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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If a Florida Panther gave me their Stanley Cup ring it would be a nice bauble that I could display. But I did not win the Stanley Cup.
January 16, 2026 at 3:05 AM
If a Florida Panther gave me their Stanley Cup ring it would be a nice bauble that I could display. But I did not win the Stanley Cup.
Kids read. But as they get older they are being told to do so many things (work, school, extra curriculars) that reading for fun gets dropped. And since reading full books, as opposed to short stories and excerpts, means less time for testing a wide range of specific outcomes its sidelined in school
How I fucking hate this bullshit premise.
It would be nice if students could actually read a book all the way through, though.
January 13, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Kids read. But as they get older they are being told to do so many things (work, school, extra curriculars) that reading for fun gets dropped. And since reading full books, as opposed to short stories and excerpts, means less time for testing a wide range of specific outcomes its sidelined in school
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I wonder if these people all forget their own schooling experiences, where people relied on Cliff's Notes instead of reading the assigned books - or watched the film adaptations. You know, pre-internet, supposedly "pre brain-rot" lol.
January 13, 2026 at 3:30 PM
I wonder if these people all forget their own schooling experiences, where people relied on Cliff's Notes instead of reading the assigned books - or watched the film adaptations. You know, pre-internet, supposedly "pre brain-rot" lol.
As I work on my lit review, I once again am indebted to @raulpachecovega.bsky.social for his lit review matrix. It's turned what could have been a monumental task into a manageable, scalable, and understandable practice.
January 12, 2026 at 11:56 PM
As I work on my lit review, I once again am indebted to @raulpachecovega.bsky.social for his lit review matrix. It's turned what could have been a monumental task into a manageable, scalable, and understandable practice.
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Academics’ enthusiastic (and often uncritical) embrace of LLMs and generative artificial intelligence will be a factor in the junkification of research.
You can’t outsource thinking nor the cognitive task of gradually absorbing knowledge. Nor discernment and creativity.
You can’t outsource thinking nor the cognitive task of gradually absorbing knowledge. Nor discernment and creativity.
January 12, 2026 at 11:42 AM
Academics’ enthusiastic (and often uncritical) embrace of LLMs and generative artificial intelligence will be a factor in the junkification of research.
You can’t outsource thinking nor the cognitive task of gradually absorbing knowledge. Nor discernment and creativity.
You can’t outsource thinking nor the cognitive task of gradually absorbing knowledge. Nor discernment and creativity.
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"Ideal worker normal shape policies and practices... but I show how they are particularly pernicious for people who are caregivers, disabled, and navigating loss. The result is that these workers experience a workplace that fails to treat them as whole people..." p. 97
Oof, that's a whole thing
Oof, that's a whole thing
January 10, 2026 at 6:48 PM
"Ideal worker normal shape policies and practices... but I show how they are particularly pernicious for people who are caregivers, disabled, and navigating loss. The result is that these workers experience a workplace that fails to treat them as whole people..." p. 97
Oof, that's a whole thing
Oof, that's a whole thing
I'm really looking forward to presenting at the Dialogue in Democratic Education conference. Come join me.
Consider...
Dialogue in Democratic Education -Conference & Finnish Annual Conference in History and Philosophy of Education 2026 - University of Oulu, 11.-12.6.2026
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Dialogue in Democratic Education -Conference & Finnish Annual Conference in History and Philosophy of Education 2026 - University of Oulu, 11.-12.6.2026
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Dialogue in Democratic Education -Conference
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January 10, 2026 at 4:54 PM
I'm really looking forward to presenting at the Dialogue in Democratic Education conference. Come join me.
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"obey the state and you get to keep your life" is probably the shortest possible description of fascism you can put together
The most chilling thing to read.
“The bottom line is this: When a federal officer gives you instructions, you abide by them and then you get to keep your life,” Representative Wesley Hunt of Texas said on Newsmax."
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/o...
“The bottom line is this: When a federal officer gives you instructions, you abide by them and then you get to keep your life,” Representative Wesley Hunt of Texas said on Newsmax."
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/o...
