mark d jarvis
@markdjarvis.bsky.social
Books: Democratizing the Constitution; Modernizing Government Accountability; From NPM to NPG.
Awards: Donner and Smiley book prizes
PhD: UVic
Certified chainsaw operator
Assorted cantankerousness
Awards: Donner and Smiley book prizes
PhD: UVic
Certified chainsaw operator
Assorted cantankerousness
Pinned
US election: Full transcript of Donald Trump's obscene videotape - BBC News
The full transcript of the conversation between Donald Trump and a TV host in 2005 in which the US presidential candidate made obscene comments about women.
www.bbc.com
Everyone really needs to understand that he feels no compunction to be bound by any laws, any norms, the respect for the dignity of others.
There are no limits.
This is who he is.
www.bbc.com/news/electio...
There are no limits.
This is who he is.
www.bbc.com/news/electio...
First: Cinderella
Last: Junkhouse
Best/Most: Springsteen
Worst: GWAR
Coolest: maybe New Yorkers Against Violence with The Beastie Boys, Rahat Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Mos Def, the Roots, N.E.R.D., Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Afrika Bambaata, Michael Stipe, Moby and Bono at Hammerstein Ballroom
Last: Junkhouse
Best/Most: Springsteen
Worst: GWAR
Coolest: maybe New Yorkers Against Violence with The Beastie Boys, Rahat Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Mos Def, the Roots, N.E.R.D., Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Afrika Bambaata, Michael Stipe, Moby and Bono at Hammerstein Ballroom
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've been to:
- Jovanotti
- multiple Edmonton Folk Music Festivals
- David Byrne and St Vincent
- Metallica
- Kraftwerk
- Jovanotti
- multiple Edmonton Folk Music Festivals
- David Byrne and St Vincent
- Metallica
- Kraftwerk
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve been to:
-Pavement & Sonic Youth
-Leonard Cohen
-Bruce Springsteen
-Wilco
-multiple Vinyl Cafe Christmas concerts
-Pavement & Sonic Youth
-Leonard Cohen
-Bruce Springsteen
-Wilco
-multiple Vinyl Cafe Christmas concerts
November 28, 2025 at 2:11 AM
First: Cinderella
Last: Junkhouse
Best/Most: Springsteen
Worst: GWAR
Coolest: maybe New Yorkers Against Violence with The Beastie Boys, Rahat Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Mos Def, the Roots, N.E.R.D., Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Afrika Bambaata, Michael Stipe, Moby and Bono at Hammerstein Ballroom
Last: Junkhouse
Best/Most: Springsteen
Worst: GWAR
Coolest: maybe New Yorkers Against Violence with The Beastie Boys, Rahat Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Mos Def, the Roots, N.E.R.D., Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Afrika Bambaata, Michael Stipe, Moby and Bono at Hammerstein Ballroom
Reposted by mark d jarvis
i mean, i don't think it's a mystery NYT
October 16, 2025 at 7:46 PM
i mean, i don't think it's a mystery NYT
Hockey has a culture problem.
Goaltender Carter Hart has agreed to join the Vegas Golden Knights, becoming the first of the five former world junior players to sign an NHL contract since their acquittal in a high-profile sexual assault case.
Carter Hart agrees to join the Golden Knights after being acquitted of sexual assault
Goaltender Carter Hart has agreed to sign with the Vegas Golden Knights, becoming the first of the five 2018 Canada world junior hockey players to land an NHL contract since they were acquitted of sexual assault in a high-profile case.
bit.ly
October 16, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Hockey has a culture problem.
Apropos of something, I really don’t understand how anyone looks around in 2025 and decides that the path forward is unanimity on anything, let alone a master plan for a whole country.
October 12, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Apropos of something, I really don’t understand how anyone looks around in 2025 and decides that the path forward is unanimity on anything, let alone a master plan for a whole country.
Jen’s advocacy on this deserves recognition. Very important work.
Announcement from PM Carney moments ago and this is good news. I've been working on this issue with @saulschwartz.bsky.social and @agenestgregoire.bsky.social for years. We've documented how many Canadians don't file and miss out on or loose benefits, .. 1/3
October 11, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Jen’s advocacy on this deserves recognition. Very important work.
Obviously with the dogs.
The activist in the Áras: How Michael D Higgins shaped the presidency
My new piece (long read)
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
My new piece (long read)
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
The activist in the Áras: How Michael D Higgins shaped the presidency
What some criticise as an outspokenness overstepping the bounds of his office, others see as the outgoing President’s knack of speaking to ‘the beating heart’ of Irish public opinion
www.irishtimes.com
October 11, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Obviously with the dogs.
If Trump wants to signs an EO on H-1Bs raising "the fee that companies pay to sponsor H1-B applicants to $100,000", we shld be making a play to get companies to set up shop up here to locate that talent.
September 20, 2025 at 2:50 AM
If Trump wants to signs an EO on H-1Bs raising "the fee that companies pay to sponsor H1-B applicants to $100,000", we shld be making a play to get companies to set up shop up here to locate that talent.
That this needs to be said….
From my colleague: letting the FCC set itself up as some sort of Ministry of Truth would damage the First Amendment.
September 19, 2025 at 12:02 AM
That this needs to be said….
Canada isn’t the United States. Your administrative doesn’t get to dictate what we can and can’t say up here.
September 19, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Canada isn’t the United States. Your administrative doesn’t get to dictate what we can and can’t say up here.
