Noah Arney
@ndarney.bsky.social
Higher education professional and PhD student interested in educational philosophy, policy, career development, student affairs, and a large amount of geekery.
Residing in Secwepemcúl’ecw
#highered #cdnpse #edusky #academicsky #sacdn
Residing in Secwepemcúl’ecw
#highered #cdnpse #edusky #academicsky #sacdn
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Noah Arney
@ndarney.bsky.social
· Nov 19
If someone didn't bring pie, they don't get to participate in the pie bringing event.
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As a purely personal act of exercising agency against offense to my conscience and for wasting my time, I will not be reviewing Ann Patchett's next book (or any other Harper Collins book) because they took the time to pitch me a book of obvious lies. biblioracle.substack.com/p/why-i-wont...
Why I Won't be Reviewing Ann Patchett's Next Book
A futile and stupid gesture that nonetheless is important to me.
biblioracle.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:00 PM
As a purely personal act of exercising agency against offense to my conscience and for wasting my time, I will not be reviewing Ann Patchett's next book (or any other Harper Collins book) because they took the time to pitch me a book of obvious lies. biblioracle.substack.com/p/why-i-wont...
This. As @biblioracle.bsky.social talks about, writing is thinking and thinking is writing.
Organizing thoughts and ideas and developing knowledge cumulatively seems to me one of the, if not THE biggest challenge in academic writing and thinking.
Why would I want to outsource that to a piece of software?
Why would I want to outsource that to a piece of software?
November 9, 2025 at 1:42 AM
This. As @biblioracle.bsky.social talks about, writing is thinking and thinking is writing.
Being pro-immigration was a key part of Harper season 1. It attracted a lot of second generation Canadians to the CPC platform.
Hell, from the 1980s all the way through the Harper years, support for relatively *high* immigration enjoyed a bipartisan, cross-ideological consensus in Canada. Only now, with this fucked up right-wing populist bullshit happening, have we started turning against it.
I kind of feel this way too. Conservatives used to be all about fiscal responsibility and low taxes and low immigration and all. Now they’re just cuckoo bananas.
November 9, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Being pro-immigration was a key part of Harper season 1. It attracted a lot of second generation Canadians to the CPC platform.
Hey all, if you haven't been listening to Community of Praxis scholarly podcast you're missing out. @brennacgray.bsky.social had an amazing point in last weeks about learning experiences that are surprises to the teacher/educator and how important and impactful they are. #highered
November 8, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Hey all, if you haven't been listening to Community of Praxis scholarly podcast you're missing out. @brennacgray.bsky.social had an amazing point in last weeks about learning experiences that are surprises to the teacher/educator and how important and impactful they are. #highered
I don't mean to only complain about the budget. Here is one of the awesome things in it, more funding to support work-integrated learning placements.
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
How the federal budget addresses youth unemployment | CBC News
Young people are facing high unemployment rates and struggling with a challenging labour market, and the government’s plan to address that includes more funding for summer job and work placement suppo...
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November 6, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I don't mean to only complain about the budget. Here is one of the awesome things in it, more funding to support work-integrated learning placements.
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
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The 🇨🇦 Standing Committee on Science and Research passed a modified resolution this afternoon that the requested ricouncil applicant and reviewer data can be aggregated and anonymized. Thanks to the many researchers who signed letters pointing out legitimate data privacy concerns. 👏👏
November 6, 2025 at 12:22 AM
The 🇨🇦 Standing Committee on Science and Research passed a modified resolution this afternoon that the requested ricouncil applicant and reviewer data can be aggregated and anonymized. Thanks to the many researchers who signed letters pointing out legitimate data privacy concerns. 👏👏
Me: what on earth does Kant mean by this? Why can't I figure it out?
One of the best philosophers of the last 50 years: yeah, no one can, I don't think Kant is wrong, but that is super confusing to everyone and really the distinction doesn't matter much in practical matters.
One of the best philosophers of the last 50 years: yeah, no one can, I don't think Kant is wrong, but that is super confusing to everyone and really the distinction doesn't matter much in practical matters.
November 6, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Me: what on earth does Kant mean by this? Why can't I figure it out?
One of the best philosophers of the last 50 years: yeah, no one can, I don't think Kant is wrong, but that is super confusing to everyone and really the distinction doesn't matter much in practical matters.
