Craig Stensrud
@rockstoneroad
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Public like a frog. Instructor at KPU. PhD in 19th-c. U.S. Lit from UBC. Bassist for yep.
Vancouver, British Columbia
Joined June 2017
We are devastated to report the passing of our dear friend, Anthony Jackson. One of the greatest of our instrument. (June 23, 1952 - October 19, 2025)
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“I have only a short time to live, only one death to die, and I will die fighting for this cause. There will be no peace in this land until slavery is done for". — John Brown
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idk why people are acting like we don’t already have all the beatles movies
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I need a new hobby that costs zero dollars and takes up 100% of my free time. So far all I’ve come up with is mowing the lawn
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RIP David Berman. Gone 6 yrs now. Things really went straight to hell after he left.
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NEW: Latest homelessness count reveals record numbers. The number of people unsheltered in the City of Vancouver is up 26% from 2023. We need to elect a majority at City Hall who'll fight for the housing we need. https://t.co/AVILsPBSBk
#vanpoli #bcpoli
globalnews.ca
The count found a 30 per cent increase in people experiencing unsheltered homelessness, meaning they are living outdoors, without protection from the elements.
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the only 7/4 i celebrate is the delightful time signature as seen in peter gabriel's smashing hit "solsbury hill". my heart goes boom boom boom
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LLMs are predicated on an idea of language as a transparent vehicle for meaning and this is fundamentally anti-humanistic and wrong. There is no 1 authoritative reading of a text—perhaps especially not a scholarly text. Attempting an end run around reading produces monoculture
JSTOR just launched an AI-powered reading assistant for research papers. Here's how to use it:
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"i asked grok" "i asked chat gpt" well i asked bob dylan and he told me 5 different unrelated stories that were made up
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Heard the sad news about Brian today and thought about all the years I’ve been listening to him and admiring his genius. Rest in peace dear Brian.
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Of course they cancelled it. This is exactly what the mayor and his majority council have been signalling as evident by their recent motion to stop building supportive housing ANYWHERE. Punish poor people and call it public process. I call it despicable. Shame.
City of Vancouver abandons controversial Kitsilano social housing project https://t.co/STE7TSoims
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How will Spotify pay musicians now?
BREAKING: The U.S. Mint has made its final order of penny blanks and will stop producing the coin when those run out.
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