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“The average influencer earns $91,991 per year, according to Indeed. For perspective, the average registered nurse earns $93,600 per year” I wish we had degree programs focused on understanding exactly what that phrase “for perspective” could and should mean.

I guess I should thank the @nytimes.com oped section — every time I’m feeling insecure about something I’m working on they show me how mediocre, poorly researched, problematic writing can be celebrated. (Thanks as always to @davekarpf.bsky.social for a clear-eyed call-out.)

Watch this, sound on, to see how messed up both US journalism & the US government are.

“A Writer in the Nuclear Age: A Conversation” with Margaret Laurence www.nfb.ca/film/writer-... (Canada’s National Film Board is a treasure.)

A Writer in the Nuclear Age: A Conversation with Margaret LaurenceIn this short film, internationally acclaimed author Margaret Laurence passionately addresses several issues related to peace: the social responsibility of the writer; language usage and reality; jarg...www.nfb.ca

“‘I don’t think that’s very realistic,’ said the artist, who was serving as a volunteer from an Irish American service society. ‘This was a jet engine, not a propeller plane.’ ‘I’d like them anyway,’ the woman said. ‘Just do what you can.’”

Lots of big talk about digital sovereignty from the Canadian federal government, but these Palantir deals show Solomon/Carney willingness to let the country rely on unscrupulous US tech companies. ( @jeff.doctor curating stories )

“the real policy question is increasingly shifting from whether Canadian businesses will use AI to whether they can turn rapidly expanding use into meaningful gains. Canadian AI policy should begin with that question, not an adoption crisis that the government’s own data has already overtaken.”

This sentence captures my entire scholarly field.

I’m shocked.

This is the best writing I’ve read in years. Its clarity, force, urgency, self-awareness, and zero-fucks-given honesty is jaw-droppingly impressive. lareviewofbooks.org/article/dang...

A Better World Is Not Possible | Los Angeles Review of BooksDid the Weather Underground have a point?lareviewofbooks.org

Fantastic @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social interview by Piya Chattopadhyay with Simon Pare-Poupart (Montreal garbage collector & sociologist) discussing his sharp & witty memoir “Trash! A Garbageman's Story”. bookshop.org/p/books/tras... www.cbc.ca/radio/sunday...

The Sunday Magazine for June 28, 2026 | CBC RadioRob Russo and Shannon Proudfoot break down the politics of the CUSMA joint review, Jo Wimpenny explores the lesser-known merits of animals we often loathe, Simon Paré-Poupart reflects on what his care...www.cbc.ca

If you’re not using your personal celebrity or status or wealth to fight MAGA right now, what are you even doing? www.nytimes.com/2026/06/28/o... My @knightcolumbia.org piece argues similar: knightcolumbia.org/blog/is-indi...

Opinion | If These Celebrities Are Democracy’s Last Hope, We’re in Troublewww.nytimes.com

Silly example but matters for news -- media partnerships can impose error-prone AI. "'Meta auto-enrolled us in an AI personalization tool that produced an inaccurate & inappropriate...image.' The REI spokesperson said the company unenrolled from the Meta tool." www.seattletimes.com/business/the...

Smart 🧵by @fieldsmeyer.com. A key skill is linking the authoritarian moves that have happened so quickly, have become normalized or forgotten at a dizzying pace, live in many places, & feel inevitable & irreversible. We urgently need dissident, persuasive, coherent stories that mobilize broadly.