JenLei
@jenlei.bsky.social
I-can’t-find-locator, it’s-not-working-fixer, fan-of-things
We’ve been reading stories about 🐊 crocodiles (an inadvertent theme)
Started with Under the Great Plum Tree by Sufiya Ahmed & Reza Dalvand (India), then The Hunterman and the Crocodile by Baba Wagué Diakité (Mali) & concluding with I, Crocodile by Fred Marcellino (French Empire)
Solid lessons all
Started with Under the Great Plum Tree by Sufiya Ahmed & Reza Dalvand (India), then The Hunterman and the Crocodile by Baba Wagué Diakité (Mali) & concluding with I, Crocodile by Fred Marcellino (French Empire)
Solid lessons all
December 10, 2025 at 12:14 AM
We’ve been reading stories about 🐊 crocodiles (an inadvertent theme)
Started with Under the Great Plum Tree by Sufiya Ahmed & Reza Dalvand (India), then The Hunterman and the Crocodile by Baba Wagué Diakité (Mali) & concluding with I, Crocodile by Fred Marcellino (French Empire)
Solid lessons all
Started with Under the Great Plum Tree by Sufiya Ahmed & Reza Dalvand (India), then The Hunterman and the Crocodile by Baba Wagué Diakité (Mali) & concluding with I, Crocodile by Fred Marcellino (French Empire)
Solid lessons all
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This entire grift relies on convincing people that they don't know how to do the things they have always known how to do, and ironically, if it works, we will, in a very short amount of time, forget how to do all the things we have always known how to do.
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM
This entire grift relies on convincing people that they don't know how to do the things they have always known how to do, and ironically, if it works, we will, in a very short amount of time, forget how to do all the things we have always known how to do.
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“Why are folks getting dumber?” Because they don’t read. “Why aren’t men as romantic & poetic as they used to be?” Because they don’t read. “Why are people so vulnerable to propaganda?” “Why is everyone a conspiracy theorist?” Because they don’t read. Because they don’t read.
December 8, 2025 at 11:49 PM
“Why are folks getting dumber?” Because they don’t read. “Why aren’t men as romantic & poetic as they used to be?” Because they don’t read. “Why are people so vulnerable to propaganda?” “Why is everyone a conspiracy theorist?” Because they don’t read. Because they don’t read.
So, EQAO results…
I can tell you without the fancy inquiry committee that the way they’re requiring math be taught—that the scope of curriculum—is not working. They need to fundamentally change the curriculum expectations AND allow teachers to teach what works.
Now: put the $$$ back into schools.
I can tell you without the fancy inquiry committee that the way they’re requiring math be taught—that the scope of curriculum—is not working. They need to fundamentally change the curriculum expectations AND allow teachers to teach what works.
Now: put the $$$ back into schools.
December 3, 2025 at 10:37 PM
So, EQAO results…
I can tell you without the fancy inquiry committee that the way they’re requiring math be taught—that the scope of curriculum—is not working. They need to fundamentally change the curriculum expectations AND allow teachers to teach what works.
Now: put the $$$ back into schools.
I can tell you without the fancy inquiry committee that the way they’re requiring math be taught—that the scope of curriculum—is not working. They need to fundamentally change the curriculum expectations AND allow teachers to teach what works.
Now: put the $$$ back into schools.
Fire, tree, twinkle lights, candles and the final Downton movie.
November 30, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Fire, tree, twinkle lights, candles and the final Downton movie.
Faery Realms are one of today’s preoccupations so, as we march merrily along into the Yuletide season when some invite those wretched Surveillance Elves into their homes, may I simply opine: put a bit of cold iron in your pocket or mount that horseshoe at your door above the festive wreath.
November 21, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Faery Realms are one of today’s preoccupations so, as we march merrily along into the Yuletide season when some invite those wretched Surveillance Elves into their homes, may I simply opine: put a bit of cold iron in your pocket or mount that horseshoe at your door above the festive wreath.
