Nick Mount

Really, my only goal as an English teacher is to remove the word "utilize" from the world.

First day of privatization of recycling in East Toronto. Every bin on the block left like this. No city employees have ever done this.

@brent_raycroft You too! Sorry we couldn't get out there.

@profnickmount Hey Nick! I was just searching Sapolsky per a convo with Gus and here you are at the top of "people you follow"... So MERRY XMAS to you and yours!

Robert Sapolsky's Determined is a kick in the head. It's basic take is that free will is just what we call biology we don't understand yet. Which means among other things that our entire criminal justice system is wrong. Here's my favourite bit:

Ok, but just feet, and just for you

So when America becomes a nation of squirrel-eating cave dwellers, can we finally get rid of imperial measures?

"A walk in the street counts more for me than a visit to the MoMA. It isn't arrogance; it is a question of method" -- Spanish artist Santiago Sierra, 2005

Looks like someone is finally talking back to Daniel 5:5

Just a reminder my Canadian friends. Many spring projects. Home Depot is 100% American owned. The owner is Bernard Marcus is a huge Trump supporter. Home hardware is 100% Canadian owned. Pass the word repost.

HEY EVERYONE REMEMBER WHEN TRUMP WAS IMPEACHED FOR DENYING AID TO UKRAINE BECAUSE HE WANTED ZELENSKY TO LIE AND SAY BAD THINGS ABOUT BIDEN AND ZELENKSY WOULDN’T DO IT? Maybe literally one fucking American newspaper could mention this in their, “think pieces,” about what happened yesterday.

For Americans who have stopped reading newspapers: The amount of fentanyl that comes into the US from Canada is literally too small to chart. 90% of handguns recovered after violent crimes in Ontario come from the US. bbc.com/news/world-us-… Who's killing who again?

RIP our gypsy faerie queen open.spotify.com/track/7hoWkhuH…

I asked every author to visit #eng140 ten questions modified from Inside the Actors Studio. These are Andrew Pyper's answers, from March 18, 2011. For context, his friend Paul Quarrington had recently died, at 56, from cancer. My love to the families.

Gutted by this, struggling to believe it. Andrew is a great writer and more rarely a good man.

Capitalism's holiday seems a good time to share a socialist version of the Ten Commandments, from Mexican anarchosyndicalist Elfego Lugo's Catecismo de las Doctrinas Socialistas (1928). I think #7 translates as "Do not allow someone who has produced nothing to enjoy your work"

@jonkay In the short term, maybe. I'm more worried about the hate that lasts, the dozen enemies created for every one killed.

@profnickmount those enemies don't seem to be doing a very effective job of enemey-ing, do they ? hope you're well

since 10/7, Israel has — destroyed Hamas’ leadership & ground forces — taken out Hezbollah’s entire leadership — destroyed Iran’s air defences — sparked Syrian regime change — wiped out Syria’s Air Force & navy It’s like the six-day war in slo mo nytimes.com/2024/12/10/wor…

@TheDHTaylor If you drop "academic," yes.

Philosophical question of the day - can lecturing be called academic storytelling?

Look at it again.

niche Ontario, but my kids are sad because the slushy machine at their corner store has been replaced by a fridge selling something called "beer." Thanks, Dougie.

sunset on the west

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