I wrote the bulk of my PhD dissertation at the Vancouver Public Library main branch because it was closer AND a nicer place to work than anything on my actual university campus. Public libraries are a fantastic office replacement for professional writing.

Hahah I love that it’s still around! I used a blank version as a template for writing and speaking tasks when I taught English classes in Taiwan back in the aughts.

Some p dark implications on “I just want to be your last everything” IMO

Maybe something from the podcast series Education Technology Society by @neilselwyn.bsky.social ? It offers a nice balance of incisiveness and accessibility for people new to more critical perspectives.

I keep coming back to this blog post by @anthonymoser.com and not done reading it yet but I expect Why We Fear AI by @hagenblix.bsky.social to join the list.

How did they get young Ted Cruz up there in the front left? Creepy on so many levels.

Live could go here for Lightning Crashes, but it turns out their entire discography outside of Throwing Copper was pretty ass. I guess I liked Mental Jewelry at the time too but it doesn’t hold up that well.

My partner asked why all the bird legs are so shapely and fit. I told her only the most conventionally attractive birds get to be on a calendar, it’s an ideal, but she remains skeptical. Still planning to buy this for my office!

It somehow made sense to me that a film about this premise, a fading lonely white guy in Japan, could star only Brendan Fraser. This review explains why so eloquently. I can’t wait to see the movie this weekend.

Way things are going, we are gonna need Zatoichi for the ass beatings as well as the bone setting.

It’s long been known for cats, thanks for spreading the word it applies to small dogs too.

Really enjoying this! Introduced me to Rousay’s work AND got me to go back and revisit some early Elliot Smith with a different perspective.