One of the best philosophers of the last 50 years: yeah, no one can, I don't think Kant is wrong, but that is super confusing to everyone and really the distinction doesn't matter much in practical matters.
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I get that the law has some restraint on Universities, and in that way - the administration in particular, are curtailed in how we engage in this conversation.
However if this was a data breach by any other party, we would have made a statement, and done something about it.
However if this was a data breach by any other party, we would have made a statement, and done something about it.
November 5, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I get that the law has some restraint on Universities, and in that way - the administration in particular, are curtailed in how we engage in this conversation.
However if this was a data breach by any other party, we would have made a statement, and done something about it.
However if this was a data breach by any other party, we would have made a statement, and done something about it.
This budget would be right at home for first season Harper in a lot of ways. Not an indictment of it, just a reflection on the type of government we have with Carney.
Looking at the budget, I can't see anything that I've heard a Native leader highlight as a priority for them. This is like a post-Harper Tory budget plan, where Natives are only mentioned in the context of consultation for development.
November 5, 2025 at 1:42 AM
This budget would be right at home for first season Harper in a lot of ways. Not an indictment of it, just a reflection on the type of government we have with Carney.
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So what this tells you is a) these "cuts" to new visas issued aren't really cuts, but rather targets catching up to reality and b) the damage to instituional finances I described aren't going to happen next year - they've already happened.
November 4, 2025 at 11:34 PM
So what this tells you is a) these "cuts" to new visas issued aren't really cuts, but rather targets catching up to reality and b) the damage to instituional finances I described aren't going to happen next year - they've already happened.
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Here's the biggest PSE story you haven't heard yet: the Canada Student Grant for low-income students is being cut from $4200/year to $3000/year as of next August. It's implicit in the budget tables but the government is too chickenshit to actually say so directly.
November 4, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Here's the biggest PSE story you haven't heard yet: the Canada Student Grant for low-income students is being cut from $4200/year to $3000/year as of next August. It's implicit in the budget tables but the government is too chickenshit to actually say so directly.
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Kneecap to the PSE sector - TOTAL temporary resident target (TFWs plus international students) to be roughly halved, from 670K to 370K.
That's minimum a $2 Billion hit to the sector. Probably more. Will work this out later
That's minimum a $2 Billion hit to the sector. Probably more. Will work this out later
November 4, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Kneecap to the PSE sector - TOTAL temporary resident target (TFWs plus international students) to be roughly halved, from 670K to 370K.
That's minimum a $2 Billion hit to the sector. Probably more. Will work this out later
That's minimum a $2 Billion hit to the sector. Probably more. Will work this out later
The budget seems like its very much a red tory budget. Lots of supports to industries, big cuts to civil service, backing away from PSE, R&D and green/climate change priorities.
Other than complaining the deficit $ figure is higher than PP likes, how would the CPC actually do anything different?
Other than complaining the deficit $ figure is higher than PP likes, how would the CPC actually do anything different?
For a budget that claims to be focused on the "Future Economy" there is very little on universities and post-secondary education and university research. The federal granting agencies for university research are being made to reduce their budgets by 2% ($83 million)
November 4, 2025 at 9:54 PM
The budget seems like its very much a red tory budget. Lots of supports to industries, big cuts to civil service, backing away from PSE, R&D and green/climate change priorities.
Other than complaining the deficit $ figure is higher than PP likes, how would the CPC actually do anything different?
Other than complaining the deficit $ figure is higher than PP likes, how would the CPC actually do anything different?
Politicians deciding that promises of confidentiality are unimportant is not a good look. This kind of ethics violation being done for the sake of what? So they can get a headline or two?
It should go without saying that the disclosure of personal demographic information that was promised confidentiality to a government committee by the Tri-Council would be the most fundamental breach of ethics and pose a genuine danger to the safety of Canadian researchers.
November 4, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Politicians deciding that promises of confidentiality are unimportant is not a good look. This kind of ethics violation being done for the sake of what? So they can get a headline or two?
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The letter is crashing because so many people are trying to sign it (which is good). According to federally connected ethics peeps, the most important thing we can do if we are directly affected is to fill out this form and ask to make a formal complaint:
services.priv.gc.ca/demande-info...
services.priv.gc.ca/demande-info...
November 4, 2025 at 3:15 AM
The letter is crashing because so many people are trying to sign it (which is good). According to federally connected ethics peeps, the most important thing we can do if we are directly affected is to fill out this form and ask to make a formal complaint:
services.priv.gc.ca/demande-info...
services.priv.gc.ca/demande-info...
