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Accidental Deliberations: Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – David Moscrop discusses how the Trudeau Libs have chosen to funnel money to cutthroat corporate consultants rather than building a functional public service. Alex Kerner follows up by pointing out how that choice reflects the class politics of a neoliberal state. And
Continue readingThe Cracked Crystal Ball II: He’s Living In The Past
For quite some time, I have suspected that Putin was living in the past – quite specifically, the Cold War. His "State of the Nation" speech today confirmed that. Most news outlets are pointing out two major features of the speech: 1. Putin blaming "The West" for the
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your Monday reading. – Mark Jacobson writes that we already have the technology needed to make a full transition to a clean energy economy – as long as we don’t allow fossil fuel interests to keep delaying the necessary and inevitable. James Price and Steve Pye discuss
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This and that for your Sunday reading. – John Launer offers his thoughts on how public health messaging around COVID-19 could have encouraged people to address risk management at both the personal and social level. And Clark Russell, Nazir Lone and J. Kenneth Baillie study the current evidence showing the
Continue readingJeff Jedras: Building support for my campaign
I’ve just begun my outreach as I seek the role of VP Communications at the Ontario Liberal Party’s upcoming annual general meeting in Hamilton, and I’m gratified by all those who have pledged their support so far and have endorsed my candidacy. I truly appreciate their confidence and trust. If
Continue readingThe Cracked Crystal Ball II: A Tale Of 3 Stories
Over the last several weeks, there have been a series of stories about alleged “indecent exposure” incidents in public change rooms involving transgender women. Incident 1: January 27, 2023 https://thepostmillennial.com/canadian-parents-protest-after-trans-identified-male-allegedly-exposed-himself-to-young-girls-in-pool-change-room https:thestarphoenix.com/opinion/columnists/phil-tank-saskatoon-needs-dialogue-not-threats-on-change-room-nudity Incident 2: February 6, 2023 https://www.westernstandard.news/alberta/parent-furious-transgendered-men-allowed-into-girls-changing-room-at-calgary-pools/article_fb95136a-a638-11ed-bf71-5bf32c6f642b.html Incident 3: February 7, 2023 https://www.cheknews.ca/mother-reports-nanaimo-aquatic-centre-change-room-incident-to-police-1139751/ https://www.westernstandard.news/bc/bc-mother-says-man-wearing-wig-peered-at-daughter-in-womens-change-room/article_12e9ad10-a8c2-11ed-9a16-27b394d7418a.html *Note: Dates are first time that articles
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – E. Wesley Ely discusses the developing – and worrisome – body of knowledge of how COVID-19 affects the brain, while Korin Miller reports on the link between COVID and diabetes. William Brangham and Dorothy Hastings talk to people living with long COVID about
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Continue readingThe Cracked Crystal Ball II: Thoughts On The War In Ukraine
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has now been slogging along for a year, with little real headway being made by Russia in what they clearly thought was going to be a 2 month “roll in, topple the government, install a puppet regime” action. On its own, the Ukraine war makes
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Robert Reich discusses how the concentration of power in the hands of the U.S.’ capitalist class has reached levels not see since the gilded age – and how improvements in general access to consumer goods (driven in part by increased work participation and
Continue readingJeff Jedras: Why early nominations need to be part of rebuilding a competitive Ontario Liberal Party
I managed my first OLP campaign, and my second campaign overall as a manager, in 2014 in Parkdale-High Park. We had an amazing candidate, a strong team and lots of resources but, in the end, we fell just short – 544 votes shy of defeating a popular NDP incumbent. That
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Charles Schmidt reports on new research findings showing that repeat infections with COVID-19 result in substantially elevated risks of death, hospitalization and long COVID. Stephani Sutherland discusses the emerging treatment of long COVID as a neurological disease. KACL reports on research connecting
Continue readingJeff Jedras: Making a zoom connection with Liberals in Ajax
Zoom campaigning is a new one for me, but it’s a great way to drop into a meeting and connect with Liberals about why I’m running for Ontario Liberal Party VP Communications. Tonight, it was the Ajax PLA board meeting. Some interesting questions, including what went wrong in the last
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Tuesday Evening Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Henry Mance talks to Mariana Mazzucato about the big con by private consultants who have been treated as a substitute for a knowledgeable civil service without having any expertise in actually serving the public. And Cathy Taylor writes about the need to
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Ann Mallen offers a personal account of the effect of the continued COVID threat on people who are already immunocompromised, while Richard Woodbury talks to Nova Scotia seniors at risk who are rightly concerned that pandemic denialism amounts to a loss of recognition
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Maura Hohman discusses how COVID-19 has been found to cause increased heart problems in young people (among other harm to health) – even as it’s being allowed to inflict that damage population-wide. And Lidia Morawska et al. examine how warnings about the
Continue readingJeff Jedras: Making the case for W1M1V in Don Valley North
Why I’m running for OLP VP Communications On Saturday I attended the Don Valley North PLA AGM on Saturday. Good discussion around rebuilding and engaging. And nice to catch up with Jonathan Tsao, who ran a strong campaign last year. I’m campaigning for VP Communications for the Ontario Liberal Party,
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Paula Span discusses how older Americans (and their peers elsewhere) have been left to navigate the pandemic with no consideration for their health and safety. Kailin Yin et al. examine the ways in which long COVID can affect immune system function. And Linda
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