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I watch the sky over the mouth of the harbour in Kjipuktuk/Halifax, Nova Scotia. Sometimes it's blue!
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Marlanator @marla.bsky.social · May 7
It's pretty sweet having this for a backyard. #HalifaxBacklands #UrbanWilderness #KeepTheBacklandsWild
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Carbon Arc Cinema's #NovaScotia Retro Film Festo is coming up soon! Dr. Jennifer VanderBurgh of @smuenglish.bsky.social will host a Q&A with short films by pioneering film director #MargaretPerry, at the Nova Scotian Vintage Shorts event Feb. 1 at 1 pm. www.carbonarc.ca/events/nova-... #SMUEnglish
Nova Scotian Vintage Shorts (NSRFF) — Carbon Arc
Screening times: Sunday, February 1, 1:00 PM - special guest attending! Various directors | Canada | Various Years This collection of vintage shorts from Nova Scotia is screening as part of the...
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January 15, 2026 at 9:47 PM
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novascotiamuseum.bsky.social
Winter is a great time to look at lichen & Nova Scotia is of six global hotspots for cool-temperate rainforest lichens. Get started with our free download - Lichens In Nova Scotia: A ‘how-to’ Guide For Beginner Naturalists

museum.novascotia.ca/collections-...

#novascotia #lichen #visitnovascotia
Yellow Maritime Sunburst Lichen on a tree. British soldier lichen foliose lichen
January 22, 2026 at 1:27 PM
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My latest investigation: Far from the border, a father and son met Border Patrol tactics. They haven’t seen each other since. www.ms.now/news/border-... Our full @ms.now documentary comes out tonight
A car ramming, a violent arrest and an emboldened immigration agency
Far from the border, a father and son met Border Patrol tactics. They haven’t seen each other since.
www.ms.now
January 20, 2026 at 11:03 PM
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novascotiamuseum.bsky.social
NEW - Explore Our Collections

Nova Scotia Museum Collections Online, allows users to explore of some of the highlights in the Nova Scotia Museum collection. Please come back to see what’s new as we build our online collection. #novascotia

collections.novascotia.ca
Light purple Amethyst Quartz cyrstals filling a void in light grey and red agate. Scale bar 5 centimetres.
January 5, 2026 at 3:19 PM
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📣 Public Engagement is open for HRM's Suburban Plan! Find all the details here: engagehalifax.ca/suburban-plan.

Read along as we explain why this matters to the #HalifaxBacklands. 1/7
In the background is a photo of a wooded shoreline on a lake. A brown box over the photo has green text that says: Public engagement is open for HRM's Suburban Plan! At the bottom of the text box is a green arrow pointing right.
January 20, 2026 at 9:55 PM
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smuarts.bsky.social
A @popmatters.com review of 'Send in the Clowns: Popular Politics After Neoliberalism'. The "highly entertaining" book on the "ongoing implosion of America’s failing neoliberalism" was written by Dr. Seán Kennedy of @irishstudies.bsky.social and @jamesmcnaughton.bsky.social. @orbooks.bsky.social
popmatters.com PopMatters @popmatters.com · 13d
The Joker provides a keen understanding of the deleterious effects of American neoliberalism, which the authors dismantle in ‘Send in the Clowns’ with a mordant deadpan wit.

