JenLei
@jenlei.bsky.social
I-can’t-find-locator, it’s-not-working-fixer, fan-of-things
All schools here are CLOSED.
NO buses are running anywhere.
The world may be on 🔥 but here we are enveloped by ❄️
NO buses are running anywhere.
The world may be on 🔥 but here we are enveloped by ❄️
January 15, 2026 at 1:58 PM
All schools here are CLOSED.
NO buses are running anywhere.
The world may be on 🔥 but here we are enveloped by ❄️
NO buses are running anywhere.
The world may be on 🔥 but here we are enveloped by ❄️
Seems promising?
(Do not, under any circumstances—Anyone—offer a reason why it might not be.)
(Do not, under any circumstances—Anyone—offer a reason why it might not be.)
January 1, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Seems promising?
(Do not, under any circumstances—Anyone—offer a reason why it might not be.)
(Do not, under any circumstances—Anyone—offer a reason why it might not be.)
Watching the Mr. Dressup doc on CBCGem before it disappears and this was an A+++ choice in my part
December 31, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Watching the Mr. Dressup doc on CBCGem before it disappears and this was an A+++ choice in my part
For the first time in (I would guess) a decade, I am not going to set a reading goal for 2026.
I’m tired of quantifying. I’m tired of trying to meet and surpass arbitrary expectations. I will continue to log what I read, but I will—perhaps—read more organically for myself.
I’m tired of quantifying. I’m tired of trying to meet and surpass arbitrary expectations. I will continue to log what I read, but I will—perhaps—read more organically for myself.
December 30, 2025 at 7:42 PM
For the first time in (I would guess) a decade, I am not going to set a reading goal for 2026.
I’m tired of quantifying. I’m tired of trying to meet and surpass arbitrary expectations. I will continue to log what I read, but I will—perhaps—read more organically for myself.
I’m tired of quantifying. I’m tired of trying to meet and surpass arbitrary expectations. I will continue to log what I read, but I will—perhaps—read more organically for myself.
Reposted by JenLei
Phenomenal story
Merry Christmas, indeed!
🎄
Merry Christmas, indeed!
🎄
Ottawa lottery winner making sure neighbours don’t go hungry
After winning $70 million, an Ottawa woman is doing as much as possible to make sure families in her community don’t go without. CTV’s Leah Larocque reports.
www.ctvnews.ca
December 23, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Phenomenal story
Merry Christmas, indeed!
🎄
Merry Christmas, indeed!
🎄
🎄Merry Christmas!🎄
Wishing you and yours peace, comfort and contentment over the next few days.
Disconnecting from *All Of This* for the holiday.
Wishing you and yours peace, comfort and contentment over the next few days.
Disconnecting from *All Of This* for the holiday.
December 23, 2025 at 9:55 PM
🎄Merry Christmas!🎄
Wishing you and yours peace, comfort and contentment over the next few days.
Disconnecting from *All Of This* for the holiday.
Wishing you and yours peace, comfort and contentment over the next few days.
Disconnecting from *All Of This* for the holiday.
Every once in a very blue moon the fact that 🇨🇦 media is not always simulcast comes in very handy.
Very handy indeed.
Nicely done GlobalTV
Very handy indeed.
Nicely done GlobalTV
a man in a red uniform is riding a horse with the words peace out below him
Alt: a man in a red Canadian Mountie uniform is riding a horse. He salutes and the words “peace out” appear below him
media.tenor.com
December 23, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Every once in a very blue moon the fact that 🇨🇦 media is not always simulcast comes in very handy.
Very handy indeed.
Nicely done GlobalTV
Very handy indeed.
Nicely done GlobalTV
I am not enjoying
One Battle After Another.
Am I missing something?
20 minutes in and I’m ready to turn it off and walk away.
One Battle After Another.
Am I missing something?
20 minutes in and I’m ready to turn it off and walk away.
December 21, 2025 at 11:06 PM
I am not enjoying
One Battle After Another.
Am I missing something?
20 minutes in and I’m ready to turn it off and walk away.
One Battle After Another.
Am I missing something?
20 minutes in and I’m ready to turn it off and walk away.
