Laurie Prange
@prangemartin.bsky.social
Teaching (business) professor by employment, but really just wants to pursue my hobbies and sleep a lot.
Will nag you to wear sunblock 🧴🇨🇦
Will nag you to wear sunblock 🧴🇨🇦
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Laurie Prange
@prangemartin.bsky.social
· Jun 18
During World War One, Canadians encouraged one another to Buy Canadian.
Now that Buy Canadian First had been revived, maybe it’s time to re-issue these cute stamps. What do you think Canada Post?
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Now that Buy Canadian First had been revived, maybe it’s time to re-issue these cute stamps. What do you think Canada Post?
Image Source: acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:...
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Savage! 🎄 Lake Street Church of Evanston creates a nativity scene with gas masks to remind us that Jesus was a refugee.
"This installation is not subtle. The crisis it addresses is not abstract. We ask viewers to confront the disconnect between professed religious or moral values & immigration."
"This installation is not subtle. The crisis it addresses is not abstract. We ask viewers to confront the disconnect between professed religious or moral values & immigration."
November 30, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Savage! 🎄 Lake Street Church of Evanston creates a nativity scene with gas masks to remind us that Jesus was a refugee.
"This installation is not subtle. The crisis it addresses is not abstract. We ask viewers to confront the disconnect between professed religious or moral values & immigration."
"This installation is not subtle. The crisis it addresses is not abstract. We ask viewers to confront the disconnect between professed religious or moral values & immigration."
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‘An absolute gut punch’: University cuts ripple through Canadian campuses - University professors and students are learning tough lessons about the impact of cuts on their campuses as cash-strapped universities across Canada struggle to find ways to drive down costs.
‘An absolute gut punch’: University cuts ripple through Canadian campuses
University professors and students are learning tough lessons about the impact of cuts on their campuses as cash-strapped universities across Canada struggle to find ways to drive down costs.
bit.ly
December 1, 2025 at 2:05 AM
‘An absolute gut punch’: University cuts ripple through Canadian campuses - University professors and students are learning tough lessons about the impact of cuts on their campuses as cash-strapped universities across Canada struggle to find ways to drive down costs.
Got my Covid and flu shots 6 hours ago and I’m starting to feel nauseous and headachey. Ugh.
So very, very grateful for science and vaccines because I have a terrible immune system and the real versions would knock me flat, for sure!
So very, very grateful for science and vaccines because I have a terrible immune system and the real versions would knock me flat, for sure!
December 1, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Got my Covid and flu shots 6 hours ago and I’m starting to feel nauseous and headachey. Ugh.
So very, very grateful for science and vaccines because I have a terrible immune system and the real versions would knock me flat, for sure!
So very, very grateful for science and vaccines because I have a terrible immune system and the real versions would knock me flat, for sure!
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no one ever had to be forced to use *good* tech.
"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."
Analysis: OpenAI is a loss-making machine, how can it survive?
Don't call it a bubble! Loss-making monster OpenAI is on the hook for $1.4 trillion (with a T) in compute commitments. How can this go on?
www.windowscentral.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:33 PM
no one ever had to be forced to use *good* tech.
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Imagine if they just subsidized newspapers and magazines the way they’re subsidizing this slop
"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."
Analysis: OpenAI is a loss-making machine, how can it survive?
Don't call it a bubble! Loss-making monster OpenAI is on the hook for $1.4 trillion (with a T) in compute commitments. How can this go on?
www.windowscentral.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Imagine if they just subsidized newspapers and magazines the way they’re subsidizing this slop
I’ve now invested in a knee compression sleeve to help heal this bruised, busted knee. It’s now two weeks since I smashed into the floor when I slipped on the gym floor during sprint training.
Hope this works!! 🤞
The sleeve is infused with copper. If it’s a marketing gimmick, then I fell for it.
Hope this works!! 🤞
The sleeve is infused with copper. If it’s a marketing gimmick, then I fell for it.
November 30, 2025 at 1:08 AM
I’ve now invested in a knee compression sleeve to help heal this bruised, busted knee. It’s now two weeks since I smashed into the floor when I slipped on the gym floor during sprint training.
Hope this works!! 🤞
The sleeve is infused with copper. If it’s a marketing gimmick, then I fell for it.
Hope this works!! 🤞
The sleeve is infused with copper. If it’s a marketing gimmick, then I fell for it.
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The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time."
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
November 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time."
