Moebius Stripper
@moebiusstripper.bsky.social
Twisted, one-sided commentary. Canadian (the human kind, not the emotional support animal kind).
Pinned
This past August, while passing through security screening at the Ottawa airport, my fiddle was taken aside for additional screening - nothing new - and tested positive for an explosive - something very new. I decided to file an ATIP request. Here is what happened next (cross-posted from X).
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I know no media is covering the Canada Student Grant cuts, but it's real and it's going to cost several hundred thousand students about $1200 this year. Here's the explainer.
The Canada Student Grant Cut | HESA
Somewhat remarkably, no media have picked up the story that the Canada Student Grants were slashed in last week’s budget. Possibly, this is because the government did not issue a press release saying ...
higheredstrategy.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I know no media is covering the Canada Student Grant cuts, but it's real and it's going to cost several hundred thousand students about $1200 this year. Here's the explainer.
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"Canada is currently experiencing a large, multi-jurisdictional outbreak of measles that began in October 2024 with cases in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan..."
The UTTERLY USELESS LEFT: "Thanks, Cons!" Because...
The UTTERLY USELESS LEFT: "Thanks, Cons!" Because...
Statement from the Public Health Agency of Canada on Canada's Measles Elimination Status www.canada.ca/en/public-he...
𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
November 10, 2025 at 5:28 PM
"Canada is currently experiencing a large, multi-jurisdictional outbreak of measles that began in October 2024 with cases in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan..."
The UTTERLY USELESS LEFT: "Thanks, Cons!" Because...
The UTTERLY USELESS LEFT: "Thanks, Cons!" Because...
Lots of reasons for Canada (and the US?) losing measles elimination status, and I don't think we can discount the likelihood that one of them is some variation of "every generation must learn for itself that the stove is hot"
November 10, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Lots of reasons for Canada (and the US?) losing measles elimination status, and I don't think we can discount the likelihood that one of them is some variation of "every generation must learn for itself that the stove is hot"
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What a preventable tragedy caused by a disinformation grievance industrial complex. Shameful.
Canada expected to lose long-standing measles-elimination status on Monday, by @kkirkup.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art... via @theglobeandmail.com
Canada expected to lose long-standing measles-elimination status
If the country loses its status, public-health researchers say the return of endemic measles would carry serious health consequences
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:13 AM
What a preventable tragedy caused by a disinformation grievance industrial complex. Shameful.
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I’m gonna come out and say it: Vancouver is having a spectacular fall.
- Minimal rain
- But also nice CRISP temperatures, puts us in the season
- Summer not too hot, so trees kept their leaves, creating full cover for nice colours
- No elections or giant weather events to distract from joy
10/10
- Minimal rain
- But also nice CRISP temperatures, puts us in the season
- Summer not too hot, so trees kept their leaves, creating full cover for nice colours
- No elections or giant weather events to distract from joy
10/10
November 10, 2025 at 3:21 AM
I’m gonna come out and say it: Vancouver is having a spectacular fall.
- Minimal rain
- But also nice CRISP temperatures, puts us in the season
- Summer not too hot, so trees kept their leaves, creating full cover for nice colours
- No elections or giant weather events to distract from joy
10/10
- Minimal rain
- But also nice CRISP temperatures, puts us in the season
- Summer not too hot, so trees kept their leaves, creating full cover for nice colours
- No elections or giant weather events to distract from joy
10/10
2025 poppy report: bought, and subsequently lost, two poppies, but also *found* two poppies, one of which I lost within the hour. So I am currently in possession of one poppy, the expected lifetime of which is around 20h.
November 8, 2025 at 9:59 PM
2025 poppy report: bought, and subsequently lost, two poppies, but also *found* two poppies, one of which I lost within the hour. So I am currently in possession of one poppy, the expected lifetime of which is around 20h.
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At the Ag Fair & @Uofg has a presence. I was talking to the DNA barcoding people & found out that Steve Newmaster has been effectively banned from teaching & research but still gets his salary. If we can’t fire people for research fraud, what are we doing? www.science.org/content/arti...
