Last Thursday I attended the first CBC Tweetup, which is a gathering of people who’ve connected via Twitter. https://twitter.com/search?q=%23CBCtweetup Check out our #CBCTweetup #Storify! Thanks to all who joined us for a spectacular evening! http://t.co/SB1Fnhiriz pic.twitter.com/1oX7DtaXrU — CBC Saskatchewan (@CBCSask) November 12, 2014
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Saskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Sun Country Highway in Regina
I rode around in an Electric Vehicle (EV) today in Regina, and saw a (currently) still rare Tesla Model S in the city right now. Pick up some excellent EV tips, from a Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada perspective here, as James and I tour the city on electricity: Find out more
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Regina Loves Pits
We can’t have just one!
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Regina Women’s History Month #womenhistory
October is Women’s History Month. This year I was invited to the event at the Conexus Arts Centre, and I’d suggest you check it out next October.
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Global Regina Bullied by Racists Into Censorship
Racists who were criticizing the launch of a new mosque in Regina, forced the TV station to remove the news story from their Facebook page, rather than report and delete the offensive comments. Some of the racists were not even from Regina (one persisting is from the deep south). When
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Borg at #UofR on Privacy
MP for north shore Montreal, Charmaine Borg, made a presentation at the UofR this morning. Great discussion on privacy at the @UofRegina for more information on privacy visit http://t.co/rocBN6vHSn #NDP — Charmaine Borg (@mpcharmaineborg) September 12, 2014 Of the things she noted was that cell phones are tracking devices, and
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Freegan Food Activist Exposes Grocery Industry Waste
You’ve got to hear about Rob. He’s an interesting guy, doing what I did last Summer except on a much larger and more successful scale.
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: New column day
Here, on how the corporate sector is taking advantage of Brad Wall, Michael Fougere and their respective administrations at the expense of citizens who both fund and rely on public services. For further reading…– Murray Mandryk and the Leader-Post editorial board each weighed in recently on the latest developments from
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: There Are Homeless People in Saskatchewan?
How is this even possible? How could a Minister of the province of Saskatchewan not realize there are homeless people, and others struggling to pay rent right here in Regina? #yqr #skpoli housing cbc.ca/1.2760211 "You’re assuming that there’s these desperate homeless people”-Harpauer. Oh. My. God. #skpoli— Tammy Robert (@tammyrobert) September
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Wednesday Evening Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Scott Clark and Peter DeVries criticize the Cons’ choice to prioritize right-wing dogma over sound economic management: What should Canada do? For starters, the passive approach isn’t working. In the face of global economic uncertainty and a secular decline in growth, Canadian policy
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Life Saving Is Their Daily Work
I got to tour EMS Headquarters in Regina while meeting most of the EMTs and Paramedics involved in rescuing me from my cardiac arrest incident on July 1st. (Jordan, was away at an important life event, so couldn’t make it.)
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Queen City Ex 2014
Buffalo Days is on in Regina, and I went on the opening day in large part because Lonestar was the headline band in the evening. The iFlip acrobats at #QCX2014 youtube.com/watch?v=yAbJ2D… You should check them out, there are very cool tricks. #Humanjuggling— Saskboy K. (@saskboy) July 31, 2014 Lonestar last
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Linda McQuaig discusses how a burgeoning wealth gap is particularly obvious when it comes to retirement security: Quaint as it now seems, not long ago this was considered a good basic plan: Work hard all your life and then retire with a
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: New column day
Here, looking at the sad similarities between Regina and Detroit, and noting that the crucial step we should take to avoid the latter’s humanitarian tragedy is to fund our commitments to workers and residents while we have the means to do so. For further reading…– Tom McKay and Wallace Turbeville
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Sunday Morning Links
Assorted content for your Sunday reading. – Mariana Mazzucato writes about the need for governments to shape markets through their own investments, rather than acting only to serve existing business interests: The idea that at best the public sector can fix “market failures” and “de-risk” business, means that when the
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Solar Tour 2014
Cowessess wind turbine. 800kW at 32mi/h Has Li-ion batteries. Solar farm and home system of 10kW Inverter anti-islanding. Prevents electrifying the grid while grid is down. Isolation ring for the meter can be installed so you can attach a generator to the house to let the inverter keep working during
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: +11 Wedding
Three large tents in the backyard and a propane heater saved the day. Real rain stayed away too.
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: New column day
Here, on how the City of Regina has taken a first step – but only that so far – in making sure that new development doesn’t result in the perpetual subsidization of developers by current residents. For further reading…– Shawn Fraser’s thoughtful post on the new interim phasing and financing
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Robert Reich proposes that the best way to address corporate criminality is to make sure that those responsible go to jail – rather than simply being able to pay a fine out of corporate coffers and pretend nothing ever happened. – And
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – The Star-Phoenix discusses how the Cons are systematically attacking the independent institutions which are necessary to ensure a functioning democratic system: When a handful of Conservative MPs from Saskatchewan attacked the integrity of the province’s electoral boundaries commissioners last year in an attempt
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