Plague Update: Are We Going To Give Up?
WHO wants people to be aware that there’s no assured victory against COVID-19. I still think it’s possible to eradicate it, but it will take a global effort that surpasses…
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EVs Arrived
The Regina Car Share Co-op‘s newest cars for their fleet have arrived, and are being prepared. Thanks to Affinity Credit Union, the car share had enough money to purchase 2…
Plague Update: Frugality Saves Itself
It’s become trendy to be thrifty. Frugal, even. There’s always been a case for being frugal, but now it’s more apparent to a society facing supply chain disruptions from an…
Plague Update: ReOpen Rant
You’ve probably got friends on that gosh awful Facebook website who’re clamouring to go back to normal. They want the certainty of a steady paycheque, the regular services, and plentiful…
Plague Update: Death For Dollars
The reckless and callous Sask Party prepares on Monday to start the calculated risk AKA killing process. Because golf is literally more important than some guy’s grandma, amirite? More than…
Plauge Update: POStmedia Shows Its Soul
That's sick. Heaven forbid that poor people not be poor on the other end of a crisis where they lose family members and friends. Wouldn't want to accidentally make the…
Plague Update: Trump Keeps It Clean
We all know what a stable genius the President is, you really have to admire him coming up with quality solutions on the fly during a press conference. Medical doctors…
Plague Update: Saskatchewan Prepares To Increase Infections
It’s no surprise to most reading this that I have a low opinion of Saskatchewan’s Premier. He’s an unlovable oaf. He’s never been elected by the general electorate to be…
Is Oil Profitable? Negative.
This has been obvious to me for most of the last decade, after it became clear that good information was never going to win over enough people, because disinformation had…
Facebook Corrections Leave Questions
The problem with this Facebook censorship/correction of disinformation is that they’re really bad at censoring. My blog has been blocked for years, and they’ve never responded to my appeal to…
Plague Update: Masks and Memes
Protests continued: Over 2,000 people attended an event formed by San Franciscans called themselves 'THE ANTI-MASK LEAGUE,' denouncing the mandatory masking ordinance The gathering was of "public spirited citizens, skeptical…
Plague Update: Canada, Ontario, etc.
Ended up stumbling onto The Agenda, and this episode was great for anyone interested in the plague, or in city planning to respond to it. If you want to be…
BoJo Recovers, Thanks NHS Profusely
My great hope is that he’s now less of a jerk. https://t.co/Xt0aX4E6KJ — Paul Doroshenko, Q.C. (@PaulDoroshenko) April 12, 2020 The UK’s PM has apparently recovered from a serious COVID-19…
It Costs A Little To Have Foresight
…It costs everything to have no foresight. Humans who are good at foresight get undermined by those who aren’t.
BoJo Unwell, Like The Economy And Environment
Boris Johnson is at death’s doorstep. This would otherwise be an unremarkable point, except he’s inexplicably the Prime Minister of the UK. Sorry you started taking the advice of doctors…
Post From the Past: Tesla vs. Ford GM
https://twitter.com/mims/status/848971911975636992 https://www.wsj.com/articles/tesla-overtakes-gm-to-become-most-valuable-u-s-auto-maker-1491832043 These tweets brought to you by April 3rd, 2017, the past when I wrote this blog post, and probably have since forgotten about it. UPDATE Nov. 20, 2018,…
Imagine Alberta Without Kenney
Imagine an Alberta government not under investigation for election fraud? One that doesn’t fire tens of thousands during a pandemic so Ottawa can pay them instead? A provincial government which…
#LockDownNow To Spare Lives
This is interesting, and packed with references to explain the assumptions. Canada is being too soft on the new coronavirus, and we’re paying the price in the long run. For…
Plague 2020: Life On The Inside
The WHO’s warnings to close schools at the end of February were accurate. Unsurprising to me, the climate crisis Deniers are out in full force trying to deny scientific pandemic…
#CloseTheSchools, Save Lives
If you're a city leader with influence in a business or government, read this, and in the morning do what you can to limit places people can spread respiratory illnesses.…