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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 14h

On this day in 1993, This Hour Has 22 Minutes debuted, bringing in 468,000 viewers for its first episode. To date the show has won 22 Gemini Awards and 11 Canadian Screen Awards.

Learn more in my Deep Dive 👇
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A promotional photo from the original cast of the Canadian satirical news comedy series *This Hour Has 22 Minutes* (premiered 1993 on CBC), featuring four cast members seated at a curved black desk with subtle underlighting, wearing business attire (suits and ties for the men, a dark blazer for one woman and a gray suit for the other). The background is a modern broadcast set in dominant shades of blue and purple, with angled panels, circular light fixtures on the walls, built-in shelves, and a large illuminated world globe projection integrated into the rear wall.

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Michelle L. Dion @michelledion.bsky.social · 1d

This is pretty cool. Would have been super useful _before_ I submitted my latest grant app. :) But better late than never.

Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 6d

"New KM Compass App From the Social Media Lab Helps Researchers Translate Knowledge Into Real-World Impact" socialmedialab.ca/2025/10/02/n...

New KM Compass App From the Social Media Lab Helps Researchers Translate Knowledge Into Real-World Impact - Social Media Lab

TORONTO, ON – [October 02, 2025] — At a time when public trust in institutions is fragmented and misinformation spreads faster than evidence, researchers and experts face a critical challenge: how to ...

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Michelle L. Dion @michelledion.bsky.social · 1d

Feel better!

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Michelle L. Dion @michelledion.bsky.social · 2d

Does it count as inbox zero if you snooze all your messages until Saturday morning?

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Michelle L. Dion @michelledion.bsky.social · 2d

What's the word, will @mpsa.bsky.social be extending the paper deadline tomorrow? Asking for a friend. 😆

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Simon Frankel Pratt @simonpratt.bsky.social · 3d

'tired'

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 3d

we need a word for a type of person who spends all their time working to live in a city so they can be near cool things, but they don't actually like going out

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Rep. Ted Lieu @reptedlieu.bsky.social · 3d

We do not deploy American forces against Americans in our own cities.

Our military is not trained for domestic law enforcement.

It’s illegal and un-American.

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Michelle L. Dion @michelledion.bsky.social · 4d

Another Texas-Ex here hoping @utaustin.bsky.social stands up for academic freedom.

Texas Conference of the AAUP @texasaaup.bsky.social · 4d

You’re next, @utaustin.bsky.social!
Take a stand for Longhorn Pride and #SaveUT!

🧡✊🧡✊🧡

@texasexes.org

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ocufa.bsky.social @ocufa.bsky.social · 5d

The financial struggles plaguing our postsecondary education sector are not a sudden development, nor are they solely a result of federal changes to international student permit caps.

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Maya Sen @mayasen.bsky.social · 8d

In March, Trump ordered the elimination of the Institute of Museum and Library Services, an independent agency that is the main source of federal funding for public libraries

No other president has shown as much contempt for libraries or their mission

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/u...

Florida Hands Over Prime Miami Property for Trump Library

www.nytimes.com

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Matt Patterson @yyz2yyc.bsky.social · 15d

Getting a research grant is 10% coming up with a good idea, 20% writing a polished application, and 70% hitting reload on a web browser to see if the SSHRC website will appear.

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Carolyn E Holmes @carolyneholmes.bsky.social · 23d

I *loathe* reporting attendance for college students.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 24d

After a North Carolina man attempted suicide twice, his wife tried to get him help at an inpatient clinic.

But their insurance provider refused to cover the treatment, deeming it “not medically necessary.”

“Just Let Me Die”: After Insurance Repeatedly Denied a Couple’s Claims, One Psychiatrist Was Their Last Hope

After a North Carolina man attempted suicide twice, his wife tried to get him help at an inpatient clinic. But their insurance provider refused to cover the treatment, deeming it “not medically necess...

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Barry Burden @bcburden.bsky.social · 25d

My department @uwmadison.bsky.social is hiring an assistant professor with expertise in environmental politics. Send us your application. jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assista...

Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science - Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Current Employees: If you are currently employed at any of the Universities of Wisconsin, log in to Workday to apply through the internal application process.Job Category:FacultyEmployment Type:Regula...

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ICPSR Summer Program @icpsrsummer.bsky.social · 25d

Now is your last chance! Get your ICPSR water bottle before they are gone! Baby blue or candy apple red, what is your fave? Come grab one from booth 412, our last day at APSA 2025!

#ICPSRSummerProgram #ICPSR #APSA2025

Three metal water bottles with black caps and key rings, two light blue and one red, all labeled 'ICPSR Summer Program' in bold letters.

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Claire Adida @claireadida.bsky.social · 26d

The messages on the casings were video game references. @wsj.com & @theguardian.com & GOP leadership went with “trans ideology” instead.

I urge Dem leaders to denounce this over & over again. Denounce a rush to politicize an assassination and to attack a vulnerable minority. Keep it in the news.

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ICPSR Summer Program @icpsrsummer.bsky.social · 26d

Meet Data Jeff! What do you call multiple Data Jeff? Data Jeffs...or Datas Jeff? 🤔 Come visit us at booth 412 at Day 2 of APSA!

#ICPSRSummerProgram #ICPSR #APSA

Group of circle graph figures sitting on a tabletop.

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Michelle L. Dion @michelledion.bsky.social · 26d

This just confirms for everyone that it's been a long time since I applied for a job, and I have not been department chair recently (ever). :) Thankful for both.

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Michelle L. Dion @michelledion.bsky.social · 26d

Oh... I meant departments! I assume they have to pay for interfolio, not candidates. Even worse if candidates have to pay.

In Canada, the "market" (<- lolz, none to speak of) is so small that it's all email based, and there's some expectation that advisors customize letters to position<-madness

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Michelle L. Dion @michelledion.bsky.social · 26d

Does it cost them money though? Our time costs them nothing.

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Michelle L. Dion @michelledion.bsky.social · 27d

And it will use that to help its advice. It will read your doc, too. FWIW.

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Michelle L. Dion @michelledion.bsky.social · 27d

Do you have GitHub Pro? Or are you an educator (you get pro free)? Do you use RStudio? If all those are true you can access a trained copilot AI right in your .R, .Rmd, or .qmd. It’s trained on Tidyverse and open GitHub packages. You can give it permission to read your repo project files and

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Michelle L. Dion @michelledion.bsky.social · 27d

Agree that women should go up sooner. At my Uni, prior Eng Provost worried that all in Humanities and Social Sciences went up 3-5 years later than others - so there’s generalized anxiety/insecurity probably, too.

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Denise M. Walsh @feministpoliprof.bsky.social · Sep 6

Smash the clash of civilizations narrative feeding the far right. Check out my new book, Imperial Sexism. First chapter free: academic.oup.com/book/60720/c...

The Clash

Abstract. “The Clash” opens by highlighting the misguided debates among politicians, pundits, activists, and scholars over how democracies should handle co

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Michelle L. Dion @michelledion.bsky.social · Sep 6

Jeez. My book and nearly ever paper I’ve ever published, including ones in Spanish, are in there. 🧐 No wonder AI seems so smart. 🙄