This scientist accused the supplement industry of fraud. Now, his own work is under fire
DNA barcoding brought botanist Steven Newmaster scientific fame and entrepreneurial success. Was it all based on lies?
www.science.org
November 8, 2025 at 5:10 PM
At the Ag Fair & @Uofg has a presence. I was talking to the DNA barcoding people & found out that Steve Newmaster has been effectively banned from teaching & research but still gets his salary. If we can’t fire people for research fraud, what are we doing? www.science.org/content/arti...
No but yes? Decency and empathy are fundamentally different things, to the point of often being in opposition. Decency is better: it is less susceptible to manipulation, and accounts for the possibility of conflict.
November 7, 2025 at 9:38 PM
No but yes? Decency and empathy are fundamentally different things, to the point of often being in opposition. Decency is better: it is less susceptible to manipulation, and accounts for the possibility of conflict.
I am responding to the extremely polished multi-paragraph student emails with two-line invitations to visit me during office hours, which in 2025 means that I'm putting at least as much work into crafting a reply as the student put into putting together the original message.
November 6, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I am responding to the extremely polished multi-paragraph student emails with two-line invitations to visit me during office hours, which in 2025 means that I'm putting at least as much work into crafting a reply as the student put into putting together the original message.
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Following a link from a QR code is *exactly* like clicking one in an email.
Think about how often you've heard not to click links in emails unless you're certain you can trust the source.
Think about how often you've heard not to click links in emails unless you're certain you can trust the source.
City staff confirmed with me that they removed 75% of these scam stickers from city parking metres today, and will have the rest done by tomorrow.
November 6, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Following a link from a QR code is *exactly* like clicking one in an email.
Think about how often you've heard not to click links in emails unless you're certain you can trust the source.
Think about how often you've heard not to click links in emails unless you're certain you can trust the source.
Welcome, new readers who are responding to this in extremely normal ways
I've seen so many examples of Hot-Girls-For-Zohran kind of "political" "activism" that I've come up with a name for it: thirst-trap progressivism. "You could have me, but first, you need to get on board with my beliefs".
No matter how progressive you are, the most important thing to be is Hot. Your points are invalid if you are not Hot. You must constantly signal that you are Hot, even if you're just campaigning for a NYC mayoral candidate.
www.cartoonshateher.com/p/boyfriends...
www.cartoonshateher.com/p/boyfriends...
November 5, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Welcome, new readers who are responding to this in extremely normal ways
www.statnews.com/2025/11/03/m... Actually, we were first
November 5, 2025 at 5:24 AM
www.statnews.com/2025/11/03/m... Actually, we were first
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I don't see how you can square "Canadians are going to have to make generational sacrifices" with "here's a pot of money for trying to get into Eurovision!"
November 5, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I don't see how you can square "Canadians are going to have to make generational sacrifices" with "here's a pot of money for trying to get into Eurovision!"
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We're cutting $s to low-income 18 year-olds to access education, but we still have half a billion a year to make student loans interest-free for early-career 20-somethings "to help with the rent"
AS DUMB AS A BAG OF HAMMERS.
AS DUMB AS A BAG OF HAMMERS.
Here's the biggest PSE story you haven't heard yet: the Canada Student Grant for low-income students is being cut from $4200/year to $3000/year as of next August. It's implicit in the budget tables but the government is too chickenshit to actually say so directly.
November 4, 2025 at 11:47 PM
We're cutting $s to low-income 18 year-olds to access education, but we still have half a billion a year to make student loans interest-free for early-career 20-somethings "to help with the rent"
AS DUMB AS A BAG OF HAMMERS.
AS DUMB AS A BAG OF HAMMERS.
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Here's the biggest PSE story you haven't heard yet: the Canada Student Grant for low-income students is being cut from $4200/year to $3000/year as of next August. It's implicit in the budget tables but the government is too chickenshit to actually say so directly.
