Winnipeg Goldeyes: Uh, what?!?

In today's @tihe.bsky.social, @bonni208.bsky.social discusses ways to reduce faculty workload, including stop asking colleagues to do things for you! I'm guilty of asking a lot from faculty participating in my SoTL project. Makes me extra grateful to have such enthusiastic and generous colleagues.

In CRED ible northern lights over Winnipeg right now! Here’s the view with a cellphone camera and all the city lights!

@grimalkina.bsky.social @analog-ashley.bsky.social Does this ring any bells for you? #AskingForAFriend

Not often when you see the batter plonk the pitcher! #BlueJays #LFG

Just your friendly neighbourhood scorekeeper for the trick ‘r treaters!

@wilnerness.bsky.social hey Mike, do you that guy behind home plate, doing some kind of semaphore? I can’t imagine who he’d be signaling.

I’ve got Vladdy, Springer, and Gaus in my play-off pool. LFG #BlueJays

If the #BlueJays win tonight, is this Buck’s last game? 😢😢😢

Well, I’m * pretty predictable * pretty pleased how this 🎃 ⚾️ turned out! Let’s go, #BlueJays 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏

Change one letter, ruin a candy. Big Turd

Suffering today from ohtaniosis (“baseball fever”): * fatigue * hoarse voice * sore high-five and fist-pump muscles * low-grade malaise / anxiety Treatment: 3 #BlueJays wins during next 6 days

This best-of-8 World Series is exciting! Game 1: #BlueJays win 11-4 Game 2: Dodgers win 5-1 Game 3: Tie 5-5 Game 4: Dodgers win 1-0 Game 5: Game 6: Game 7: if necessary Game 8: if necessary

Ohtani’s gonna pitch 18?!? #BlueJays

Sorry, what?!? I ❤️ 🍁 Oil + Gas ‘ck off

Damn, I wanted to see consecutive World Series pitches or at least at bats to be homeruns. Joe Carter walked-off the World Series for the #BlueJays in 1993. Was hoping for a lead-off Springer Dinger today. Oh well, we’ll save that for another AB.

Who robbed the Louvre right answers only

@quioui.bsky.social I just got these Loops Links. Awe! Some! The magnetic connectors are *chefs kiss* us.loopearplugs.com/products/link

Around Winnipeg and southern Manitoba, it's Portage, like Portage Avenue or Portage la Prairie. Tourists get anxious that it's French and roll out their high school French "pour-TAHJ". Nope. Totally anglophized: "POUR-didge"

#BlueJays shoulda given Yesavage the home run jacket when he came out!

Ruin a book with a car: The Naked Datsun

Alien: Earth Whoa *shivers* The zenomorph is the least of your worries. 👁️

Battle doomscrolling by posting 5 small pleasures in life: * hotdog at the ball game * seeing your adult kids smile at each other * feeling the warmth of the Sun on your face after a long winter * cracking open a new Moleskine notebook * people borrowing books from your Little Free Library

@bonni208.bsky.social In her 2024 book, Hope Circuits, @drjessicariddell.bsky.social says higher education is a "wonder engine". Made me think of you, Bonni! btw, Jessica would be great @tihe.bsky.social guest!

Dear NYT Connections, How dare you have snicker, mound, mar, and whopper but not category “1 of a chocolate treat”! Signed, Dissatisfied and hungry player

Slightly diminish a book: James and the Large Peach

1 for 10 plus 2 for 12 equals 3 for 22. Nope, that’s not how you add fractions, it’s baseball math (and the #BlueJays success with runners in scoring position in the last two games against #NYY)

Achievement unlocked! Approval from the Research Ethics Board for "Teaching and learning experiences of instructors and students in active learning classrooms" ✅ 10 months to get approval sounds exhausting but it includes an unexpected 4-month construction delay. Whatevs 😊 LFG!

