Steve Schwinghamer🇨🇦
@sschwinghamer.bsky.social
Inadequate cat servant. Husband. Dad. Historian of #CdnImm. Public & oral history. Museums. Bikes. PhD candidate (Hist) @ Carleton. Kjipuktuk / Hfx.
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We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art, the art of words.
November 26, 2025 at 10:40 AM
We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art, the art of words.
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Well, well, well, imagine this:
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air.
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Well, well, well, imagine this:
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
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Make your voice count — join LAC’s Youth Advisory Council!
Are you between 16 and 25? We’re looking for engaged, curious, and creative people who want to help shape the future of libraries and archives.
Ready to make a real difference? Apply by December 3!
www.canada.ca/en/library-a...
Are you between 16 and 25? We’re looking for engaged, curious, and creative people who want to help shape the future of libraries and archives.
Ready to make a real difference? Apply by December 3!
www.canada.ca/en/library-a...
November 25, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Make your voice count — join LAC’s Youth Advisory Council!
Are you between 16 and 25? We’re looking for engaged, curious, and creative people who want to help shape the future of libraries and archives.
Ready to make a real difference? Apply by December 3!
www.canada.ca/en/library-a...
Are you between 16 and 25? We’re looking for engaged, curious, and creative people who want to help shape the future of libraries and archives.
Ready to make a real difference? Apply by December 3!
www.canada.ca/en/library-a...
The President is threatening to execute his political opposition, but our fashion critics say his stormtroopers have found a killer look with their puffer jackets
A reader asked our fashion critic: "I am seeing all kinds of puffer jackets these days, but can they ever really be professional?" nyti.ms/4rdr7Zb
November 25, 2025 at 2:20 PM
The President is threatening to execute his political opposition, but our fashion critics say his stormtroopers have found a killer look with their puffer jackets
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Boy there's a lot of cameos by my fingers in this file of archival images
November 25, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Boy there's a lot of cameos by my fingers in this file of archival images
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job (postdoc)
Housing and Homelessness - Interdisciplinary Postdoctoral Fellow (expertise in Knowledge Translation, Systems Change, and Conversion of Research into Practice/Policy)
Carleton University
csn-rec.ca/job-postings...
@cpsa-acsp.bsky.social
Housing and Homelessness - Interdisciplinary Postdoctoral Fellow (expertise in Knowledge Translation, Systems Change, and Conversion of Research into Practice/Policy)
Carleton University
csn-rec.ca/job-postings...
@cpsa-acsp.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 1:59 PM
job (postdoc)
Housing and Homelessness - Interdisciplinary Postdoctoral Fellow (expertise in Knowledge Translation, Systems Change, and Conversion of Research into Practice/Policy)
Carleton University
csn-rec.ca/job-postings...
@cpsa-acsp.bsky.social
Housing and Homelessness - Interdisciplinary Postdoctoral Fellow (expertise in Knowledge Translation, Systems Change, and Conversion of Research into Practice/Policy)
Carleton University
csn-rec.ca/job-postings...
@cpsa-acsp.bsky.social
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I received the reader reports back for my book manuscript. Thank you (you know who you are) for the most generous, supportive, & helpful comments!
I guess this book thing is happening! Look for Doctoring the West: Women Physicians and the Politics and Practice of Medicine sometime next year!
I guess this book thing is happening! Look for Doctoring the West: Women Physicians and the Politics and Practice of Medicine sometime next year!
November 25, 2025 at 11:30 AM
I received the reader reports back for my book manuscript. Thank you (you know who you are) for the most generous, supportive, & helpful comments!
I guess this book thing is happening! Look for Doctoring the West: Women Physicians and the Politics and Practice of Medicine sometime next year!
I guess this book thing is happening! Look for Doctoring the West: Women Physicians and the Politics and Practice of Medicine sometime next year!
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Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
November 25, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
Today's process of making coffee:
Put water in machine
Get out basket for grounds
Get out mug
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Get out cinnamon, cocoa, and coffee grounds
Put big scoop of coffee grounds in mug with milk
SIGH
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SIGH
November 25, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Today's process of making coffee:
Put water in machine
Get out basket for grounds
Get out mug
Put milk in mug
Get out cinnamon, cocoa, and coffee grounds
Put big scoop of coffee grounds in mug with milk
SIGH
Put water in machine
Get out basket for grounds
Get out mug
Put milk in mug
Get out cinnamon, cocoa, and coffee grounds
Put big scoop of coffee grounds in mug with milk
SIGH
CBC is playing the Goo Goo Dolls.
I don't like this method of age verification.
I don't like this method of age verification.
November 25, 2025 at 11:52 AM
CBC is playing the Goo Goo Dolls.
I don't like this method of age verification.
I don't like this method of age verification.
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I talked to Joan Donovan about Twitter's very old foreign influence problem, which was unmasked in the funniest possible way over the weekend: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Twitter's foreign influence problem is nothing new
The platform's just-debuted geolocation tool illuminates a disturbing and persistent issue.
www.motherjones.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:11 PM
I talked to Joan Donovan about Twitter's very old foreign influence problem, which was unmasked in the funniest possible way over the weekend: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
From an ethical explainer on the official UCMJ website:
"[I]t’s your responsibility to question and, if necessary, refuse to comply with orders that don’t meet lawful and ethical criteria."
ucmj.us/direct-order...
