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
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Trevor Holmes retweeted
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)
Trevor Holmes retweeted
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.
interactadvocates.org/there-…
Trevor Holmes retweeted
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
Trevor Holmes retweeted
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
Trevor Holmes retweeted
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
ctvnews.ca/politics/article/…
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
nationalpost.com/news/politi…
Trevor Holmes retweeted
Your password must contain two characters who talk to each other about something other than a man