@wilnerness.bsky.social Got a question for you. It’s not schadenfreude, I’m curious how GB works. COL Rockies are 32.5 WCGB with 32 games remaining. Doesn’t that mean they’re eliminated from the playoffs? In previous years, MLB app marks eliminated teams with “e” but I don’t see that (yet).

Are "a student's standing in a course" and "a student's grade in a course" the same thing? I feel like "standing" is broader but I can't quite put my finger on why...

On one monitor, I'm reading @audreywatters.bsky.social post convincingly comparing Gen AI to a Ponzi scheme. On another, a colleague is warning not to click a Gen AI promotion from phone provider: credit card charged but no product, no customer service. My lack of trust is becoming lacker.

I'm surprised there's no Crash Course Calculus @thecrashcourse.bsky.social. Hey @sbagley.bsky.social, I think you'd be the perfect person for this!

@wilnerness.bsky.social Bummer, Varsho out of the game, due up 2nd in B8 only a triple away from the cycle against a position player pitching! When was the last Blue Jays cycle? Do I remember Cavan Biggio getting one?

Got feedback from the Ethics Board for my research project about teaching in active learning classrooms. It's a big project so there's a lot of feedback. I'm scared to open it 😬 I know it will be helpful. I mean, damn, I'm ON the Ethics Board and send this kind of feedback! Just do it, dude!

Slightly diminish a band: Bruce Springsteen and The E Lane Band

@biblioracle.bsky.social btw, I think whytheycantwrite.com is 😵

Without a doubt, worst day for forest fire smoke in Winnipeg so far. Here’s what it’s like: * not a cloud but I don’t need sunglasses * my eyes sting * even with N95, smells like I’m sitting around a campfire * that twist in my gut when you suspect you’re getting car sick #FuckClimateChange

@sarahesilverman.bsky.social Terrific conversation with @jamesmlang.bsky.social about neurodiversity! TY for definitions of neurodiversity, neurodivergent, neurodiverse, and neurotypical - I'll use those words properly now. (btw, you have CIRTL history? Me too! Kitch and Robin are great!)

Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you joy and happiness.

A timeline cleanser for course instructors realizing classes start next month 🤯, via @drjessicariddell.bsky.social: [T]eaching is a an exercise in hope: you must live in a world where you cannot see the impact you might have in some distant future you might never access - and do it anyway.

@caitskirby.bsky.social Are you still running your "Making group work work" workshop on Friday? I support course instructors teaching in our active learning classrooms. I often get questions about active learning and groups with neurodivergent students. Will that come up?

@quioui.bsky.social Terrific Tom Lehrer story about the album you shared yesterday

@wilnerness.bsky.social Math and baseball stats nerd question for you: Is 62-42 record 20 games above .500 or 10? My math brain says 52 wins is .500 so 62-42 is 10 games above. But “20 games” (like Jamie just said on the broadcast) sounds waaaaay better!

@analog-ashley.bsky.social @grimalkina.bsky.social FFS. I'm angry with how my institution is diving headlong into GenAI. I whisper the word "dissent" to trusted colleauges. After your Andor episode, I feel an obligation, even a responsibility, to use the trust and access granted me to speak up.

Thought-provoking and hard-hitting column by @shawpsych.bsky.social about Gen AI in #HigherEd. I particularly like this point using LLMs to get your work done faster 🔥 www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/how-...

@pbarmby.bsky.social Any advice for @readywriting.bsky.social and her kiddo?

Starting my weekend with a ridiculous Wordle birdie. Barely made it off the tee, from rough to rough, and then somehow, IT’S IN THE HOLE 😂 Wordle 1,491 3/6* ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

I have the good fortune to be working with a Dept Chair who confidently and quickly makes decisions about supporting teaching and about spending $ to support teaching. No ignoring it until it goes away or decision ("no") via silence.

Age verification? 🎵 Two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame see bun.

I’m eating lunch outside in a courtyard and some students are programming one of those Boston-Dynamics-like robotic dogs. Damn, that thing is creepy AF!