enorconhcet
@enorconhcet.bsky.social
Same handle on Twitter. Retired academic. Socialist. Interested in education issues, Canadian politics, the environment, science fiction. No DMs.
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This.
The whole thread is gold.
The whole thread is gold.
I want to go back to this excerpt.
What students learn when we talk about ethics but don’t act on them is that we are hypocrites who actually don’t give a damn— and that they shouldn’t give a damn either but should pretend that they do.
What students learn when we talk about ethics but don’t act on them is that we are hypocrites who actually don’t give a damn— and that they shouldn’t give a damn either but should pretend that they do.
December 1, 2025 at 11:56 AM
This.
The whole thread is gold.
The whole thread is gold.
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Alt text for those who need it. This is amazing.
December 2, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Alt text for those who need it. This is amazing.
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I missed this one, but definitely not surprised. John Banuelos, aka #CowPoke the man seen firing a weapon on Jan 6 and who threatened a couple of #SeditionHunters has been arrested on kidnapping and sexual assault charges
High-profile Jan. 6 defendant facing charges of kidnapping and sexually assaulting woman
John Banuelos' case was unique among Capitol riot prosecutions because he was the only defendant accused of pulling and firing a gun while on Capitol grounds.
www.cbsnews.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I missed this one, but definitely not surprised. John Banuelos, aka #CowPoke the man seen firing a weapon on Jan 6 and who threatened a couple of #SeditionHunters has been arrested on kidnapping and sexual assault charges
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If anyone cares at all, EV battery recycling is now hitting 99% recovery for important metals
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
New recycling tech recovers nearly pure nickel and cobalt from old EV batteries
Researchers have developed an eco-friendly recycling tech that extracts 99 percent pure nickel and cobalt from waste batteries.
interestingengineering.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:17 AM
If anyone cares at all, EV battery recycling is now hitting 99% recovery for important metals
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
Garner’s performance is straight out of the ‘insult-is-truth’ book, complete with ugly insinuations, unfounded accusations (“You’re pro-raper”), inherent racism: the methodology of the Conservative leader & party. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
'You are a very bad minister,' Conservative immigration critic says at tense committee meeting | CBC News
Immigration Minister Lena Diab sparred with her Conservative critic at a tense House of Commons committee meeting Thursday as the two disagreed on everything from immigration levels and deporting non-...
www.cbc.ca
December 5, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Garner’s performance is straight out of the ‘insult-is-truth’ book, complete with ugly insinuations, unfounded accusations (“You’re pro-raper”), inherent racism: the methodology of the Conservative leader & party. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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This is exactly what churches should be doing, calling out injustice.
📌 Lake Street Church Nativity: a bold social justice statement with ICE-like Roman soldiers, the Virgin Mary in a gas mask, baby Jesus zip-tied, Joseph on the ground, pushing viewers to think about immigration.
📌 Lake Street Church Nativity: a bold social justice statement with ICE-like Roman soldiers, the Virgin Mary in a gas mask, baby Jesus zip-tied, Joseph on the ground, pushing viewers to think about immigration.
December 5, 2025 at 4:38 PM
This is exactly what churches should be doing, calling out injustice.
📌 Lake Street Church Nativity: a bold social justice statement with ICE-like Roman soldiers, the Virgin Mary in a gas mask, baby Jesus zip-tied, Joseph on the ground, pushing viewers to think about immigration.
📌 Lake Street Church Nativity: a bold social justice statement with ICE-like Roman soldiers, the Virgin Mary in a gas mask, baby Jesus zip-tied, Joseph on the ground, pushing viewers to think about immigration.
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Oh, RepubliKKKans Must Be
Joking......
Joking......
December 5, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Oh, RepubliKKKans Must Be
Joking......
Joking......
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People need to understand that there is NO scientific way to determine whether someone around the age of 18 is actually over or under it. We are not trees, you cannot just count our rings.
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I see the Indo has a story implying every young person assessed to be an adult is "actually an adult", sharing this story I did in 2022 when a child was told he's an adult and left to live with a bunch of men. When the story ran they accepted it was a mistake. www.dublininquirer.com/after-coming...
After Coming Here Without His Parents Looking for Safety, a Migrant Child Is Left to Live Alone Among Adults - Dublin Inquirer
Although Mthokozisi Ncube has a birth certificate saying he is 16 years old, Tusla does not believe he is a minor.
www.dublininquirer.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:27 AM
People need to understand that there is NO scientific way to determine whether someone around the age of 18 is actually over or under it. We are not trees, you cannot just count our rings.
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The Cass Review is the worst kind of pseudoscience & has at least 13 peer-reviewed critiques of it (all ignored by mainstream media).
Streeting now wants a Cass Review for Autism, ADHD, etc.
I have characterised these as “contrived authority” strategies (referring to the work of Max Weber)
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Streeting now wants a Cass Review for Autism, ADHD, etc.
