Giving Up or Letting Go
In September 2010, John Holdren, Harvard professor and Obama's science adviser, gave a speech on climate change arguing that people aren't aware enough of the ways we're affected by the…
May 2024
Giving Up or Letting Go
In September 2010, John Holdren, Harvard professor and Obama’s science adviser, gave a speech on climate change arguing that people aren’t aware enough of the ways we’re affected by the…
Neoliberalism’s failure—Americans agree on something
If I should ask what the most prominent single feature of American politics is today, I suspect most would say it’s polarization, perhaps dangerous polarization. I would agree. It was…
Musical interlude
Thornley – Make Believe
Israel, between Ashkelon and Be’er Sheva
For sale. Part of proceeds to ZAKA.
PSA
Ch-ch-changes: I’ve got quite a few followers on X, Facebook, this website – and I’m at work on big film/publishing stuff. I’m still going to be in Postmedia, but likely…
Legal Tweet of the Day: May 24, 2024
#LegalTweetoftheDay: University of Toronto says students have 24 hours to consider latest offer to end encampment #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews https://tinyurl.com/3tjwwex8 – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto…
Taming Amazon, renewing labour
Taking on the Amazon Goliath may not succeed without the equivalent of a party or proto-party with bases in unions, across unions, and in class-based social movements, writes Sam Gindin.…
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from May 17, 2010
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from May 17, 2010 via Wise Law Blog: Alberta Tribunal Addresses the “Great Prima Facie Debate” on Family Status Workplace Accommodation https://wiselaw.blogspot.com/2010/05/alberta-tribunal-addresses-great-prima.html – Garry J.…
AI – Stealing Voices, Artwork, and Water
AI is an environmental issue. Microsoft-backed OpenAI requires water - massive amounts of the limited resource:"pulled from the watershed of the Raccoon and Des Moines rivers in central Iowas to…
AI – Stealing Voices, Artwork, and Water
AI is an environmental issue. Microsoft-backed OpenAI requires water – massive amounts of the limited resource: “pulled from the watershed of the Raccoon and Des Moines rivers in central Iowas…
Aid is never the answer
Photo by Tineke D’haese/Oxfam/Flickr On December 12, 2023, Oxfam Canada posted to its Instagram page an infographic about Israel’s invasion of Gaza. The first image in a series of slides…
Don’t worry, Edmonton is still ‘Redmonton,’ but all of a sudden Calgary’s looking orange as well
Much – probably too much – is being made of the fact the Alberta NDP’s organizing efforts in Calgary have shifted the Opposition party’s centre of gravity from Edmonton to…
The ICC warrants—no equivalence
The decision of Karim Khan, the International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor, to seek arrest warrants for the leaders of Hamas and Israel has caused predictable outrage. Needless to say, Hamas…
Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Simon Torracinta reviews Branko Milanovic’s Visions of Inequality in tracing historical conversations in inequality, while pointing out the importance of identifying power…
Legal Tweet of the Day: May 23, 2024
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Elvis’s Graceland all shook up by allegations of fraud, talk of foreclosure #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews https://tinyurl.com/2n25p9aa – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website:…
News Alert: Masks Work! Better Masks Work Better!
A new paper is out that definitively concludes absolutely, without question that masks/respirators reduce transmission of respiratory infections.It's important that this work is published, but it's a shame that it's…
News Alert: Masks Work! Better Masks Work Better!
A new paper is out that definitively concludes absolutely, without question that masks/respirators reduce transmission of respiratory infections. It’s important that this work is published, but it’s a shame that…
Western Canada’s climate change actions are inadequate or illusory
Climate change actions of British Columbia and Manitoba are inadequate and the main efforts by Alberta and Saskatchewan to reduce greenhouse emissions are illusory. While provinces in central and eastern…