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New MMI piece: We look at the 3.5 million people in Canada who live in a home that is too small to meet their needs, and how a mismanaged push by governments and urban planners towards densification is at odds with the human right to housing.
Read here: www.missingmiddleini...
Read here: www.missingmiddleini...
November 11, 2025 at 12:34 PM
New MMI piece: We look at the 3.5 million people in Canada who live in a home that is too small to meet their needs, and how a mismanaged push by governments and urban planners towards densification is at odds with the human right to housing.
Read here: www.missingmiddleini...
Read here: www.missingmiddleini...
🇨🇦 can we do this poll here?
I’m now very curious.
I’m now very curious.
📕 With the Booker Prize winner set to be announced tonight, how does voting intention vary by favourite book genre. Reform’s highest score is with fans of horror, while Labour enjoys a landslide lead among fans of self-help books. *Read* into that what you will.
November 10, 2025 at 12:32 PM
🇨🇦 can we do this poll here?
I’m now very curious.
I’m now very curious.
We have a 100+ year old book that is a photographic history of WWI. Students are mesmerized by it.
How did they take the photos?
Could they zoom?
Is that a cannon?
Are those *real* dead people?
Why isn’t anything in colour?
Look at the moustaches!!!
We read the captions & learn together.
How did they take the photos?
Could they zoom?
Is that a cannon?
Are those *real* dead people?
Why isn’t anything in colour?
Look at the moustaches!!!
We read the captions & learn together.
a field of red and yellow flowers with a white sky in the background
Alt: a field of red poppies with a white sky in the background
media.tenor.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:17 AM
We have a 100+ year old book that is a photographic history of WWI. Students are mesmerized by it.
How did they take the photos?
Could they zoom?
Is that a cannon?
Are those *real* dead people?
Why isn’t anything in colour?
Look at the moustaches!!!
We read the captions & learn together.
How did they take the photos?
Could they zoom?
Is that a cannon?
Are those *real* dead people?
Why isn’t anything in colour?
Look at the moustaches!!!
We read the captions & learn together.
Being a terminally nonsportsball person, I had to ask a group of kids today to clarify what the #Bluejays player’s name was that I kept hearing.
Me: His name *isn’t* Boba Fett, right?
Me: His name *isn’t* Boba Fett, right?
October 29, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Being a terminally nonsportsball person, I had to ask a group of kids today to clarify what the #Bluejays player’s name was that I kept hearing.
Me: His name *isn’t* Boba Fett, right?
Me: His name *isn’t* Boba Fett, right?
There are lots of things in education world that seem to be up for discussion. Those that get traction usually astonish me because they are by no means universal, but the people experiencing them think that they are.
1 Ministry: 72 Boards
And each one different www.ontario.ca/page/educati...
1 Ministry: 72 Boards
And each one different www.ontario.ca/page/educati...
Education facts
Find data about school boards, schools, student enrolment, school educators and funding of elementary and secondary schools. Data is for the 2023–2024 school year, as of September 20, 2024.
www.ontario.ca
October 10, 2025 at 11:45 AM
There are lots of things in education world that seem to be up for discussion. Those that get traction usually astonish me because they are by no means universal, but the people experiencing them think that they are.
1 Ministry: 72 Boards
And each one different www.ontario.ca/page/educati...
1 Ministry: 72 Boards
And each one different www.ontario.ca/page/educati...
This. Whole. Thread. 🧵
A striking thing about articles I’ve read claiming to “study the effects” of generative AI on student writing skills and consumption of information is that (1) they nearly always find the effects are negative and (2) most “conclusions” are still written assuming that we must use AI, for some reason.
October 9, 2025 at 11:40 PM
This. Whole. Thread. 🧵
Watch the Jane Goodall doc.
Just watch it.
Whole-hearted recommendation from me.
Just watch it.
Whole-hearted recommendation from me.
October 8, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Watch the Jane Goodall doc.
Just watch it.
Whole-hearted recommendation from me.
Just watch it.
Whole-hearted recommendation from me.
