Kathryn Mathias
@kathrynmathias.bsky.social
UCalgary alum: BA Urban Studies and BFA Visual Studies (printmaking); mother, wife, sister, artist, former architectural drafter, Canadian 🇨🇦
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About my banner: Artwork I created using an intaglio printmaking technique, on copper plate - which I cut with a curve, then stretched my etching(s) so that I could add watercolours. Title: Path Dependence, artwork area 18” high x 4.5” wide (45.7 x 11.4 cm). Usually, a vertical orientation.
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I have been doing entirely too much earnest posting about deep things recently, I need to do a proper thread about hippo testicles or something just to keep myself sane.
Oh by the way hippos have migratory testicles.
Oh by the way hippos have migratory testicles.
a statue of a hippopotamus with its mouth open and teeth showing .
Alt: A hippo being tossed a watermelon, which it crushes in its massive jaws.
media.tenor.com
March 12, 2025 at 5:33 AM
I have been doing entirely too much earnest posting about deep things recently, I need to do a proper thread about hippo testicles or something just to keep myself sane.
Oh by the way hippos have migratory testicles.
Oh by the way hippos have migratory testicles.
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Blue Jays fans definitely gonna need that extra Daylight Savings hour tomorrow
Blue Jays fans definitely gonna need that extra Daylight Savings hour tomorrow
TORONTO - With Daylight Savings rolling clocks back an hour the same night as the Blue Jays face off against the L.A. Dodgers in a climactic World Series Game 7, Canadian baseball fans are confident t...
www.thebeaverton.com
November 1, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Blue Jays fans definitely gonna need that extra Daylight Savings hour tomorrow
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They are also intentionally conflating machine-learning and generative AI slop to confuse and try to make GenAI seem necessary. Google Maps traffic stuff is machine learning, not GenAI, for example. Auto-correct is too. Don't let them make you lose the thread. GenAI slop is slop.
the nyt posts this stuff like avoiding AI for 48 hours is hard and meanwhile i have literally never once intentionally used an AI program for anything ever
October 28, 2025 at 6:44 PM
They are also intentionally conflating machine-learning and generative AI slop to confuse and try to make GenAI seem necessary. Google Maps traffic stuff is machine learning, not GenAI, for example. Auto-correct is too. Don't let them make you lose the thread. GenAI slop is slop.
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Oh hey, a reason to be hopeful: groves of American chestnut trees have once again become self-reproducing in the wild.
Turned off comments so 12 people don't show up to tell me why this is actually very sad. Be happy, you assholes.
Turned off comments so 12 people don't show up to tell me why this is actually very sad. Be happy, you assholes.
Nearly a Century Ago, American Chestnut Trees Died Off. Now, Hikers Can Walk Among Them Again.
Efforts to restore the American chestnut comprise "one of the most epic conservation stories ever told.”
share.google
October 28, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Oh hey, a reason to be hopeful: groves of American chestnut trees have once again become self-reproducing in the wild.
Turned off comments so 12 people don't show up to tell me why this is actually very sad. Be happy, you assholes.
Turned off comments so 12 people don't show up to tell me why this is actually very sad. Be happy, you assholes.
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Please enjoy my cartoon for Wednesday's Toronto Star
October 28, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Please enjoy my cartoon for Wednesday's Toronto Star
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From the poll:
"supporters of the Liberal Party (83% unfavourable, 12% favourable),
of the NDP (82%, compared to 13%) and the Bloc Québécois (84%, compared to 11%).
Conservative Party supporters continue to hold a favourable opinion of the U.S. - 56% view the U.S. favourably, 39% unfavourably"
"supporters of the Liberal Party (83% unfavourable, 12% favourable),
of the NDP (82%, compared to 13%) and the Bloc Québécois (84%, compared to 11%).
Conservative Party supporters continue to hold a favourable opinion of the U.S. - 56% view the U.S. favourably, 39% unfavourably"
October 28, 2025 at 5:13 PM
From the poll:
"supporters of the Liberal Party (83% unfavourable, 12% favourable),
of the NDP (82%, compared to 13%) and the Bloc Québécois (84%, compared to 11%).
Conservative Party supporters continue to hold a favourable opinion of the U.S. - 56% view the U.S. favourably, 39% unfavourably"
"supporters of the Liberal Party (83% unfavourable, 12% favourable),
of the NDP (82%, compared to 13%) and the Bloc Québécois (84%, compared to 11%).
Conservative Party supporters continue to hold a favourable opinion of the U.S. - 56% view the U.S. favourably, 39% unfavourably"
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October 28, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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The House of Commons is very nearly debating whether the federal government has jurisdiction over television ads.
October 28, 2025 at 6:36 PM
The House of Commons is very nearly debating whether the federal government has jurisdiction over television ads.
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“Canada is far more popular in the United States than Trump.”
Net popularity of Canada is 59 points higher than that of Donald Trump.
Net popularity of Canada is 59 points higher than that of Donald Trump.
