JenLei
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I-can’t-find-locator, it’s-not-working-fixer, fan-of-things
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New MMI piece: We look at the 3.5 million people in Canada who live in a home that is too small to meet their needs, and how a mismanaged push by governments and urban planners towards densification is at odds with the human right to housing.
Read here: www.missingmiddleini...
Read here: www.missingmiddleini...
November 11, 2025 at 12:34 PM
New MMI piece: We look at the 3.5 million people in Canada who live in a home that is too small to meet their needs, and how a mismanaged push by governments and urban planners towards densification is at odds with the human right to housing.
Read here: www.missingmiddleini...
Read here: www.missingmiddleini...
🇨🇦 can we do this poll here?
I’m now very curious.
I’m now very curious.
📕 With the Booker Prize winner set to be announced tonight, how does voting intention vary by favourite book genre. Reform’s highest score is with fans of horror, while Labour enjoys a landslide lead among fans of self-help books. *Read* into that what you will.
November 10, 2025 at 12:32 PM
🇨🇦 can we do this poll here?
I’m now very curious.
I’m now very curious.
We have a 100+ year old book that is a photographic history of WWI. Students are mesmerized by it.
How did they take the photos?
Could they zoom?
Is that a cannon?
Are those *real* dead people?
Why isn’t anything in colour?
Look at the moustaches!!!
We read the captions & learn together.
How did they take the photos?
Could they zoom?
Is that a cannon?
Are those *real* dead people?
Why isn’t anything in colour?
Look at the moustaches!!!
We read the captions & learn together.
a field of red and yellow flowers with a white sky in the background
Alt: a field of red poppies with a white sky in the background
media.tenor.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:17 AM
We have a 100+ year old book that is a photographic history of WWI. Students are mesmerized by it.
How did they take the photos?
Could they zoom?
Is that a cannon?
Are those *real* dead people?
Why isn’t anything in colour?
Look at the moustaches!!!
We read the captions & learn together.
How did they take the photos?
Could they zoom?
Is that a cannon?
Are those *real* dead people?
Why isn’t anything in colour?
Look at the moustaches!!!
We read the captions & learn together.
Being a terminally nonsportsball person, I had to ask a group of kids today to clarify what the #Bluejays player’s name was that I kept hearing.
Me: His name *isn’t* Boba Fett, right?
Me: His name *isn’t* Boba Fett, right?
October 29, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Being a terminally nonsportsball person, I had to ask a group of kids today to clarify what the #Bluejays player’s name was that I kept hearing.
Me: His name *isn’t* Boba Fett, right?
Me: His name *isn’t* Boba Fett, right?
There are lots of things in education world that seem to be up for discussion. Those that get traction usually astonish me because they are by no means universal, but the people experiencing them think that they are.
1 Ministry: 72 Boards
And each one different www.ontario.ca/page/educati...
1 Ministry: 72 Boards
And each one different www.ontario.ca/page/educati...
Education facts
Find data about school boards, schools, student enrolment, school educators and funding of elementary and secondary schools. Data is for the 2023–2024 school year, as of September 20, 2024.
www.ontario.ca
October 10, 2025 at 11:45 AM
There are lots of things in education world that seem to be up for discussion. Those that get traction usually astonish me because they are by no means universal, but the people experiencing them think that they are.
1 Ministry: 72 Boards
And each one different www.ontario.ca/page/educati...
1 Ministry: 72 Boards
And each one different www.ontario.ca/page/educati...
This. Whole. Thread. 🧵
A striking thing about articles I’ve read claiming to “study the effects” of generative AI on student writing skills and consumption of information is that (1) they nearly always find the effects are negative and (2) most “conclusions” are still written assuming that we must use AI, for some reason.
October 9, 2025 at 11:40 PM
This. Whole. Thread. 🧵
Watch the Jane Goodall doc.
Just watch it.
Whole-hearted recommendation from me.
Just watch it.
Whole-hearted recommendation from me.
October 8, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Watch the Jane Goodall doc.
Just watch it.
Whole-hearted recommendation from me.
Just watch it.
Whole-hearted recommendation from me.