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
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This chapter specifically examines how the rise of neoliberal university policy has fostered exit cultures in which an implied or real threat of termination is used to suppress dissent.
www.emerald.com/books/edited...
www.emerald.com/books/edited...
When the Neoliberal University Doesn’t Want You Anymore: Exit Cultures in the Market Era of Higher Education
Abstract. This chapter argues that the termination of university staff is not simply a by-product of financial constraints or toxic management cultures but
www.emerald.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:21 PM
This chapter specifically examines how the rise of neoliberal university policy has fostered exit cultures in which an implied or real threat of termination is used to suppress dissent.
www.emerald.com/books/edited...
www.emerald.com/books/edited...
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This was some of our analysis, for anyone interested.
www.businessinsider.com/cancel-cultu...
www.businessinsider.com/cancel-cultu...
How getting 'canceled' can actually prolong a YouTuber's career
Cancel culture is widely thought to be a career-killer on the internet, but data shows that it may be more beneficial than hurtful.
www.businessinsider.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:24 PM
This was some of our analysis, for anyone interested.
www.businessinsider.com/cancel-cultu...
www.businessinsider.com/cancel-cultu...
Hahahaha Is this real? My family members would roast whomever made this meal because where’s the cheese in the KD? Where are the herbs? Presumably, not seeing herbs, there are no spices either. 😩
And why does the turkey look so dry? Did she forget to brine it?
Also, nowhere near enough potatoes!
And why does the turkey look so dry? Did she forget to brine it?
Also, nowhere near enough potatoes!
Karoline Leavitt's Thanksgiving spread. Please dissect.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
November 29, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Hahahaha Is this real? My family members would roast whomever made this meal because where’s the cheese in the KD? Where are the herbs? Presumably, not seeing herbs, there are no spices either. 😩
And why does the turkey look so dry? Did she forget to brine it?
Also, nowhere near enough potatoes!
And why does the turkey look so dry? Did she forget to brine it?
Also, nowhere near enough potatoes!
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This mans support for his girls transcends the boundaries of reality and fiction.
November 28, 2025 at 7:39 PM
This mans support for his girls transcends the boundaries of reality and fiction.
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This book has been so soothing. I have probably learned more about the foreign policies that shape the world just in the first three chapters than I have in at least the last 15 years of news media. 🙃 It's helped clarify a lot of the absolutely batshit nonsense of the current timeline. COMFORT READ
November 29, 2025 at 1:44 AM
This book has been so soothing. I have probably learned more about the foreign policies that shape the world just in the first three chapters than I have in at least the last 15 years of news media. 🙃 It's helped clarify a lot of the absolutely batshit nonsense of the current timeline. COMFORT READ
The Hong Kong tower fires disaster is so awful and so sad that I lack the words to describe it. 😢
I can only hope that buildings experts, municipal planners, policy writers, and politicians take and apply the deepest of lessons from this tragedy and prevent it ever happening again.
I can only hope that buildings experts, municipal planners, policy writers, and politicians take and apply the deepest of lessons from this tragedy and prevent it ever happening again.
November 29, 2025 at 6:22 PM
The Hong Kong tower fires disaster is so awful and so sad that I lack the words to describe it. 😢
I can only hope that buildings experts, municipal planners, policy writers, and politicians take and apply the deepest of lessons from this tragedy and prevent it ever happening again.
I can only hope that buildings experts, municipal planners, policy writers, and politicians take and apply the deepest of lessons from this tragedy and prevent it ever happening again.
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FINAL REVEAL: A brand new Benin bronze plaque, titled "Looting of the Oba's Palace in 1897".
This #newarrival confronts the theft of works from Benin in 1897. It shows what the palace altar looked like before 1897 (left), and British soldiers in the act of looting (right).
This #newarrival confronts the theft of works from Benin in 1897. It shows what the palace altar looked like before 1897 (left), and British soldiers in the act of looting (right).
November 28, 2025 at 5:14 PM
FINAL REVEAL: A brand new Benin bronze plaque, titled "Looting of the Oba's Palace in 1897".
This #newarrival confronts the theft of works from Benin in 1897. It shows what the palace altar looked like before 1897 (left), and British soldiers in the act of looting (right).
This #newarrival confronts the theft of works from Benin in 1897. It shows what the palace altar looked like before 1897 (left), and British soldiers in the act of looting (right).