READ: tinyurl.com/JokerNeo
January 18, 2026 at 9:55 PM
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Dr. Kirrily Freeman of @historysmu.bsky.social quoted in NY Times article "The Nazi Plunder of Church Bells Changed the Sound of Europe." #ArtsWithImpact www.nytimes.com/2025/12/27/a...
The Nazi Plunder of Church Bells Changed the Sound of Europe
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January 8, 2026 at 8:28 PM
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What's the Deal with Taylor Swift? 🌟 Whether you're a Swiftie or not, the pop icon's global influence is unmistakable. Analyze her impact in this new course starting Jan. 8 at 2:30 pm with Dr. Rylan Higgins—free for members of the public through #ArtsForEveryone! 🎤 Learn more: loom.ly/9fHFmTQ #A4E
A course poster for ANTH 2827, with a closeup view of Taylor Swift's face. Text: New course offering with the Department of Anthropology What's the Deal with Taylor Swift? Tuesdays and Thursdays, 2:30-3:45 pm with Dr. Rylan Higgins Winter 2026 Course description: The social, cultural and economic noteworthiness of Taylor Swift is hard to overstate. Her influence and wealth are staggering, her reach, spectacularly global. Her appeal to hundreds of millions of people is mindboggling. This course takes these aspects of Swift’s celebrity status as a starting point and endeavours to interrogate and understand the nature of her appeal, power and influence. The anthropology of the celebrity reminds us that it is a social construct, the product of the public’s interactions with the entertainment industry. Indeed, celebrity figures have been referred to as “America’s royalty.” But even among this noble class, Swift stands out. In this course, we will explore Swift as a global celebrity juggernaut. Learn more about our #ArtsForEveryone courses: https://www.smu.ca/arts/outreach/arts-for-everyone.html
January 7, 2026 at 11:47 PM
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🧙‍♂️ The Fantastic 🐉 | This free winter course starts Jan. 8 via #ArtsForEveryone and @smuenglish.bsky.social! Join Dr. Mark Barr to explore fantasy literature's past and present variations: short story, novel, graphic novel, film and gaming. Tuesdays + Thursdays, 2:30-3:45 pm: loom.ly/9fHFmTQ. #A4E
A course poster for ENGL 2360, with sunbeams shining through a mysterious archway in the woods. Text: Arts for Everyone presents ... The Fantastic Winter 2026 | ENGL 2360 Tuesdays + Thursdays, 2:30-3:45 p.m. (starting Jan. 8) Instructor: Dr. Mark Barr Course description: Explore the sources of modern fantasy literature and its variations into the present day: short story, novel, graphic novel, film and gaming. Course topics will include: • the sources of modern fantasy • the speciation of 20thC Weird Fiction • the effect of market forces on fantastic expression • the unique position of fantasy to launch ideological critique. For access to the course materials, register for free on Brightspace: https://smucc.brightspace.com/course/23/the-fantastic Learn more about Arts for Everyone: https://www.smu.ca/arts/outreach/arts-for-everyone.html
January 7, 2026 at 5:04 PM
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📣 #ArtsForEveryone returns this winter with 4 free courses, including one online offering: Introduction to Composition (ENGL 1100) starts Jan. 7 with Dr. Seán Kennedy. 📚 It runs Mondays + Wednesdays, 10–11:15 am. Register here: smucc.brightspace.com/course/21/co... @smuenglish.bsky.social #A4E
ENGL 1100 course poster, with a partial image of the book cover for Future Howl, by Sue Goyette. Text: Arts for Everyone presents ... Introduction to Composition (ENGL 1100) Winter 2026 Mondays + Wednesdays online! 10-11:15 a.m. with Dr. Seán Kennedy Course description: The course teaches us how to write by teaching us how to think. The wager is that to write well means to think well. If you want to write critically you must think critically. The course text will be 'Future Howl', the latest book by local visionary Sue Goyette MA’21. "'Future Howl' is a complex, exacting achievement," says Dr. Kennedy. "It is traumatic and traumatized, but also resistant and resilient. It rewards careful thought and patient consideration. To unravel its secrets, we will study aesthetics, poetics, psychoanalysis, liberal colonialism, ecocide, humanism, posthuman feminism, Alice Munro, and wolves."
January 6, 2026 at 7:00 PM
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During today's walk at the Frog Pond, I saw the white #squirrel again. I was looking for it on one side of the trail and then turned around and it was right behind me. Maybe I am a squirrel whisperer?!
A squirrel with all white fur, a fluffy white tail, and reddish eyes sits on a log covered with a dusting of snow. A white squirrel with all white fur, a fluffy white tail, and reddish eyes sits perched on the top of a small stump next to a boulder in a park.
January 2, 2026 at 10:00 PM
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Watercourse setbacks, commercial space discussed at public hearing on Halifax regional plan

