Stephen Tweedale
@stephentweedale.bsky.social
Rawlsian social democrat. Interested in politics, philosophy, aviation, and lots of other things. President, North Vancouver-Capilano NDP & Membership Secretary, North Vancouver-Lonsdale BCNDP. CUPE and BCGEU member. Personal views only.
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You cannot train people in job-specific tasks for future jobs. You don’t have the tools they will use and you don’t know what uses those tools will be put to.
The way we have always trained people for future work is to make sure they are literate, numerate, creative, and able to solve problems.
The way we have always trained people for future work is to make sure they are literate, numerate, creative, and able to solve problems.
Five seconds’ reflection reveals that what this really means is “every student should have access to an education that is about nothing and changes every five seconds at the whim of rich airheads”
still thinking about this
December 20, 2025 at 2:02 AM
You cannot train people in job-specific tasks for future jobs. You don’t have the tools they will use and you don’t know what uses those tools will be put to.
The way we have always trained people for future work is to make sure they are literate, numerate, creative, and able to solve problems.
The way we have always trained people for future work is to make sure they are literate, numerate, creative, and able to solve problems.
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“Whether they’re old, young, middle-aged, it didn’t seem to matter — this year, audiences were out and about and clamouring for more. Is there something in the air?”
You Had to Be There | The Tyee
As AI surges forward, people crave humanity. And they’re flocking to live performances in surprising numbers.
thetyee.ca
December 20, 2025 at 2:05 AM
“Whether they’re old, young, middle-aged, it didn’t seem to matter — this year, audiences were out and about and clamouring for more. Is there something in the air?”
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That… seems pretty worth paying attention to.
December 20, 2025 at 1:21 AM
That… seems pretty worth paying attention to.
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All these worlds are yours – except Europa. Attempt no landing there.
December 19, 2025 at 10:54 PM
All these worlds are yours – except Europa. Attempt no landing there.
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It's Dollocaris, a strange fossil thylacocephalan crustacean from 160 million years ago France. Astonishingly, the lenses and cellular structure of its gigantic compound eyes are preserved!
#Crustmas 🧪🦑
#Crustmas 🧪🦑
December 15, 2023 at 6:23 PM
It's Dollocaris, a strange fossil thylacocephalan crustacean from 160 million years ago France. Astonishingly, the lenses and cellular structure of its gigantic compound eyes are preserved!
#Crustmas 🧪🦑
#Crustmas 🧪🦑
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Please read my statement regarding the horrific antisemitic attack in Australia and the steps being taken in B.C. to support community safety during Hanukkah.
December 14, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Please read my statement regarding the horrific antisemitic attack in Australia and the steps being taken in B.C. to support community safety during Hanukkah.
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Dallas Brodie has apparently been removed as leader of far-right splinter party OneBC
December 14, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Dallas Brodie has apparently been removed as leader of far-right splinter party OneBC
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Simon Fraser University wants only non-union faculty at its new medical school.
SFU contends that it's so new and different that the existing collective agreement with university faculty doesn't apply.
pressprogress.ca/sfu-medical-...
SFU contends that it's so new and different that the existing collective agreement with university faculty doesn't apply.
pressprogress.ca/sfu-medical-...
SFU Wants Only Non-Union Faculty at New Medical School
Simon Fraser contends that the med school is so new and different that its existing collective agreement with university faculty doesn't apply
pressprogress.ca
December 11, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Simon Fraser University wants only non-union faculty at its new medical school.
SFU contends that it's so new and different that the existing collective agreement with university faculty doesn't apply.
pressprogress.ca/sfu-medical-...
SFU contends that it's so new and different that the existing collective agreement with university faculty doesn't apply.
pressprogress.ca/sfu-medical-...
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2Casa2Blanca
Netflix, which rarely carries a single movie from before 1980, wants you to know how thrilled they are to acquire that classic piece of franchise IP, Casablanca
December 6, 2025 at 7:54 PM
2Casa2Blanca
What is the point of passing a law that says "the government must take all measures necessary to ensure the laws of British Columbia are consistent with the Declaration" if you're going to have a fit when the law gets enforced www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Eby says B.C. may revise DRIPA legislation, worries court is 'in driver's seat' | CBC News
B.C. Premier David Eby says he is open to revising the province's Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA). His comments come after B.C.'s Court of Appeal found that the legislation...
www.cbc.ca
December 6, 2025 at 7:59 PM
What is the point of passing a law that says "the government must take all measures necessary to ensure the laws of British Columbia are consistent with the Declaration" if you're going to have a fit when the law gets enforced www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Just discovered that my computer will no longer run The Long Dark. After 13 years, I must sadly conclude that the dear old clunker's time is up
December 6, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Just discovered that my computer will no longer run The Long Dark. After 13 years, I must sadly conclude that the dear old clunker's time is up
The remarks from the federal Conservative Party are interesting. Reads as an explicit repudiation of the kind of alliance that kept the right in power for decades in BC. Liberals and Conservatives haven’t been able to win in BC without cooperating since, what, the 30s?
