Kyle Frackman 🇺🇦🇨🇦
@kyfrack.bsky.social
Univ. of British Columbia Assoc Prof, German & Nordic, queer things, media, book history, disability, cats. Nerd. 🏳️🌈 Vancouver 🇨🇦🇺🇸
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So saddened by the news that we have lost Alice Wong. It was an honor to know her and learn from her. May the lessons she shared continue to guide us for years to come.
November 15, 2025 at 4:36 PM
So saddened by the news that we have lost Alice Wong. It was an honor to know her and learn from her. May the lessons she shared continue to guide us for years to come.
UBC has announced its search for a new University Librarian. Please circulate widely. academic.ubc.ca/academic-com...
Search for the University Librarian
The University of British Columbia invites nominations and applications for the position of University Librarian.
academic.ubc.ca
November 10, 2025 at 6:36 PM
UBC has announced its search for a new University Librarian. Please circulate widely. academic.ubc.ca/academic-com...
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NEW: Footage of a US citizen in Chicago being rammed then dragged from her car on her way to work.
Abducted, with no warrant, her family couldn’t find her for hours.
She was later released with NO CHARGE.
A DHS statement said she “violently resisted arrest, injuring two officers”.
You decide…
Abducted, with no warrant, her family couldn’t find her for hours.
She was later released with NO CHARGE.
A DHS statement said she “violently resisted arrest, injuring two officers”.
You decide…
November 3, 2025 at 7:14 PM
NEW: Footage of a US citizen in Chicago being rammed then dragged from her car on her way to work.
Abducted, with no warrant, her family couldn’t find her for hours.
She was later released with NO CHARGE.
A DHS statement said she “violently resisted arrest, injuring two officers”.
You decide…
Abducted, with no warrant, her family couldn’t find her for hours.
She was later released with NO CHARGE.
A DHS statement said she “violently resisted arrest, injuring two officers”.
You decide…
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If you are a Canadian humanities researcher this motion also pertains to SSHRC (and CIHR). Please consider signing this letter! I have.
If you are a Canadian scientist 🧪 alarmed by the unfair targeting of academics working on research related to EDI in the US ➡️
Turn your attention to our own House of Commons' Standing Committee on Science and Research and consider signing this open letter:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Turn your attention to our own House of Commons' Standing Committee on Science and Research and consider signing this open letter:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Open Letter to Protect Tri-Council EDI Data
Why do we need urgent action to protect our data?
The mandate of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Science and Research is to review and report on topics relating to science and research in ...
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November 2, 2025 at 6:42 PM
If you are a Canadian humanities researcher this motion also pertains to SSHRC (and CIHR). Please consider signing this letter! I have.
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we had a good run while it lasted, academia, and you let me write a few books, dozens of articles etc., win prizes, secure a million and a bit more of funding for research projects, and you let me work as a professor in 4 cities for the the last 11 years, but you never invited me to stay for good.
October 31, 2025 at 10:38 AM
we had a good run while it lasted, academia, and you let me write a few books, dozens of articles etc., win prizes, secure a million and a bit more of funding for research projects, and you let me work as a professor in 4 cities for the the last 11 years, but you never invited me to stay for good.
Join us for an online lecture by Prof. Lori Emerson (@loriemerson.net) on "How to Activate the Potential of Imaginary Networks" in our Ziegler Lecture Series hosted by UBC's @ubc-cenes.bsky.social. Registration info here: cenes.ubc.ca/events/event...
October 29, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Join us for an online lecture by Prof. Lori Emerson (@loriemerson.net) on "How to Activate the Potential of Imaginary Networks" in our Ziegler Lecture Series hosted by UBC's @ubc-cenes.bsky.social. Registration info here: cenes.ubc.ca/events/event...
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Hot off the presses and available now in English. A major contribution from @ankahajkova.bsky.social. I was honoured to write the forward.
utppublishing.com/doi/book/10....
utppublishing.com/doi/book/10....
People without History are Dust - University of Toronto Press
utppublishing.com
October 22, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Hot off the presses and available now in English. A major contribution from @ankahajkova.bsky.social. I was honoured to write the forward.
utppublishing.com/doi/book/10....
utppublishing.com/doi/book/10....
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a live look at the demolition of the White House's East Wing for Trump's ballroom
October 22, 2025 at 5:04 PM
a live look at the demolition of the White House's East Wing for Trump's ballroom
Also academia
"If I’m being honest, I’ve seen a serious dip in your overall performance ever since the beast of the sea emerged."
