Chris Hedges: Israel’s war on journalism
“Catch and Kill Journalism.” Illustration by Mr. Fish. There are some 4,000 foreign reporters accredited in Israel to cover the war. They stay in luxury hotels. They go on dog…
October 2024
Canada’s ‘New Red Scare’ is profoundly undemocratic
The cover of the The Communist Threat to Canada, a booklet published by the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in 1947. In the past decade, a disturbing phenomenon has arisen in…
Sask Party’s Greatest Screw-Up Hits!
I just saw this amazing thread from Regina Poster Boy about the Sask Party's parade of screw-ups and I had to share it tonight -- our Saskatchewan election is Monday!…
Danielle Smith’s government doubles down on its War on Trans Kids, performative new ‘rights,’ to woo far-right UCP base
According to some wag on the Internet, Blaine Higgs has changed his pronouns. They’re now Has/Been. I don’t know enough about New Brunswick politics to be certain if the cruel…
Is Alberta suffering from the Innovator’s Dilemma?
In listening to Mac Van Wielingen of Viewpoint Investment Partners, on a recent HUB podcast, I was reminded about the highs and lows of Research in Motion (RIM). RIM’s story…
Canadian Future Party Leadership Race: Views on the Monarchy
This article is a collection of responses from candidate(s) for the leadership of the Canadian Future Party regarding themonarchy. It will continue to be updated as more repliesroll in. This…
Satuday Photo: Some Strange Creatures at the Lachine Rapids
It looks like some folks had a grand time preparing for Halloween at le Parc des Rapides de Lachine. About a dozen carefully carved pumpkins were dotted around the park…
Mood
Ever have one of those days where you feel like the future of NATO, Ukraine, Taiwan, free trade and humanity itself is in the hands of 70 million fucking idiots…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading.- Tim Winton writes about the need to wake up from our fossil fuel stupor - with the role of activists being to sound…
The ‘Financialization’ of Housing
This report comes from the US, but by now, most Canadians have heard that housng costs and rents are too high and we need to build, build, build in order…
Assessment of Barriers to Educational Technology Acceptance
Automated transcription, lightly edited for paragraph breaks. Welcome to the Sunday morning session. Where the most important papers are presented.So, Uh, a lot of this paper wasn't actually in the…
Today’s News: Pre-emptive surrender from the gutless Washington Post and LA Times
Can't really describe how terrified I am about the US election -- I hope and pray that Harris can close the deal with the American people. Her rally last night…
The good fracking
Little sets environmentalists’ teeth on edge more than fracking. The technique was long-used with conventional... The post The good fracking first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
My latest: she-wolf of the clueless
Francesca is a fetching Italian woman. She’s telegenic and elegant. She’s also an international lawyer, an academic, and she holds a PhD in International Refugee Law. She has many academic…
More Studies on Covid Harming Children — How many do we need to act??
What do smoking, drinking, rollercoasters, and Covid have in common? They should all be avoided during pregnancy. One recent study found that when moms have Covid-19 during their pregnancy, their…
Capturing fog
Not everything is doom and gloom at IN-SIGHTS. A story from The New Yorker's Brave New World Department is about Pavels Hedström, a Swedish architect based in Denmark. In architecture…
Don’t axe the tax; fix the tax
In theory, governments use carbon taxes to shift the costs of climate degradation from the public to those responsible for greenhouse gas emissions. However, contaminators can avoid paying carbon tax.…
My take on the only race that matters
Trump’s hidden advantage is an electoral college that always tilts towards the GOP. Harris’ hidden advantage is a GOTV effort that will decimate whatever the GOP has. Why does the…