Shelly Wismath
@shellywismath.bsky.social
Professor emerita, math/liberal education, Uni Lethbridge (Alta Canada). 1 spouse, 1 daughter, 1 dog. 3M Award winning teacher, critical thinking, problem solving. Interests: politics, health care, (long) covid, environment, social justice, EDI.
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One of my earliest moments of radicalization was in 2005 when Larry Summers said that women biologically have less aptitude for science than men. Following that, scores of equally unimpressive people wrote pieces trying to explain or justify his remarks, when they should have called for his removal.
November 12, 2025 at 5:13 PM
One of my earliest moments of radicalization was in 2005 when Larry Summers said that women biologically have less aptitude for science than men. Following that, scores of equally unimpressive people wrote pieces trying to explain or justify his remarks, when they should have called for his removal.
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People getting gleeful over the latest Epstein reveal seem to be forgetting that Trump has been convicted in a civil court of sexual assault and was still elected. His base don’t really care that the man is clearly a pedo.
November 12, 2025 at 9:34 PM
People getting gleeful over the latest Epstein reveal seem to be forgetting that Trump has been convicted in a civil court of sexual assault and was still elected. His base don’t really care that the man is clearly a pedo.
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Breaking: men discover for the 800th time before they forget again that actually girls & women don’t usually lie about sexual assault.
November 12, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Breaking: men discover for the 800th time before they forget again that actually girls & women don’t usually lie about sexual assault.
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Stop using the language of the rapist.
It is not sex with children, it is rape of children.
It is not underage girls, it is children.
It is not sex trafficking, it is rape trafficking.
It is not sex with children, it is rape of children.
It is not underage girls, it is children.
It is not sex trafficking, it is rape trafficking.
November 12, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Stop using the language of the rapist.
It is not sex with children, it is rape of children.
It is not underage girls, it is children.
It is not sex trafficking, it is rape trafficking.
It is not sex with children, it is rape of children.
It is not underage girls, it is children.
It is not sex trafficking, it is rape trafficking.
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There is talk that Schumer is a closer confidant of Trump than he admits. This kind of rumor is almost inevitable, but true or not, he has to go. The Democrats have lots of good people who could replace him. If he was any kind of man, he would quit for the good of the party and the country.
November 12, 2025 at 1:53 PM
There is talk that Schumer is a closer confidant of Trump than he admits. This kind of rumor is almost inevitable, but true or not, he has to go. The Democrats have lots of good people who could replace him. If he was any kind of man, he would quit for the good of the party and the country.
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Ottawa! Next week! 👇
This is a critical time. A knowledge crisis. How did we get here & what can we do?
How to Escape the Fake: Making Good Policy in the Age of Misinformation : irpp.org/irpp-event/f... via @irpp.org @cmadocs.bsky.social
Hope to see there!
This is a critical time. A knowledge crisis. How did we get here & what can we do?
How to Escape the Fake: Making Good Policy in the Age of Misinformation : irpp.org/irpp-event/f... via @irpp.org @cmadocs.bsky.social
Hope to see there!
How to Escape the Fake: Making Good Policy in the Age of Misinformation - IRPP
Join us for an evening of dialogue and networking with Canada’s dynamic public policy community. This year’s IRPP fall lecture will feature Canadian author and scholar Timothy Caulfield, one of Nort...
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November 12, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Ottawa! Next week! 👇
This is a critical time. A knowledge crisis. How did we get here & what can we do?
How to Escape the Fake: Making Good Policy in the Age of Misinformation : irpp.org/irpp-event/f... via @irpp.org @cmadocs.bsky.social
Hope to see there!
This is a critical time. A knowledge crisis. How did we get here & what can we do?
How to Escape the Fake: Making Good Policy in the Age of Misinformation : irpp.org/irpp-event/f... via @irpp.org @cmadocs.bsky.social
Hope to see there!
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Communicating why a 50 year mortgage costs more, overall, than a 30 year mortgage should not be a hard task.
The problem is the average American is both functionally illiterate and innumerate, as a deliberate result of decades of the policies made by the very people pushing for 50 year mortgages.
The problem is the average American is both functionally illiterate and innumerate, as a deliberate result of decades of the policies made by the very people pushing for 50 year mortgages.
November 11, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Communicating why a 50 year mortgage costs more, overall, than a 30 year mortgage should not be a hard task.
