Musical interlude
Kx5 feat. Hayla – Escape
November 2022
Xi puts women in their place
When President Xi Jinping introduced his Politburo Standing Committee at the 20th Communist party congress in Beijing, one thing stood out. Of the seven, none were women. Furthermore, of the…
Plague Update: Upon Reflection, Let Me Off This Ride
Here’s a frank account of what the last 3 years have held for hopes, dreams, and ultimately failures. I can’t disagree with his points. Here’s my summary. We went into…
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Heather Scoffield examines the lessons we should be learning from the COVID-19 pandemic if it hadn’t been disappeared down the memory hole. And…
Building a labour movement to take on the billionaire class
In October 2021, 10,000 John Deere workers struck plants and warehouses in Iowa and Illinois, as well as smaller facilities in Kansas, Georgia and Colorado. Photo by Jordan Chariton/Twitter. Class…
Sad, But Not So Surprising
As I have written before, the evasion of responsibility on the part of the Ford government and its chief medical flunky, Dr. Kieran Moore, is deeply disappointing but not really…
Legal Tweet of the Day: November 18, 2022
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Brittney Griner begins serving sentence in Russian penal colony #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews https://bit.ly/3UMXKMX – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our…
Mastodon Reflections
These are some posts collected from my Mastodon postings which together sort of form a coherent picture of the fediverse. Sort of. So much fun watching tech people pour in…
If They Only Knew
Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem is getting a lot of advice from Canada’s opposition leaders. Andrew Coyne writes: As he steers inflation back to Earth – the three-month annualized…
I Guess This Should Be Considered A Countdown
Well!After nearly two years and with the perhaps imminent demise of Twitter, I figure it might just be time to dust off space off, give it a little renovation, and…
I Guess This Should Be Considered A Countdown
Well!After nearly two years and with the perhaps imminent demise of Twitter, I figure it might just be time to dust off space off, give it a little renovation, and…
Inflating Inflation.
When do the pressures of inflation take major retailers from legitimate profits to price gouging? I ask this out of deep concern. I watched recently when chairman and president Galen…
Today’s News: Sometimes I wanna go Where a few hundred people know my name…
After ordering everyone back to work, Musk has now locked up his office buildings and ordered everyone to stay home for a few days. Nobody knows whether Twitter will reopen…
I Guess This Should Be Considered A Countdown
Well! After nearly two years and with the perhaps imminent demise of Twitter, I figure it might just be time to dust off space off, give it a little renovation,…
UCP fires AHS board, names sole administrator, promises big changes fast: No such thing will happen
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith delivered on her long-promised shakeup of Alberta Health Services yesterday, firing the 11 members of the province-wide agency’s Conservative-appointed board and naming John Cowell as its…
Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Maggie O’Neill discusses how new research is confirming the importance of avoiding COVID reinfections. And Edward Keenan asks what it will take…
Legal Tweet of the Day: November 17, 2022
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Judge drops 4 of 11 charges against Weinstein #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CNN https://cnn.it/3TLklYR – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our website:…