Stuart Chambers, PhD
@progstu.bsky.social
Prof (University of Ottawa/Sociology); critical thinking; intellectual pluralism; reality-based community; Halloween obsessed; lover of progressive rock.
Nice version of a Queen classic: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfUE...
The most INSANE Bohemian Rhapsody Flashmob you will ever see!!
YouTube video by Julien Cohen
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November 15, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Nice version of a Queen classic: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfUE...
Catching up on this gem of a television series. One of the best I've ever seen. Great acting, great script, great setting: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOmw...
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel - Official Trailer | Prime Video
YouTube video by Prime Video
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November 15, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Catching up on this gem of a television series. One of the best I've ever seen. Great acting, great script, great setting: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOmw...
Yes, but true moral courage is criticizing Israel at the moment it's needed, not when it's comfortable to do so. Should haves and could haves don't cut it.
‘We Should’ve Done More’: Kamala Harris Slams Biden Admin Over Netanyahu Support and Praises Pro-Palestine Protesters
‘We Should’ve Done More’: Kamala Harris Slams Biden Admin Over Netanyahu Support and Praises Pro-Palestine Protesters
Kamala Harris criticized Joe Biden's Administration, saying they should have been more willing to publicly criticize Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu over Gaza
The post ‘We Should’ve Done More’: Kamala Harris Slams Biden Admin Over Netanyahu Support and Praises Pro-Palestine Protesters first appeared on Mediaite.
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November 15, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Yes, but true moral courage is criticizing Israel at the moment it's needed, not when it's comfortable to do so. Should haves and could haves don't cut it.
Iran will need more than rain prayers: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/w...
As Aquifers Dry Up, Tehran Rations Water and Calls for Rain Prayers
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November 13, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Iran will need more than rain prayers: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/w...
And her fans are just as stupid for following this "influencer."
Kim Kardashian slams psychics who told her she'd pass the bar exam: 'All fucking full of shit'
Kim Kardashian slams psychics who told her she'd pass the bar exam: 'All f---ing full of s---'
'All f---ing full of s---': Kim Kardashian has some choice words for the psychics who predicted she'd pass the bar exam.
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November 11, 2025 at 5:13 PM
And her fans are just as stupid for following this "influencer."
Alt-right bigots are "populists" to an academic, a hate merchant to everyone else.
You see that? How “far right” views are routinely re-packaged as “populist”?
A prominent far-right German activist has applied for political asylum in the U.S., as the Trump administration has signaled plans to prioritize protections for White refugees and Europeans who claim they are being targeted for their populist views.
November 9, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Alt-right bigots are "populists" to an academic, a hate merchant to everyone else.
If you want to anger university faculty, write a report with a demand for mandatory DEI training, along with suggested Orwellian terminology. You will learn far more interrogating DEI ideology: www.uottawa.ca/about-us/sit...
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November 8, 2025 at 4:37 PM
If you want to anger university faculty, write a report with a demand for mandatory DEI training, along with suggested Orwellian terminology. You will learn far more interrogating DEI ideology: www.uottawa.ca/about-us/sit...
This is exactly why I cannot watch The View. They are giving a platform to a well-known conspiracy theorist, serial liar, and complete lunatic.
HOSTIN: You don't believe in QAnon anymore? You've changed?
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: No, I haven't changed. I was a victim just like you were of media lies and stuff you read on social media
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: No, I haven't changed. I was a victim just like you were of media lies and stuff you read on social media
November 4, 2025 at 7:38 PM
This is exactly why I cannot watch The View. They are giving a platform to a well-known conspiracy theorist, serial liar, and complete lunatic.
Cheney was pure evil.
All day, many of you have been asking for a Cheney obituary from me. Get ready:
His Works Completed, Dick Cheney, Mass Murderer of Iraqis and American Democracy, Dies
As much as the Trumpists claim to disavow the War on Terror, they walk a path paved by the most powerful vice president in U.S. history.
www.thenation.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Cheney was pure evil.
Reposted by Stuart Chambers, PhD
He should have died in The Hague.
Former Vice President Dick Cheney has died, his family said in a statement. He was 84 abcnews.go.com/Politics/for...
