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Research: trolls don’t just enjoy hurting others, they also feel good about themselves

Evita March, PhD March 9, 2023March 9, 2023

Results showed that gender, psychopathy, and sadism were all significant independent predictors of malevolent trolling. That is, if you are male, have high psychopathy, or high sadism, you are more likely to troll.

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At Sea with the Marine Birds of the Raincoast: a review

Ryan Elizabeth Cope March 8, 2023March 8, 2023

Caroline Fox’s ‘At Sea with the Marine Birds of the Raincoast’ welcomes readers into the world of BC’s bird-filled, rugged coastline. But, her message almost gets lost in a sea of jargon.

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Ongoing study of microplastics in Okanagan Lake being conducted with community collaboration

Ryan Elizabeth Cope June 1, 2022June 1, 2022

Several community partners and Okanagan College students have teamed up to determine if there are microplastics in Okanagan Lake and Kelowna’s municipal wastewater.

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Ologies podcast can teach us heaps about interviews and story telling

Sherwin Arnott March 24, 2021September 22, 2021

Ooh, nerds. The best. Also, amazing interviewer. I wonder if she was ever a theatre or improve nerd.

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Ologies podcast and the art of interviewing

Hannah Rhoslyn March 10, 2021September 22, 2021

Each episode of Alie Ward’s Ologies podcast begins with the premise of a featured “-ology” (a branch of science), but by the end is so much more.

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Brand, marketing, and press guidelines in one spot

Sherwin Arnott January 26, 2021September 22, 2021

Mount Allison University is going through a website redesign at the moment so lots of these guidelines are going to get shuffled and rewritten, no doubt. But I love these old pages.

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Never take the bait

Sherwin Arnott November 24, 2020October 7, 2021

Rightwing antagonists abound in online communities. Here’s a good analysis of the challenge of playing their game.

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On Twitter, blocking someone is not enough: remember to hide replies

Sherwin Arnott November 12, 2020September 22, 2021

On Twitter, hiding replies is as important as blocking. To protect yourself, block; to protect others, hide replies (and block).

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Guides and learning resources from the NPR communications team

Sherwin Arnott September 15, 2020September 22, 2021

These NPR style guides and learning tools are excellent. NPR Style guide A guide to style guides NPR Training https://nprillustration.tumblr.com/ NPR Curios https://socialmediadesk.tumblr.com/

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