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Colin Mitchell
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Medieval/Early Modern historian of Iran, Central Asia and India at Dalhousie University Halifax, Canada
E-Biker & Lover of cats
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a man in a suit and tie says " look in your heart "
ALT: a man in a suit and tie says " look in your heart "
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September 22, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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nikthomas.bsky.social
First ever Canadian University with major professional and research programs to threaten faculty with lockout.
August 18, 2025 at 1:03 PM
cpmishell.bsky.social
I’m very interested in this event, but unfortunately I won’t be able to attend. Hopefully there might be something available online after it’s all said and done?
April 12, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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sonjadrimmer.bsky.social
I just co-authored a piece with @cnygren.bsky.social on exactly this! It’s short!

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REFLECTIONS ON AI IN THE CLASSROOM: How We are Not Using Al in the Classroom By Sonja Drimmer & Christopher J. Nygren Premise Prompt engineering is a term that has become commonplace since the widespread availability of generative AI applications like ChatGPT. The idea is that the outputs of the large language models (LLMs) on which these applications are based are only as good as the prompts that are input: vague prompts result in equally vague outputs. And thus was born the race to train for careers in prompt engineering. Unfortunately, the bubble seems to have burst before even the first generation of students was trained for this career outcome. We were given a prompt as an invitation to participate in this newsletter: "How are you using Al in the classroom?" While we have accepted this invitation, we are engaging in the most humanistic act we can imagine-refusing the prompt.
March 28, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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abizadeh.bsky.social
—people sent to ICE detention prisons under terrible circumstances, with no information about the conditions of release, and with great barriers for outside contact. The latest reports concern a Canadian citizen: /4
I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped
I was stuck in a freezing cell without explanation despite eventually having lawyers and media attention. Yet, compared with others, I was lucky
www.theguardian.com
March 19, 2025 at 1:37 PM