Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Jacqueline

@cuddlefishj.bsky.social

620 followers 220 following 2.2K posts

Australian girl in Canada. Left handed, Maths teacher, atheist Jew, Lego fan, geocacher. I believe in public education and that we should all be outdoors a lot. Like right now. (They call that 'touching grass') 2+2=4

Posts Media Videos Starter Packs

Pinned

Jacqueline @cuddlefishj.bsky.social · 7d

How does anyone get anything done when there are cats?

A brown cat on the lap of a person in bed. The photo is from the point of view of a person looking down at a cat looking up.

1 5

Reposted by Jacqueline

Ed @ed3d.net · 6d

I try to mostly follow people on LinkedIn who are unafraid to shitpost on main

I removed all the chairs from my house. Yes, all of them.

Standing desks are for beginners. I don't sit anymore. Not at meals. Not during calls. Not ever.

Why? Because sitting is a dopamine sink. Your glutes go dormant. Blood pools. Your brain gets 23% less oxygen (I measured it). Standing keeps you in a state of "productive discomfort."

Discomfort = alertness. Alertness = pattern recognition. Pattern recognition = product-market fit.

I eat dinner standing over the sink. I take Zooms pacing back and forth like a caged lion. My calves are basically a pre-seed round for my cardiovascular system.

Studies show that 89% of Fortune 500 CEOs do their best thinking while in motion. Churchill held walking meetings. Zuckerberg did walking 1-on-1s. I haven't sat in 6 months and my sprint velocity is up 340%.

Every chair you own is a commitment to mediocrity. Every cushion is a compromise with your future self.

"But what about rest?" Rest is what you do after the exit. Right now, I have deals to close and a burn rate to justify.

My living room? Empty. Just space to pace. My dining room? A war room with whiteboards on every wall—no table.

Sitting is the new smoking. Standing is the new sitting. Pacing is the new standing.

I'm not uncomfortable. I'm optimized.

Don't let Big Furniture gaslight you.

10 110 710

Jacqueline @cuddlefishj.bsky.social · 1h

You too Karen! So much to be thankful for!

Jacqueline @cuddlefishj.bsky.social · 2h

In this country, you have the right to not vote. Even in Australia, known for its “compulsory” voting, you still have the right to not vote. The corollary to this position is if you vote for someone, does that means you should agree with what that candidate does after?

1 1

Jacqueline @cuddlefishj.bsky.social · 3h

Oh for sure, intellectually, I know “prison justice” is not justice at all and it is wrong. (The perp in the Canadian case is on trial rn). But I’m not engaging intellectually when I consider the reasons they were there in the first place. It’s just … pure revulsion.

Jacqueline @cuddlefishj.bsky.social · 4h

Today I got it in 3. I was the lucky counterpart to your unlucky and I feel it is stolen valour, because it was a guess I made out of so many others I could have made. That’s not really satisfying IMO for a puzzle.

1 1

Jacqueline @cuddlefishj.bsky.social · 4h

I haven’t given up yet, but I completely agree.

1 1

Jacqueline @cuddlefishj.bsky.social · 4h

We had a similar case here with the pig farmer who killed ~49 women dying in prison after being attacked by another prisoner. I’m not going to pretend I thought it was a terrible shame.

1 2

Jacqueline @cuddlefishj.bsky.social · 14h

Omg I have a Lego model of my former kitty. It serves a similar purpose.

Jacqueline @cuddlefishj.bsky.social · 17h

My son likes Simons.

1 1

Jacqueline @cuddlefishj.bsky.social · 19h

Bumped into former students of my son’s grad class while out for a walk. They are back for thanksgiving weekend. We shared a “kids these days” moment as we discussed the wee ones heading into high school. It was a beautiful moment of the generations moving on.

Jacqueline @cuddlefishj.bsky.social · 20h

It should have been Glen Huntly from the start as it was named for that ship.

