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Colin W. 🇨🇦 🇦🇺🇩🇪🌻
@grapemanca.bsky.social
"Change is not progress; it's merely the alteration of direction." Canadian educator for over 32 years, news junkie, Twitter refugee and edu-change skeptic, perilously embracing progressive politics, research-based education & the #Canucks.
Today was my first visit to the HHOF. I'm not sure how I feel about this juxtaposition in the player showcase area. 🤔 #Canucks
September 12, 2025 at 10:48 PM
August 16, 2025 at 1:19 AM
On the ludicrous dichotomy of facts and understanding, a dichotomy unfortunately entrenched in most of #BCEd education schools. #bcedchat
July 24, 2025 at 1:28 AM
You gotta hand it to Grok...
July 21, 2025 at 2:06 AM
The automakers least prepared for full EV vehicles are the most vociferous opponents of electric vehicles. influencemap.org/pressrelease...
July 19, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Is a liberal arts education truly an unwanted option? #edchat www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/o...
July 18, 2025 at 1:12 AM
#Amazon customer service at its finest. 🙄
July 14, 2025 at 1:35 AM
At the same time, you can feel the tension in the document. Imagine thinking that decoding & fluency are opposed to the "enjoyment of reading, writing", when, of course, decoding & fluency are the very basis of such enjoyment. Old whole language prejudices die hard, I suppose. #bcedchat #bced
June 30, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Are new federal laws against intimidating protest really necessary? #cdnpoli

www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
June 29, 2025 at 5:16 AM
The Atlantic's servility is the main reason I've canceled my subscription and will not go back.
June 8, 2025 at 9:57 PM
In a city that has actively obliterated its past, Vancouver's demolition of its 2nd Pantages theatre might be the worst example. vancouversun.com/news/local-n...
May 12, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Total lunacy.
April 28, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Newspaper endorsements of #cdnpoli federal parties:
April 16, 2025 at 5:25 PM
An Open Letter to White Americans with Trump Voter Remorse or Protest Voter Persecution Syndrome: prose-and-puns.medium.com/an-open-lett... #uspoli #gaza
April 15, 2025 at 2:19 AM
True story: "Trump’s Family Fortune Originated in a Canadian Gold-Rush Brothel" archive.ph/eXORH#select...
April 6, 2025 at 8:33 PM
On the time Justin #Trudeau reminded The Donald about his grandfather's Canadian brothel. www.wonkette.com/p/the-time-j...
April 6, 2025 at 8:29 PM
How times have changed.
April 4, 2025 at 8:29 PM
April 2, 2025 at 9:40 PM
March 26, 2025 at 2:26 AM
As the Hudson's Bay Company disappears downriver into the mist, I highly recommend Stephen Bown's history of the #HBC, The Company. It's #Canadian history at its finest. #cdnpoli
March 22, 2025 at 11:32 PM
March 15, 2025 at 3:13 AM
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March 3, 2025 at 11:13 PM
The U.S. has committed more than any other single country, but Europe has “clearly overtaken” the U.S. as Ukraine’s biggest benefactor. www.usnews.com/news/best-co... #Ukraine #UkrainianView
February 23, 2025 at 10:20 PM
#Ukraine 🇺🇦
February 18, 2025 at 10:49 PM