Roland Barthes shirt

The t-shirt, on the other hand…

If someone’s going to listen to music without headphones on a subway, it might as well be a man with a Roland Barthes t-shirt and a combover.

Unintelligible foreign language hip-hop for me at the moment.

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香港釣魚新手日記――花おじいちゃんの夕飯を釣る／吉田育未
第2回：打龜と手釣り

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I keep looking to see if things on YouTube are more than a couple of years old before I can turn off my brain and enjoy it. AI hypervigilance is such a drag.

An iconic archival black and white photograph showing men (mostly in khaki uniforms) on the patio at the Officer's Club on Parry Island sitting in rows of wooden Adirondack chairs (four to a row) looking at—and illuminated by—the intense light of the DOG test. All of the men are wearing special goggles allowing them to safely view the fireball.

A color photograph of a very early stage of the DOG fireball showing a roughly spherical yellow-orange blob suspended above (barely visible) Runit Island. Three "spikes" emanating from the bottom of the fireball are the intense thermal radiation turn the test tower's guy wires into glowing plasma.

75 years ago today, VIP observers on the patio of the Officer’s Beach Club on Parry Island at Enewetak Atoll were illuminated by the fireball of the 81-kiloton DOG test, part of Operation Greenhouse. DOG—a proof test of the Mark-6 atomic bomb—was the highest-yield US nuclear test up to that time.

10-20% of the emissions ceiling of Ireland's energy sector to be used by ONE data centre in Ennis.

Insanity.

#IrishPol

At least 70 killed in Haiti massacre, rights group says, far exceeding official toll At least ​70 people were killed and 30 injured during an attack near Petite-Riviere in Haiti's breadbasket Artibonite region, a human rights group ‌said on Monday, significantly higher than official estimates which put the death toll at around 16.

At least 70 killed in Haiti massacre, rights group says, far exceeding official toll reut.rs/48i1jDj

Journalistic malpractice and democratic betrayal.

I know Yanks are conditioned towards defeatism and learned helplessness. But there will certainly be consequences.

I'm listening to US ex-military pundits (on Canadian TV no less) talking about how a land invasion of Iran is almost out of the question because it would cost "American lives" and spill "American blood." This is so normalized that nobody bats an eye but it's such an abhorrent way of thinking.

Avi Lewis: "We have shoved Canada Post so far into the market mindset that every few months we have a national conversation about why isn't Canada Post making money. Does the ambulance service make money? Do the police services make money? We're talking about a fundamental public service."

My strong impression is that your average provincial NDP voter in Edmonton or Calgary at least is, in fact, a moderate liberal.

It's a cliche at this point, but big "Are we the baddies?" vibes.

That’s totally fair. Carney being competent is a nice surprise, but he is absolutely the product of the country lurching to the right.

I still doesn’t make sense— we’re not US citizens and have no democratic rights in the States to begin with.

Beautiful editions, though. On point for Hong Kong and/or Taiwan publishers.

Four volumes of “selected writings” of Hannah Arendt.

Four volumes of “selected writings” kind of beats the point of it all.

57 of my fellow students were arrested, academically disciplined, and barred from campus 2 weeks before finals.

And then the visas of some of those students were quietly revoked.

And then the DEI office was killed.

And then we watched our mentors’ grants evaporate over “woke”.

The LCBO is a Crown liquor store. Not only that, but Doug Ford was, according to a national newspaper investigation, a drug dealer in the ‘80s.

Nine majors “sunsetting”:

Classical civilization
Classics (Greek and Latin)
Digital humanities
Fine arts
German
Latino-Latin American studies
Middle Eastern studies
Modern Jewish studies
Russian

Post from Andrew A.N. Deloucas @aandeloucas.com: In line with discussion about the job market, the latest majors being closed at Syracuse University: Nine majors "sunsetting": • Classical civilization • Classics (Greek and Latin) • Digital humanities • Fine arts • German • Latino-Latin American studies • Middle Eastern studies • Modern Jewish studies • Russian ALT

The First University in the Nation to Build a Center Dedicated to the Creator Economy Syracuse University is creating something that doesn't exist anywhere else in higher education. The Center for the Creator Economy is the first academic center of its kind on a U.S. college campus. Led jointly by the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and the Martin). Whitman School of Management, the center reinforces Syracuse University's commitment to bold, forward-looking academic leadership. By aligning strengths in entrepreneurship, media, communications, athletics and digital infrastructure, the University is charting how higher education can prepare students for the 21st-century economy.

Another university getting rid of things you could only ever do at a university and replacing them with stuff a 13-year-old can do on a phone

Hélène Vu Thanh - La Soie et la Croix

Commerce, missions et rivalités ibériques au Japon (XVIe-XVIIe siècle)

Vient de paraître chez Hémisphères

Jürgen Habermas, philosophe allemand, intellectuel combatif et esprit encyclopédique, est mort à l’âge de 96 ans Ce théoricien, qui n’hésitait pas à intervenir dans le débat public, fut un des premiers à harmoniser la tradition analytique anglo-saxonne, axée sur la logique et la langue, et la tradition continentale, centrée sur les idées.

Jürgen Habermas, philosophe allemand, intellectuel combatif et esprit encyclopédique, est mort à l’âge de 96 ans

Super excited to discussant for this panel tmrw! Thank you @damiandamiani.bsky.social for inviting me. #aas2026

Just used my #AAS2026 discount to visit the Vancouver Art Gallery. We Who Have Known Tides is a gorgeous and moving collection of work from the Indigenous Art Collection.

The other frustrating thing is, software that trains students to write using their own in-progress work is actually much-needed.

Poster for Solidarity Session #6: Organizing for trans liberation. With Avi Lewis, Susan Gapka, Celeste Trianon, and Victoria Bucholtz (aka. Karla Marx). Hosted by Emma Jackson. Sunday, March 15th at 11am PT / 12pm MT / 1pm CT / 2pm ET / 3pm AT / 3:30pm NT. RSVP at Act.LewisForLeader.ca/Trans-Sol-Session.

From Alberta to Ottawa, trans rights are under attack. Join me and leaders in the trans community on Sunday, March 15 at 11am PT / 2pm ET for a critical conversation on what trans people are facing — and how we fight back. 

RSVP: https://avilewis.link/solsession6

I watched the entirety of the first series of True Detective on the plane to Vancouver. Ask me anything.

Docter and many other old timers at Pixar wanted to deal with heavier, more serious issues like grief and emotional regulation, with tons of “therapy speak” in Inside Out, Wall-E, and Up. But when it’s queer themes it’s all “Back off loser, I’m not your therapist. I’m just here to sell popcorn!”