"I will admit that there are other people who are primarily interested in doing something. I am not. I can very well live without doing anything. But I cannot live without at least trying to understand whatever happens." Hannah Arendt, 1972

Y’all use Intersectionality as research parsley. Don’t even know what it means, just throwing it on.

gaslighting is when Word asks you if you wanna save changes but you can’t remember making any

'Please,' cried Frog, 'please go away!' But no one went away.

Very happy for Emma Hayes OBE, who has worked so hard for so long for this.

Dzsenifer Marozsan's pass for Eugenie Le Sommer last night one of the best you'll see. Even Laura Harvey said it was one of the best goals she'll seen live. (Le Sommer's first was a hell of a strike too)

MANA-MAGIC 🤭

"There is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in." - Leonard Cohen (died 5 years ago #onthisday)

what a loss

Words, however lazily chosen, matter.Language evokes histories, reflects what we deem allowable&true, articulates possibilities—it creates/sustains/reproduces power relations.When DCS named an Indian problem the wording wasn't vague.What are we doing when we use such words today?

Check out @mervatim's wonderful Balakian Citation acceptance speech from last night's ceremony! youtube.com/watch?v=kKKlw8…

of course I got today’s word in two. of course Wordle 300 2/6 ⬛⬛🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

An immense loss. Hilary Mantel wrote my favourite words.

A Moral Education yalereview.org/article/garth-… "The idea that art should address the monstrous, that much of the moral office of art might lie in mak­ing us identify with the monstrous—identification not as consola­tion but as indictment—is entirely foreign to our current thinking."

I wrote for The Guardian about happiness, and why it shouldn't be the basic principle of any constitution... theguardian.com/culture/commen…

Looking forward to this.

In case you missed it--here is the recording of Thursday's webinar on GBA+. A big thank you to our presenters Dr. Lindsay Tedds, Anna Cameron, and Deputy Minister Frances McRae: youtube.com/watch?v=p60UuQ… Institute of Public Admin. of Canada Evert Lindquist Women and Gender Equality Canada @LindsayTedds Anna Cameron

Like all my favourite research questions, this one really let me dwell in ambivalence.

Share your thoughts on short-term rentals (STRs) in Calgary. 💭 We’re partnering with researchers at the U Calgary to gather input from Calgarians about their experiences with and perspectives on STRs in the city. 1/2

Take the survey at engage.calgary.ca/STR by December 31st to help us identify opportunities and issues related to short-term rentals. 🗣️ The University of Calgary Conjoint Faculties Research Ethics Board has assessed and approved this study (REB23-0923). 2/2