Juan Carlos Castro
@juancarloscastro.bsky.social
It feels like we are being invited to trade one coercive moral order for another. Once, the authority of the Catholic Church imposed uniform beliefs and obedience in Quebec. Today, a new system wants to mandate sameness, not in faith but in language, appearance, and conformity. tinyurl.com/82n35c9c
Update: Quebec's sweeping new secularism bill targets public prayer, but Christmas parties are OK
Institutions such as hospitals and daycares would not be permitted to offer an "exclusively" religious menu to clients.
montrealgazette.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:50 PM
It feels like we are being invited to trade one coercive moral order for another. Once, the authority of the Catholic Church imposed uniform beliefs and obedience in Quebec. Today, a new system wants to mandate sameness, not in faith but in language, appearance, and conformity. tinyurl.com/82n35c9c
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"We had a glimpse of what could be and most people failed to defend it because, truthfully, they wanted normal back too. Normal in this telling not being any kind of civic-minded freedom, but consumptive freedom. Freedom to restaurant & bar & comedy store":
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"We had a glimpse of what could be and most people failed to defend it because, truthfully, they wanted normal back too. Normal in this telling not being any kind of civic-minded freedom, but consumptive freedom. Freedom to restaurant & bar & comedy store":
open.substack.com/pub/donotpan...
How Influencer Leftists Failed On Covid
Covid was the biggest transfer of power from bosses to workers in 75 years.
open.substack.com
February 20, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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"We had a glimpse of what could be and most people failed to defend it because, truthfully, they wanted normal back too. Normal in this telling not being any kind of civic-minded freedom, but consumptive freedom. Freedom to restaurant & bar & comedy store":
open.substack.com/pub/donotpan...
"We had a glimpse of what could be and most people failed to defend it because, truthfully, they wanted normal back too. Normal in this telling not being any kind of civic-minded freedom, but consumptive freedom. Freedom to restaurant & bar & comedy store":
open.substack.com/pub/donotpan...
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This feeling you all are having right now about the election, about feeling betrayed, sick, afraid, and lost? It’s what I felt when Biden said to take off your masks and the pandemic was over.
November 7, 2024 at 5:46 PM
This feeling you all are having right now about the election, about feeling betrayed, sick, afraid, and lost? It’s what I felt when Biden said to take off your masks and the pandemic was over.
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12 critical keywords of AI in education:
Speculation: hype and expectations intended to catalyze actions towards imagined educational futures
Intensification: the amplification of teachers' labour via demands not to be "left behind" or fail students in the race to "AI futures" /1
Speculation: hype and expectations intended to catalyze actions towards imagined educational futures
Intensification: the amplification of teachers' labour via demands not to be "left behind" or fail students in the race to "AI futures" /1
New post - Critical keywords for AI in education
A vocabulary for describing, interpreting, conceptualizing, and critiquing AI in schools codeactsineducation.wordpress.com/2024/11/08/c...
A vocabulary for describing, interpreting, conceptualizing, and critiquing AI in schools codeactsineducation.wordpress.com/2024/11/08/c...
Critical keywords of AI in education
Photo by Giu Vicente on Unsplash Notes for a keynote talk presented at the event Digital Autonomy in Education: a public responsibility, convened by Governing the Digital Society, Utrecht Universit…
codeactsineducation.wordpress.com
November 8, 2024 at 10:16 PM
12 critical keywords of AI in education:
Speculation: hype and expectations intended to catalyze actions towards imagined educational futures
Intensification: the amplification of teachers' labour via demands not to be "left behind" or fail students in the race to "AI futures" /1
Speculation: hype and expectations intended to catalyze actions towards imagined educational futures
Intensification: the amplification of teachers' labour via demands not to be "left behind" or fail students in the race to "AI futures" /1
This feeling you all are having right now about the election, about feeling betrayed, sick, afraid, and lost? It’s what I felt when Biden said to take off your masks and the pandemic was over.
November 7, 2024 at 5:46 PM
This feeling you all are having right now about the election, about feeling betrayed, sick, afraid, and lost? It’s what I felt when Biden said to take off your masks and the pandemic was over.