The Necessity of Feeling Seen
Attachment theory is part of the vernacular now. Even the Norwegian show Porni mentions it, and the dramatic eldest daughter blames her mom for her “relational damage”! We’ve largely accepted…
Marie Snyder
Losing Our Democracy in Ontario
For a little while, Trump's mess made me über proud to be Canadian, and even a little bit okay with Ford. But that was short lived! If anything, the US…
Covid Causes Clots!!
A headline in the New York Post: "Why so many people are having strokes in their 20s, 30s, and 40s: We've never had patients so young." They report that, "Between…
Protect Your Neurons from Nimbus!
The latest Covid variant has the same name as a big looming rain cloud. The more we let Covid spread, the more it will continue to mutate, and this one…
Still Blooming!
Another milestone to reflect on life a bit today: my 60th birthday. It sounds so old, but I biked 60k total on Monday and Tuesday (didn't have time for it…
New Covid Strain Causing Razor Blade Throat
Several news venues have been reporting on Covid in the last few days. An ABC News headline says: "Why are more than 300 people in the US still dying from…
On Approaching Death
CW: As the title suggests, there will be discussion of death and dying and some mention of suicide in this post.I thought nothing of following up my last post on…
Dancing with Viruses
There are several measles cases in Waterloo Region. As of last week there were currently over 60 cases in nearby Wellington/Guelph, and over 1,300 in Ontario since October.Measles is like…
Please Vote!!
Let's see if we can avoid our own Timbit Trump tomorrow!! If you're not sure of the best candidate to beat the cons in your riding, check out Smart Voting!…
The Rise of Unreason
The Ontario Health Coalition put out a press release a couple weeks ago about the sharp increase in people infected with measles here. There were 816 cases from October 2024…
Yalom on Approaching Meaning
About 45 years ago, psychiatrist Irvin Yalom estimated that a good 30-50% of all cases of depression might actually be a crisis of meaninglessness, an existential sickness, and these cases…
Orange Monday or MAGA Monday?
Time will tell which name will go down in history books. But April 7, 2025 will be up there with Black Monday (October 19, 1987) and Black Thursday (October 18,…
So, Tariffs, Amiright?
Round of tariffs for all, except Russia.I have a friend in the states who isn't worried about any of this stuff. "Big businesses will stop it," she says. She expects…
Public Health Needs to be Independent
David Fisman posted a thread yesterday about problems when big money gets involved in public health."During Covid, I experienced firsthand how political pressure twisted science—and nearly destroyed reputations. A short…
Disappearance of the Rule of Law
Charlie Angus talked about Canada-US relations on Meidas Touch: "We're thinking, if we go down the road with this regime, we're talking about the disappearance of the rule of law,…
Monbiot on Capitalism vs Commerce
George Monbiot wrote today, "One of capitalism's greatest successes is to shut down our imaginations. With the help of its favoured tools - neoliberalism and fascism - it persuades us…
Bearing Witness
Brandon Friedman wrote an important thread about what we do now. Here it is in full:"This is a German woman being marched past the bodies of Holocaust victims. After World…
Avoiding the Sausage Machine
click to readI attended an excellent masterclass on "Trans-Inclusive Philosophy" with Sophie Grace Chappell last week, put on by The Philosopher magazine. She wrote Epiphanies and Transfigured, and this paper…
Things May Appear Bleak, And Yet…
Byung-Chul Han's The Spirit of Hope is a beautiful book, the kind you want to treat with care and won't dare dog-ear a page. Anselm Kiefer's illustrations throughout provide a…
The Flies Have Conquered the Flypaper
Steinbeck's The Moon is Down was first published in 1942, before he was sent off to fight. As a journalist, he enlisted in order to be in the thick of…