Ryan Collis
@ryancollis.bsky.social
Ryan B. Collis OCT BA BScH BEd BScH MA (he/him)
York University PhD in Education candidate (autism/expertise/participatory research/Sci-Fi)
OSSTF D16 OT President
#ActuallyAutistic
York University PhD in Education candidate (autism/expertise/participatory research/Sci-Fi)
OSSTF D16 OT President
#ActuallyAutistic
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Who did this?!
November 1, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Who did this?!
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The Seibukan Karate Dojo in Edmonton supports #albertateachers!
During the strike or for 2 months, whichever is longer, we offer free instruction to any teacher. Wed & Sat at NAIT. After the strike, we will be at Strathcona High School Tues, Thurs, & Sat.
For info, e-mail nantanreikan@gmail.com.
During the strike or for 2 months, whichever is longer, we offer free instruction to any teacher. Wed & Sat at NAIT. After the strike, we will be at Strathcona High School Tues, Thurs, & Sat.
For info, e-mail nantanreikan@gmail.com.
October 8, 2025 at 2:48 PM
The Seibukan Karate Dojo in Edmonton supports #albertateachers!
During the strike or for 2 months, whichever is longer, we offer free instruction to any teacher. Wed & Sat at NAIT. After the strike, we will be at Strathcona High School Tues, Thurs, & Sat.
For info, e-mail nantanreikan@gmail.com.
During the strike or for 2 months, whichever is longer, we offer free instruction to any teacher. Wed & Sat at NAIT. After the strike, we will be at Strathcona High School Tues, Thurs, & Sat.
For info, e-mail nantanreikan@gmail.com.
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okay this isn't really even my beat anymore and I was never actually an epistemology person BUT
the ability to recognize the limits of your knowledge is the basis of knowledge creation
anything that can't say "I don't know" when it doesn't know (bc it doesn't know it doesn't know) knows nothing
the ability to recognize the limits of your knowledge is the basis of knowledge creation
anything that can't say "I don't know" when it doesn't know (bc it doesn't know it doesn't know) knows nothing
you don’t understand bro, if we didn’t lie, no one would buy our product 😩
September 16, 2025 at 3:43 PM
okay this isn't really even my beat anymore and I was never actually an epistemology person BUT
the ability to recognize the limits of your knowledge is the basis of knowledge creation
anything that can't say "I don't know" when it doesn't know (bc it doesn't know it doesn't know) knows nothing
the ability to recognize the limits of your knowledge is the basis of knowledge creation
anything that can't say "I don't know" when it doesn't know (bc it doesn't know it doesn't know) knows nothing
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"…and Magda Goebbels made a great strudel.”
September 13, 2025 at 3:27 PM
"…and Magda Goebbels made a great strudel.”
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Next they'll be rewriting textbooks to say Japanese American internment camps were delightful summer resorts.
September 3, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Next they'll be rewriting textbooks to say Japanese American internment camps were delightful summer resorts.
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Wages of unionized workers are 13% higher than their nonunion counterparts.
But unions also set a higher pay standard that all workers enjoy.
In high-union-density states, median household income is $12,000 higher than in low-union-density states.
This is why unions are vital.
But unions also set a higher pay standard that all workers enjoy.
In high-union-density states, median household income is $12,000 higher than in low-union-density states.
This is why unions are vital.
September 1, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Wages of unionized workers are 13% higher than their nonunion counterparts.
But unions also set a higher pay standard that all workers enjoy.
In high-union-density states, median household income is $12,000 higher than in low-union-density states.
This is why unions are vital.
But unions also set a higher pay standard that all workers enjoy.
In high-union-density states, median household income is $12,000 higher than in low-union-density states.
This is why unions are vital.
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“Microsoft says U.S. law takes precedence over Canadian data sovereignty”
… or how to lose government contracts all over the world in one easy step. 🖕🏾🖕🏾
www.digitaljournal.com/tech-science...
… or how to lose government contracts all over the world in one easy step. 🖕🏾🖕🏾
www.digitaljournal.com/tech-science...