I have characterised these as “contrived authority” strategies (referring to the work of Max Weber)
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Considering Streeting's well stated belief autism, ADHD etc, along with mental health issues, are "overdiagnosed", I won't hold my breath for this doing anything other than being used to cut support, along with opportunities for diagnosis, for people who need it. #r4today
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Streeting orders review into mental health and ADHD diagnosis
The health secretary said the aim was to tackle a rising demand for services and the increased pressure on the NHS.
www.bbc.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:55 AM
The Cass Review is the worst kind of pseudoscience & has at least 13 peer-reviewed critiques of it (all ignored by mainstream media).
Streeting now wants a Cass Review for Autism, ADHD, etc.
I have characterised these as “contrived authority” strategies (referring to the work of Max Weber)
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Streeting now wants a Cass Review for Autism, ADHD, etc.
I have characterised these as “contrived authority” strategies (referring to the work of Max Weber)
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@stephenkb.bsky.social In case you haven't read share.google/X6Iay6FStehf...
Why Don't We Just Kill the Kid In the Omelas Hole by Isabel J. Kim
Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.
share.google
December 4, 2025 at 9:40 AM
@stephenkb.bsky.social In case you haven't read share.google/X6Iay6FStehf...
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I've said before that Ireland is simply catching up with the rest of the Europe when it comes to the far right, and this "they're all adults, actually" is one of their talking-points from 10-15 years ago.
In Sweden they were called "skäggbarn" (beard-children).
None of this is in good faith.
In Sweden they were called "skäggbarn" (beard-children).
None of this is in good faith.
I see the Indo has a story implying every young person assessed to be an adult is "actually an adult", sharing this story I did in 2022 when a child was told he's an adult and left to live with a bunch of men. When the story ran they accepted it was a mistake. www.dublininquirer.com/after-coming...
After Coming Here Without His Parents Looking for Safety, a Migrant Child Is Left to Live Alone Among Adults - Dublin Inquirer
Although Mthokozisi Ncube has a birth certificate saying he is 16 years old, Tusla does not believe he is a minor.
www.dublininquirer.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:37 AM
I've said before that Ireland is simply catching up with the rest of the Europe when it comes to the far right, and this "they're all adults, actually" is one of their talking-points from 10-15 years ago.
In Sweden they were called "skäggbarn" (beard-children).
None of this is in good faith.
In Sweden they were called "skäggbarn" (beard-children).
None of this is in good faith.
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@timparrique.bsky.social you should apply! 'Slow down or die' would be a worthy winner of this prize....
www.uvm.edu/gund/now-see...
www.uvm.edu/gund/now-see...
Now Seeking Environmental Writing For $10,000 Eric Zencey Prize in Ecological Economics | The University of Vermont
The Gund Institute for Environment at the University of Vermont and the U.S. Society of Ecological Economics are pleased to invite submissions for the Eric Zencey Prize in Ecological Economics, which ...
www.uvm.edu
December 4, 2025 at 9:56 AM
@timparrique.bsky.social you should apply! 'Slow down or die' would be a worthy winner of this prize....
www.uvm.edu/gund/now-see...
www.uvm.edu/gund/now-see...
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Apparently global warming is bad for plants and bad for the climate system.
Loss of vegetation functions during the Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum - Nature Communications
Combining fossil records and vegetation modelling, this study shows that global warming during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum 56 million years ago exceeded the adaptation capacity of vegetation,...
www.nature.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Apparently global warming is bad for plants and bad for the climate system.
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Ireland's green image is largely a fabrication.
That could be turned around in a decade, with enough political and societal will.
That could be turned around in a decade, with enough political and societal will.
Ireland second highest in EU for greenhouse gas emissions per person
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
Ireland second highest in EU for greenhouse gas emissions per person
Farming and forestry responsible for 38% of State’s total output of gases linked to climate change
www.irishtimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Ireland's green image is largely a fabrication.
That could be turned around in a decade, with enough political and societal will.
That could be turned around in a decade, with enough political and societal will.
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CNN investigation now points to the Israeli military bulldozing the bodies of some of those killed near the crossing into shallow, unmarked graves. At other times, their remains were simply left to decompose in the open, unable to be recovered in the militarized area.
edition.cnn.com/2025/12/03/m...
edition.cnn.com/2025/12/03/m...
Bulldozed corpses and unmarked graves, CNN investigates the fate of Gaza’s missing aid seekers | CNN
Ammar Wadi knew he was risking his life when he set out to get a bag of flour for his family from an aid truck near the Zikim crossing into Gaza in June.
edition.cnn.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:23 AM
CNN investigation now points to the Israeli military bulldozing the bodies of some of those killed near the crossing into shallow, unmarked graves. At other times, their remains were simply left to decompose in the open, unable to be recovered in the militarized area.
edition.cnn.com/2025/12/03/m...
edition.cnn.com/2025/12/03/m...
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Apparently people are once again asking who's at fault here. We can improve road safety dramatically by revoking the driver's licence of everyone who thinks it's the cyclist's fault.
December 4, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Apparently people are once again asking who's at fault here. We can improve road safety dramatically by revoking the driver's licence of everyone who thinks it's the cyclist's fault.
