Fund the Frontlines, Protect Student Supports Education Minister Paul Calandra just laid off over 300 teachers at Peel District School Board. More cuts may be coming. He claims that this is all part of a standard staffing process, but we’ve crunc...

I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: Fund the Frontlines, Protect Student Supports. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/fund...

The word "plagiarism" literally evokes the "kidnapping" of thoughts and ideas.

It's from the Latin plagiare "to kidnap" (or plagiarius "kidnapper"), from plaga "snare, hunting net."

A comic called Animals with Misleading Names. There's an electric eel labeled "not an eel". There's a mountain goat labeled "not a goat." There's a maned wolf labeled "not a wolf." There's a king cobra labeled "not a cobra. Also, snakes are typically self-governing." There's a peacock mantis shrimp labeled "Not a peacock. Not a mantis. Also, not a shrimp." There's a horny toad labeled "Not a toad. Only thinks of you as a friend." There's a mayfly labeled "active through the spring and summer." There's an eastern kingbird labeled "found in the west. Many birds do not recognize its authority."

Animals with misleading names. I'm seeing this go around as part of a viral tumblr thread so I thought I'd reshare it.

We did this in #ibbio as a practice #IA last month.

“Hey, I thought everybody knew that adding more lanes to address traffic congestion is like loosening your belt to address obesity.”

Teachers Are Fighting on the Front Lines While the System Leaves Them Stranded - ByBlacks.com | #1 online magazine for Black Canadians A veteran teacher reveals how Ontario schools face mounting challenges with shrinking resources—and why "back to basics" rhetoric misses the real crisis.

Teachers are Fighting on the Front Lines While the System Leaves Them Stranded.
Excellent article by @jbradshaw.bsky.social (sorry, no commentary this time)

Come. To. Canada.

We like vaccines, pot, and Koreans.

How dandelions conquered concrete to bring nature back to cities Here’s why those little yellow flowers are everywhere you look.

How dandelions conquered concrete to bring nature back to cities
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They liberated the Netherlands during WWII. The Dutch have never forgotten YouTube video by CBC News: The National

My heart is full, and my tears flowing...80th anniversary of Netherlands liberation
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The average college student today How things have changed

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I don't like classical music, but I really like this! Various Artists · Compilation · 2014 · 45 songs

Trying to focus on gradings #ibbio labs… this playlist is helping

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Cat on pillow in front of window

She wasn’t a kitten when we got her, so here’s a recent picture where I think she looks like the thumbnail of a “cats being silly” video.

Ottawa Hospital preparing ‘unconventional spaces’ to handle influx of patients The Ottawa Hospital (TOH) says it is currently dealing with higher-than-normal patient volumes and is preparing some “unconventional spaces”, such as the gymnasium, to meet demand.

In today’s instalment of “I won’t go to the ER unless I’m literally dying…” an Ottawa hospital is housing patients in the gymnasium due to overwhelming demand.

We need masks in healthcare. We need to stop pretending COVID is over. We need to push back on anti-vaxx rhetoric

This isn’t sustainable

Your child is not sick from lack of exposure to sickness. They do not have immunity debt. Your child born after lockdowns does not have intergenerational immunity debt. The immunity debt that your child’s mother never had was not passed on to them via her mitochondria…

Photo of Mikhail Baryshnikov from move on.org. Text reads Forty two years ago I left a country that built walls to come to a place without them. But today, as a citizen of the United States, for the first time, I'm hearing rhetoric that reminds me of the Soviet Union of my youth, where it was a crime, and continues to be, a crime to be different. 99 -Mikhail Baryshnikov

“42 years ago I left a country that built walls to come to a place without them.
But today, as a citizen of the United States, for 1st time, I'm hearing rhetoric that reminds me of the Soviet Union of my youth, where it was a crime, and continues to be, a crime to be different”

-Mikhail Baryshnikov

#Caturday

Something something history rhymes something

Yes, I was supposed to see it in 2020 - cancelled - and finally saw it about a year ago. Wonderful!

It was for the TOK exhibition. Students pick three “objects” to answer a question about knowledge. This student was answering a question about interactions with other knowers. #IB #TOK

The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoun… "For the better part of a week, nearly every man, woman…

Hard to choose, but this is definitely one of them www.goodreads.com/book/show/45...

Long Way Down by the same author was one of mine this year

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Truth!

2(3) + 2(4) =14

No, you don’t. If I really can’t get into it or I’m not enjoying it, I skip it and still go to book club to see what others thought and socialize.

I don't know who needs to hear this, but you don't need to justify your reading preferences and choices to anyone. Audiobooks count as reading. Also, you don't have to finish books you don't enjoy. Don't read to impress, read for yourself. Life's too short, love yourself, ok?

Signed, a librarian.

We are witnessing an exodus from the caring professions.

Educators. Nurses. Mental health providers. Family physicians.

Everywhere I look, I see stories of caring people who are so burned out that they can no longer continue to serve.

And this breaks my heart.