Opinion | By Killing Renee Good, ICE Sent a Message to Us All
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January 9, 2026 at 5:39 PM
"obey the state and you get to keep your life" is probably the shortest possible description of fascism you can put together
Can we please teach Albertans that how university campuses work in different provinces is different? I know in Alberta there's a court decision saying campus is public space so you have to allow free expression from non-students on it, but I don't think any other province has done the same.
I'm sorry, help me out here, but did this dingus go public about his event being "cancelled" when it was never booked in the first place? You don't get to INVITE YOURSELF to a university and proclaim it a free speech issue! www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/politics/con...
Conservative MP accuses students of free speech attack after campus event cancelled
OTTAWA - Conservative MP Garnett Genuis accused a student group at York University of attacking free speech after he was denied permission to hold an event there — but the
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January 9, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Can we please teach Albertans that how university campuses work in different provinces is different? I know in Alberta there's a court decision saying campus is public space so you have to allow free expression from non-students on it, but I don't think any other province has done the same.
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Canadian unemployment stable at 8.2% but youth (15-24) unemployment now up to 13.3%.
Not quite early 1990s levels, but things haven't been this bad for this long for over 30 years.
Not quite early 1990s levels, but things haven't been this bad for this long for over 30 years.
January 9, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Canadian unemployment stable at 8.2% but youth (15-24) unemployment now up to 13.3%.
Not quite early 1990s levels, but things haven't been this bad for this long for over 30 years.
Not quite early 1990s levels, but things haven't been this bad for this long for over 30 years.
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Expect to see a surge of proud ignorance and proplawganda about what you can say about ICE agent Jonathan Ross, identified by local media as the person who shot and killed Renee Good.
In particular, expect a repeat of Rittenhouse-era “accusing him of murder is defamation” rhetoric.
It’s not.
/1
In particular, expect a repeat of Rittenhouse-era “accusing him of murder is defamation” rhetoric.
It’s not.
/1
January 9, 2026 at 2:07 AM
Expect to see a surge of proud ignorance and proplawganda about what you can say about ICE agent Jonathan Ross, identified by local media as the person who shot and killed Renee Good.
In particular, expect a repeat of Rittenhouse-era “accusing him of murder is defamation” rhetoric.
It’s not.
/1
In particular, expect a repeat of Rittenhouse-era “accusing him of murder is defamation” rhetoric.
It’s not.
/1
The problem is the leavers are essentially invisible. The bad apple that spoils the bunch is generally good at convincing others that they're essential. In a store it means they reliably spend money, in a friend group they bring the beer, in a club they volunteer for visible and difficult tasks.
In short, every shithead you don't ban costs you ten other customers.
"A [potentially regular] customer doesn't say anything but never comes back" doesn't register with you as An Event the way that kicking someone out (temporarily or permanently) does, so it's extremely easy to miss it.
"A [potentially regular] customer doesn't say anything but never comes back" doesn't register with you as An Event the way that kicking someone out (temporarily or permanently) does, so it's extremely easy to miss it.
January 7, 2026 at 3:43 PM
The problem is the leavers are essentially invisible. The bad apple that spoils the bunch is generally good at convincing others that they're essential. In a store it means they reliably spend money, in a friend group they bring the beer, in a club they volunteer for visible and difficult tasks.
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Synopsis: You need to kick more people out.
You will actually have a larger base of customers/attendees if you kick more people out. You will make more money. I am dead serious.
You will actually have a larger base of customers/attendees if you kick more people out. You will make more money. I am dead serious.
January 6, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Synopsis: You need to kick more people out.
You will actually have a larger base of customers/attendees if you kick more people out. You will make more money. I am dead serious.
You will actually have a larger base of customers/attendees if you kick more people out. You will make more money. I am dead serious.
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/5 Also, I’m not the audience, and even if I don‘t like it, I think politics is better served by sincere expressions of values than by vapid centrist message-neutering. Let a thousand slogans bloom.
January 2, 2026 at 6:39 PM
/5 Also, I’m not the audience, and even if I don‘t like it, I think politics is better served by sincere expressions of values than by vapid centrist message-neutering. Let a thousand slogans bloom.
