In university classrooms, "responsible AI" is an oxymoron. Students know they must add "ir" to the first word before submitting AI-generated essays.

What applies to movies applies to music. AI can never produce any artistic music because it's not human. It's dead; it cannot feel anything. It hasn't suffered to produce art.

‘Hollywood has everything to do with the terrible state of the world’: Charlie Kaufman on AI, Eternal Sunshine and toothache As his most commercial film, 2004’s Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, is re-released, the critically acclaimed director says he can’t get a movie off the ground now – but will never give in to th...

"That’s another reason AI can never create anything artistically. It can trick us into thinking it has, but it doesn’t have the experience of being alive. It doesn’t know loss and joy and love and what it feels like to face mortality." www.theguardian.com/film/2025/se...

Conrad Black: Trump has humiliated Iran A decisive victory for the United States and Israel is nearly here

No one believes a word this felon says since he wrote a book praising another felon (Trump) who just so happened to pardon Black and erase his felony conviction (minus the 4+ years he did in prison). nationalpost.com/opinion/conr...

By a large margin.

I really enjoyed episode #3 on censorship.

I'm a latecomer to Dax D'Orazio's podcast. He interviews great guests concerning the topics of free expression, academic freedom, and censorship: www.constitutionalstudies.ca/podcasts/fre...

You can't be a student who endorses life-long learning and be this evil. You're just another fascist in a long line of zealots.

The triumph of narcissism.

Genesis 1:1. "In the beginning, Trump created darkness and chaos."

Genesis 1:1. "In the beginning, Trump created darkness and chaos."

When I was an undergrad, the best profs had one thing in common besides skill: they were unique in terms of running a classroom. They had different lecture styles, gave different feedback on essays, and offered different assignments. Lesson: don't imitate. Develop your own classroom voice/style.

I Used to Teach Students. Now I Catch ChatGPT Cheats | The Walrus I once believed university was a shared intellectual pursuit. That faith has been obliterated

I know how this feels. Educator one year, police officer the next. Stop AI-generated papers (and eliminate your stress) by returning to in-class secure assessments for all essays: thewalrus.ca/i-used-to-te...

Doug Ford: rock star.

The Students Who Won’t Use AI Some students dislike how their classmates are turning to AI as a shortcut.

Students who submit AI-generated papers do so when they fail their midterm exams or to boost a mediocre mark. Language barriers or a skills issue lead to cheating with AI. In-class secure assessments are the way around this growing problem: can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

Come to Bluesfest inn Ottawa. The age range is 10-75 year-olds.

Normative thinking is wrong at a certain age.

He should be happy: his dysfunctional family may need a future favour.

There is a lot of resistance to in-class essays. They hurt accommodated students, there's too much stress in a short time block, and students can still find ways to cheat. But what I NEVER hear is how my colleagues plan to stop the rapid expansion of AI-generated essays. You can't pray them away.

Oral bonus book reports during office hours do work because so few students opt for it. But I need more detail for exams to separate A+ from F, and it's detail that matters. The best students always recall fine details and understand their connections to case studies snd theory.

Reconsidering the value of exams in the age of AI - University Affairs Logistical, security and validity challenges present an opportunity to rethink the role of exams in assessment.

Written exams/multiple-choice can be effective, depending on how questions are worded, how many are given, and how they target connections between theory/case studies. For a 150+ undergrad class, oral exams are impossible and create a scheduling nightmare: universityaffairs.ca/career-advic...

All aboard the gravy train.

Delusional!

Former Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper is still crying.

Sociology challenges fascist claims about rising crime, about who is complicit in political violence, about the impact of guns, and about domestic terrorism.

Florida removes sociology as a core subject in public universities as part of a push against DEI in education At a meeting in Pensacola, the State University System Board of Governors nixed "Introduction to Sociology" from general education offerings and made the class an elective for the 2026-2027 year.

Fascists hate sociology because the discipline exposes bogus fascist claims about society: www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/f...

This sounds really committed when you say "deep concerns" about a war crime. Since over 70,000 Palestinians are dead and over 170,000 injured since October 7th, 2024, this next set of "concerns" about a war crime will fall on deaf ears.

Always remember that you give fascists permission to exploit, harm, and oppress as soon as you vote for them.

Could not have happened to a batter fascist. Do the same to Trump in the midterms and demolish the Republican Party.

I see this with undergrads who avoided the arts and social sciences like the plague in favour of commerce, marketing, business, and engineering. There's something missing whenever they debate history, social issues, or politics. The latter three are often outside of their comfort zone.