There’s No One Thing Called Ethics
I wrote this in OLDaily today: There’s a lesson here anyone interested in the ethics of AI or education or whatever should heed. “There are no simple solutions, because there…
July 2021
Legal Tweet of the Day: July 22, 202
#LegalTweetOfTheDay: Judge rules in favour of journalists’ access to Fairy Creek blockade via CBC Read more: https://bit.ly/WiseLawLegalTweet7212021 – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit…
family and friends reunion road trip: day one: port hardy to everett, washington
Our epic road trip has begun! Excited? I’m over the moon. This was the trip we were supposed to take last year, but… covid. This year it’s even better: a…
Why The Covid Vaccine Should Be Mandatory
Let’s stop dancing around this topic: the Covid-19 vaccine should be mandatory. The post Why The Covid Vaccine Should Be Mandatory first appeared on Excited Delirium.
Bring out your dead!
During Europe’s bubonic plagues in the Middle Ages, the tumbrils being hauled down cobblestone laneways were accompanied by calling out: Bring out your dead. And if there was anyone still…
July 21 This is a huge topic. I need time.
There’s a man who is super at the top ranks of those who are super rich. I can never remember his name. It’s something like bozo. Anyway, his wealth is…
What It’s Like To Lose The Last Elevator
Meacham, SK
This week’s Sparky: your heroes will always break your heart
The post This week’s Sparky: your heroes will always break your heart first appeared on Warren Kinsella.
Doing Politics Differently, To The Extreme
When I go on the radio or TV and do my pundit thing, there’s something I say a lot (maybe too much) in many different ways that can’t seem to…
B.C. Wildfires now Triple the Ten Year Average.
310,000 hectares burned. That’s 200,000 hectares above the 10 year average for this point in the fire season. Premier John Horgan has finally declared a state of emergency. Well, duh.…
My latest: at it ain’t no, Joe
Dear Joe: You don’t mind if I call you Joe, do you? I mean, I know you’re president of the United States and all, but I feel like we’re close.…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Brian Owens’ roundup includes reference to new research showing that excess deaths are the result of COVID-19 itself, not the lockdowns used to…
Bread And Circuses
No, I am not one of those who begrudge rich people their pleasures and pursuits. Content in my own life, I harbour no ill-will toward those who are better off…
Legal Tweet of the Day: July 21, 2021
#LegalTweetOfTheDay:Nxivm founder Keith Raniere to pay 21 victims a total of $3.46 million in restitution via CNN Read more: https://bit.ly/WiseLawLegalTweet07212026 – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office…
"We are at the point that there’s nothing untouched."
Those who have stood vigil at a love one’s death bed know the agony of loss. University of Montana entomologist, Diana Six, says a constant haunting depression has taken over…
Wildfire Smoke Blankets New York City, Worst Air Quality In the World.
We’ve become accustomed to horrific air quality in Beijing or Mumbai, some of the worst on the planet. Now that laurel has passed to New York City courtesy of wildfire…
Insane Loyalty
One of the underlying characteristics of a cult is insane loyalty. That kind of loyalty is on full display in the modern Republican Party. Paul Krugman writes: Signaling is a…
Shorter Work Weeks Work
Working less is better for everyone involved, including the employer. Iceland just ran a multi year experiment from 2015-19 to find out if a four day work week would damage…
Never Bet Based on Polls.
From day one of involvement in politics, I was leery of polls. Even the polls that I did along with my late friend Keith Davey were subject to careful scrutiny,…