Ken Jeffery

@KenJeffery
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Associate Director CTET at Royal Roads University. Learning design, OpenEd, critical pedagogy, graphic arts, sustainable and livable communities, bicycles, climate, eats plants, he/him.

alt-text for profile: I'm wearing a grey cap, outdoor shirt, and my usual weirdly goofy smile. A peaceful lake behind me.

alt text for header: Street art found on the side of a building in Port Melbourne, with stylized text 'greetings from Port: Boon Wurrung Country'.

Ken JefferyJan 26
54-40 just released a new album, Porto, and within two songs, it has lifted me up. I needed this.
Ken JefferyJan 14
Francisca SinnJan 7

“The officer then said that even a swift return of America to its former role won’t matter.

Because “we will never fucking trust you again.”

The Americans at the table seemed somewhat startled by the heat of that pronouncement. I agreed with it entirely. So, it seemed to me, did most of the non-Americans.

… it was still being talked about the next day. “Thank God,” one allied official said to me. “Someone had to tell them.””

#MustRead #UN #NATO #Canada #Allies

https://open.substack.com/pub/theline/p/matt-gurney-we-will-never-fucking?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web

Show threadKen JefferyJan 14
actually, welcome to the polycrisis.
Ken JefferyJan 14

So the hottest years ever recorded are officially:

2023
2024
2025

and all were over 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial target.
Welcome to overshoot.

Show threadKen JefferyDec 22
We've been in a trading relationship with the US for a long time, and while we've often had disagreements, we know that tariffs come and go.
I'm sure the 51st State/annexation rhetoric has changed Canadian buying habits for the long run.
Ken JefferyDec 22

I'm pleased to see AP News actually reporting that Canadians took exception to the annexation threats; it's far more than just a tariff dispute.

"Canada, where a boycott started after the Trump administration suggested annexing the country into the U.S... [the] dramatic decrease came in U.S. spirits exports to Canada, which fell 85% in the April-through-June quarter"

https://apnews.com/article/jim-beam-bourbon-distillery-shutdown-kentucky-a8303cd04005a9108ff43690faad421b

Jim Beam halts bourbon production at Kentucky distillery for a year

Jim Beam is pausing production at a Kentucky distillery for at least a year starting in 2026. The decision comes as the whiskey industry faces tariffs and declining demand. The company plans to use this time to invest in improvements. The bottling and warehouse facilities at its Clermont location will stay open, along with the visitors center and restaurant. Jim Beam’s larger distillery in Boston, Kentucky, will continue operations. Bourbon makers have been struggling with tariffs, a Canadian boycott and decreasing demand as fewer Americans drink alcohol.

AP News
Ken JefferyDec 15
Sophie Labelle Dec 15
Gender-neutral bathrooms : A guide
Ken JefferyNov 7
Aaron RuparNov 7
Trump on ending the filibuster: "If we do it, we will never lose the midterms and we will never lose a general election ... it would be impossible to lose an election."
Ken JefferyNov 7
Aaron RuparNov 7
Trump: "I stick up for Viktor Orban. Not a lot of people do because in many cases they're jealous. They wish they did what he did. They would have no problems if they did what he did."
Ken JefferyNov 6
Alison CreeksideNov 6

Ever wonder if the western world's shift to the right is perhaps almost entirely due to X?

Sky News did an interesting experiment. They created 9 accounts on X - 3 left, 3 right, and 3 neutral - and tracked how the X algorithm treated them and how they fared.
The results will not surprise you.
https://news.sky.com/story/the-x-effect-how-elon-musk-is-boosting-the-british-right-13464487