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Kate Braid

Braid, K. (1979). Invisible women: Women in non-traditional occupations in B.C. [Master’s thesis; Simon Fraser University]. Summit. https://summit.sfu.ca/item/3241 Pender’s Journeywmanhttps://www.katebraid.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/AQUA-Nov-Dec-2020-Kate-Braid.pdf ╬ Hammer & Nail: Notes Of A Journeywoman (2020) https://www.indigo.ca/en-ca/hammer-nail-notes-of-a-journeywoman/9781773860336.html Women have no wilderness in them, They are provident instead, Content in the tight hot cell of their hearts To eat dusty bread… They wait, […]

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Kieran Forde, Ph.D.

My dissertation has finally made it to the UBC repository, marking the official end of my Ph.D.

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The “good Canadian” myth vs. Indigenous realities 

A 2025 CBC Documentary

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K-12 Stories

News stories related to teachers and schools (mostly in BC)

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Sloyd

Otto Saloman, 1891: The teacher’s handbook of slöjd

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Einstellung Effect

[Under construction]

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Seamus O’Rourke

Leitrim’s finest

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Brooks (2015) The road to character

“What a wise person teaches is the smallest part of what they give.”

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Waters (1997) An intelligent person’s guide to modern Ireland.

“…a fumble for eternity, a longing for heaven, a thirst for return to the embrace of the Almighty”

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Quotes

“Chinese exceptionalism and American exceptionalism are quite similar with one key difference : Americans think everyone SHOULD be like them, And Chinese think NO ONE can be like them” “We have Paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions, and godlike power” – E.O. Wilson, No man is an Island, intire of it selfe; every man is a piece […]

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The Fear, by Ger Hough

“You Were On My Mind,” bronze and glass, 2014, Thomas Lerooy

“You Were On My Mind,”

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Is féidir le aois óg na hÉireann a bheith dòchasach faoi an tsaol ata rompu

In which I am done a heckin bamboozle

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Sisyphus

“We get into the habit of living before acquiring the habit of thinking.” ― Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus My new logo for 2020 Peter Singer The Drowning Child and the Expanding Circle John Perry Barlow The Pursuit of Emptiness Isaac Asimov A Cult of Ignorance On a serious tangent, see below one of the many […]

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Poetry

Desiderata Go placidly amid the noise and the haste and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons.Speak your truth quietly and clearly, and listen to others, even to the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story.Avoid loud and aggressive […]

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Right to Be Forgotten

One of my areas of interest is the RTBF. Below are links and resources on the topic. New notes: 2025 OpenAI: ChatGPT Wants Legal Rights. You Need The Right To Be Forgotten. https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonsnyder/2025/07/27/openai-chatgpt-wants-legal-rights-you-need-the-right-to-be-forgotten/ The business model is clear: black-boxed behavioral insight at scale, delivered through helpful design, hidden from oversight, and nearly impossible to detect. […]

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Bread

Ingredient Weight Whole-wheat flour 170g All-purpose flour 170g Steel-cut oats (pre-soaked) 115g Barley (pre-soaked) 30g Bran 28g Wheat germ 28g Brown sugar 2 teaspoons Salt 1 teaspoon Baking soda 2 teaspoons Buttermilk 500ml Melted butter 45g 1. Pre-heat oven to 400F. 2. Mix the dry ingredients well. 3. Add half the buttermilk and the melted […]