October 1, 2025 at 9:10 PM
September 29, 2025 at 11:44 AM
I enjoyed a bagel so delectably fine on Friday that I haven’t stopped thinking about it. Lamentably, the bakery is closed on Mondays.
But Tuesday before work I am grabbing a half dozen.
But Tuesday before work I am grabbing a half dozen.
September 29, 2025 at 1:54 AM
I enjoyed a bagel so delectably fine on Friday that I haven’t stopped thinking about it. Lamentably, the bakery is closed on Mondays.
But Tuesday before work I am grabbing a half dozen.
But Tuesday before work I am grabbing a half dozen.
Today at recess a gr7 student said to me:
“6 7 am I right?”
Me: I would love for you to write me a 67 word paper in 6-7 minutes explaining whether or not you are. Thanks for volunteering! 😁
Gr7 Bros:
“6 7 am I right?”
Me: I would love for you to write me a 67 word paper in 6-7 minutes explaining whether or not you are. Thanks for volunteering! 😁
Gr7 Bros:
a man in a suit and tie is making a surprised face and says `` woah ! that was a good one ! ''
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is making a surprised face and says `` woah ! that was a good one ! ''
media.tenor.com
September 23, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Today at recess a gr7 student said to me:
“6 7 am I right?”
Me: I would love for you to write me a 67 word paper in 6-7 minutes explaining whether or not you are. Thanks for volunteering! 😁
Gr7 Bros:
“6 7 am I right?”
Me: I would love for you to write me a 67 word paper in 6-7 minutes explaining whether or not you are. Thanks for volunteering! 😁
Gr7 Bros:
So is he…Willy? Jamie’s deceased elder brother? Who gave him the carved snake?
September 15, 2025 at 1:24 AM
So is he…Willy? Jamie’s deceased elder brother? Who gave him the carved snake?
Greg Wise! You’re in both #Buccaneers
His dance with the Dowager Duchess! Adorable
His dance with the Dowager Duchess! Adorable
September 11, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Greg Wise! You’re in both #Buccaneers
His dance with the Dowager Duchess! Adorable
His dance with the Dowager Duchess! Adorable
I was absolutely certain that baby would be a [redacted] and now despite 25 years+ of notes on time travel and family genealogies I am without a theory as to who that baby is. Had it been a [redacted] I would have plenty—and good ones! But now 🤷🏼♀️ #OutlanderBOMB
September 6, 2025 at 2:02 AM
I was absolutely certain that baby would be a [redacted] and now despite 25 years+ of notes on time travel and family genealogies I am without a theory as to who that baby is. Had it been a [redacted] I would have plenty—and good ones! But now 🤷🏼♀️ #OutlanderBOMB
This is not secularism,
this is anti-religion and anti-faith and it makes my blood boil.
this is anti-religion and anti-faith and it makes my blood boil.
Archbishop of Montreal says Quebec’s ban on public prayer violates fundamental freedoms - The head of the Archdiocese of Montreal says Quebec’s plan to table legislation to ban praying in public is an impractical and discriminatory affront to fundamental freedoms.
Archbishop of Montreal says Quebec’s ban on public prayer violates fundamental freedoms
The head of the Archdiocese of Montreal says Quebec’s plan to table legislation to ban praying in public is an impractical and discriminatory affront to fundamental freedoms.
bit.ly
September 1, 2025 at 5:49 PM
This is not secularism,
this is anti-religion and anti-faith and it makes my blood boil.
this is anti-religion and anti-faith and it makes my blood boil.
Canadian author whose work was used without permission to train META? #CanLit
Class action link here
www.cfmlawyers.ca/class-action...
Class action link here
www.cfmlawyers.ca/class-action...
Meta AI Copyright - CFM Lawyers
www.cfmlawyers.ca
August 14, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Canadian author whose work was used without permission to train META? #CanLit
Class action link here
www.cfmlawyers.ca/class-action...
Class action link here
www.cfmlawyers.ca/class-action...
Friends, I adore it.
August 14, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Friends, I adore it.
The _Great_Authors_
are
those
whose works are great
to YOU.
Read what you like:
what engages you,
what informs you,
what inspires you.