"[I]t’s your responsibility to question and, if necessary, refuse to comply with orders that don’t meet lawful and ethical criteria."
ucmj.us/direct-order...
Direct Order vs Lawful Order: Understanding the Difference
Explore the crucial differences between direct and lawful orders in organizations like the military, and learn the importance of legal and ethical compliance. Understand the need for critical evaluati...
ucmj.us
November 24, 2025 at 11:42 PM
From an ethical explainer on the official UCMJ website:
"[I]t’s your responsibility to question and, if necessary, refuse to comply with orders that don’t meet lawful and ethical criteria."
ucmj.us/direct-order...
"[I]t’s your responsibility to question and, if necessary, refuse to comply with orders that don’t meet lawful and ethical criteria."
ucmj.us/direct-order...
So yeah, advising service personnel that they are allowed to refuse illegal orders is a completely routine and uncontroversial statement.
This obedience to the law goes hand-in-hand with the trust to use extraordinary levels of force on our behalf.
This obedience to the law goes hand-in-hand with the trust to use extraordinary levels of force on our behalf.
Hegseth is now threatening to recall Sen. Mark Kelly to active duty in order to court martial him.
November 24, 2025 at 11:31 PM
So yeah, advising service personnel that they are allowed to refuse illegal orders is a completely routine and uncontroversial statement.
This obedience to the law goes hand-in-hand with the trust to use extraordinary levels of force on our behalf.
This obedience to the law goes hand-in-hand with the trust to use extraordinary levels of force on our behalf.
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As usual, you can blame William Rehnquist and John Roberts for a lot of the worst things you see in the news
How Conservative Judges Turned a Throwaway Line Into a Free Pass For ICE Violence
For these judges, the White House not getting its way is a legal crisis that requires immediate intervention.
ballsandstrikes.org
November 24, 2025 at 7:26 PM
As usual, you can blame William Rehnquist and John Roberts for a lot of the worst things you see in the news
Your reminder that Love + Death + Robots S2E6, "All Through the House," is mandatory seasonal viewing.
November 24, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Your reminder that Love + Death + Robots S2E6, "All Through the House," is mandatory seasonal viewing.
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“Less controversial solutions” to ripping out brand-new bike lanes in Toronto include “implementing a congestion fee, ramping up traffic enforcement, expediting transit improvements and focusing on crafting complete communities across the GTA”
People on board with new solution to Toronto traffic that would limit cars on city streets
Fixing Toronto's gridlock is now so high on the political agenda that the Province is ripping out brand-new bike lanes in a misguided attempt to get …
www.blogto.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:38 PM
“Less controversial solutions” to ripping out brand-new bike lanes in Toronto include “implementing a congestion fee, ramping up traffic enforcement, expediting transit improvements and focusing on crafting complete communities across the GTA”
Had this on my wishlist for quite some time & it's popped up free on PS Plus.
November 24, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Had this on my wishlist for quite some time & it's popped up free on PS Plus.
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40 Canadian senators are asking the federal government to ban advertising for sports betting sites
Please? 🥺🙏
Please? 🥺🙏
Senators call on prime minister to ban advertising for sports betting | CBC News
Two senators are calling on the federal government to ban advertising for sports betting in Canada. A letter to the prime minister from Charlottetown Sen. Percy Downe and Waterloo Sen. Marty Deacon as...
www.cbc.ca
November 23, 2025 at 10:51 PM
40 Canadian senators are asking the federal government to ban advertising for sports betting sites
Please? 🥺🙏
Please? 🥺🙏
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This is the technological equivalent of not being able to get your house insured in Florida, and for similar reasons.
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Insurers retreat from AI cover as risk of multibillion-dollar claims mounts
AIG, Great American and WR Berkley seek permission to limit liability from AI agents and chatbots
share.google
November 23, 2025 at 9:45 AM
This is the technological equivalent of not being able to get your house insured in Florida, and for similar reasons.
share.google/SOpWK172vQx5...
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If you don't know me, you could do worse for an introduction than the constellation of handmade ornaments @etower.bsky.social has made for me over the years...
November 23, 2025 at 4:07 PM
If you don't know me, you could do worse for an introduction than the constellation of handmade ornaments @etower.bsky.social has made for me over the years...
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Crockett on MTG resigning: "Honestly, I was like, you got to be kidding. You're on the other side of the president for one week and you can't take the heat? Imagine what it is to sit in my shoes."
November 23, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Crockett on MTG resigning: "Honestly, I was like, you got to be kidding. You're on the other side of the president for one week and you can't take the heat? Imagine what it is to sit in my shoes."
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From the article: By the end of 2024, 24% of Gros Morne National Park’s trees had been damaged or killed by spruce budworm. That’s created a control area for scientists to study and compare to the spray program outside its borders. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Go inside the outbreak ravaging Gros Morne's forests | CBC News
Spruce budworm has damaged or killed nearly a quarter of the trees in Gros Morne National Park. It's been fascinating for scientists, a challenge for forestry managers, and a source of concern for loc...
www.cbc.ca
November 23, 2025 at 3:08 PM
From the article: By the end of 2024, 24% of Gros Morne National Park’s trees had been damaged or killed by spruce budworm. That’s created a control area for scientists to study and compare to the spray program outside its borders. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Sometimes the history of safety regulation is written in flood.
November 22, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Sometimes the history of safety regulation is written in flood.