Matt Dinan
@mattdinan.bsky.social
Canadian dad, teacher, and writer (say it like “dine in”)
Here’s an observation that’s closing in on 80k likes on twitter:
April 17, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Here’s an observation that’s closing in on 80k likes on twitter:
What do students use AI for in higher ed?
-cheating
-depriving themselves of developing higher order skills
-avoiding thinking
All along these tools have been sold as freedom from drudgery, but they're actually "freedom" from the ends of education.
-cheating
-depriving themselves of developing higher order skills
-avoiding thinking
All along these tools have been sold as freedom from drudgery, but they're actually "freedom" from the ends of education.
April 11, 2025 at 12:02 PM
What do students use AI for in higher ed?
-cheating
-depriving themselves of developing higher order skills
-avoiding thinking
All along these tools have been sold as freedom from drudgery, but they're actually "freedom" from the ends of education.
-cheating
-depriving themselves of developing higher order skills
-avoiding thinking
All along these tools have been sold as freedom from drudgery, but they're actually "freedom" from the ends of education.
BE COOL! The Sicilians are backwards and dispersed, and the Athenian Empire will soon be greater than ever before!
April 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
BE COOL! The Sicilians are backwards and dispersed, and the Athenian Empire will soon be greater than ever before!
Pretty stoked to have my case for the greatness of Ravelstein appearing alongside America's greatest *living* novelist
February 14, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Pretty stoked to have my case for the greatness of Ravelstein appearing alongside America's greatest *living* novelist
Happy birthday to me! My wife got me a goat mug.
January 19, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Happy birthday to me! My wife got me a goat mug.
Post a game you got for Christmas.
My hometown only had two places that rented Super Nintendo games, so I had gotten to play CT once in October and then not again—life-changing. I shared it with my friends because I couldn’t bear not being able to talk about it, share secrets, and hum tunes.
My hometown only had two places that rented Super Nintendo games, so I had gotten to play CT once in October and then not again—life-changing. I shared it with my friends because I couldn’t bear not being able to talk about it, share secrets, and hum tunes.
December 25, 2024 at 2:21 PM
Post a game you got for Christmas.
My hometown only had two places that rented Super Nintendo games, so I had gotten to play CT once in October and then not again—life-changing. I shared it with my friends because I couldn’t bear not being able to talk about it, share secrets, and hum tunes.
My hometown only had two places that rented Super Nintendo games, so I had gotten to play CT once in October and then not again—life-changing. I shared it with my friends because I couldn’t bear not being able to talk about it, share secrets, and hum tunes.
Ten years ago today my daughter Julia unwittingly dressed as Sufjan Stevens’ Christmas unicorn:
December 21, 2024 at 11:15 AM
Ten years ago today my daughter Julia unwittingly dressed as Sufjan Stevens’ Christmas unicorn:
Facebook friend recommendations that go hard:
December 10, 2024 at 12:32 AM
Facebook friend recommendations that go hard:
Made a joke about how I do NCAA rankings for my honours students that I keep real time in my head the other day and arrived to find this artifact on the bulletin board this morning:
November 20, 2024 at 11:57 AM
Made a joke about how I do NCAA rankings for my honours students that I keep real time in my head the other day and arrived to find this artifact on the bulletin board this morning:
POV: You’re about to be picked up from an extracurricular activity
November 17, 2024 at 7:36 PM
POV: You’re about to be picked up from an extracurricular activity
A favourite book, film, painting and album:
November 16, 2024 at 7:59 PM
A favourite book, film, painting and album:
Meanwhile in Canada: the almost literal pink police state
November 15, 2024 at 10:15 PM
Meanwhile in Canada: the almost literal pink police state
I finished a paper, wrote my 2000 words about Ravelstein, went to the physical therapist, drove kids to piano lessons—outstanding second day of fall reading week
November 12, 2024 at 8:29 PM
I finished a paper, wrote my 2000 words about Ravelstein, went to the physical therapist, drove kids to piano lessons—outstanding second day of fall reading week
listen, if you don’t know, how am I supposed to? Or is this an ironic statement about the impossibility of actually teaching anyone anything—especially as a team?! ?????
September 29, 2023 at 5:12 PM
listen, if you don’t know, how am I supposed to? Or is this an ironic statement about the impossibility of actually teaching anyone anything—especially as a team?! ?????
if this earnestly raised hand icon for summoning "mods! mods!!" is a joke, this app rules. if not....
September 22, 2023 at 12:49 PM
if this earnestly raised hand icon for summoning "mods! mods!!" is a joke, this app rules. if not....
spotted: @forord.bsky.social living the dream as a landlord in Freder
September 20, 2023 at 8:04 PM
spotted: @forord.bsky.social living the dream as a landlord in Freder
better, I guess, than being engulfed in flames
July 3, 2023 at 3:21 PM
better, I guess, than being engulfed in flames