University Canada West- UNIVERSITY CANADA WEST UCW takes second place at 2026 National MBA Games - Education News Canada February 10, 2026
- 181 Conestoga College employees laid off ahead of the holidays - CBC December 18, 2025
- B.C. allocates one-third of international undergraduate seats to private institutions. Here's why that matters - Vancouver Sun November 14, 2025
- B.C. student sues his teachers over plagiarism, judge strikes case - Business in Vancouver November 13, 2025
- Costly Fumbles by a BC College Left Me Stuck, Student Claims - The Tyee November 3, 2025
- University Canada West - UCW Professor Dr. Jafar Heydari Named Among the World's Top 2% Scientists - Education News Canada September 23, 2025
- The rise, fall and rise again of Peter Chung’s private-school empire - Vancouver Sun August 22, 2025
- 9 Best Online Universities in Canada - True Scoop July 23, 2025
- Social Media Policy
- Madison County school staff member investigated over alleged racial slur used in a social media post - WTXL ABC 27 Tallahassee News February 26, 2026
- VIDEO: Social media video circulates of apparent high speed chase in Tifton - WALB February 26, 2026
- Wyandotte school board trustee resigns over "dogs or Muslims" social media post comment - CBS News February 26, 2026
- Plaintiff begins testimony in social media addiction trial - NBC News February 26, 2026
- Um, Did Tate McRae Just Like—Then Unlike—This Post Supporting Jack Hughes’ Olympic Win? - Cosmopolitan February 26, 2026
- Smartphones and social media are destroying us. But Gen Z could offer a path forward - Washington Times February 26, 2026
- Does Mindy Kaling run a tight ship with her shows because she came from a traditional network schedule? - LaineyGossip February 26, 2026
- This novel Maine gubernatorial debate was born from a social media tussle. Will there be more? - Maine Public February 26, 2026
Author Archives: Robert Basil
Devotion
Zach Helfand’s article describing the history and sensibility of The New Yorker‘s famous fact-checking department is hilarious – and, to me, enthralling – from top to bottom. “I find that often a fact checker forces you to tie a knot … Continue reading
Avoid unnecessary fates
Our website’s founding friend Chet Wisniewski has a new podcast: “Security. Take. Two. Real. Serious. Security.” Chet with his colleague Ben Verschaeren revisit notable IT security calamities with profound and lively stories – “once the truth is known, discovering lessons … Continue reading
Mind = Soul
Reading is a form of controlled hallucination. AI sidesteps one of the most wonderful miracles of the mind.
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Sure Why Not
God. The agency said that if a house of worship endorsed a candidate to its congregants, the I.R.S. would view that not as campaigning but as a private matter, like “a family discussion concerning candidates.” (The title is a fine … Continue reading
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Almost time to go
Kwantlen Polytechnic University has been at or near the centre of my life for more than two decades. We’ll keep the newsfeed here up into my retirement years, though.
Bryan Garner’s “Tip of the Day”
You really must subscribe. Today’s was delightfully humbling: racket; racquet. For the implement used in net games, racket is standard in American English and British English alike. The variant racquet appears in some proper names (e.g., the Palm Springs Racquet Club) seemingly because the “fancy” … Continue reading
Welcome them in.
In a piece for The Conversation Canada, my Kwantlen Polytechnic University colleague Jeffrey Meyers writes about Jason Stanley and Timothy Snyder, two eminent American scholars who fled Yale University and the United States, taking positions at the University of Toronto, … Continue reading
Pope Francis
“When people ask for a blessing, an exhaustive moral analysis should not be placed as a precondition for conferring it. For those seeking a blessing should not be required to have prior moral perfection.” “A little bit of mercy makes the … Continue reading
Amtrak’s social-media marketing
My favourite way to travel is by train, so I follow all of Amtrak’s accounts. They are very witty: When Southwest Airlines announced they were charging for bags, Amtrak posted on X, “Guess we’re the only ones doing free baggage now.” … Continue reading
Fake friends
In his article “Enshittification, artificial intelligence, and the privatization of public education,” Dr. Chris Samuel warns that artificial intelligent’s infiltration into education (AIED) will likely mimic the same depressing “enshittification” users saw in platforms like Facebook, Google, and X/Twitter. First, … Continue reading