Jonathan Kay
editor & podcaster. Book author. host. . Ex-coder/lawyer/. engineering. law.
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As American Lawyers Battle Over Speech Codes, Ontario Lawyers May Lead the Way
Cato Institute 5h 4 tweets
As the ABA keeps trying to push American lawyers toward a speech code, Ontario lawyers revolt against one.
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Jonathan Kay great to see get this American shoutout. identifies the Ontario compelled-speech SOP as being pretty much the perfect example of what American bar associations should avoid like the plague 2h
Colorado Supreme Court Upholds a Decision That Forced a Teenager to Register As a Sex Offender for Swapping Nude Selfies
Jacob Sullum - Reason.com 31h 4 tweets
That result "may strike some as unfair," the court says, but it's what state law required at the time.
Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, and Soon-Yi Previn: Everything you need to know about their history and relationships
Jacob Shamsian - INSIDER 9h 1 tweets
Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, and Soon-Yi Previn have a tangled Hollywood history that goes back 40 years. In 1991, Allen began a relationship with Previn, Farrow's adopted daughter. In 1992 Allen was accused of sexually assaulting Dylan Farrow. Now it's...
JK Rowling Confirms Stance Against Transgender Women
ᑭᕼᗩYᒪEᑎ - Medium 9h 2 tweets
It’s been a long time coming, but finally we have a definitive answer. JK Rowling is a TERF.
Jonathan Kay I read this manifesto accusing of transphobia, to see what crime she committed. Did she beat someone up with a golf club? Ban trans ppl from her book readings? Grow "TERF bangs"? Nope. She followed a Twitter account this blogger doesnt' like. 9h
Pride Toronto apologizes for land acknowledgement that 'failed to recognize' Indigenous people | CBC News
CBC 14h 1 tweets
Pride Toronto is apologizing for a land acknowledgement sign displayed over the weekend after hundreds took to Twitter to call out the organization for erasing Indigenous people and failing to properly recognize the origins of the territory on which...
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Jonathan Kay Meanwhile, on Planet Intersectionality, Toronto activists are ripping themselves to pieces over an allegedly botched land acknowledgment at Pride that was written by an Indigenous person, but apparently wasn't Indigenousy enough 14h
YOUR MOVE by Jonathan Kay , Joan Moriarity
Kirkus Reviews 23h 1 tweets
A nonfiction work explores society and culture through the lens of tabletop games.
Jonathan Kay here's the newly released of my new co-authored book about the life lessons from board games. It's being published in September, but I think you can pre-order it on amazon etc. They let you do that, right?... Man, I really need a publicist. 23h
Lobby Wrap: Group lobbying Ottawa to recognize stand-up comedy as ‘art form’
iPolitics 36h 1 tweets
A group representing stand-up comedians has tapped a lobbyist to help convince decision makers in Ottawa to recognize stand-up comedy as an “art form” to allow the performers to apply for “touring grants and album creation grants.” Sean Casey of...
Bernie Sanders Wants To Cancel All Student Debt and Make College Free, at a Cost of $2.2 Trillion
Robby Soave - Reason.com 34h 3 tweets
The Vermont senator is clearly trying to outdo his main progressive rival, Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
Revealed — the neighbours who taped Boris Johnson and Carrie Symonds’s quarrel
Andrew Gilligan - Thetimes.co.uk 3d 5 tweets
The neighbours who called police about a row between Boris Johnson and his partner are Tom Penn and Eve Leigh, a left-wing dramatist who boasted only a few days before that she had “given the...
Inequality Deputy Editor
Tnr.bamboohr.com 36h 2 tweets
INEQUALITY DEPUTY EDITOR, PART-TIME Long a champion of equality in all its guises, The New Republic is looking for a part-time editor to oversee a forthcoming inequality vertical. The editor will be expected to recruit and oversee columnists and...
Trans poet Jos Charles “rearranges the alphabet to survive its ferocity against her body”
Queerty.com 10d 2 tweets
By writing in a language resembling Middle English, Charles challenges the reader to reconsider the constraints we place around gender...
Is true decolonization possible if we are still a dominion? | CBC News
CBC 44h 1 tweets
The release of the report into missing and murdered Indigenous women raises broader questions about truly severing colonial ties, writes Prajwala Dixit.
Jonathan Kay not only are we a genocide state, but we also have to get rid of the queen. 44h
AmandaPL
Amandapl.blogspot.com 47h 1 tweets
Postmodern Woodlands Art
Jonathan Kay delighted to spend the evening attending a Toronto gallery exhibit of new works by painter Amanda PL. 47h
TDT # 610 - Procrastinating Polka | The Dice Tower
Dicetower.com 57h 1 tweets
Jonathan Kay binge listening to on a long drive to take my kids to camp. especially loved this ep. hosted by @425suzanne & . Very tightly focused on *the games*, without a lot of the chatty digressions u get on some boardgame podcasts... 57h
The End of an Era—A Feminist Firebrand Looks Back
Quillette 4d 6 tweets
After 9/11, I felt as if the Afghanistan I’d fled so long ago had followed me right into the future and into the West. That distant and dangerous country began to dominate American and European headlines. Muslim women started wearing burqas (head,...
Reddit - detrans - Have I ruined myself?
Reddit.com 3d 1 tweets
Jonathan Kay One of those heart-breaking stories that you're not supposed to talk about. 3d
UBC staff and students want presentation cancelled over concerns of hatred towards trans people | The Star
thestar.com 3d 4 tweets
Jenn Smith, scheduled to speak on Sunday at UBC, is opposed to LGBTQ-inclusive curriculums, calling them “patently absurd.”
Jonathan Kay Awful to see that reactionary transphobes are trying to shut down a speech at UBC by trans speaker Jenn Smith 3d
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Jonathan Kay Any news about what trans speaker Jenn Smith actually said at UBC yesterday? There were many articles cheering on the censorship campaign. But when UBC stood firm, the media lost interest...almost like this really had nothing to do with the actual content 37h
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Jonathan Kay I'm concerned about transphobia at . Jenn Smith is trans. But reporter is now *retroactively* editing her articles so as to dead-name Smith as a "man who dresses like a woman." Why is Tessa denying this person's right to exist? 34h
How a Feminist Prophet Became an Apostate—An Interview with Dr Phyllis Chesler
Quillette 4d 5 tweets
Dr Phyllis Chesler has never been afraid to be unpopular. During 60 years as an academic, feminist campaigner, and psychotherapist, she has frequently courted controversy. Her new memoir, A Politically Incorrect Feminist, details her experiences as...
Chief says police would have deployed differently if they were welcome at Pride
Cbc.ca 5d 4 tweets
Jonathan Kay Whoa. Cops can help stop violence? Do toronto's Pride organizers know about this? 3d
Safety kits distributed ahead of Pride parade in case attendees face confrontations with anti-LGBTQ protesters | The Star
thestar.com 3d 1 tweets
The 519 Church Street Community Centre is giving out kits to ensure festival revelers are safe and ready to face up to any hate groups or individuals if necessary.
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Jonathan Kay Be safe out there, folks. We have unconfirmed reports of an unidentified elderly lady distributing "Christ Be With You" pamphlets. If sighted, please stay calm, and notify the diversity reporter assigned to your parade quadrant. 3d