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Watercourse setbacks, commercial space discussed at public hearing on Halifax regional plan - Halifax Examiner
Public hearing took place at City Hall on Thursday.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
December 12, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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Important PUBLIC HEARING on Thursday, Dec. 11, 1 pm at Halifax City Hall: brnw.ch/21wY75R. Last chance to share views on provincial changes to HRM's Regional Plan. Of particular concern:
- Removal of actions to protect wildlife corridors
- Removal of 30m buffers for wetlands, watercourses & coasts.
An information graphic with an aerial photo of a wooded wilderness area. In the top left corner is a red "URGENT" stamp. A piece of paper with a paperclip has the text: Public Hearing on Amendments to HRM's Regional Plan 1 pm Thursday, December 11 - that's tomorrow! Halifax City Hall How to have your say even if you can't attend (more info on next image in the comments/replies) For the full post, visit us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/DSFw-ajkTik/?img_index=1 Or Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BacklandsCoalition/posts/pfbid02s9EvxAqKsWVb7oqXT5g1nJHYg6bQx5A78XPB9Rofdi3KqHpimQV8Aqsai5p6MLwl
December 10, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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When Anastasia Boldiref reported her stalker, police dismissed her terror by asking her to consider what she was wearing. Journalist Sheima Benembarek examines what justice looks like for victims in the gap between the law and lived experience: thewalrus.ca/why-dont-we-take...
A photo of the feet of two people walking at night, with text that reads “Why don’t we take stalking more seriously?”
November 26, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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Teresa Heffernan on how AI is shaped by fiction