❤️📚
are
those
whose works are great
to YOU.
Read what you like:
what engages you,
what informs you,
what inspires you.
❤️📚
August 11, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The _Great_Authors_
are
those
whose works are great
to YOU.
Read what you like:
what engages you,
what informs you,
what inspires you.
❤️📚
are
those
whose works are great
to YOU.
Read what you like:
what engages you,
what informs you,
what inspires you.
❤️📚
I had to read The Hobbit in high school and this was precisely why I couldn’t get into Tolkien as a whole.
Look—there’s lots to enjoy about “classics” if you organically find them. But we aren’t conditioned anymore to walk into a bookshop/library and just BROWSE.
Look—there’s lots to enjoy about “classics” if you organically find them. But we aren’t conditioned anymore to walk into a bookshop/library and just BROWSE.
As usual, I must point out that I tossed the LOTR books out a window when I was 11 because there were no girls in them. 😂
I was fortunate to have found women writing books that saw me, but few of those end up on the "classics" lists.
"Classics" tend to see one type of person only. 🤷🏻♀️
I was fortunate to have found women writing books that saw me, but few of those end up on the "classics" lists.
"Classics" tend to see one type of person only. 🤷🏻♀️
Yes I would but that's because I happen to think the Ring novels are a real slog. They bored me as a kid and are, charitably, not my cup of tea as an adult. I vastly prefer the movies, which I think work better as vehicles for the story. This is, I acknowledge, a controversial stance.
August 11, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I had to read The Hobbit in high school and this was precisely why I couldn’t get into Tolkien as a whole.
Look—there’s lots to enjoy about “classics” if you organically find them. But we aren’t conditioned anymore to walk into a bookshop/library and just BROWSE.
Look—there’s lots to enjoy about “classics” if you organically find them. But we aren’t conditioned anymore to walk into a bookshop/library and just BROWSE.
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I started off by reading books I found in bookstores that sounded cool. Why would you ever want to do anything different? It's not sci-fi class. It's just reading. Read books. Any books. Literally any book you want to read. What a wild idea.
August 11, 2025 at 1:21 PM
I started off by reading books I found in bookstores that sounded cool. Why would you ever want to do anything different? It's not sci-fi class. It's just reading. Read books. Any books. Literally any book you want to read. What a wild idea.
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If I have to explain to you why it's a bad idea to use a machine that makes shit up 15-80% of the time AND destroys the environment AND contributes to rising fascism and genocide AND puts brilliant skillful creatives out of work by stealing their work, then we're already speaking different languages
August 6, 2025 at 1:01 AM
If I have to explain to you why it's a bad idea to use a machine that makes shit up 15-80% of the time AND destroys the environment AND contributes to rising fascism and genocide AND puts brilliant skillful creatives out of work by stealing their work, then we're already speaking different languages
We all know we shouldn’t judge books by their covers, however, I personally do not like or respond with engagement to current book cover trends. Browsing library Libby shelves and just turned off by all of the pastel-melon cartoons and black-cover florals with stark shimmery 3-wore fonts.
August 6, 2025 at 11:24 AM
We all know we shouldn’t judge books by their covers, however, I personally do not like or respond with engagement to current book cover trends. Browsing library Libby shelves and just turned off by all of the pastel-melon cartoons and black-cover florals with stark shimmery 3-wore fonts.
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The focus on "AI Literacy" is particularly baffling, because guess what: it's just literacy! You can't use LLMs reliably unless you know what you're talking about. And the best way to actually learn something is to—you guess it—do your own work instead of having Chat-GPT do it for you.
August 5, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The focus on "AI Literacy" is particularly baffling, because guess what: it's just literacy! You can't use LLMs reliably unless you know what you're talking about. And the best way to actually learn something is to—you guess it—do your own work instead of having Chat-GPT do it for you.
Summer lunch delight:
grilled cheese sandwich with mango-chili chutney dip
🤤
grilled cheese sandwich with mango-chili chutney dip
🤤
July 8, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Summer lunch delight:
grilled cheese sandwich with mango-chili chutney dip
🤤
grilled cheese sandwich with mango-chili chutney dip
🤤