about protecting drivers from having to think about kids.
Get outside kids, enjoy the fresh air with your friends!
Just kidding, stay the F inside.
Just kidding, stay the F inside.
November 27, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Banning street hockey in Canada?
This isn’t about protecting kids. It’s about protecting drivers from having to think about kids.
This isn’t about protecting kids. It’s about protecting drivers from having to think about kids.
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2025 actually did suck. i know we've all said this about a lot of previous years but this one was quite bad actually
November 25, 2025 at 8:32 PM
2025 actually did suck. i know we've all said this about a lot of previous years but this one was quite bad actually
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It‘s not great that the best gloss on Carney’s pipeline deal is that he’s either pulling a fast one on the premier of Alberta or on the people of Canada.
Democracies can’t function if citizens have to resort to guessing what their leaders are actually doing.
Democracies can’t function if citizens have to resort to guessing what their leaders are actually doing.
November 28, 2025 at 2:42 AM
It‘s not great that the best gloss on Carney’s pipeline deal is that he’s either pulling a fast one on the premier of Alberta or on the people of Canada.
Democracies can’t function if citizens have to resort to guessing what their leaders are actually doing.
Democracies can’t function if citizens have to resort to guessing what their leaders are actually doing.
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We are now further away from the theatrical release of Raiders of the Lost Ark (June 12, 1981) than it was from the year it takes place in (1936). We have reached the Indiana Jones event horizon.
November 27, 2025 at 12:49 AM
We are now further away from the theatrical release of Raiders of the Lost Ark (June 12, 1981) than it was from the year it takes place in (1936). We have reached the Indiana Jones event horizon.
As someone who reluctantly voted for Carney I sure hope other parties will present viable alternatives next election
November 27, 2025 at 9:52 PM
As someone who reluctantly voted for Carney I sure hope other parties will present viable alternatives next election
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The new rules will ban *all prayers in public.* That's a violation of religious liberty.
The restrictions on face coverings *also* seem to me seriously unjust— and even the paternalist justifications seems self-defeating if it leads to women simply being less able to leave the house.
The restrictions on face coverings *also* seem to me seriously unjust— and even the paternalist justifications seems self-defeating if it leads to women simply being less able to leave the house.
November 27, 2025 at 6:07 PM
The new rules will ban *all prayers in public.* That's a violation of religious liberty.
The restrictions on face coverings *also* seem to me seriously unjust— and even the paternalist justifications seems self-defeating if it leads to women simply being less able to leave the house.
The restrictions on face coverings *also* seem to me seriously unjust— and even the paternalist justifications seems self-defeating if it leads to women simply being less able to leave the house.
And sports broadcasts remind us that TV tends to focus on the famous instead of the good
I am thankful for Tom Brady reminding us every game that you can be the best in the world at something and it does not necessarily translate in the slightest to anything else
November 27, 2025 at 9:31 PM
And sports broadcasts remind us that TV tends to focus on the famous instead of the good
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‘The statistics are pretty frustrating in whatever way you look at it.’
Columnist Niigaan Sinclair talks about the 10th anniversary of the TRC’s 94 Calls to Action and how progress on reconciliation seems to have stalled.
Full Face to Face interview: youtu.be/WSnwmTvBCII
Columnist Niigaan Sinclair talks about the 10th anniversary of the TRC’s 94 Calls to Action and how progress on reconciliation seems to have stalled.
Full Face to Face interview: youtu.be/WSnwmTvBCII
November 27, 2025 at 9:14 PM
‘The statistics are pretty frustrating in whatever way you look at it.’
Columnist Niigaan Sinclair talks about the 10th anniversary of the TRC’s 94 Calls to Action and how progress on reconciliation seems to have stalled.
Full Face to Face interview: youtu.be/WSnwmTvBCII
Columnist Niigaan Sinclair talks about the 10th anniversary of the TRC’s 94 Calls to Action and how progress on reconciliation seems to have stalled.
Full Face to Face interview: youtu.be/WSnwmTvBCII
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If a phone still works fine, it’s not “device hoarding” to keep using it. It’s common sense.
November 27, 2025 at 3:58 PM
If a phone still works fine, it’s not “device hoarding” to keep using it. It’s common sense.
Had a trigger memory today when Willow Creek's Global Leadership Summit came up. At the time I was similtaneously disturbed and gaslit by how much everyone loved it, but in retrospect, wow, was that ever theologically vapid, utterly demoralizing stuff.
November 27, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Had a trigger memory today when Willow Creek's Global Leadership Summit came up. At the time I was similtaneously disturbed and gaslit by how much everyone loved it, but in retrospect, wow, was that ever theologically vapid, utterly demoralizing stuff.
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"It is against the TOS to be talked into suicide by our LLM" is possibly the most evil tech bro thing I've ever read
Additionally, OpenAI argues its not liable because Raine, by using ChatGPT for self-harm, broke its terms of service
November 26, 2025 at 12:29 AM
"It is against the TOS to be talked into suicide by our LLM" is possibly the most evil tech bro thing I've ever read
Who needs a Kafka novel
We asked B.C.'s Minister of Tourism about the future of the Celebration of Light, and she said:
"My minister will continue to be working very closely with them to support solution-oriented conversations"
gotta love having a massive comms department that lobotomizes the english language
"My minister will continue to be working very closely with them to support solution-oriented conversations"
gotta love having a massive comms department that lobotomizes the english language
November 27, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Who needs a Kafka novel
DAZN and FUBO exemplify the enshittification of sports streaming. Every year we pay more for less.
We used to get commentary from the grounds and a halftime panel.
Today it's Martin Tyler muttering alone from home and a halftime loop that barely transcends a screensaver.
We used to get commentary from the grounds and a halftime panel.
Today it's Martin Tyler muttering alone from home and a halftime loop that barely transcends a screensaver.
November 26, 2025 at 9:26 PM
DAZN and FUBO exemplify the enshittification of sports streaming. Every year we pay more for less.
We used to get commentary from the grounds and a halftime panel.
Today it's Martin Tyler muttering alone from home and a halftime loop that barely transcends a screensaver.
We used to get commentary from the grounds and a halftime panel.
Today it's Martin Tyler muttering alone from home and a halftime loop that barely transcends a screensaver.