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"The result is that detailed climate analysis exists, but in a specialist niche that mass audiences do not access."
@theconversation.com
@theconversation.com
The biggest climate stories often aren’t labelled ‘climate’ – so newsrooms miss them
Budgets are now climate policy. But mainstream media hasn’t caught up.
theconversation.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:25 AM
"The result is that detailed climate analysis exists, but in a specialist niche that mass audiences do not access."
@theconversation.com
@theconversation.com
Tell our feds to shop elsewhere.
Cost of U.S.-supplied equipment for Canada’s new warships triples to $3.6B, @davidpugliese.bsky.social reports ca.news.yahoo.com/cost-u-suppl...
Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com
Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com
Cost of U.S.-supplied equipment for Canada’s new warships triples to $3.6B
The increase to $3.6 billion is mainly for what is called non-major defence equipment and includes a U.S. navigation system and U.S. command systems.
ca.news.yahoo.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Tell our feds to shop elsewhere.
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Alliance crumbled at the idea of confronting the far-right and loyalism. They are a completely unserious party that don’t deserve any preference votes whatsoever.
www.newsletter.co.uk/news/politic...
www.newsletter.co.uk/news/politic...
Belfast City Hall Palestine flag: Alliance flip from supporting move to opposing it, but now won't say why
Alliance swapped their position on flying the Palestinian flag over Belfast, flipping from backing the move to trying to stop it happening.
www.newsletter.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Alliance crumbled at the idea of confronting the far-right and loyalism. They are a completely unserious party that don’t deserve any preference votes whatsoever.
www.newsletter.co.uk/news/politic...
www.newsletter.co.uk/news/politic...
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Animals taking on human roles in a world turned upside down are well-known in informal Egyptian art. Their meaning is uncertain. Perhaps parody, or social satire, or just lighthearted fun! Read more on this link:
www.mdpi.com/2076-0752/10...
www.mdpi.com/2076-0752/10...
www.mdpi.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Animals taking on human roles in a world turned upside down are well-known in informal Egyptian art. Their meaning is uncertain. Perhaps parody, or social satire, or just lighthearted fun! Read more on this link:
www.mdpi.com/2076-0752/10...
www.mdpi.com/2076-0752/10...
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Do you know Zoom & other companies are encouraging discrimination against employees for things like "pausing too long" or not sounding sufficiently "charismatic"? Read all about our dystopian present in my new paper, out today in JASA!
(Seriously, read it. It's important)
doi.org/10.1121/10.0...
(Seriously, read it. It's important)
doi.org/10.1121/10.0...
Socially prescriptive speech technologies: Linguistic, technical, and ethical issues
Speech technology tools can be powerful and transformative for individuals, businesses, and governments. Socially prescriptive speech technology (SPST) systems
doi.org
December 3, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Do you know Zoom & other companies are encouraging discrimination against employees for things like "pausing too long" or not sounding sufficiently "charismatic"? Read all about our dystopian present in my new paper, out today in JASA!
(Seriously, read it. It's important)
doi.org/10.1121/10.0...
(Seriously, read it. It's important)
doi.org/10.1121/10.0...
London in the 1970s & 80s wasn't flat. As a grad student, I just got VERY FIT riding my bicycle everywhere & was *also able to afford food as costs rose under Thatcher.*
December 3, 2025 at 12:32 PM
London in the 1970s & 80s wasn't flat. As a grad student, I just got VERY FIT riding my bicycle everywhere & was *also able to afford food as costs rose under Thatcher.*
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Posts about urban biking in Dutch cities are routinely replied to with comments like “well, they have the big advantage of being relatively flat.”
The Dutch also have the big advantage of not constantly making excuses about why they can’t make clearly smarter city-making decisions. #Leadership
The Dutch also have the big advantage of not constantly making excuses about why they can’t make clearly smarter city-making decisions. #Leadership
November 29, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Posts about urban biking in Dutch cities are routinely replied to with comments like “well, they have the big advantage of being relatively flat.”
The Dutch also have the big advantage of not constantly making excuses about why they can’t make clearly smarter city-making decisions. #Leadership
The Dutch also have the big advantage of not constantly making excuses about why they can’t make clearly smarter city-making decisions. #Leadership
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Feels like "missing" is inaccurate. This child was kidnapped by the secret police and is now either a political prisoner or a trafficking victim.
A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social
ICE Arrested and Separated Chinese Father From 6-Year-Old Son, Advocates Say
The father and son were detained at an ICE check-in on Nov. 26, advocates say. The son’s location is currently unknown, while the father is being held at an upstate ICE facility.
www.thecity.nyc
December 3, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Feels like "missing" is inaccurate. This child was kidnapped by the secret police and is now either a political prisoner or a trafficking victim.
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Congratulations to 21 year old Democrat Akbar Ali who made history in Georgia tonight. The youngest state rep in GA history.
December 3, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Congratulations to 21 year old Democrat Akbar Ali who made history in Georgia tonight. The youngest state rep in GA history.