Sasha Rubick
Backlash reportedly not the British Museum’s tea and crumpets
June 22, 2026By: Sasha Rubick, Fact Checker In 2025, the British Museum unveiled an online exhibit titled Colonialism: A Digital Experience. The paywalled, by-subscription-only website was created to make stolen artifacts more accessible, and held the controversial mission statement, “History belongs to everyone, as long as it is nailed to the floor in London.” After facing severe backlash, the museum has released a statement, which is as follows: In the spirit of democracy that Britain has historically propagated worldwide via peaceful invasion, the British Museum welcomes socratic dialogue. An itty-bitty verbal tiff between neoliberals — why, that’s our tea and crumpets! But…
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SFUnexplained: Disappearing service tickets
February 16, 2026By: Sasha Rubick, SFU Student You can’t throw a rock at SFU without hitting an abandoned facilities services project. We all know that sign, posted in SFU letterhead, adhered with masking tape: “a service ticket has been submitted.” It mocks…
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Hey kid, how do I get to the Lorne Davies Complex?
December 18, 2025By: Sasha Rubick, SFU Student It’s 9 o’clock on a Saturday, cloudy, and campus is deserted. The commuter students fled home yesterday, and the Burnaby campus residents are hunkered down in their concrete boxes. I’m headed home to my dorm,…
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SFUnexplained: What’s hiding behind the surface of the reflecting pond?
November 11, 2025By: Sasha Rubick, SFU Student It’s easy to disregard the SFU reflecting pond when you walk past it every day. But here at The Peak, we wear tin foil hats to pitch meetings and curate evidence boards. That’s how real…
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Mark Carney wants AI flight attendants for Air Canada
November 8, 2025By: Sasha Rubick, SFU Student The Air Canada strike may be over, but the lingering reasons for the strike aren’t resolved — or are they? Recently, 10,000 flight attendants hit the bricks in protest of low wages and unpaid labour,…
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