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They have discovered a planet. It is so far away. There's a beast there that might be related to a finch, except for its wan fur. Come on.
December 5, 2025 at 7:01 AM
They have discovered a planet. It is so far away. There's a beast there that might be related to a finch, except for its wan fur. Come on.
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December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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Punk rockers | Norval Morrisseau (Bingwi Neyaashi Anishinaabek First Nation), 1989. Now on display at The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detriot, Michigan.
November 30, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Punk rockers | Norval Morrisseau (Bingwi Neyaashi Anishinaabek First Nation), 1989. Now on display at The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detriot, Michigan.
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A story Stoppard told several times, in several places:
November 29, 2025 at 6:10 PM
A story Stoppard told several times, in several places:
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I have been reading all the "students these days" threads from various sides and I have an essay's worth of thoughts -- there's a lot of complexity and heterogeneity that is hard to communicate on social media. There are a couple of things I will say here though. 1/
November 29, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I have been reading all the "students these days" threads from various sides and I have an essay's worth of thoughts -- there's a lot of complexity and heterogeneity that is hard to communicate on social media. There are a couple of things I will say here though. 1/
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Curious about the demographics of physicists in Canada? Us too! Read our newest publication in @cdnsciencepub.com @facetsjournal.bsky.social 📏⚛️🌈How is your organization supporting the increasingly diverse group of future physicists? #equityinphysics #womeninstem 👇
New 📰| Canadian physics counts: an exploration of the diverse identities of physics students and professionals in Canada 👥 https://ow.ly/6HIc50Xu720
Part of the EDIA in Science collection.
University of Waterloo Research & Innovation | University of Toronto Mississauga Dalhousie University
Part of the EDIA in Science collection.
University of Waterloo Research & Innovation | University of Toronto Mississauga Dalhousie University
November 25, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Curious about the demographics of physicists in Canada? Us too! Read our newest publication in @cdnsciencepub.com @facetsjournal.bsky.social 📏⚛️🌈How is your organization supporting the increasingly diverse group of future physicists? #equityinphysics #womeninstem 👇
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When people learn with ChatGPT instead of following their own searches, they end up knowing less, caring less, and producing worse advice, even when the facts are the same.
Friction is an essential ingredient for learning! Convenience makes us shallow.
academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...
Friction is an essential ingredient for learning! Convenience makes us shallow.
academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...
Experimental evidence of the effects of large language models versus web search on depth of learning
Abstract. The effects of using large language models (LLMs) versus traditional web search on depth of learning are explored. A theory is proposed that when
academic.oup.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:14 PM
When people learn with ChatGPT instead of following their own searches, they end up knowing less, caring less, and producing worse advice, even when the facts are the same.
Friction is an essential ingredient for learning! Convenience makes us shallow.
academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...
Friction is an essential ingredient for learning! Convenience makes us shallow.
academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...
Don't read the comments.
November 27, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Don't read the comments.
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Almost anything can be treated as a map. Projections, charts, and diagrams are all ways of flattening the world so we can understand.
But the real magic happens when we enjoy those maps together. MAPS FOR KIDS is here! Let's meet our three maps: visionarypress.com/pages/maps-f...
But the real magic happens when we enjoy those maps together. MAPS FOR KIDS is here! Let's meet our three maps: visionarypress.com/pages/maps-f...
Maps for Kids
Celebrate information graphics!
visionarypress.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Almost anything can be treated as a map. Projections, charts, and diagrams are all ways of flattening the world so we can understand.
But the real magic happens when we enjoy those maps together. MAPS FOR KIDS is here! Let's meet our three maps: visionarypress.com/pages/maps-f...
But the real magic happens when we enjoy those maps together. MAPS FOR KIDS is here! Let's meet our three maps: visionarypress.com/pages/maps-f...
