“Delegates from American companies, including ADM, Cisco, ExxonMobil, FedEx, Warner Bros, Xcoal, General Motors, and PepsiCo, were told by Ning Jizhe, a vice-chairman of the commission, that China always welcomed…
Components of a wheel excavator used to move sand onto conveyor belts at one of Alcan’s bauxite mines near MacKenzie, British Guyana. Photo by Henry Hamilton/Flickr. Reflecting an extreme imbalance…
Tom Friedman has an interesting column in today’s New York Times. It’s about the politics of humiliation. And it goes a long way to explaining Donald Trump’s supporters — and…
The first direct El-Al flight to the United Arab Emirates departs Ben Gurion Airport, August 31, 2020. In this photo, National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien (right), Senior Advisor Jared Kushner…
The recent strike by NBA and WNBA players has shown that reactionary and direct labour action can make meaningful change beyond just the workplace. In the WNBA & NBA, the…
I choose compassion because I want others to be happy and not to suffer. That is the intelligent way to live. Not that I am infallible, but I strive. Kindness…
To be clear, the US Department of Justice serves America, the American people, not the man in the Oval Office. Under A.G. Bill Barr the DoJ has been deeply corrupted.…
This is the time when wmtc turns into a travel journal, which I write almost entirely for myself, for a record of my travels. First of all, we were supposed…
Keener cats.
Originally published by the Cowichan Valley Citizen Pete Cadorette, right, celebrated his 100th birthday on Sept. 5 in Shawnigan Lake. Pictured with Mr. Cadorette, also known affectionately as Cher Papa,…
Here’s a test: get together with friends and/or family (at a safe distance, of course), and ask them if they use Shaw or Telus for their TV and internet needs.…
I’m to blame. I haven’t been following God’s Twitter account. Here are a few tweets to catch up. In an ideal scenario, the President of the United States and the…
Just a quite note I sent to Feedly about it’s AI tool Leo and my OLDaily workflow… I’ve been a Feedly Pro user for many years and moved to Pro+…
Videoconference with Julian Assange at the Digital Culture Forum, organized by Argentina’s National Ministry of Culture, October 15, 2015. Photo by Romina Santarelli/Wikimedia Commons. Having reported the long, epic ordeal…
The Guardian has published an op-ed with a difference. It was written entirely by a robot, artificial intelligence, with no human involvement. I am not a human. I am a…
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Linda Silas writes about the need to invest in improved care and better jobs in order to build a health society. And…
The past six months have been stunning to think about in retrospect. That fact that we’re coming up on six months of fighting COVID-19 is in of itself stunning to…
A number of points must be investigated, examined in depth, realized and understood, if we are to understand the events unfolding in 2020 and beyond. A crisis of legitimacy (popular…
Golden-mantled ground squirrel These squirrels have gotten big, fat, and fearless thanks to countless tourists feeding them snacks.
Justin Trudeau is talking about adding another $100 billion to the deficit, Don Lenihan and Andrew Balfour wonder if he’s bluffing: In politics, expectations are everything and Justin Trudeau’s team…
