Truly impressive how quickly the nationalist squabbling and insults came out on here in the last few days. Real quick turnaround on that one from a bunch of people who were talking about community and solidarity for the last few years. It's everywhere I look now. GG.
January 21, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Truly impressive how quickly the nationalist squabbling and insults came out on here in the last few days. Real quick turnaround on that one from a bunch of people who were talking about community and solidarity for the last few years. It's everywhere I look now. GG.
New from Sam Popowich - Young's Five Faces of Oppression & Citational Justice, in an issue of Kula focused on Citational Justice that has some other interesting articles for librarians and pedagogues too! kula.uvic.ca/index.php/ku...
Five Faces of Citational Injustice: Applying the Work of Iris Marion Young
| KULA: Knowledge Creation, Dissemination, and Preservation Studies
kula.uvic.ca
January 20, 2026 at 2:33 PM
New from Sam Popowich - Young's Five Faces of Oppression & Citational Justice, in an issue of Kula focused on Citational Justice that has some other interesting articles for librarians and pedagogues too! kula.uvic.ca/index.php/ku...
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Do yourself a favour and go read this. Elegant, precise, and gives this moment its true name.
I wrote about Renee Good, Venezuela, Greenland, and what it means to be a human being. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
January 14, 2026 at 11:41 PM
Do yourself a favour and go read this. Elegant, precise, and gives this moment its true name.
"touchless lead poisoning" ☠️
the number of people over on the child porn nazi site who believe that this is a real video of elon dancing with a robot is shocking. grok is the greatest brain-smoother ever invented. he invented touchless lead poisoning.
January 15, 2026 at 7:33 PM
"touchless lead poisoning" ☠️
"The ultimate goal of termination, the court said, is to correct “unequal bargaining power” by giving artists and authors a chance to retake rights they’d sold away before they realized they were valuable."
‘Watershed Ruling’: Appeals Court Says Musicians Can Win Back Their Copyrights Globally, Not Just in the U.S.
Musicians can win back their music rights globally, an appeals court ruled, adopting a theory labels and publishers says will disrupt industry norms.
www.billboard.com
January 15, 2026 at 12:34 PM
"The ultimate goal of termination, the court said, is to correct “unequal bargaining power” by giving artists and authors a chance to retake rights they’d sold away before they realized they were valuable."
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Quite frankly, it’s outrageous that Mark Carney is cutting Statistics Canada. If he was Stephen Harper or Pierre Poilievre, I feel like this would be getting a lot more backlash.
Carney of all people should know the importance of high-quality data and information about the country.
Carney of all people should know the importance of high-quality data and information about the country.
Statistics Canada to cut 850 jobs in 'dark time' for public service, union says
Federal statistics agency entered its workforce adjustment period Monday, sending notices to thousands of employees.
ottawacitizen.com
January 15, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Quite frankly, it’s outrageous that Mark Carney is cutting Statistics Canada. If he was Stephen Harper or Pierre Poilievre, I feel like this would be getting a lot more backlash.
Carney of all people should know the importance of high-quality data and information about the country.
Carney of all people should know the importance of high-quality data and information about the country.
Because this affects a beloved friend (as well as countless students and faculty) I don't have it in my heart to add any cynical commentary. cca.edu/about/vander...
Vanderbilt Agreement
President Howse announces an agreement with Vanderbilt University. CCA will conclude operations by the end of the 2026–27 academic year.
cca.edu
January 14, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Because this affects a beloved friend (as well as countless students and faculty) I don't have it in my heart to add any cynical commentary. cca.edu/about/vander...
I really feel like 2026 is the year I fully become "the weirdo in the office behind the stairs (that seems physically improbable) whom you occasionally consult for arcane knowledge". People will vaguely suspect I'm a myth, or an exaggeration, and I'm going to start wearing flowing robes even more.
January 14, 2026 at 4:33 PM
I really feel like 2026 is the year I fully become "the weirdo in the office behind the stairs (that seems physically improbable) whom you occasionally consult for arcane knowledge". People will vaguely suspect I'm a myth, or an exaggeration, and I'm going to start wearing flowing robes even more.
Everything is terrible, but having found out from our disabled neighbor that the city estimates another full week before our back lane is drivable, we went to dig her a path out at least, and another neighbour we've never met came and joined.
January 13, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Everything is terrible, but having found out from our disabled neighbor that the city estimates another full week before our back lane is drivable, we went to dig her a path out at least, and another neighbour we've never met came and joined.
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"The search firm was presumably paid hundreds of thousands of dollars. For that investment, UVA appears to have received a process that failed to conduct due diligence that could have been completed in an afternoon using free tools and widely accessible academic databases."
This seems to strongly suggest that the incoming president of UVA doctored his CV to the edge of outright dishonesty, and that the most recent changes came months before Jim Ryan was forced, as if they were made in anticipation in Ryan’s removal. augustafreepress.com/news/vanishi...
How UVA’s presidential search missed what took us an hour to find
Inside Higher Ed frames the controversy surrounding Scott C. Beardsley's appointment as the University of Virginia's president.
augustafreepress.com
January 12, 2026 at 2:10 PM
"The search firm was presumably paid hundreds of thousands of dollars. For that investment, UVA appears to have received a process that failed to conduct due diligence that could have been completed in an afternoon using free tools and widely accessible academic databases."
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Giving my kid a classical education (Viking Kittens [Immigrant Song])
January 7, 2026 at 1:48 AM
Giving my kid a classical education (Viking Kittens [Immigrant Song])
I actually remain unconvinced that LLM training on CC-BY+ licensed stuff is specifically permitted by the license, as the *main* building block is attribution, which is not part of LLM outputs.
