My favourite moment of the #Oscars last night! Brilliant. #Arkapaw Do you know the share of women cinematographers in films released? (14% Europe - Fontaine 2024) (7% USA - Celluloid Ceiling Report - Lauzen 2026) (10% Canada - Women in View 2023)
The Lure (Smoczyńska, Poland, 2015), late socialist mermaid vampires. Highly recommend for weirdness.
Quite surprised by #Wenders comment that "we have to stay out of politics" - it contradicts his own work and previous comments. Didn't care much for the Q at the presser either though, calling out the Berlinale for accepting funding from the German govt. 22:30-27:00: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mv1Z...
empty film reels in a grey concrete room at the Jewish Museum in Berlin
Jan. 27, 1945 Soviet troops liberate Auschwitz. On #HMD2026 #HolocaustMemorialDay we remember 6M murdered Jews, + political opponents, Roma, Queer, disabled victims. Historians, writers, and artists have worked for generations to learn from + represent its lessons. "Memory Void," Menashe Kadishman:
My must-see TV of the moment: #RiotWomen on #BritBox. Bring it on! Riot grrrls next gen.
Look at this amazing navigable map and guide of Calgary's public art works: so much to explore! www.calgarypublicartguide.com Great website design by #BuiltByField. #YYC #YYCArt
Enjoyed the sunshine and the snow on the walk to the office today in #YYC
Signed.
The #1 lesson from yesterday’s blowout:
Humanities majors killed on the job market
1) Mamdani- Africana Studies
2) Spanberger -French
3) Sherill - Global History
I don't understand the government's math in again cutting the number of study permits to Canada. Have they read their own reports? Is slashing the provision of international education really going to get us more places to live? #PSE #HEd www.international.gc.ca/education/re...
2019 Rocky Mountain Instinct
2008 Trek 1500
2006 Brodie Fury
2019 Trek Marlin 6
Heads up #yycbike: 5 of my family’s bikes were stolen from our garage last night 😔. Please keep your eyes open for these bikes and please repost widely.
2019 Rocky Mountain Instinct
2006 Brodie Fury
2008 Trek 1500
2019 Trek Marlin 6
2022 Trek Marlin 5
story of the boy who played Tadzio in 1971 Death in Venice, angered by sexual objectification. Bjorn Andresen, Reluctant ‘Most Beautiful Boy,’ Dies at 70 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/m...
🇭🇺 Hungary’s 1956 uprising against Soviet rule began on October 23 with mass protests.
🇵🇱 In this video, 100,000 gather at the statue of Polish General Józef Bem in Budapest—he led Hungary’s revolutionary army in 1849, later crushed by the joint Russian-Austrian imperial forces.
White House theater 1948
White House theater 1958
White House Theater circa 1992
White House Theater 2009 - Obama watching Superbowl
The White House movie theater over the years. In the East Wing, demolition imminent. The first film screened there was D. W. Griffith's racist epic Birth of a Nation in 1915. Jimmy Carter watched 480 films there, the most of any president: letterboxd.com/jfrankenstei...
Lol - nICE agents in Canada. www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1yY...
Holy smokes. "The Faculty of Arts and Sciences slashed the number of Ph.D. student admissions slots for the Science division by more than 75 percent and for the Arts & Humanities division by about 60 percent for the next two years." #HEd #PSE www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
3 hours left to vote in #yyc - the lines have apparently been long all day at my Ward 1 polling station, despite 8 poll clerks working full tilt. So foolish to get rid of the faster system we had, on the basis of unfounded fears. Anyway, go vote! Worth it. #yyccc
#OTD October 20, 1946, elections were held across Soviet Occupied Germany and in Allied Occupied Berlin. These were the last competitive elections in the Soviet Zone and marked a turning point leading to the creation of the German Democratic Republic as a socialist dictatorship.
I'm sure that any #YYC followers already have a plan to vote, but just in case, CBC's guide shows where to vote, what ward you're in, links to info on candidates. #UCalgary students can vote if you have a Calgary address on your driver's licence or taxes #YYCVote #YYCcc www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
If you have kids, I recommend this graphic novel: "Primates: The Fearless Science of Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Biruté Galdikas" by Jim Ottaviani. Jane Goodall's research and global impact are an inspiring legacy.
I know this exists, but having a kid in high school and looking at the grade outcomes of diploma exams, I don't think that grade inflation is very pronounced in Alberta. www.alberta.ca/system/files...
The first time an Alberta government invoked the notwithstanding clause, public outrage forced a reversal in less than 24 hours. I wish to God Albertans would show the same moral fury now, when school children are outed & bullied by the government that is supposed to protect them. #ableg #abpoli
A compilation of some of movie legend ROBERT REDFORD's best moments thanks to "All The Right Movies" on Twitter.
I'll play! Wings of Desire (Wenders), Jesus of Montreal (Arcand), Do the Right Thing (Lee) #Filmtalk
Signs in the downtown Central Calgary Library that says "Literature" and "Washrooms" on the same sign, with an arrow.
literature washrooms are underrated
A concise op ed by @malindasmith.bsky.social, with links to evidence, on what many of us know, but is increasingly undermined: diversity drives research innovation and impact. universityaffairs.ca/opinion/the-...
"The rate at which popular AI services amplify or fail to flag falsehoods has doubled in a year, per NewsGuard."
Picked up tickets for #CIFF Calgary International Film Festival, including Petzold's "Mirrors No. 3," Palme d'Or winner "It was just an accident," and "Mr. Nobody against Putin." Check out the great lineup for this year, Sept 18-28 www.ciffcalgary.ca/festival/202...
"Whether it’s in the Soviet Union or whether it is in East Germany or in the darkest places and times, writers have managed to survive. Their work has survived." www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/m...
Alberta introduced policy in July 2025 on disallowing books with "inappropriate sexual content" from school libraries. It's a U.S. playbook. The list of 200 books to be pulled from Edmonton school libraries overlaps considerably with U.S. lists. Background here: opentodebate.org/debate/shoul...
