Why I Left Twitter
Ever since Elon Musk bought Twitter(1) and renamed it "X", I've been toying with abandoning the platform. I don't like Musk to begin with, but at the same time the…
Ever since Elon Musk bought Twitter(1) and renamed it "X", I've been toying with abandoning the platform. I don't like Musk to begin with, but at the same time the…
In an open letter to two of the best analysts alive: Excellent as always, Hrvoje, only more so. You two are stellar, although, I am less pessimistic. Who am I?…
August 25, 2024Dear Toronto Mayor Chow, The state of Toronto City ferry service to the Toronto Islands is awful. It seems like the management of the ferry service don't take…
August 25, 2024Dear Toronto Mayor Chow, The state of Toronto City ferry service to the Toronto Islands is awful. It seems like the management of the ferry service don't take…
First, a glance at art: Here's a short look at politics with some compare-and-contrast posts:Similar photos that are miles apart... pic.twitter.com/PSBWuU7Q1m— Ab Gamble (@AbGamble1) August 20, 2024 He’s trolling Millhouse…
We were good buddies, until he bought the car and asked me out for a real date. After that, things developed and sixty years ago this coming Thursday, August 29,…
Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Annika Stechemesser et al. study the effectiveness of various countries' climate policies - and find that while carbon pricing is a necessary element in…
It’s getting bad again. At the start of the Summer, many of the anti-Israel occupations at universities and colleges were shut down, or moved on. In the streets, the pro-Hamas…
I’m the lead author of a recent report, commissioned by Vibrant Communities Calgary, looking at factors associated with social disorder on public transit (including social disorder involving people experiencing homelessness).…
American politics has been radically reformed. Could it happen here? John Delacourt writes:It was just a few weeks ago that the prospects for progressive governments in North America were trending…
American politics has been radically reformed. Could it happen here? John Delacourt writes:It was just a few weeks ago that the prospects for progressive governments in North America were trending…
Yesterday I posted a mini-rant on people's general lack of awareness of the world around them. Today, I post two videos that put to shame those who willfully live their…
I'm seeing a number of news stories lately about how expertise is being downgraded, and experts dismissed. Tom Nichols talks about all this in his book, The Death of Expertise:Tom…
https://www.indigo.ca/en-ca/breaking-free-of-neoliberalism-canadas-challenge-what-it-will-take-to-deal-with-american-decline-inequality-and-the-climate-crisis/9781459419476.html
Stoto - Afterlife
Day of Remembrance of the Slave Trade. This International Day is intended to inscribe the tragedy of the slave trade in the memory of all peoples.
NEW YORK – The 2024 Democratic National Convention – the DNC – is over. The red, white and blue balloons have dropped. The speeches have been spoken. The 4,700 Democrat…
This is my submission for this year to Jane Hart's annual list.1. Firefox - this is my web browser of choice, the only one properly effective against tracking and advertising,…
Assorted content to end your week.- Paul Rogers discusses the imminent threat of more extreme weather events, shortages of the necessities of life and increased division and inequality if the…