University Canada West- New tuition scam left woman with $37K in fraudulent charges — and no help from bank, police or school - CBC March 9, 2026
- UNIVERSITY CANADA WEST UCW hosts Startup Grind Pitch Battle Royale - Education News Canada March 6, 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
- The rise, fall and rise again of Peter Chung’s private-school empire - Vancouver Sun August 22, 2025
- UNIVERSITY CANADA WEST UCW welcomes inaugural Fulbright Canada Research Chair - Education News Canada August 13, 2025
- Social Media Policy
- Social media addiction: An inflection point for algorithms, analytics and litigation - Daily Journal March 14, 2026
- Social Media reacts from Texas A&M's 8-7 loss to Oklahoma - Aggies Wire March 14, 2026
- CPA urges caution when vetting tax advice from social media - Tippah News March 14, 2026
- ‘I bought weight loss jabs on social media - this is why I regret it’ - Yahoo News Australia March 14, 2026
- ‘I bought weight loss jabs on social media - this is why I regret it’ - The Independent March 14, 2026
- Social media reacts to Nebraska's loss to Purdue in Big Ten Tournament - Cornhuskers Wire March 14, 2026
- Emmy-winning ‘Euphoria’ composer says he’s leaving the industry in furious social media post - NJ.com March 14, 2026
- Helpful or harmful? How to vet tax advice from social media - NPR March 14, 2026
Tag Archives: playfulness
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
The root of beauty …
… is boldness, wrote Pasternak. “That is what’s brought us to one another.” Apropos: After Wolfgang Pauli had given a colloquium on some ideas related to particle physics, Pauli said to Neils Bohr: “You will probably think that what I … Continue reading
L’Esprit D’Escalier
Things have changed, if just a little bit, in ten years. From January 2005: I’ve been hearing dialogue everywhere, dialogue that seems to be coming from the same play. At the end of party I went to recently, a woman told … Continue reading
“Epic translation success”
Read more at the always alert, amusing, and erudite Language Log.
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Tagged customer service, language, playfulness, translation
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“Happy”
Social Media at its most buoyant.
A Defense of Kristin Stewart …
… and of the poem she recently published, surrounded by snark, in Marie Claire magazine. The poem is called “My Heart is a Wiffle Ball / Freedom Pole.” Writes poet and UCLA professor Brian Kim Stefans: This [post] is partly to address … Continue reading
Communications Exemplar: Gender Shenanigans
I was delighted today to find that my friend Snipey (aka Alison Gianotto), whom I met last Defcon, was newly conspiring with her friend K2 to create a blog they’ve called Gender Shenanigans, which, as they describe it, . . … Continue reading
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Tagged conflict, gender, nonviolent communications, playfulness
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Advanced Communications Tactics: Coyote Wisdom
I’ve been thinking about coyote wisdom. Coyote is a main character in the stories of many North American aboriginal cultures; he is a trickster, a wise fool who shows up when everyone’s taking themselves a bit too seriously. He transforms … Continue reading