Trevor Holmes
@EdDevTrevor
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Acting Director, UWaterloo's Ctr for Teaching Excellence. Literary theory, gothic, gender & queer theory. Gender & Soc. Justice, Cultural Studies, English.
Kitchener, Ontario
Joined November 2009
I will tell you why I think the split-toe derby is the greatest dress shoe of all time. 🧵
@dieworkwear Can you explain a bit of info about why you’d pick split toes/the history there? I can’t think of what makes them more useful or attractive.
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PhDs are awesome because they’re either “I will provide a slightly different interpretation of a slightly interesting book” or “I will revolutionise the theory of mind and disprove God”
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Universities: “we are committed to social, cultural, and moral service” Also universities: “we are replacing our philosophy, ethics, history, and literature departments with an expanded business/crypto double major”
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BREAKING: MIT just completed the first brain scan study of ChatGPT users & the results are terrifying. Turns out, AI isn't making us more productive. It's making us cognitively bankrupt. Here's what 4 months of data revealed: (hint: we've been measuring productivity all wrong)
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It's Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH) awareness month. Did you know many babies with CAH are subjected to nonconsensual, medically unnecessary surgeries? Doctors are speaking out: this can be detrimental to nerve sensation & their future sexual health. https://t.co/jpx9d77uxb
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Dr. Casey Orozco-Poore shares their recent groundbreaking research on CAH and so-called “nerve-sparing” surgeries.
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Google and Meta search both report that Cape Breton Island has its own time zone 12 minutes ahead of mainland Nova Scotia time because they are both drawing that information from a Beaverton article I wrote in 2024
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Write an ambitious to-do list and if you fall short, just push the tasks into the next day. Tomorrow I’m completing 7500 days of tasks
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Students, don't let ChatGPT take your over-the-top intro sentences from you. "never in human history...since the dawn of time...Oxford dictionary defines..." They're florid, trite, and PRECIOUS
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"AI is coming for your job" ya i'd like to see AI drink 11 coffees then have a panic attack
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We’re BACK! 🎉 Our Drug Checking Program has a federal exemption so we’re testing again! ✅ Pills, powders, solids ✅ Info on what’s in the street supply ✅ Harm reduction, referrals, snacks + respect 💜 📞 Call/text 226-789-1719 🚐 Mobile stops TBA #HarmReduction #DrugChecking
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Happy World Goth Day, everyone! It's been absolutely manic at HQ, and that's how we like it. Thank you all for joining in the fun year after year, 2025 has to have been the busiest yet 🦇🖤
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@PierrePoilievre It's amazing to see you post this. The steepest decline on that chart is the Harper government which you were a part of.
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ICYMI: MP expenses for 2024 are out and @PierrePoilievre spent nearly a million more than Trudeau and Singh COMBINED. Poilievre @CPC_HQ $8.8M (!!!) PMJT @liberal_party $4.1M Singh @NDP $3.7M https://t.co/E7NVdedxtj
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is expected to continue living at Stornoway with his family while he seeks a seat to return to the House of Commons https://t.co/n3I7zJSVgr
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Your password must contain two characters who talk to each other about something other than a man
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I'd forgotten how blunt Europeans are in meetings. French attendee: "Hello, you have given an explanation but it is very bad so I have many questions."
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