Will Canoe-Sick
@willcanoesick.bsky.social
Associate Professor of English. he/him. I’m giving the internet one more shot.
Essay acceptance (with revisions)!
February 13, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Essay acceptance (with revisions)!
Reposted by Will Canoe-Sick
epstein files should lay waste to the idea that reading a lot makes someone empathetic
February 13, 2026 at 10:00 PM
epstein files should lay waste to the idea that reading a lot makes someone empathetic
Today in my fitness class I learned that not everyone is good at pickleball! On the plus side, I only fell to the ground three times
February 13, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Today in my fitness class I learned that not everyone is good at pickleball! On the plus side, I only fell to the ground three times
Reposted by Will Canoe-Sick
Gender affirming treatment has an astonishingly high rate of satisfaction. You probably already know this, but I feel like we need to repeat it over and over.
This entire 'debate' is so maddening. We have been promised that a groundswell of rushed, dissatisfied detransitioners was about to emerge for nearly a decade.
Not only have they never materialized, but academic research continues to show small numbers, long assessments and miniscule regret rates.
Not only have they never materialized, but academic research continues to show small numbers, long assessments and miniscule regret rates.
February 13, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Gender affirming treatment has an astonishingly high rate of satisfaction. You probably already know this, but I feel like we need to repeat it over and over.
Reposted by Will Canoe-Sick
“If you wanted to create a tool that would enable the destruction of institutions that prop up democratic life, you could not do better than AI. Authoritarian leaders & tech oligarchs are deploying AI systems to hollow out public institutions with an astonishing alacrity.”
February 12, 2026 at 1:36 PM
“If you wanted to create a tool that would enable the destruction of institutions that prop up democratic life, you could not do better than AI. Authoritarian leaders & tech oligarchs are deploying AI systems to hollow out public institutions with an astonishing alacrity.”
HEAT/REAL GENIUS (tie)
Name your fav Val Kilmer film
February 13, 2026 at 12:21 AM
HEAT/REAL GENIUS (tie)
Reposted by Will Canoe-Sick
You don’t need to use a gendered insult, you guys. I know it’s tempting but.… it’s totally unnecessary And undermines your larger point.
Watch, I’ll show you: [clears throat]
“Pam Bondi is a fucking asshole”
… see?
Watch, I’ll show you: [clears throat]
“Pam Bondi is a fucking asshole”
… see?
February 12, 2026 at 3:38 AM
You don’t need to use a gendered insult, you guys. I know it’s tempting but.… it’s totally unnecessary And undermines your larger point.
Watch, I’ll show you: [clears throat]
“Pam Bondi is a fucking asshole”
… see?
Watch, I’ll show you: [clears throat]
“Pam Bondi is a fucking asshole”
… see?
some good “not tweets” on this thing rn
February 12, 2026 at 3:38 AM
some good “not tweets” on this thing rn
Big Lebowski (1998)
Transformers: The Movie (1986)
Jim Jarmusch’s The Year of the Horse (1997)
The Princess Bride (1987)
Transformers: The Movie (1986)
Jim Jarmusch’s The Year of the Horse (1997)
The Princess Bride (1987)
Have asked this before and always like the responses. What are your biggest “I saw that in the first run cinema” flexes? Couple of mine:
Transformers: The Movie (1986)
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993)
Office Space (1999)
Transformers: The Movie (1986)
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993)
Office Space (1999)
February 12, 2026 at 3:28 AM
Big Lebowski (1998)
Transformers: The Movie (1986)
Jim Jarmusch’s The Year of the Horse (1997)
The Princess Bride (1987)
Transformers: The Movie (1986)
Jim Jarmusch’s The Year of the Horse (1997)
The Princess Bride (1987)
Reposted by Will Canoe-Sick
The moral depravity of our elites is matched only by the legal system that consistently refuses to hold them accountable.
February 12, 2026 at 2:13 AM
The moral depravity of our elites is matched only by the legal system that consistently refuses to hold them accountable.
Reposted by Will Canoe-Sick
In this move, the stance has shifted from simple rejection to a compelling argument for introductory learning.
