Shelly Wismath
@shellywismath.bsky.social
Professor emerita, math/liberal education, Uni Lethbridge (Alta Canada). 1 spouse, 1 daughter, 1 dog. 3M Award winning teacher, critical thinking, problem solving. Interests: politics, health care, (long) covid, environment, social justice, EDI.
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Forcing an invaded country to cede territory to their invaders while also forcing them to reduce their military to make it easier for the invaders to come back for more territory at a later date, is not a peace plan
November 22, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Forcing an invaded country to cede territory to their invaders while also forcing them to reduce their military to make it easier for the invaders to come back for more territory at a later date, is not a peace plan
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Men who are secure in their masculinity do not fear feminism. Little incel twerps do.
November 23, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Men who are secure in their masculinity do not fear feminism. Little incel twerps do.
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Not that anyone asked, but the country with the World's lowest life expectancy (Chad) has a higher life expectancy than the country with the highest life expectancy 120 yrs ago (Sweden).
Think Science and especially Medicine has somehow failed you? Think again.
#ScienceMatters
Think Science and especially Medicine has somehow failed you? Think again.
#ScienceMatters
November 23, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Not that anyone asked, but the country with the World's lowest life expectancy (Chad) has a higher life expectancy than the country with the highest life expectancy 120 yrs ago (Sweden).
Think Science and especially Medicine has somehow failed you? Think again.
#ScienceMatters
Think Science and especially Medicine has somehow failed you? Think again.
#ScienceMatters
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Are people getting g dumber? Certainly feels like it. Repeated covid infections? Decline in reading? Ubiquitous marijuana? Certainly seems like a perfect storm for the dumbening of our society.
November 24, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Are people getting g dumber? Certainly feels like it. Repeated covid infections? Decline in reading? Ubiquitous marijuana? Certainly seems like a perfect storm for the dumbening of our society.
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If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
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„Quiet, Piggy!“ Just think about that for a minute, and what it means to live in a time when a President can assault a woman in public like that without any consequences.
It‘s quite a testimony to the age of regression we live in.
It‘s quite a testimony to the age of regression we live in.
November 23, 2025 at 6:09 PM
„Quiet, Piggy!“ Just think about that for a minute, and what it means to live in a time when a President can assault a woman in public like that without any consequences.
It‘s quite a testimony to the age of regression we live in.
It‘s quite a testimony to the age of regression we live in.
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I saw somebody comment earlier that Vance will be a less dangerous President and I don't agree.
Trump is dangerous because he is erratic and unpredictable in his actions and reactions.
Vance is an ideologue and actually believes some of the things he says. That is truly dangerous.
Trump is dangerous because he is erratic and unpredictable in his actions and reactions.
Vance is an ideologue and actually believes some of the things he says. That is truly dangerous.
November 23, 2025 at 2:53 AM
I saw somebody comment earlier that Vance will be a less dangerous President and I don't agree.
Trump is dangerous because he is erratic and unpredictable in his actions and reactions.
Vance is an ideologue and actually believes some of the things he says. That is truly dangerous.
Trump is dangerous because he is erratic and unpredictable in his actions and reactions.
Vance is an ideologue and actually believes some of the things he says. That is truly dangerous.
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Everyone must have access to safe vaccination.
Novavax is the safest option for those with Long COVID.
Please help bring back access to this excellent vaccination tool for all Canadians:
www.change.org/p/demand-acc...
Novavax is the safest option for those with Long COVID.
Please help bring back access to this excellent vaccination tool for all Canadians:
www.change.org/p/demand-acc...
Sign the Petition
Demand Access to NovaVax for All Canadians
www.change.org
November 22, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Everyone must have access to safe vaccination.
Novavax is the safest option for those with Long COVID.
Please help bring back access to this excellent vaccination tool for all Canadians:
www.change.org/p/demand-acc...
Novavax is the safest option for those with Long COVID.
Please help bring back access to this excellent vaccination tool for all Canadians:
www.change.org/p/demand-acc...
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Just up here loving our lower standard of living with my universal healthcare, strict gun control and lower poverty rates. 👋
#Canada
(Glorious Canada/FB)
#Canada
(Glorious Canada/FB)
November 22, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Just up here loving our lower standard of living with my universal healthcare, strict gun control and lower poverty rates. 👋
#Canada
(Glorious Canada/FB)
#Canada
(Glorious Canada/FB)
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The analysis of Mayor- Elect Mamdani is now moving into a very skin crawling space for me because:
- wow people do not care if a man of color is uncomfortable if it gives them the entertainment they want
- the cult of personality is positive and negative and has nothing to do with policy
- wow people do not care if a man of color is uncomfortable if it gives them the entertainment they want
- the cult of personality is positive and negative and has nothing to do with policy
November 22, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The analysis of Mayor- Elect Mamdani is now moving into a very skin crawling space for me because:
- wow people do not care if a man of color is uncomfortable if it gives them the entertainment they want
- the cult of personality is positive and negative and has nothing to do with policy
- wow people do not care if a man of color is uncomfortable if it gives them the entertainment they want
- the cult of personality is positive and negative and has nothing to do with policy
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"...I'm adrift, feeling punctured
by a holiness that exists inside everything."
by a holiness that exists inside everything."
November 22, 2025 at 5:24 AM
"...I'm adrift, feeling punctured
by a holiness that exists inside everything."
by a holiness that exists inside everything."
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I think it's easier to understand the Trump Era when you realize nobody actually likes Trump, they just like the anarchy and chaos of being free from social norms and basic civility.
