Lindsay Gibson
@lsgibson.bsky.social
History & social studies educator @UBCEduc; #historicalthinking advocate; tea enthusiast; Habs devotee; bourgeois golfer; views mine; he/him/his.
I wish KWL charts and exit tickets had never been created.
November 2, 2025 at 5:47 PM
I wish KWL charts and exit tickets had never been created.
Please no double play
November 2, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Please no double play
Elbows up?
Q: Did you apologize to Donald Trump about Ontario's anti-tariff ad?
CARNEY: I did apologize to the President. The President was offended by the ad... I'm the one who is responsible, in my role as PM, for the relationship with the President of the United States.
CARNEY: I did apologize to the President. The President was offended by the ad... I'm the one who is responsible, in my role as PM, for the relationship with the President of the United States.
November 1, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Elbows up?
“And I would like to be able to love my country all while loving justice. I don’t want just any greatness for my country if such is to come from blood and falsehood. It’s through upholding justice that I want my country to flourish.” You said to me, “Well, you don’t love your country.”
The best summary of this thinking, and the inevitability of authoritarian defeat to liberalism I've yet encountered was, unsurprisingly, written 82 years ago.
Camus' Letters to a German Friend, a Warning for Our Times
In the midst of WWII, Albert Camus wrote 4 letters to a fictitious German. Here is the first, predicting the triumph of truth over falsehood.
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October 31, 2025 at 3:07 PM
“And I would like to be able to love my country all while loving justice. I don’t want just any greatness for my country if such is to come from blood and falsehood. It’s through upholding justice that I want my country to flourish.” You said to me, “Well, you don’t love your country.”
Our beloved cat Rosa died in May at the age of 22. We dearly miss her and don’t want to get another cat. Luckily we have a neighbourhood cat named Simon who loves to come over and hang out for a few hours a day, including snuggle time.
October 30, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Our beloved cat Rosa died in May at the age of 22. We dearly miss her and don’t want to get another cat. Luckily we have a neighbourhood cat named Simon who loves to come over and hang out for a few hours a day, including snuggle time.
RIP Tim Cook. A huge loss for the Canadian history community. Undoubtedly the best Canadian military historian of his generation.
He was also an incredibly kind and generous person, who was encouraging to me in the early part of my academic career.
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He was also an incredibly kind and generous person, who was encouraging to me in the early part of my academic career.
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Tim Cook, chief historian at Canadian War Museum, dies at 54 | CBC News
Tim Cook, the chief historian at the Canadian War Museum and the country’s “pre-eminent military historian,” has died, the museum announced Sunday.
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October 27, 2025 at 12:23 AM
RIP Tim Cook. A huge loss for the Canadian history community. Undoubtedly the best Canadian military historian of his generation.
He was also an incredibly kind and generous person, who was encouraging to me in the early part of my academic career.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
He was also an incredibly kind and generous person, who was encouraging to me in the early part of my academic career.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
The US government is at war with the American people.
To be clear:
LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.
The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.
This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.
LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.
The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.
This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.
Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids
Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.
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October 15, 2025 at 4:19 AM
The US government is at war with the American people.
Now do his mental age
Trump, 79, has "cardiac age" of 65-year-old, doctor says reut.rs/4mZNZbu
Trump, 79, has "cardiac age" of 65-year-old, doctor says
Donald Trump was found to be in "exceptional health" in a medical evaluation, the U.S. president's doctor said in a memo released by the White House on Friday, with his "cardiac age" 14 years younger than in "chronological age."
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October 14, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Now do his mental age
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I am the consummate car guy. I dedicated my life to creating and adoring them. But I have also learned that life is better when you don’t need one. I’d rather take the bike and/or the train and I love living in a walkable city. It’s not about “taking away your car”, it’s about giving you a choice.
You can be a “car guy” and not like car dependency. You can be a “car guy” and get that too many cars in cities is bad for everyone, including drivers. You can be a “car guy” and be tired of lies & manipulations like “the war on cars.” You can be a “car guy” and know more choice means more freedom.
