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Paul Fairie

@paulisci.bsky.social

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Researcher, UCalgary PhD, Political Science Dr. Cronk, Historian of Complaints. I've written a book, The Press Gallery (release TBD). Headline of the Year! Lots going on.

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Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 4h

Listening to a podcast describe a specific thing that I've been specifically involved in is quite a ride.

Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 4h

Interesting podcast featuring @alicefraser.bsky.social describing her experience publishing with Unbound/Boundless. Worth a listen if you want to get a rough idea of largely how the first eight months of this year felt to me.

The Book Vault @thebookvault.bsky.social · 2d

An enlightening, frustrating episode of Realms Unknown with the wonderful @alicefraser.bsky.social and @podchris.bsky.social on the genesis, publication and aftermath of A Passion for Passion with Unbound. Support Alice (as I do) on Patreon... 1/2

www.thebuglepodcast.com/realms-unknown

Realms Unknow - Sci Fi and Fantasy — THE BUGLE

Alice Fraser hosts The Bugle's essential guide to science fiction and fantasy. It's the complete companion to speculative fiction. With reviews, comedy and essential lists.

www.thebuglepodcast.com

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Mel G (spooky) @a4rdvark.bsky.social · 22h

Booked. Amazing to see a situation where ADHD isn't costing me extra money.

Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 10d

Albertans: if you're looking for a COVID vaccine, remember to check the list of medical conditions that qualify you for Phase I (it's more inclusive than I'd have guessed). You can book the appointments through MyAHSConnect.

Eligible underlying medical conditions
cerebrovascular disease
chronic liver diseases
chronic lung diseases
chronic kidney diseases
cystic fibrosis
diabetes mellitus, type 1 and type 2
disabilities (for example, Down syndrome, learning, intellectual, or developmental disabilities; ADHD; cerebral palsy; congenital disabilities; spinal cord injuries)
heart conditions (for example, cardiomyopathies, coronary artery disease, heart failure, etc.)
mental health disorders (limited to: mood disorders, including depression; schizophrenia, spectrum disorders)
obesity
pregnancy
tuberculosis
Eligible immunocompromising conditions
cancer (currently receiving treatment)
HIV infection
primary immunodeficiency diseases
solid organ or blood stem cell transplant
use of corticosteroids, other immunosuppressive medication or CAR T-cell therapy

Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, that's how it went today.

Q: Are you eligible under phase 1?
A: Yes.

Nothing else.

Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 1d

$0. All of them.

Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 1d

They asked me to confirm I was eligible, but without even being specific about how.

Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 1d

Just got vaccinated today -- Albertans, do remember to double check phase 1 eligibility, it's a lot broader (and freer) than many people seem to think.

Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 10d

Albertans: if you're looking for a COVID vaccine, remember to check the list of medical conditions that qualify you for Phase I (it's more inclusive than I'd have guessed). You can book the appointments through MyAHSConnect.

Eligible underlying medical conditions
cerebrovascular disease
chronic liver diseases
chronic lung diseases
chronic kidney diseases
cystic fibrosis
diabetes mellitus, type 1 and type 2
disabilities (for example, Down syndrome, learning, intellectual, or developmental disabilities; ADHD; cerebral palsy; congenital disabilities; spinal cord injuries)
heart conditions (for example, cardiomyopathies, coronary artery disease, heart failure, etc.)
mental health disorders (limited to: mood disorders, including depression; schizophrenia, spectrum disorders)
obesity
pregnancy
tuberculosis
Eligible immunocompromising conditions
cancer (currently receiving treatment)
HIV infection
primary immunodeficiency diseases
solid organ or blood stem cell transplant
use of corticosteroids, other immunosuppressive medication or CAR T-cell therapy

Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 1d

A+ headline, no notes.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

You won’t believe what degrading practice the pope just condemned

You won’t believe what degrading practice the pope just condemned

Communication must be freed from clickbait and misguided thinking, head of Catholic church tells journalists The pope has condemned clickbait as a “degrading” part of journalism, at a private audience with global newswires. Australian media representatives were among those to hear directly from Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican on Thursday with about 150 members of newswire alliance Minds International. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 2d

Minneapolis, 1903

The first automobile theft in the city has been reported. That shows that people are beginning to have confidence in the ability of the machines to travel into the next state without breaking down.
--Minneapolis Daily Times, 31 Mar 1903

Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 2d

Glad people still seem to enjoy these 😊

Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 4d

A Brief History of Men are Becoming Less Manly

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Nuno @nun0c.bsky.social · 3d