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New Lancet meta-analysis finds measles vaccine immunity wanes over time, with seropositivity dropping from ~93% within 10 yrs to ~83% at 16–22 yrs.
The authors say their findings warrant an urgent review of vaccination strategies
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
The authors say their findings warrant an urgent review of vaccination strategies
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
Measles Vaccine Protection Wanes After a Decade
Individuals who receive a measles-containing vaccine maintain seropositivity for a decade; however, the vaccine’s protection declines gradually thereafter.
www.medscape.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:46 AM
New Lancet meta-analysis finds measles vaccine immunity wanes over time, with seropositivity dropping from ~93% within 10 yrs to ~83% at 16–22 yrs.
The authors say their findings warrant an urgent review of vaccination strategies
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
The authors say their findings warrant an urgent review of vaccination strategies
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
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By Zdenek Vrozina:
"A new preprint study shatters the idea that pediatric long COVID is just a mild or different version of the adult form.
It shows that children share the same core immune patterns - and, strikingly, some resemble those seen in chronic infections like HIV"
"A new preprint study shatters the idea that pediatric long COVID is just a mild or different version of the adult form.
It shows that children share the same core immune patterns - and, strikingly, some resemble those seen in chronic infections like HIV"
November 29, 2025 at 4:56 AM
By Zdenek Vrozina:
"A new preprint study shatters the idea that pediatric long COVID is just a mild or different version of the adult form.
It shows that children share the same core immune patterns - and, strikingly, some resemble those seen in chronic infections like HIV"
"A new preprint study shatters the idea that pediatric long COVID is just a mild or different version of the adult form.
It shows that children share the same core immune patterns - and, strikingly, some resemble those seen in chronic infections like HIV"
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Today I was told it’s a luxury that I can stay in bed posting on social media … and that men are the ones giving me that luxury
Being bedbound is not a luxury
Social media is a connection to the world for many of us
Disability is not a vacation & men aren’t providing for the vast majority of us
Being bedbound is not a luxury
Social media is a connection to the world for many of us
Disability is not a vacation & men aren’t providing for the vast majority of us
November 29, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Today I was told it’s a luxury that I can stay in bed posting on social media … and that men are the ones giving me that luxury
Being bedbound is not a luxury
Social media is a connection to the world for many of us
Disability is not a vacation & men aren’t providing for the vast majority of us
Being bedbound is not a luxury
Social media is a connection to the world for many of us
Disability is not a vacation & men aren’t providing for the vast majority of us
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A Google software engineer won his battle against MetLife to receive disability benefits for Long Covid.
This is huge
Long Covid has a lot of stigma attached to it and it can be hard to get disability.
You’re told to “try harder”.
It’s “not that bad”.
You can “still work”.
Not everyone can
This is huge
Long Covid has a lot of stigma attached to it and it can be hard to get disability.
You’re told to “try harder”.
It’s “not that bad”.
You can “still work”.
Not everyone can
MetLife Owes Disability Pay to Software Engineer With Long Covid
A Google LLC software engineer suffering from long Covid won his lawsuit seeking long-term disability benefits from Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.
news.bloomberglaw.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:45 PM
A Google software engineer won his battle against MetLife to receive disability benefits for Long Covid.
This is huge
Long Covid has a lot of stigma attached to it and it can be hard to get disability.
You’re told to “try harder”.
It’s “not that bad”.
You can “still work”.
Not everyone can
This is huge
Long Covid has a lot of stigma attached to it and it can be hard to get disability.
You’re told to “try harder”.
It’s “not that bad”.
You can “still work”.
Not everyone can
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DYK: Women have earned the majority of doctoral degrees awarded by American universities each year since 2009.
First women to earn a PhD in the US?
Helen Magill White. Her PhD was in Greek from Boston University, 1877. She was born #OTD in 1853. @bostonu.bsky.social
#education #highered #academia
First women to earn a PhD in the US?
Helen Magill White. Her PhD was in Greek from Boston University, 1877. She was born #OTD in 1853. @bostonu.bsky.social
#education #highered #academia
November 28, 2025 at 9:02 PM
DYK: Women have earned the majority of doctoral degrees awarded by American universities each year since 2009.
First women to earn a PhD in the US?
Helen Magill White. Her PhD was in Greek from Boston University, 1877. She was born #OTD in 1853. @bostonu.bsky.social
#education #highered #academia
First women to earn a PhD in the US?
