Jane Dryden
@janedryden.bsky.social
Philosophy prof in a tiny town in New Brunswick. Intellectual magpie writing about vulnerability, autonomy, disability, feminist philosophy, German idealism, gut microbiome, neurodiversity. she/her.
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Jane Dryden
@janedryden.bsky.social
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My cat Mo is on guard and ready to defend us from ghosts.
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@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Feb 7
Interview for Assigned Media with philosopher Rowan Bell on whether we may be seeing the limits of gender identity as an anchoring concept for trans in courts, legislatures, civil rights, and even trans theory.
Interview for Assigned Media with philosopher Rowan Bell on whether we may be seeing the limits of gender identity as an anchoring concept for trans in courts, legislatures, civil rights, and even trans theory.
Are We Seeing the Limits of Gender Identity? — Assigned
A conversation between Riki Wilchins for Assigned Media and Philosopher Rowan Bell.
www.assignedmedia.org
February 17, 2026 at 12:53 PM
@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Feb 7
Interview for Assigned Media with philosopher Rowan Bell on whether we may be seeing the limits of gender identity as an anchoring concept for trans in courts, legislatures, civil rights, and even trans theory.
Interview for Assigned Media with philosopher Rowan Bell on whether we may be seeing the limits of gender identity as an anchoring concept for trans in courts, legislatures, civil rights, and even trans theory.
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For nearly a year, the feds have been quiet about a scathing UN report on Canada's treatment of disabled people, including MAiD expansion and paltry financial supports
@spichaksimon.bsky.social presses the government for answers in our latest for @breachmedia.ca
breachmedia.ca/canada-sides...
@spichaksimon.bsky.social presses the government for answers in our latest for @breachmedia.ca
breachmedia.ca/canada-sides...
Canada sidesteps UN scrutiny over assisted dying ⋆ The Breach
Calls by disability advocates and the UN to halt an expansion of medically assisted death have gone largely unacknowledged by the federal government
breachmedia.ca
February 11, 2026 at 8:00 PM
For nearly a year, the feds have been quiet about a scathing UN report on Canada's treatment of disabled people, including MAiD expansion and paltry financial supports
@spichaksimon.bsky.social presses the government for answers in our latest for @breachmedia.ca
breachmedia.ca/canada-sides...
@spichaksimon.bsky.social presses the government for answers in our latest for @breachmedia.ca
breachmedia.ca/canada-sides...
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What do you do when your Founder & CEO researches concepts salient to our community of social researchers?
Why, run a free webinar, of course!
On Feb 24 @ 7pm GMT, join Dr Zara Bain for a FREE webinar:
Epistemic Injustice, Oppression & Ignorance: An Introduction for Social Researchers.
For info⤵️
Why, run a free webinar, of course!
On Feb 24 @ 7pm GMT, join Dr Zara Bain for a FREE webinar:
Epistemic Injustice, Oppression & Ignorance: An Introduction for Social Researchers.
For info⤵️
WEBINAR: Epistemic Injustice, Oppression & Ignorance: An Introduction for Social Researchers - Sign-up Page
Expand your conceptual toolkit with our accessible introduction to the concepts every social researcher should know.
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February 11, 2026 at 5:00 PM
What do you do when your Founder & CEO researches concepts salient to our community of social researchers?
Why, run a free webinar, of course!
On Feb 24 @ 7pm GMT, join Dr Zara Bain for a FREE webinar:
Epistemic Injustice, Oppression & Ignorance: An Introduction for Social Researchers.
For info⤵️
Why, run a free webinar, of course!
On Feb 24 @ 7pm GMT, join Dr Zara Bain for a FREE webinar:
Epistemic Injustice, Oppression & Ignorance: An Introduction for Social Researchers.
For info⤵️
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Age verification and social media bans are explicitly ways to isolate queer, neurodivergent, and abused kids.
"Don't worry about the Discord thing, it's only NSFW servers and channels that will require age verification! :)"
I could remove every speck of risque imagery/topics from my community and there's still a 50% chance we'd get flagged just because we're openly queer.
It's not actually about the kids.
I could remove every speck of risque imagery/topics from my community and there's still a 50% chance we'd get flagged just because we're openly queer.
It's not actually about the kids.