Oh no, are the people who believe the scam that SAT scores directly correlate to IQ, and that IQ directly correlates to G, at it again?
This article advocates for the “Faculty Merit Act” that would — get this — require all faculty applicants to submit their *SAT* scores. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Holy shirts that’s hilarious.
January 2, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Oh no, are the people who believe the scam that SAT scores directly correlate to IQ, and that IQ directly correlates to G, at it again?
The number of tools that get more and more complicated (what the creators call 'powerful') over time shows how broad this problem is. They, or at least their UX team, need to watch more newbies using it, or split the tool into a basic version and an advanced one.
2/4 The other example is from Driver (PS1, 1999). It had a brutal tutorial, they traced it back to staff getting good at the game and then assuming their baseline of skill was the same as a casual or new user's. This is reflected in the increasing amount of technical expertise needed to make a...
January 2, 2026 at 4:52 PM
The number of tools that get more and more complicated (what the creators call 'powerful') over time shows how broad this problem is. They, or at least their UX team, need to watch more newbies using it, or split the tool into a basic version and an advanced one.
Didn't hit all my goals for 2025, but at least I hit my reading goal.
January 1, 2026 at 3:41 AM
Didn't hit all my goals for 2025, but at least I hit my reading goal.
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Not really, no? What we label "AI" came into being long after I reached competence and fluency in my writing. Professionally it's not useful to me, other than to occasionally poke at it to understand its current state. Also there are less environmentally destructive ways to spur ideas/structure.
Have you ever been tempted, to have AI write something, then basically challenge yourself to do something better. Not just changing every word, but going in different directions & basically using it as a roadmap of what not to do?
December 30, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Not really, no? What we label "AI" came into being long after I reached competence and fluency in my writing. Professionally it's not useful to me, other than to occasionally poke at it to understand its current state. Also there are less environmentally destructive ways to spur ideas/structure.
Merry Christmas all!
December 25, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Merry Christmas all!
I'm not an economist or very knowledgeable about finance in general, but selling a company to yourself to kick the problem down the road kinda sounds like the billionaire equivalent of the old writing yourself cheques between different banks, or paying credit cards off with credit cards.
December 24, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I'm not an economist or very knowledgeable about finance in general, but selling a company to yourself to kick the problem down the road kinda sounds like the billionaire equivalent of the old writing yourself cheques between different banks, or paying credit cards off with credit cards.
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A small (personal) example of this book’s intellectual dishonesty:
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
December 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
A small (personal) example of this book’s intellectual dishonesty:
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
As with a lot of things there are those who see freedom as the 'ability for everyone to be free' and those who see it as the 'ability for me to be free' and, while these can look the same sometimes, they are not.
The “free speech” and “cancel culture” panics have led to overt state censorship because that was always their purpose. (Gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
December 23, 2025 at 6:20 PM
As with a lot of things there are those who see freedom as the 'ability for everyone to be free' and those who see it as the 'ability for me to be free' and, while these can look the same sometimes, they are not.
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Today I’ve been thinking a lot about GenAI teaching us that writing — words — should not be laboured over. That time spent on words is time wasted.
This week I’ve stumbled upon discourse about using ChatGPT or similar to help with writing reference letters, obituaries, and family Christmas letters.
This week I’ve stumbled upon discourse about using ChatGPT or similar to help with writing reference letters, obituaries, and family Christmas letters.
December 23, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Today I’ve been thinking a lot about GenAI teaching us that writing — words — should not be laboured over. That time spent on words is time wasted.
This week I’ve stumbled upon discourse about using ChatGPT or similar to help with writing reference letters, obituaries, and family Christmas letters.
This week I’ve stumbled upon discourse about using ChatGPT or similar to help with writing reference letters, obituaries, and family Christmas letters.
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Alberta is going to the Polls in 2026
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Alberta is going to the Polls in 2026
Albertans will be going to the polls in 2026.
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December 21, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Alberta is going to the Polls in 2026
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Halfway out of the dark!
December 22, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Halfway out of the dark!