Daily Digital Digest for Monday October 7th, 2014
Here are your daily news links: Canadian spies targeted Brazil’s mines ministry: report (CBC) Charges that Canada spied on Brazil unveil CSEC’s inner workings (Globe & Mail) CSEC Olympia slides…
2013
Stephen Harper finally noticed in Malaysia
Sunday October 6 Stephen Harper did meet Malaysian counterpart Najib Razak. Prime Minister Razak of Malaysia has stated that Malaysian state-owned oil company, Petronas, will invest billions in Canadian liquefied…
Autumn trees with moon
Filed under: art Tagged: moon, paper53, trees
Around the Internets: Monday Jump-Off
Must-reading to keep you occupied while US legislators play Hot Potato with an extremely fragile global economy (because Teabaggers won’t be dissed by the Negro-in-Chief, natch): Plutocrats at Work: How…
James Wegener of #TRUlaw makes Social Media Highlight Reel
James Wegner, a law student and editor in chief of the at British Columbia’s Thompson River’s University has made this week’s Law is Cool social media highlight reel. James made…
Tortorella swift-kicks Glenn Healy in the nuts. Elliotte Friedman follows up with a fist to the jaw: "Let’s not be `14-years-old.’
I have a dislike for CBC’s Toronto-centric, Vancouver-hating NHL coverage that grows with every time I watch it (very rarely anymore). The panel is full of assholes. Then there’s Don…
CUPE video highlights the logical endpoint of PC labour polices
To hear Ontario PC leader Tim Hudak speak about it, you’d think reducing the wages and benefits of Ontario workers was a good thing. When Hudak speaks in the legislature…
Bono does the impersonation of Bill Clinton and Bill Clinton returns the favour
I actually saw it on Fareed Zakaria’s program GPS last Sunday -Zakaria was interviewing Bono of U-2 lead singer about his humanitarian work in Africa. Also Bill Clinton is involved…
Around the Internets: Monday Jump-Off
Must-reading to keep you occupied while US legislators play Hot Potato with an extremely fragile global economy (because Teabaggers won’t be dissed by the Negro-in-Chief, natch): Plutocrats at Work: How…
My Dream- No war and unpolluted earth
I watched this video on the internet. I liked it so much that I decided to post it. Lyrics: In my dreams there’s a place without warNo more guns no…
The Ontario Catholic School Board supporters had an email campaign, I guess…
So. There is this website that the Ontario Liberals have set up called “Common Ground” that is designed to elicit comments from Ontarians on new policy directions. This is not…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Thomas Walkom sees Stephen Harper’s approval of dove hunting as an ideal metaphor for the gratuitous violence of his government: The wildlife service…
SXSW ECO in Austin Texas
I’m in Austin right now attending (and presenting) at the Captivate Conference and this city has come to impress me. While I’m at that conference about digital design there is…
‘Alarming’ sea star die-off on West Coast
A dead morning sun star (photo courtesy of Jonathan Martin) VANCOUVER – Last month, a diver alerted Vancouver Aquarium staff that he had found a number of dead and decaying…
140Law – Legal Headlines for Monday, October 7, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Monday, October 7, 2013: Legal Futures Initiative gets Lively Law practice pays ‘too much too quickly to the…
Mental Health – Stigmatizing your own workforce
A few weeks ago we reported on a Statistics Canada analysis that showed very little real difference in the absenteeism rate between the public and private sectors. This is likely…
Toronto Teens Talk Urban Form
Two girls on the bus this morning: “My family rented a cottage in ______ this summer. It was pretty, but scary.” “Scary how?” “It was like in those movies…” “Perfect,…
Sad chalk message on the sidewalk
Friday morning I was walking to work along Somerset Street. It was a drizzly morning, so this sidewalk chalk message was probably still fresh yet destined to disappear almost immediately.…
Saturday Photo: Self-Censorship
This is the photo that I’m using on the hardcopy invitation to my book launches for my new collection of short stories, Desire Lines: Stories of Love and Geography next…