@mlow.bsky.social
Sort of eclectic interests, probably some inconsistencies, but I'm pretty nice, really. Canadian. she/her
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“That’s one hell of an act you’ve got there. What do you call it?”
“The Kakistocrats!”
“The Kakistocrats!”
They’ve laid off so many people that the government is now getting its economic data from DoorDash.
November 12, 2025 at 11:34 AM
“That’s one hell of an act you’ve got there. What do you call it?”
“The Kakistocrats!”
“The Kakistocrats!”
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Today in life under competitive authoritarianism
Indiana University removed a Lecturer from her "Diversity, Human Rights, and Social Justice" course after a student filed a complaint about a graphic the instructor showed in class, which included "Make America Great Again" as an example of "Covert White Supremacy."
www.wfyi.org/news/article...
www.wfyi.org/news/article...
IU lecturer removed from class during intellectual diversity investigation
A lecturer in the Indiana University School of Social Work has been removed from teaching one of her classes Diversity, Human Rights, and Social Justice while the university investigates a complaint...
www.wfyi.org
November 12, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Today in life under competitive authoritarianism
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November 12, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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I know that Flanders Fields is canon but nothing for me captures the futility, horror and rage of what we're remembering today like Wilfred Owen's Dulce et Decorum Est.
youtu.be/qB4cdRgIcB8?...
youtu.be/qB4cdRgIcB8?...
Dulce Et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen: Read by Christopher Eccleston | Remembering World War 1 | C4
YouTube video by Channel 4 Documentaries
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 10:15 PM
I know that Flanders Fields is canon but nothing for me captures the futility, horror and rage of what we're remembering today like Wilfred Owen's Dulce et Decorum Est.
youtu.be/qB4cdRgIcB8?...
youtu.be/qB4cdRgIcB8?...
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So, are the rich people that give this guy money just morons? Is it as simple as that? Greedy yes, of course, but mostly morons?
in a long life filled with saying stupid shit this is may be the stupidest shit he's ever said
November 11, 2025 at 8:25 PM
So, are the rich people that give this guy money just morons? Is it as simple as that? Greedy yes, of course, but mostly morons?
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I wonder if the United States can learn anything from the last time a major industrialized country decided to isolate itself from the rest of the world?
Almost a decade after the Brexit vote, GDP in the UK is around 6-8% lower relative to peer countries. (Source: www.nber.org/papers/w34459)
Almost a decade after the Brexit vote, GDP in the UK is around 6-8% lower relative to peer countries. (Source: www.nber.org/papers/w34459)
November 11, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I wonder if the United States can learn anything from the last time a major industrialized country decided to isolate itself from the rest of the world?
Almost a decade after the Brexit vote, GDP in the UK is around 6-8% lower relative to peer countries. (Source: www.nber.org/papers/w34459)
Almost a decade after the Brexit vote, GDP in the UK is around 6-8% lower relative to peer countries. (Source: www.nber.org/papers/w34459)
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"Investors have been selling off the debt of US tech heavyweights, showing how jitters over Silicon Valley’s boom in spending on artificial intelligence have spilled into the bond market."
Investor angst over Big Tech’s AI spending spills into bond market
Debt issued by groups building data centres has been hit in recent weeks
www.ft.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:00 PM
"Investors have been selling off the debt of US tech heavyweights, showing how jitters over Silicon Valley’s boom in spending on artificial intelligence have spilled into the bond market."
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this is about where I’m at
the level of incandescent rage at Dem leadership is as high as I’ve ever seen and it’s not the rage of a population that is ready to go “well, I wanted to fight Trump but Schumer sucks so I guess fascism it is”
but primaries are going to start looking a lot different
the level of incandescent rage at Dem leadership is as high as I’ve ever seen and it’s not the rage of a population that is ready to go “well, I wanted to fight Trump but Schumer sucks so I guess fascism it is”
but primaries are going to start looking a lot different
I think voters at large will very likely have trouble remembering details of chuck schumer selling out the aca by nov 2026. also I think in the next three months you're gonna see a lot of unlikely folks stopping by the dsa table at various no kings events
November 11, 2025 at 3:52 PM
this is about where I’m at
the level of incandescent rage at Dem leadership is as high as I’ve ever seen and it’s not the rage of a population that is ready to go “well, I wanted to fight Trump but Schumer sucks so I guess fascism it is”
but primaries are going to start looking a lot different
the level of incandescent rage at Dem leadership is as high as I’ve ever seen and it’s not the rage of a population that is ready to go “well, I wanted to fight Trump but Schumer sucks so I guess fascism it is”
but primaries are going to start looking a lot different
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this is literally never not accurate
November 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
this is literally never not accurate
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They mask for the same reason the Klan masks.
