Ornella Nzindukiyimana Supports Liberation
@orarunswild.bsky.social
Nzee-ndoo-kee-yee-mah-nah, PhD -- Historian of Black sportspeople -- Assoc. Prof. StFX U -- Co-President of BCSA -- Editor, Sport History Review -- She/Her/Elle -- ✊🏾 🇷🇼 🇨🇦
Ha! This is an incontrovertible truth in my house.
The Raptors are halfway to a 10th straight win, and it should be said: Masai Ujiri built this, and while Bobby Webster is more than capable, the firing of Masai looks worse every day: www.thestar.com/sports/rapto...
Bruce Arthur: Masai Ujiri is smiling somewhere. These are his Raptors, and this is his answer to the doubters
The decisions that created this team were made with patience and talent acquisition in mind, and here we are.
www.thestar.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Ha! This is an incontrovertible truth in my house.
I love humans and our ability to master stuff like this just to look cool. A true sign even on this tiny rock that the universe is vast and unknowable.
November 29, 2025 at 10:51 PM
I love humans and our ability to master stuff like this just to look cool. A true sign even on this tiny rock that the universe is vast and unknowable.
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"Anthropic paid" are the two key words here
Headline: "AI can replace 11.7% of workforce"
Actual study: Anthropic paid MIT to use a "labor simulation tool" that said 11.7% of TASKS could be done by AI
Actual study: Anthropic paid MIT to use a "labor simulation tool" that said 11.7% of TASKS could be done by AI
MIT study finds AI can already replace 11.7% of U.S. workforce
Artificial intelligence can already replace 11.7% of the U.S. labor market, across finance, health care and professional services, according to MIT's study.
www.cnbc.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:15 PM
"Anthropic paid" are the two key words here
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The Ten Largest, No. 1, Childhood, by Hilma af Klint, 1907 (rotated), 📸 by @WeversAndrew
November 29, 2025 at 12:29 AM
The Ten Largest, No. 1, Childhood, by Hilma af Klint, 1907 (rotated), 📸 by @WeversAndrew
What goes around sometimes comes back around so poetically.
Kneecap is suing Canadian MP Vince Gasparro for his lies and defamatory comments.
I couldn’t possibly love this any more.
I couldn’t possibly love this any more.
November 28, 2025 at 11:44 PM
What goes around sometimes comes back around so poetically.
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Kneecap is suing Canadian MP Vince Gasparro for his lies and defamatory comments.
I couldn’t possibly love this any more.
I couldn’t possibly love this any more.
November 28, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Kneecap is suing Canadian MP Vince Gasparro for his lies and defamatory comments.
I couldn’t possibly love this any more.
I couldn’t possibly love this any more.
I already don't like OpenAI and they are doing everything they can every day to prove me right. Love me some confirmation bias.
ChatGPT users’ personal details exposed in data breach, OpenAI reveals
ChatGPT users’ personal details exposed in data breach, OpenAI reveals
ChatGPT users’ personal details exposed in data breach, OpenAI reveals
www.independent.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 5:14 PM
I already don't like OpenAI and they are doing everything they can every day to prove me right. Love me some confirmation bias.
How 'bout those Raptors eh? 😁
November 27, 2025 at 3:01 AM
How 'bout those Raptors eh? 😁
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stupid young people, stop buying a new phone every year if you don't want to be broke. wait no, not like that.
November 25, 2025 at 5:51 PM
stupid young people, stop buying a new phone every year if you don't want to be broke. wait no, not like that.
Oh no. Rest in peace, Jimmy Cliff!
youtu.be/MrHxhQPOO2c?...
youtu.be/MrHxhQPOO2c?...
Jimmy Cliff - I Can See Clearly Now
YouTube video by JimmyCliffVEVO
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Oh no. Rest in peace, Jimmy Cliff!
youtu.be/MrHxhQPOO2c?...
youtu.be/MrHxhQPOO2c?...
One hundred years and eleven. Unbelievable.
May she rest in peace.
May she rest in peace.
Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old.
www.whatimreading.net
November 24, 2025 at 9:17 PM
One hundred years and eleven. Unbelievable.
May she rest in peace.
May she rest in peace.
This man stood there and said, hey, why are Liberals obsessed with dismantling centuries of critical colonial thinking? Why should we protect boys from a manliness rooted in dying in senseless wars? And most of all, why shouldn't I begin this whole argument on Canadienness with American examples?
November 23, 2025 at 9:53 PM
This man stood there and said, hey, why are Liberals obsessed with dismantling centuries of critical colonial thinking? Why should we protect boys from a manliness rooted in dying in senseless wars? And most of all, why shouldn't I begin this whole argument on Canadienness with American examples?
Every once in a while a story reminds me of a newspaper article from the mid-century I came across as a student years ago: A White woman raised the alarm about a Black man hiding under her bed. Police came to the rescue only to find it was just a pair of shoes peaking from under her bed...
A staffer to a New Jersey congressman allegedly paid an scarification artist $500 to wound her as she staged a scene with zip ties and “Trump Whore” written on her stomach, federal prosecutors say
Ex-Van Drew staffer staged fake attack, writing 'Trump Whore' across her stomach and alleging men held her down and cut her body - New Jersey Globe
A 26-year-old Ocean City woman who claimed she was brutally assaulted because she worked for Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-Ocean City) instead orchestrated the
newjerseyglobe.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Every once in a while a story reminds me of a newspaper article from the mid-century I came across as a student years ago: A White woman raised the alarm about a Black man hiding under her bed. Police came to the rescue only to find it was just a pair of shoes peaking from under her bed...
Someone gonna comment on Nick Nurse not sticking around to shake Darko's hand? Do coaches not shake hands anymore? Am I outta the loop?