🎄🎄🎄CHRISTMAS VACATION!!!! 🎄🎄🎄
a gingerbread man is holding a candy cane in the snow and saying `` last day for teachers christmas break ! ''
ALT: a gingerbread man is holding a candy cane in the snow and saying `` last day for teachers christmas break ! ''
media.tenor.com
December 19, 2025 at 8:56 PM
🎄🎄🎄CHRISTMAS VACATION!!!! 🎄🎄🎄
Due to snow ❄️ melt and sudden 🧊 freeze there are no school buses running on this, the last day of school before Christmas break 🎅🎄
December 19, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Due to snow ❄️ melt and sudden 🧊 freeze there are no school buses running on this, the last day of school before Christmas break 🎅🎄
GH-NURSES BALL-95-TONY GEARY MIDNIGHT TRAIN TO GEORGIA
YouTube video by Dixie Howell
youtu.be
December 15, 2025 at 11:47 PM
We’ve been reading stories about 🐊 crocodiles (an inadvertent theme)
Started with Under the Great Plum Tree by Sufiya Ahmed & Reza Dalvand (India), then The Hunterman and the Crocodile by Baba Wagué Diakité (Mali) & concluding with I, Crocodile by Fred Marcellino (French Empire)
Solid lessons all
Started with Under the Great Plum Tree by Sufiya Ahmed & Reza Dalvand (India), then The Hunterman and the Crocodile by Baba Wagué Diakité (Mali) & concluding with I, Crocodile by Fred Marcellino (French Empire)
Solid lessons all
December 10, 2025 at 12:14 AM
We’ve been reading stories about 🐊 crocodiles (an inadvertent theme)
Started with Under the Great Plum Tree by Sufiya Ahmed & Reza Dalvand (India), then The Hunterman and the Crocodile by Baba Wagué Diakité (Mali) & concluding with I, Crocodile by Fred Marcellino (French Empire)
Solid lessons all
Started with Under the Great Plum Tree by Sufiya Ahmed & Reza Dalvand (India), then The Hunterman and the Crocodile by Baba Wagué Diakité (Mali) & concluding with I, Crocodile by Fred Marcellino (French Empire)
Solid lessons all
Reposted by JenLei
This entire grift relies on convincing people that they don't know how to do the things they have always known how to do, and ironically, if it works, we will, in a very short amount of time, forget how to do all the things we have always known how to do.
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM
This entire grift relies on convincing people that they don't know how to do the things they have always known how to do, and ironically, if it works, we will, in a very short amount of time, forget how to do all the things we have always known how to do.
Reposted by JenLei
“Why are folks getting dumber?” Because they don’t read. “Why aren’t men as romantic & poetic as they used to be?” Because they don’t read. “Why are people so vulnerable to propaganda?” “Why is everyone a conspiracy theorist?” Because they don’t read. Because they don’t read.
December 8, 2025 at 11:49 PM
“Why are folks getting dumber?” Because they don’t read. “Why aren’t men as romantic & poetic as they used to be?” Because they don’t read. “Why are people so vulnerable to propaganda?” “Why is everyone a conspiracy theorist?” Because they don’t read. Because they don’t read.
So, EQAO results…
I can tell you without the fancy inquiry committee that the way they’re requiring math be taught—that the scope of curriculum—is not working. They need to fundamentally change the curriculum expectations AND allow teachers to teach what works.
Now: put the $$$ back into schools.
I can tell you without the fancy inquiry committee that the way they’re requiring math be taught—that the scope of curriculum—is not working. They need to fundamentally change the curriculum expectations AND allow teachers to teach what works.
Now: put the $$$ back into schools.
December 3, 2025 at 10:37 PM
So, EQAO results…
I can tell you without the fancy inquiry committee that the way they’re requiring math be taught—that the scope of curriculum—is not working. They need to fundamentally change the curriculum expectations AND allow teachers to teach what works.
Now: put the $$$ back into schools.
I can tell you without the fancy inquiry committee that the way they’re requiring math be taught—that the scope of curriculum—is not working. They need to fundamentally change the curriculum expectations AND allow teachers to teach what works.
