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David Truss
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A husband, a parent… An educator, a student… A thinker, a dreamer… An agent of change.

I blog daily here: http://daily-ink.davidtruss.com
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Oblivious to what’s coming
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Oblivious to what's coming
If you talk to people about LLM's like ChatGPT, Perplexity, or Claude, you'll still hear things like, 'They hallucinate and will make up fake research', and something I heard recently, 'they actually
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February 13, 2026 at 2:06 PM
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Share less tragedy
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Share less tragedy
We don’t have to feign naivety and pretend something horrible didn’t happen. Sad things happen in the world and we need to understand this. What we don’t need is a constant flow of news and a detailed
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February 12, 2026 at 2:13 PM
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Health advice rollercoaster
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Health advice rollercoaster
Coffee is bad for you, no wait, it’s good for you! A glass of read wine a day is good for your heart health, no wait, any amount of alcohol is unhealthy! Drink fruit juice, it’s high in vitamins, no w
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February 11, 2026 at 2:47 PM
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Moth to the flame
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Moths to the flame
Chris Williamson recently shared this quote: “You pity the moth confusing a lamp for the moon, yet here you are confusing a screen for the world.” — Jay Alto Our fixation is intense. We cling
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February 10, 2026 at 2:06 PM
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Parenting adults
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Parenting adults
As an educator, I’ve seen the struggle some parents have with creating boundaries. For example, there are parents who don’t parent because they don’t want to undermine their friendship with their kid.
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February 9, 2026 at 2:14 PM
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Fiscal year end squeeze
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Fiscal year end squeeze
Globally, we’ve seen jumps in prices in the last year that are unsustainable. It seems like everything in the grocery store is more expensive, and prices seem to continue to creep up. The impact must
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February 9, 2026 at 1:54 AM
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More rest
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More rest
I’m going to physiotherapy. I’m going to massage therapy. I’m doing my stretches and exercises. And I’m still dealing with leg pain that gets triggered from standing. Until a week ago I could just sit
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February 8, 2026 at 3:38 AM
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Not if, when
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Not if, when
The only thing I use AI for when I write my blog is to make an accompanying image. I don’t use it for editing, and as a result I’ll often not notice a typo, or I’ll create a sentence that doesn’t flow
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February 6, 2026 at 2:33 PM
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Tragedy Tourism
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Tragedy Tourism
I don’t know how widespread the use of this phrase is, but I heard it and to me it is exactly why I struggle to pay attention to the news. The phrase is ‘tragedy tourism’ and it refers to the constant
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February 5, 2026 at 2:22 PM
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Add title. Start writing…
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Add title. Start writing…
These are the words I’m greeted with every morning. Add title Start writing…. I open the Jetpack App on my phone, click a little plus sign in the bottom corner and choose ‘Post’ to get my
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February 4, 2026 at 2:11 PM
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Keeping the friction
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Keeping the friction
I’ve been a proponent of integrating technology into schools and classrooms for a couple decades. And in many ways I’m excited about AI and what it has to offer in the field of education. But I ha
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February 3, 2026 at 1:21 PM
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3,000 pushup February
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3,000 pushup February
My buddy Dave and I have done the February 2,000 push up challenge for a couple years now and this year I suggested bumping it up. The actual challenge is 2,000 push in 20 days, but we were doing it o
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February 2, 2026 at 1:14 PM
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The power of rest
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The power of rest
A few days ago I felt a tickle in my throat. I have no idea if it’s just a placebo or if it actually helps, but when I feel a sore throat coming on, I start sucking chewable vitamin C likes they are t
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February 2, 2026 at 5:02 AM
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We Live in a Tetraverse
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We Live in a Tetraverse
Whenever you see a movie like the Matrix, data sets, information, and all storage are shown in cubes. Even beyond the movies, it is clear that we represent the world on three axis: X, Y, and Z.
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February 1, 2026 at 3:46 PM
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Keeping the faith
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Keeping the faith
Religions around the world are losing followers. But people are seekers, they want to believe in something. And while there are downsides to religion, including fanaticism and blind following of misgu
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February 1, 2026 at 5:32 AM
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AI image woes
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AI image woes
A few years ago I switched from looking for royalty free images to add to my Daily-Ink blog posts to using AI. The main reason for this is that I found myself spending almost as much time searching fo
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January 30, 2026 at 1:28 PM
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Taking for granted
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Taking for granted
A couple nights ago I flushed the toilet and the fresh water looked a light yellowy-brown. I waited and flushed again, it was the same colour. Then I went to the sink and ran it to discover that it wa
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January 29, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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Monday to Fried-day
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Monday to Fried-day
Getting up at 5am to start my routine, then doing a full day of work, I feel like I’ve got nothing left at the end of the day. The only saving grace is that my morning routine is fulfilling, it’s me d
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January 28, 2026 at 2:05 PM
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Time to read
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Time to read
I switched mostly to audio books a few years ago and that multiplied the number of books I consumed significantly. As a slow reader with an internal voice that speaks louder than my internal reading v
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January 27, 2026 at 2:16 PM
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Uncertainty training
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Uncertainty training
I read a quote from James Clear which has me thinking: "The ultimate form of preparation is not planning for a specific scenario, but a mindset that can handle uncertainty." It made me wonder,
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January 26, 2026 at 2:05 PM
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From comedy to sad reality
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From comedy to sad reality
I first saw it as a joke on TikTok, African content creators making comedic posts about sponsoring needy children in America. I got the humour, Americans not being able to afford healthcare is a serio
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January 25, 2026 at 9:24 PM
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Downtown Escape
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Downtown Escape
Last night 6 of us went to see Moulin Rouge, and we made a weekend of it downtown. The show was wonderful, and the lead singer was absolutely sensational. There were no weak performances, and yet the
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January 25, 2026 at 1:43 AM
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The moment I’ve been waiting for
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The moment I’ve been waiting for
I wanted it, but I didn’t think it was going to happen. Last February I wrote ‘Schoolyard rules’ and basically said that unlike in the movies, in the real world the bully usually wins. I ended that
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January 23, 2026 at 1:41 PM
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It’s 6am, let’s go!
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It’s 6am, let’s go!
We’ve fully reached the stage of finding reasons to go rather than finding excuses not to. I’m not available this weekend to do our weekly walk up the Coquitlam Crunch, so Dave and I met in darkness a
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January 22, 2026 at 3:40 PM
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99 Days
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99 Days
Although I’m retiring at the end of the school year I really haven’t been tracking or counting down (yet). But I do have a colleague that is also retiring and he shared with me that yesterday marked 1
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January 21, 2026 at 1:39 PM