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UBC Central, Eastern and Northern European Studies @ubc-cenes.bsky.social · 1d

Dr. Katherine Bowers and Dr. Kate Holland (U of Toronto) have received a SSHRC Insight Grant for the project “Computational Dostoevsky.” This funding will support the project through 2029.
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Alex Usher @alexusherhesa.bsky.social · 2d

Polish public higher education spending in billions of 2024 zloty. These guys know what they are doing.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 4d

If you’re an Islamophobe you don’t get to complain about antisemitism

And if you’re an antisemite you don’t get to complain about Islamophobia.

It’s really that simple.

(So many shameless hypocrites around.)

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Kate Holland @fyodor76.bsky.social · 6d

We have a job going in my department! jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...

Assistant Professor - Slavic Comparativist

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Brian O @proudcanadaveteran.bsky.social · 10d

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Kate Holland @fyodor76.bsky.social · 12d

It's the time of Uncle Vanya's sad autumn roses too

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 14d

In Germany, a Neo Nazi cellist who adores Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump triggers outrage. www.ft.com/content/8f68...

German far-right cellist in hot water over trips to Moscow

The AfD’s Matthias Moosdorf says music should be free from ‘political crap’

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Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 17d

Today, Canada recognises the State of Palestine.

My statement: www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/stat...

Quote graphic featuring the following quote from Prime Minister Carney’s statement on Canada’s recognition of Palestine: “Canada recognises the State of Palestine and offers our partnership in building the promise of a peaceful future for both the State of Palestine and the State of Israel.”

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 18d

Boomers think their wealth came from wise choices – this myth needs busting

If Reeves swipes some of the huge gains amassed from property and pensions, the lucky generation cannot argue – but will

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The Onion @theonion.com · 19d

Fearful Americans Stockpiling Facts Before Federal Government Comes To Take Them Away https://theonion.com/fearful-americans-stockpiling-facts-before-federal-gove-1819579589/

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 20d

Three people arrested in Essex on suspicion of assisting Russian intelligence service

Breaking news: Metropolitan police announce arrests of two men and a woman Two men and a woman have been arrested in Essex on suspicion of assisting the Russian intelligence service, the Metropolitan police said. More details soon … Continue reading...

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 21d

Trump is cynically exploiting Jews as the public face of a crackdown on higher education in the US, a role we did not ask for and which most of us oppose, which is every bit as antisemitic as anything the administration claims to be fighting. www.latimes.com/california/s...

Most Jewish Americans oppose Trump's university funding cuts over antisemitism, poll shows

The Ipsos survey found that a majority of American Jews are "somewhat or very concerned" by campus antisemitism but dislike Trump's approach to combating it.

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Kate Holland @fyodor76.bsky.social · 21d

Ha, I do this too.

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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 22d

"I urge every government, every leader and every citizen to ask: What will we say when our children and grandchildren ask what we did while Gaza was burned to the ground? Every act of genocide is a test of the humanity that binds us."

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/o...

Opinion | My U.N. Commission’s Finding: Israel Is Committing Genocide

www.nytimes.com

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jenn m. jackson @jennmjacksonphd.bsky.social · 22d

When I was placed on the Professor Watchlist in 2021, people sent death threats about my children. I had security officers monitor my 8yo at school.

Where is all the outrage for those of us who have been targeted for years? Where is the outrage for our families?

My own colleagues are silent.

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Kate Holland @fyodor76.bsky.social · 23d

Ha, you really don't know what you've got coming. Beavers are a menace, I say as a Canadian.

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Jonathon E. Kraft Photography @kraftphotography.bsky.social · 25d

Portland Japanese Garden #PDX #portland #Portlandoregon #oregon #nature #naturephotography #landscape #landscapephotography #maple #japanesemaple #Fall #photo #photography #travel #travelphotography #leaves #Bluesky #asian #autumn #garden #leaf #PNW #moss #trees #rain #red

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Kate Holland @fyodor76.bsky.social · 25d

My Mum promised grave dancing throughout the 80s...

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George Balbona @gbalbona.bsky.social · 27d

As the MSM remembers Charlie Kirk and speaks out against his horrific assassination, let’s recall the Minnesota Congresswoman who was assassinated on June 14th 2025 along with her husband and their dog.
Do you even remember her name?!

Her name was Melissa Hortman. Her husband was Mark Hortman. Their dog was named Gilbert.
Their assassination left two children without their parents and her state without a beloved former Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives.

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Kate Holland @fyodor76.bsky.social · 28d

Are they willing to do the work that foreign workers do?

Polling Canada @canadianpolling.bsky.social · 29d

Support For Ending The Temporary Foreign Worker Program:

🟢 All: 44%

🔵 Conservatives: 61%
🔴 Liberals: 36%
🟠 NDP: 28%
⚜️ Bloc: 19%

Read it here: canadianpolling.substack.com/p/canada-tur...

Canada Turns on Temporary Foreign Workers

Even young Canadians, once seen as pro-immigration, now lead calls to end TFWs

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HamishB @hamishbuchanan.bsky.social · Sep 7

How about extending the King streetcar line out to Parkside, then up Keele to turn around at the Stockyards. That would slow traffic down, and open up the route for more transit-related density, too.

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Sean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social · Sep 7

If drivers can’t behave on Parkside Drive, ban drivers. Enough of this speed camera nonsense.

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Katherine Bowers 🌻 @katiabowers.bsky.social · Sep 5

Margarita Vaysman & I have been working on this for the past 5 (!) years, but it's finally done- the online version is up and the hardcover should be out later this month! Welcome to the Oxford Handbook of Global Realisms, feat. 41 chapters and beautiful cover art: academic.oup.com/edited-volum... 🎉