Burning up the credits
Purchasing carbon offsets is a popular way to act against global warming, or at least to alleviate one’s conscience. An offset allows a business, government or individual to pay someone…
July 2021
"The Year They Ran Out of Excuses"
Labour MP, Ed Miliband, writes that climate delay, not climate denial, has become our biggest enemy. Nothing, he warns, is more dangerous than the “illusion of action.” Future generations will…
friends and family reunion road trip: day eight: long-distance friends meet up in san francisco
Yesterday, after we dropped the pups at daycare, Allan and I took the BART into the city, but got off at separate stops. Allan was meeting a blog-friend (someone we…
The Writing Is On The Wall (And In The Newspapers)
H/t Patrick Corrigan The is such a wealth of good letters to the editor today that I had a hard time choosing what to reproduce. They have one thing in…
Reflections on the Antisemitic Content in Öcalan’s The Sociology of Freedom [mirrored from social-ecology.org]
The following reflection piece reflects the views of the signers and has not been endorsed by the Institute for Social Ecology as an organization. We are a group of leftist…
Saturday Photo: To Bee or Not to Bee…
The bees are out, thank goodness. In this time of so many things not going right, it’s a pleasure to see them at work in the ‘hood. It helps that…
A Political Response To Vaccines
It’s sad but also true that, in the United States, getting or not getting vaccinated has become a political statement. Paul Krugman writes: As Aaron Carroll pointed out Tuesday in…
Montaigne on Ketchup-Flavoured Cheetos
In his famous work, Essays, Michel de Montaigne, channelling the Epicureans, wrote that, “All the opinions in the world point out that pleasure is our aim. (Book I: On the…
Ontario’s Johnny Appleseed.
Ontario residents must have this image of the Ontario premier skipping along the Macdonald-Cartier Freeway (Highway 401) throwing loonies and toonies left and right. That is his answer to every…
Five Little Indians by Michelle Good, Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer, still lead independent bookshops’ bestseller lists
Here are the lists of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold by independent booksellers in Alberta during the week ended Sunday, July 25, 2021. The lists are compiled…
July 30: Yes. I know this one is messy. I’ll try to be a good boy next time.
Guess who, as I write this, is the leading country in gold medals at the Olympics. No. It’s not the U.S. The U.S. is in third for gold medals. But…
Musical interlude
Glass Animals – It’s All So Incredibly Loud
Speaking With Morons
Logic and evidence-bound critical thinkers find it hard, even pointless, to converse with conspiracy theorists even those within their own families. Andrew Coyne writes there’s nothing you can say to…
Overshoot Picking Up Steam
Overshoot. Think of it as the canary in the mine safeguarding human civilization. Overshoot Day is the day each year by which mankind has exhausted an entire year’s supply of…
Covid, the Dress Rehearsal for a Future of Chaos?
We were shocked by the first wave. No vaccines. We were left to a regime of self-isolation, masks, social distancing, lockdowns and endless bouts of handwashing. The first wave bled…
Richie Rich goes to space
Jeff Bezos (second from left), founder of Amazon and space tourism company Blue Origin, poses for a promotional photo before his launch at the spaceport near Van Horn, Texas, July…
The People’s State of the Nation at the end of Duterte’s presidency
A People’s State of the Nation Address (PSONA) demonstration held in Toronto, July 26, 2021. Photo by Anakbayan Toronto. On July 26, President Rodrigo Duterte delivered his sixth and final…
Conspiracy Theory or are the Oligarchs Making Their Move?
Author/columnist George Monbiot is best known as The Guardian’s enviroscribe. In recent years his focus has expanded from greenhouse gases to social and political punditry, all from a progressive viewpoint.…
LawTweet of the Day: July 30, 2021
#LegalTweetOfTheDay: Ontario faces $3.4 million bill in second failed prosecution of Black judge over his Black advocacy via Toronto Star Read more: https://bit.ly/WiseLawLegalTweet07302021 – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our…
This week’s Sparky: victory!
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