Microsoft says U.S. law takes precedence over Canadian data sovereignty
Microsoft representative says US CLOUD Act comes before other country's sovereignty.
www.digitaljournal.com
August 22, 2025 at 8:56 AM
“Microsoft says U.S. law takes precedence over Canadian data sovereignty”
… or how to lose government contracts all over the world in one easy step. 🖕🏾🖕🏾
www.digitaljournal.com/tech-science...
… or how to lose government contracts all over the world in one easy step. 🖕🏾🖕🏾
www.digitaljournal.com/tech-science...
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Gonna remind everyone...
Chat GPT
If I were to translate it into French from how it sounds it English
Chat, j'ai pété
Cat, I farted
Enjoy.
Chat GPT
If I were to translate it into French from how it sounds it English
Chat, j'ai pété
Cat, I farted
Enjoy.
August 20, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Gonna remind everyone...
Chat GPT
If I were to translate it into French from how it sounds it English
Chat, j'ai pété
Cat, I farted
Enjoy.
Chat GPT
If I were to translate it into French from how it sounds it English
Chat, j'ai pété
Cat, I farted
Enjoy.
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The fact that the thing we're calling artificial intelligence *can't do math* and yet we're jamming it into programs that successfully *have done math* for decades, then warning people against using the AI to do math, seems like an excellent summary of where we are.
Good thing no one uses Microsoft Excel for anything related to legal, regulatory or compliance business functions
www.theverge.com/news/761338/...
www.theverge.com/news/761338/...
August 19, 2025 at 6:09 PM
The fact that the thing we're calling artificial intelligence *can't do math* and yet we're jamming it into programs that successfully *have done math* for decades, then warning people against using the AI to do math, seems like an excellent summary of where we are.
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Every tech update now is like: "Great news, the word processor you've relied on for twenty years has learned to juggle! Is it good at it? No! Does it help in any way? Of course not! Has it made it insufferable to use? Oh, absolutely."
August 19, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Every tech update now is like: "Great news, the word processor you've relied on for twenty years has learned to juggle! Is it good at it? No! Does it help in any way? Of course not! Has it made it insufferable to use? Oh, absolutely."
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trying this with GPT-5 and charting new frontiers in gaslighting
August 19, 2025 at 1:08 PM
trying this with GPT-5 and charting new frontiers in gaslighting
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If the Air Canada execs are admitting they aren’t competent enough to effectively govern the company, why the hell are they collecting seven and eight figure salaries?!?
August 17, 2025 at 10:18 PM
If the Air Canada execs are admitting they aren’t competent enough to effectively govern the company, why the hell are they collecting seven and eight figure salaries?!?
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ARTISTS:
A lot of folks use wetransfer to send final files to their AD. Just a heads up that they changed their terms of service to say that they own the right to any work you upload and can use it to "train" their machine learning and also to reproduce it indefinitely
A lot of folks use wetransfer to send final files to their AD. Just a heads up that they changed their terms of service to say that they own the right to any work you upload and can use it to "train" their machine learning and also to reproduce it indefinitely
July 15, 2025 at 3:22 PM
ARTISTS:
A lot of folks use wetransfer to send final files to their AD. Just a heads up that they changed their terms of service to say that they own the right to any work you upload and can use it to "train" their machine learning and also to reproduce it indefinitely
A lot of folks use wetransfer to send final files to their AD. Just a heads up that they changed their terms of service to say that they own the right to any work you upload and can use it to "train" their machine learning and also to reproduce it indefinitely
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ICE agents are complaining that every time they go out (unmasked/in unmarked cars) protesters are dumping pounds of glitter on them.
So people can identify them as ICE for days afterward.
Time to buy glitter . . .
So people can identify them as ICE for days afterward.
Time to buy glitter . . .
June 19, 2025 at 12:36 PM
ICE agents are complaining that every time they go out (unmasked/in unmarked cars) protesters are dumping pounds of glitter on them.
So people can identify them as ICE for days afterward.
Time to buy glitter . . .
So people can identify them as ICE for days afterward.
Time to buy glitter . . .
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Happy Autistic Pride Day!
a purple background with a yellow infinity symbol and the words " autistic & proud "
Alt: a purple background with a gold infinity symbol and the words " autistic & proud "
media.tenor.com
June 18, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Happy Autistic Pride Day!
