Miranda 🍁
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At the intersection of adult education, democracy, and the digital.
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A friend of mine thought of it more like a pipeline of zombies than a pipe shaped zombie
November 28, 2025 at 11:11 PM
A friend of mine thought of it more like a pipeline of zombies than a pipe shaped zombie
Every time I read/hear "zombie pipeline" all I see is...
November 28, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Every time I read/hear "zombie pipeline" all I see is...
I just had a paper declined by a journal. The paper was on co-creation with AI (and outlining the problems).
Rejection with critical feedback is fine but the part that stands out is the excerpt I explicitly cited as AI was, "so interesting."
I'm sorry, the highest compliment went to AI. WTAF
Rejection with critical feedback is fine but the part that stands out is the excerpt I explicitly cited as AI was, "so interesting."
I'm sorry, the highest compliment went to AI. WTAF
November 7, 2025 at 2:27 AM
I just had a paper declined by a journal. The paper was on co-creation with AI (and outlining the problems).
Rejection with critical feedback is fine but the part that stands out is the excerpt I explicitly cited as AI was, "so interesting."
I'm sorry, the highest compliment went to AI. WTAF
Rejection with critical feedback is fine but the part that stands out is the excerpt I explicitly cited as AI was, "so interesting."
I'm sorry, the highest compliment went to AI. WTAF
We talk about politicians pandering to corporations but we also need to look at demographics.
As of 2019, millennials made up the largest eligible voting bloc. Here we are in 2025 with a budget that is still focused on baby boomers who, on average, are way more wealthy than other generations.
As of 2019, millennials made up the largest eligible voting bloc. Here we are in 2025 with a budget that is still focused on baby boomers who, on average, are way more wealthy than other generations.
November 5, 2025 at 7:30 PM
We talk about politicians pandering to corporations but we also need to look at demographics.
As of 2019, millennials made up the largest eligible voting bloc. Here we are in 2025 with a budget that is still focused on baby boomers who, on average, are way more wealthy than other generations.
As of 2019, millennials made up the largest eligible voting bloc. Here we are in 2025 with a budget that is still focused on baby boomers who, on average, are way more wealthy than other generations.
Ugh it was a lie.
But here is some history from NPR to make up for it.
But here is some history from NPR to make up for it.
October 30, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Ugh it was a lie.
But here is some history from NPR to make up for it.
But here is some history from NPR to make up for it.
This year is sucking on a personal level.
Kit AKA "black cat" has been with me since 2012. He was the most dramatic but also the most cuddly. Today he crossed the rainbow bridge.
Kit AKA "black cat" has been with me since 2012. He was the most dramatic but also the most cuddly. Today he crossed the rainbow bridge.
October 11, 2025 at 10:50 PM
This year is sucking on a personal level.
Kit AKA "black cat" has been with me since 2012. He was the most dramatic but also the most cuddly. Today he crossed the rainbow bridge.
Kit AKA "black cat" has been with me since 2012. He was the most dramatic but also the most cuddly. Today he crossed the rainbow bridge.
Page one (sorry for the weird characters, I converted to .jpg in Canva for sharing purposes)
September 29, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Page one (sorry for the weird characters, I converted to .jpg in Canva for sharing purposes)
Are you saying that the women in leadership who left after treatment that was morally abhorrent are the "calculating" ones?? The professionals with several years experience? Here I was thinking they just "don't understand politics." I think we must have a different interpretation of "principles"
September 25, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Are you saying that the women in leadership who left after treatment that was morally abhorrent are the "calculating" ones?? The professionals with several years experience? Here I was thinking they just "don't understand politics." I think we must have a different interpretation of "principles"
Today's lesson on how to not follow the rules you approved:
(There is a special kind of irony noticing this on the same day an email goes out talking about "principled" women. The other Council Chair contestant is also a woman - neither the Leader nor DL nominated her, though. That's reasonable?)
(There is a special kind of irony noticing this on the same day an email goes out talking about "principled" women. The other Council Chair contestant is also a woman - neither the Leader nor DL nominated her, though. That's reasonable?)
September 25, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Today's lesson on how to not follow the rules you approved:
(There is a special kind of irony noticing this on the same day an email goes out talking about "principled" women. The other Council Chair contestant is also a woman - neither the Leader nor DL nominated her, though. That's reasonable?)
(There is a special kind of irony noticing this on the same day an email goes out talking about "principled" women. The other Council Chair contestant is also a woman - neither the Leader nor DL nominated her, though. That's reasonable?)
Always poop with love!
September 23, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Always poop with love!
Today on wildest job ads...
"Ideal backgrounds:
1. Contrarian intellectuals..."
"Ideal backgrounds:
1. Contrarian intellectuals..."
September 20, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Today on wildest job ads...