Helen Magill White. Her PhD was in Greek from Boston University, 1877. She was born #OTD in 1853. @bostonu.bsky.social
#education #highered #academia
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Time Magazine quoting a @thebeaverton.com article about the US shooting a "patriot missile" at Parliament Hill like it's something Pete Hoekstra actually said might be my favourite moment of the week. Congrats, @ianmmacintyre.bsky.social, you very serious reporter! www.cbc.ca/news/world/b...
'Made-up quote' in Canadian satire site The Beaverton fools Time Magazine | CBC News
In a recent article about the United States' strained relationships with other countries, Time Magazine included a made-up quote from Canadian satire site The Beaverton — seemingly as fact.
www.cbc.ca
November 28, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Time Magazine quoting a @thebeaverton.com article about the US shooting a "patriot missile" at Parliament Hill like it's something Pete Hoekstra actually said might be my favourite moment of the week. Congrats, @ianmmacintyre.bsky.social, you very serious reporter! www.cbc.ca/news/world/b...
My 4th year students in Managing Change are playing this card game in class today, then they’ll (hand) write their reflections about it for marks. Trying so hard to make assessments authentic and not cheatable with AI, but fun too.
management30.com/practice/cha...
management30.com/practice/cha...
Change Management Game Management 3.0
Change Management Game: A serious game for change agents. Play it before starting a new change project or in your next retrospective.
management30.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:57 PM
My 4th year students in Managing Change are playing this card game in class today, then they’ll (hand) write their reflections about it for marks. Trying so hard to make assessments authentic and not cheatable with AI, but fun too.
management30.com/practice/cha...
management30.com/practice/cha...
I just realized that Americans only get Thanksgiving for one day while we Canadians celebrate for a three-day long weekend.
We also have a few more federal paid holidays you folks don’t get.
That’s so sad.
Maybe you folks should become the 11th province or something. 🇨🇦
We also have a few more federal paid holidays you folks don’t get.
That’s so sad.
Maybe you folks should become the 11th province or something. 🇨🇦
November 28, 2025 at 5:25 AM
I just realized that Americans only get Thanksgiving for one day while we Canadians celebrate for a three-day long weekend.
We also have a few more federal paid holidays you folks don’t get.
That’s so sad.
Maybe you folks should become the 11th province or something. 🇨🇦
We also have a few more federal paid holidays you folks don’t get.
That’s so sad.
Maybe you folks should become the 11th province or something. 🇨🇦
13yo: Did you ever tell Nana and G’pa that you also dated girls before you married Dad?
Me: No, it never occurred to me. 🤷 Don’t think they care. Their parents were pro-queer rights in the 1940s and they lobbied for AIDS care in the 1980s.
Son: … you’re right. They wouldn’t care. [Nodding sagely]
Me: No, it never occurred to me. 🤷 Don’t think they care. Their parents were pro-queer rights in the 1940s and they lobbied for AIDS care in the 1980s.
Son: … you’re right. They wouldn’t care. [Nodding sagely]
November 28, 2025 at 2:39 AM
13yo: Did you ever tell Nana and G’pa that you also dated girls before you married Dad?
Me: No, it never occurred to me. 🤷 Don’t think they care. Their parents were pro-queer rights in the 1940s and they lobbied for AIDS care in the 1980s.
Son: … you’re right. They wouldn’t care. [Nodding sagely]
Me: No, it never occurred to me. 🤷 Don’t think they care. Their parents were pro-queer rights in the 1940s and they lobbied for AIDS care in the 1980s.
Son: … you’re right. They wouldn’t care. [Nodding sagely]
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When your ambassador is SO deranged that Time Magazine says, "Yeah, that quote sounds real".
November 27, 2025 at 9:12 PM
When your ambassador is SO deranged that Time Magazine says, "Yeah, that quote sounds real".
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We've fallen into an anti-immigration, anti-climate, short-sighted economic doofus era, brought to you by the guy who we thought was a smart policy wonk.
Mark Carney drops Trudeau-era climate measures in energy deal with Alberta
Mark Carney drops Trudeau-era climate measures in energy deal with Alberta
rime Minister Mark Carney's Liberal government is scrapping plans for a major national climate policy and immediately suspending another in Alberta alone, as part of a wide-ranging accord that softens
www.thestar.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:36 PM
We've fallen into an anti-immigration, anti-climate, short-sighted economic doofus era, brought to you by the guy who we thought was a smart policy wonk.