Dr. Uppity (@MeddygLou), an NHS GP in Wales, wrote an excellent thread, beautifully written, explaining how Covid works with some battlefield imagery to help. I have nothing to add: Since…
Donald Trump has long had a habit of saying the quiet part out loud. And he’s done it again. Greg Sargent writes: Donald Trump has long harbored a tendency to…
Natural gas, AKA methane, is really bad for the planet, and since it occurs some places “naturally” we need to find these new sources to stop them emitting. A classic…
Reading news from Alberta makes you wonder just where the current premier gets her daily dose of news. Being a news junky myself, I seriously worry about Danielle Smith’s sources…
It’s hardly reassuring to learn Alberta’s new Danielle Smith Government is apparently so inept it didn’t know that it needed a minister to oversee the administration of the province’s labour…
I feel like I’m “cheating” just copying threads instead of writing, but so much work on social media needs to be acknowledged and saved in a more searchable manner. Here’s…
Anjali Appadurai meets with supporters in downtown Nelson, BC, August 30, 2022. Photo by Peter Schramm. The BC NDP has just narrowly avoided a takeover by its own members. Responding…
Made y'all another playlist. Let's go steady. https://t.co/YyCr5KPKpc — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) October 26, 2022
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Erik Swain discusses new research showing that even “mild” cases of COVID-19 produce massively increased risks of death from cardiovascular issues. And Charlie…
Pierre Poilievre had a good week. Nay, a very good week. And he didn’t even have to do anything to get it. The application of the Emergencies Act. The rise…
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Brampton mayoral candidate Nikki Kaur no longer employed by city, claims she was terminated #law #legal #lawtwitter via @TorontoStar https://bit.ly/3f6NaRf – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law…
Doug Belshaw points to a recent article in the Jacoban in the form of a review of Vitalik Buterin’s Proof of Stake: The Making of Ethereum and the Philosophy of…
Thousands take part in the Every Child Matters march in Toronto on July 1, 2021. Photo by Michael Swan/Flickr. On October 24, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (CHRT), the federal…
You’re not the problem! The problem is the 1%. Our global carbon footprint has risen dramatically since 1990, but only a few people are to blame for the worst of…
We live in very strange times. Glen Pearson writes: Consider the craziness of it all. Donald Trump, out of office for two years, still believes his address is 1600 Pennsylvania…
Horrible monsters coming to your door and demanding things and threatening ruin if you don't comply: there's a reason why elections and Halloween take place in the same month, you…
Before making her deputy prime minister and finance minister, did anyone check to see if Chrystia Freeland was really a liberal? She does not often talk like one. She sounds…
The City of St. Albert’s administration posted a proposed 2023 budget Monday that includes a brutal $500,000 single-year funding cut to the St. Albert Public Library. A typical scene before…
If reason is that reliable, why do we produce so much thoroughly reasoned nonsense?
Four future Danielle Smith scandals
I don’t think anyone will disagree that Premier-for-now Danielle Smith has gotten off to a rocky start. If I may mix my metaphors, you might even say she blew up…