November 4, 2025 at 12:13 PM
He should have died in The Hague.
Don't shed a tear for this sociopath. He was unapologetic about pushing George W. Bush into the Iraq War debacle in 2003. It was just one lie after another, and Dick Cheney was the war's chief propagandist. In his documentary, he said he had "no regrets" about the war. A sociopath indeed.
JUST IN: Dick Cheney, one of the most powerful vice presidents in American history, died Monday, according to a statement from his family. He was 84 years old.
Former Vice President Dick Cheney dead at 84
Dick Cheney, one of the most powerful vice president in American history, died Monday, according to a statement from his family. He was 84 years old.
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November 4, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Don't shed a tear for this sociopath. He was unapologetic about pushing George W. Bush into the Iraq War debacle in 2003. It was just one lie after another, and Dick Cheney was the war's chief propagandist. In his documentary, he said he had "no regrets" about the war. A sociopath indeed.
I never scaled a class grade in my life. With experience, you learn what written questions to ask, how to word them, and what details are required. For essays, a professor teaches a TA the difference between grade levels and shows essay examples from previous years. Just be proactive.
For my teaching colleagues: Whenever I'm dealing with grade distributions, I remember this post from @frwoolley.bsky.social for the Worthwhile Canadian Initiative. Fortunately, it's archived:
worthwhileblog.ca/2011/04/19/w... (That simple last transformation is so useful sometimes)
worthwhileblog.ca/2011/04/19/w... (That simple last transformation is so useful sometimes)
What’s the best way to scale grades?
It happens. An exam question is not clear, or more challenging than intended. The exam is marked by an over-zealous TA. Or perhaps the students haven't studied as hard as they should have. As …
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November 3, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I never scaled a class grade in my life. With experience, you learn what written questions to ask, how to word them, and what details are required. For essays, a professor teaches a TA the difference between grade levels and shows essay examples from previous years. Just be proactive.
Blue Jays stress hangover today. It's a combination of pride and devastation boxing in my brain.
November 2, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Blue Jays stress hangover today. It's a combination of pride and devastation boxing in my brain.
Carney needs to grow a pair of balls and stop apologizing, or conceding anything, to fascist Trump.
Canadian PM says anti-tariff ad featuring Ronald Reagan 'offended' Trump, who has since cut off trade talks with Canada.
Canada’s Carney says he apologised to Trump over Reagan anti-tariff ad
Canadian PM says anti-tariff ad featuring Ronald Reagan 'offended' Trump, who has since cut off trade talks with Canada.
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November 1, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Carney needs to grow a pair of balls and stop apologizing, or conceding anything, to fascist Trump.
Heresy!!! 🎃 www.audacy.com/wwjnewsradio...
One Michigan town is moving Halloween in favor of football
The Marine City city commission decided to move trick-or-treating to Saturday, due to a big playoff football game at Marine City High School. The varsity team plays Clawson at 7 p.m. — which happens t...
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October 31, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Heresy!!! 🎃 www.audacy.com/wwjnewsradio...
Does anyone know if there's a moral difference between flat-out murder and murder?
Trump admin claims that its premeditated killings at sea aren't flat out murder because US is supposedly in an armed conflict (false).
But its reported daisy-chain targeting is not focused on lawful targets, ie combatants or those DPHing.
If war, then war crimes.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/u...
But its reported daisy-chain targeting is not focused on lawful targets, ie combatants or those DPHing.
If war, then war crimes.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/u...
October 31, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Does anyone know if there's a moral difference between flat-out murder and murder?
The Jays series against the Dodgers is insane. If you didn't love baseball before, you must be a convert now.
October 30, 2025 at 2:37 AM
The Jays series against the Dodgers is insane. If you didn't love baseball before, you must be a convert now.
The state of American leadership. Don't interact with difference: fear it.
Vance says it is "totally reasonable and acceptable" for people to not want to live next door to people who speak a different language than they do
October 29, 2025 at 11:18 PM
The state of American leadership. Don't interact with difference: fear it.
