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My review of Sven Beckert’s *Capitalism: A Global History* appears today on the front page of the New York Times Sunday Book Review. As you will see when you read the review, I highly recommend the book. Congratulations, Sven!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/b...
December 28, 2025 at 3:16 PM
My review of Sven Beckert’s *Capitalism: A Global History* appears today on the front page of the New York Times Sunday Book Review. As you will see when you read the review, I highly recommend the book. Congratulations, Sven!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/b...
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On Charles Platt's Dream Makers, which does a good job describing what it was like to meet Philip K. Dick, Isaac Asimov, Harlan Ellison etc. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfKl...
Meeting Philip K. Dick, Isaac Asimov, Harlan Ellison etc.: Charles Platt's Dream Makers review
YouTube video by Cultural Logic
www.youtube.com
December 27, 2025 at 1:58 AM
On Charles Platt's Dream Makers, which does a good job describing what it was like to meet Philip K. Dick, Isaac Asimov, Harlan Ellison etc. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfKl...
I rode the Finch LRT yesterday after eagerly anticipating it all these years. It was terrible! 😭
December 26, 2025 at 12:26 AM
I rode the Finch LRT yesterday after eagerly anticipating it all these years. It was terrible! 😭
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The 60 Minutes episode about CECOT was not only worth running, it was an exceptionally powerful work of journalism that made clear the US government has embraced torture. You can read the transcript here: www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Read the CBS Report Bari Weiss Doesn’t Want You to See
A transcript of the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT, the notorious prison in El Salvador.
www.thenation.com
December 24, 2025 at 1:04 PM
The 60 Minutes episode about CECOT was not only worth running, it was an exceptionally powerful work of journalism that made clear the US government has embraced torture. You can read the transcript here: www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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On the increasing prominence of women in the films of Paul Thomas Anderson. www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0fP...
The Heroine's Journey in the films of Paul Thomas Anderson.
YouTube video by Cultural Logic
www.youtube.com
December 22, 2025 at 1:51 AM
On the increasing prominence of women in the films of Paul Thomas Anderson. www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0fP...
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There's a growing community in the US of people who have survived more than one mass shooting. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
In America, Mass Shooting Survivors Can Never Know Peace
A growing number of US residents have lived through more than one massacre.
www.thenation.com
December 15, 2025 at 3:38 PM
There's a growing community in the US of people who have survived more than one mass shooting. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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“What do people mean when they say ‘kind’? In Gerald’s case, as in so many others, they mean vulnerable. They mean gentle. They mean humble.”
@jeetheer.bsky.social reflects on the enduring legacy of his friend, the late writer and editor Gerald Owen: thewalrus.ca/the-friendship-t...
@jeetheer.bsky.social reflects on the enduring legacy of his friend, the late writer and editor Gerald Owen: thewalrus.ca/the-friendship-t...
December 11, 2025 at 1:01 PM
“What do people mean when they say ‘kind’? In Gerald’s case, as in so many others, they mean vulnerable. They mean gentle. They mean humble.”
@jeetheer.bsky.social reflects on the enduring legacy of his friend, the late writer and editor Gerald Owen: thewalrus.ca/the-friendship-t...
@jeetheer.bsky.social reflects on the enduring legacy of his friend, the late writer and editor Gerald Owen: thewalrus.ca/the-friendship-t...
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“What I’ve been feeling most is just, like, how dare this country allow this to happen to someone like me twice?” Weissman told the New York Times.
"Weissman was in her dorm room at Brown when a friend called to warn her that a shooting was under way. Her initial feelings of panic soon turned to anger, she told NBC. “I’m angry that I thought I’d never have to deal with this again, and here I am eight years later,” Weissman told NBC News."
Two survivors of Brown University attack escaped other school shootings
Mia Tretta was shot in the abdomen in 2019 at a school near LA and Zoe Weissman witnessed a Florida shooting in 2018
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2025 at 2:44 PM
“What I’ve been feeling most is just, like, how dare this country allow this to happen to someone like me twice?” Weissman told the New York Times.
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Not all academics fear AI. English instructor Stéphane Paquet has become one of its strongest proponents. “It’s not healthy,” he argues, “to have this kind of clash between the way the students learn in the class and the way they learn outside the class.” thewalrus.ca/teaching-student...
December 13, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Not all academics fear AI. English instructor Stéphane Paquet has become one of its strongest proponents. “It’s not healthy,” he argues, “to have this kind of clash between the way the students learn in the class and the way they learn outside the class.” thewalrus.ca/teaching-student...
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Israel has killed 249 journalists in the last 2 years.
That's more than were killed in WWII & the Vietnam War put together.
A Vermonter, Dylan Collins, was wounded in one of these attacks, which killed another reporter. This war against journalists must be investigated & ended.
That's more than were killed in WWII & the Vietnam War put together.
A Vermonter, Dylan Collins, was wounded in one of these attacks, which killed another reporter. This war against journalists must be investigated & ended.
