Ron Thomson

I identify as a Blackfoot adoptee, lover of Pakistan, father to Colombians, and proud member of a religious minority. Nothing I post is an endorsement.

[Ron Thomson @RonBigEye]

Check out some of my thinking on L2 pronunciation learning:

https://t.co/l7JIUyMvA4

[Ron Thomson @RonBigEye]

Maybe they can get more tax-payer funding to prank the hundreds who reposted this?

[Jonathan Kay @jonkay]

that CBC-funded “prank” didn’t just target pundits. In @Quillette, I report on their efforts to mock a humble 82-yr-old Brockville granddad who enjoys 19th-c historical re-enanctments. Producers repeatedly lied to him for months, then exploited his trust
https://t.co/XemYbTsWMB

[Ron Thomson @RonBigEye]

Next-level gross!

[William McNally @WilliamMcNall18]

Woke is incapable of being funny — just mean.

Like how @NewWorldHominin was treated at @Laurier.

This taxpayer-funded @CBC crew lures a mom with a newborn with fake job offers, fake companies, and months of deception. They even came to her home.

This is how the woke treat dissent.

Pour encourager les autres.
https://t.co/tHPB362adr

[Ron Thomson @RonBigEye]

@jonkay @FrancesWiddows1 Can’t believe I wasn’t invited! I’m courageous, and I have friends in Vancouver I’d love to see.

[Ron Thomson @RonBigEye]

State of Canadian academia. Sat with two “political scientists” at a faculty lunch. They seemed allergic to talking about politics!😂

[Ron Thomson @RonBigEye]

Private screening of @speechlessfilm. A documentary true to my experience @BrockUniversity circa October, 2024 and since. Also, RIP my friend #tomashudlicky . This film is also about you. Be sure to check it out https://t.co/7YXFfaDTQk

[Ron Thomson @RonBigEye]

@jonkay She might as well identify as a crack dealer who “keeps” on “selling” crack, because how can she “fight” dealers if she isn’t at “their” trough with them and driving the same “cars”.

[Ron Thomson @RonBigEye]

Yup.

[Ron Thomson @RonBigEye]

@jonkay @nytimes @bariweiss If only @CBC would buy Quilette for 200 million and make @jonkay a senior editor.

[Ron Thomson @RonBigEye]

@DogPlayingPiano @jonkay That dude is not “Christian rock”, but this is https://t.co/gp6i6kk37A

[Ron Thomson @RonBigEye]

“What would it mean if linguists stopped fixating on language”? It would mean we were something other than linguists. Like, let’s de-center ‘medicine’ from medicine, or ‘chemicals’ from chemistry, or ‘people’ from sociology, or ‘marine life’ from marine biology.

[Ron Thomson @RonBigEye]

Haha! Always convincing humour from @jonkay

[Jonathan Kay @jonkay]

I didn’t think it was possible, but Canadian cancel-culture authoritarians have somehow figured out a way to make us love Christian Rock

[Brock University @BrockUniversity]

#BrockU's Distinguished Professor Emeritus Maurice Feldman has changed how we understand and support individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Read the story ➡️ https://t.co/LKX7HPt9j8 @BrockUFOSS

[Ron Thomson @RonBigEye]

@jonkay I have never understood why a Post-nation State like Trudeau’s Canada has a flag of any sort.

[Ron Thomson @RonBigEye]

@LDBildy Wasn’t there an ancient Pre-National State that wandered in the wilderness for 40 years? Maybe the same fortune awaits Post National States.

[Jonathan Kay @jonkay]

If the ppl around Trump were smarter, they’d brand their tariffs as a BDS maneuver against the (self confessed!) genocide-state Liberal govt that has admitted to not one but two genocides against Canada’s Indigenous ppl (at least one of which, MMIWG, is apparently still going on)

[Ron Thomson @RonBigEye]

@LDBildy “ A bizarre psychological phenomenon seems to have taken hold of peoples’ senses.” Possibly, but I think there weren’t really senses to take hold of. Kids tend to have innate senses, but if unused and distorted by adults, they are long gone by young adulthood.

[Ron Thomson @RonBigEye]

@jonkay I am happy to announce that I am running for the leadership! However, I may be forced to withdraw if I can’t raise the very democratic (and equitable) entrance fee.

[Ron Thomson @RonBigEye]

@DMillardHaskell The issue is our lack of any concept of Citizenship. Trudeau has stripped us of any common identity. Now we’re just random people living in a condo country, with a few common spaces where we brush up against people we don’t like. Sajjan was just helping prospective condo-mates.

[LaurierHxA @LaurierHxA]

Though there was some vigorous disagreement on the panel, we all came together to break bread and find common ground. The HxA way! @CrisBairosFern @finkledusty @DMillardHaskell @WilliamMcNall18

[Ron Thomson @RonBigEye]

@DMillardHaskell I hereby condemn you, then!