Rachel wilson

[Aakash Gupta @aakashgupta]

This footage is insane, but what might be even more insane: the guys inside this train survived. The community outside didn't.

This is northwestern Ontario, where 128 wildfires are burning tonight and 53 are out of control. Down the same rail line, a First Nation of about 40 people burned Monday night. Residents fled by boat. The local MPP says the entire community has been erased.

The fire that did it has been burning since May 31. Six weeks. Then 40 C heat and high winds turned it into a 14,000-hectare monster in a matter of days.

The detail that should worry you more than the video: three trains loaded with combustible and flammable materials are stopped and staged on this same line because the fire cut them off. Parked fuel cargo, inside an active fire zone.

The crew in this footage had detached their locomotive to rescue a track foreman. That's why they were in the fire's path when it closed around them. One of them can be heard saying "this could potentially overtake us."

The only highway into the area is closed. When the road closes and the rail line burns, a boat becomes the evacuation plan.

[M🐝 @CakeMcJabe]

My lowkey favourite part of the Tkachuk trade is the inclusion of a 2029 first. There's some kid who can't even drive yet, probably cramming for his Grade 9 math exam tomorrow, and he has no clue that he just became an Ottawa Senator.

[IcyVert @IcyVert]

A “no means no” chant has started here

[Rachel wilson @freewilly_09]

@thom_ahs I wish we got more of Mia and Bailey. They reminded me of Hannah and Paige

[Dustin Cone @Dustin_Cone]

Watching Carl apologize to Lindsay for how their relationship ended with no “buts” or “excuses” and gave Lindsay all the flowers she deserves

It was sooooo adorable!! Carl really has come a long way 😭 #SummerHouse

[Brian @brianfauteux]

he is always so proud to make an announcement about where and how to get drunk

[Catholic Sat @CatholicSat]

For the first time since 1994, the Pope is personally carrying the Cross for all 14 Stations of the Cross, as Pope Leo XIV leads the Via Crucis at Rome’s Colosseum in the first Good Friday of his Pontificate.

[Dr. Sally Sharif @Sally_Sharif1]

I just gave a closed-book, pen-and-paper midterm exam in my 300-level course at UBC with 100 students. All exams were graded by an experienced graduate-level TA according to a rubric.

*** The average was 64/100.***

My class averages at UBC are usually 80-85.

Context:
• This was the first midterm, covering ONLY 4 weeks of material.
• Students had a list of possible questions in advance: no surprise questions.
• Questions included (a) 3 concept definitions, (b) 3 paragraph-long questions, and (c) a 1.5-page essay.
• I have taught this class multiple times. Nothing in my teaching style changed this semester.
• We read entire paragraphs of text in class, so students don't have to do something on their own that wasn't covered during the lecture.
• Students take a 10-question multiple-choice quiz at the end of every class (30% of the final grade).
• Attendance is 95-99% every class. Attention during lectures and participation in pair-work activities are very high → anticipating the end-of-class quiz.

*** But unfortunately, I suspect many students are not reading the material on the syllabus. They are asking LLMs to summarize it instead.***

After the midterm, students reported:
• They thought they knew concept definitions but couldn't produce them on paper.
• They thought they understood the arguments but struggled to connect them or identify points of agreement and disagreement.

My view:
It might be “cool” or “innovative” to teach students to summarize readings with ChatGPT or write essays with Claude. But we may be doing them a disservice: reducing their ability to retain material, think creatively, and reason from what they know. If you only read what AI has summarized for you, you don’t truly "know" the material.

Moving forward:
We have a second midterm coming up. I don't know how to convey to students that the best way to do better on the exam is to rely on and improve their own reading skills.

[CBC Olympics @CBCOlympics]

These hockey games have taken years off our life 🇨🇦

[chelsea leite @chelsealeite]

If you were a Canadian kid in school during Vancouver 2010, you didn't do a single bit of schoolwork during those two weeks. Every screen available was the Olympics, constantly. It was very fun.

[Harrison Faulkner @Harry__Faulkner]

I will never let the balance-sheet hawks convince me that the Vancouver Olympics were anything other than an incredible success in uniting the country, exercising soft-power and driving a new wave of patriotism.

Governments have wasted far more money on far worse events.

[Bri @moonroses]

chappell roan looks completely stunning wearing a nipple dress at the #GRAMMYs

[Mario Tirabassi @Mario_Tirabassi]

This deserves an Emmy

Omg you cannot script this comedy any better

[Josh Brown @JoshBrown06]

Last night my mother who is almost 70 years old bought $25 worth of candy. She got so excited for Trick or Treat.

She got 1 trick or treater.

Parents, I get it. Trunk or Treats are fun, convenient, and safe. So is traditional trick or treating. I know my one voice doesn’t mean anything, but the older generation loves seeing the kids in costumes. Take some time for them.

[Rachel wilson @freewilly_09]

Pay them from the second the first passenger steps on until the last gets off!

[Rob @robrousseau]

an insane detail about this Air Canada flight attendant strike that I just learned was that these workers are not being paid unless the plane is in motion. So, the safety presentations, waiting at the gate, showing people to seats etc, that's all just free labor. what the hell

[Rachel wilson @freewilly_09]

@MargauxPeckLaw @WestJet Ottawa to Winnipeg! This was searched on Saturday.

[𝗲𝘃𝗮✨ @kellmanstreep]

saw someone say this is like the pope on his balcony but better and real

cc @ClubConcrave

[rosie @lnc4nes]

they had a whole group chat talking about “needing to get their stories straight” but she’s the one who isn’t credible and reliable lmfao

[caitie delaney @caitiedelaney]

RIP to the beer thief ❤️

[𝓂𝒶𝓂𝒶𝓃, 𝑒𝓈𝓆. @Iittlstrawberry]

I’m sorry for the way I acted when the humidity was 80%