Israel’s war against journalists must end | Video by Dylan Collins
YouTube video by Senator Bernie Sanders
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December 12, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Israel has killed 249 journalists in the last 2 years.
That's more than were killed in WWII & the Vietnam War put together.
A Vermonter, Dylan Collins, was wounded in one of these attacks, which killed another reporter. This war against journalists must be investigated & ended.
That's more than were killed in WWII & the Vietnam War put together.
A Vermonter, Dylan Collins, was wounded in one of these attacks, which killed another reporter. This war against journalists must be investigated & ended.
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Simon Fraser University wants only non-union faculty at its new medical school.
SFU contends that it's so new and different that the existing collective agreement with university faculty doesn't apply.
pressprogress.ca/sfu-medical-...
SFU contends that it's so new and different that the existing collective agreement with university faculty doesn't apply.
pressprogress.ca/sfu-medical-...
SFU Wants Only Non-Union Faculty at New Medical School
Simon Fraser contends that the med school is so new and different that its existing collective agreement with university faculty doesn't apply
pressprogress.ca
December 11, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Simon Fraser University wants only non-union faculty at its new medical school.
SFU contends that it's so new and different that the existing collective agreement with university faculty doesn't apply.
pressprogress.ca/sfu-medical-...
SFU contends that it's so new and different that the existing collective agreement with university faculty doesn't apply.
pressprogress.ca/sfu-medical-...
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Billionaire Bill Gates carps that a “doomsday outlook” is causing climate activists to “focus too much on near-term emissions goals.” Well, he’s wrong.
https://bit.ly/48PJ7S9
https://bit.ly/48PJ7S9
AI Will Only Intensity Climate Change. The Tech Moguls Don't Care.
The AI phenomenon may functionally print money for tech billionaires, at least for the time being, but it comes with a gargantuan environmental cost.
bit.ly
December 4, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Billionaire Bill Gates carps that a “doomsday outlook” is causing climate activists to “focus too much on near-term emissions goals.” Well, he’s wrong.
https://bit.ly/48PJ7S9
https://bit.ly/48PJ7S9
He recognized a kindred spirit.
President Trump has set free a private equity executive who had served less than two weeks of a seven-year sentence for his role in what prosecutors described as a $1.6 billion scheme that defrauded thousands of victims.
Trump Frees Fraudster Just Days Into Seven-Year Prison Sentence
David Gentile had been found guilty for his role in what prosecutors described as a $1.6 billion scheme that defrauded thousands of investors.
nyti.ms
November 30, 2025 at 4:47 PM
He recognized a kindred spirit.
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Who Was Henry Kuttner? The writer as mimic. A bit of literary criticism. youtu.be/rtacBDXJzSs?...
Who Was Henry Kuttner? The writer as mimic.
YouTube video by Cultural Logic
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November 28, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Who Was Henry Kuttner? The writer as mimic. A bit of literary criticism. youtu.be/rtacBDXJzSs?...
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The University of Regina is among the world’s best in 5 subjects in ShanghaiRanking's 2025 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects.
Psychology cracked the top 100, and Water Resources, Human Biological Sciences, Earth Sciences, and Environmental Science & Engineering also earned spots.
bit.ly/4rndJ4X
Psychology cracked the top 100, and Water Resources, Human Biological Sciences, Earth Sciences, and Environmental Science & Engineering also earned spots.
bit.ly/4rndJ4X
University of Regina named among world’s best in five subject areas
U of R earns global recognition with five academic subject areas ranked among the world’s best.
bit.ly
November 27, 2025 at 7:53 PM
The University of Regina is among the world’s best in 5 subjects in ShanghaiRanking's 2025 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects.
Psychology cracked the top 100, and Water Resources, Human Biological Sciences, Earth Sciences, and Environmental Science & Engineering also earned spots.
bit.ly/4rndJ4X
Psychology cracked the top 100, and Water Resources, Human Biological Sciences, Earth Sciences, and Environmental Science & Engineering also earned spots.
bit.ly/4rndJ4X
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Is AI inherently bad? Of course not.
The question is: WHO controls it & for what purpose?
Does anyone believe that the richest people on Earth are investing hundreds of billions in AI to improve life for ordinary people, eliminate poverty & solve global warming?
I doubt it.
The question is: WHO controls it & for what purpose?
Does anyone believe that the richest people on Earth are investing hundreds of billions in AI to improve life for ordinary people, eliminate poverty & solve global warming?
I doubt it.
November 21, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Is AI inherently bad? Of course not.
The question is: WHO controls it & for what purpose?
Does anyone believe that the richest people on Earth are investing hundreds of billions in AI to improve life for ordinary people, eliminate poverty & solve global warming?
I doubt it.
The question is: WHO controls it & for what purpose?
Does anyone believe that the richest people on Earth are investing hundreds of billions in AI to improve life for ordinary people, eliminate poverty & solve global warming?
I doubt it.
