Thomas P
@tpshea.bsky.social
Music, education, bicycles, live band karaoke, existential dread. thomaspshea on Discord in case bsky becomes untenable and you want to stay in touch
Me, actively trying to lose friends on staff after the US won gold in women's hockey during our staff meeting:
"In a strictly utilitarian sense, the US winning gold is better because there are more Americans so although we Canadians are sad there is a net increase in happiness globally."
"In a strictly utilitarian sense, the US winning gold is better because there are more Americans so although we Canadians are sad there is a net increase in happiness globally."
February 20, 2026 at 2:34 AM
Me, actively trying to lose friends on staff after the US won gold in women's hockey during our staff meeting:
"In a strictly utilitarian sense, the US winning gold is better because there are more Americans so although we Canadians are sad there is a net increase in happiness globally."
"In a strictly utilitarian sense, the US winning gold is better because there are more Americans so although we Canadians are sad there is a net increase in happiness globally."
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Lots of talk about electoral reform. About time. This is, IMO, basically the core issue because everything else follows from this.
February 20, 2026 at 2:11 AM
Lots of talk about electoral reform. About time. This is, IMO, basically the core issue because everything else follows from this.
Lol the Minister of Education for the province of Ontario issued a _directive_ to all teachers saying we must let students watch hockey on their phones?
We are governed by deeply unserious people.
We are governed by deeply unserious people.
February 19, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Lol the Minister of Education for the province of Ontario issued a _directive_ to all teachers saying we must let students watch hockey on their phones?
We are governed by deeply unserious people.
We are governed by deeply unserious people.
Unsure when my cat transitioned from "murder-beast who stalkd the neighborhood for blood" to "has his own blender but still won't eat if he can see the bottom of the bowl" yet here we are.
February 19, 2026 at 11:32 AM
Unsure when my cat transitioned from "murder-beast who stalkd the neighborhood for blood" to "has his own blender but still won't eat if he can see the bottom of the bowl" yet here we are.
Six o clock was earlier than usual today
February 19, 2026 at 11:27 AM
Six o clock was earlier than usual today
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in honor of the late great Tom Noonan, i want to encourage everyone to watch (or rewatch) one of my favorite things: They're Made Out Of Meat, an underseen sci-fi short film directed by Stephen O'Regan, starring Noonan and Ben Bailey. Worth the 7 minutes!
They're Made Out Of Meat
YouTube video by Stephen O'Regan
youtu.be
February 18, 2026 at 2:15 PM
in honor of the late great Tom Noonan, i want to encourage everyone to watch (or rewatch) one of my favorite things: They're Made Out Of Meat, an underseen sci-fi short film directed by Stephen O'Regan, starring Noonan and Ben Bailey. Worth the 7 minutes!
Don't know why nobody else is talking about this yet, but the Ontario government just made it mandatory for all teachers to get a Vulnerable Sector Check every five years. Why is this a big deal? www.ontario.ca/laws/regulat...
e-Laws | Ontario.ca
www.ontario.ca
February 19, 2026 at 12:59 AM
Don't know why nobody else is talking about this yet, but the Ontario government just made it mandatory for all teachers to get a Vulnerable Sector Check every five years. Why is this a big deal? www.ontario.ca/laws/regulat...
PREDEPLATFORMING is my early pick for word of the year 2026
February 18, 2026 at 8:06 PM
PREDEPLATFORMING is my early pick for word of the year 2026
Academics talk like normal humans challenge level: impossible
February 18, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Academics talk like normal humans challenge level: impossible
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“Labelling generative AI, which includes tools such as ChatGPT and X’s Grok, as a “social disaster”, Birhane said they are a “major threat to truth, democratic processes, information ecosystems, knowledge production and the entire social fabric itself”.
Tell me again we should push AI into schools.
Tell me again we should push AI into schools.
February 18, 2026 at 3:34 PM
“Labelling generative AI, which includes tools such as ChatGPT and X’s Grok, as a “social disaster”, Birhane said they are a “major threat to truth, democratic processes, information ecosystems, knowledge production and the entire social fabric itself”.