Music and art profs talk about muscle memory as baseline skillsets. Writing faculty talk about language as integral to developing critical thinking and argument. Muscle memory of the brain
Music and art profs talk about muscle memory as baseline skillsets. Writing faculty talk about language as integral to developing critical thinking and argument. Muscle memory of the brain
February 12, 2026 at 2:50 AM
In this move, the stance has shifted from simple rejection to a compelling argument for introductory learning.
Music and art profs talk about muscle memory as baseline skillsets. Writing faculty talk about language as integral to developing critical thinking and argument. Muscle memory of the brain
Music and art profs talk about muscle memory as baseline skillsets. Writing faculty talk about language as integral to developing critical thinking and argument. Muscle memory of the brain
Reposted by Will Canoe-Sick
Faculty talk to students about learning to show your work and take the long route as "necessary to make an expert." One math prof explained it is why they must learn stats concepts before switching to R as engineers and data scientists. Working without AI is positioned the same way.
February 12, 2026 at 2:46 AM
Faculty talk to students about learning to show your work and take the long route as "necessary to make an expert." One math prof explained it is why they must learn stats concepts before switching to R as engineers and data scientists. Working without AI is positioned the same way.
Reposted by Will Canoe-Sick
Things I hear on campus as we continue to adapt to AI. Plenty try to incorporate it. Others:
- med school faculty going back to oral exams
- comp sci faculty building no-network linux systems with IT for exams in programming courses
- med school faculty going back to oral exams
- comp sci faculty building no-network linux systems with IT for exams in programming courses
February 12, 2026 at 2:34 AM
Things I hear on campus as we continue to adapt to AI. Plenty try to incorporate it. Others:
- med school faculty going back to oral exams
- comp sci faculty building no-network linux systems with IT for exams in programming courses
- med school faculty going back to oral exams
- comp sci faculty building no-network linux systems with IT for exams in programming courses
Feeling pretty good about my dissertation defense after seeing that Bondi video. Not to brag
February 12, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Feeling pretty good about my dissertation defense after seeing that Bondi video. Not to brag
I Say a Little Prayer
Name your fav Aretha Franklin song
February 12, 2026 at 2:07 AM
I Say a Little Prayer
Reposted by Will Canoe-Sick
Babe, wake up, new sarcastic but entirely worthwhile internet abbreviation just dropped
Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick
February 11, 2026 at 11:16 PM
Babe, wake up, new sarcastic but entirely worthwhile internet abbreviation just dropped
Reposted by Will Canoe-Sick
I'm increasingly of the opinion that tech in general needs an increased liability surface. expanded liability for what your algorithm pushes, expanded liability for what your model outputs. if you make the danger real the incentives align.
How would one design a regulatory environment that encourages the responsible use of AI? Is it as simple as a massive tax that funds a UBI? Or is it much more complex than that?
February 12, 2026 at 12:17 AM
I'm increasingly of the opinion that tech in general needs an increased liability surface. expanded liability for what your algorithm pushes, expanded liability for what your model outputs. if you make the danger real the incentives align.
Five things that weren’t awful today
1) Chaired a productive department meeting (not my skill set)
2) Introduced a cool new paper assignment in my first-year writing class
3) Told my writing students about Studs Terkel
4) Good workout
5) Got some delicious Indian food delivered I am about to eat
1) Chaired a productive department meeting (not my skill set)
2) Introduced a cool new paper assignment in my first-year writing class
3) Told my writing students about Studs Terkel
4) Good workout
5) Got some delicious Indian food delivered I am about to eat
Five things that weren't awful today
1) special coffee ☕️ today
2) petrichor in the air 🌧️
3) listened to an Elvis Costello album
4) Yorkie puked outside not inside
5) good makeup day, new shadows 👍
1) special coffee ☕️ today
2) petrichor in the air 🌧️
3) listened to an Elvis Costello album
4) Yorkie puked outside not inside
5) good makeup day, new shadows 👍
Five things that weren't awful today
1) my mother was kind
2) this sushi is going to be good
3) I cleaned my sheets
4) Beatles records still exist
5) Bowie records too
1) my mother was kind
2) this sushi is going to be good
3) I cleaned my sheets
4) Beatles records still exist
5) Bowie records too
February 11, 2026 at 11:58 PM
Five things that weren’t awful today
1) Chaired a productive department meeting (not my skill set)
2) Introduced a cool new paper assignment in my first-year writing class
3) Told my writing students about Studs Terkel
4) Good workout
5) Got some delicious Indian food delivered I am about to eat
1) Chaired a productive department meeting (not my skill set)
2) Introduced a cool new paper assignment in my first-year writing class
3) Told my writing students about Studs Terkel
4) Good workout
5) Got some delicious Indian food delivered I am about to eat
Reposted by Will Canoe-Sick
when I lived outside of detroit kid rock stole my garbage can lids
January 13, 2025 at 7:07 PM
when I lived outside of detroit kid rock stole my garbage can lids
Reposted by Will Canoe-Sick
I’m told the new Emma Thompson movie where she’s in northern Minnesota (although it was filmed in Finland) contains inaccuracies regarding ice fishing.