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Fourteen publishers are suing Cohere for allegedly stealing their work to train AI that produced fake articles. Cohere says the lawsuit is “frivolous," but whether or not the case moves forward, it underscores how urgently Canada needs real AI oversight. thewalrus.ca/cohere-is-canada...
November 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Fourteen publishers are suing Cohere for allegedly stealing their work to train AI that produced fake articles. Cohere says the lawsuit is “frivolous," but whether or not the case moves forward, it underscores how urgently Canada needs real AI oversight. thewalrus.ca/cohere-is-canada...
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“Don’t forget the real business of the War is buying and selling. The murdering and the violence are self-policing, and can be entrusted to non-professionals…. The true war is a celebration of markets.”
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Jeffrey Epstein Was a Warlord. We Have to Talk About It.
Mainstream media is ignoring the fact that the late sex trafficker was a power broker who shaped global policy.
www.thenation.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:48 PM
“Don’t forget the real business of the War is buying and selling. The murdering and the violence are self-policing, and can be entrusted to non-professionals…. The true war is a celebration of markets.”
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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Two long-lost organ pieces by JS Bach performed for first time in 300 years
Two long-lost organ pieces by JS Bach performed for first time in 300 years
Archive director in Germany says ‘missing piece of puzzle’ now in place to verify authorship after decades of research
Two long-lost organ pieces by Johann Sebastian Bach have been performed in Germany, roughly 320 years after the composer wrote them as a teenage music teacher.
Entitled Chaconne in D minor BWV 1178 and Chaconne in G minor BWV 1179, the pieces were added to the official catalogue of Bach’s works on Monday and played in public for the first time in three centuries inside Leipzig’s St Thomas Church, where Bach is buried. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Two long-lost organ pieces by JS Bach performed for first time in 300 years
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White nationalist talking points and racial pseudoscience: welcome to Elon Musk’s Grokipedia
White nationalist talking points and racial pseudoscience: welcome to Elon Musk’s Grokipedia
World’s richest person wanted to ‘purge’ propaganda from Wikipedia, so he created a compendium of racist disinformation
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:51 PM
White nationalist talking points and racial pseudoscience: welcome to Elon Musk’s Grokipedia
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This was a great conversation. Check it out.
I spoke with Nora Loreto and Alex Khasnabish about the state of labour organizing in Canada's universities. What will the university become in this moment of crisis? Will it regress and implode, or move forward and serve a larger social purpose?
November 15, 2025 at 1:14 AM
This was a great conversation. Check it out.
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The Jeffrey Esptein scandal the main stream press is ignoring; he was a major player in American foreign policy with deep ties to Israel and other satrapies: www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Jeffrey Epstein Was a Warlord. We Have to Talk About It.
Mainstream media is ignoring the fact that the late sex trafficker was a power broker who shaped global policy.
www.thenation.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:50 PM
The Jeffrey Esptein scandal the main stream press is ignoring; he was a major player in American foreign policy with deep ties to Israel and other satrapies: www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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"At a time when universities are being defunded by governments and vilified by ultra-conservative pundits, defining their value has never been more urgent”
uofrpress.ca/Books/K/Know...
"At a time when universities are being defunded by governments and vilified by ultra-conservative pundits, defining their value has never been more urgent”
uofrpress.ca/Books/K/Know...
Knowledge Under Siege
At a time when universities are being defunded by governments and vilified by ultra-conservative pundits, defining their value has never been more urgentFor decades, efforts to quantify the value of u...
uofrpress.ca
November 13, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Get your advance pre-order in at 25% off!
"At a time when universities are being defunded by governments and vilified by ultra-conservative pundits, defining their value has never been more urgent”
uofrpress.ca/Books/K/Know...
"At a time when universities are being defunded by governments and vilified by ultra-conservative pundits, defining their value has never been more urgent”
uofrpress.ca/Books/K/Know...
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Masked Israeli settlers destroyed property belonging to a dairy farm in Beit Lid in the occupied West Bank.
The U.N. humanitarian office said there were the most Israeli settler attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank in October since 2006. https://wapo.st/3WU0oDa
The U.N. humanitarian office said there were the most Israeli settler attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank in October since 2006. https://wapo.st/3WU0oDa
November 13, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Masked Israeli settlers destroyed property belonging to a dairy farm in Beit Lid in the occupied West Bank.
The U.N. humanitarian office said there were the most Israeli settler attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank in October since 2006. https://wapo.st/3WU0oDa
The U.N. humanitarian office said there were the most Israeli settler attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank in October since 2006. https://wapo.st/3WU0oDa
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We’ve become accustomed to believing that there is no other way except through violence. But that is patently false.
Militarism's Violence Poisons Everyone--Even Soldiers
The systematic violence of American militarism has shaped all our lives, including the soldiers who have come to realize that they were used to perpetrate it.
www.thenation.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:40 PM
We’ve become accustomed to believing that there is no other way except through violence. But that is patently false.