Tell me again we should push AI into schools.
Tell me again we should push AI into schools.
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The lasting way to fight fascism—and the thing each of us can do—is to liberate your mind from the fascist framework. Stop being frightened of the things that fascists say are frightening. Start looking at those things as liberation. Fear the things fascists say make us safe. See them as prisons.
February 18, 2026 at 12:44 PM
The lasting way to fight fascism—and the thing each of us can do—is to liberate your mind from the fascist framework. Stop being frightened of the things that fascists say are frightening. Start looking at those things as liberation. Fear the things fascists say make us safe. See them as prisons.
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Frame: the left is hurting itself by not engaging with the god machines
Negation: but this technology doesn't do the things you claim
kirby: the people writing these stories get funding to support narratives of power and inevitability, and that's what we should be scrutinizing
Negation: but this technology doesn't do the things you claim
kirby: the people writing these stories get funding to support narratives of power and inevitability, and that's what we should be scrutinizing
Instead of "the left isn't paying enough attention to these machine gods" they're claiming to build, perhaps we should write an article about how effective altruists brand themselves "left", ask who is writing these articles, and trace their cults and sources of funding.
February 18, 2026 at 1:57 PM
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look man, if "the left" isn't excited about your tech maybe it's because your tech is deployed in the service of oligarchic fascism
is there a technology that "the left" is excited about?
www.transformernews.ai/p/the-left-i...
www.transformernews.ai/p/the-left-i...
The left is missing out on AI
As a movement, it has largely refused to engage seriously with AI, ceding debate about a threat and opportunity to the right
www.transformernews.ai
February 18, 2026 at 1:51 PM
look man, if "the left" isn't excited about your tech maybe it's because your tech is deployed in the service of oligarchic fascism
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Sorry to get radical but I don’t think it’s my job or yours to embrace, accept, understand - and certainly not to use - the thing being sold to us as AI. I don’t like any part of it, so I won’t. I’m missing out? Good, that’s what I want. You’re worried about me missing out? That’s fuckin weird, man.
February 18, 2026 at 5:13 AM
Sorry to get radical but I don’t think it’s my job or yours to embrace, accept, understand - and certainly not to use - the thing being sold to us as AI. I don’t like any part of it, so I won’t. I’m missing out? Good, that’s what I want. You’re worried about me missing out? That’s fuckin weird, man.
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the "left" broadly advocated for open access community owned gigabit fiber networks while the right coddled monopoly access to the detriment of progress and affordability for four decades
is there a technology that "the left" is excited about?
www.transformernews.ai/p/the-left-i...
www.transformernews.ai/p/the-left-i...
The left is missing out on AI
As a movement, it has largely refused to engage seriously with AI, ceding debate about a threat and opportunity to the right
www.transformernews.ai
February 18, 2026 at 12:27 PM
the "left" broadly advocated for open access community owned gigabit fiber networks while the right coddled monopoly access to the detriment of progress and affordability for four decades
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Okay, kids... PJs inside out, spoon under your pillow... instantweatherinc.com/article/onta...
‘Snow (Ice) Day’ Forecast: School Bus Cancellations Almost Certain Across Southern Ontario With Major Winter Storm on Wednesday
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instantweatherinc.com
February 17, 2026 at 11:22 PM
Okay, kids... PJs inside out, spoon under your pillow... instantweatherinc.com/article/onta...
So looking forward to the future of statistically plausible synthetically-generated "news."
#AI is an epistemic weapon.
#AI is an epistemic weapon.
“We plan to hire an AI rewrite specialist to ingest the reporting by Hannah and others and use AI to convert it into stories.”
The editor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer said it will use AI to ‘write’ its articles.
www.cleveland.com/news/2025/10...
The editor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer said it will use AI to ‘write’ its articles.
www.cleveland.com/news/2025/10...
February 16, 2026 at 2:42 PM
So looking forward to the future of statistically plausible synthetically-generated "news."
