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Vancouver, Canada. Queer academic posting about progressive politics, #HigherEd and #CdnPSE enrollment trends (#EMchat), Disney parks, new urbanism, and my dog. Likes wearing hats. He/him. Personal account.
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Advance voting is open this weekend, April 18-21. If you want to secure your vote and avoid lines, get out and vote! #cdnpoli #elxn45 #canadavotes elections.ca/content2.asp...

A party leader vowing to override Canada's Charter of Rights and Freedoms. It doesn't matter the reason. It's wrong. #cdnpoli #canadavotes www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

I just cancelled an appointment with a new esthetics clinic because they emailed me and texted me multiple times in rapid succession to fill out multiple forms. Then I filled out the forms. Then they emailed me the same questions as on the forms. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope.

Two Kylie Minogue references in 15 seconds on Doctor Who. Gaaaaaaaay. ♥️♥️♥️

𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘢𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤.

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. The FCC is investigating Disney for checks notes… DEI programs. The same people screaming about “big government overreach” are now using the government to punish companies for hiring diverse talent. Totally normal not hypocritical at all. #MakeItMakeSense #DEI #Disney .

Mary… Disappearing photos? For a face like that?

Darn it, what was supposed to be a transfer to my savings account I just accidentally made as a huge unnecessary payment on my credit card. Which I'm sure they can reverse, but how embarrassing.

Unambitious people, unambitioning, unambitiously.

"I thought that if you made the minimum payment on a credit card, you didn't get charged interest. I guess they hid that in the fine print." Or… y'know… it's right there on your statement every single month.

At some point during the campaign, Poilievre is going to tell us the "51st state" rhetoric has died down and the Carney Liberals are just fearmongering. This will be tactic to mislead us into apathy. Poilievre is pro-Trump. He is pro-MAGA. I know of only one party that can govern through this war.

Elbows up, Canada.

I'm watching a game show with a contestant who's so dumb she needs Cole's Notes for picture books.

If someone lists two personal pronouns for themself, i.e. 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 / 𝘴𝘩𝘦, do you think that means they prefer the former slightly more than the latter? In this case, it's not like they're just alphabetizing them.

Directly into a puddle. 🖕🏻

Holy shit. www.ekospolitics.com/index.php/20...

Interesting — my card is locked (I locked it last night), but somehow I just used it for a purchase!?

Just updated (localized) who gets my money is my husband and I become unalive. 😫😳

Passed by an esthetics clinic on my way to the bank this morning. Receptionist had soooooo much filler in their lips and eyebrows lifted unnaturally high, I gasped uncontrollably. Perhaps not the ideal face for a brand. Or maybe the ideal face. Unsure.

Call centre agent: "Merci d'avoir appelé la CIBC, ici --- oh, no, sorry, good evening, CIBC, my name is..." Me: Laughs hysterically: "no worries, it happens!" Him: "Sorry, I'm logged into both queues tonight."

Taking all my money out of U.S. markets, and investing it all directly into Canadian businesses and R+D. 🍁

Elbows out, or as I'd like to call it going forward, Canspreading 🍁.

In the grand scheme of things, different provincial taxes, different deductions, etc., the new job is a net +$203.55 per pay packet, which is better than I was expecting. 🔥

I'm trying something new with my synchronous teaching and specifically calling-out planned discussion topics for the next lecture. I'm hoping with advance notice learners can feel better prepared to engage and we can service some modicum of universal design for learning.

My superpower is procrastinating from putting together essential slide decks by doing things like being on Bluesky.

At every gay club, why is there always that *one* straight girl on the dancefloor glued to her phone at full brightness?

BC landlord: Man, you're so fussy about the move-in inspection. Don't worry, we won't ding you for anything. Our old Alberta landlord: We know we agreed everything was *perfect* on the signed move out-report, but I'm still gonna try to charge you for extra cleaning.

Random Sunday thought: Is Olaf cold when you hug him?

Okay, so, initially, I thought this person was holding a banana to their ear. I'm... not always the most clever.

My hometown of Regina is running TV ads in Vancouver… but the ads aren't like "come to Regina, we're nice," they're all "Vancouver is garbage." 1st they fucked up by focusing on cheap vagina jokes. Now they're focusing on negatives as if Regina has nothing good to offer. I don't miss the place.

Prepping a conversation on DEI and Indigenization for my next class on Tuesday... considering if I should leave this line on my slide. #academicchatter #academicsky