TFW the snow and roads are bad, you don't expect any students to show up for the 8AM class, but the school is open.

Hospitals across Canada are closing their ERs because there aren't enough doctors to run them. Millions don’t have a doctor. Millions more can’t get an appointment. It didn’t used to be this way. Turns out it wasn’t an accident.

It's bad when AI fabricates quotes in assignments. It's worse when it fabricates quotes for class readings that I've asked you to use in your assignments and that you should know I've read many times.

I got this useful bon mot from a middle school teacher recently. In response to, “I DONT UNDERSTAND,” he calmly said, “okay what steps have you taken to understand?” And that’s when I realized that a lot of folks have no steps.

Ultra Naté, Amber, and Jocelyn Enriquez formed a trio called "Stars on 54" for the movie 54 (1998). The movie flopped, but their house cover of Gordon Lightfoot's wrenching 1970 song about his divorce, "If You Could Read My Mind," became an instant gay club standard www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujPz...

Now reading, fiction edition

Christmas baking 2025 begins with new recipe testing. Today's test was a hit: partner made fudgy sesame chocolate oat cookies.

figured others here would enjoy this

Modern pickup trucks are really just giant family SUVs except that the groceries in the trunk get rained on.

kitchen table this, kitchen table that. who the fuck has a kitchen table. we rent apartments it's all galley or open concept bullshit half-wall out here

One of my most memorable experiences teaching was a student using "fuckboy" in a sociology of fame class, and having to ask what that meant, exactly.

"[W]hat [critics are] really objecting to is more fundamental: the idea that democratic governments should guarantee people’s basic needs, even if it means intervening in markets." A great piece from Weber. Her quote is also a good summary of what I'm learning reading "The Big Myth".

The reason why Costco employees are friendly is they pay an above market salary and good benefits, and the reason consumers love it is, among other things, you can buy woke and gender in bulk. Also hotdogs

"behind every gay person there is a gayer, more evil gay person"

This vending machine is inspiring me to rank flavor words by increased meaninglessness. The cheesy cracker flavor offerings include: Cheddar Cheese Cheesy Italian Harvest Zesty Party Double flavor blast

This reminded me of this classic post except that everything has gotten far far dumber and more made up

Partner and I have jokingly referred to our home projects as "five year plans," and solar installation is going to be part of our next five year plan.

Did Women ruin the workplace

If Bridget is biased, then I am too, because it was a fantastic book. But it does leave you a bit jaded because of it. You look around the world today and can't help but think, "everything is pyramid scheme."

holy shit

Couldn't happen to a more worthy a-hole.

oh my god

Now reading.

To quote @shawnmicallef.bsky.social, how much more shit will Ontario continue to eat?

🚨new shape just dropped🚨 (by @dodecalemma.bsky.social with graphics by me) www.scientificamerican.com/article/math...

RT with your favorite memes you made in the last two years.

Mamdani derangement syndrome. Is this anything

I asked you all to send me the funniest election night posts and this morning for my newsletter, I compiled them all for you! www.burnsnotice.com/the-best-ele...

send me the funniest election night posts below, i'm putting together a compilation for my newsletter tomorrow.

Absolutely amazing: they've got so much solar in Australia that they need more people to use more of it, so the gov't has instructed energy retailers to offer *at least three hours of free power* during the middle of the day. Meanwhile fossil-addled US struggles with an energy-price crisis ...

This would be GREAT for housing affordability. Zohran keeping his promises.

one of you on here coined “importance-washing”, I forget who, and it’s kind of an awkward term but it does capture a real thing: you can just think people are lame and dislike their vibe. that’s allowed. it doesn’t have to be anything bigger than that.

FUCK WHY DID YOU GUYS LET ME TRY THIS IVE NEVER BEEN SO STRESSED IN MY FUCKING LIFE

Damn you all, you sucked me into watching baseball.

see it’s complicated bc autumn is my favorite season AND ALSO there’s this sense of impending doom the closer we get to the whole 4pm sunset situation

People of Canada. You have one job. For the next 24 hours you have to get Drake as far away from Rogers Centre as possible. And keep him there.

"The government has said it will instead focus on “alternative traffic-calming measures,” such as speed bumps, speed cushions and roundabouts, as well as enhanced signage and education campaigns." Willfully obtuse Conservative government. Obviously cameras and traffic calming work better together.

We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.

"The government’s oft-repeated rationale for these policy changes was to protect students from exploitation by bad actors, another invocation of the 'Canada the Good' trope. But this was clearly a political decision brought on by low poll numbers and a dearth of affordable housing."

Who knew witnessing a murder could make you laugh

The Ford Government Has A Special Message For Ontario Renters www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q78K...

New book day, featuring @pelledragsted.bsky.social and @thewaroncars.bsky.social. Excited to read both since social democracy and sustainability are both topics I teach about regularly.

Teaching about residential schools in Canada in my sociology of the family course next week. It never gets any easier.

boy is that true. in 2022-3, burrito taxis going up got about ten thousand times more attention online than the fact that it was the best labor market for low income workers in like 60 years