It's longer you'd expect

Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 4d

A Brief History of Men are Becoming Less Manly

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Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 3d

Awesome, I'm so glad to hear that. I get mine on Friday :)

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Stephan Geering @stephangeering.bsky.social · 3d

Less manly since 1893 ... what a thread

Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 4d

A Brief History of Men are Becoming Less Manly

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Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed 🙂

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Greg Jenner @gregjenner.bsky.social · 3d

Another incredible thread from Paul 👇

Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 4d

A Brief History of Men are Becoming Less Manly

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Robert Mahon @bedform.org · 3d

Yes, bring back manliness like the 1790s
- wigs
- tights
- frills
- powder
- filler
- rouge
- hips out
- legs crossed

George Washington dancing, in tights and heels, powdered wig, frilly lace sleeves.

Return of George Washington painting with washington's coat flicked back, hand on his hip like a manly man. All powdered up. Bunch of men sitting in front with their legs crossed

Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 3d

Hadn't heard of this book before, but looks great. Adding it to my reading list.

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Sad Face @thefallenface.bsky.social · 3d

Wake up, babe, a new Paul Fairie list just dropped.

Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 4d

A Brief History of Men are Becoming Less Manly

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Tash @nlarimer.bsky.social · 3d

OOOOH, A 🧵on Manhood!

TL;DR: It's women's fault.

(This is a great thread!!)

Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 4d

A Brief History of Men are Becoming Less Manly

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Ted Raymond @tedraymond.bsky.social · 3d

Passage from The Iliad (c. 750 B.C.)

Aeneas, grasping his shield and long spear, leapt down after him, fearful the Achaeans might rob him of the corpse. He bestrode it like a lion confident in his strength, covering himself with his round shield, ready to slay with his spear any man who would seize the corpse, raising his mighty war-cry. But Diomedes hefted a rock, heavier than any two men of our time might carry, lifting it easily on his own. With it he struck Aeneas on the hip where the thigh turns in the hip-joint, the cup-bone men call it. It crushed the bone, sheared the sinews, and jaggedly ripped the skin away. Aeneas fell to his knees, and pressed the ground with one great hand, while darkness shrouded his sight.

Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 3d

1893

ARE MEN LESS MANLY?

An Inquiry Into the Decline of Old-Fashioned Virtues
--Welland Telegraph, 20 Jan 1893

Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 3d

1909

According to evidence of elderly people, the world has been growing worse with each generation; men less manly; women less womanly, honesty less common; religion less of an influence. According to the evidence of conditions, however, the world seems to have been growing ever and always a better place for the human race to live in.
--West Concord Enterprise, 2 Sep 1909

Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 3d

1913

Civilization Rather Than Suffrage That's to Blame
Trouble Is Not That Women Are Growing Less Feminine, but Men Less Masculine

By HELEN DARE

So much is being said about feminine unrest that the fact that there is a very considerable masculine unrest is being overlooked; or is it that our attention is being artfully and deliberately diverted therefrom?
Men are conspicuously discontented and noticeably uneasy. They don't seem to like, even a little bit, the way things are going. So -- faithful to the example set for them by Adam -- they are laying th eblame for the changes on womankind.

--San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Oct 1913

Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 3d

1925

Are Men Less Masculine?
Dr. Charles Gray Shaw, professor of philosophy at New York University, thinks that man is becoming more effeminate. It is a charge frequently made and it has this advantage. It is quite as hard to disprove as to prove. Some classes of men, probably, are becoming more effeminate, just as others are becoming less effeminate, and whether the one trend overbalances the other it is quite impossible to say.

The professor reasons that women are now in business in great numbers, getting men's pay, with, consequently, less dependence on men's purses and thus less enterprise by men to keep the purses properly plethoric.
--Springfield Evening Union, 15 Apr 1925

Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 4d

1936

Men Are Becoming Less Manly, Scientist Thinks

Men today are not as roughly masculine as they used to be, according to Dr. Edward K. Strong, of Palo Alto, California, noted psychology professor at Stanford University. He set forth this conclusion in an article in the current issue of the Journal of Social Psychology.

The only he-men are engineers and farmers, he stated in an account of a survey of divisions of interest among the sexes.

But if you are a minster, a lawyer, a doctor, a writer or a newspaperman, you have feminine interests, which have become stronger with each generation.

--The Bonne Terre Register, 7 Feb 1936