"Ideal backgrounds:
1. Contrarian intellectuals..."
"Ideal backgrounds:
1. Contrarian intellectuals..."
I set up a new junk email account to set up a junk X account so I could contact my CPC MP that never responds. Of course, then I see this gem.
Putting "dialogues" in quotes is super rich from a guy that relies on strongman slogans (also included) and plays the victim when disagreed with.
Putting "dialogues" in quotes is super rich from a guy that relies on strongman slogans (also included) and plays the victim when disagreed with.
September 19, 2025 at 6:44 PM
I set up a new junk email account to set up a junk X account so I could contact my CPC MP that never responds. Of course, then I see this gem.
Putting "dialogues" in quotes is super rich from a guy that relies on strongman slogans (also included) and plays the victim when disagreed with.
Putting "dialogues" in quotes is super rich from a guy that relies on strongman slogans (also included) and plays the victim when disagreed with.
Just a reminder that in Canada, these are the freedoms we are supposed to enjoy.
However, opinion versus fact should be explicitly differentiated, at least, in my opinion.
We need to shout from the rooftops that using "free speech" like we're the 51st state is a stupid thing to do.
However, opinion versus fact should be explicitly differentiated, at least, in my opinion.
We need to shout from the rooftops that using "free speech" like we're the 51st state is a stupid thing to do.
September 17, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Just a reminder that in Canada, these are the freedoms we are supposed to enjoy.
However, opinion versus fact should be explicitly differentiated, at least, in my opinion.
We need to shout from the rooftops that using "free speech" like we're the 51st state is a stupid thing to do.
However, opinion versus fact should be explicitly differentiated, at least, in my opinion.
We need to shout from the rooftops that using "free speech" like we're the 51st state is a stupid thing to do.
Apparently this is an anti-immigration protest on Parliament Hill? The government's plan will pause population growth and set controlled targets for immigrants and foreign workers. We've known about this plan for almost a year.
Y'all are protesting a thing you wanted and don't even realize it.
Y'all are protesting a thing you wanted and don't even realize it.
September 15, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Apparently this is an anti-immigration protest on Parliament Hill? The government's plan will pause population growth and set controlled targets for immigrants and foreign workers. We've known about this plan for almost a year.
Y'all are protesting a thing you wanted and don't even realize it.
Y'all are protesting a thing you wanted and don't even realize it.
If you are truly concerned about political violence you should damn well be concerned about violence against journalists and violence against women. Anyways, I sent the to my MP and copied Scheer. Will I hear anything back? Unlikely, given I also live in a CPC riding and no one will say "boo."
September 11, 2025 at 9:38 PM
If you are truly concerned about political violence you should damn well be concerned about violence against journalists and violence against women. Anyways, I sent the to my MP and copied Scheer. Will I hear anything back? Unlikely, given I also live in a CPC riding and no one will say "boo."
I checked out Notebook LM again last night and discovered "Video Overview." Not gonna lie, it's kinda fun. I used papers I tagged "education." The downside is the lack of citation (list in the replies). I sped this up and cut off the end to make it fit here. And, added music for funsies.
August 29, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I checked out Notebook LM again last night and discovered "Video Overview." Not gonna lie, it's kinda fun. I used papers I tagged "education." The downside is the lack of citation (list in the replies). I sped this up and cut off the end to make it fit here. And, added music for funsies.
Me: I feel alright today. Enough spoons to do some assessments.
Telus Health: You are basically alive.
Telus Health: You are basically alive.
August 10, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Me: I feel alright today. Enough spoons to do some assessments.
Telus Health: You are basically alive.
Telus Health: You are basically alive.
July 2, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Here's my dog and his bear to cheer you up.
April 29, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Here's my dog and his bear to cheer you up.
April 29, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Playing with political arguments today: Young men are leaning conservative. I told AI I'm a 20yo man and I wanted it to convince me I should vote for the Liberal Party of Canada instead.
The TL;dr outcome:
The TL;dr outcome:
April 21, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Playing with political arguments today: Young men are leaning conservative. I told AI I'm a 20yo man and I wanted it to convince me I should vote for the Liberal Party of Canada instead.
The TL;dr outcome:
The TL;dr outcome:
Take a drink when PP says scourge #debate2025
April 17, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Take a drink when PP says scourge #debate2025
No, it's not. I would rather see more voices than less. But, saying they had 343 candidates and running and then running 232 is a large discrepancy. Emailing people - and offering to pay some - to collect signatures for candidates days before the EC deadline pretty shows it wasn't strategic.
April 16, 2025 at 8:15 PM
No, it's not. I would rather see more voices than less. But, saying they had 343 candidates and running and then running 232 is a large discrepancy. Emailing people - and offering to pay some - to collect signatures for candidates days before the EC deadline pretty shows it wasn't strategic.