Even his supporters hate him, but he normalized being a monster.
Even his supporters hate him, but he normalized being a monster.
November 22, 2025 at 12:48 PM
I think it's easier to understand the Trump Era when you realize nobody actually likes Trump, they just like the anarchy and chaos of being free from social norms and basic civility.
Even his supporters hate him, but he normalized being a monster.
Even his supporters hate him, but he normalized being a monster.
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The latest in my Women Write series.
The latest in my Women Write series.
Women Write Thrillers — a staff-created list from Daniel Boone Regional Library
Some of the most famous authors in the thriller genre are women, including Gillian Flynn, Ruth Ware, Lisa Jewell and Karin Slaughter. Here are some new thrillers to chill you.
dbrl.bibliocommons.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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The latest in my Women Write series.
The latest in my Women Write series.
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If every book I read this year costs $15.99 each…
I would have spent over $3,000 on books alone.
Instead, I borrowed them from my library.
Go support and help your local library
I would have spent over $3,000 on books alone.
Instead, I borrowed them from my library.
Go support and help your local library
November 21, 2025 at 1:26 AM
If every book I read this year costs $15.99 each…
I would have spent over $3,000 on books alone.
Instead, I borrowed them from my library.
Go support and help your local library
I would have spent over $3,000 on books alone.
Instead, I borrowed them from my library.
Go support and help your local library
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It's always hard to pick a worst day politically, but today the president called for the death of members of the opposition party, and the administration decided that people were being too hard on the swastika
November 21, 2025 at 4:15 AM
It's always hard to pick a worst day politically, but today the president called for the death of members of the opposition party, and the administration decided that people were being too hard on the swastika
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When Trump was backed into a corner and facing loss of power and consequences for his actions during his first term, he leaned into inciting violence and talking about hanging people.
I see he’s at it again and likely for the exact same reasons.
I see he’s at it again and likely for the exact same reasons.
November 20, 2025 at 10:58 PM
When Trump was backed into a corner and facing loss of power and consequences for his actions during his first term, he leaned into inciting violence and talking about hanging people.
I see he’s at it again and likely for the exact same reasons.
I see he’s at it again and likely for the exact same reasons.
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dont fucking let them gaslight us on who the military swears an oath to. they do not swear an oath to do what the president wants. they swear an oath to defend the constitution. and when the president gives an illegal order, you do not follow it. the guide post for our military is the constitution.
November 20, 2025 at 2:30 PM
dont fucking let them gaslight us on who the military swears an oath to. they do not swear an oath to do what the president wants. they swear an oath to defend the constitution. and when the president gives an illegal order, you do not follow it. the guide post for our military is the constitution.
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The President of the United States is publicly calling for the political prosecution of his political opponents, urging the death penalty because they urged soldiers to uphold the rule of law.
This should be front page news everywhere. It is not, which tells much about how we got to this point.
This should be front page news everywhere. It is not, which tells much about how we got to this point.
November 20, 2025 at 5:35 PM
The President of the United States is publicly calling for the political prosecution of his political opponents, urging the death penalty because they urged soldiers to uphold the rule of law.
This should be front page news everywhere. It is not, which tells much about how we got to this point.
This should be front page news everywhere. It is not, which tells much about how we got to this point.
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Trump is not a comedian doing standup. He’s the PRESIDENT. Why would anyone assume that him calling for democratic lawmakers to be put to death is a joke?! His supporters are crazy this is an emergency
November 20, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Trump is not a comedian doing standup. He’s the PRESIDENT. Why would anyone assume that him calling for democratic lawmakers to be put to death is a joke?! His supporters are crazy this is an emergency
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Bless @sophiegilbert.bsky.social @theatlantic.com: "The past decade has been a gloomy lesson in how limited a proportion of men actually see women as equal human beings...The fish rots from the head. The pig is in the Oval Office." www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...
The Pig Is in the White House
This is what consequence-free misogyny looks like.
www.theatlantic.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Bless @sophiegilbert.bsky.social @theatlantic.com: "The past decade has been a gloomy lesson in how limited a proportion of men actually see women as equal human beings...The fish rots from the head. The pig is in the Oval Office." www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...
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in a moment when too much of the remaining opinion column space in the states seems to have been set aside for farcical, garbled thinking, so grateful for @elienyc.bsky.social, for his moral clarity, and for the way he wields the form.
November 19, 2025 at 7:32 PM
in a moment when too much of the remaining opinion column space in the states seems to have been set aside for farcical, garbled thinking, so grateful for @elienyc.bsky.social, for his moral clarity, and for the way he wields the form.
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Mark Carney is allowing Danielle Smith and Doug Ford to systematically privatize to healthcare with no oversight. No whining when the class finally catches up.
November 19, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Mark Carney is allowing Danielle Smith and Doug Ford to systematically privatize to healthcare with no oversight. No whining when the class finally catches up.
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Today's blog post is about book lists; one for @49thshelf.bsky.social and one for Shepherd.com. It's an ode to CanLit and the joys of reading. watershednotes.ca/2025/11/19/t...
The Joy of Book Lists
This past week I received two opportunities that made my book lover’s heart sing: for 49th Shelf I was asked to put together a list of ten Canadian books (Can
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November 19, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Today's blog post is about book lists; one for @49thshelf.bsky.social and one for Shepherd.com. It's an ode to CanLit and the joys of reading. watershednotes.ca/2025/11/19/t...