Whether they're blaming vaccines and Tylenol, or selling dubious "remedies," what they're really doing is promoting the perception that families (and especially mothers) can prevent and treat Autism. And thus also the perception that people with Autism and their families don't need social support.

My job as a professor is not to create a serviceable worker. My job is to help foster thoughtful citizens or community members. If that sounds fanciful it’s bc corporate interests have spent decades framing how we talk about education so they don’t take the heat for immiserating labor conditions.

During this time of economic uncertainty when CEOs only can rake in a measly dozen-or-so million, we all need to do our part and work the first hour of every day for free.

This has always been clear: plant-based meat alternatives are better for the planet and, at least compared to red meat, better for your health. That this is not widely accepted is the product of meat industry disinfo, science illiteracy, and some very stupid journalists. www.cnn.com/2025/07/21/h...

"Across BC, ‘cyclists dismount’ signs have metastasized as cautious engineers rush to absolve themselves of liability for the substandard cycling facilities they design. While these signs may please lawyers, they ignore a fundamental reality: everyone ignores them." bettercolumbia.ca/2025/06/27/d...

I honestly can’t ever see myself visiting the United States again in my lifetime. How sad :(

Crumpler is selling off a whole bunch of classic bags that have been sitting around a warehouse, so I just had to get another messenger bag, this one circa 2001. I think I’m getting to the point where the correct number of messenger bags to own is n+1.

Finding out just how many companies with a digital login won’t allow you to change your email address.

the mainstream media has been steadily buying into the idea that science and academia are somehow "captured" by left and liberal ideologues, rather than the more obvious explanation that measured analysis leads people away from reactionary thought

Again, I implore those GenAI-evangelists who claim to be well-meaning to read an introductory-level text on educational psychology. Therein they will find learning requires effort (e.g., desirable difficulties) that can be supported and optimized (e.g., cognitive load theory) but not replaced.

Have you ever had someone tell you something half a dozen times and you still don’t ’get it’? Learning requires challenge, there aren’t any shortcuts.

Because everyone knows the Fraser Institute is a bastion of balanced and ethical research that would never skew results to support their biases! /s

Every college leader should take note of why Ono got rejected by UF's Board: despite his craven and public abandonment of his previous DEI advocacy, they still thought he was too "woke." The lesson: no amount of self-abasement or eagerness to sell your community down the river, will ever be enough.

“Being a loyal member of Team Trump is like sitting beside a flatulent French bulldog, repeating, ‘My dog did not fart. It must have been you.’” @steveburgess53.bsky.social advises. #uspoli #cdnpoli

If they were "safe drivers" we wouldn't need speed cameras.

ICYMI: My thoughts on the economics of post-secondary education in the age AI. Tl; dr: the death of the essay is going to change the production function in a lot of disciplines, making meaningful assessment a lot more expensive. higheredstrategy.com/the-cost-imp...

What Kenneth Roth and others reduce to "identity politics" is always an effort by a particular oppressed group to be afforded the rights, privileges and protections enjoyed by a society's dominant groups. It's the very promise of liberalism, no more, no less.

“And so the Greeks send me this horse, we’re talking about one of the most beautiful horses you’ve ever seen. So big. So strong. Normally they keep this kind of horse for themselves but they were such big fans they said sir, please take our big wonderful horse we’ll even bring it to your house”

It’s literally enshrined in law, the right to self-determination. Good grief how are we even still having these conversations? #LandBack

Can confirm. This is next level.

"If you or any other Canadians are not happy living on Treaty lands, they are free to apply for citizenship elsewhere." Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation issues a scathing rebuke of Danielle Smith's talks on a national unity crisis.

One thing that I was thought was revealing about the divisions within Canada: When Carney acknowledged Poilievre's hard work on his campaign in his victory speed, the crowd of Liberals cheered. When Poilievre mentioned Carney in his concession speech, there was loud booing.

Movies you’ve watched more than six times using GIFS (hard mode: no Star Wars, Star Trek or LOTR)

This moment when the penny drops that trying to implement bathroom bans is an impossibility for the former Tory Chief Secretary Simon Clarke is delicious.

ROI for college: "has held between 12-13% percent for the past three decades—easily exceeding the threshold for a sound investment. By comparison, the stock market has provided a long-term return of about 8% and bonds have returned around 4%." libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org/2025/04/is-c...

The bipartisan belief that America would be a better place if *other people* worked in a factory. www.ft.com/content/8459...

How can u, in good conscience, compel any student to use any piece of edtech right now to upload any personal data to any ed provider – institutional or 3rd-party, knowing that there are no assurances that this info will not be shared w the US govt & used against them? @audreywatters.bsky.social

Whenever a Conservative uses the phrase “hard-working Canadians”, it really means “white Canadians”. Every time. thetyee.ca/News/2025/03...

I understand the desire to cut Tesla owners some slack. Unloading one now would mean a big loss that many folks can’t afford. But in 2018 I bought a Nissan Leaf and refused to consider a Tesla. Buying a Tesla was a choice even then.

Sweden improves its bid to supply the RCAF with Grippen fighter jets. It now says it will ship the aircraft in a flat-pak and they can be assembled with a single Allen key.

@columbiauniversity.bsky.social is paving the way for this:

Dear Leader wants to control what American children learn. This goes way beyond leopards eating faces, it’s a step right out of the authoritarian playbook.

Let’s not pretend this is just a trade war. The USA is literally (not figuratively) threatening to annex Canada. Every time the USA threatens to make us the “51st State” it’s another notch in our resolve to defend ourselves. Canadians are acting accordingly. #ElbowsUp

Stop fucking saying he blamed “DEI,” which is some abstract, non-tangible idea. He is blaming people of color having jobs he thinks they aren’t qualified for. He’s blaming race. He’s being racist every time he says it. Journalists need to get fucking backbones, my word.

The Indigenous People of North America have decided to go back to calling the Gulf of Mexico, “Chalchiuhtlicueyecatl”. It is what the Nahuatl People originally called it as it is the domain of the goddess Chalchiuhtlicue, who is assoc w/water bodies, including the Gulf of Mexico.

3500 scientists, biologists and experts in human sexual development write to the US government saying that sex isn't binary www.evolutionsociety.org/news/display...

I try to keep it clean on social but go fuck yourself Ross Douthat. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/11/o...

Cargo Bike People: Sign up, contribute. 👇 cargobikelife.community.forum

Got a new game: Parks. Great artwork, and fun to play!

All decked out for my commute!

Transfers to PSE Institutions as a % of total government operating expenditures. It's been a wild ride for the three oil provinces.

“Why is Toronto traffic so terrible?” wonders man in car

Any "avid cyclist" who claims that the solution to road safety for cyclists is simply to be more skilled and assertive should be required to demonstrate that they are more skilled and assertive than Olympic Champion Remco Evenepoel who was, this week, doored.

If children walked to school in our bike lanes would city leaders still consider paint a good enough barrier?

Rode our bikes downtown today for a little shopping and walkabout. No traffic jams, no circling the block for parking, just an enjoyable trip all round. Grateful as always to the #YYJ bike valet #CapitalBike #YYJBikes

We’ve got one for our tree! #YYJBike

Sure it was a bit chilly and rainy, but still an enjoyable way for me to get to work.