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This is based off of a short twitter thread. Jay Dragon had a great twitter post the other day: is there a term for when the particular conditions of a fantasy/fictional setting set up a particular philosophy? like how jack saint describes Sky High or how warhammer 40k’s setting self-justifies the imperium https://twitter.com/jdragsky/status/1584229756656300032 It’s something […]
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A former twitter thread This is thoughts inspired by a book review of The Real World of College: What higher education is and what it can be, so take from that what you will. I empathize with what they’re talking about, and I have to assume that the book itself talks about this, but the […]
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I recently went down to the San Juan Islands in Washington State. It’s a route I’ve been taking for about 30 years, and I remember the view from the Aerostar window and how it has evolved since the early 90s. Because I drove that route at least 3 times a year as a kid and […]
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Invisible Boy by Harrison Mooney https://www.harpercollins.ca/9781443463935/invisible-boy/ As I was writing this I realized I wanted to do two things. I wanted to give a review and I also wanted to reflect on how I experienced the book. So it’s two posts in one now. Feel free to just read one or the other. Full disclosure, […]
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A former twitter thread Hey #careerdevelopment #skills folks, Conference Board of Canada and Future Skills Centre has an interesting document out that I think needs more discussion: Beyond Blue and White Collar: A Skills-Based Approach to Canadian Job Groupings. It does two things, it breaks down skills into categories and breaks down jobs into 8 […]
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A former twitter thread Based on this tweet: Thoughts and feels pedagogy friends? “UDL shares problematic similarities in theory, operationalization, and research with the discredited concept of learning styles. No strong research evidence exists that either approach increases learning.” https://doi.org/10.1037/stl0000280 https://twitter.com/karenraycosta/status/1480644625232715776 I’ll have a kick at this. The problem in this article is thatessentially what […]
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A former twitter thread In response to this tweet: NEW: the insurance startup Lemonade claimed it was analyzing “non-verbal cues” like eye movements and speech patterns to reject insurance claims. then the company deleted a bunch of tweets, and now it’s saying “we def do not do phrenology” https://twitter.com/janusrose/status/1397602847064215554 This is part of a trend […]
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Originally two twitter threads: thread 1 thread 2. It took everyone a bit of time to notice this year, but the labour market shortage is basically being driven by mass retirements over the last two years, just not where you think (is the cultural moment for a Madisynn MCU reference past? Probably). Employment stats time. […]