November 4, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Here's the biggest PSE story you haven't heard yet: the Canada Student Grant for low-income students is being cut from $4200/year to $3000/year as of next August. It's implicit in the budget tables but the government is too chickenshit to actually say so directly.
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Kneecap to the PSE sector - TOTAL temporary resident target (TFWs plus international students) to be roughly halved, from 670K to 370K.
That's minimum a $2 Billion hit to the sector. Probably more. Will work this out later
That's minimum a $2 Billion hit to the sector. Probably more. Will work this out later
November 4, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Kneecap to the PSE sector - TOTAL temporary resident target (TFWs plus international students) to be roughly halved, from 670K to 370K.
That's minimum a $2 Billion hit to the sector. Probably more. Will work this out later
That's minimum a $2 Billion hit to the sector. Probably more. Will work this out later
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This government's signal legacy in higher education is going to be "we torched whatever we could right across the country because we couldn't figure out how to control the southern Ontario housing market".
Ford can't/won't build houses? Better knife some more rural colleges in NB or BC.
Ford can't/won't build houses? Better knife some more rural colleges in NB or BC.
For anyone who thinks this government actually cares about universities & colleges, consider the following statement from the budget.
"New international student arrivals have also declined by approximately 60 per cent compared to 2024. This is a start, but
we recognise there is more work to do."
"New international student arrivals have also declined by approximately 60 per cent compared to 2024. This is a start, but
we recognise there is more work to do."
November 4, 2025 at 10:55 PM
This government's signal legacy in higher education is going to be "we torched whatever we could right across the country because we couldn't figure out how to control the southern Ontario housing market".
Ford can't/won't build houses? Better knife some more rural colleges in NB or BC.
Ford can't/won't build houses? Better knife some more rural colleges in NB or BC.
this is what I'm talking about
Does this fit the category? (That’s famed feminist Owen Jones btw).
November 4, 2025 at 6:54 PM
this is what I'm talking about
I've seen so many examples of Hot-Girls-For-Zohran kind of "political" "activism" that I've come up with a name for it: thirst-trap progressivism. "You could have me, but first, you need to get on board with my beliefs".
No matter how progressive you are, the most important thing to be is Hot. Your points are invalid if you are not Hot. You must constantly signal that you are Hot, even if you're just campaigning for a NYC mayoral candidate.
www.cartoonshateher.com/p/boyfriends...
www.cartoonshateher.com/p/boyfriends...
November 4, 2025 at 3:28 PM
I've seen so many examples of Hot-Girls-For-Zohran kind of "political" "activism" that I've come up with a name for it: thirst-trap progressivism. "You could have me, but first, you need to get on board with my beliefs".
New hobby: searching "meeting" on the employee intranet and finding confidential meeting minutes created by people who don't realize that the default settings in SharePoint are public
November 3, 2025 at 10:06 PM
New hobby: searching "meeting" on the employee intranet and finding confidential meeting minutes created by people who don't realize that the default settings in SharePoint are public
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All parties are talking absolutely shit about the budget. No one is being straight with Canadians. No one.
November 1, 2025 at 2:18 PM
All parties are talking absolutely shit about the budget. No one is being straight with Canadians. No one.
Love this
OK. I have 120 full size candy bars and 16 potatoes. Let's see what runs out first! #halloween
November 1, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Love this
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Probably worth including language about the Department's members being informed about the collective statement BEFORE it's issued too
In my experience "collective action" by departments is often actually individual action by the Chair, which can be a problem if/when the faculty find out it happened!
In my experience "collective action" by departments is often actually individual action by the Chair, which can be a problem if/when the faculty find out it happened!
October 31, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Probably worth including language about the Department's members being informed about the collective statement BEFORE it's issued too
In my experience "collective action" by departments is often actually individual action by the Chair, which can be a problem if/when the faculty find out it happened!
In my experience "collective action" by departments is often actually individual action by the Chair, which can be a problem if/when the faculty find out it happened!