Jamie Hurlburt (he/they)
@jamiehurlburt.bsky.social
I'm a four-shaft weaver, instructor, writer and designer for Gather Textiles in Edmonton, AB.
My kid's school has a D&D club that is extremely popular. Our local library runs D&D for teens, too.
November 30, 2025 at 8:03 PM
My kid's school has a D&D club that is extremely popular. Our local library runs D&D for teens, too.
I still would have screamed, but in delight instead of abject horror.
November 30, 2025 at 3:34 PM
I still would have screamed, but in delight instead of abject horror.
"Woke is ruining D&D". Meanwhile Dimension 20, one of the wokest real play shows around, just sold out Madison Square Garden and the Hollywood Bowl for live shows and brings armies of new players to RPGs.
November 30, 2025 at 3:32 PM
"Woke is ruining D&D". Meanwhile Dimension 20, one of the wokest real play shows around, just sold out Madison Square Garden and the Hollywood Bowl for live shows and brings armies of new players to RPGs.
Canadian here and I would never interpret "American" to mean anything other than someone from the US. If you're talking about the contineny then it's North Americans, and I never need to cover North and South America in a single term in daily speech. Seems like a well-intentioned over correction.
November 26, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Canadian here and I would never interpret "American" to mean anything other than someone from the US. If you're talking about the contineny then it's North Americans, and I never need to cover North and South America in a single term in daily speech. Seems like a well-intentioned over correction.
As a parent, this is totally real and common in my social circles. It's also just like... common sense consent? Nobody has to let other people touch them if they don't want to. The grandparents I know think this is good, because THEY'RE THE ONES WHO RAISED US WITH THE VALUE OF CONSENT.
November 26, 2025 at 3:04 PM
As a parent, this is totally real and common in my social circles. It's also just like... common sense consent? Nobody has to let other people touch them if they don't want to. The grandparents I know think this is good, because THEY'RE THE ONES WHO RAISED US WITH THE VALUE OF CONSENT.
Niew York Citayyyy
November 26, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Niew York Citayyyy
I drank like 75 oz of coffee daily before meds.
November 25, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I drank like 75 oz of coffee daily before meds.
Oh yeah no thank you
November 25, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Oh yeah no thank you
I have had this suggested to me so many times. And every time I'm like hey, so you're suggesting I require students to create an account with and use a service that undermines like every imaginable learning outcome I have? You want me to introduce them to the plagiarism machine?
November 24, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I have had this suggested to me so many times. And every time I'm like hey, so you're suggesting I require students to create an account with and use a service that undermines like every imaginable learning outcome I have? You want me to introduce them to the plagiarism machine?
I draw the line at critical theorists.
November 23, 2025 at 8:16 PM
I draw the line at critical theorists.
I hadn't heard of it until lately. I asked my kid how her Canadian public school teaches reading, and it's a balance of phonics and whole language. I described "three cueing" to her and she was like......... but that's not reading tho.
November 22, 2025 at 11:48 PM
I hadn't heard of it until lately. I asked my kid how her Canadian public school teaches reading, and it's a balance of phonics and whole language. I described "three cueing" to her and she was like......... but that's not reading tho.
My kiddo is obsessed with Elphaba and Glinda and then will be like "Oh yeah and Fiyero is great because, um....?" and turn to me to do all the gushing about Jonathan Bailey. Can't even be bothered to fake caring. 😅
November 22, 2025 at 5:56 AM
My kiddo is obsessed with Elphaba and Glinda and then will be like "Oh yeah and Fiyero is great because, um....?" and turn to me to do all the gushing about Jonathan Bailey. Can't even be bothered to fake caring. 😅
Finally, an ethically pure use case.
November 22, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Finally, an ethically pure use case.
I keep reading "mtg" as "Magic: The Gathering" and it really improves this whole news cycle
November 22, 2025 at 5:30 AM
I keep reading "mtg" as "Magic: The Gathering" and it really improves this whole news cycle
Free tuition at community colleges and teaching-focused universities.
November 22, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Free tuition at community colleges and teaching-focused universities.
I live in Alberta, which Canadians would say is big on car culture and sprawl. Went to Anaheim and San Diego a couple of years ago and realized we are running those on toddler mode compared to the US.
November 20, 2025 at 1:40 PM
I live in Alberta, which Canadians would say is big on car culture and sprawl. Went to Anaheim and San Diego a couple of years ago and realized we are running those on toddler mode compared to the US.
Some students react to being caught cheating with AI by despairing that they don't believe they can complete the course without it, or presenting AI use as almost like... a tool they should be entitled to use to game a system they hold in contempt? It has been fascinating/exhausting/disheartening.
November 20, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Some students react to being caught cheating with AI by despairing that they don't believe they can complete the course without it, or presenting AI use as almost like... a tool they should be entitled to use to game a system they hold in contempt? It has been fascinating/exhausting/disheartening.
The community college students are much more likely to believe AI "thinks", more likely to use it for personal, medical, and parenting advice, and are still using it at high rates for assignments despite my clear explanation of why they are not allowed to.
November 20, 2025 at 1:25 AM
The community college students are much more likely to believe AI "thinks", more likely to use it for personal, medical, and parenting advice, and are still using it at high rates for assignments despite my clear explanation of why they are not allowed to.
I'm noticing a real class divide in student relationships to LLMs. I'm teaching English lit at a research university and intro composition at a community college this term. The uni students can explain how LLMs work, are aware of hallucinations and bias, and can (crankily) live with my AI ban.
November 20, 2025 at 1:23 AM
I'm noticing a real class divide in student relationships to LLMs. I'm teaching English lit at a research university and intro composition at a community college this term. The uni students can explain how LLMs work, are aware of hallucinations and bias, and can (crankily) live with my AI ban.
I think the people sliding in the winter are smarter. Ice on winter coat over concrete on bare skin.
November 8, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I think the people sliding in the winter are smarter. Ice on winter coat over concrete on bare skin.
All winters without snow suck. You need the white to replace the sun. I'll take -20C and snowy over +10C and raining any day.
November 5, 2025 at 1:12 AM
All winters without snow suck. You need the white to replace the sun. I'll take -20C and snowy over +10C and raining any day.
How hard are these to tip over
November 3, 2025 at 11:16 PM
How hard are these to tip over
I mean, she says they SAY they do. If doing handstands was a required performance metric I'd swear I was spending most of my day upside down.
October 30, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I mean, she says they SAY they do. If doing handstands was a required performance metric I'd swear I was spending most of my day upside down.
I always compare it to music: people who are tone deaf can't hear how far off pitch they are. People who can't write can't recognize quality writing.
October 28, 2025 at 11:06 PM
I always compare it to music: people who are tone deaf can't hear how far off pitch they are. People who can't write can't recognize quality writing.
I hope Ford uses some of his family's "fail upward" dark magic to somehow flip creating the video that pissed off Trump into a successful run to replace Pollievre.
October 24, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I hope Ford uses some of his family's "fail upward" dark magic to somehow flip creating the video that pissed off Trump into a successful run to replace Pollievre.