February 10, 2026 at 7:40 AM
Age verification and social media bans are explicitly ways to isolate queer, neurodivergent, and abused kids.
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If you're Canadian and shaking your head about the US gov arresting journalists for the crime of doing journalism, well, that happens here too.
And instead of just being furious about it, you can donate money to The Narwhal, who are actually trying to stop it from happening here.
And instead of just being furious about it, you can donate money to The Narwhal, who are actually trying to stop it from happening here.
The second week of The Narwhal and Amber Bracken’s trial against the RCMP is nearing its end — with three more weeks to go. thenarwhal.ca/press-freedom/
The Narwhal’s press freedom case against the RCMP, explained
Stay informed about The Narwhal and Amber Bracken’s lawsuit against the RCMP as we fight for press freedom in B.C. Supreme Court
thenarwhal.ca
January 30, 2026 at 3:26 PM
If you're Canadian and shaking your head about the US gov arresting journalists for the crime of doing journalism, well, that happens here too.
And instead of just being furious about it, you can donate money to The Narwhal, who are actually trying to stop it from happening here.
And instead of just being furious about it, you can donate money to The Narwhal, who are actually trying to stop it from happening here.
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every time someone has asked me the last week or so about priorities it is rental assistance. please please please people need rent to stay in their homes. scroll down to rent relief funds and pick something www.standwithminnesota.com
January 27, 2026 at 9:13 PM
every time someone has asked me the last week or so about priorities it is rental assistance. please please please people need rent to stay in their homes. scroll down to rent relief funds and pick something www.standwithminnesota.com
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Canadians remember that Canada is also slated to massively ramp up deportations, and these police routinely collaborate with the CBSA, so racial profiling especially of Black folks can easily led to detention and deportation, even for long term residents.
January 25, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Canadians remember that Canada is also slated to massively ramp up deportations, and these police routinely collaborate with the CBSA, so racial profiling especially of Black folks can easily led to detention and deportation, even for long term residents.
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I need Canadians to think about what is happening here at home. Carney is cutting the very agencies we need more than ever as things erode in the US.
Wake. Up.
🧵
Wake. Up.
🧵
January 24, 2026 at 10:43 PM
I need Canadians to think about what is happening here at home. Carney is cutting the very agencies we need more than ever as things erode in the US.
Wake. Up.
🧵
Wake. Up.
🧵
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I've been thinking about this a lot, for months: Gaza was a breaking point between verifiable reality and liberal governance. "AI" sparks fears ppl will believe things that aren't true, but Gaza SHOWED things that WERE true—& western governments, universities & news outlets pretened they were not.
What did we think Trump was going to do, if Europe showed him we would fully collaborate on the total destruction of the Gaza Strip and ferociously repeat even the most absurd lies about it to our citizens? Did we think he would decide: best to not push the law breaking and war crimes, be sensible.
January 21, 2026 at 10:28 AM
I've been thinking about this a lot, for months: Gaza was a breaking point between verifiable reality and liberal governance. "AI" sparks fears ppl will believe things that aren't true, but Gaza SHOWED things that WERE true—& western governments, universities & news outlets pretened they were not.
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Since a lot of folks have suggested ableist alternative words let’s chat about this:
Intelligence is not something that can be measured without employing bigotry and it’s not something that determines a moral compass or good vs bad
So any word at all that uses intelligence as an insult is ableist
Intelligence is not something that can be measured without employing bigotry and it’s not something that determines a moral compass or good vs bad
So any word at all that uses intelligence as an insult is ableist
I’m seeing increased use of this word and I just want to gently suggest that if there’s one word you can manage to remove from your vocabulary it should be this one.
It was coined by a eugenicist who used it as a diagnosis to forcibly institutionalize and sterilize mentally disabled people.
It was coined by a eugenicist who used it as a diagnosis to forcibly institutionalize and sterilize mentally disabled people.
The Origins of the Word "Moron" Are Actually REALLY Sinister
It's much more than just a casual insult.
www.teenvogue.com
January 19, 2026 at 12:50 AM
Since a lot of folks have suggested ableist alternative words let’s chat about this:
Intelligence is not something that can be measured without employing bigotry and it’s not something that determines a moral compass or good vs bad
So any word at all that uses intelligence as an insult is ableist
Intelligence is not something that can be measured without employing bigotry and it’s not something that determines a moral compass or good vs bad
So any word at all that uses intelligence as an insult is ableist
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While the U.S. is actively weakening the FDA, Canada is preparing to stop doing its own drug reviews and defer to foreign regulators.
