That's amazing. What a pretty piece.

Careful or thorough is not how I'd describe the average 21-year old, especially those who think they can snow me with bullshit. So you see my problem....

The time I've spent writing up academic misconduct allegations is taking me away from what I want, and need, to do: teaching my students how to acquire, synthesize and convey knowledge. And it's making me very, very grumpy. 3/

In a couple of recent assignments, I've waded through hallucinated references purporting incredible findings, misattribution work that already exists, all written in florid prose that no undergraduate could produce (nor should they). 2/

I doubt that we're any better off today than if we'd been firm at the outset. And we'd feel a lot better about ourselves, having not debased ourselves in the court of the mad king.

I have a very smart colleague who has said right from the start of this mess that we should not play his game: instead we should insist that we have a trade agreement (CUSMA) and that we expect the US to live up to it. 4/

If he concludes a trade deal, he loses his power over men and women who are clearly his betters, intellectually and in every other way. He wants Carney to come crawling and kiss the ring every few months. If the US and Canada finalize an agreement, that won't happen. 3/

Trump just used it as an excuse to walk away from the talks, because he doesn't want progress on tariffs, or a trade deal more generally. He thrives on the chaos, confusion and division he creates. 2/

one of the university students should have asked the PM if his kids went into the skilled trades