The problem is the average American is both functionally illiterate and innumerate, as a deliberate result of decades of the policies made by the very people pushing for 50 year mortgages.
The problem is the average American is both functionally illiterate and innumerate, as a deliberate result of decades of the policies made by the very people pushing for 50 year mortgages.
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I’m guessing @democrats.senate.gov think our anger at their utter failure and betrayal will subside in a news cycle or two and calls for new leadership and primary opponents will die off. They continue to underestimate voters just like they think we’re stupid enough to believe this was 8 “rogues.”
November 11, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I’m guessing @democrats.senate.gov think our anger at their utter failure and betrayal will subside in a news cycle or two and calls for new leadership and primary opponents will die off. They continue to underestimate voters just like they think we’re stupid enough to believe this was 8 “rogues.”
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Just read a passage in a book that describes elderly people as time machines: able to recall the past whilst being reminders to younger people of the future that awaits them. I think that’s a pretty magical understanding of age.
November 9, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Just read a passage in a book that describes elderly people as time machines: able to recall the past whilst being reminders to younger people of the future that awaits them. I think that’s a pretty magical understanding of age.
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Just spoke to journalist about Canada losing its measles elimination status. A frustrating day for public health. I have a lot of thoughts about this that I will put in writing soon.
November 10, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Just spoke to journalist about Canada losing its measles elimination status. A frustrating day for public health. I have a lot of thoughts about this that I will put in writing soon.
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It’s not that we didn’t want the shutdown to end, it’s the fact that millions of people suffered throughout this shutdown and it was for nothing. That’s the most upsetting part.
November 10, 2025 at 12:27 PM
It’s not that we didn’t want the shutdown to end, it’s the fact that millions of people suffered throughout this shutdown and it was for nothing. That’s the most upsetting part.
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if democrats want to retain any amount of integrity they need to immediately vote out chuck schumer as party minority leader
November 10, 2025 at 2:50 AM
if democrats want to retain any amount of integrity they need to immediately vote out chuck schumer as party minority leader
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Trump‘s brilliant plan of 50 year mortgages means that after your first 20 years making huge interest payments to a bank you will have paid down almost none of the principal and they will still own the house you are living in with 30 years to go. A scam from a career con man.
November 9, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Trump‘s brilliant plan of 50 year mortgages means that after your first 20 years making huge interest payments to a bank you will have paid down almost none of the principal and they will still own the house you are living in with 30 years to go. A scam from a career con man.
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And I'll say it again:
If we had believed children and women, none of this would be happening.
He'd be in jail, and she'd be President.
If we had believed children and women, none of this would be happening.
He'd be in jail, and she'd be President.
November 9, 2025 at 2:39 PM
And I'll say it again:
If we had believed children and women, none of this would be happening.
He'd be in jail, and she'd be President.
If we had believed children and women, none of this would be happening.
He'd be in jail, and she'd be President.
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You know who's flights aren't getting canceled?
Rich folks with private planes
They could stop half of the private planes and not have to eliminate any commercial flights
Once again, it's us vs them
Rich folks with private planes
They could stop half of the private planes and not have to eliminate any commercial flights
Once again, it's us vs them
November 7, 2025 at 1:45 PM
You know who's flights aren't getting canceled?
Rich folks with private planes
They could stop half of the private planes and not have to eliminate any commercial flights
Once again, it's us vs them
Rich folks with private planes
They could stop half of the private planes and not have to eliminate any commercial flights
Once again, it's us vs them
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NO "turbo cancer" associated with nRNA vaccines, but possible "turbo" benefits?
mRNA covid vaccines may “turbo charge” cancer immunotherapy, research suggests bmj.com/content/391/...
Patients with mRNA vaccine "... gained significant benefit in terms of survival & disease progression..."
mRNA covid vaccines may “turbo charge” cancer immunotherapy, research suggests bmj.com/content/391/...
Patients with mRNA vaccine "... gained significant benefit in terms of survival & disease progression..."
mRNA covid vaccines may “turbo charge” cancer immunotherapy, research suggests
Patients with cancer who received a covid mRNA vaccine within 100 days of beginning immunotherapy treatment gained significant benefit in terms of survival and disease progression, new research sugges...
bmj.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:52 PM
NO "turbo cancer" associated with nRNA vaccines, but possible "turbo" benefits?
mRNA covid vaccines may “turbo charge” cancer immunotherapy, research suggests bmj.com/content/391/...