“Public service savings targets” in action.
“Public service savings targets” in action.
The Carney government is about to give up a vital bit of sovereignty. Worse, it could harm Canadians’ health www.thestar.com/opinion/cont... @thestar.com
News and analysis → canadahealthwatch.ca 🍁
News and analysis → canadahealthwatch.ca 🍁
January 18, 2026 at 3:36 PM
While the U.S. is actively weakening the FDA, Canada is preparing to stop doing its own drug reviews and defer to foreign regulators.
“Public service savings targets” in action.
“Public service savings targets” in action.
Ottawa (honourable mention: Rideau).
My favorite Twitter prompt was "RT this with your home river," so reskeet this with your home river.
Mine is the Patuxent.
Mine is the Patuxent.
January 12, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Ottawa (honourable mention: Rideau).
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Having some thoughts about the nature of my fears as a Canadian that I want to try to express in deep solidarity with everyone in Minnesota and elsewhere fighting our common enemy. This thread will not be in the "Canadian asshole" genre. (The opposite, I hope). Still, mute if you want.
January 10, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Having some thoughts about the nature of my fears as a Canadian that I want to try to express in deep solidarity with everyone in Minnesota and elsewhere fighting our common enemy. This thread will not be in the "Canadian asshole" genre. (The opposite, I hope). Still, mute if you want.
Yeah I shouldn't have watched this *after* applying my mascara. (if you need a 3 minute respite from the horrors: this is worth it).
stop what you're doing and let Amber Glenn take you to church #USPrevagenChamps #figureskating
January 8, 2026 at 12:16 PM
Yeah I shouldn't have watched this *after* applying my mascara. (if you need a 3 minute respite from the horrors: this is worth it).
to the tune of “See You In September” — “grading... with a migraine….”
the last push of the semester.
the last push of the semester.
December 20, 2025 at 6:39 PM
to the tune of “See You In September” — “grading... with a migraine….”
the last push of the semester.
the last push of the semester.
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Calgary woman says she can't afford doctor's fee to apply for disability tax credit https://calgaryherald.com/news/calgary-woman-says-she-cant-afford-doctors-fee-to-apply-for-disability-tax-credit
𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
December 20, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Calgary woman says she can't afford doctor's fee to apply for disability tax credit https://calgaryherald.com/news/calgary-woman-says-she-cant-afford-doctors-fee-to-apply-for-disability-tax-credit
𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
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I signed this. ProPublica marketed HARD on being the last journalists with integrity standing. I believed them and donated the equivalent of my subscription to the Post two years in a row. They won't see a dime from me if they don't fly right.
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We, the workers of ProPublica, provide our readers with deeply researched, unbiased news that holds power to account. This work is more important now than ever, but our staff can’t properly contribute...
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December 17, 2025 at 6:26 PM
I signed this. ProPublica marketed HARD on being the last journalists with integrity standing. I believed them and donated the equivalent of my subscription to the Post two years in a row. They won't see a dime from me if they don't fly right.
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Progressive Conservative joins Progressive Conservative party
Progressive Conservative joins Progressive Conservative party
OTTAWA - In a stunning move, progressive conservative MP Michael Ma crossed the floor Thursday to the progressive conservative Liberal Party, just a few weeks after similar minded progressive conserva...
www.thebeaverton.com
December 12, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Progressive Conservative joins Progressive Conservative party
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Dear all,
I am happy to share this CFA opportunity for a PhD-level student interested in working with me on the SSHRC-funded Indigenous Stories of Philosophy project. Please spread the word far and wide.
#FundedPhD #Philosophy #Academia #IndigenousPhilosophy
I am happy to share this CFA opportunity for a PhD-level student interested in working with me on the SSHRC-funded Indigenous Stories of Philosophy project. Please spread the word far and wide.
#FundedPhD #Philosophy #Academia #IndigenousPhilosophy
December 10, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Dear all,
I am happy to share this CFA opportunity for a PhD-level student interested in working with me on the SSHRC-funded Indigenous Stories of Philosophy project. Please spread the word far and wide.
