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Peter Newbury

@polarisdotca.bsky.social

Educational developer at Red River College Polytechnic in Winnipeg, Canada. Happy to chat about active learning, inclusive teaching, and ⚾. Always working on #ThisOldHouse so some πŸ”¨πŸ”§ tweets, too. He/him. Teaching and learning blog peternewbury.org

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Latest posts by polarisdotca.bsky.social on Bluesky

#BlueJays shoulda given Yesavage the home run jacket when he came out!

05.10.2025 21:53 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m guessing Gausman will be rested for Game 5, if nec. With Yesavage Game 2 and Bieber Game 3, who do you see for Game 4?

04.10.2025 21:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

How much did we know about the density of the atmosphere in 1957? Do you think it was a surprise how much drag Sputnik experienced? There must have been lots of scientific and sounding rockets launched by then?

04.10.2025 21:29 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

+1 upvote to you posting your scorecard after the game !

04.10.2025 21:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Check with @derekbruff.bsky.social Derek’s been sketching for ages!

29.09.2025 16:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I watched that Oak Island show on TV for like 5 seasons. When we lost that channel, I lost interest.

27.09.2025 01:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The economy is either dead or not dead, and we won’t know until we open the treasure chest at the bottom of the Oak Island Money Pit

27.09.2025 00:04 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Have you watched the Alien: Earth series (Disney+) The Eye is super creepy! Makes the xenomorph seem like a cute little puppy.

25.09.2025 19:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Ruin a book with a car:

The Naked Datsun

25.09.2025 13:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Alien: Earth

Whoa *shivers*

The zenomorph is the least of your worries. πŸ‘οΈ

24.09.2025 23:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The Sweater
YouTube video by NFB The Sweater

It's always been "jersey" for me. When I hear "sweater", I think of "da 'ocky sweat'r" Roch Carier, and the Habs

24.09.2025 13:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What makes me angry is inconsistency, here, there, anywhere. I've also been calling it hypocrisy but I this @winnipegfreepress.com column has changed my thinking. When it's intentional, it's malevolent πŸ”₯

22.09.2025 15:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I still believe Twitter was, now Bluesky is, a place for the singletons at each institution to connect. I’m the only person studying active learning classrooms at my college yet I have Bluesky folks - also on their own - to learn with and from.

21.09.2025 13:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Battle doomscrolling by posting 5 small pleasures in life:

* hotdog at the ball game
* seeing your adult kids smile at each other
* feeling the warmth of the Sun on your face after a long winter
* cracking open a new Moleskine notebook
* people borrowing books from your Little Free Library

16.09.2025 13:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

@bonni208.bsky.social In her 2024 book, Hope Circuits, @drjessicariddell.bsky.social says higher education is a "wonder engine". Made me think of you, Bonni! btw, Jessica would be great @tihe.bsky.social guest!

15.09.2025 17:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

The part the had the greatest impact on me is Roman’s open and unabashed β€œThat make me cry πŸ₯²β€. I’m gonna use that - that line and that honesty 😊

15.09.2025 14:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Mountcastle just had to touch 1st, not tag Schneider, right?

13.09.2025 01:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Dear NYT Connections,

How dare you have snicker, mound, mar, and whopper but not category β€œ1 of a chocolate treat”!

Signed,
Dissatisfied and hungry player

11.09.2025 12:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

*groans*

09.09.2025 20:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ian "The Dish" Petrie

(if it's Peet-tree, not Pet-tree, that is...)

09.09.2025 20:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh, but not the vacant lot on Sherburn, identified as a social housing site. That grass is too, uh, precious #SMH

09.09.2025 13:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Slightly diminish a book:

James and the Large Peach

08.09.2025 13:46 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

1 for 10 plus 2 for 12 equals 3 for 22. Nope, that’s not how you add fractions, it’s baseball math (and the #BlueJays success with runners in scoring position in the last two games against #NYY)

07.09.2025 20:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Search - Lee Valley Tools

Take a look at Lee Valley, search for bird feeder!

www.leevalley.com/en-ca/search...

06.09.2025 19:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Achievement unlocked!

Approval from the Research Ethics Board for "Teaching and learning experiences of instructors and students in active learning classrooms" βœ…

10 months to get approval sounds exhausting but it includes an unexpected 4-month construction delay.

Whatevs 😊 LFG!

04.09.2025 14:20 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Good and scary point about AI-generated errors in records 😨 My wife is a counsellor and had to comply with a legal request of information. Imagine if there were AI hallucinations! Very difficult for lawyer and client to tell judge, "Yes, it's in the transcript but no, I didn't say that."

02.09.2025 14:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Does that means you can get 6x more done? Or maybe 2/3? or 3/2? Probably depends on when you drink the coffee and when you open your mail πŸ˜‰

02.09.2025 13:34 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Please keep posting your daily plea for coffee when you can. They give me a little spark of adren--, uh, caffei--, erm, joy each day. Take good care, Steven.

02.09.2025 13:31 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

After they told me their solution, I asked, β€œwait, don’t we have to check the 2?” Then I got schooled by my damn kid, it’s every blue is even, not every even is blue, duh

Kids these days πŸ₯²

28.08.2025 01:34 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A double that bounced off the plate πŸ˜‚ (Not as bad as a Little League HR on a bunt)

28.08.2025 01:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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