January 13, 2026 at 3:57 PM
I’m told the new Emma Thompson movie where she’s in northern Minnesota (although it was filmed in Finland) contains inaccuracies regarding ice fishing.
Reposted by Will Canoe-Sick
Now *I* am watching “Dead of Winter” (2025) which is set in northern Minnesota but filmed in Finland.
It’s an Emma Thompson vehicle. Her accent is not bad.
Data point: It takes 6 minutes into the movie for her to say “uff da.”
It’s an Emma Thompson vehicle. Her accent is not bad.
Data point: It takes 6 minutes into the movie for her to say “uff da.”
February 11, 2026 at 12:45 AM
Now *I* am watching “Dead of Winter” (2025) which is set in northern Minnesota but filmed in Finland.
It’s an Emma Thompson vehicle. Her accent is not bad.
Data point: It takes 6 minutes into the movie for her to say “uff da.”
It’s an Emma Thompson vehicle. Her accent is not bad.
Data point: It takes 6 minutes into the movie for her to say “uff da.”
Reposted by Will Canoe-Sick
Everyone reading this is a pandemic survivor. Billions of us are still alive thanks to advances in medical research that are being rolled back by MAGA and MAHA.
50 million people died in the last global pandemic. This time, it was about one-seventh of that. Still too many & we're going backwards.
50 million people died in the last global pandemic. This time, it was about one-seventh of that. Still too many & we're going backwards.
February 11, 2026 at 1:58 AM
Everyone reading this is a pandemic survivor. Billions of us are still alive thanks to advances in medical research that are being rolled back by MAGA and MAHA.
50 million people died in the last global pandemic. This time, it was about one-seventh of that. Still too many & we're going backwards.
50 million people died in the last global pandemic. This time, it was about one-seventh of that. Still too many & we're going backwards.
Reposted by Will Canoe-Sick
I genuinely cannot believe the degree to which we are pissing away this generational breakthrough, even given the fuckmuppets who are involved www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
FDA declines to review Moderna's mRNA flu shot
Under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Food and Drug Administration has taken an aggressive stance against mRNA technology.
www.nbcnews.com
February 10, 2026 at 11:32 PM
I genuinely cannot believe the degree to which we are pissing away this generational breakthrough, even given the fuckmuppets who are involved www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
Reposted by Will Canoe-Sick
It's here! I hosted a symposium on close reading at Emory in November. Matt Seybold recorded it for his podcast, American Vandal, and the first of three episodes is out today. Catch me, @johannawinant.bsky.social, @becimay.bsky.social, @bakaari.bsky.social + more podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
Close Reading For The 21st Century Symposium (Vandal Live at Emory)
Podcast Episode · The American Vandal · S12 E4 · 1 sec
podcasts.apple.com
February 10, 2026 at 12:42 PM
It's here! I hosted a symposium on close reading at Emory in November. Matt Seybold recorded it for his podcast, American Vandal, and the first of three episodes is out today. Catch me, @johannawinant.bsky.social, @becimay.bsky.social, @bakaari.bsky.social + more podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
Reposted by Will Canoe-Sick
If Bad Bunny can cover the history of Puerto Rico, colonialism, transatlantic slavery, hemispheric consciousness, as well as contemporary life and politics in under 14 minutes, you can do your 15- or 20-minute conference presentation with time to spare.
February 9, 2026 at 11:56 PM
If Bad Bunny can cover the history of Puerto Rico, colonialism, transatlantic slavery, hemispheric consciousness, as well as contemporary life and politics in under 14 minutes, you can do your 15- or 20-minute conference presentation with time to spare.