Jonathan Kay
editor/podcaster. Book author. maker. alum/writer. . engineering. law
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The Mad Dash: Pot of Gold Dash
YouTube 52m 1 tweets
This is the full Pot of Gold dash which if we had attempted it would be the second dash.
Jonathan Kay CBC has also released this teaser clip from their exciting 2020 lineup 52m
Can Family Feud save the CBC? Survey says …
The Globe and Mail 1h 1 tweets
As its ratings fall and the future of its government support faces uncertainty, CBC-TV brings a Canadian version of the popular game show to prime time, hoping to come up with a winning answer that will make even the skeptics cheer
Jonathan Kay this is a network that is out of ideas. 1h
No way out: How a mother is fighting to keep her Indigenous children out of care
The Globe and Mail 7h 2 tweets
Two years after a ‘stupid’ incident brought child welfare workers to her door, a B.C. woman is still fighting a system that all too often tears apart Indigenous families. Nancy Macdonald follows the struggle to bring her kids home
Jonathan Kay this story, on A1 of today's , emphasizes the indigenous angle. That's obviously important. But read it, & u learn the whole ordeal began when police arrested the husband for a non-existent assault. This now happens often, & not just to FN men 1h
Trans activists are making life harder for trans people
The Spectator 6h 2 tweets
This was the year that the word ‘non-binary’ went mainstream. It has now officially entered the dictionary — lexicographers at Collins have defined the term as ‘a gender or sexual identity that does…
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Jonathan Kay Great piece by a trans woman, explaining how trans extremism is making life harder for trans people. Just about everyone wants to make life easier for people with gender dysphoria. But demanding that everyone attest that 2+2=5 isn't helping anyone. 4h
Britain's Labour Party Got Woke—And Now It's Broke
Quillette 26h 8 tweets
The Conservatives’ resounding victory in yesterday’s British General Election won’t come as a surprise to anyone who spent time canvassing in the ‘Red Wall.’ That’s the name given to a thick wedge of seats in the Midlands and North of England, some...
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Jonathan Kay Great piece by explains why left wing parties are in trouble not just in UK, but in NAmerica as well. coalition between blue collar workers & white collar hashtaghers has broken down, & hashtaggers can't win the popular vote... 8h
PODCAST 67: Toby Young on Boris Johnson's Victory in the UK General Election
Quillette 9h 3 tweets
Toby Young talks to Jonathan Kay about the Conservatives’ victory in the UK General Election in which Labour suffered its worst defeat since 1935. Toby wrote about the election recently in Quillette. Related
Jonathan Kay If you're trying to make sense of Boris Johnson's UK elxn win, tune in to my intvu with . (Among the new things I learned: has an endearing fascination with manhole covers, & makes rubbings of unusual specimens he sees) 8h
Antifa's deadly year shows the extremism on the far left | Opinion
Newsweek 46h 4 tweets
The threats from the far right are real and undeniable, but there is far-left violence, too. Americans don't seem to recognize that.
Correction: Gliske, “A New Theory of Gender Dysphoria Incorporating the Distress, Social Behavioral, and Body-Ownership Networks”
eNeuro 55h 3 tweets
Correction for “A New Theory of Gender Dysphoria Incorporating the Distress, Social Behavioral, and Body-Ownership Networks,” by Stephen V. Gliske, first published December 2, 2019. Upon initial publication of the manuscript version of this...
‎The James Altucher Show: 514 - Have More Fun… It Helps You Become More Strategic in Business & Life: Jonathan Kay on How Game Playing Make You Sharper, Quicker & More Capable on Apple Podcasts
Apple Podcasts 33h 1 tweets
‎Show The James Altucher Show, Ep 514 - Have More Fun… It Helps You Become More Strategic in Business & Life: Jonathan Kay on How Game Playing Make You Sharper, Quicker & More Capable - Dec 12, 2019
Jonathan Kay I visited 's comedy club & studio in NYC and sat down for an interview about my new co-authored book of essays about the meaning of boardgames. Turns out is a chess master The podcast episode is here ... Warning: almost 2 hours ! 33h
Canadian Women's Sex-based Rights | caWsbar
Template1 52h 2 tweets
Canadian Women's Sex-Based Rights (caWsbar) is working to preserve the rights and protections of women and girls, as enshrined in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (Section 15). These sex-based Charter rights an
Head above water
The Signal 55h 1 tweets
How the Canadian magazine industry remains afloat in the digital age
University of Toronto law school dean apologizes for assignment that used ‘troubling’ Indigenous stereotypes
The Globe and Mail 58h 8 tweets
The first-year assignment involved a hypothetical scenario in which Indigenous parents have their three children placed in care following drug and alcohol issues
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Jonathan Kay Zero-backbone UToronto law school leadership apologizes because a prof assigned a fact pattern based on tragically common real-life situation, as a means to instruct students in regard to a legal provision intended to help indigenous people. 45h
Jonathan Kay "[The] executive director of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society and a leading advocate for Indigenous children in the child welfare system... found nothing problematic." Yet the dean apologizes anyway. Mortifying moment for 32h
Jonathan Kay ... Keep in mind that the exec director of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society herself declared that the assignment was fine. Also note that the point of the assignment was...to TRAIN LAWYERS TO HELP INDIGENOUS CLIENTS KEEP THEIR CHILDREN 24h
The Kelsey Coalition - A Concerned Medical Student Speaks Out
The Kelsey Coalition 55h 3 tweets
A Concerned Medical Student Speaks Out
Create Dangerously: Albert Camus and the Power and Responsibility of the Artist
Quillette 3d 3 tweets
On December 14, 1957, only four days after he had delivered his acceptance speech for the Nobel Prize in Literature, Albert Camus gave another speech in Sweden, this time at Uppsala University, called “Create Dangerously: The Power and...
PODCAST 66: Alireza Nader on the Political Unrest in Iran and the Regime's Brutal Crackdown
Quillette 3d 1 tweets
Alireza Nader, Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, talks to Jonathan Kay about the recent political protests in Iran and the regime’s brutal response. Related
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Jonathan Kay New : My interview with Iran expert Alireza Nader on the fallout from the Iran protests and the future of the regime 3d
Should trans women voluntarily stay out of women’s sports?
Jillian Page - Jillian Page 3d 1 tweets
It seems a no-brainer: something is causing transgenderism beyond simple lifestyle choices. The causes have been studied for decades, with biological factors being the primary suspects along with e…
Your Move [Book] Review – You Won’t Be Board
Gamezebo.com 3d 1 tweets
<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Here at Gamezebo we love board games. In fact we'd like to cover more of them, especially as it's a part of the gaming industry little spoken about in video-game circles other than the occasional pricey digital...
Jonathan Kay Thanks to and for this kind review of my new co-authored book, "Your Move" 3d
Whales Are People Too
The Walrus 138d 2 tweets
Could granting legal personhood save an endangered species?
Fight for Academic Freedom of Speech to discuss Sex and Gender
CrowdJustice 5d 6 tweets
I'm an artist who was silenced by a University for speaking out about women's rights & gender id on social media. I'm fighting for academic freedom and the right to discuss gender without prejudice.
Jonathan Kay Please consider offering your support via 4d
Transgender homicide rate ‘remarkably low’ despite cries of ‘national epidemic’
The Washington Times 6d 3 tweets
Calls to combat a purported epidemic of killings targeting transgender people, especially women of color, are rising, even though U.S. data indicates that people who identify as members of the opposite sex are less likely to end up as homicide...