Jonathan Kay
editor/podcaster. columnist. Author/Ghostwriter. -er. Boardgamer. . Eng./ Law
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Justice for Andy Ngo - The Center For American Liberty
Center for American Liberty - The Center For American Liberty 14h 6 tweets
Journalist Andy Ngo was assaulted in Portland on June 29th, 2019 by members of Antifa
Suddenly, Public Health Officials Say Social Justice Matters More Than Social Distance
POLITICO 12h 20 tweets
For months, health experts told Americans to stay home. Now, many are encouraging the public to join mass protests.
Jonathan Kay "The experts maintain that their messages are consistent" 5h
Are Americans as stupid as we seem on Twitter?
The Forward 20h 1 tweets
People only rally when there’s another equally active side that opposes them.
Hub City Riot Ninjas
Tablet Magazine - Tablet Magazine 3d 15 tweets
A young overclass gets dressed up to join the burning
Jonathan Kay From Michael Lind / "members of groups like Antifa, the latest incarnation of the violent left, have always been pampered children of the white overclass…Your Mom and Dad had to have a lot of money, for you to take part in the Summer of Love” 14h
JK Rowling fell foul of transgender thought police
Thetimes.co.uk 57h 4 tweets
Covid-19 has put many things on hold, but not the transgender thought police. JK Rowling had been in their sights since Christmas when she tweeted her support for Maya Forstater, who had lost her job
Jonathan Kay I often see people tweeting about the need for Alliex to signal-boost tranx writerx. Well you're in luck: Here's a great piece by to spread far and wide. 15h
Convalescent Plasma Therapy and Clinical Improvement in Severe and Life-threatening COVID-19
Jamanetwork.com 42h 21 tweets
This randomized trial compares the effects of convalescent plasma therapy with standard care vs standard care alone on time to clinical improvement among patients with severe or life-threatening COVID-19 disease in China.
Jonathan Kay interesting (but disappointing) research in : Among patients with severe COVID-19, convalescent plasma therapy (i.e. treatment with antibody-containing blood from ppl who have recovered) offered no observanble clinical improvement 16h
Stockwell Day resigns from Telus board, law firm after comments about racism
Financial Post 16h 1 tweets
Telus said Day’s comments ‘are not reflective of the values and beliefs’ of the organization
Jonathan Kay Whatever u think of , the decision of & McMillan Binch to chuck him under the bus is bizarre. Day said Canada is, in the majority, a great, tolerant country. It's the *same* sales pitch & others make for canada every day 16h
A History of Violent Protest
Slate Magazine 40h 2 tweets
A nice, peaceful protest may not bring about the big structural change America needs.
Condemn this Violence without Equivocation - Quillette
Quillette 35h 23 tweets
I thank God that the brutal and senseless killing of George Floyd—an unarmed black man—by the white Minneapolis police officer, Derek Chauvin, was captured on video for all the world to see. That shocking episode provides irrefutable evidence—yet...
If Trudeau won’t stand up to Trump, how will regular people: Jagmeet Singh
Andrew Coyne - National Post 37h 1 tweets
Singh accused Trudeau of hypocrisy for calling on Canadians to do more to combat racism but refusing to condemn inflammatory remarks by Trump
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Jonathan Kay so great to hear describe politicians' moral obligation to follow their conscience when it comes to holding more powerful actors accountable. in unrelated news: remind me again when canadians get their parliamentary government back? 37h
Trudeau silent for full 20 seconds after he’s asked about Trump response to U.S. protests 
Andrew Coyne - National Post 43h 1 tweets
Trudeau’s pause — lips pursed, jaw working — was criticized on social media as merely performative given that he likely would have anticipated the question
Jonathan Kay this really was just super-weird 3 seconds is a pause 5 seconds is a brain feeeze 20 seconds is a firmware update 43h
LEGO IDEAS - Submit a Project
Ideas.lego.com 48h 1 tweets
LEGO IDEAS
Jonathan Kay the fan designer is Aymeric Fievet from France... and this set made the product line by getting 10K votes.... 48h
Anti-Racism Protests Versus COVID-19 Risk: 'I Wouldn't Weigh These Crises Separately'
NPR.org 3d 12 tweets
"White supremacy is a lethal public health issue that predates and contributes to COVID-19," public health experts say in an open letter as large protests erupt in cities across the United States.
Governor Cuomo Orders Nursing Homes To Admit Rioters
The Babylon Bee - The Babylon Bee 59h 1 tweets
ALBANY, NY—New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has ordered nursing homes to admit violent rioters and protesters throughout the state."If we are going to be compassionate, caring, and pro-science, we need to admit these oppressed individuals into every...
Is it really genocide? In Canada?
TVO.org 239d 2 tweets
Ian Campeau, Sarain Fox, Tanya Talaga, Jesse Wente and Riley Yesno look at the finding of genocide in the MMIWG inquiry's final report.
Jonathan Kay Just a few months, we were being told (on public TV channels no less) that "denying" the ongoing genocide in canada is *itself* a "tool" of genocide. we've gone from that to "huh, what genocide? oh right ...." in like 6 months. 57h
Trudeau won’t say whether Canada will apologize for history of slavery or pay reparations for systemic discrimination
The Globe and Mail 57h 1 tweets
Asked twice Tuesday why he hasn’t acted on recommendations made in a 2017 UN report and whether he will, the Prime Minister did not directly answer the questions and instead talked about other government initiatives
Jonathan Kay anyway, can u blame the press corps for now badgering JT about whether he'll give $ for reparations? it'll never happen, of course. but once a progressive politician folds on one issue (genocide), y not bug them on others? they pay out like slot machines 57h
Canada complicit in 'race-based genocide'
BBC News 368d 5 tweets
Canada is complicit in a "race-based genocide" against indigenous women, a government inquiry finds.
Jonathan Kay I'm not speaking figuratively. Canada is literally asking the world to put a self-admitted genocide state into the UN security council. & the fact that no one is even bringing this up shows how completely pointless & meaningless this discussion was in 2019 57h
Canada's efforts to get on the UN Security Council will likely end in failure
The Conversation 57h 1 tweets
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has campaigned hard to get Canada a seat at the UN Security Council but a variety of factors may thwart him.
Jonathan Kay few Canadians care if Canada gets a UN Security Council seat. But one weird aspect is that, as far as I know, Trudeau has never renounced his 2019 claim that Canada is perpetuating an ongoing genocide against MMIWG. You'd think that would be pertinent, no? 57h
Academic Freedom and Perceptions of Harm
Centre for Free Expression 3d 6 tweets
Carolyn Sale | Something very wrong has happened at the University of Alberta. A professor has been fired from part of her academic job for views on sex and gender that break with current orthodoxy. In late March, Kathleen Lowrey, an associate...
3 Concordia researchers collaborate to engage Indigenous knowledges in the study of physics
Concordia.ca 9d 2 tweets
A New Frontiers in Research Fund grant will support interdisciplinary approaches to decolonizing science.