My latest: up yours, Google
Evasive. Duplicitous. Condescending. If you were to (ironically) do a Google search to find a record of the meeting 69 of the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage, those would be…
2023
My first art show!
Here's a first for me. @thrpilot_to pic.twitter.com/nrDYTC4Doy — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) March 13, 2023
Google has made our online lives easier, but we may all be about to become a victim of its success
Google’s headquarters for European operations in Dublin, Ireland. Photo from Wikimedia Commons. Google is so successful that it may be about to become a victim of its own popularity, and…
Thought For The Day (The Week, The Month, The Year, Etc.)
This from Professor Michael E. Mann: Sagan rightly feared the “celebration of ignorance”. He didn’t quite anticipate, however, the *weaponization* of ignorance that we are now seeing. Carl Sagan predicted…
How Neighbourhoods Are Fighting Climate Change
Neighbourhoods in Canada are trying to change the world by focussing on their own street. Across the country there are streets of houses proving that a transition from using fossil…
Signs Of Hope
Democracy has been under persistent attack around the world. The man who began the trend — Donald Trump — is still leading the attack. Michael Harris writes: Trump . .…
Wise Law’s Top 10 Law Tweets for the Week of March 13, 2023
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Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of March 13, 2023
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of March 13, 2023 from Wise Law on Twitter: B.C. set to introduce legislation targeting revenge porn Ontario’s top court strikes…
Dougie and Bibi: L’État c’est moi?
What have the Province of Ontario and the State of Israel in common? They have political leaders who want to rewrite the law. They want to be the law. Neither…
Can more for-profit health care be stopped?
Photo by Hamza Butt/Flickr The new health accord between Ottawa and the provinces provides more money, but it could also easily bring an even faster rollout of for-profit provision of…
A special day
Some folks think social media is a toxic cesspool and avoid it. Other search for valuable content and find it. Many have found Zachery Dereniowski, creator of this video, which…
Growing consensus that Alberta NDP’s communications strategy is failing prompts calls for tougher approach
Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley gave a rip-roaring speech to the party faithful in Edmonton Saturday, but a consensus is emerging among the commentariat and many voters that the Opposition…
Joltin’ Judge Brown lasts one round
There was a mystery haunting our Supreme Court throughout February. Justice Russell Brown wasn’t showing up for work. Last week the mystery was solved. The judge has been suspended with…
The Reno
Ms Soapbox is on week six of an eight week renovation. The sad little room in the photo is what is left of her writing room. She’s taken to working…
More Venery
A Repugnance of Republicans. A Sycophancy of Saundersonites. A Conspiracy of Conservatives. A Misanthropy of MAGA-Hatters. A Cowardice of Councillors. A Laziness of Reporters. A Slyness of Staff. A Corruption…
Saturday Photo: Sledding as the Winter Ends
Beautiful sunshine today, with temperature below freezing. Things are melting in the sun, nevertheless, and the days of sledding are numbered. Winter is drawing to a close.
Combatting the ruinous greed of the developers
Condo towers in Toronto. Photo courtesy PARTISANS Projects/Flickr. Last November, Gaétan Héroux and I wrote an article for Canadian Dimension on an emerging struggle to prevent the construction of a…
How Long Will It Last?
Jagmeet Singh is not happy with Justin Trudeau. Althia Rag writes: NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh had tough words for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau this week. “It seems like the prime…
Busting the rent control myth
Photo by Kurt Bauschardt/Flickr Rent control is back. Or rather, it never really left. We’ve just started paying attention again. For decades, we were told by policymakers that rent control…