Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Robert Frank reports on the latest galling threshold in wealth inequality, as millionaires consisting of less than 1% of the population now control…
2019
Doing Whatever He Wants
The King can do no wrong. That’s a ancient legal maxim which has no place in a democracy — because democracies aren’t ruled by kings. But, Ruth Marcus writes, Donald…
Turning Talent into Skills and Skills into Success
Summary of a talk by Ekwow Spio-Garbrah at eLearning Africa. The challenge for everyone is to find out how gto give back before moving to the next level of existence.…
Justin Trudeau doesn’t do humble.
The media seemed to see Justin Trudeau’s speech on Wednesday as contrition. It was not. Not in the minds of many liberals who worked to give him this second chance.…
Linda Nanan Vallee at eLearning Africa
Summary of a talk by Linda Nanan Vallee at eLearning Africa. I felt close to something Jef said earlier, about the mission we have on Earth. So I just wanted…
Mahid Abdulkarim at eLearning Africa.
Summary of a talk by Mahid Abdulkarim at eLearning Africa. I want to tell you a story. We ll learn from stories. I hope it will show why technology means…
The Electricity of Learning
Summary of a talk at eLearning Africa given by Jef Staes. I’m going to tell a story of why education is failing. We have a design error. 1. This is…
Alberta is Alberta again! The poor little rich kid of Confederation brings down a budget
Happy St. Crispin’s Day, Alberta! Appropriately enough, it’s time for those of us who live here in Wild Rose Country to cry, “Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once…
Rats behind the wheel!
Check this out, and don’t miss the comments: Rats are capable of driving tiny cars, researchers found. It eases their anxiety. https://t.co/Gsn4sg1ufO pic.twitter.com/0WjEJpByug — The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) October 24,…
Far-Right Reactionaries Are Behind the WEXIT Campaign
With the election mercifully behind us and many on the far-right disappointed with the outcome, much is being reported on the so-called “Wexit” from Canada (why yes, it IS derivative.)…
Great tweet of the day
What does Andrew Sheer, Stephen Harper and I have in common? None of us could beat Justin Trudeau! Lol — Patrick Brazeau -Algonquin ?? (@senatorbrazeau) October 24, 2019
A speculative history of my Y DNA 2
The thing which twigged this genetic geneological historical research was discovering I held an ancient late Ice Age mutation. Discovering The Families of Savigno answered so many questions in one…
Vancouver city council approves decampment plan for Oppenheimer Park
Motion calls for new city outreach team to help homeless population find housing and other support CBC News · Posted: Oct 24, 2019 Vancouver city council has approved a plan…
Initial Reaction of Far-Right to Election: Meltdown
Since 2015, the far-right in Canada focused on a few key issues including opposing immigration, embracing Islamophobia, perpetuating anti-Globalist conspiracy theories that were both subtlety and overtly anti-Semitic, and promoting…
Justin Trudeau’s Huge Carbon Tax Victory
It took a lot of courage for Justin Trudeau to impose a carbon tax on Canadians, in a country where the word "tax" can be political poison.The Con premiers rose…
There Are Many Views and Opinions Regarding The Controversial Rezoning Amendment In Cowichan Estuary
The Cowichan Valley Regional District Board passed the rezoning amendment to allow Pacific Industrial Marine to continue operations in Cowichan Bay that they have been doing for decades. The application…
Review: Guerrillas of Desire
A book with some useful and important ideas, but one I was not as able to like as I'd hoped. It sets out to ...
Review: Guerrillas of Desire
A book with some useful and important ideas, but one I was not as able to like as I’d hoped. It sets out to demonstrate that everyday resistance has been…
Frustrations
Twitter it seems has cracked down on ‘bots’ posting to feeds. This seems to be excluding, as far as this affects me, IFTTT autoposting images from Londontlife.wordpress.com to @londontlife. Even…
The Climate Case for Impeachment
Will they or won’t they? Impeach the Donald, I mean. As the U.S. Congress moves glacially along the impeachment path, I propose impeaching him not on the grounds of his…