Writing

Posting some things here to keep track of my ideas and to be able to share these with others.

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Rewilding the self
Header image: ﻼF Main Mall runs down the centre of the UBC Vancouver campus. The northwest end terminates at the
Ed Tech and the collapse of the Atlantic northwest cod fishery
Header image: KF personal pic (Salthill, Galway, Ireland) [I am going through some old notes and I found this piece
PhD as Pilgrimage
I am framing my dissertation as a "pilgrimage". Yes, this is a "journey" but a special kind of journey and
ﻼF Fragments
Header image: KF in Dall-E I did not write for 25 years. All those thoughts churned around inside my head,a host
Pilot Protest
Header image: KF personal pic; view from Blackrock And so, they decided to do it. The pod had considered it for
Large Language Models and ‘Obedience to the Unenforceable’
Header image: KF in Dall-E Commentary in relation to John Fletcher Moulton. (1924). Law and Manners. The Atlantic. ➡ https://www2.econ.iastate.edu/classes/econ362/hallam/NewspaperArticles/LawandManners.pdfI first
Shame
Header image: KF personal pic, mosaicked [writing in progress] The Irish do have a despairing quality of gaiety, but they have
Citizens for a Canadian Republic
My Under the Crown piece found support in places I hadn't expected (from some older Canadians) and ruffled the feathers
Under The Crown
Receiving my Canadian passport last week and seeing the Canadian Coat of Arms on its cover, I was again struck
Google knowledge panels
Almost everyone has seen these but it’s unlikely that you’ve given them much thought. I have given them quite a
May you be adequate
Header image: From https://harrypotter.fandom.com/ This post was prompted by my remarking to another teacher that, as in schools in British
Thermi
Header image: KF in Dall-E Deep within every life, no matter how dull or ineffectual it may seem from the
2024
Header image: KF personal image Jan 1, 2024 I just got 2024 off to a great start with my regular 8-9
Donations
Header image: KF in Midjourney I made my annual donations this month to: I also made my first donation of blood
Currere: The agentic (re)writing of the self
Header image: KF in Dall-E My first solo publication came out in December 2023. It was the end of a
O Canada
Header image: KF composite in GIMP I will become a Canadian citizen in about an hour. Much to write and think
Self-identification: On Irishness
Header image: KF composite in GIMP Our move to Canada was a huge decision. We've accomplished what we came here to
AI, AI, and chicken nuggets
Header image: KF in DALL-E & edits in Gimp Until recently, when I saw the abbreviation AI, I thought of “academic
Möbius musings
Header image: KF in Dall-E I have been fascinated by Möbius strips for several years now. It began in a Teacher
Averted Vision
Header image: KF OCT image I went for an eye test yesterday and they took an Optical coherence tomography image of my
Using my Right to be Forgotten
Header image: KF in Dalle-E The 2016 RTBF policy brief from @article19org is an excellent overview (Mar 29, 2016) Policy Brief:
On humility
Header image: KF personal pic of an old Irish postage stamp "In humility we possess self-esteem, accept ourselves as we are,
Is féidir le aois óg na hÉireann a bheith dòchasach faoi an tsaol ata rompu
When I was about 16, I expressed an interest in being on my secondary school Irish (language) debating team. I
On Grades in grad school
Header image: KF in Dalle-E A note sent to the class I TA with (EDUC 500 Research Methodology in Education), many