November 20, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Someone gonna comment on Nick Nurse not sticking around to shake Darko's hand? Do coaches not shake hands anymore? Am I outta the loop?
A Canada-Venezuela friendly in Florida is so empty (I can guess why) you can hear the ref sneeze...
November 19, 2025 at 1:47 AM
A Canada-Venezuela friendly in Florida is so empty (I can guess why) you can hear the ref sneeze...
Somebody send the National Sport of Canada Act to @tsnofficial.bsky.social please and thank you.
November 19, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Somebody send the National Sport of Canada Act to @tsnofficial.bsky.social please and thank you.
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If CBSA refuses to explain why it thought a *95 YEAR OLD* retired Princeton law professor and UN special rapporteur might be a threat to national security, Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree should
Prominent legal scholar detained at Canadian border while on his way to a conference on Palestine | CBC News
A well-known academic and former UN special rapporteur says he was detained by customs agents in Toronto while on his way to speak at a conference on human rights violations against Palestinians.
www.cbc.ca
November 16, 2025 at 3:21 AM
If CBSA refuses to explain why it thought a *95 YEAR OLD* retired Princeton law professor and UN special rapporteur might be a threat to national security, Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree should
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Disabled activist and prolific writer Alice Wong of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed away.
Below are her final words, I particularly love the line:
“I’m honored to be your ancestor and believe disabled oracles like us will light the way of the future”
Rest in peace and power Alice.
Below are her final words, I particularly love the line:
“I’m honored to be your ancestor and believe disabled oracles like us will light the way of the future”
Rest in peace and power Alice.
From her account on FB (text in alt tag).
November 15, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Disabled activist and prolific writer Alice Wong of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed away.
Below are her final words, I particularly love the line:
“I’m honored to be your ancestor and believe disabled oracles like us will light the way of the future”
Rest in peace and power Alice.
Below are her final words, I particularly love the line:
“I’m honored to be your ancestor and believe disabled oracles like us will light the way of the future”
Rest in peace and power Alice.
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Remember: "Don't let the bastards grind you down!"
November 15, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Remember: "Don't let the bastards grind you down!"
Where will women's sport go from here if it continues to cannibalize itself like this?
From @karleighchardonnay.bsky.social at Outsports:
Jennifer Sey, who said the NWSL had “several males” has issued a $10,000 bounty to the next player to “speak out like Elizabeth Eddy.” An anonymous donor added $5000. Clay Travis said he’d double it.
NEAT.
www.outsports.com/2025/11/14/2...
Jennifer Sey, who said the NWSL had “several males” has issued a $10,000 bounty to the next player to “speak out like Elizabeth Eddy.” An anonymous donor added $5000. Clay Travis said he’d double it.
NEAT.
www.outsports.com/2025/11/14/2...
Transphobic clothing brand feels every athlete has a price - Outsports
Anti-trans activewear XX-XY teams up with sports shock jock Clay Travis to pay athletes to speak out against trans women.
www.outsports.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Where will women's sport go from here if it continues to cannibalize itself like this?
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It just feels like everything is being flattened. Rape, genocide, wildfires, etc etc is all just fodder for internet discourse rather than turning points that lead to… something, anything better or different.
It’s so true. It’s actually horrifying to see the memes and jokes about this.
November 15, 2025 at 3:21 AM
It just feels like everything is being flattened. Rape, genocide, wildfires, etc etc is all just fodder for internet discourse rather than turning points that lead to… something, anything better or different.
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Perhaps the wildest thing about this all is that AI is dumb af at all of these jobs.
How is AI *really* impacting jobs?
Henley Chiu, the CTO of Revealera, a jobs data analysis firm, analyzed 180 million jobs listings in 2024 and 2025, in an effort to find out. Chiu found an:
-8% drop in all jobs postings
-~30% drop in art, photography, writing jobs
-22% drop in journalism jobs
Henley Chiu, the CTO of Revealera, a jobs data analysis firm, analyzed 180 million jobs listings in 2024 and 2025, in an effort to find out. Chiu found an:
-8% drop in all jobs postings
-~30% drop in art, photography, writing jobs
-22% drop in journalism jobs
What’s really going on with AI and jobs?
Record-breaking layoff reports, Amazon's mass firings, and a slump in entry level employment. Is AI behind it all?
www.bloodinthemachine.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Perhaps the wildest thing about this all is that AI is dumb af at all of these jobs.
CBC is just so...
They did a story on brain drain and 3 Americans hired at UofT. Barely gave space to the CAUT president about how Canadian unis can barely support canadian scholars let alone some sort of surge... No, no, please tell us more about how hyped UofT's president is.
They did a story on brain drain and 3 Americans hired at UofT. Barely gave space to the CAUT president about how Canadian unis can barely support canadian scholars let alone some sort of surge... No, no, please tell us more about how hyped UofT's president is.
November 13, 2025 at 3:15 AM
CBC is just so...
They did a story on brain drain and 3 Americans hired at UofT. Barely gave space to the CAUT president about how Canadian unis can barely support canadian scholars let alone some sort of surge... No, no, please tell us more about how hyped UofT's president is.
They did a story on brain drain and 3 Americans hired at UofT. Barely gave space to the CAUT president about how Canadian unis can barely support canadian scholars let alone some sort of surge... No, no, please tell us more about how hyped UofT's president is.
I would like to know why the CBC movie critic man is the one reporting on the US obsession with Venezuela on the National... What happened to staying in your lane?
These days, whenever I check in on CBC News it is a mess.
These days, whenever I check in on CBC News it is a mess.
November 13, 2025 at 2:53 AM
I would like to know why the CBC movie critic man is the one reporting on the US obsession with Venezuela on the National... What happened to staying in your lane?
These days, whenever I check in on CBC News it is a mess.
These days, whenever I check in on CBC News it is a mess.