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Lisa Noble
@nobleknits2.bsky.social
Spouse, mom, knitter, baker, bike commuter, paddler, learner, termite. Working with teacher candidates and running a #MakerSpace at Trent U School of Ed. She/They.
Okay, the absolutely fabulous #XPNCountdown on @wxpnfm.bsky.social has bern soundtracking my workday. And it just got better, because @rahrahraina.bsky.social just took over the afternoon shift. And I'm actually teary, because I miss her so darned much.
December 9, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I can't win, but you maybe could!
December 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Reposted by Lisa Noble
A German Christmas ornament catalogue from 1934 www.presentandcorrect.com/blogs/blog/g...
December 9, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Being reminded that the @kdlang.bsky.social and Roy Orbison cover of Crying is beautiful enough to make me weak in the knees. #XPNCountdown
December 9, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I do not envy the person at @wxpnfm.bsky.social who had to determine which cover of Hallelujah to include in the #XPNCountdown . I'd have gone with @kdlang.bsky.social , but that's me.
December 9, 2025 at 3:38 PM
If you have the privilege of having your own tunes on as you work today, here's an option. Currently listening to the Stones "Time Is On My Side".
And just like that, song #392 is a cover of David Bowie's "Heroes" by The Wallflowers. #XPNCountdown
Good morning Countdowners! it's day six of the countdown and we're ready to rock song #392. Schedule change: We're going to 7pm tonight - we got an extra hour of the countdown!!!
Happy listening.

xpn.org/885-countdown/
December 9, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Strands #645
“Grammatically speaking”
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December 9, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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Camp Kawartha's youth stewardship program earns global recognition from United Nations University. Pathway to Stewardship and Kinship receives flagship project award for helping nurture nature-connected children & youth through age-appropriate 'landmark' experiences.
kawarthanow.com/2025/12/08/c...
Camp Kawartha’s youth stewardship program earns global recognition from United Nations University | kawarthaNOW
By Natalie Hamilton, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter. Pathway to Stewardship and Kinship receives flagship project award for helping nurture nature-connected children and youth through age-approp...
kawarthanow.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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Oh, look! It's "let's reinvent phrenology" o'clock. It seems to roll around faster every time. Note that these papers have been retracted, but due to concerns about the ethics and validity of the dataset, NOT the phrenology angle.

www.thetransmitter.org/retraction/e...
Springer Nature retracts, removes nearly 40 publications
The dataset contains images of children’s faces downloaded from websites about autism, which sparked concerns at Springer Nature about consent and reliability.
www.thetransmitter.org
December 8, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Reposted by Lisa Noble
NEW:

Elections Alberta has approved musician Corb Lund's Citizen Driven Initiative application to ban coal activity within the Eastern Slopes of the Rocky Mountains.

www.elections.ab.ca/citizen-init...
Citizen Initiative Application Approved, Notice of Initiative Petition Issued - Elections Alberta
EDMONTON – Today, Alberta’s Chief Electoral Officer, Gordon McClure, issued a Notice of Initiative Petition. This confirms a citizen initiative petition application has been received and the Chief Ele...
www.elections.ab.ca
December 8, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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Spread the word: I'm looking to hire a postdoc to explore the concept of attention (as studied in psych/neuro, not the transformer mechanism) in large Vision-Language Models. More details here: lindsay-lab.github.io/2025/12/08/p...
#MLSky #neurojobs #compneuro
Lindsay Lab - Postdoc Position
Artificial neural networks applied to psychology, neuroscience, and climate change
lindsay-lab.github.io
December 8, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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it intensely angers me every time I open a book PDF in Acrobat and the software reminds me that I’m reading a Long Document and gee, wouldn’t I prefer a summary instead

I am not a first grade child who requires the easy-reader version of big kid books, demon machine
Tech bros shocked that normal human beings enjoy thinking
December 8, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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Yes! Rümeysa Öztürk is supposed to get her SEVIS student record restored. Which means she will be able to work and finish her Ph.D. program.
BREAKING: A federal judge ordered the government to restore Rümeysa Öztürk's SEVIS student record after it was wrongfully terminated in retaliation for exercising her freedom of speech.

This allows her to fully engage with the opportunities of her PhD program.
December 8, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Strands #644
“You're styling!”
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December 8, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Strands #643
“Tolkien's world”
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Sometimes you know exactly what words you are looking for.
December 7, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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Love this. 📚🩷
Bertvent is a countdown of my favourite books of the year.

Every day until Christmas Eve, the first customer to spend £20 on books will get the chance to unwrap that day’s title and keep it for themselves at no extra cost.
December 6, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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January 29 could blow Canadian politics wide open. “Little PP” has to undergo a mandatory leadership review which could either end his run or ignite a full-blown Conservative civil war.

Buckle up. 🍿🍿🍿🇨🇦🔥

#NeverPierrePoilievre

#USDemocracy
#Pinks

open.substack.com/pub/colenotc...
Pierre Poilievre Faces His Reckoning on January 29
Here’s How the Leadership Review Works, and What He Needs to Survive
open.substack.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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i’m at the brooklyn training. amazing energy.
@handsoffnyc.bsky.social is training thousands of New Yorkers on how to protect their neighbors from ICE. Today, they are currently running two trainings in Brooklyn and the Bronx, both of which hit capacity because interest was so high.

This is the way, y’all—we protect each other, and we know it.
December 6, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Strands #642
“Feeling peckish?”
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December 6, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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Great list here.
Boycott Spotify for their supporting ICE.

Alternative apps:
December 5, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Strands #641
“In the driver's seat”
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December 5, 2025 at 3:10 AM
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US pressure Ukraine while easing sanctions on Russia

Are we clear yet who's side the US is on?

www.france24.com/en/live-news...
Trump envoys press plan with Ukraine as sanctions eased on Russia
President Donald Trump's envoys were to meet Thursday with Ukrainian negotiators for the third time in two weeks to press his plan to end the war as his administration eased economic pressure on Russi...
www.france24.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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This was such a lovely and refreshing conversation. Ecstatic to see how The AI Con is serving as an organizing tool in conversations around labor, education, health care, and social services.

with @emilymbender.bsky.social
"We can and must resist narratives of inevitability through collective labor action and strategic refusal." (The AI Con, p.164)

So thankful to have an opportunity to be in conversation with @alexhanna.bsky.social this evening with @ali-alkhatib.com's book club!
December 5, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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finishing The AI Con by @emilymbender.bsky.social & @alexhanna.bsky.social; i'm so excited we're going to get to chat w/Alex tomorrow. looking forward to hearing if/how the hype landscape has changed, and her observations/thoughts of groups organizing against AI projects like the UM-LANL datacenter.
December 3, 2025 at 11:37 PM