Bonnie Stewart
@bonstewart.bsky.social
online pedagogies, digital/data/multiliteracies, belonging, open ed. Three Fires Confederacy land. they/she.
old-skool cyborg/digital educator in the Haraway tradition: partial, ironic, faithful as blasphemy is faithful.
old-skool cyborg/digital educator in the Haraway tradition: partial, ironic, faithful as blasphemy is faithful.
i leave in a few hours.
one final project blog post...some things i learned along the way, on this sabbatical project journey extravaganza. and much that i am grateful for.
goodnight, Scotland, and joy be with you all ❤
bonstewart.com/belonging/po...
one final project blog post...some things i learned along the way, on this sabbatical project journey extravaganza. and much that i am grateful for.
goodnight, Scotland, and joy be with you all ❤
bonstewart.com/belonging/po...
June 18, 2025 at 12:59 AM
i leave in a few hours.
one final project blog post...some things i learned along the way, on this sabbatical project journey extravaganza. and much that i am grateful for.
goodnight, Scotland, and joy be with you all ❤
bonstewart.com/belonging/po...
one final project blog post...some things i learned along the way, on this sabbatical project journey extravaganza. and much that i am grateful for.
goodnight, Scotland, and joy be with you all ❤
bonstewart.com/belonging/po...
…and then, more expectedly, Whole of the Moon. forty years. this song is forty years old. i am basically Methuselah. but it brought me joy to hear this live, thisclose 🥹
June 11, 2025 at 10:48 PM
…and then, more expectedly, Whole of the Moon. forty years. this song is forty years old. i am basically Methuselah. but it brought me joy to hear this live, thisclose 🥹
also…there was a whole 45min foray into the new album…dedicated to/impressionistically narrating the life of Dennis Hopper, which felt like a mid-concert musical somehow, with props & extras?
i loved the creativity. i bought the tshirt ;)
i loved the creativity. i bought the tshirt ;)
June 11, 2025 at 10:41 PM
also…there was a whole 45min foray into the new album…dedicated to/impressionistically narrating the life of Dennis Hopper, which felt like a mid-concert musical somehow, with props & extras?
i loved the creativity. i bought the tshirt ;)
i loved the creativity. i bought the tshirt ;)
heckler at The Waterboys in Aberdeen starts shouting when Trump’s nearby golf course comes up (to boos). Mike Scott tells heckler to feck right off & carries on with story, after the applause.
June 11, 2025 at 10:16 PM
heckler at The Waterboys in Aberdeen starts shouting when Trump’s nearby golf course comes up (to boos). Mike Scott tells heckler to feck right off & carries on with story, after the applause.
in Aberdeen for the night, waiting for The Waterboys. front row standing room.
June 11, 2025 at 7:12 PM
in Aberdeen for the night, waiting for The Waterboys. front row standing room.
just met this lovely lassie on the high street of Coll.
may you all have such pleasant & floofy encounters in your day :)
may you all have such pleasant & floofy encounters in your day :)
June 3, 2025 at 9:44 AM
just met this lovely lassie on the high street of Coll.
may you all have such pleasant & floofy encounters in your day :)
may you all have such pleasant & floofy encounters in your day :)
the most extraordinary day.
early this morning, a ferry landed me on the Isle of Coll, off Scotland, where my mother's people were cleared from. i am the first of my line to return, in nearly 180 years.
me, trying to hold all the feelings about being here. also sheep, our replacers, who remain.
early this morning, a ferry landed me on the Isle of Coll, off Scotland, where my mother's people were cleared from. i am the first of my line to return, in nearly 180 years.
me, trying to hold all the feelings about being here. also sheep, our replacers, who remain.
June 1, 2025 at 11:55 PM
the most extraordinary day.
early this morning, a ferry landed me on the Isle of Coll, off Scotland, where my mother's people were cleared from. i am the first of my line to return, in nearly 180 years.
me, trying to hold all the feelings about being here. also sheep, our replacers, who remain.
early this morning, a ferry landed me on the Isle of Coll, off Scotland, where my mother's people were cleared from. i am the first of my line to return, in nearly 180 years.
me, trying to hold all the feelings about being here. also sheep, our replacers, who remain.
May 16, 2025 at 9:44 PM
at #werobot2025 listening to @biancawylie as discussant overview AI openness & how regulation & legal frameworks canNOT be the end of the story - “what is the economy of making decisions about openness?” “how do we hold openness & the cultural reality of gov’t & corporate secrecy in tension?”