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Breaking: The Trevor Project received a stop-work order last night on its contract with the national 988 suicide prevention hotline. The Trump administration is eliminating the option for LGBTQ callers to the hotline to press 3 and connect with someone who specializes in LGBTQ mental health.
June 18, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Breaking: The Trevor Project received a stop-work order last night on its contract with the national 988 suicide prevention hotline. The Trump administration is eliminating the option for LGBTQ callers to the hotline to press 3 and connect with someone who specializes in LGBTQ mental health.
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Sen. Tammy Duckworth just said on Colbert, "We should all live long enough to develop a disability," & the audience laughed uncomfortably.
I can tell you what they were thinking. It was "Not me. That would never happen to me."
& the underlying, unacknowlged premise was "b/c I'm better than that."
I can tell you what they were thinking. It was "Not me. That would never happen to me."
& the underlying, unacknowlged premise was "b/c I'm better than that."
June 17, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Sen. Tammy Duckworth just said on Colbert, "We should all live long enough to develop a disability," & the audience laughed uncomfortably.
I can tell you what they were thinking. It was "Not me. That would never happen to me."
& the underlying, unacknowlged premise was "b/c I'm better than that."
I can tell you what they were thinking. It was "Not me. That would never happen to me."
& the underlying, unacknowlged premise was "b/c I'm better than that."
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Deep Blue is 30 years old and was capable of defeating chess grand champions. It could be housed in a single cabinet.
ChatGPT spans untold data centers devouring massive amounts of electricity and it got its ass whipped by an 8 bit gaming console from the 1970s.
ChatGPT spans untold data centers devouring massive amounts of electricity and it got its ass whipped by an 8 bit gaming console from the 1970s.
ChatGPT Lost a Chess Game to an Atari 2600
And on the 'Beginner' difficulty level, too.
www.extremetech.com
June 11, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Deep Blue is 30 years old and was capable of defeating chess grand champions. It could be housed in a single cabinet.
ChatGPT spans untold data centers devouring massive amounts of electricity and it got its ass whipped by an 8 bit gaming console from the 1970s.
ChatGPT spans untold data centers devouring massive amounts of electricity and it got its ass whipped by an 8 bit gaming console from the 1970s.
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Google and Meta search both report that Cape Breton Island has its own time zone 12 minutes ahead of mainland Nova Scotia time because they are both drawing that information from a Beaverton article I wrote in 2024
June 10, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Google and Meta search both report that Cape Breton Island has its own time zone 12 minutes ahead of mainland Nova Scotia time because they are both drawing that information from a Beaverton article I wrote in 2024
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Have national Dems, who claim to want to "win back" the working class, said anything yet about ICE injuring and arresting the head of the SEIU of California?
truthout.org/articles/ice...
truthout.org/articles/ice...
ICE Arrests David Huerta, Beloved Labor Leader and SEIU California President
“We all collectively have to object to this madness,” said Huerta after his violent arrest for witnessing an ICE raid.
truthout.org
June 8, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Have national Dems, who claim to want to "win back" the working class, said anything yet about ICE injuring and arresting the head of the SEIU of California?
truthout.org/articles/ice...
truthout.org/articles/ice...
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The Evansville Press, April 10,1916
May 30, 2025 at 6:31 AM
The Evansville Press, April 10,1916
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Well. We may recall the Occupational Therapy research paper about robots who were being used to normalise the social skills of autistic children.
The RCOT asked the research journal to respond.
They said the work was fine.
👀
So, that's us told.
The RCOT asked the research journal to respond.
They said the work was fine.
👀
So, that's us told.
May 30, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Well. We may recall the Occupational Therapy research paper about robots who were being used to normalise the social skills of autistic children.
The RCOT asked the research journal to respond.
They said the work was fine.
👀
So, that's us told.
The RCOT asked the research journal to respond.
They said the work was fine.
👀
So, that's us told.
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the average canadian can also go to the hospital without starting a gofundme campaign
The typical Canadian pays 70 percent more income tax than the typical American
thehub.ca
May 27, 2025 at 7:05 PM
the average canadian can also go to the hospital without starting a gofundme campaign