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your government mandated CanCon. I like cities, stories, and flat-faced dogs. Sometimes I talk academic integrity. Sometimes I help with @terrorcamp.bsky.social. T'karonto. (she/they)
Has anyone else been reading Lockwood's latest (Will there ever be another you) and finding it a slog? I loved her two previous books. But for this one I'm fighting to finish a single page. I'm bummed!
November 25, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Has anyone else been reading Lockwood's latest (Will there ever be another you) and finding it a slog? I loved her two previous books. But for this one I'm fighting to finish a single page. I'm bummed!
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Focusing on the accuracy of an LLM’s output for a specific assignment misses the actual problem: that student use of LLMs impairs the development of the skills schools are supposed to teach. It presumes that if it were to hit a certain accuracy threshold (50%? 70?) it would be ok to use.
Two years ago I had lunch with the dean of a department at one of Toronto’s major universities and she told me she had instructed all her profs teaching first-year classes to do exactly this. It sounded sensible and I wonder if it’s now more widely applied
November 24, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Focusing on the accuracy of an LLM’s output for a specific assignment misses the actual problem: that student use of LLMs impairs the development of the skills schools are supposed to teach. It presumes that if it were to hit a certain accuracy threshold (50%? 70?) it would be ok to use.
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"I was embarrassed. I had been naively operating with a pre-ChatGPT mindset, still assuming a pitch’s ideas and prose were actually connected to the person who sent it"
Stunning investigation of how slop merchants are getting work into established media outlets
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Stunning investigation of how slop merchants are getting work into established media outlets
thelocal.to/investigatin...
November 23, 2025 at 7:13 PM
"I was embarrassed. I had been naively operating with a pre-ChatGPT mindset, still assuming a pitch’s ideas and prose were actually connected to the person who sent it"
Stunning investigation of how slop merchants are getting work into established media outlets
thelocal.to/investigatin...
Stunning investigation of how slop merchants are getting work into established media outlets
thelocal.to/investigatin...
This feels like the NYT pitch bot...
November 22, 2025 at 2:50 PM
This feels like the NYT pitch bot...
Looking forward to asking EB about why he loves "guys trapped in places" so much.
📣 SUNDAY KEYNOTE ANNOUNCED: In Conversation with Edward Berger and Florian Hoffmeister!
Step behind the camera with Terror alumni Edward Berger (Conclave, All Quiet on the Western Front) and Florian Hoffmeister (Pachinko, True Detective Night Country, Tár).
Step behind the camera with Terror alumni Edward Berger (Conclave, All Quiet on the Western Front) and Florian Hoffmeister (Pachinko, True Detective Night Country, Tár).
November 10, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Looking forward to asking EB about why he loves "guys trapped in places" so much.
The experience of being online now and not being sure that anything I'm looking at is real? Gonna say it: not great!
October 31, 2025 at 1:20 PM
The experience of being online now and not being sure that anything I'm looking at is real? Gonna say it: not great!
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“Tell your children who the cowards were.”
October 27, 2025 at 10:19 PM
“Tell your children who the cowards were.”
A nice Toronto moment. I decided to take the foster dog to Bloor street for a morning walk, wondering if the marathon had started. Just as we hit the corner the very first group of runners went through. It was exciting! Something I'd never seen before.
October 19, 2025 at 1:08 PM
A nice Toronto moment. I decided to take the foster dog to Bloor street for a morning walk, wondering if the marathon had started. Just as we hit the corner the very first group of runners went through. It was exciting! Something I'd never seen before.
I miss my doggie.
October 16, 2025 at 12:42 AM
I miss my doggie.
Marian Keyes Novel Prize for Literature NOW
Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat
October 14, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Marian Keyes Novel Prize for Literature NOW
The extent to which my sense of humour has been largely massaged into its current state by spending 15 years on tumblr cannot be overstated.
October 11, 2025 at 3:46 PM
The extent to which my sense of humour has been largely massaged into its current state by spending 15 years on tumblr cannot be overstated.
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Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
October 8, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
This got a genuine Edna-Krabappel-style bark laugh from me. Of course!
🤤 (shocked, shocked I tell you)
Vehicles registered to Ford cabinet ministers caught by speed cameras more than 20 times | Globalnews.ca
Documents obtained by Global News reveal that, over three years, vehicles registered to Ford’s cabinet minister received more than $3,300 in fines for speeding.
globalnews.ca
October 6, 2025 at 12:47 PM
This got a genuine Edna-Krabappel-style bark laugh from me. Of course!
Do I experience a bolt of existential dread every time I interact with a single use plastic? Yes. But mending things I own staves it off a little bit.
October 5, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Do I experience a bolt of existential dread every time I interact with a single use plastic? Yes. But mending things I own staves it off a little bit.
I'm sick and if I don't have a cold ginger ale in an aluminum can within the next hour I will perish.
October 3, 2025 at 6:26 PM
I'm sick and if I don't have a cold ginger ale in an aluminum can within the next hour I will perish.