Morning File by @timbousquet.bsky.social
Teresa Heffernan on how AI is shaped by fiction - Halifax Examiner
Alas, the AI titans are not thoughtful readers. Rather, they have a laughingly dumb and adolescent read of fiction.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
November 7, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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The #SMUReadingSeries presents "An evening with Kate Cayley" on November 27. Winner of the Trillium Award, O. Henry Prize and Mitchell Prize for Poetry, Cayley will read from her new novel Property, published by @coachhousebooks.bsky.social. 7 pm in SB 255: loom.ly/bnvuCYY @smuenglish.bsky.social
An event poster with a black-and-white photo of writer Kate Cayley on the left, and a colour image of the cover of her new novel, Property just above her shoulder. The book cover shows an illustration of waves. Text: The SMU Reading Series presents ... An evening with Kate Cayley Winner of the Trillium Award, the O. Henry Prize and the Mitchell Prize for Poetry Cayley will read from her new novel, Property. Thursday, November 27, 2025 7:00 p.m. | Sobey Building, room 255 Admission free | All welcome
November 12, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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A look at Ireland's recent presidential election: Join An Cumann (Irish Association of #NovaScotia) for an online discussion with Dr. Edward Molloy of our #SMUIrishStudies program and lawyer Ronan Holland on Wednesday, November 12 at 7 pm. Register for the Zoom link: loom.ly/vubDtdQ #artswithimpact
An event poster with a purple band at the top and bottom, and a white section in the middle. Dr. Ed Molloy of Saint Mary's University and lawyer Ronan Holland will discuss the dynamics of the 2025 Irish presidential race and consider the constitutional role of the president, including the powers (and limitations) of the office and how the role has evolved in recent decades. See the caption for the remaining text that appears on the poster.
November 7, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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Past Lives: A Public Film Screening and Discussion (Nov. 7 at 7:00 p.m. Burke Theatre B). Speaker: Dr. Ji Yoon An (UBC).Trailer: youtube.com/watch?v=kA24...
Korean Diaspora Studies Conference: smu.ca/koreanconfer...
October 23, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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It's looking strangely monstrous this week around Saint Mary's University, as the university hosts Nova Scotia’s first #MonsterFest. It's a sister event to the @ucscmonsters.bsky.social Festival of Monsters in California. Read about it in SMU News: loom.ly/KsXIDOI #MonsterFest2025 #artswithimpact
A photo of two Saint Mary's University professors (Dr. Lindsay Macumber at left and Dr. Michele Byers on the right). They are wearing monster costumes created by students at NSCAD University.
October 29, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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backlandscoalition.bsky.social
Public input due Oct. 24! Amendments to the #HalifaxRegionalPlan will dictate how HRM does urban planning for decades: engagehalifax.ca/2025-plannin.... Our city can grow while still protecting our environment. Share your thoughts with [email protected] by tomorrow! @ecologyaction.bsky.social
Image description: A graphic with an aerial view of downtown Halifax. A text overlay includes logos for Our HRM Alliance and the Ecology Action Centre. Text: Give your feedback on 'Amendments to the Regional Plan' by October 24. It's never been more important to speak up! Learn more: https://engagehalifax.ca/2025-planning-changes Send all comments to regionalplan@halifax.ca. For more background, see this excellent analysis from EAC / Our HRM Alliance: On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/DQCv54Rjze5/?img_index=1 Or on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EcologyActionCentre/posts/pfbid0zBAQQBMQ5w6J1aQWmxyuVcFCyLDKiadEH9ytf7PyFLUBfJ1ookjJCyN7X7tnwvP5l
October 23, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Join us for The Monster Ball on #Halloween night in #Halifax! Anita LandBack is our host/DJ for the Oct. 31 costume party, 7-10 pm. Our McNally Auditorium will be decked out as the 'Carrie' prom scene, with a SMU Drama Society performance! Tickets/info: www.smu.ca/monsterfest/ #MonsterFest2025
A photo of our Monster Ball host and DJ Anita LandBack, wearing a glamourous red dress. Follow them on Instagram at @anitalandback. https://www.instagram.com/anitalandback/ An event poster for the Monster Ball. An illustration of a red monstrous figure with horns floats above silhouettes of dancing people, against a red background. Text: Monster Fest 2025 MONSTER BALL October 31, 7-10 pm McNally Theatre Auditorium, Saint Mary's University Host + DJ Anita LandBack Open to the public, ages 19+ Wear a costume! A poster to promote Monster Fest 2025. An illustration of a red monstrous figure with horns floats above Halifax's skyline, against a red sky. Text: October 28-31, 2025 A four-day international festival bringing scholars, artists and community members together to analyze and revel in all things monstrous. Logos: Saint Mary's University, Halifax Public Libraries
October 21, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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"Resist the AI hype and question the uncritical adoption of this technology," Dr. @tjheffernan.bsky.social of @smuenglish.bsky.social warns in her latest commentary piece for @halifaxexaminer.ca. #SMUEnglish #OpEd #ArtificialIntelligence #AI
October 20, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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Join us for the annual Catholic Studies Lecture at Saint Mary's University, Oct. 16, 7-9 pm. Dr. Mark G. McGowan will present "Finding Molly Johnson: Catholics and the Fate of Irish Famine Orphans, 1847-48". Learn more: loom.ly/5l6NISc @torschtheology.bsky.social #SMUReligion #Irish #artswithimpact
An event poster with a black-and-white illustration showing Irish migrants (including children) at a shipyard. Text: Finding Molly Johnson: Catholics and the Fate of Irish Famine Orphans, 1847-48 Presented by the SMU Department for the Study of Religion October 16, 2025 | 7 p.m. Scotiabank Conference Theatre, Sobey Building Saint Mary's University, Halifax Guest speaker: Mark G. McGowan, PhD, FRSC Emeritus Professor of History and Celtic Studies, University of Toronto; Principal Emeritus, St. Michael's College
September 22, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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smuarts.bsky.social
😈 Join us—if you dare!—for Halifax's first #MonsterFest., Oct. 28-31. This conference/festival brings together scholars, artists and community members to analyze and revel in all things monstrous. Visit smu.ca/monsterfest for the schedule, speakers & more. @ucscmonsters.bsky.social #MonsterFest2025
A poster to promote Monster Fest 2025. An illustration of a red monstrous figure with horns floats above Halifax's skyline, against a red sky. Text: October 28-31, 2025 A four-day international festival bringing scholars, artists and community members together to analyze and revel in all things monstrous. Logos: Saint Mary's University, Halifax Public Libraries
October 2, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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Save the date for an Oct. 1 public talk by Dr. Cathy Conrad! This special #SMUHomecoming edition of the Faculty Author Series marks the 50th anniversary of both Patrick Power Library and our Department of Geography and Environmental Studies. Learn more: loom.ly/fRyJl8g #HOCO2025 #Library50th
Faculty Author Series Reading with Dr. Cathy Conrad
Wed 1 Oct, 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. [ADT]: As part of Homecoming 2025, the Patrick Power Library and SMU Alumni are proud to present a special public talk in the Library’s Faculty Author Series, celebrat...
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September 16, 2025 at 1:10 PM