#FundedPhD #Philosophy #Academia #IndigenousPhilosophy
I am happy to share this CFA opportunity for a PhD-level student interested in working with me on the SSHRC-funded Indigenous Stories of Philosophy project. Please spread the word far and wide.
#FundedPhD #Philosophy #Academia #IndigenousPhilosophy
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Palantir's new neurodivergent fellowship is in fact bad because neurodivergent people participating in technofascism will not save us. Latest for @motherjones.com www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The problem with Palantir's new neurodivergent fellowship
Critics have accused the company of being technofascist.
www.motherjones.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Palantir's new neurodivergent fellowship is in fact bad because neurodivergent people participating in technofascism will not save us. Latest for @motherjones.com www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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like i have been saying, if you have ADHD you should be standing with trans people on their medical rights for basic moral and solidarity reasons but also the practical reason that you can fight at their barricade or you can fight at ours but it's the same fight
then, the transphobes , feeling victorious at how many people they have made unhappy and despairing in the previous week, move on to anything else that has a spectrum and the possibility of more colours than they can conceive - such hateful people - they cannot understand anything that is not THEM
December 7, 2025 at 7:40 PM
like i have been saying, if you have ADHD you should be standing with trans people on their medical rights for basic moral and solidarity reasons but also the practical reason that you can fight at their barricade or you can fight at ours but it's the same fight
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Sadly, this appears to be AI. There are some tells throughout (hands disappearing, the people in the background staring like collective zombies, some weird configurations on the walls) but overall, this looks pretty real -- it's getting harder to tell what's real and what's not. Which ain't great.
December 6, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Sadly, this appears to be AI. There are some tells throughout (hands disappearing, the people in the background staring like collective zombies, some weird configurations on the walls) but overall, this looks pretty real -- it's getting harder to tell what's real and what's not. Which ain't great.
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The Girl Guides of Canada say: Be prepared to protect trans rights.
December 4, 2025 at 7:53 PM
The Girl Guides of Canada say: Be prepared to protect trans rights.
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‘Unprecedented’: #Canada’s new border bills pave the way for American law enforcement overreach
Human rights advocates warn that new legislation could erode protections and expose Canadians to U.S. investigations and surveillance.
New from @opheliedm.bsky.social:
ricochet.media/internationa...
Human rights advocates warn that new legislation could erode protections and expose Canadians to U.S. investigations and surveillance.
New from @opheliedm.bsky.social:
ricochet.media/internationa...
‘Unprecedented’: Canada’s new border bills pave the way for American law enforcement overreach
Human rights advocates warn that new legislation could erode constitutional protections and expose Canadian marginalized communities and dissidents to U.S. investigations, surveillance and political r...
ricochet.media
December 3, 2025 at 4:58 PM
‘Unprecedented’: #Canada’s new border bills pave the way for American law enforcement overreach
Human rights advocates warn that new legislation could erode protections and expose Canadians to U.S. investigations and surveillance.
New from @opheliedm.bsky.social:
ricochet.media/internationa...
Human rights advocates warn that new legislation could erode protections and expose Canadians to U.S. investigations and surveillance.
New from @opheliedm.bsky.social:
ricochet.media/internationa...
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In a new publication, Órla Murray, IMH Honorary Fellow, reflects on her diagnosis of ulcerative colitis in the context of a feminist queer crip approach.
Read our news article and the access the full article here:
medhumsplatform.org/crip-guts-st...
Read our news article and the access the full article here:
medhumsplatform.org/crip-guts-st...
Crip guts, stomas, and the violence of ‘returning to normal’
In a new publication, Órla Murray, IMH Honorary Fellow, reflects on her diagnosis of ulcerative colitis in the context of a feminist queer crip approach.
medhumsplatform.org
December 3, 2025 at 3:29 PM
In a new publication, Órla Murray, IMH Honorary Fellow, reflects on her diagnosis of ulcerative colitis in the context of a feminist queer crip approach.
Read our news article and the access the full article here:
medhumsplatform.org/crip-guts-st...
Read our news article and the access the full article here:
medhumsplatform.org/crip-guts-st...