Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Cuddled cats.
2023
Today’s tonic: “Seriously, why should we care about anything Twitter trolls have to say?”
Today’s tonic: “Seriously, why should we care about anything Twitter trolls have to say?” by @reggcohn https://www.thestar.com/politics/political-opinion/2023/01/23/seriously-why-should-we-care-about-anything-twitter-trolls-have-to-say.html #cdnpoli #Twitter
Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Anne Sosin and Martha Lincoln discuss the war on empathy embodied by the flurry of media attacks against anybody with the temerity…
Photo Versions Created with Franzis Color Projects
Way back in the day when I used to be a member of the Camera Club of Ottawa and we met at the NRC building on Sussex Drive the most…
Legal Tweet of the Day: January 24, 2023
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Twitter faces lawsuits over unpaid rent for U.S. HQ, U.K. office #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews https://bit.ly/3H4rZZV – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net…
The plague of social isolation
“Cell Damage.” Illustration by Mr. Fish. The is very little to recommend about my old gym, other than the low monthly fee, where I worked out nearly every day from…
We Don’t Need Them
The major auto manufacturers shifted their focus to SUVs more than a decade ago. Sedans and subcompact cars are not where they make their money. Zoe Long and Jonn Axsen…
Postmedia shoots more hostages to keep debt payments flowing to New Jersey hedge fund
New Jersey’s largest newspaper chain shot another dozen Canadian hostages last week as the end game of its northern extortion scheme grows ever closer. If the federal government doesn’t allow…
It’s a Political Down Time.
At this time of year, we get a lot of introspective about politics, mainly because there is not much else to write about. Yes, I know that no two snowflakes…
Mike Cardinal, influential minister in Ralph Klein’s cabinet, dies at 81
Mike Cardinal, a member of the Alberta Legislature from 1989 to 2008 and an influential minister in Ralph Klein’s Progressive Conservative cabinet, died on Jan. 12. He was 81. The…
Davos and me (and some Conservatives)
In 1971, German engineer and economist Klaus Schwab founded the World Economic Forum (WEF). The Forum is funded primarily by its corporate members—typically global corporations—with some public subsidies, and guided…
Is the Economy “Running Hot”? Or Cold, and Getting Colder?
The Bank of Canada is widely expected to increase its policy interest rate again this week, for the eighth time in the last 10 months. Media and financial market commentary…
Public service swiftly checks Premier’s Office emails, unsurprisingly finds nothing
It’s a dirty little secret of Canadian government that plenty of public business is nowadays conducted outside legitimate channels to avoid public accountability. Email, WhatsApp, ProtonMail and Signal are the…
Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Jessica Corsetti reports on Greta Thunberg’s message that the wealthiest few value their own short-term profit-taking over the future of humanity. Paul Kahnert…
Let the Coal Corpse Lay
Why don’t we just let it die already? Coal companies keep getting bailed out by governments around the world despite the climate crisis, this needs to stop. Over at Climate…
trying something new: labour book club
Through my union, I’ve started a labour book club. This is something I’ve wanted to do for years, and now it’s gotten off the ground. I’m very pleased! Everything requires…
Legal Tweet of the Day: January 23, 2023
#LegalTweetoftheDay: $2.8-billion settlement reached in class-action lawsuit over residential schools #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews https://bit.ly/3J4br73 – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our…
Spring Election?
Are Canada’s conservatives lining up for a federal election this spring? Predicting such things is a bit like scrying, but there are signs that lean that way. First are some…
What happened to Canada’s foreign policy?
United Nations peacekeepers in Haiti. UN photo by Logan Abassi/Flickr. Before coming to live in Canada after being offered a job at the University of Calgary in 2004 I didn’t…