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Idealistic Pragmatist

@justip.bsky.social

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Canadian by choice.📍Halifax. International in outlook. Leftie. Foodie. Queer. Multilingual. Bike person, but pedestrian at heart. Social scientist by trade. Household = me, Partner, two cats. Embracer of reality in an anti-reality world since early 2022.

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Idealistic Pragmatist @justip.bsky.social · Sep 1

As of today, I am officially retired! I expect my life to change, well, not at all, at least for now (I was already not teaching because it was summer, I still have my research group, and my last grad student will still be at it for a while), but it’s the beginning of the end, anyway.

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Idealistic Pragmatist @justip.bsky.social · 4h

That’s a good thing to know for the future!

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Idealistic Pragmatist @justip.bsky.social · 7h

Happy Thanksgiving!

Idealistic Pragmatist @justip.bsky.social · 7h

Mine too!

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Idealistic Pragmatist @justip.bsky.social · 8h

I read that as “for sale” and was all !!!

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Colin Duggan 🇨🇦 @thesaxbygale.ca · 8h

Tories are all upset because, after years of bumper stickers and flags, it was Katy Perry who achieved their dreams.

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Idealistic Pragmatist @justip.bsky.social · 10h

16 years? My god.

Idealistic Pragmatist @justip.bsky.social · 10h

OMG! 🥰

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bikemoredriveless @bikemoredriveless.bsky.social · 12h

My husband and I, in our 70’s, can do daily activities on our electric-assisted bikes with baskets and panniers. I attribute our health and happiness to being carfree. We can borrow a car for when we need to go out of town, so we have the best of both worlds. If only everyone could be so lucky!

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Idealistic Pragmatist @justip.bsky.social · 13h

I recently read a book about Trudeau’s government, and got to wondering what had happened to Jody Wilson-Raybould. I looked her up and found she’d written this. It came available at the library for me this Thanksgiving weekend, which seemed like a happy accident. It’s VERY good.

Reconciling History by Jody Wilson-Raybould and Roshan Danesh | CBC Books

Historical nonfiction as told through the voices of both Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples.

www.cbc.ca

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Idealistic Pragmatist @justip.bsky.social · 15h

We used to make a big Thanksgiving meal with a turkey for friends every year, but we stopped early in the pandemic. This is the first year we’ve done it since—this time with a small bird just for us. The house is starting to smell like turkey, and it feels homey and cozy. I’m excited!

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Idealistic Pragmatist @justip.bsky.social · 15h

Cyclists in the Netherlands literally don’t worry about collisions with cars at all. Instead they worry about other cyclists, especially on e-bikes, and people on various motor-powered devices who are permitted to use the cycling infrastructure.

Idealistic Pragmatist @justip.bsky.social · 15h

The Netherlands is the only country I’ve cycled in where I’ve felt entirely comfortable and safe not wearing a helmet. (I’ve also cycled in the border regions of Belgium without a helmet simply because I didn’t have one with me—that was less comfortable.)