It’s All a Charade
File this under, "Things we already know or ought to know." The BMJ just published a feature called, "Why Covid-19 is 'A Vascular Disease Masquerading as a Respiratory One.'" The…
Marie Snyder
The Perfidious Lust for Unbridled Power
Saving this here. It's the beautifully penned order, in full, from Fred Biery, U.S. District Judge, a federal judge who ordered the release of 5-year-old Liam Conejo Arias and his…
Honouring Our Capacity
I've had several conversations this week about how to be in a time like this when the U.S. government is so overtly corrupted. I'm just the upstairs neighbour in Canada,…
Covid Study References
I sometimes write without linking to studies because I've posted all the studies so many times already, but here's a bunch of useful ones when evidence is necessary.THE PROBLEM:Covid isn't…
The Brave and Stalwart
As a quick reminder, well-fitting N95s/FFP3s work amazingly to avoid measles, the flu, and covid. I haven't been sick in years, and I love it!! The only inconvenience is not…
One-Liner (or so) Film Reviews for 2025
I embraced retirement fully this year by watching a ridiculous number of movies and shows (despite actually continuing to work). These are in the order I watched them, and I…
The Pluribus Utopia
The recent show Pluribus has got me thinking differently about the kind of ideal state that might be a laudable direction and how to get there. The show is overtly…
The Cyclical Nature of Chores
Emma Wilkins' excellent piece "On Housecraft" in The Philosopher, discusses Helen Hayward's book, Home Work: Essays on Love & Housekeeping in such a compelling way as to provoke some thoughts…
Myth and Motivation: On Dopamine
There are contradicting views and explanations of what dopamine is and does and how much we can intentionally affect it. However, the commonly heard notions of scrolling for dopamine hits,…
Not Just a Health Issue
Professor Lidia Morawska just won a quarter million dollar science prize for her work in proving that Covid is airborne, against the WHO's public announcement to the contrary back in…
There Will Be Time
I've hit a weird anniversary that I'm not sure what to do with: thirty years in the same place. It seems significant because it's double any other place I've ever…
New Air Quality Guidelines
Health Canada published new Guidance for Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) Professionals that acknowledge that Covid can be spread through airborne transmission. "Indoor air quality is considered an important environmental determinant…
Managing So Much Suffering
It feels like I understand the idea that all suffering comes from expectation in a way I didn't used to. Now it seems so obvious, but I'm not really sure…
They’re Heeeerrrrrreeee!
You might be able to book a Covid shot in Ontario right now with priority given for people who are high-risk, and on October 27th for the general public. That…
Not Selves, but Not Nothing
We're living at a time when the glorification of independence and individualism is harming the world and others in it, as well as leading to an epidemic of loneliness. According…
Safe Schools and Hospitals
We're starting the school year with high levels of Covid in Ontario, and kids are still getting sick from a disease that, unlike the flu or a cold, has potential…
Safe Schools and Hospitals
We're starting the school year with high levels of Covid in Ontario, and kids are still getting sick from a disease that, unlike the flu or a cold, has potential…
Facing the Backdraft
Climate analyst Barry Saxifrage explains how the CO2 from fires is adding significantly to greenhouse gas accumulation. His charts show the dramatic increase in Canadian wildfires:"Wildfire is now incinerating four…
Facing the Backdraft
Climate analyst Barry Saxifrage explains how the CO2 from fires is adding significantly to greenhouse gas accumulation. His charts show the dramatic increase in Canadian wildfires:"Wildfire is now incinerating four…
Not Strategy but Symptoms
So, things are a mess. But here's an interesting take on Trump from Andrew Wortman: "Trump's 2 a.m. meltdowns and dictator cosplay aren't part of a predetermined strategy--they're collapse. A…