I hit 60k words this morning on the book, doubling the length it was in its original form. I don't know if it'll ever really be finished, but at least it's still alive.
September 27, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I hit 60k words this morning on the book, doubling the length it was in its original form. I don't know if it'll ever really be finished, but at least it's still alive.
Wow, it's almost like two decades of building condos no reasonable person could happily live in had consequences.
September 23, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Wow, it's almost like two decades of building condos no reasonable person could happily live in had consequences.
As someone who has been inside multiple residences (institutional and community based) for adults with developmental disabilities - yes, there are.
(God, I hate this weirdo.)
(God, I hate this weirdo.)
Q: how much is acetaminophen vs. better diagnosis?
RFK Jr jumps in to answer, says it's a 'canard' that has been completely debunked, it's just common sense because you(he) don't see autism in people older than 50!
(autistic people over 50, stand up!)
RFK Jr jumps in to answer, says it's a 'canard' that has been completely debunked, it's just common sense because you(he) don't see autism in people older than 50!
(autistic people over 50, stand up!)
September 22, 2025 at 10:12 PM
As someone who has been inside multiple residences (institutional and community based) for adults with developmental disabilities - yes, there are.
(God, I hate this weirdo.)
(God, I hate this weirdo.)
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My review of Arctic Circles and Imperial Knowledge: The Franklin Family, Indigenous Intermediaries, and the Politics of Truth was published in JACNZS. Highly recommend this book for #Franklin history and #polarexploration history fans!
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September 16, 2025 at 8:02 PM
My review of Arctic Circles and Imperial Knowledge: The Franklin Family, Indigenous Intermediaries, and the Politics of Truth was published in JACNZS. Highly recommend this book for #Franklin history and #polarexploration history fans!
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I'm 30 pages into this book and it's already my favourite thing I've read this year. More books should be about women in love with inanimate objects.
September 17, 2025 at 1:57 AM
I'm 30 pages into this book and it's already my favourite thing I've read this year. More books should be about women in love with inanimate objects.
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The divorcée joined a book club.
The divorced woman joined a coven.
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The divorced woman joined a coven.
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The Differences Between a Divorcée and a Divorced Woman
When I go out to brunch, I’m a divorcée. When I eat my second post-breakfast snack, I’m divorced. - - -The divorcée in me buys the houseplants. The...
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September 9, 2025 at 3:17 PM
The divorcée joined a book club.
The divorced woman joined a coven.
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...
The divorced woman joined a coven.
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...
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The actor, who was born in Ohsweken in Ontario and is from the Six Nations Reserve, starred in a steady stream of film, television and theatre projects from the late 1970s onward.
Canadian actor Graham Greene dies at 73
Canadian actor Graham Greene, who broke through with memorable roles across several genres, has died at age 73.
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September 2, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The actor, who was born in Ohsweken in Ontario and is from the Six Nations Reserve, starred in a steady stream of film, television and theatre projects from the late 1970s onward.
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A reminder that the Notes from a Regicide ebook is still on sale for three bucks from Bookshop. Kindle edition is the same (and it seems Amazon has named it one of their Best Books of the Year So Far). They don't sell hardbacks at "fuck around and find out" prices, but!
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Notes from a Regicide
Check out Notes from a Regicide - <p>“Few capture the grubbiness of intimacy — and the starchy scent of home — as well as Fellman does in his depiction of his characters’ trans family. Magnificent, he...
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August 30, 2025 at 10:29 PM
A reminder that the Notes from a Regicide ebook is still on sale for three bucks from Bookshop. Kindle edition is the same (and it seems Amazon has named it one of their Best Books of the Year So Far). They don't sell hardbacks at "fuck around and find out" prices, but!
bookshop.org/p/books/note...
bookshop.org/p/books/note...
Love 2 drop my keys down the elevator shaft at 5pm the Friday before a long weekend.
August 29, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Love 2 drop my keys down the elevator shaft at 5pm the Friday before a long weekend.
Monday is approaching. Presenting at Terror Camp is on my life highlights reel - an incredible community of scholarship, fandom, and frequent goofiness. If you're thinking about submitting an abstract, just do it!
Campers, you have TEN DAYS left to submit your abstracts before the deadline on September 1st! ❄️
All you need at this stage is a short proposal for your presentation or workshop. We can't wait to hear your ideas! 🤩✨
Submit here: docs.google.com/forms/d/1u3x...
All you need at this stage is a short proposal for your presentation or workshop. We can't wait to hear your ideas! 🤩✨
Submit here: docs.google.com/forms/d/1u3x...
It’s that time again! We’re amazed and delighted to be kicking off the FIFTH(!) annual Terror Camp polar conference, with information about our programming, key dates, how to submit an abstract, and more.
❄️ Full details: www.tumblr.com/terrorcamp/7...
❄️ Full details: www.tumblr.com/terrorcamp/7...
August 28, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Monday is approaching. Presenting at Terror Camp is on my life highlights reel - an incredible community of scholarship, fandom, and frequent goofiness. If you're thinking about submitting an abstract, just do it!