what i learned at the cupe library conference
What did I learn at the CUPE Ontario Library Conference? Technically, nothing. If learning means encountering something new, then no, this was not a learning experience. But learning must also…
2015
Huffington Post: Thanks, copyright jerks
No one messes with my Netflix. No one! Article by Daniel Tencer for The Huffington Post Canada’s new copyright law may have made it illegal for TV viewers on this…
Attention, all Riot Grrrls
This is so frigging awesome. Can you see John Tory doing this, ever? Maybe a Pat Boone Day, but not something like this. Oh, and Lala: give me back the…
The Lies I Tell
This video got me thinking about how I have lied to my loved ones. I lied to Nicholas when I said it would be alright after his hip surgery (the…
It’s official…
…the US is no longer a democracy. Big business, especially the banks, are in control of social policy, foreign policy, everything. It’s been that way, except for blips almost since…
Wolves Scapegoated While Alberta Government Sells Off Endangered Caribou Habitat
Culling Alberta’s wolves without prioritizing caribou habitat protection and restoration is like “shoveling sand,” according to Mark Hebblewhite, associate professor of ungulate habitat biology at the University of Montana. Hebblewhite…
British Colombia: Illiterate “cutthroat psychopaths” in the Harper PMO
Embarrassing typos as the illiterate “cutthroat psychopaths” in the Stephen Harper PMO change British Columbia to “British Colombia”. The post British Colombia: Illiterate “cutthroat psychopaths” in the Harper PMO appeared…
Ezra Levant Out 72 Large
…for costs brought about by losing the defamation case brought against him by Khurrum Awan: Meanwhile, some interesting bits of info emerged from the Duffy trial. One is this daily…
PEI Also Votes 2015
A day before Albertans go to the polls, on the other side of the country another government with a supermajority has called another early election, and also has a very…
‘There is no Alternative Unless We Build One’: Reinventing Socialist Politics
Photo by Pasu Au Yeung The varied left histories dating back to the long 19th century gained momentum during the tumultuous first decades of the 20th century and for some…
Lifting Up Low-Wage Work: Global Perspectives
Image from Public Domain Stephanie Luce is Professor of Labor Studies at the Joseph S. Murphy Institute for Worker Education, CUNY School for Professional Studies; and Professor of Sociology in…
Rafe: Vancouver Sun keeps shilling for “clean” LNG, Woodfibre plant
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Rafe Mair does not spare the horses when quite rightly slamming the Vancouver Sun for their shameless LNG boosterism. That alone would be bad enough but beyond…
Now we’re just haggling over the price
Others have rightly wondered whether the Wildrose Party’s new promise to make floor-crossing MPs pay a price to the party will be enforceable at all. But it’s also worth examining…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Wednesday, April 8, 2015
Your news links for today: U.S. secretly tracked billions of calls for decades – USA Today Phone Surveillance Revelation Should Prompt Reassessment Of NSA Spying – TechCrunch Why We Sued…
Steve is stealing our money to put on a pretty face
Steve putting lipstick on a pig, his pig!
Johns Hopkins Academic Freedom Statement – An Analytical Representation
Drafted in January and just released, the Johns Hopkins statement on academic freedom will no doubt be widely cited.I cite the full text below. This post is a version of…
Steve Has Advice For The Easter Bunny
(Brian Gable/The Globe and Mail)
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Noah Smith writes that the renewable energy revolution is further along than was projected just a few years ago: Each of these trends…