Daniel O'Donnell

My column on the election: it was all about the apple. lethbridgeherald.com/commentary/o...

When your son completes the first collective agreement for the company he unionized...

Damn. So there is a permanent record? michael moore assured me there wasn't

One of the joys of listening to @iciradiocanada.bsky.social radio. On the morning show this morning a discussion of the superbowl with sports guy. Two sentences on who might win (Chiefs). Four minutes on how to rotate your menu each year with piercing followup questions on chicken wings.

Well, that was fun. I just told a student to "Google 'the first law of Humanities Computing'" and my phone took it as a voice command, and read out the definition from my website!

One reason the world needs more Canada is new years starts at 730 pacific.

Canadian holiday tradition of angrily berating teenagers continues OSTRAVA, CZ - The long-held Canadian holiday tradition of berating 16-19-year-olds for losing a hockey game started a few days earlier this year.

Canadian holiday tradition of angrily berating teenagers continues

Administrators who don't understand that the Humanities is really our best bet right now are simply wrong. Just like that. Wrong.

Some tips, general and coding specific, for using ChatGPT for projects. Most Important and generalisable: put in its memory that you want every response to end with [Response Number NNN | YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM | Chat name: ]

Also, get it to write your commits...

people.uleth.ca/~daniel.odon...

So down to basically the advance polls. One downtown, one across from the U of L.

28/50 reporting polls with 2 even, so a 28:20 margin there so far.

If the UCP could do that even after waiting until the students are mostly gone, then Lethbridge West is now safe NDP is my guess. Which doesn't bode well for UCP MLAs in YYC. #ableg

Looks to me like an NDP win by about 55:45.

Polls closing now in the Lethbridge-West provincial by-election. Election results (with live poll-by-poll data) here: results.elections.ab.ca/8488

#cdnpoli #abpoli #ableg

Here's the visual proof of why vaccines do more good than harm See year by year how vaccines beat back nine dangerous infectious diseases

Sadly, it’s a good time to once again share this amazing infographic that we ran at @science.org more than 7 years ago
🧪 #IDsky
www.science.org/content/arti...

This has always been my fear.

Since writing Once we were heroes (quondam glamour boys), a noir set in the 1966-1967 season, I've become an ambiguous Leafs fan: pretty much only watch original six match-up, which remind of games from that year, and hope they win, except not the cup (the fact they never win again is impt metaphor)

This is something else!

My latest column in the Lethbridge Herald. lethbridgeherald.com/commentary/o...

YouTube video by theclashVEVO The Clash - London Calling (Official Video)

45 years ago today the Clash released London Calling.
December 14 should be a national holiday.
Hmmm... maybe I will work on some legislation.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfK-...

My favorites are template-based ones. Last search we realized that all letters from one uni were following the same format. "X is the best I've ever had at Y. Dissertation is nearly done. Observed to be great teacher. Lovely person."

Give away was "at proofreading" for Y in sentence 1.

Restore, destroy or leave to rot? Battle lines drawn over west Africa’s architectural heritage Uncompleted or abandoned buildings are a regular feature of the landscape. Now calls for restorations are increasing

www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...

I don't know what you call the style of architecture they are discussing here, but I really love it.

Like the interior of the Arts building at Unilag. photos.app.goo.gl/yDxSWg5sVtXF...

Sincere question: has anyone ever read a letter of rec written by a North American that wasn’t at least positive, if not glowing?

Well that was for her undergraduate work. PhD is on MAGA, which is presumably a telling progression.

Two under-appreciated and related big picture trends. #EnergyTransition

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 2/20

#BookSky #writingcommunity

(Make sure you get the 2nd edition, mind)

If you are working on a #FirstDraft of your #story, remember, it's going to be messy. It's sort of like reorganizing the house. Sometimes you have to make a bigger mess first. That's normal. You are not a bad #writer. Everyone's first drafts are a disaster, even your favorite author. Don't give up.

Federal government orders end to Canada Post strike while commission tries to reach new contract "We're calling a timeout." Federal labour minister asking CIRB to appoint commission to come up with ways to reach new contract by May 22.

Federal government moves to end Canada Post strike. What happens next? Commentary from me, @stephross.bsky.social & @thelawofwork.bsky.social.

www.thestar.com/business/fed...

#canlab #cdnpoli

If you'll forgive proud father one-upmanship... "or cited for the first time in a Knowledge Synthesis review." www.sshrc-crsh.gc.ca/society-soci...

White consciousness helps explain conspiracy thinking | HKS Misinformation Review While conspiracy theories have long been tied to race, ethnicity, and religion, understanding this relationship is increasingly important in countries where White identity has become politically charg...

White consciousness & conspiracy thinking misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/article/whit...

High in White consciousness = >
- generalized conspiracy thinking
- endorse racist “great replacement”
- move from generalized conspiracies to specific, non-racial conspiracies

via @misinforeview.bsky.social