Veteran ICE officials @nickmiroff.bsky.social spoke with view the use of masks as an unquestionably negative development. But it’s not going away anytime soon, Miroff reports: https://theatln.tc/acMM0axK
November 11, 2025 at 4:15 PM
They mask for the same reason the Klan masks.
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Business rent is way too high on Mag (not Miracle) Mile so companies are just shuffling around. H&M moved two blocks down the road to save cash.
He's blaming "murder and crime" in one of the safest parts of the city because the real problem is "landlords." Almost like that's the whole gambit.
He's blaming "murder and crime" in one of the safest parts of the city because the real problem is "landlords." Almost like that's the whole gambit.
Call in the troops to solve the commercial real estate crisis in our swanky downtown cores
You can’t make this shit up, folks
You can’t make this shit up, folks
November 11, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Business rent is way too high on Mag (not Miracle) Mile so companies are just shuffling around. H&M moved two blocks down the road to save cash.
He's blaming "murder and crime" in one of the safest parts of the city because the real problem is "landlords." Almost like that's the whole gambit.
He's blaming "murder and crime" in one of the safest parts of the city because the real problem is "landlords." Almost like that's the whole gambit.
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It can make you feel extra nice. Take a couple of minutes and treat yourself well.
It's time to switch to your winter weight moisturizers
November 11, 2025 at 3:54 PM
It can make you feel extra nice. Take a couple of minutes and treat yourself well.
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From the outside it might look like ICE officers wear masks to avoid accountability, but in reality they are a way to avoid accountability.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
November 11, 2025 at 3:54 PM
From the outside it might look like ICE officers wear masks to avoid accountability, but in reality they are a way to avoid accountability.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
@shawnmicallef.bsky.social you were looking for topics a while back - have you looked at accessibility/signage in Union Stn? If I go in and get a sandwich and then head for my Via train, I have to take elevators, lug the rolly suitcase up or down stairs, and face signage that doesn't mention Via...
November 11, 2025 at 3:57 PM
@shawnmicallef.bsky.social you were looking for topics a while back - have you looked at accessibility/signage in Union Stn? If I go in and get a sandwich and then head for my Via train, I have to take elevators, lug the rolly suitcase up or down stairs, and face signage that doesn't mention Via...
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"Meet me in the middle," says the unjust man. You take a step towards him, he takes a step back. "Meet me in the middle," says the unjust man."
~ A.R. Moxon
~ A.R. Moxon
How long will we be hijacked by centrists, cowards and Chuck Schumer?
November 10, 2025 at 12:19 AM
"Meet me in the middle," says the unjust man. You take a step towards him, he takes a step back. "Meet me in the middle," says the unjust man."
~ A.R. Moxon
~ A.R. Moxon
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Did you know that in Canada, if a budget doesn’t pass the government doesn’t shut down?
Federal workers aren’t furloughed.
Funding for social services doesn’t dry up.
Failure to pass a budget triggers an election.
It puts the politicians jobs on the line.
They get the budget passed.
Federal workers aren’t furloughed.
Funding for social services doesn’t dry up.
Failure to pass a budget triggers an election.
It puts the politicians jobs on the line.
They get the budget passed.
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Did you know that in Canada, if a budget doesn’t pass the government doesn’t shut down?
Federal workers aren’t furloughed.
Funding for social services doesn’t dry up.
Failure to pass a budget triggers an election.
It puts the politicians jobs on the line.
They get the budget passed.
Federal workers aren’t furloughed.
Funding for social services doesn’t dry up.
Failure to pass a budget triggers an election.
It puts the politicians jobs on the line.
They get the budget passed.
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And the King of Kensington about a neighbourhood that Toronto would not allow to be created today!
Ironic that one of the most Toronto tv shows was about a convenience store
November 10, 2025 at 3:10 PM
And the King of Kensington about a neighbourhood that Toronto would not allow to be created today!
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They killed Sesame Street! An excellent column from Shawn Micallef about countering small-minded Nimbys.
I would like convenience stores in my neighbourhood (four have closed in the past five years.) Maybe you'd like interesting retail and cafes too. We have to make our voices heard.
I would like convenience stores in my neighbourhood (four have closed in the past five years.) Maybe you'd like interesting retail and cafes too. We have to make our voices heard.
