@Shamlet
@shamlet.bsky.social
HS English teacher in Canada. Same handle as my deactivated twi(x)tter.
For American Thanksgiving -- very thankful for all the educators on this platform, for the heroic work you do, often in challenging conditions, and for the ways you contribute to my thinking and learning here. Thank you!
November 26, 2025 at 2:54 AM
For American Thanksgiving -- very thankful for all the educators on this platform, for the heroic work you do, often in challenging conditions, and for the ways you contribute to my thinking and learning here. Thank you!
The Ghost of Christmas We're All Dead Inside
A.I. Can Do More of Your Shopping This Holiday Season
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:21 PM
The Ghost of Christmas We're All Dead Inside
For American Thanksgiving -- so thankful for all the writers on this platform. What a rich source of poems and voices that has brought several new volumes to my shelves. Thank you!
November 25, 2025 at 6:04 AM
For American Thanksgiving -- so thankful for all the writers on this platform. What a rich source of poems and voices that has brought several new volumes to my shelves. Thank you!
Misconceptions about teacher life, clarified:
No, I don't get paid to do that, no, I paid for that myself, no, I made that lesson handout project quiz exam myself, no, it's not all in the textbook, no, there isn't a budget for that, no, I don't get paid to do that, no, I paid for that myself, no, I
No, I don't get paid to do that, no, I paid for that myself, no, I made that lesson handout project quiz exam myself, no, it's not all in the textbook, no, there isn't a budget for that, no, I don't get paid to do that, no, I paid for that myself, no, I
November 24, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Misconceptions about teacher life, clarified:
No, I don't get paid to do that, no, I paid for that myself, no, I made that lesson handout project quiz exam myself, no, it's not all in the textbook, no, there isn't a budget for that, no, I don't get paid to do that, no, I paid for that myself, no, I
No, I don't get paid to do that, no, I paid for that myself, no, I made that lesson handout project quiz exam myself, no, it's not all in the textbook, no, there isn't a budget for that, no, I don't get paid to do that, no, I paid for that myself, no, I
a fragile ripple of ice freezing the lake in place -- the first of many, many waves of cold to come
November 24, 2025 at 3:51 AM
a fragile ripple of ice freezing the lake in place -- the first of many, many waves of cold to come
An indirect but valuable takeaway from this article is just how much energy and effort goes into trying to prevent these models from acting in incorrect and inappropriate ways, with varying success at best.
They simply cannot be described as intelligence in any meaningful sense of the word.
They simply cannot be described as intelligence in any meaningful sense of the word.
Another incredibly important @kashhill piece on chatbots and delusions: What OpenAI Did When ChatGPT Users Lost Touch With Reality www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/t...
What OpenAI Did When ChatGPT Users Lost Touch With Reality
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:47 PM
An indirect but valuable takeaway from this article is just how much energy and effort goes into trying to prevent these models from acting in incorrect and inappropriate ways, with varying success at best.
They simply cannot be described as intelligence in any meaningful sense of the word.
They simply cannot be described as intelligence in any meaningful sense of the word.
Thanksgiving is just around the corner in America, but really the holiday festival known as Black Friday Boxing Day Week Month is already well underway
November 23, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Thanksgiving is just around the corner in America, but really the holiday festival known as Black Friday Boxing Day Week Month is already well underway
Yeah, safety or untrammeled growth, it's such a thorny dilemma
(one of the ads that appeared mid-article was a link to download OpenAI)
(one of the ads that appeared mid-article was a link to download OpenAI)
November 23, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Yeah, safety or untrammeled growth, it's such a thorny dilemma
(one of the ads that appeared mid-article was a link to download OpenAI)
(one of the ads that appeared mid-article was a link to download OpenAI)
November 23, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Teacher life: deals like this are the highlight of your weekend
November 23, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Teacher life: deals like this are the highlight of your weekend
Friday night for young teachers: let's go out
Friday night for middle-aged teachers: let's go nap
Friday night for middle-aged teachers: let's go nap
November 21, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Friday night for young teachers: let's go out
Friday night for middle-aged teachers: let's go nap
Friday night for middle-aged teachers: let's go nap
Attending NCTE Pittsburgh in 2005, the most tumultuous year of my life, was a great stabilizer. Saw Dael Orlandersmith's play Yellowman, saw the Penguins (Lemieux AND Crosby), sat in a restaurant by the window and filled a notebook.
Conferences are about way more than the sessions. #NCTE25
Conferences are about way more than the sessions. #NCTE25
November 20, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Attending NCTE Pittsburgh in 2005, the most tumultuous year of my life, was a great stabilizer. Saw Dael Orlandersmith's play Yellowman, saw the Penguins (Lemieux AND Crosby), sat in a restaurant by the window and filled a notebook.