October 1, 2025 at 9:10 PM
September 29, 2025 at 11:44 AM
I enjoyed a bagel so delectably fine on Friday that I haven’t stopped thinking about it. Lamentably, the bakery is closed on Mondays.
But Tuesday before work I am grabbing a half dozen.
But Tuesday before work I am grabbing a half dozen.
September 29, 2025 at 1:54 AM
I enjoyed a bagel so delectably fine on Friday that I haven’t stopped thinking about it. Lamentably, the bakery is closed on Mondays.
But Tuesday before work I am grabbing a half dozen.
But Tuesday before work I am grabbing a half dozen.
Today at recess a gr7 student said to me:
“6 7 am I right?”
Me: I would love for you to write me a 67 word paper in 6-7 minutes explaining whether or not you are. Thanks for volunteering! 😁
Gr7 Bros:
“6 7 am I right?”
Me: I would love for you to write me a 67 word paper in 6-7 minutes explaining whether or not you are. Thanks for volunteering! 😁
Gr7 Bros:
a man in a suit and tie is making a surprised face and says `` woah ! that was a good one ! ''
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is making a surprised face and says `` woah ! that was a good one ! ''
media.tenor.com
September 23, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Today at recess a gr7 student said to me:
“6 7 am I right?”
Me: I would love for you to write me a 67 word paper in 6-7 minutes explaining whether or not you are. Thanks for volunteering! 😁
Gr7 Bros:
“6 7 am I right?”
Me: I would love for you to write me a 67 word paper in 6-7 minutes explaining whether or not you are. Thanks for volunteering! 😁
Gr7 Bros:
So is he…Willy? Jamie’s deceased elder brother? Who gave him the carved snake?
September 15, 2025 at 1:24 AM
So is he…Willy? Jamie’s deceased elder brother? Who gave him the carved snake?
Greg Wise! You’re in both #Buccaneers
His dance with the Dowager Duchess! Adorable
His dance with the Dowager Duchess! Adorable
September 11, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Greg Wise! You’re in both #Buccaneers
His dance with the Dowager Duchess! Adorable
His dance with the Dowager Duchess! Adorable
I was absolutely certain that baby would be a [redacted] and now despite 25 years+ of notes on time travel and family genealogies I am without a theory as to who that baby is. Had it been a [redacted] I would have plenty—and good ones! But now 🤷🏼♀️ #OutlanderBOMB
September 6, 2025 at 2:02 AM
I was absolutely certain that baby would be a [redacted] and now despite 25 years+ of notes on time travel and family genealogies I am without a theory as to who that baby is. Had it been a [redacted] I would have plenty—and good ones! But now 🤷🏼♀️ #OutlanderBOMB
This is not secularism,
this is anti-religion and anti-faith and it makes my blood boil.
this is anti-religion and anti-faith and it makes my blood boil.
Archbishop of Montreal says Quebec’s ban on public prayer violates fundamental freedoms - The head of the Archdiocese of Montreal says Quebec’s plan to table legislation to ban praying in public is an impractical and discriminatory affront to fundamental freedoms.
Archbishop of Montreal says Quebec’s ban on public prayer violates fundamental freedoms
The head of the Archdiocese of Montreal says Quebec’s plan to table legislation to ban praying in public is an impractical and discriminatory affront to fundamental freedoms.
bit.ly
September 1, 2025 at 5:49 PM
This is not secularism,
this is anti-religion and anti-faith and it makes my blood boil.
this is anti-religion and anti-faith and it makes my blood boil.
Canadian author whose work was used without permission to train META? #CanLit
Class action link here
www.cfmlawyers.ca/class-action...
Class action link here
www.cfmlawyers.ca/class-action...
Meta AI Copyright - CFM Lawyers
www.cfmlawyers.ca
August 14, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Canadian author whose work was used without permission to train META? #CanLit
Class action link here
www.cfmlawyers.ca/class-action...
Class action link here
www.cfmlawyers.ca/class-action...
Friends, I adore it.
August 14, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Friends, I adore it.