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Definitive Stars Wars ranking:
1. Yojimbo
2. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
3. Metropolis
4. Casablanca
5. Spaceballs
1. Yojimbo
2. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
3. Metropolis
4. Casablanca
5. Spaceballs
November 24, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Definitive Stars Wars ranking:
1. Yojimbo
2. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
3. Metropolis
4. Casablanca
5. Spaceballs
1. Yojimbo
2. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
3. Metropolis
4. Casablanca
5. Spaceballs
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I have two things I would really like people to internalize about the fashion industry/garment manufacturing, and they are:
1. Mass manufactured clothes are only ever intended to fit "good enough," and;
2. Everything you wear was made by actual human people.
1. Mass manufactured clothes are only ever intended to fit "good enough," and;
2. Everything you wear was made by actual human people.
November 23, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I have two things I would really like people to internalize about the fashion industry/garment manufacturing, and they are:
1. Mass manufactured clothes are only ever intended to fit "good enough," and;
2. Everything you wear was made by actual human people.
1. Mass manufactured clothes are only ever intended to fit "good enough," and;
2. Everything you wear was made by actual human people.
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Drink from the well of yourself and begin again.
November 21, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Drink from the well of yourself and begin again.
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Hi Bluesky 👋
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
November 7, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Hi Bluesky 👋
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
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1.This is not the only known example we know of ChatGPT cheering on a vulnerable young person to die by suicide, this time it is a recent Texas A&M grad
2. Every single university that has invited OpenAI into our midst should be asked to account for their choices.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
2. Every single university that has invited OpenAI into our midst should be asked to account for their choices.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
November 7, 2025 at 1:50 AM
1.This is not the only known example we know of ChatGPT cheering on a vulnerable young person to die by suicide, this time it is a recent Texas A&M grad
2. Every single university that has invited OpenAI into our midst should be asked to account for their choices.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
2. Every single university that has invited OpenAI into our midst should be asked to account for their choices.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
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The Government's attack on teachers puts all of us in jeopardy.
Thanks to all who stood up today for fundamental rights and for quality education in Alberta. When teachers fight, students win.
#solidarity #ableg #universityofalberta
Thanks to all who stood up today for fundamental rights and for quality education in Alberta. When teachers fight, students win.
#solidarity #ableg #universityofalberta
November 5, 2025 at 10:14 PM
The Government's attack on teachers puts all of us in jeopardy.
Thanks to all who stood up today for fundamental rights and for quality education in Alberta. When teachers fight, students win.
#solidarity #ableg #universityofalberta
Thanks to all who stood up today for fundamental rights and for quality education in Alberta. When teachers fight, students win.
#solidarity #ableg #universityofalberta
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I hope you feel a little okay. I hope you smiled once. I hope today grants you space for restful sleep at least tonight and maybe some energy for tomorrow. I hope you're hopeful.
November 5, 2025 at 2:52 AM
I hope you feel a little okay. I hope you smiled once. I hope today grants you space for restful sleep at least tonight and maybe some energy for tomorrow. I hope you're hopeful.
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Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
November 3, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
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Appreciate the shout-out! Explanatory thread here: bsky.app/profile/paul...
📢 #EdWorkingPapers: Do K–12 computer science education policies boost CS majors in college?
Using 20+ years of data, Paul Bruno & colleagues show these policies are often too light-touch to matter, reflecting, not driving, rising CS interest.
📄 edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1301
Using 20+ years of data, Paul Bruno & colleagues show these policies are often too light-touch to matter, reflecting, not driving, rising CS interest.
📄 edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1301
October 30, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Appreciate the shout-out! Explanatory thread here: bsky.app/profile/paul...
**Squints at my faculty association.**
“The Alberta Government’s use of the notwithstanding clause is reckless, authoritarian, and ideological overreach."
AUPE reiterates its support for Alberta teachers as it condemns the province's move to legislate them back to work.
AUPE reiterates its support for Alberta teachers as it condemns the province's move to legislate them back to work.
October 28, 2025 at 12:40 AM
**Squints at my faculty association.**
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You should do something nice for someone tomorrow.
Don’t post about it. Don’t share it.
Just do something nice for someone.
Don’t post about it. Don’t share it.
Just do something nice for someone.
October 27, 2025 at 3:13 AM
You should do something nice for someone tomorrow.
Don’t post about it. Don’t share it.
Just do something nice for someone.
Don’t post about it. Don’t share it.
Just do something nice for someone.