April 4, 2025 at 2:31 PM
at #werobot2025 listening to @biancawylie as discussant overview AI openness & how regulation & legal frameworks canNOT be the end of the story - “what is the economy of making decisions about openness?” “how do we hold openness & the cultural reality of gov’t & corporate secrecy in tension?”
not the best screenshot ever captured BUT...an engaging & fabulous dissertation defense & a privilege to be part of :)
with permission, let me celebrate & announce Dr. @JesshMitchell, newly-minted PhD, whose thesis was successfully, joyfully defended today. excited to see this work in the world!
with permission, let me celebrate & announce Dr. @JesshMitchell, newly-minted PhD, whose thesis was successfully, joyfully defended today. excited to see this work in the world!
April 3, 2025 at 6:07 PM
not the best screenshot ever captured BUT...an engaging & fabulous dissertation defense & a privilege to be part of :)
with permission, let me celebrate & announce Dr. @JesshMitchell, newly-minted PhD, whose thesis was successfully, joyfully defended today. excited to see this work in the world!
with permission, let me celebrate & announce Dr. @JesshMitchell, newly-minted PhD, whose thesis was successfully, joyfully defended today. excited to see this work in the world!
i feel like new large boi's middle name offers some insight into *somebody's* fantasies. has Elon read to the end of any of these stories?
February 28, 2025 at 10:53 PM
i feel like new large boi's middle name offers some insight into *somebody's* fantasies. has Elon read to the end of any of these stories?
had one more lovely meeting today…this one planned & thanks to you :) appreciate you sending my work their way!
February 25, 2025 at 12:19 AM
had one more lovely meeting today…this one planned & thanks to you :) appreciate you sending my work their way!
lol so today i heard my name AGAIN! i feel very popular in Dublin 😂😭😊
February 23, 2025 at 9:27 PM
lol so today i heard my name AGAIN! i feel very popular in Dublin 😂😭😊
me & @edtechie.bsky.social & @marendeepwell.bsky.social were wandering through the throngs of Dublin when i heard my name :)
got to join @stevedotedu.bsky.social & his partner for a sidewalk drink. turns out we all know @gravesle.bsky.social who’s in Canada right now so…waving! small wild world :)
got to join @stevedotedu.bsky.social & his partner for a sidewalk drink. turns out we all know @gravesle.bsky.social who’s in Canada right now so…waving! small wild world :)
February 22, 2025 at 10:31 PM
me & @edtechie.bsky.social & @marendeepwell.bsky.social were wandering through the throngs of Dublin when i heard my name :)
got to join @stevedotedu.bsky.social & his partner for a sidewalk drink. turns out we all know @gravesle.bsky.social who’s in Canada right now so…waving! small wild world :)
got to join @stevedotedu.bsky.social & his partner for a sidewalk drink. turns out we all know @gravesle.bsky.social who’s in Canada right now so…waving! small wild world :)
closing keynote for Education After the Algorithm - @edtechie.bsky.social teaching us the algorithm (kinda) of metaphors, replete with warnings
February 21, 2025 at 4:32 PM
closing keynote for Education After the Algorithm - @edtechie.bsky.social teaching us the algorithm (kinda) of metaphors, replete with warnings
‘If we make this an individual project, we will fail. If we make this a moral project - don’t use this - we will fail.’
higher ed has the urgent task of sustaining spaces where scholars/students can engage in reading/writing/learning in ways that don’t pass thru a proprietary data infrastructure
higher ed has the urgent task of sustaining spaces where scholars/students can engage in reading/writing/learning in ways that don’t pass thru a proprietary data infrastructure
February 21, 2025 at 9:52 AM
‘If we make this an individual project, we will fail. If we make this a moral project - don’t use this - we will fail.’
higher ed has the urgent task of sustaining spaces where scholars/students can engage in reading/writing/learning in ways that don’t pass thru a proprietary data infrastructure
higher ed has the urgent task of sustaining spaces where scholars/students can engage in reading/writing/learning in ways that don’t pass thru a proprietary data infrastructure
opening keynote for Education After the Algorithm at Dublin City University is @helenbeetham.bsky.social, starting us off by examining the algorithm
February 21, 2025 at 9:29 AM
opening keynote for Education After the Algorithm at Dublin City University is @helenbeetham.bsky.social, starting us off by examining the algorithm
random happy:
today's public TrentU webinar 'AI is Trash' by CRC @apasek.bsky.social (whose work i hadn't encountered before) is detailed, smart, & traces out both the literal garbage/waste elements of AI impact...but also capitalism & what gets lost in all the hype. new big fan, Anne :)
today's public TrentU webinar 'AI is Trash' by CRC @apasek.bsky.social (whose work i hadn't encountered before) is detailed, smart, & traces out both the literal garbage/waste elements of AI impact...but also capitalism & what gets lost in all the hype. new big fan, Anne :)
February 12, 2025 at 5:42 PM
random happy:
today's public TrentU webinar 'AI is Trash' by CRC @apasek.bsky.social (whose work i hadn't encountered before) is detailed, smart, & traces out both the literal garbage/waste elements of AI impact...but also capitalism & what gets lost in all the hype. new big fan, Anne :)
today's public TrentU webinar 'AI is Trash' by CRC @apasek.bsky.social (whose work i hadn't encountered before) is detailed, smart, & traces out both the literal garbage/waste elements of AI impact...but also capitalism & what gets lost in all the hype. new big fan, Anne :)
kitten update: we put tinfoil over the soil of one of our few thus-far surviving plants in order to discourage the kittens from digging it into an early grave.
