Jonathan Goldsbie
@goldsbie.bsky.social
Mastodon didn't feel right, and hanging out on Twitter felt like trying to enjoy a beach vacation in a country with an increasingly spotty rights record.
It's not *not* Islamophobia, but there's arguably a more complex and equally troubling phenomenon at play. As the sociologist Paul Gilroy observed in a 2000 essay on the oddity of "Black Fascism":
November 5, 2025 at 9:11 PM
It's not *not* Islamophobia, but there's arguably a more complex and equally troubling phenomenon at play. As the sociologist Paul Gilroy observed in a 2000 essay on the oddity of "Black Fascism":
(More to the point, because a link can sometimes disrupt the layout, clarity, or rhythm of a post, I'll sometimes attach the citation as an immediate followup.)
November 5, 2025 at 8:49 PM
(More to the point, because a link can sometimes disrupt the layout, clarity, or rhythm of a post, I'll sometimes attach the citation as an immediate followup.)
I did, albeit in an appended post issued 29 seconds later.
November 5, 2025 at 8:45 PM
I did, albeit in an appended post issued 29 seconds later.
November 5, 2025 at 7:39 PM
(This was *my* baseball: bursts of ecstatic wonder fitfully sprinkled amidst stretches of… considerably less wonder.)
November 2, 2025 at 2:50 AM
(This was *my* baseball: bursts of ecstatic wonder fitfully sprinkled amidst stretches of… considerably less wonder.)
At a press conference this afternoon, Attorney General Doug Downey said they want to move away from requiring "evergreen leases, that just go on with no end in sight":
October 23, 2025 at 8:57 PM
At a press conference this afternoon, Attorney General Doug Downey said they want to move away from requiring "evergreen leases, that just go on with no end in sight":
Oh shoot, I hadn't even gotten to the part of this *same bill* that would ban cities from "reducing the number of motor vehicle lanes when installing new bicycle lanes." bsky.app/profile/camb...
Some bad bike news stuff in that too (on page 18)
October 23, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Oh shoot, I hadn't even gotten to the part of this *same bill* that would ban cities from "reducing the number of motor vehicle lanes when installing new bicycle lanes." bsky.app/profile/camb...
That was my initial reading, but I suspect it might be more creatively devious, in that they want landlords to have the option to offer fixed-term leases up front (which would pretty quickly become the standard for any new tenancy).
October 23, 2025 at 6:19 PM
That was my initial reading, but I suspect it might be more creatively devious, in that they want landlords to have the option to offer fixed-term leases up front (which would pretty quickly become the standard for any new tenancy).
In particular, they want leases to no longer necessarily remain in effect indefinitely, so that landlords have more options for creating tenant turnover.
Current situation in left-hand column, proposal on the right:
Current situation in left-hand column, proposal on the right:
October 23, 2025 at 6:02 PM
In particular, they want leases to no longer necessarily remain in effect indefinitely, so that landlords have more options for creating tenant turnover.
Current situation in left-hand column, proposal on the right:
Current situation in left-hand column, proposal on the right:
Wasn't his own daughter a member of the company as recently as last year? I guess he figures she's not coming back?
October 2, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Wasn't his own daughter a member of the company as recently as last year? I guess he figures she's not coming back?
(It's arguably more cautious than the position taken by the government, which, for example, is now offering travel advice for "Israel and Palestine" instead of for "Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip" travel.gc.ca/destinations...)
September 23, 2025 at 10:23 PM
(It's arguably more cautious than the position taken by the government, which, for example, is now offering travel advice for "Israel and Palestine" instead of for "Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip" travel.gc.ca/destinations...)
I would describe the divergence from the previous guidance as: subtle.
September 23, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I would describe the divergence from the previous guidance as: subtle.
Wait, is this the first PTA film since There Will Be Blood to *not* get a 70mm engagement within the borders of the City of Toronto?
September 15, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Wait, is this the first PTA film since There Will Be Blood to *not* get a 70mm engagement within the borders of the City of Toronto?
Correction: Marshall has in fact held tenure at U of T since July 2013.
(h/t to @fleischmarket.bsky.social for bringing to my attention the fact that associate professors are generally tenured.)
(h/t to @fleischmarket.bsky.social for bringing to my attention the fact that associate professors are generally tenured.)
September 15, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Correction: Marshall has in fact held tenure at U of T since July 2013.
(h/t to @fleischmarket.bsky.social for bringing to my attention the fact that associate professors are generally tenured.)
(h/t to @fleischmarket.bsky.social for bringing to my attention the fact that associate professors are generally tenured.)
Look, it was a wild thing for a (non-tenured) professor to tweet, regardless of the context. But context does matter!
Like, this headline is almost certainly just wrong:
Like, this headline is almost certainly just wrong:
September 12, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Look, it was a wild thing for a (non-tenured) professor to tweet, regardless of the context. But context does matter!
Like, this headline is almost certainly just wrong:
Like, this headline is almost certainly just wrong:
The hearing on the injunction request is set for courtroom 7-5 at 330 University Avenue at 10:00 tomorrow morning, and I suspect it will be more compelling than anything playing at the festival in the same time slot.
September 10, 2025 at 8:39 PM
The hearing on the injunction request is set for courtroom 7-5 at 330 University Avenue at 10:00 tomorrow morning, and I suspect it will be more compelling than anything playing at the festival in the same time slot.