October 28, 2025 at 7:09 PM
“Canada is far more popular in the United States than Trump.”
Net popularity of Canada is 59 points higher than that of Donald Trump.
Net popularity of Canada is 59 points higher than that of Donald Trump.
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When I scroll social media I mostly think so much of the world has been driven various levels of totally fucking crazy, and that sane and logical and even moral things are sliding away almost everywhere you look. I really don't care for it, but boy it makes me value good people and ideas even more
October 28, 2025 at 7:51 PM
When I scroll social media I mostly think so much of the world has been driven various levels of totally fucking crazy, and that sane and logical and even moral things are sliding away almost everywhere you look. I really don't care for it, but boy it makes me value good people and ideas even more
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exactly. The main problem was the framing and the mental model within which the information was contextualized.
October 28, 2025 at 8:28 PM
exactly. The main problem was the framing and the mental model within which the information was contextualized.
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Acclaimed political thriller series #TheDiplomat is streaming now in Canada on Netflix.
The most popular movies and TV shows streaming in Canada right now
The most popular movies and TV shows streaming in Canada right now
The most popular movies and TV shows streaming in Canada right now
Streaming guide JustWatch has revealed the most popular movies and TV shows streaming in Canada right now.
cultmtl.com
October 28, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Acclaimed political thriller series #TheDiplomat is streaming now in Canada on Netflix.
The most popular movies and TV shows streaming in Canada right now
The most popular movies and TV shows streaming in Canada right now
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There’s no way to stop climate change without consuming less.
Global use of coal hit record high in 2024
Bleak report finds greenhouse gas emissions are still rising despite ‘exponential’ growth of renewables
www.theguardian.com
October 22, 2025 at 9:01 AM
There’s no way to stop climate change without consuming less.
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Trump posted an AI video showing him DUMPING FECES on No Kings protesters. Here is how the media covered it:
1. NYT: Trump Posts Fake Video of Himself Flying a ‘King Trump’ Jet Over Protesters
2. Axios: Trump posts fake video in "KING TRUMP" jet as GOP dismisses No Kings marches
1. NYT: Trump Posts Fake Video of Himself Flying a ‘King Trump’ Jet Over Protesters
2. Axios: Trump posts fake video in "KING TRUMP" jet as GOP dismisses No Kings marches
October 20, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Trump posted an AI video showing him DUMPING FECES on No Kings protesters. Here is how the media covered it:
1. NYT: Trump Posts Fake Video of Himself Flying a ‘King Trump’ Jet Over Protesters
2. Axios: Trump posts fake video in "KING TRUMP" jet as GOP dismisses No Kings marches
1. NYT: Trump Posts Fake Video of Himself Flying a ‘King Trump’ Jet Over Protesters
2. Axios: Trump posts fake video in "KING TRUMP" jet as GOP dismisses No Kings marches
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Per Axios, Trump and Putin are having a phone call today.
October 16, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Per Axios, Trump and Putin are having a phone call today.
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Say it!
AOC: And they are able to radicalize a generation of young boys in particular, away from healthy masculinity and into an insecure masculinity that requires the domination of others who are poorer, browner, darker, or a different gender than them.
October 16, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Say it!
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Last evening, I had the privilege of addressing the community about the role of universities in democracy.
Here are my remarks, which focused on the importance of finding balance between pluralism and populism.
open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
Here are my remarks, which focused on the importance of finding balance between pluralism and populism.
open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
Pluralism, Populism and the University
My remarks as part of the UAlberta President's Speaker Series
open.substack.com
October 16, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Last evening, I had the privilege of addressing the community about the role of universities in democracy.
Here are my remarks, which focused on the importance of finding balance between pluralism and populism.
open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
Here are my remarks, which focused on the importance of finding balance between pluralism and populism.
open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
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Nearly a decade after Northern Gateway was killed by the courts, Alberta Conservatives like Danielle Smith still haven't bothered to learn the lessons it offered about BC's unique political and legal geography.
It's going to cost them — again. #cdnpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/16/o...
It's going to cost them — again. #cdnpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/16/o...
Alberta is forgetting the hard-won lessons of Northern Gateway
If Danielle Smith wants to build another pipeline across British Columbia, she might want to spend some time actually trying to understand what makes it tick first.
www.nationalobserver.com
October 16, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Nearly a decade after Northern Gateway was killed by the courts, Alberta Conservatives like Danielle Smith still haven't bothered to learn the lessons it offered about BC's unique political and legal geography.
It's going to cost them — again. #cdnpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/16/o...
It's going to cost them — again. #cdnpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/16/o...
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After Trump visit, Poilievre blames Carney for everything under the sun, including sunburn
The Conservative Leader isn’t stupid. He just thinks the people listening to him are
www.theglobeandmail.com
October 10, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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We are building this country — and creating thousands of new, high-paying careers in the trades.
October 9, 2025 at 11:56 PM
We are building this country — and creating thousands of new, high-paying careers in the trades.