Denise Ferreira
@ferreiraeng.bsky.social
Mom, Teacher, Vancouverite, Book-Enthusiast, Film-Lover, Believer in the Betterment of This 🌎
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Here’s Niigaan Sinclair @niigaanwewidam.bsky.social on CBC’s As It Happens re: Thomas King.
www.cbc.ca/radio/asitha...
www.cbc.ca/radio/asitha...
November 26, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Here’s Niigaan Sinclair @niigaanwewidam.bsky.social on CBC’s As It Happens re: Thomas King.
www.cbc.ca/radio/asitha...
www.cbc.ca/radio/asitha...
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The thing about the Thomas King news is that even based on his existing bio it seemed pretty obvious his claims to being Indigenous were pretty tenuous, especially once you learn more about community and citizenship beyond DNA
November 25, 2025 at 2:48 AM
The thing about the Thomas King news is that even based on his existing bio it seemed pretty obvious his claims to being Indigenous were pretty tenuous, especially once you learn more about community and citizenship beyond DNA
This is eerily reflective of colonialism. Only in the spheres of writing and academia. These spaces need to have people who have verified their histories and whose histories have been verified. It’s the people and places that can confirm and tell the stories.
Amazon’s top ten books on First Nations includes 2 residential school denialist books, and 1 book by Thomas King.
November 27, 2025 at 5:45 AM
This is eerily reflective of colonialism. Only in the spheres of writing and academia. These spaces need to have people who have verified their histories and whose histories have been verified. It’s the people and places that can confirm and tell the stories.
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i used chatgpt to write a novel earlier today. i haven’t read it but chatgpt did and it cried..
November 26, 2025 at 4:27 AM
i used chatgpt to write a novel earlier today. i haven’t read it but chatgpt did and it cried..
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“Close reading is not magic. Its power lies in argument: always vulnerable, nothing simpler and yet nothing harder. And to clarify my stakes: the way that close reading is powerful is that it lays claim to power.”
#EduSky This is SO DANG GOOD!
#EduSky This is SO DANG GOOD!
I wrote an essay for @bostonreview.bsky.social about what I learned about close reading when I taught at West Virginia University
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
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The Claims of Close Reading - Boston Review
Literary studies have been starved by austerity, but their core methodology remains radical.
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November 26, 2025 at 3:40 PM
“Close reading is not magic. Its power lies in argument: always vulnerable, nothing simpler and yet nothing harder. And to clarify my stakes: the way that close reading is powerful is that it lays claim to power.”
#EduSky This is SO DANG GOOD!
#EduSky This is SO DANG GOOD!
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1) genuine life changing moment of my early 20s was realizing I actually didn't have to do this at all. tell the youths
2) I feel like there's a class discussion to be had around the stakes of this kind of decision though
2) I feel like there's a class discussion to be had around the stakes of this kind of decision though
So many men go through life like that. You can play poker because it's right-coded, you can't enjoy fruity alcoholic drinks because they're women-coded, you can't lick an ice cream cone because it's gay-coded. All day, every day, choosing and judging things based on coding for narrow norms.
November 26, 2025 at 3:43 PM
1) genuine life changing moment of my early 20s was realizing I actually didn't have to do this at all. tell the youths
2) I feel like there's a class discussion to be had around the stakes of this kind of decision though
2) I feel like there's a class discussion to be had around the stakes of this kind of decision though
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Your Cherokee words for today.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.
November 25, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Your Cherokee words for today.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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I believe strongly people should be judged on the content of their character, their words and deeds not the color of their skin, their gender, sexuality, religion, age, nationality, disability, height, weight, etc
November 25, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I believe strongly people should be judged on the content of their character, their words and deeds not the color of their skin, their gender, sexuality, religion, age, nationality, disability, height, weight, etc
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November 25, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Got my computer fixed! I still hate Windows 11 but my work expedited the fix and I have a working laptop that actually connects to my files AND prints! Yay! When he came to deliver it, I jumped up & down & my sts began clapping. It was pretty great. Gotta take the wins where I can.
a woman is smiling while sitting at a table with a glass of beer and the words oh , yay .
Alt: a woman is smiling while sitting at a table with a glass of beer and the words ‘oh, yay’
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November 26, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Got my computer fixed! I still hate Windows 11 but my work expedited the fix and I have a working laptop that actually connects to my files AND prints! Yay! When he came to deliver it, I jumped up & down & my sts began clapping. It was pretty great. Gotta take the wins where I can.
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A package hasn't "shipped" if you've only "created the label"
November 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
A package hasn't "shipped" if you've only "created the label"
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Your Cherokee words for today.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.
When Superman gets drawn into conflicts at home and abroad, his motives are questioned, giving
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.
When Superman gets drawn into conflicts at home and abroad, his motives are questioned, giving
November 24, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Your Cherokee words for today.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.
When Superman gets drawn into conflicts at home and abroad, his motives are questioned, giving
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.
When Superman gets drawn into conflicts at home and abroad, his motives are questioned, giving
How can our Prime Minister say this with a straight face? He wants to meet climate targets, include Indigenous representation AND to build a PIPELINE (through BC)? Ridiculous. At least just say what it is: industry & economy over everything else (including BC’s voice).
apple.news/A2VxESR7uQTe...
apple.news/A2VxESR7uQTe...