Singer-songwriter/producer Robert Berry joined us via Zoom from Soundtek Studios in California to discuss his journey as a professional musician, with great stories about Keith Emerson and Carl Palmer (ELP); Steve Howe (Yes); Sammy Hagar (Van Halen); Ian Crichton (SAGA); and Gary Pihl (Boston).
October 28, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Singer-songwriter/producer Robert Berry joined us via Zoom from Soundtek Studios in California to discuss his journey as a professional musician, with great stories about Keith Emerson and Carl Palmer (ELP); Steve Howe (Yes); Sammy Hagar (Van Halen); Ian Crichton (SAGA); and Gary Pihl (Boston).
He's a permanent adolescent.
Trump: "They have Jasmine Crockett -- a low IQ person. AOC is low IQ. Have her pass the exams I decided to take when I was at Walter Reed. They're cognitive tests. Let AOC go against Trump. Let Jasmine go against Trump. The first couple questions are easy -- a tiger, an elephant, a giraffe ... "
October 27, 2025 at 5:01 PM
He's a permanent adolescent.
How can anyone vote for this fascist, anti-science moron?
It's easy to think--at least he's telling families to vaccinate their kids. But the effect will be lower vaccination rates. Why?
Those who already avoid vaccines will see this as validating their extra caution. And some on the fence will now try to delay/spread out shots and end up skipping some.
Those who already avoid vaccines will see this as validating their extra caution. And some on the fence will now try to delay/spread out shots and end up skipping some.
October 27, 2025 at 1:37 AM
How can anyone vote for this fascist, anti-science moron?
Even if AI programs could write the perfect essay every time, students would not be reading, writing, or performing a critical analysis of texts. In other words, they would be paying tens of thousands in tuition to become lazier and less intelligent.
Good, important read (hopefully not by ChatGPT).
macleans.ca/education/ai...
macleans.ca/education/ai...
AI Is Ruining My Education - Macleans.ca
I’m a university student in Ontario, and everyone’s taking shortcuts. Learning has never felt lonelier.
macleans.ca
October 24, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Even if AI programs could write the perfect essay every time, students would not be reading, writing, or performing a critical analysis of texts. In other words, they would be paying tens of thousands in tuition to become lazier and less intelligent.
Like I've said a thousand times before, AI marketing targets students. Its core message is that computer programs can do the reading, writing, and thinking for them. All students need to do is collect their diplomas after four years.
tl;dr
1. Studies of genAI in the classroom show that it harms learning
2. The quality of AI-generated text is irrelevant to its most negative effects on teaching
3. The way AI has entered the classroom is as a money-making project extracting new labour, not a “tool” serving teachers’ actual needs
1. Studies of genAI in the classroom show that it harms learning
2. The quality of AI-generated text is irrelevant to its most negative effects on teaching
3. The way AI has entered the classroom is as a money-making project extracting new labour, not a “tool” serving teachers’ actual needs
Why I am not using AI in the classroom
Last week I spoke with some of my colleagues about the “challenges” posed by generative AI to our teaching. As anyone who follows me on Bluesky — or followed me on Twitter, prior …
memoriousblog.com
October 21, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Like I've said a thousand times before, AI marketing targets students. Its core message is that computer programs can do the reading, writing, and thinking for them. All students need to do is collect their diplomas after four years.
Back in 2017, 6 Muslims were murdered by a Quebec terrorist. Instead of researching the root causes of Islamophobia, Quebec politicians think a worse problem is radical Islam. They are in denial: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
ANALYSIS | The roots of Quebec's secularism debate, why it isn't going away — and who it benefits | CBC News
With an election in Quebec a year away, the governing Coalition Avenir Québec government and the front-running Parti Québécois are jostling over who can be the most secular, reigniting a debate in Que...
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October 21, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Back in 2017, 6 Muslims were murdered by a Quebec terrorist. Instead of researching the root causes of Islamophobia, Quebec politicians think a worse problem is radical Islam. They are in denial: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Mike Johnson is a smarmy propagandist.
Mike Johnson is still calling the No Kings protests the "hate American rallies"
October 21, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Mike Johnson is a smarmy propagandist.