I wonder if Athabasca University is at all worried about the Canvas hack? We aren't on Canvas, but if it can happen there, it can surely happen to D2L / Brightspace. And I wonder if we would have run the same risk if we'd stayed with Moodle (as so many of us begged the admin to do)

and make it free

watched this on repeat losing my shit for two nights now

fatness does not indicate health, but also: health is not virtue and no one owes you health.

Today, THE EDGE OF SPACE-TIME UK Edition releases from @canongate.co.uk so I made a little video to welcome it into the world and encourage everyone to embrace it and Star Trek, a cultural text politicians are hoping you don't really understand! 🖖🏽 Get your copy! buythebook.online/edge-of-spac...

How much more foolish do you have to be to start with a system similar to Norway, and then throw it away to become more like the American system? Because that’s what we’re doing in Canada…

As someone who has scheduled outdoor filming in Alberta for the past 20 years I can tell you that the current Environment Canada forecasting is so vastly superior to any other weather service out there it's not even funny. So of course Carney wants to fuck it up.

Some advances are tools. Others make tools of us. Cigarettes used to be marketed to kids: when I was young, we pretend-smoked candy cigarettes, then ate them; I recall the chalky taste. Government stopped that grooming eventually but not before a generation or 2 or more were lost to lung cancer…

The idea that the recognition of consciousness would lead to the granting of rights is clearly laughable given where we are today, but there's an even more pernicious side to this that often shows up in critical animal studies: The idea that past atrocities carried out against people were caused...

I dunno, living behind a brick wall in somebody's basement sounds kind of relaxing.

“Canada — which brands itself a nation of reconciliation — needs to look at what its mining companies are doing in Bolivia and ask whether reconciliation that stops at the border is reconciliation at all, or just reputation management.”

Despite creating a billion-dollar franchise - with a new $200M budget Hollywood blockbuster launching in a month - the creator of He-Man's family were unable to afford his dementia and care facility costs, and had to setup a GoFundMe. Mattel gave $5,000.

(4/6) while the world goes renewable: bsky.app/profile/seth... We're prioritizing the scam of CCS: environmentaldefence.ca/2025/09/23/c...

Peak Canadian advertising.

We regret to inform you that a lot of people seem to believe this myth, and related myths surrounding the vulva. These myths been around for literal millennia, even though there is no rooting whatsoever in reality. Let's take a look at the history of misogyny and racism inherent in this belief...

So, in short, the myth is misogynistic and racist af. And just in case anyone needs to hear it today: ✨Something as insignificant as a penis cannot possibly change the appearance of the vulva✨

HOW TO SAVE ACADEMIA make it free for studentes higher educacioun for those who choose to access it ys a foundacioun of a free societye

new favorite meme

🚨BREAKING!🚨 The UCP have officially voted to ditch the Electoral Boundaries Commission Report to appoint their own commission and draw their own maps! Gerrymandering is official UCP policy in Alberta! Contrary to her script, Smith didn't even show up for the vote.

Mini apple pies today

For editors, this is the dream

Pro-tip to the Water Not Coal petition campaigners: People do not understand nor care about protecting "the watershed". You need to say " protect our drinking water" and "protect our farmland" and "protect our fish and wildlife" . #ableg #abpoli

I keep seeing "all authors use AI, the real issue is they're being forced to be sneaky about it" headlines. Full stop No. This is a lie peddled for normalization. It's schoolyard-level pressure tactics "C'mon, all the cool kids are already doing it. We won't tell. It's fine. We're on your side."

HANK, 49 Twice divorced, twice widowed, and looking for fun. Are you a buxom seventeen-year-old and also first cousin to my late second wife and also willing to ignore that I am nearly thrice your age and also in my direct line of sight?

Snoopy phase

I find the embrace of AI as a shortcut puzzling, b/c I derive so much pleasure from learning new things. Witnessing yourself improve/understand something as you work on it is a priceless reward. Plus it builds appreciation for people who are more skilled, who expand the horizons of possibility!

This is Bluesky right now: “Oh, did you want to look at that image closely? Maybe zoom in because your tired, 50yo, myopic eyes are shit? Well haha fucker, now you get to return to the top of timeline!” Look, if you don’t want me to use this app, just say so

Things bike helmets will protect you from: -Head injuries from a slow speed fall -Light rain -Being blamed for not wearing a helmet if you get hit by someone driving 5,000 lbs of metal and glass Things bike helmets won't protect you from: -Everything else 🤷🏻‍♀️

@sleepisthenewsex.bsky.social Is it irony if you don't take the sleep advice?

AI can never fail, it can only be failed Yet another excuse when AI doesn't live up to the hype

In a world of changing values, one piece of advice remains constant:

Some dogs can sense when you’re upset and try to comfort you. Our dog senses when you’re being comforted and tries to upset you. (This tweet brought to you by the shrill barking of a corgi whenever I try to give my partner a hug)

Outtakes from the cover of This Is How We Lose The TIme War.

"A new version of eduroam is available—any versions installed prior to April 2026 will no longer work." Versions installed prior to April 2026 will work as well as they ever have. Let's hope for better with the new one, eh?

Disgraceful! The US/Israel just bombed Sharif University in Tehran. This is not only Iran's best university, but also a top 100 global university in the field of Civil Engineering. It has also been a center of student opposition to the Iranian gov And Trump just bombed it...

Poor people don't "deserve" free services if they're not angelically perfect and being poor the right way. Rich people don't "deserve" free services because they could afford to pay. Here's a thought! Public services should be services for The Public--i.e. EVERYONE.

This is so, so well-articulated.

those beautiful naked women have made a compelling argument i'm going to steer this ship into the rocks

Bravo Outlook! You replaced the Calendar app button (literally the only thing I use other than Mail) with Copilot (the most useless thing imaginable)

Uh, 'interesting' way of presenting this... the only 'authors' I'm aware of using AI are the lazy, unethical, incompetent grifters who don't give a shit about their readers or real writers. People should stop using it, not resent that they have to 'lie about it.' Jesus.

I love how conservatives are always like “let’s remove ideology by implementing some ideology” What problem do they think they’re solving here?

if you don’t like the process of writing then don’t be a fucking writer, it’s not that complicated

Hit show North of North has a soundtrack full of bangers by Indigenous artists now reaching a global audience #Canada Creators of APTN, CBC, Netflix show say they were 'hungry' to include Indigenous artists on soundtrack www.cbc.ca/news/enterta...

I had a great time at GoBFest this weekend (Edmonton's board game convention). I played a couple of published games: Airships, Harmonies, Lost Ruins of Arnak but, for me, the best part is playtesting games from local designers: Cores, Shinny, Kitchen Kingdom, ... a couple of others?

Crime in the United States has dropped immensely in the last 35 years

I’m not sure why we’re celebrating famed asshole Chuck Norris on CBC Edmonton’s morning show. Some people here liked his movies? I guess?

PLANTS ARE ORGANIC TISSUE FFS

"Students are sometimes incentivized to cheat" is a very real problem that essentially every faculty member acknowledges! Allowing students to use statically likely word generators to skip out on developing critical thinking is not a solution to that problem, and actually makes it worse.

Seen tacked to a community board on my walk