January 6, 2026 at 4:55 PM
I actually remain unconvinced that LLM training on CC-BY+ licensed stuff is specifically permitted by the license, as the *main* building block is attribution, which is not part of LLM outputs.
We are watching Thor: Ragnarok, and I caught a movie reference my partner didn't: THE CASTLE! You're dreaming!
(Don't spoil this for me)
(Don't spoil this for me)
January 6, 2026 at 1:26 AM
We are watching Thor: Ragnarok, and I caught a movie reference my partner didn't: THE CASTLE! You're dreaming!
(Don't spoil this for me)
(Don't spoil this for me)
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hey i wrote a history of electronic music in canada from 1945-1985. it's called A Nation of Tinkerers and it's now available to pre-order through @invisibooks.bsky.social!
invisiblepublishing.com/product/a-na...
invisiblepublishing.com/product/a-na...
A Nation of Tinkerers: A History of Canadian Electronic Music from 1945–1985 · Invisible Publishing
From university labs to home-built studios, A Nation of Tinkerers charts the evolution of Canadian electronic music.
invisiblepublishing.com
January 2, 2026 at 7:08 PM
hey i wrote a history of electronic music in canada from 1945-1985. it's called A Nation of Tinkerers and it's now available to pre-order through @invisibooks.bsky.social!
invisiblepublishing.com/product/a-na...
invisiblepublishing.com/product/a-na...
At the blood drawing clinic 5 min after opening - behind about 30 people, and currently getting rick rolled.
December 30, 2025 at 1:08 PM
At the blood drawing clinic 5 min after opening - behind about 30 people, and currently getting rick rolled.
A year's round up that is worth a read.
www.startribune.com/umn-professo...
www.startribune.com/umn-professo...
Opinion | Reflecting on yet another year of scientific fraud at the University of Minnesota
Allegations a scientist doctored images in a paper on Alzheimer’s. Rachel Hardeman's resignation. An investigation into a pediatrician's reports of child abuse. The U saw a number of scientific scanda...
www.startribune.com
December 30, 2025 at 12:19 PM
A year's round up that is worth a read.
www.startribune.com/umn-professo...
www.startribune.com/umn-professo...
Day two of Winter Break: the three cheese pasta the kid is making smells suspiciously of candy cane eggnog.
December 23, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Day two of Winter Break: the three cheese pasta the kid is making smells suspiciously of candy cane eggnog.
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"An academic discovers a paper attributed to him that does not exist has been cited 42 times" is a sentence with an actual referent in 2025.
Closing out my year with a journal editor shocker 🧵
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
December 19, 2025 at 5:45 PM
"An academic discovers a paper attributed to him that does not exist has been cited 42 times" is a sentence with an actual referent in 2025.
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434 Canadians have been detained by ICE. Only 6 of them had any criminal records. #DontGo
www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...
www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...
‘My advice actually would be don’t go’: Expert warns Canadians about U.S. travel risks
A growing number of Canadians, including several young children, have been arrested or detained by U.S. immigration authorities over the past two years, according to newly released government data obt...
www.ctvnews.ca
December 16, 2025 at 12:33 PM
434 Canadians have been detained by ICE. Only 6 of them had any criminal records. #DontGo
www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...
www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...
Winnipeg Leisure Guide Registration Day: clicked on the link the very first second, had under a minute wait, website redirect hung, class was full by 8:01. There has GOT to be a better way to do this.
December 16, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Winnipeg Leisure Guide Registration Day: clicked on the link the very first second, had under a minute wait, website redirect hung, class was full by 8:01. There has GOT to be a better way to do this.
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We have had this problem here - like everybody - and we seem to have mitigated it ok with Anubis and other strategies. To me this problem very much underscores the *necessity* of having a responsive and competent IT structure, which...libraries have been divesting themselves of in rapid pace.
December 9, 2025 at 3:16 PM
We have had this problem here - like everybody - and we seem to have mitigated it ok with Anubis and other strategies. To me this problem very much underscores the *necessity* of having a responsive and competent IT structure, which...libraries have been divesting themselves of in rapid pace.
The Librarian and Archivist Lament - a site is neither truly discoverable nor preserved unless you've really really put the work in (or work with those who have).
This has me reflecting on born digital history projects. In recent weeks, I tried to access a few fantastic ones—all less than a decade old—and was met with dead links.
With the death of the open internet and humanities funding more generally, what is going to happen to these projects?
With the death of the open internet and humanities funding more generally, what is going to happen to these projects?
Talking to somebody yesterday about a Cdn oral history archive that disappeared - turns out LLMs were scraping it so much it crashed their servers so it’s offline. Vile vulture technology.
December 9, 2025 at 4:16 PM
The Librarian and Archivist Lament - a site is neither truly discoverable nor preserved unless you've really really put the work in (or work with those who have).
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Don't forget the CJAL CFP is due soon!
CJAL special issue on Libraries, Humans, Machines
details here: cjal.ca/index.php/ca...
Questions? Just lemme know.
#lis
#libraries
#cfp
#library
CJAL special issue on Libraries, Humans, Machines
details here: cjal.ca/index.php/ca...
Questions? Just lemme know.
#lis
#libraries
#cfp
#library
Call for proposals: CJAL special issue on Libraries, Humans, Machines
| Canadian Journal of Academic Librarianship
cjal.ca
December 9, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Don't forget the CJAL CFP is due soon!
CJAL special issue on Libraries, Humans, Machines
details here: cjal.ca/index.php/ca...
Questions? Just lemme know.
#lis
#libraries
#cfp
#library
CJAL special issue on Libraries, Humans, Machines
details here: cjal.ca/index.php/ca...
Questions? Just lemme know.
#lis
#libraries
#cfp
#library