Jonathan Kay
editor+podcast. now & then. Book author/ghostwriter etc Engineering/ Law. Tweets expire monthly
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1860: Railways on the Isle of Wight
BoardGameGeek 88d 1 tweets
A game tracing the development of railways on the Isle of Wight, 1860 is part of the 18xx series of economic railway games, based on Francis Tresham's original concepts. The game is notable for the small size of the board compared to many 18xx...
Jonathan Kay played 1860: Railways on the Isle of Wight for second time yesterday. An unusual 18xx game for several reasons.... One of the few that plays ideally at 3p, and even works at 2p. Allows 100% ownership, no-director companies & insolvent ops. Length = ~6 hrs 88d
Hate crime bill: Hate talk in homes ‘must be prosecuted’
Thetimes.co.uk 89d 17 tweets
Conversations over the dinner table that incite hatred must be prosecuted under Scotland’s hate crime law, the justice secretary has said.Journalists and theatre directors should also face the courts
PODCAST 118: Novelist Lionel Shriver talks to Toby Young about intellectual conformity, being a lockdown sceptic and her new book
Quillette 90d 2 tweets
Literary superstar Lionel Shriver talks to Toby Young about the pandemic, the rush to embrace Covid orthodoxy by politicians and scientists, and the suppression of dissenting voices by big tech and…
Kelly Kean Sharp: Chicana?
Medium 89d 8 tweets
I have watched the unmasking of CV Vitolo and Jessica Krug from afar. But when an old friend pointed me to the twitter bio of Dr. Kelly…
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Jonathan Kay If campuses are full of white supremacy, why are white people pretending to be non-white, as opposed to vice versa? 89d
This artist's queer tarot deck is rethinking the gender binary depicted in traditional cards | CBC Arts
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Flossy Roxx didn't see themselves in the imagery of tarot, but their new deck is changing that.
A Letter from the Black Curators Forum to Contemporary Art Institutions and Organizations across This Land Called Canada
Canadian Art 89d 1 tweets
Jonathan Kay What is "this land called Canada" of which you speak ? 89d
An Interim Update from Canadian Art
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Free Thought Live - Quillette
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  Event date: Saturday 26 September – 12PM AEST & 2PM NZT | Friday 25 September – 7PM ET & 9PM PT HOW IT WORKS Our main aim with this series is to facilitate honest conversations about some of the most pressing issues of our time, having as many...
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Jonathan Kay Our next Free Thought Live event will be on Nov 21, and feature 's 90d
Best Canadian Essays 2020 (trade paper) - Biblioasis
Biblioasis 90d 1 tweets
“This book—like most that have found their way into the world this fall—began life in the Before Times,” writes editor Sarmishta Subramanian. Written and first published by leading magazines and journals in 2019, the essays selected here speak with...
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Jonathan Kay A friend of mine just got his copy of Best Canadian Essays of 2020, & I was delighted to see it includes 's great piece on the free expression rights of Palestinian activists on campus. Thank you to & editor . 90d
PODCAST 119: Cult Expert and Deprogrammer Rick Ross on NXIVM, Founder Keith Raniere, And the Many Tactics Cults Use to Exploit the Unwary
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Trump Had One Last Story to Sell. The Wall Street Journal Wouldn’t Buy It.
Nytimes.com 91d 55 tweets
Inside the White House’s secret, last-ditch effort to change the narrative, and the election — and the return of the media gatekeepers.
Standard of proof higher for BIPOC experiences with racism, say WLU professor
KitchenerToday.com 91d 1 tweets
Many end up not sharing their stories all together out of worry it may be dismissed all together
What Divides Us Is Class, Not Race
Quillette 93d 3 tweets
Black lives matter. It’s become a rallying cry for those seeking social and racial justice. These three words express the idea, symbolized by the death of George Floyd, that race defines the fault …
White gay culture gets the scathing, inventive and, somehow, live reckoning it needs in Circle Jerk | CBC Arts
CBC 95d 2 tweets
A considerable feat in virtual theatre (and no, not via Zoom), this chaotically gay show should not be missed.
Barbara Kay: Transgender sports policies have thrown fair play out the window
National Post 94d 2 tweets
Athletes who are genetically male are, on average, 40 per cent heavier, 15 per cent faster and 25-50 per cent stronger than those born female
Solar farm
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3052 votes and 80310 views on Imgur: The magic of the Internet
Jonathan Kay: White guy heroically calls racism on Asian and Latin-American women
National Post 93d 3 tweets
Saskatchewan author Adam Pottle is breaking new ground as a cancel-culture soloist by cancelling his own book
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Jonathan Kay In my latest for , I write about the groundbreaking cancel-culture onanist who's trying to cancel ... himself. 93d
Ridiculox: Schools Are Adopting Gender Neutral Alternative To The Gender Neutral “Alumni”
JONATHAN TURLEY 94d 1 tweets
Most colleges and universities have committed themselves to being more inclusive environments in recent years, including the replacement of certain terms with gender neutral alternatives. This effo…
How the 9/11 Conspiracy Documentary ‘Loose Change’ Changed the Way Misinformation Spreads
Inside Edition 93d 1 tweets
A 21-year-old aspiring filmmaker, Daniel Avery, falsely claimed in the film “Loose Change,” that the U.S. government helped carry out the attacks.
UPDATED: Squamish Meet in the Middle Anti-Racism Virtual Summit to be held in November
Squamish Chief 94d 1 tweets
UPDATE: Since The Chief published the story, a difference in policies has emerged that has led the two main organizers to host separate events. The Community Anti-Racism Town Hall, hosted by . . .
Jonathan Kay organizers of an anti-racist jamboree in Squamish had a fight. So now it's 2 separate events. I don't speak anti-racism dialect fluently enuf to understand the agenda. But apparently "being a settler is a choice." Does this mean we can *become* indigenous? 94d