Jason Defoe

A little bit of the Universe made conscious. English teacher @esclessor. Francophone. Jivamukti Yoga teacher. Poetry, philosophy, ideas. he/him 🇨🇦 🌱 Ⓥ 🖖

[Jason Defoe @jasondefoe]

@MattRKay You can build community rigorously. You can be rigorously human. Love rigorously. The intellect doesn't get to corner rigour. 😉 (also, spelling in rigorous Canadian)

[Jason Defoe @jasondefoe]

@sleepisocialist https://t.co/U86Cyi9YoM

[Jason Defoe @jasondefoe]

We gave people all they needed to live in their own little worlds (physicl and digital) and now it's no wonder they are not motivated by the public good.

[Jason Defoe @jasondefoe]

It's all stories bro, so why not try some better ones

[Jason Defoe @jasondefoe]

As if capitalism and colonialism and the American Dream aren't ideologies too 🙄

[Jason Defoe @jasondefoe]

We gave people all they needed to live in their own little worlds (physicl and digital) and now it's no wonder they are not motivated by the public good.

[Jason Defoe @jasondefoe]

@elonmusk It's not about individuals -- heroes or villains. It's about acknowledging systems of oppression and their lasting effects, and doing better. Simple question of honour and honesty.

[Jason Defoe @jasondefoe]

It's not about individuals -- heroes or villains. It's about acknowledging systems of oppression and their lasting effects, and doing better. Simple question of honour and honesty.

[The Rabbit Hole @TheRabbitHole]

Historical guilt is dumb

[Jason Defoe @jasondefoe]

@tedcruz The Left may hate some parts of America's past and present, but wants to build a better future with compassion and creativity.

The Right glorifies some of the worst parts of America, and wants to bring it back into the past. They are afraid of change and evolution.

[Jason Defoe @jasondefoe]

@Antunes1 LOL. "We will stop teaching political ideology..." but "We will teach kids to love our country and bring back prayer..." 😂😬🤔

[Jason Defoe @jasondefoe]

The magic meat machine that breathes invisible, odorless air and drinks transparent crystal water... It's honesty more than would be believable in most Fantasy and Myth lol.

[edmond @nstlgiaxpress]

Does anyone ever think about how aesthetic it is that humans drink water to survive? Like, this clear, 0 cal, smooth liquid. Pure, minimal, sleek. It’s water, it’s giving Lemaire, it’s giving modernity, it’s good design.

[nibras ꩜ @heynibras]

i wish more people knew how to listen well. i wish more people talked less. i wish more people knew how to ask good questions. i wish more people had the capacity to hold space. mostly, i wish more people had the space within themselves that gives natural rise to these abilities

[Jason Defoe @jasondefoe]

Just had a moment of uncanny existential anxiety as I locked eyes with Kermit and realised I was sitting and staring in exactly the same way he is...

[Jason Defoe @jasondefoe]

@tuesday7595 @valdombre Please read before inflaming false ideas. Nothing is changing. It just means you don't have to study advanced Calculus in University to teach elementary Math.

[Jason Defoe @jasondefoe]

@valdombre This is a mischaracterisation. All teachers will still learn how to TEACH Math in their Education degrees. But elementary teachers don't need to have studied Math in their undergraduate degrees. You don't need advanced Calculus and Statistics to teach Grade 4 Math.

[Tom Palmer @tompalmerauthor]

A difficult read, but this section below is what makes me want to redouble my efforts to encourage reading for pleasure. Reading does all this for me. And more.

[Jason Defoe @jasondefoe]

What combination of freedoms and limitations and institutions allows the most people to live as close to their ideal life as possible, while guaranteeing basic rights to all?

That's really the only question for politics.

[Jason Defoe @jasondefoe]

The Eye of Sauron if Galadriel redecorated Barad-dûr. #trop #LOTR

[Jason Defoe @jasondefoe]

Oh right, and:

- more alcohol
- more greenhouse gases
- more highways

Brilliant, truly.

[Jason Defoe @jasondefoe]

Why didn't we think of it sooner, folks? All it takes to improve our lives is:

- fewer pronouns
- fewer bike lanes
- fewer vaccines

Done. Amazing. Problem solved. 🙄

[Jason Defoe @jasondefoe]

@peredhelheart It's actually heartbreaking, knowing we can't seem to manage this level of beauty in real life.