Patients with mRNA vaccine "... gained significant benefit in terms of survival & disease progression..."
mRNA covid vaccines may “turbo charge” cancer immunotherapy, research suggests bmj.com/content/391/...
Patients with mRNA vaccine "... gained significant benefit in terms of survival & disease progression..."
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Let this sink in. The President of the United States is now appealing a court order forcing him to feed starving children.
November 7, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Let this sink in. The President of the United States is now appealing a court order forcing him to feed starving children.
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Cutting flights because of the govt shutdown is a stunt, plain and simple
November 7, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Cutting flights because of the govt shutdown is a stunt, plain and simple
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idk who needs to hear this but the President of the United States of America is APPEALING a judges order forcing him to fully fund SNAP.
Yes — DJT is appealing a ruling telling him to NOT starve his own people. Let that simmer.
Yes — DJT is appealing a ruling telling him to NOT starve his own people. Let that simmer.
November 7, 2025 at 3:32 PM
idk who needs to hear this but the President of the United States of America is APPEALING a judges order forcing him to fully fund SNAP.
Yes — DJT is appealing a ruling telling him to NOT starve his own people. Let that simmer.
Yes — DJT is appealing a ruling telling him to NOT starve his own people. Let that simmer.
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Reading a recently published nonfiction book and once again I’m mildly appalled at how poorly copy edited most books are these days.
November 6, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Reading a recently published nonfiction book and once again I’m mildly appalled at how poorly copy edited most books are these days.
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Buried in the article:
“Over a period of six months, researchers estimate that COVID-19 infections led to 2.24 extra cases of myocarditis or pericarditis per 100,000 children, while vaccinations led to 0.85 extra cases per 100,000.”
The scare tactic of the headline is what’s wrong with media today
“Over a period of six months, researchers estimate that COVID-19 infections led to 2.24 extra cases of myocarditis or pericarditis per 100,000 children, while vaccinations led to 0.85 extra cases per 100,000.”
The scare tactic of the headline is what’s wrong with media today
Study compares heart risks of COVID-19 infection and vaccination, and the results may surprise you
The risk of children developing rare but serious heart complications is higher after a COVID-19 infection than after vaccination, according to a new study.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 6, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Buried in the article:
“Over a period of six months, researchers estimate that COVID-19 infections led to 2.24 extra cases of myocarditis or pericarditis per 100,000 children, while vaccinations led to 0.85 extra cases per 100,000.”
The scare tactic of the headline is what’s wrong with media today
“Over a period of six months, researchers estimate that COVID-19 infections led to 2.24 extra cases of myocarditis or pericarditis per 100,000 children, while vaccinations led to 0.85 extra cases per 100,000.”
The scare tactic of the headline is what’s wrong with media today
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For those Canadian researchers following the "all your (data)base are belong to us" moves of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science & Research:
My PhD is SSHRC-funded, so I asked SSHRC directly about disclosure of info.
So far, they have only provided the committee w/ public information.
My PhD is SSHRC-funded, so I asked SSHRC directly about disclosure of info.
So far, they have only provided the committee w/ public information.
November 5, 2025 at 9:55 PM
For those Canadian researchers following the "all your (data)base are belong to us" moves of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science & Research:
My PhD is SSHRC-funded, so I asked SSHRC directly about disclosure of info.
So far, they have only provided the committee w/ public information.
My PhD is SSHRC-funded, so I asked SSHRC directly about disclosure of info.
So far, they have only provided the committee w/ public information.
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The irony is that a century ago, the exact same kind of religious bigotry that Cuomo’s embraced down the stretch — we can’t elect someone from that faith or they’ll impose it on all of us! — was aimed squarely at Catholics like Cuomo.
Boy Mamdani's race is really a vivid reminder that anti-Islamic bigotry is 100% accepted in US public discourse. People don't even bother dog whistling, it's just right out in the open.
November 4, 2025 at 11:02 PM
The irony is that a century ago, the exact same kind of religious bigotry that Cuomo’s embraced down the stretch — we can’t elect someone from that faith or they’ll impose it on all of us! — was aimed squarely at Catholics like Cuomo.