Conferences are about way more than the sessions. #NCTE25
Conferences are about way more than the sessions. #NCTE25
The first NCTE conference I attended was Denver 1999. As a young English teacher, knowing there was an army of people who were doing the same work was just a revelation. It was a pivotal point in my career.
Hoping everyone at #NCTE25 leaves as inspired as I was way back then.
Hoping everyone at #NCTE25 leaves as inspired as I was way back then.
November 20, 2025 at 5:59 AM
The first NCTE conference I attended was Denver 1999. As a young English teacher, knowing there was an army of people who were doing the same work was just a revelation. It was a pivotal point in my career.
Hoping everyone at #NCTE25 leaves as inspired as I was way back then.
Hoping everyone at #NCTE25 leaves as inspired as I was way back then.
Wednesday night marking music. Yes, it certainly is.
Genesis - Land Of Confusion (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Genesis
youtu.be
November 20, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Wednesday night marking music. Yes, it certainly is.
The English teacher's struggle: positioning the act of reading literature as experience and reflection as opposed to mining and extraction
November 20, 2025 at 3:18 AM
The English teacher's struggle: positioning the act of reading literature as experience and reflection as opposed to mining and extraction
No, it isn't. No, it won't. No, they shouldn't.
The first paragraph of OpenAI's new Teen AI Literacy Blueprint is *a lot* cdn.openai.com/pdf/openai-t...
November 20, 2025 at 2:46 AM
No, it isn't. No, it won't. No, they shouldn't.
Working to get English class into a position where it can ask as much of students as STEM courses do
November 19, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Working to get English class into a position where it can ask as much of students as STEM courses do
English teacher life: that class where a poem sneaks up on you, you're discussing it and kids are making observations and before you know it you're fighting back tears, so you lean into that and tell them why, you tell them that poetry is real yet magical, that it can transform pain into beauty
November 19, 2025 at 5:31 AM
English teacher life: that class where a poem sneaks up on you, you're discussing it and kids are making observations and before you know it you're fighting back tears, so you lean into that and tell them why, you tell them that poetry is real yet magical, that it can transform pain into beauty
Poetry is here to help -- not in a self-help kind of way, but in a taking your sadness and wonder and lacing it with bracing beauty kind of way
November 18, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Poetry is here to help -- not in a self-help kind of way, but in a taking your sadness and wonder and lacing it with bracing beauty kind of way
And it's officially I would dearly love to be heading to #NCTE25 week. Like, dearly love. But crossing the border is an absolute non-starter, which is still just incomprehensibly weird and sad, but here we are.
Summer conference in Toronto? Please?
If you're going, enjoy. It's five-star awesome.
Summer conference in Toronto? Please?
If you're going, enjoy. It's five-star awesome.
November 18, 2025 at 2:51 AM
And it's officially I would dearly love to be heading to #NCTE25 week. Like, dearly love. But crossing the border is an absolute non-starter, which is still just incomprehensibly weird and sad, but here we are.
Summer conference in Toronto? Please?
If you're going, enjoy. It's five-star awesome.
Summer conference in Toronto? Please?
If you're going, enjoy. It's five-star awesome.
Motivation for every day and week of school: be the ruler of the peanut slinky
November 17, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Motivation for every day and week of school: be the ruler of the peanut slinky
A Ken Burns documentary is a reminder that I would be completely mesmerized by Peter Coyote reading out pages from a dictionary, the owner's manual for a coffee maker, anything
November 17, 2025 at 4:51 AM
A Ken Burns documentary is a reminder that I would be completely mesmerized by Peter Coyote reading out pages from a dictionary, the owner's manual for a coffee maker, anything
Riders 25, Alouettes 17
Saskatchewan wins the Grey Cup, and from beyond the grave grandma is smiling for her team
Saskatchewan wins the Grey Cup, and from beyond the grave grandma is smiling for her team
November 17, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Riders 25, Alouettes 17
Saskatchewan wins the Grey Cup, and from beyond the grave grandma is smiling for her team
Saskatchewan wins the Grey Cup, and from beyond the grave grandma is smiling for her team
Possibly the last bike ride of the year -- ice chunks in the river indicate that I'm biking on borrowed time, but really all time is that, so get out and ride while you still can
November 16, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Possibly the last bike ride of the year -- ice chunks in the river indicate that I'm biking on borrowed time, but really all time is that, so get out and ride while you still can
You will 100% meet players, coaches, and CFL legends in the team-run party rooms at Grey Cup, but the Prime Minister hanging out with the football fan hosers on a Saturday night? What a great country 🍁
Canadian prime minister Mark Carney attends 112th Grey Cup festival in Winnipeg
You can meet almost anyone on Grey Cup weekend, including the prime minister of Canada. Mark Carney, who was elected as the country's 24th prime minister in
3downnation.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:08 PM
You will 100% meet players, coaches, and CFL legends in the team-run party rooms at Grey Cup, but the Prime Minister hanging out with the football fan hosers on a Saturday night? What a great country 🍁