September 23, 2025 at 7:27 AM
I am the consummate car guy. I dedicated my life to creating and adoring them. But I have also learned that life is better when you don’t need one. I’d rather take the bike and/or the train and I love living in a walkable city. It’s not about “taking away your car”, it’s about giving you a choice.
Cannot wait for the #BetaBand in Vancouver on Sunday night.
Tour sounds like a triumph so far.
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Tour sounds like a triumph so far.
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The Beta Band: Roundhouse, London - Live Review
The Beta Band Roundhouse, London 3rd October 2025 Back after an absence of 21 years, The Beta Band remain one of the live arena's most beguiling and The Beta Band - 21 years away - throw their hata in...
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October 8, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Cannot wait for the #BetaBand in Vancouver on Sunday night.
Tour sounds like a triumph so far.
louderthanwar.com/the-beta-ban...
Tour sounds like a triumph so far.
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Next up after the Chretien/Harper debate. Arthur Meighen vs Mackenzie King
October 2, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Next up after the Chretien/Harper debate. Arthur Meighen vs Mackenzie King
Residential schools denialism has consequences.
The deplorable LS shamelessly uses her pregnancy and young children to elicit sympathy while denying the harms that Indigenous children experienced.
"More to come" suggests that she's currently strategizing about how to turn this into a grift.
The deplorable LS shamelessly uses her pregnancy and young children to elicit sympathy while denying the harms that Indigenous children experienced.
"More to come" suggests that she's currently strategizing about how to turn this into a grift.
Update: Lindsay Shepherd says the B.C. Conservatives have fired her.
October 2, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Residential schools denialism has consequences.
The deplorable LS shamelessly uses her pregnancy and young children to elicit sympathy while denying the harms that Indigenous children experienced.
"More to come" suggests that she's currently strategizing about how to turn this into a grift.
The deplorable LS shamelessly uses her pregnancy and young children to elicit sympathy while denying the harms that Indigenous children experienced.
"More to come" suggests that she's currently strategizing about how to turn this into a grift.
This dude represents all of us who watched this shitshow.
October 1, 2025 at 2:00 AM
This dude represents all of us who watched this shitshow.
I’m heartened by the fact that even high ranking military officials including the hawkish ones don’t appear to like Trump or Cringey Pete
October 1, 2025 at 1:30 AM
I’m heartened by the fact that even high ranking military officials including the hawkish ones don’t appear to like Trump or Cringey Pete
My 5th year BEd students were talking about learning resources for teaching about Residential Schools and one student brought up Gord Downie and the Chanie Wenjack resources. I was amazed that only one student knew about Gord Downie or the Tragically Hip.
I'm officially old.
I'm officially old.
October 1, 2025 at 1:12 AM
My 5th year BEd students were talking about learning resources for teaching about Residential Schools and one student brought up Gord Downie and the Chanie Wenjack resources. I was amazed that only one student knew about Gord Downie or the Tragically Hip.
I'm officially old.
I'm officially old.
In her interminable quest for attention, Lindsay Shepherd continues to be a blight on Canadian society and espouse vile, malicious views, in this case residential schools denialism. She should be fired. Free speech does not equal speech without consequences.
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UBCIC calls for firing of B.C. Conservative Party staffer after comments on orange shirts | CBC News
B.C. Conservative leader John Rustad is facing calls to denounce a statement by a caucus staffer who called the Survivors' flag – which commemorates the deaths at residential schools – a “disgrace” an...
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September 30, 2025 at 6:17 PM
In her interminable quest for attention, Lindsay Shepherd continues to be a blight on Canadian society and espouse vile, malicious views, in this case residential schools denialism. She should be fired. Free speech does not equal speech without consequences.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Nice to see the Americans getting absolutely smoked by the Europeans in the #RyderCup.
American exceptionalism indeed. Exceptionally terrible performance.
American exceptionalism indeed. Exceptionally terrible performance.
September 27, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Nice to see the Americans getting absolutely smoked by the Europeans in the #RyderCup.