1 2

Reposted by Jacqueline

Marina @marstrina.bsky.social · 1d

In other words, Deliveroo (like Uber before it, or Netflix et al) is a mechanism that funnels capital into inessential services at the expense of essential necessities like housing, healthcare & education. We're paying for what we think of as cheap entertainment with our own wellbeing. Literally.

1 2

Reposted by Jacqueline

Mark Elliott @thatmarkelliott.bsky.social · 1d

If only there were people who could go around and find out what the reality is, and then perhaps report on it back to everyone. They could even publish their reporting in print or online, and possibly even make a business out of keeping folk informed about what's happening in the world. If only.

From the New York Times:
"Comparative Calm or 'Hellscape'? In Portland, Depends on the Narrator."

10 59 210

Jacqueline @cuddlefishj.bsky.social · 1d

I visited Monash for the first time ever last year. I was very impressed! My dad went to the Caulfield campus but it was not Monash at the time. They took over the university that was there.

Jacqueline @cuddlefishj.bsky.social · 1d

ahhhh Glen Waverley. I know it very well.

Jacqueline @cuddlefishj.bsky.social · 1d

I’m going to ride that line when I’m in town. It’s how I visit my Caulfield cousins.

1 2

Jacqueline @cuddlefishj.bsky.social · 1d

This could have been me! Thank you for this timely warning.

Reposted by Jacqueline

Jeremy Caradonna @jeremycaradonnayyj.bsky.social · 2d

DO NOT GO TO THE US.

The Trump regime has waged culture war on its own people and any visitors who run afoul of the thought police.

The regime now enforces right-wing conformity and Christian nationalism.

The risks are very high. Stay home. Travel domestically. Buy Canadian.

4 13

Jacqueline @cuddlefishj.bsky.social · 2d

With other useless mayors I’ve been able to say ‘he means well’ at least but with Sim even that is a huge leap.

Jacqueline @cuddlefishj.bsky.social · 2d

My God the Mayor of Vancouver is terrible at his job. #vanpoli

2 3

Reposted by Jacqueline

Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 2d

A+ headline, no notes.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2d

You won’t believe what degrading practice the pope just condemned

Communication must be freed from clickbait and misguided thinking, head of Catholic church tells journalists The pope has condemned clickbait as a “degrading” part of journalism, at a private audience with global newswires. Australian media representatives were among those to hear directly from Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican on Thursday with about 150 members of newswire alliance Minds International. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

6 45 250

Reposted by Jacqueline

Greg Jenner @gregjenner.bsky.social · 3d

Just to say that teachers do an incredibly difficult job, with all the right intentions, and can be the defining influence on a young person's life. They are the exact opposite of poisoners because good teaching provides the antidote to so many dangers

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 3d

Nigel Farage says UK teachers are ‘poisoning our kids’ and predicts strikes as PM

Exclusive: Reform UK leader, speaking at event for private US college, also claimed the ‘Marxist left’ controls education Nigel Farage has predicted teachers would go on strike within weeks of a Reform UK government, and accused them of “poisoning our kids” by telling them that black children are victims and white children oppressors. The Reform UK leader set out his view on British schools in an event for a private US Christian college in Michigan, claiming the “Marxist left” was “now in control of our education system”. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

28 130 540

Reposted by Jacqueline

Moebius Stripper @moebiusstripper.bsky.social · 3d

And the days of giving take-home assignments with meaty problems that take students hours to solve are behind us. My best academic memories as a student, denied to current and future generations for the foreseeable future.

Ryan Briggs @ryancbriggs.net · 3d

I'm giving a midterm exam right now and while this mode of assessment is LLM-resistant, it's really not great. I feel bad that this cohort of students is going to face a lot a more stressful tests.

3 2 9

Jacqueline @cuddlefishj.bsky.social · 3d

Maybe the international news agency should be moved to a different place so no one in the new place knows about the allegations against it.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 3d

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.

Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.

bit.ly

Jacqueline @cuddlefishj.bsky.social · 3d

lol