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Teen Vogue is going from intersectionally-informed feminist journalism to girl-boss feminist advice columns. In this essay, I will...
So, all the stories about politics are going to be replaced with pieces about... career development?
November 3, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Teen Vogue is going from intersectionally-informed feminist journalism to girl-boss feminist advice columns. In this essay, I will...
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As I regularly note, "AI" at this point is an umbrella marketing term for a bunch or generative/machine learning/other formerly differently-termed processes that (of course) have no actual intelligence behind them. It means nothing useful for how the underlying computing proceeds. Thus the quotes.
I love how you used quotation marks around "AI." If you've been doing that all along, I'm kicking myself for not noticing. It's a misleading or just lying marketing term and we shouldn't accept and repeat it without pushback. Generative LLMs are not AI.
November 3, 2025 at 5:07 PM
As I regularly note, "AI" at this point is an umbrella marketing term for a bunch or generative/machine learning/other formerly differently-termed processes that (of course) have no actual intelligence behind them. It means nothing useful for how the underlying computing proceeds. Thus the quotes.
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Applicants and reviewers enter into a mutual confidentiality agreement with funding agencies to enable a rigorous and robust peer review system built on trust. Arbitrarily violating that trust and those agreements undermines Canadian science. /4
October 31, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Applicants and reviewers enter into a mutual confidentiality agreement with funding agencies to enable a rigorous and robust peer review system built on trust. Arbitrarily violating that trust and those agreements undermines Canadian science. /4
De-anonymizing data is a huge ethics issue. That information was given in response to a promise that it wouldn't be used like this, now some politicians want it. #cdnpse
Canadian graduate students... how do you feel about members of parliament going through your transcripts and the personal information you disclosed in your applications in order to question whether you deserved your fellowship or not?
@supportourscience.bsky.social
@supportourscience.bsky.social
Canadian researchers should be aware the there is a motion before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Research to force Tricouncils to hand over disaggregated peer review data on all applications:
Applicant names, profiles, demographics
Reviewers names, profiles, comments, and scores
Applicant names, profiles, demographics
Reviewers names, profiles, comments, and scores
October 31, 2025 at 2:48 PM
De-anonymizing data is a huge ethics issue. That information was given in response to a promise that it wouldn't be used like this, now some politicians want it. #cdnpse
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"At what point does a Ph.D. program become too small to function?"
Now this is THE question that every single PhD program in the United States is currently (or most definitely should be) discussing
Now this is THE question that every single PhD program in the United States is currently (or most definitely should be) discussing
October 31, 2025 at 2:56 AM
"At what point does a Ph.D. program become too small to function?"
Now this is THE question that every single PhD program in the United States is currently (or most definitely should be) discussing
Now this is THE question that every single PhD program in the United States is currently (or most definitely should be) discussing
Things I hate: limited word counts in submissions for conferences etc.
Things that force me to write better: limited word counts in submissions for conferences etc.
Things that force me to write better: limited word counts in submissions for conferences etc.
October 30, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Things I hate: limited word counts in submissions for conferences etc.
Things that force me to write better: limited word counts in submissions for conferences etc.
Things that force me to write better: limited word counts in submissions for conferences etc.
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Hey have you subscribed tho www.wlupress.wlu.ca/Scholarly-Po...
Community of Praxis – WLU Press
Wilfrid Laurier University Press - Transforming Ideas
www.wlupress.wlu.ca
October 29, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Hey have you subscribed tho www.wlupress.wlu.ca/Scholarly-Po...
Too many plot twists this season, and most of the plot hooks that were introduced didn't end up going anywhere. The writers really need an editor.
October 29, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Too many plot twists this season, and most of the plot hooks that were introduced didn't end up going anywhere. The writers really need an editor.
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When you know you’re the publication Donald Trump aspires to see his name in above all others, you can just speak truth.
The NY Times and WaPo may be lost causes but holy shite look at PEOPLE out here absolutely killing it with 100% unvarnished truths 🌟
October 28, 2025 at 5:33 AM
When you know you’re the publication Donald Trump aspires to see his name in above all others, you can just speak truth.
Had a grad student tell me today that they read my article in class last week. Kinda surreal feeling.
October 28, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Had a grad student tell me today that they read my article in class last week. Kinda surreal feeling.