American exceptionalism indeed. Exceptionally terrible performance.
American exceptionalism indeed. Exceptionally terrible performance.
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Someone needs to tell Trump that ordering the removal of a monument doesn't erase history. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Statue of Trump and Epstein holding hands removed from National Mall
The statue, the latest installation by an anonymous group of artists critical of the president, was supposed to be on display until 8 p.m. Sunday.
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September 24, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Someone needs to tell Trump that ordering the removal of a monument doesn't erase history. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Heavy sack beatings will continue until morale improves.
September 23, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Heavy sack beatings will continue until morale improves.
The "ultimate" symbol of the complete and utter degradation of the Presidency and the White House.
September 21, 2025 at 5:53 PM
The "ultimate" symbol of the complete and utter degradation of the Presidency and the White House.
“I’m gonna be honest with you. Once you use ChatGPT, you don’t want to think for yourself anymore.”
imagine relying on AI to write your bio and then having the nerve to say you're witty and full of personality
September 21, 2025 at 4:08 PM
“I’m gonna be honest with you. Once you use ChatGPT, you don’t want to think for yourself anymore.”
"Now, I began to see, while the pen might be mightier than the sword, the wallet is mightier than the pen."
Power is the rock on which truth founders. The mainstream media, with a few exceptions, is a single-issue lobby group, whose purpose is to assert the rights of capital.
Here's what I've learnt about the industry in 40 years in journalism.
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Here's what I've learnt about the industry in 40 years in journalism.
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I have now been a journalist for 40 years. The forces ranged against my profession have never been so powerful | George Monbiot
Once, I believed that humanity’s problem was an information deficit. Now, I know you can’t speak truth to power if power controls your words, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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September 20, 2025 at 7:05 AM
"Now, I began to see, while the pen might be mightier than the sword, the wallet is mightier than the pen."
This essay is yet another example of a historian writing about historical thinking (or what they call historical sensibility) as if it's a new idea, while ignoring 50+ years of scholarly literature in history education focused on conceptualizing and theorizing historical thinking.
I can't recommend this essay enough: "Ultimately, thinking historically is about asking better, more probing questions. It is a disciplined curiosity that fosters an appreciation for the complex interplay of individual agency, structural forces and pure chance." www.noemamag.com/the-lost-art...
The Lost Art Of Thinking Historically | NOEMA
To understand the world today, we must see it as actors of the past did: through a foggy windshield, not a rearview mirror, facing a future of radical uncertainty.
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September 19, 2025 at 9:34 PM
This essay is yet another example of a historian writing about historical thinking (or what they call historical sensibility) as if it's a new idea, while ignoring 50+ years of scholarly literature in history education focused on conceptualizing and theorizing historical thinking.
Canadian Liberal MPs give a standing ovation to Charlie Kirk in the House of Commons, while MP Vince Gasparro uses false and malicious claims to ban a band for opposing the ongoing genocide in Gaza.
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September 19, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Canadian Liberal MPs give a standing ovation to Charlie Kirk in the House of Commons, while MP Vince Gasparro uses false and malicious claims to ban a band for opposing the ongoing genocide in Gaza.
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Expo 86 trivia time.
The U.S. pavilion focused on their space program, but the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded less than four months before Expo began
The USSR's pavilion celebrated their nuclear industry, but the Chernobyl nuclear disaster occurred less than a week before Expo began.
The U.S. pavilion focused on their space program, but the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded less than four months before Expo began
The USSR's pavilion celebrated their nuclear industry, but the Chernobyl nuclear disaster occurred less than a week before Expo began.
September 18, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Expo 86 trivia time.
The U.S. pavilion focused on their space program, but the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded less than four months before Expo began
The USSR's pavilion celebrated their nuclear industry, but the Chernobyl nuclear disaster occurred less than a week before Expo began.
The U.S. pavilion focused on their space program, but the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded less than four months before Expo began
The USSR's pavilion celebrated their nuclear industry, but the Chernobyl nuclear disaster occurred less than a week before Expo began.