Ted McCormick
@tedmccormick.bsky.social
Historian of scientific, economic and colonial projects in early modern Britain, Ireland, and the Atlantic; books http://bit.ly/3HYwNiA & http://bit.ly/3rKdAvt; http://memoriousblog.com; views mine; he/him. Montrealer in Philly, except when I’m in Montreal
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This year, the John Ben Snow Prize is awarded to Melissa Reynolds for her book Reading Practice: The Pursuit of Natural Knowledge from Manuscript to Print. Congrats @melkatrey.bsky.social !! 👏 @uchicagopress.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 5:31 PM
This year, the John Ben Snow Prize is awarded to Melissa Reynolds for her book Reading Practice: The Pursuit of Natural Knowledge from Manuscript to Print. Congrats @melkatrey.bsky.social !! 👏 @uchicagopress.bsky.social
I am drawn to this position
November 16, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I am drawn to this position
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“Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic,” they said. “That means there might be a second one you’re willing to sacrifice and a third, a fourth. Then what happens?”
Abandoning trans people is 'fascist logic', says leading feminist philosopher
Leading feminist philosopher Judith Butler has declared that abandoning trans people or any minority is operating within 'fascist logic'.
www.thepinknews.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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If you have made excuses for this, you are not missed
November 16, 2025 at 5:50 PM
If you have made excuses for this, you are not missed
I do think shunning squares that circle in some cases
November 16, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I do think shunning squares that circle in some cases
I don’t know if this is a conundrum but it feels like one at times
November 16, 2025 at 5:48 PM
I don’t know if this is a conundrum but it feels like one at times
Air Canada’s stepping up in relief which really paints a picture
November 16, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Air Canada’s stepping up in relief which really paints a picture
American Airlines. Someone forgot to put the tarp on the plane overnight and it got wet. Now we all get new planes
November 16, 2025 at 3:04 PM
American Airlines. Someone forgot to put the tarp on the plane overnight and it got wet. Now we all get new planes
this is not a complaint
November 16, 2025 at 2:24 PM
this is not a complaint
“The spring melt in southern Quebec is notorious for revealing, wrapper by wrapper, a long winter’s accumulation of icy litter. But this year, it’s the first snowfall — and the accompanying aircraft maintenance issues — that are bringing decades of private bitterness into the cold, clear light.”
November 16, 2025 at 1:30 PM
“The spring melt in southern Quebec is notorious for revealing, wrapper by wrapper, a long winter’s accumulation of icy litter. But this year, it’s the first snowfall — and the accompanying aircraft maintenance issues — that are bringing decades of private bitterness into the cold, clear light.”
I’d take the train if there was one I could still get that went the whole way. Wouldn’t love to drive though
November 16, 2025 at 1:19 PM
I’d take the train if there was one I could still get that went the whole way. Wouldn’t love to drive though
In Once-Polite Canada, Tempers Flare
November 16, 2025 at 1:17 PM
In Once-Polite Canada, Tempers Flare
“shut the f*ck up, baby,” is a phrase I have just heard muttered at an actual baby
(the baby is at a safe distance and otherwise occupied)
(the baby is at a safe distance and otherwise occupied)
November 16, 2025 at 1:16 PM
“shut the f*ck up, baby,” is a phrase I have just heard muttered at an actual baby
(the baby is at a safe distance and otherwise occupied)
(the baby is at a safe distance and otherwise occupied)
The centrist gambit of capturing the disillusioned right by going ever rightward is not a path to anything better
November 16, 2025 at 12:51 PM
The centrist gambit of capturing the disillusioned right by going ever rightward is not a path to anything better