The sun is almost down in. I almost forgot that folks are celebrating
The sun is almost down in. I almost forgot that folks are celebrating
Kingsley explains how my local library works
This is a throwback to a couple weeks ago when Kingsley explained how these privately owned, public spaces worked…
Cognitive bias and the backwards bicycle test
The backwards bicycle is a hilarious and damning insight into the challenges of understanding and resisting deeply ingrained ways of thinking and doing…
Knows how to use their words
Knows how to use their words
Thanks city hall. @zameentonic @cityofvictoria
Thanks city hall. @zameentonic @cityofvictoria
“She’s my Rushmore, Max!”: masculinity and vulnerability in Rushmore
Rushmore is from 1998, and it’s very white, but Sabrina and Sherwin think it has some redeeming features. It’s an interesting meditation on class and masculinity…
Thanks for being community awesome @acuchanchan
Thanks for being community awesome @acuchanchan
The backwards bicycle and neuroplasticity
The backwards bicycle was designed by some welders that work with Destin, an internet-famous science communicator. He’s funny and engaging and his videos are really great. Destin’s experience with the backwards bicycle is a fascinating window into a real life learning scenario. The backwards bicycle is just a regular bike, but the handle bar has…
Winning is getting cool new pencils
Winning is getting cool new pencils when your friend comes back from the big city. Thanks @oliveridley
It was so great to spend yesterday with my brother and cousin out in Port Alberni
It was so great to spend yesterday with my brother. We went out to Bamfield and had dinner in Port Alberni with Dea and @gersart
Flying, or falling?
Flying, or falling?
Yes, journalists are* responsible for their headlines
Unfortunately, headlines are, often enough, hyperbolic, clickbaity, misleading, having secondary content, racist, priming, inappropriate or ill-judged. Engaged readers will complain to the author. The author, enraged with righteous indignation, will bark, “I didn’t write the headline…
Balance is not symmetry
balanceisnotsymmetry nonhumananimals sherwindraws
The GI Joe Fallacy: knowing is not half the battle
When it comes to the cognitive biases that shape human and nonhuman animal behaviour, knowing about the fallacy is not always enough …
City in the city
City in the city
Sometimes, staying dry means being in shadow
Sometimes, staying dry means being in shadow
Argumentum ad antiquitatem
Argumentum ad antiquitatem
Selfie
Selfie
Understanding privilege through the lens of Bayesian probability
Maybe Bayes theorem can help right wing commentators better understand, and respect, the language of privilege …
Yeah
Yeah