Here’s what people are saying about John Rustad’s exit as B.C. Conservative leader
Here’s what people are saying about John Rustad’s exit as B.C. Conservative leader
Here’s what people are saying about John Rustad and his resignation on Thursday as leader of the Conservative Party of B.C., which he took to the brink of power in last year’s provincial election.
bit.ly
December 5, 2025 at 12:42 AM
The remarks from the federal Conservative Party are interesting. Reads as an explicit repudiation of the kind of alliance that kept the right in power for decades in BC. Liberals and Conservatives haven’t been able to win in BC without cooperating since, what, the 30s?
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A young fur seal waddled into a New Zealand bar on a rainy Sunday, sparking excitement and disbelief.
The pup was showing “normal exploratory behavior” by exploring the bar, which was about a mile from the coast, a ranger said. https://wapo.st/4rBDpL9
The pup was showing “normal exploratory behavior” by exploring the bar, which was about a mile from the coast, a ranger said. https://wapo.st/4rBDpL9
December 4, 2025 at 9:15 PM
A young fur seal waddled into a New Zealand bar on a rainy Sunday, sparking excitement and disbelief.
The pup was showing “normal exploratory behavior” by exploring the bar, which was about a mile from the coast, a ranger said. https://wapo.st/4rBDpL9
The pup was showing “normal exploratory behavior” by exploring the bar, which was about a mile from the coast, a ranger said. https://wapo.st/4rBDpL9
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Joshua Wright says a yellow cedar tree he photographedlast year was "incredible," the largest he'd ever seen in a decade of hiking around Vancouver Island.
Why was ‘incredible’ giant cedar cut down, despite B.C.’s big-tree protection law?
Joshua Wright says a yellow cedar tree he photographed last year was "incredible," the largest he'd ever seen in a decade of hiking around Vancouver Island.
cheknews.ca
December 4, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Joshua Wright says a yellow cedar tree he photographedlast year was "incredible," the largest he'd ever seen in a decade of hiking around Vancouver Island.
Whatever it says in a party constitution, a leader needs strong support from caucus to remain in the role. This is such an obvious requirement that parties usually don’t bother formalizing it in their constitutions. But you really need to do that, or you’ll get this. Eventually.
December 4, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Whatever it says in a party constitution, a leader needs strong support from caucus to remain in the role. This is such an obvious requirement that parties usually don’t bother formalizing it in their constitutions. But you really need to do that, or you’ll get this. Eventually.
I enjoyed this by Joseph Heath on the critique/kvetching distinction, and the linked (open access) article in the Canadian Journal of Philosophy where he applies it. Both quick reads. josephheath.substack.com/p/anatomy-of...
Anatomy of a kvetch
It appears to be an unspoken conviction, among academics, that there is no field of study so uncool that it cannot be made at least somewhat cooler by appending the word “critical” to its title.
josephheath.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I enjoyed this by Joseph Heath on the critique/kvetching distinction, and the linked (open access) article in the Canadian Journal of Philosophy where he applies it. Both quick reads. josephheath.substack.com/p/anatomy-of...
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In @stevenguilbeault.bsky.social’s first English-media interview since resigning over the pipeline MOU with Alberta, the former cabinet minister said the government isn’t being honest with the public and is betraying its commitments.
'Sorry prime minister, I'm no longer your man': Steven Guilbeault on leaving cabinet
In Steven Guilbeault’s first English-media interview since resigning over Prime Minister Mark Carney’s decision to pursue a pipeline agreement with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, the former cabinet m...
www.nationalobserver.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:29 PM
In @stevenguilbeault.bsky.social’s first English-media interview since resigning over the pipeline MOU with Alberta, the former cabinet minister said the government isn’t being honest with the public and is betraying its commitments.
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Whoa! AEA taking action
The AEA has imposed a lifetime ban on Lawrence H. Summers’ membership and participation in AEA activities. See the full statement here. www.aeaweb.org/news/aea-sta...
Statement from the American Economic Association
www.aeaweb.org
December 2, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Whoa! AEA taking action
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As a political scientist, I think the effects on unity are some of the biggest problems with the agreement. It legitimates "Alberta" as an aggrieved party, distinct from other provinces, while treating BC and its peoples to be as issues to be managed, rather than partners in the federation.
November 28, 2025 at 4:54 PM
As a political scientist, I think the effects on unity are some of the biggest problems with the agreement. It legitimates "Alberta" as an aggrieved party, distinct from other provinces, while treating BC and its peoples to be as issues to be managed, rather than partners in the federation.
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‘Carney doesn’t actually want a pipeline or think one will get built, he’s just a duplicitous weasel’ is not the defence you think it is.
November 29, 2025 at 5:58 PM
‘Carney doesn’t actually want a pipeline or think one will get built, he’s just a duplicitous weasel’ is not the defence you think it is.
Bedtime reading of Fleischacker's commentary on The Wealth of Nations has sent me tumbling through the wiki wormhole into the byzantine world of British lighthouse administration
November 29, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Bedtime reading of Fleischacker's commentary on The Wealth of Nations has sent me tumbling through the wiki wormhole into the byzantine world of British lighthouse administration
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they are removing a big australian beach christmas artwork from redfern station (a huge train station) because it's ai garbage. kangaroos have koala heads and some animals have missing limbs and one of them is WEARING A BRA
November 28, 2025 at 4:43 AM
they are removing a big australian beach christmas artwork from redfern station (a huge train station) because it's ai garbage. kangaroos have koala heads and some animals have missing limbs and one of them is WEARING A BRA