Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Daniela Gabor writes that there’s no reason to treat the spending needed to allow people to survive a pandemic-induced recession as an excuse for avoidable austerity. – Seth Klein comments on the need to treat climate change as an emergency rather than a
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Accidental Deliberations: On shared obligations
There’s been plenty of attention paid to the Saskatchewan Health Authority’s list of the sites of known community spread of COVID-19, including questions as to both the categories used and the action resulting from the information. But regardless of any argument about how exactly to define the boundaries of a
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: On cultured ignorance
Evan Radford’s report on the insufficient public response to soaring COVID-19 case loads in rural Saskatchewan surely reflects the polling (PDF) showing a higher proportion of social irresponsibility than in any other province. But it’s worth noting how that in turn can be traced to years of anti-science propaganda from
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Assorted content to end your week. – Shannon Vanraes reports that Manitoba has become the latest jurisdiction reduced to triaging patients in their cars due to a lack of resources to respond to the coronavirus. Mickey Djuric reports on new modeling showing that Saskatchewan is on the verge of a
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Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Dan Zakreski reports on Shannon Grant Tompkins’ effort to share the stories of the people suffering from the spread of COVID-19. And David Climenhaga writes that poor government is leading to avoidable sickness and death as Alberta (like Saskatchewan and other provinces) apparently
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – The Globe and Mail’s editorial board is rightly aghast at Doug Ford’s choice to facilitate the spread of the coronavirus as a devastating fall wave hits, while Bruce Arthur writes that there may be no choice but to impose a lockdown as
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Antoine Genest-Grégoire, Luc Godbout and Jean-Herman Guay highlight how people are willing to pay more in taxes if they see the benefit to be derived from the revenue. But Laura Kruse notes that Jason Kenney is just one of the anti-social ideologues instead
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Armine Yalnizyan discusses the prospect of a shift in how we approach our economy as our usual monetary and fiscal policy assumptions have proven to fall short of meeting social needs. And Taylor Scollon writes that while there’s some value to be found
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Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Resource Movement offers a handy primer on wealth taxes (and the value of applying them). – Jean-Benoit Legault reports on new research showing that pregnant Inuit women are exposed to significantly more contaminants than their counterparts elsewhere. – David Climenhaga discusses how generations
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Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Zeke Hausfather reports that 2020 is projected to be the warmest year in recorded history. And Johnathan Watts reports that one of the most dire possible events which could lead to complete climate breakdown – the release of frozen methane deposits from the
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Public sends North Cowichan powerful message of support for forest preservation
Survey results could guide council direction for two decades The public has identified green spaces and recreation as easily the most important attributes of North Cowichan, according to a survey designed to guide the municipality Read more… The post Public sends North Cowichan powerful message of support for forest preservation
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Friday #skvotes Links
While advance voting continues to shatter Saskatchewan’s previous records, there’s plenty of new information for people still making their decision. – Julia Peterson reports on Elections Saskatchewan’s warning that the tens of thousands of mail-in ballots won’t be counted until after election day – meaning that many results could remain
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – The Globe and Mail’s editorial board argues that the Libs should be putting their energy toward dealing with COVID-19, not setting up games of chicken over basic parliamentary accountability. And Cam Holmstrom highlights the NDP’s role as the adults in the room.
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Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Paula Ethans points out how anti-maskers and other COVID cranks have cynically drawn on the language of progressive protest movements to exacerbate the dangers of a deadly pandemic. And Umair Haque argues that the upcoming U.S. election may determine whether or not the
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This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Michael Orsini challenges the use of “resilience” as an excuse to neglect government choices and make individuals responsible for social failings: The resilience industry is rooted in an individual model of change, one that leaves untouched the structures and systems that are
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Assorted content for your weekend reading. – The CCPA Monitor interviews William Carroll about the fossil fuel elite’s control over far too much of Canadian politics, and the barrier that creates to any meaningful climate action. And Thomas Gunton takes note of the reality that new pipeline projects can’t be
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This and that for your Thursday reading. – Gloria Dickie documents how the Arctic region may already be in a death spiral caused by climate change. Katharine Murphy reports on IMF research showing that current policies and plans are woefully inadequate to address the climate crisis. Joseph Winters notes that
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Saskatchewan’s election day is rapidly approaching (and indeed voting is already underway). And with plenty of content being generated, I’ll plan to offer some link posts dedicated to news of interest to voters. – PressProgress has been providing plenty of important election news – even if it has regularly been
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Plague Update: More Infections and Elections
The news around the world has been more awful than usual, with the President of the USA purportedly getting over his COVID-19 infection, while on dexamethasone (a powerful, potentially mind altering steroid) threatening to kiss guys in the crowd of his maskless rally. This is astonishing. Almost every state that’s
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your Monday reading. – Richard Warnica discusses the end of a summer in which we’ve been far too lax about limiting the foreseeable effects of COVID-19. Aaron Wherry writes that the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic will hurt all the more since we’ve learned – but
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