It is unbelievable what public libraries in North America cover in the absence of proper social services and citizen supports.

I never buy coffee outside, but if I did, it would not be a Starbucks coffee when there are so many other coffee shops everywhere...

Binge drinking rises sharply among gen Z in their early 20s Research challenges idea of ‘generation sensible’ as alcohol and drug use increase after teenage years

Because they are finally free from helicopter parenting!

"despite frequent claims that young people are drinking less, this study suggests that gen Z drinkers in their early 20s may now be drinking as much as – or more than – millennials did at a similar age"

www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Orbán is gone, but he has done so much damage to Hungary that it will take decades to recover. As with all conservative populist politicians, the consequences are generational...

Me learning German 🇩🇪
First class: able to pronounce everything
Two years later: following academic lectures

Me learning French 🇫🇷
First class: what is that sound??
Five years later: what is that sound??

That would be brilliant 😄😄

📚 Book launch tomorrow if the world still exists

Sickle and Veil: Communist Gender Policies Towards Muslim Minorities in Eastern Europe

8 April, 3pm, the University of Alberta, Tory 2-79

A discussion of the book followed by questions and conversation. Refreshments will be served ☕🎉

All welcome!

Our first year students can easily show that Hunka was a nazi...

1500 days of full, brutal war.
1500 days of pain, sorrow and devastation.

But also — 1500 days of ironclad resistance, inspiring courage, resilient defiance, and stubborn solidarity.

For 1500 days, Ukrainians stand as one, supported by our friends.

#StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦

Only in Canada you can murder someone with your vehicle and get away with such a fine...

If a few weeks ago someone had told me that the US would be totally defeated in Iran, I would not have believed them.

The failure and collapse of the US empire is coming faster than anticipated, which makes them more dangerous than ever...

It might be −15 outside, but Edmonton's first Arts District Day is brilliant.

A Historical Grammar of Phrygian Prof.dr. A. Lubotsky Prof.dr. A. Kloekhorst Summary The dissertation serves as the first full comprehensive grammar of the Phrygian language, which was spoken in central Anatolia from the beginning of...

Last night in bed I was wondering whether anyone studies the Phrygian language and where, and it turned out to be just in time to listen to someone's PhD at Leiden. What a niche and beautiful topic to study!

24/3: A Historical Grammar of Phrygian by Šorgo.
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/preview/e...

I will bring my recently published article on how this was done in Yugoslavia.

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

I spoke with my mother, who was a haematologist for 42 years, half of that time as a department head. Something like this never happened in Yugoslavia and later Serbia, even when plasma was being collected and processed during the wars while bombs were literally falling around the hospital.

2 people die after ‘fatal adverse reactions’ while giving plasma in Winnipeg: Health Canada | CBC News CBC News has learned two people — including a 22-year-old international student — died after giving plasma at Winnipeg collection centres that pay people for their donations.

How is this even possible!?! Health Canada needs to provide more information urgently. If this is really connected to plasma donation, the entire system has to be restructured. Also, for profit collection centres should not exist in any normal country...

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Follow (and donate to) Bellingcat. Their work is important!

This International Women’s Day, we honor 9 Ukrainian women whose names the world should know — women who have made, and continue to make, the ultimate sacrifice for Ukraine’s existence and its fight against russian terror.

Read their stories. Remember their names.

As everywhere else in the world, a more walkable city is a more livable city and, ultimately, a happier city. Achieving this requires a range of policies and initiatives

Then we should meet and go for coffee or beer :)

In my neighborhood, there is a new Ukrainian bakery called Malina, and they promote what I believe coffee drinking should be: slow, taking your time, sitting down, NOT on the go, NOT to be more productive, NOT to be faster, but to enjoy. Very much against North American norms.

📣 New article online!

'Blood Knows No Borders: Blood Donation and Transfusion Systems in Yugoslavia', by Ivan Simic | @ivansimic.bsky.social

📖 Read it here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

First generation immigrants and international students are always net contributors to any country, without exception. Literally zero dollars lost, but many taken from them.

The only difference between the British far left and far right is who has already been discovered to be on the FSB payroll

Sharing my latest article on blood donation and transfusion systems in Yugoslavia (open access). It is quite niche, but I really enjoyed writing this one. Published in Contemporary European History, Cambridge University Press.

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Be Brave like Ukraine!

Edmonton stands with our Ukrainian friends and neighbours tonight. Very grateful to see Mayor @andrewknack.bsky.social and Hon. MLA @shoffmanab.bsky.social there, expressing their support!

Carney pledges $2B for Ukraine, sanctions for Russian 'shadow fleet' on 4th anniversary of war | CBC News Canada is donating an additional $2 billion of military equipment, including more than 400 armoured vehicles, to Ukraine as the embattled Eastern European country's war with Russia rolls into its fift...

4 years ago, that genocidal and terrorist political entity called Russia launched a full scale invasion of Ukraine. They thought they would win in 3 days...

Ukraine still stands tall and free! 🇺🇦

Good to see our federal government committing another $2B!

www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Arena di Verona looks magnificent during the day as well. I had the chance to take this picture a few months ago

Kudos to the Italians for both the opening and the closing ceremonies. They were done with great taste! 🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹

And pox on CBC Gem for the ads 👎

Hoffentlich wirst du ehrlich zu ihnen sein, damit sie nicht überrascht sind, wenn sie ins Alberta der UCP kommen.