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Researcher, UCalgary PhD, Political Science Dr. Cronk, Historian of Complaints. Pre-order my new book, The Press Gallery! Headline of the Year! Lots going on.
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On the upside, at least we're all aging.

Can't wait for the first Amazon-led James Bond film, where Bond is now a kind-hearted billionaire obsessed with space travel who fights against the evil Bond villain, Carol, a National Park Service ranger.

About once a year, I accidentally send an email signed "Pail"

Good news! The olds may have finally won the war against children having freedom.

1953 was a rollercoaster.

A Brief History of Kids Today Have Too Much Freedom 🧵

haha imagine if Calgary was hosting the 2026 Olympics

This is a fun one

Seriously, just keep clicking through. This is an incredible collection!

Love this thread, particularly in the light of our latest “revise and resubmit” (that reviewer 3 called “terrible pedagogy”) paper that basically argues gentleness is a more pedagogically effective method than harshness I’ve been a teacher for 25 years and have done all kinds of pedagogy

A Brief History of School Today Is Too Easy 🧵

The booing will continue until morale improves.

Someone: I wish I was born 100 years ago 100 years ago:

My favourite grandparent-grandchild pair is Max Born and Olivia Newton-John.

"this small country that was invaded by the big country should give itself up to the big country" makes me very nervous to hear from an American president, as a Canadian