#AI is an epistemic weapon.
#AI is an epistemic weapon.
I never wanted the new Google phone, but every time Steph Curry smirks his insufferable genocide-profiteering smirk at me during Olympic commercial breaks I somehow still want it even less.
February 15, 2026 at 11:16 PM
I never wanted the new Google phone, but every time Steph Curry smirks his insufferable genocide-profiteering smirk at me during Olympic commercial breaks I somehow still want it even less.
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the Black Panthers were right
February 15, 2026 at 5:47 PM
the Black Panthers were right
Never not reposting this video. FRIENDS IS THE GOAL.
this is so good even if getting me to hang out IRL is usually harder than standing in the corner of a circular room
need to make everyone in San Francisco watch this video every morning and every night
February 15, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Never not reposting this video. FRIENDS IS THE GOAL.
The move in Ontario to remove principals (education managers) from unions and now to increasingly seek MBA quals over ed quals for Directors and superintendents is part of the same problem. The people in charge of education have never been more divorced from the material conditions in classrooms.
is behind their assumptions about the scope of AI-automation (above and beyond the very real class war through deskilling that AI represents).
If that's true, then the point isn't just that we *can* do without bosses and managers, but that we *must*. 4/4
If that's true, then the point isn't just that we *can* do without bosses and managers, but that we *must*. 4/4
February 15, 2026 at 4:03 PM
The move in Ontario to remove principals (education managers) from unions and now to increasingly seek MBA quals over ed quals for Directors and superintendents is part of the same problem. The people in charge of education have never been more divorced from the material conditions in classrooms.
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"EDUCATION FOR THE RICH ONLY"
Another thing Doug Ford didn't put in his vanity snap election campaign platform last year.
#onpoli #cdnpoli #onted
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Another thing Doug Ford didn't put in his vanity snap election campaign platform last year.
#onpoli #cdnpoli #onted
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Ontario is cutting back OSAP grants — and students have thoughts | CBC Accessibility
Reaction is pouring in from incoming and current postsecondary students after the province announced major changes to its Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP) grant structure.
www.cbc.ca
February 15, 2026 at 1:55 PM
"EDUCATION FOR THE RICH ONLY"
Another thing Doug Ford didn't put in his vanity snap election campaign platform last year.
#onpoli #cdnpoli #onted
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Another thing Doug Ford didn't put in his vanity snap election campaign platform last year.
#onpoli #cdnpoli #onted
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
In the mid 80s I had an hour long bus ride each way to school and like a dozen cassettes for my walkman. Probably listened to this entire album at least 200 times before I turned 18. www.youtube.com/watch?v=X01E...
February 15, 2026 at 2:12 AM
In the mid 80s I had an hour long bus ride each way to school and like a dozen cassettes for my walkman. Probably listened to this entire album at least 200 times before I turned 18. www.youtube.com/watch?v=X01E...
i love my f y h o d shirt. you'll love yours too.
✨ Shameless Self Promotion Saturday ✨
✨ re-reject edition ✨
we spent the last three weeks avoiding promoting the angry stuff, and keeping it hidden on the shop, because we did not want to be remotely seen as capitalizing on people's deaths.
thank you for respecting the break
artbymox.shop/reject
✨ re-reject edition ✨
we spent the last three weeks avoiding promoting the angry stuff, and keeping it hidden on the shop, because we did not want to be remotely seen as capitalizing on people's deaths.
thank you for respecting the break
artbymox.shop/reject
February 15, 2026 at 2:00 AM
i love my f y h o d shirt. you'll love yours too.
Forget about your prognosticating groundhogs. I am pleased to report that the potato that has sat dormant in a planter my basement since October--unwatered and covered in a tarp--has declared the arrival of Spring. Onwards and upwards, sun lovers.
February 14, 2026 at 9:57 PM
Forget about your prognosticating groundhogs. I am pleased to report that the potato that has sat dormant in a planter my basement since October--unwatered and covered in a tarp--has declared the arrival of Spring. Onwards and upwards, sun lovers.