Jonathan Kay
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More Than 200 People Are Dead After Multiple Explosions In Sri Lanka On Easter Sunday
Jane Lytvynenko 🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️ - BuzzFeed News 38h 1 tweets
Six of the blasts simultaneously targeted churches and five-star hotels.
How Not to Have a Constructive Debate
jo livingstone - The New Republic 6h 4 tweets
The left is often criticized for shutting down debate. But is productive debate even possible when we can't agree on the terms?
Alessandro Strumia: Another Politically-Correct Witch-Hunt, or a More Complicated Story?
Quillette 5h 5 tweets
In recent and even not-so-recent years, the quest for gender balance in science and technology has taken some troubling turns—from the collection of male scalps over trifling offenses (such as the pillorying of British physicist Matt Taylor over a...
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Jonathan Kay Good piece by has been covering both sides of this story 3h
Drop ‘dehumanizing’ mental health assessments for trans youth wanting body-altering hormone therapy, McGill bioethicist argues
Andrew Coyne - National Post 9h 5 tweets
Activist Florence Ashley argues trans youth and adults wanting to modify their bodies shouldn’t be forced to undergo mental health assessments first
Jonathan Kay The bioethicist argues that many cases of "gender dysphoria" should be rebranded as "gender *euphoria*" because of the joy etc 8h
A letter from our coalition
Medium 9h 1 tweets
We are writing to request the resignation of Christian Beckwith, Executive Director, from SHIFT and the Emerging Leaders Program (ELP).
Jonathan Kay At a meeting, an executive director of an organization discloses that he hasn't gone through "diversity, equity, and/or inclusion (DEI) training." Result of meeting: Attendees endure apparent nervous breakdown, contemplate suicide. 9h
SHIFT board backs director in dustup
Jackson Hole News&Guide 9h 1 tweets
An imbroglio that simmered largely out of public view for months since the SHIFT festival in October bubbled up again last week when a “Won’t Take Shift Anymore” campaign called
Jonathan Kay At a meeting, an executive director of an organization discloses that he hasn't gone through "diversity, equity, and/or inclusion (DEI) training." Result of meeting: Attendees endure apparent nervous breakdown, contemplate suicide. 9h
Elizabeth May’s wedding dress is a ‘walk through a garden’ on Earth Day | The Star
thestar.com 15h 1 tweets
The Green party leader and British Columbia entrepreneur John Kidder will exchange wedding vows Monday afternoon at Christ Church Cathedral in Victoria, and May will be adorning more greenery than just a bouquet.
Why Brilliant Girls Tend to Favor Non-STEM Careers
Psychology Today 320d 5 tweets
This essay is about bias, but not the bias you think.
I stabbed a Toronto raccoon. Do not do that | The Star
thestar.com 15h 4 tweets
Here’s what it feels like to stab a raccoon. It is instantly awful, like stabbing a live, furry airport tarmac. I made no impression whatsoever.
Jonathan Kay That batcrap happy-hour piece by Heather Mallick about some raccoon she manhandled... it ends with 100 words of non-sequitur schadenfreude about some random troll she wanted to own...in which she misery-brags about being paid to write: 5h
Statement by the Prime Minister on the terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka
Prime Minister of Canada 15h 1 tweets
The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today issued the following statement on the terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka:“I was shocked and saddened to hear of the devastating terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka, which have claimed the lives of more than two...
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Jonathan Kay I appreciate the specific reference in 's message to the targeting of Christians. It's proper to focus on victims, not attackers. Murderous jihadis do not represent their faith any more than white supremacist nuts represent western societies. 15h
Quotation of the Day: New Jersey Governor Proposes 20-Fold Increase in Gun Ownership Fees
Nytimes.com 15h 1 tweets
Quotation of the Day for Monday, April 22, 2019.
Jonathan Kay A 20-fold increase in fees sounds like a lot, until you realize that the cost of a firearm-ownership permit is .... 2$. 15h
Finland’s Hobbyhorse Girls, Once a Secret Society, Now Prance in Public
Nytimes.com 41h 5 tweets
For years, a subculture of teenage hobbyhorse enthusiasts flourished under the radar. Now the craze is a national export, and a celebration of girlhood.
Jonathan Kay Non-ironic hobbyhorse competitions are now Finland's answer to air guitar tournaments 15h
16 year old Selina Soule Speaks Up: Fairness in Sports, Media Retaliation and the Equality Act
جوليا ديانا Julia Diana Robertson - The Velvet Chronicle 4d 2 tweets
"Selina Soule explains that Terry Miller and Andraya Yearwood have an unfair advantage—She's speaking for girls who are 'afraid to speak up because of retaliation from the media, school officials, and coaches.' "
Why We Should Read Nietzsche
Quillette 24h 2 tweets
In Ecce Homo, the autobiographical self-examination written shortly before his descent into madness on the streets of Turin in 1889, Nietzsche cheekily opined that he was a “destiny.” It must have seemed like an almost tragic act of...
The Right’s New Rallying Cry in Finland: ‘Climate Hysteria’
Nytimes.com 10d 13 tweets
With the immigration issue losing some of its sizzle, populists are now capitalizing on fears of climate activism by liberal, urban elites.
Jonathan Kay Finnish conservative party is apparently doing well on "Vote for us or your pet gets it" 25h
Georgia Engel, Gentle-Voiced ‘Mary Tyler Moore’ Actress, Is Dead at 70
Nytimes.com 7d 4 tweets
After gaining fame as the blustery newsman Ted Baxter’s love interest, Ms. Engel went on to “Everybody Loves Raymond” and more.
Jonathan Kay Georgia Engel, who played Ted Baxter's wife Georgette on The Mary Tyler Moore show, has passed away. apparently she was a Christian scientist who didn't go to doctors, so they don't know how she died 26h
Flyers Statement on Kate Smith
Philadelphia Flyers - NHL.com 36h 1 tweets
Flyers Statement on Kate Smith
Jordan Peterson vs Slavoj ŽiŞek was more a performance than a debate
NOW Magazine - NOW Magazine 28h 1 tweets
The Prima Donna from Tranna and the Hot Lava from Ljubljana debated capitalism, Marxism and happiness, but not much ground was gained on either side
Jonathan Kay If you ignore the boilerplate anti-Peterson snideness at the front and back ends, and focus on the middle bits, this is actually a fun piece 28h
‘Citizens don’t feel safe’ as hate fills Edmonton’s streets | The Star
thestar.com 3d 3 tweets
Far-right groups are making a show of force in Edmonton and have been clashing with masked counter protesters every Saturday.
Jonathan Kay 15 chanting morons traumatize entire city. Apparently. 30h
The Fool and the Madman
Jacobinmag.com 55h 5 tweets
Last night, Jordan Peterson spouted nonsense about Marxism. And Slavoj ŽiŞek reminded us of how deep into liberal pessimism he's fallen.
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Jonathan Kay The review of the / Zizek debate is exactly what you would hope and expect. 34h