Pippa is apparently very into tinfoil, lol. so that’s going well.
#proofofcat
Pippa is apparently very into tinfoil, lol. so that’s going well.
#proofofcat
February 6, 2025 at 8:10 PM
kitten update: we put tinfoil over the soil of one of our few thus-far surviving plants in order to discourage the kittens from digging it into an early grave.
Pippa is apparently very into tinfoil, lol. so that’s going well.
#proofofcat
Pippa is apparently very into tinfoil, lol. so that’s going well.
#proofofcat
all i have to say about today, i guess.
we all gotta take up *playing* Woody's guitar, somehow...with our voices & our hands. be safe out there. may we all continue to believe our world can be more decent & just than we see, here & now.
we all gotta take up *playing* Woody's guitar, somehow...with our voices & our hands. be safe out there. may we all continue to believe our world can be more decent & just than we see, here & now.
January 20, 2025 at 4:35 PM
all i have to say about today, i guess.
we all gotta take up *playing* Woody's guitar, somehow...with our voices & our hands. be safe out there. may we all continue to believe our world can be more decent & just than we see, here & now.
we all gotta take up *playing* Woody's guitar, somehow...with our voices & our hands. be safe out there. may we all continue to believe our world can be more decent & just than we see, here & now.
okay well.
in honour of David Bowie's birthday & with gratitude across miles & years to @thepalinode.com who envisioned & captured this 2012 Ziggy/Low mashup & sent it to me today, i present...the architecture of my true self ;)
in honour of David Bowie's birthday & with gratitude across miles & years to @thepalinode.com who envisioned & captured this 2012 Ziggy/Low mashup & sent it to me today, i present...the architecture of my true self ;)
January 8, 2025 at 5:21 PM
okay well.
in honour of David Bowie's birthday & with gratitude across miles & years to @thepalinode.com who envisioned & captured this 2012 Ziggy/Low mashup & sent it to me today, i present...the architecture of my true self ;)
in honour of David Bowie's birthday & with gratitude across miles & years to @thepalinode.com who envisioned & captured this 2012 Ziggy/Low mashup & sent it to me today, i present...the architecture of my true self ;)
my Instagram profile pic has always been a shot of the one time i ever managed a decent tribute to Bowie. stupid platform apparently won't let me download the photo, which i no longer have another copy of...but lol, here's a screenshot with the 'notes' bubble marginally cropped yay social media
January 8, 2025 at 4:55 PM
my Instagram profile pic has always been a shot of the one time i ever managed a decent tribute to Bowie. stupid platform apparently won't let me download the photo, which i no longer have another copy of...but lol, here's a screenshot with the 'notes' bubble marginally cropped yay social media
happy David Bowie’s birthday to all who celebrate 🥳
the world’s been in a tailspin since he left us for the stars & ilthe line ‘nothing’s gonna touch you in these golden years’ has passed its expiry date as those golden years seem gone…but i’m still gonna walk tall, act fine & eat some cake 🎂
the world’s been in a tailspin since he left us for the stars & ilthe line ‘nothing’s gonna touch you in these golden years’ has passed its expiry date as those golden years seem gone…but i’m still gonna walk tall, act fine & eat some cake 🎂
January 8, 2025 at 4:43 PM
happy David Bowie’s birthday to all who celebrate 🥳
the world’s been in a tailspin since he left us for the stars & ilthe line ‘nothing’s gonna touch you in these golden years’ has passed its expiry date as those golden years seem gone…but i’m still gonna walk tall, act fine & eat some cake 🎂
the world’s been in a tailspin since he left us for the stars & ilthe line ‘nothing’s gonna touch you in these golden years’ has passed its expiry date as those golden years seem gone…but i’m still gonna walk tall, act fine & eat some cake 🎂
the kittens keep - rather reasonably - batting the bejeezus out of our Christmas ornaments.
me, now done with having a giant cat toy in my living room.
me, now done with having a giant cat toy in my living room.
December 28, 2024 at 10:40 PM
the kittens keep - rather reasonably - batting the bejeezus out of our Christmas ornaments.
me, now done with having a giant cat toy in my living room.
me, now done with having a giant cat toy in my living room.