It was nice knowing you America. 🤷♂️
September 17, 2025 at 10:57 PM
It was nice knowing you America. 🤷♂️
"If she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do folks. Although the Second Amendment people, maybe there is I don't know."
The guy who said that wants to be the guy who says the other side is the side stoking hate and violence.
The guy who said that wants to be the guy who says the other side is the side stoking hate and violence.
September 11, 2025 at 5:31 AM
"If she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do folks. Although the Second Amendment people, maybe there is I don't know."
The guy who said that wants to be the guy who says the other side is the side stoking hate and violence.
The guy who said that wants to be the guy who says the other side is the side stoking hate and violence.
Reposted by mark d jarvis
Don’t celebrate political violence, even if you disagree with the politics.
September 10, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Don’t celebrate political violence, even if you disagree with the politics.
Trump’s tacit admission last week that he’s lost India and Russia to China and N Korea and now Russia taunting the west with this is really not good.
September 10, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Trump’s tacit admission last week that he’s lost India and Russia to China and N Korea and now Russia taunting the west with this is really not good.
Parliamentary nerdery at YOW.
September 6, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Parliamentary nerdery at YOW.
Gobsmacking.
Atwood, Laurence, Munro and Angelou are all on this list.
Well, the list of books being banned from EPSB is appalling. And it's very likely that an author on this list will get their other works pulled too, especially in the absence of teacher librarians.
There are books on this list that changed my life. This is what the UCP is taking away from kids.
There are books on this list that changed my life. This is what the UCP is taking away from kids.
August 28, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Gobsmacking.
Screw your thoughts.
Screw your prayers.
And, most of all, screw your unwillingness to protect children.
Screw your prayers.
And, most of all, screw your unwillingness to protect children.
August 28, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Screw your thoughts.
Screw your prayers.
And, most of all, screw your unwillingness to protect children.
Screw your prayers.
And, most of all, screw your unwillingness to protect children.
What thing do you really wish you could do at like an elite level?
Me: surf
Me: surf
August 26, 2025 at 1:39 AM
What thing do you really wish you could do at like an elite level?
Me: surf
Me: surf
“The redevelopment plan includes planting more than 225 trees and adding vegetation-covered pits, most of which will also serve as rain drainage. The city will also add more seating along the street and an illuminated canopy”
cc: @arieltroster.com @stephanieplante.bsky.social
cc: @arieltroster.com @stephanieplante.bsky.social
Stretch of Ste-Catherine Street East to become pedestrian-only year-round | CBC News
The City of Montreal announced Friday their "ambitious" plans to transform a portion of Ste-Catherine Street East into a pedestrian road year-round, with redevelopment work starting in fall 2026.
www.cbc.ca
August 25, 2025 at 12:28 AM
“The redevelopment plan includes planting more than 225 trees and adding vegetation-covered pits, most of which will also serve as rain drainage. The city will also add more seating along the street and an illuminated canopy”
cc: @arieltroster.com @stephanieplante.bsky.social
cc: @arieltroster.com @stephanieplante.bsky.social
This has been a bit coming, but it is critically important: domestic vaccine production capacity.
Right on.
Right on.
I mentioned to a couple of people that I had a surprise waiting to be shared when Moderna got approval for its updated COVID-19 vaccine. It’s approved, and the big news??? Completely produced domestically!!!!! 🥳🤩
Approved as usual for all aged 6mo+!
Approved as usual for all aged 6mo+!
August 24, 2025 at 1:10 AM
This has been a bit coming, but it is critically important: domestic vaccine production capacity.
Right on.
Right on.
A terrible assumption made in a lot policy/political punditry is to assess whether some decision or action has achieved an improved outcome in comparaison to the status quo, ignoring that the status quo may have gotten worse in the absence of said decision or action. 🤷♂️
August 22, 2025 at 4:23 PM
A terrible assumption made in a lot policy/political punditry is to assess whether some decision or action has achieved an improved outcome in comparaison to the status quo, ignoring that the status quo may have gotten worse in the absence of said decision or action. 🤷♂️
The 14 yr old saying “Bruh, you literally got the thousand yard stare. Eat some yogurt” to the 15 yr old as he struggles with his spicy Raman is the best expression of concern/insult combo I’ve seen in a long time.
August 19, 2025 at 5:42 PM
The 14 yr old saying “Bruh, you literally got the thousand yard stare. Eat some yogurt” to the 15 yr old as he struggles with his spicy Raman is the best expression of concern/insult combo I’ve seen in a long time.
Shocking.
August 18, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Shocking.
It took a minute to remember where the insert a footnote button was this morning.
Also why hasn’t AI eliminated citation writing yet?!
Also why hasn’t AI eliminated citation writing yet?!
August 17, 2025 at 2:14 PM
It took a minute to remember where the insert a footnote button was this morning.
Also why hasn’t AI eliminated citation writing yet?!
Also why hasn’t AI eliminated citation writing yet?!
Land of the free.
I wonder if they consulted the NCC for operational advice for this mission.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
I wonder if they consulted the NCC for operational advice for this mission.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
The Situation: Hopscotch is Now Illegal on D.C. Sidewalks
And the United States Secret Service is out there to enforce
www.lawfaremedia.org
August 16, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Land of the free.
I wonder if they consulted the NCC for operational advice for this mission.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
I wonder if they consulted the NCC for operational advice for this mission.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...