Now: put the $$$ back into schools.
Fire, tree, twinkle lights, candles and the final Downton movie.
November 30, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Fire, tree, twinkle lights, candles and the final Downton movie.
Faery Realms are one of today’s preoccupations so, as we march merrily along into the Yuletide season when some invite those wretched Surveillance Elves into their homes, may I simply opine: put a bit of cold iron in your pocket or mount that horseshoe at your door above the festive wreath.
November 21, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Faery Realms are one of today’s preoccupations so, as we march merrily along into the Yuletide season when some invite those wretched Surveillance Elves into their homes, may I simply opine: put a bit of cold iron in your pocket or mount that horseshoe at your door above the festive wreath.
Reposted by JenLei
New MMI piece: We look at the 3.5 million people in Canada who live in a home that is too small to meet their needs, and how a mismanaged push by governments and urban planners towards densification is at odds with the human right to housing.
Read here: www.missingmiddleini...
Read here: www.missingmiddleini...
November 11, 2025 at 12:34 PM
New MMI piece: We look at the 3.5 million people in Canada who live in a home that is too small to meet their needs, and how a mismanaged push by governments and urban planners towards densification is at odds with the human right to housing.
Read here: www.missingmiddleini...
Read here: www.missingmiddleini...
🇨🇦 can we do this poll here?
I’m now very curious.
I’m now very curious.
📕 With the Booker Prize winner set to be announced tonight, how does voting intention vary by favourite book genre. Reform’s highest score is with fans of horror, while Labour enjoys a landslide lead among fans of self-help books. *Read* into that what you will.
November 10, 2025 at 12:32 PM
🇨🇦 can we do this poll here?
I’m now very curious.
I’m now very curious.
We have a 100+ year old book that is a photographic history of WWI. Students are mesmerized by it.
How did they take the photos?
Could they zoom?
Is that a cannon?
Are those *real* dead people?
Why isn’t anything in colour?
Look at the moustaches!!!
We read the captions & learn together.
How did they take the photos?
Could they zoom?
Is that a cannon?
Are those *real* dead people?
Why isn’t anything in colour?
Look at the moustaches!!!
We read the captions & learn together.
a field of red and yellow flowers with a white sky in the background
Alt: a field of red poppies with a white sky in the background
media.tenor.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:17 AM
We have a 100+ year old book that is a photographic history of WWI. Students are mesmerized by it.
How did they take the photos?
Could they zoom?
Is that a cannon?
Are those *real* dead people?
Why isn’t anything in colour?
Look at the moustaches!!!
We read the captions & learn together.
How did they take the photos?
Could they zoom?
Is that a cannon?
Are those *real* dead people?
Why isn’t anything in colour?
Look at the moustaches!!!
We read the captions & learn together.
Being a terminally nonsportsball person, I had to ask a group of kids today to clarify what the #Bluejays player’s name was that I kept hearing.
Me: His name *isn’t* Boba Fett, right?
Me: His name *isn’t* Boba Fett, right?
October 29, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Being a terminally nonsportsball person, I had to ask a group of kids today to clarify what the #Bluejays player’s name was that I kept hearing.
Me: His name *isn’t* Boba Fett, right?
Me: His name *isn’t* Boba Fett, right?
There are lots of things in education world that seem to be up for discussion. Those that get traction usually astonish me because they are by no means universal, but the people experiencing them think that they are.
1 Ministry: 72 Boards
And each one different www.ontario.ca/page/educati...
1 Ministry: 72 Boards
And each one different www.ontario.ca/page/educati...
Education facts
Find data about school boards, schools, student enrolment, school educators and funding of elementary and secondary schools. Data is for the 2023–2024 school year, as of September 20, 2024.
www.ontario.ca
October 10, 2025 at 11:45 AM
There are lots of things in education world that seem to be up for discussion. Those that get traction usually astonish me because they are by no means universal, but the people experiencing them think that they are.
1 Ministry: 72 Boards
And each one different www.ontario.ca/page/educati...
1 Ministry: 72 Boards
And each one different www.ontario.ca/page/educati...