November 25, 2025 at 7:57 AM
How can our Prime Minister say this with a straight face? He wants to meet climate targets, include Indigenous representation AND to build a PIPELINE (through BC)? Ridiculous. At least just say what it is: industry & economy over everything else (including BC’s voice).
apple.news/A2VxESR7uQTe...
apple.news/A2VxESR7uQTe...
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Tech bros really can't understand why we're hostile to technology that a) is frequently confidently wrong and b) threatens to ruin our already terrible lives
November 24, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Tech bros really can't understand why we're hostile to technology that a) is frequently confidently wrong and b) threatens to ruin our already terrible lives
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narrator: 50 years ago...
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
November 25, 2025 at 2:11 AM
narrator: 50 years ago...
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
I really, really, really 🥰 Thunderbolts. I know how cliched & unrealistic superhero movies are (esp. in our day & age - aka. we could all use real 🌎 examples more than fake), but I did ❤️ the scene where 🎶 rises up, Bucky comes in on 🏍️, w hair moving in wind & he kicks BUTT. A great moment. #marvel
a silhouette of a person on a motorcycle in a cloudy sky with kepler written on the bottom right
Alt: a silhouette of Bucky Barnes riding a motorcycle in a foggy haze
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November 25, 2025 at 7:43 AM
I really, really, really 🥰 Thunderbolts. I know how cliched & unrealistic superhero movies are (esp. in our day & age - aka. we could all use real 🌎 examples more than fake), but I did ❤️ the scene where 🎶 rises up, Bucky comes in on 🏍️, w hair moving in wind & he kicks BUTT. A great moment. #marvel
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Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
Assessing last assignments for Term 1. I’’ EXHAUSTED. Not sure what’s going on - if it’s the work, the needs or my ability 2 process deep content (that requires multiple skill assessmnt) but my 🧠 is fried. I have 6 more mini-portfolios to assess & I am DONE for 2nite. Gonna try finishing tomorrow.
a baby is sitting on a couch with the caption `` current status : exhausted ! ''
Alt: a baby is sitting on a couch with the caption ``current status: exhausted! ''
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November 25, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Assessing last assignments for Term 1. I’’ EXHAUSTED. Not sure what’s going on - if it’s the work, the needs or my ability 2 process deep content (that requires multiple skill assessmnt) but my 🧠 is fried. I have 6 more mini-portfolios to assess & I am DONE for 2nite. Gonna try finishing tomorrow.
On CNN, there was a stat that said that 57% of Americans have large bit of their wealth tied to stocks. Crazy. You can’t just be pumping money in and then pump more money in to prevent collapse, too. Because that damn will burst. When it does, it’s going to be real bad for a lot of people.
You have to keep giving money to avoid collapse and if there’s collapse you have to give more money. It’s called the free market.
November 25, 2025 at 2:57 AM
On CNN, there was a stat that said that 57% of Americans have large bit of their wealth tied to stocks. Crazy. You can’t just be pumping money in and then pump more money in to prevent collapse, too. Because that damn will burst. When it does, it’s going to be real bad for a lot of people.
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Rest in Power to Mother Viola Ford Fletcher.
111 years, the oldest survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Massacre.
She never got the justice she deserved
www.fox23.com/news/mother-...
111 years, the oldest survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Massacre.
She never got the justice she deserved
www.fox23.com/news/mother-...
Mother Viola Fletcher passes away at 111 years old
TULSA, Okla. — Mayor Monroe Nichols announced the passing of one of the two last remaining survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, Mother Viola Fletcher.
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November 24, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Rest in Power to Mother Viola Ford Fletcher.
111 years, the oldest survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Massacre.
She never got the justice she deserved
www.fox23.com/news/mother-...
111 years, the oldest survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Massacre.
She never got the justice she deserved
www.fox23.com/news/mother-...
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Opinion: The inconvenient truth: Thomas King’s admission he isn’t Cherokee hits hard
www.winnipegfreepress.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Thomas King, one of my favourite writers. I am shocked. And sad. www.instagram.com/p/DRdbVvMD0V...
November 25, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Thomas King, one of my favourite writers. I am shocked. And sad. www.instagram.com/p/DRdbVvMD0V...
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As a survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Viola Ford Fletcher bravely shared her story so that we’d never forget this painful part of our history. Michelle and I are grateful for her lifelong work to advance civil rights, and send our love to her family.
Viola Fletcher, Oldest Survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Dies at 111
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:45 AM
As a survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Viola Ford Fletcher bravely shared her story so that we’d never forget this painful part of our history. Michelle and I are grateful for her lifelong work to advance civil rights, and send our love to her family.
I don’t want 2 read anything ✍️ by 🖐️ by my sts ever again. It is really, really hard sometimes. And, yet, I HAVE to do this, because this ✍️’s more authentically theirs, more immediate assessment & I can gage the subtleties of their language/syntax. It’s really, really hard when it’s hardly legible.
a man in a suit and tie is holding his head in his hands
Alt: a man in a suit and tie is holding his head in his hands and pulling his hair
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November 24, 2025 at 3:32 AM
I don’t want 2 read anything ✍️ by 🖐️ by my sts ever again. It is really, really hard sometimes. And, yet, I HAVE to do this, because this ✍️’s more authentically theirs, more immediate assessment & I can gage the subtleties of their language/syntax. It’s really, really hard when it’s hardly legible.