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Assistant Prof in Political Theory @UBCPoliSci working on Democratic Theory, Historical Injustice, Gender, Race, and Disability. Formerly @UniAmsterdam. Uninvited settler. Dog lover and gardening enthusiast. She/her
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Awwww! Well done! Every once in a while I get a letter in the mail from them reporting on a pension I will never collect but this makes me happy….

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My formal complaint. Feel free to borrow #CrossCountryFuckUp #Never51stState

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If you have a device that CAN run Apple Intelligence you need to turn this off as well as the general Apple Intelligence setting. Settings > Screen Time > scroll down to Content and Privacy > turn on Restrictions > Intelligence and Siri > turn off the first three options

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🎉🎉🎉🎉

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“‘In his role as a Senior Advisor to the President, Mr. Musk has no greater authority than other senior White House advisors,’ Fisher said in his declaration to the court.” Oh of course! I’m looking forward to other WH advisors & their kids crashing press conferences in the Oval Office!

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In my city there is one cybertruck and one DIY parody of a cybertruck and the parody truck has become a local celebrity. Meanwhile, I always wish I had some rotten eggs to throw at the tesla whenever I see it.

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Done!

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I finally left Facebook after 20 years. Took an afternoon to delete everything I could get my hands on...bless them, they made it as hard as possible.

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www.france24.com/en/europe/20...

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I'm shocked! Shocked to find that gambling is going on in here. apnews.com/article/trum...

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well holy shit

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I don’t think I’ve taught my Democratic Theory seminar in the past 4-5 years without mentioning at least an episode or two of 99% invisible! 💕💕 bsky.app/profile/99pi...

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www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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This year makes the 4th time I’ve taught my student-directed feminist theories class. And once again, 5 books have been ranked by students as the ones they want to read:

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So yesterday, my dog decided that she wanted a duck foot. She never picks up treats or food at pet stores but something attracted her. She refused to give it back or eat it when we left the store. She walked 12 blocks with it in her mouth.

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Hilarious to see Democrats live through Mitch McConnell in 2009-2010 (among many other examples) and then think their best strategy is trying to seem reasonable by deal-cutting with extremists and grifters like Musk, RFK, etc. Um.

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Is it possible that all the “drone” sightings” are just examples of a modern case of mass hysteria? Scientists have pointed out many are stars and planets. Some are normal planes. Mass hysteria is famously resilient and contagious!!! slate.com/podcasts/dec...

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Been putting together my syllabus for Feminist Theories…last time I taught it, I was at Uni Amsterdam. As it turns out, syllabus making, not unlike madeleines, triggers some serious memories 🥹🥹🥹

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My apologies to my followers for being incredibly boring on this platform…I’ll try and actually post things (besides apologies)

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In hindsight, Democrats probably shouldn’t have stopped calling him weird…is the message that “America is cooked”?

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I’ve been listening to a lot of podcasts analyzing the 2024 election. With the caveat that we still don’t know lots of stuff, I found this episode of PSA wonderfully insightful thanks to Hasan Piker. m.youtube.com/watch?v=lIv5...

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Someone should tell Putin he can travel to France without any worries… www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...

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I have the cutest working companion…although she works considerably less consistently than I do 🥹🤣

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This reminds me of the time a student told me he should get a better grade on his essay cause his parents thought his essay was great…I told him that I was glad he had supportive parents and that everyone deserves good parents but he was stuck with the B-

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Something I didn’t know about and which will haunt my day…

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