Don’t Let the Beasts from Revelation Distract You from Your Expense Reports
Thanks for coming in. Have a seat. I realize there’s a lot going on right now between work and the seven-headed dragon that is here to brutally mur...
buff.ly
October 19, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Also academia
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This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.
Community action works.
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...
Community action works.
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...
October 5, 2025 at 5:24 PM
This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.
Community action works.
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...
Community action works.
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...
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UBC peoples: if anyone is interested in free books, DM me and we can arrange a time for you to browse. Because of space issues I have to downsize my office library. Primarily 18th-21st century literature, philosophy, literary history/theory. Much of it in German but also in English and French.
September 26, 2025 at 2:57 AM
UBC peoples: if anyone is interested in free books, DM me and we can arrange a time for you to browse. Because of space issues I have to downsize my office library. Primarily 18th-21st century literature, philosophy, literary history/theory. Much of it in German but also in English and French.
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Bacon says the university executive is "well aware" of the need for research to be seen as an end in itself. VP, Research & Innovation Gail Murphy says she joined UBC because it is a "broad-based" university and supports are in place for all types of research.
September 24, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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My post was flagged and hidden (presumably by AI) for promoting "self-harm." I appealed and it looks like it has been restored.
September 17, 2025 at 5:26 PM
My post was flagged and hidden (presumably by AI) for promoting "self-harm." I appealed and it looks like it has been restored.
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Texas A&M University System orders audit of all courses after gender identity lesson goes viral
Details: bit.ly/42jauQZ
Details: bit.ly/42jauQZ
September 10, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Texas A&M University System orders audit of all courses after gender identity lesson goes viral
Details: bit.ly/42jauQZ
Details: bit.ly/42jauQZ
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Dear US-based democracy scholars: We (UBC political science) are hiring an endowed chair in democracy — come to Canada: politics.ubc.ca/faculty-hiri...
UBC
politics.ubc.ca
September 5, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Dear US-based democracy scholars: We (UBC political science) are hiring an endowed chair in democracy — come to Canada: politics.ubc.ca/faculty-hiri...
Among the removed or withheld books are "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings," "The Color Purple," "1984," "The Great Gatsby," "The Kite Runner."
August 29, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Among the removed or withheld books are "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings," "The Color Purple," "1984," "The Great Gatsby," "The Kite Runner."
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Heute vor genau 200 Jahren - am 28. August 1825 - wurde der weltweit erste Schwulenaktivist Karl Heinrich Ulrichs geboren. Wir stellen sein Leben und Werk in vier Folgen vor
Unerhörtes und Unbekanntes von Karl Heinrich Ulrichs: Die Grundlagen seiner Forschungen
(Kunst & Kultur - Geschichte) Heute vor genau 200 Jahren - am 28. August 1825 - wurde der weltweit erste Schwulenaktivist Karl Heinrich Ulrichs geboren. Wir stellen sein Leben und Werk in vier Folgen vor.
www.queer.de
August 28, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Heute vor genau 200 Jahren - am 28. August 1825 - wurde der weltweit erste Schwulenaktivist Karl Heinrich Ulrichs geboren. Wir stellen sein Leben und Werk in vier Folgen vor
Good luck, America.
CDC cuts back foodborne illness surveillance program
www.cidrap.umn.edu
August 28, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Good luck, America.
Good luck, America.
FDA limits approval for new coronavirus vaccines to high risk people
The narrowed approval marks a shift from past recommendations for everyone ages 6 months and older to receive annual coronavirus vaccines.
wapo.st
August 27, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Good luck, America.
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Updates from the faculty union at the University of Oregon since my original post. Also, apologies for a typo in my post: it’s UO not OU for the University of Oregon. newsletter.uauoregon.org/after-accept...
After Accepting a $25 Million Gift, UO Lays Off Faculty in new Schnitzer School. Fear of Larger Cuts in Fall.
After Accepting a $25 Million Gift, UO Lays Off Faculty in new Schnitzer School. Fear of Larger Cuts in Fall. Within months of the $25 million gift, UO administration enacts disproportionate layof…
newsletter.uauoregon.org
August 18, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Updates from the faculty union at the University of Oregon since my original post. Also, apologies for a typo in my post: it’s UO not OU for the University of Oregon. newsletter.uauoregon.org/after-accept...
'ethics, n.: the discipline dealing with what is good and bad and with moral duty and obligation'
August 13, 2025 at 4:51 PM
'ethics, n.: the discipline dealing with what is good and bad and with moral duty and obligation'