How Toronto killed Sesame Street. My column on the retreat from allowing shops in neighbourhoods
& other watering down of good ideas.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
& other watering down of good ideas.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Shawn Micallef: How Toronto killed ‘Sesame Street’ with its heritage rules — and how we can bring it back
In the face of opposition from even small groups, the city ends up watering down even the best ideas.
www.thestar.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:16 PM
They killed Sesame Street! An excellent column from Shawn Micallef about countering small-minded Nimbys.
I would like convenience stores in my neighbourhood (four have closed in the past five years.) Maybe you'd like interesting retail and cafes too. We have to make our voices heard.
I would like convenience stores in my neighbourhood (four have closed in the past five years.) Maybe you'd like interesting retail and cafes too. We have to make our voices heard.
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They also say nobody in Canada will ride a bike or use a bike lane in winter. Many liars.
This is the Canadian Premier League soccer finals and we have a bicycle kick goal in the middle of a blizzard … and that’s the most Canadian thing I’ve ever seen 😂
November 10, 2025 at 11:43 PM
They also say nobody in Canada will ride a bike or use a bike lane in winter. Many liars.
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Buried in the Doug Ford govt's fall budget are changes that would remove parts of Wasaga beach from provincial protection. As I reported in August, those parts are 60% of the world’s longest freshwater beach and the main nesting area for the endangered piping plover: thenarwhal.ca/wasaga-beach...
November 10, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Buried in the Doug Ford govt's fall budget are changes that would remove parts of Wasaga beach from provincial protection. As I reported in August, those parts are 60% of the world’s longest freshwater beach and the main nesting area for the endangered piping plover: thenarwhal.ca/wasaga-beach...
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Things like this are among the reasons I avoid AI like the plague...and why, despite my occasional bouts of existential angst about what I do, people frequently remind me how important my work as a legitimate, human historian is.
I'm cited in this piece in the Toronto Star today about the spread of generative AI, the challenges it poses for historians & history education, and the need for digital literacy.
www.thestar.com/news/how-fak...
www.thestar.com/news/how-fak...
How fake AI history is threatening Remembrance Day — with endless YouTube videos glamorizing Nazis
A search for any historical topic is sure to be met with a torrent of fake AI-generated garbage — at real cost to our history.
www.thestar.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Things like this are among the reasons I avoid AI like the plague...and why, despite my occasional bouts of existential angst about what I do, people frequently remind me how important my work as a legitimate, human historian is.
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Among the many presidency-ending things it is Congress' job to police & it is failing to do, allowing the Mad King to incinerate our closest alliances is top of the list. It should have all ended w/ threatening to invade our NATO allies. Alas, we are not a serious country.
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
The Trump regime is ruining America’s most valuable alliances and international partnerships.
The level of trust needed to do high level intelligence sharing is rare, and Five Eyes cooperation has been a major asset.
The US chose to throw it away, harming its own power and security. And for what?
The level of trust needed to do high level intelligence sharing is rare, and Five Eyes cooperation has been a major asset.
The US chose to throw it away, harming its own power and security. And for what?
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
www.cnn.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Among the many presidency-ending things it is Congress' job to police & it is failing to do, allowing the Mad King to incinerate our closest alliances is top of the list. It should have all ended w/ threatening to invade our NATO allies. Alas, we are not a serious country.
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
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Also this guy suggesting that food is “shared” with other states (or countries) out of goodwill, as opposed to for pay:
Good luck eating your way through an exploding silo of soybeans.
Good luck eating your way through an exploding silo of soybeans.
November 11, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Also this guy suggesting that food is “shared” with other states (or countries) out of goodwill, as opposed to for pay:
Good luck eating your way through an exploding silo of soybeans.
Good luck eating your way through an exploding silo of soybeans.
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Answer: 75% of all American farm workers are Latin American migrants. Yes, the same folks that the party red states support want to deport.
And no, they’re not doing it “to be nice.”
And no, they’re not doing it “to be nice.”
California alone produces a third of all the food America eats. So this is a lie.
But let’s break down the food produced by the red states:
Guess what percent is harvested by people from Latin America?
But let’s break down the food produced by the red states:
Guess what percent is harvested by people from Latin America?
November 11, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Answer: 75% of all American farm workers are Latin American migrants. Yes, the same folks that the party red states support want to deport.
And no, they’re not doing it “to be nice.”
And no, they’re not doing it “to be nice.”