Bernie, #PodSaveJon, and the Rest of Us
On Thursday, Bernie Sanders tweeted about having Covid, and this happened: Favreau got slammed for this comment, and explained his intentions on Friday, “Just to follow up: the brand of…
Marie Snyder
Covid is Finally a Concern!
Maria Van Kerkhove, of the World Health Organization, is worried about Covid. If she’s worried, then the shit has really hit the fan. Van Kerkhove is well known to have…
Films and Shows of 2023: Speed Reviews
This year was another Covid mess so a great time for watching movies and shows from a variety of streaming services. These are in no particular order, and this is…
A Fruitful Exploration of the Core
Maybe there are seeds of potential deep within ourselves, but maybe there’s nothing there but a collection of signals. Regardless the outcome, we need to dig in to see what…
The Questionable Mindblind Theory of Autism
There was a cute social media post recently that asked kindergarten kids what gifts would be best for 30-year-olds. Of course there were lots of hearing aids and hip replacements…
He Had Her
“I don’t take advice from men.” This TicTok is gaining in popularity. Paige Turner explained the missing pieces from the success story of Casey Neistat. (Who? He’s a vlogger and…
The Boiling Frogs Timeline
Globally, Covid cases rose by over 50% in the past month! This article that reported the stats, mistakenly says the WHO “officially declared the end of the coronavirus pandemic worldwide…
On the Fog of Covid
There’s nothing normal about our lives right now. Simple precautions could change the rate of illness, disability, or death, but that would mean leaders opening themselves to lawsuits if they…
What Seems Impossible Can Become Inevitable
George Monbiot talked with journalist Rachel Donald of Planet Critical. In a nutshell, Monbiot has many views in common with Chomsky: People with the money have become the people with…
On Expectations of the Season
Today is often a difficult day for many people who celebrate Christmas, and it’s been made worse with the prospect of walking into a family dinner with Covid in the…
Realistic Faith: Strength for Those Who Look
It can be hard to keep working to show people that N95s and cleaning air will actually significantly reduce the number of sick, disabled, and dying in our communities. Here…
Long Covid Tag
Mentioning Long Covid symptoms to people can set off a series of other stories from people with similar symptoms. It’s out there, but we don’t want to talk about it.…
A Song for the Season
Hellscape Neverland (from Deborah Holloway – I added the bridge and re-worked the final verse) Sirens wail, are you listening?Family tears, they are glisteningThe ERs are crammed The wards are…
Covid Defences Matching Game
Match statements from friends, family, colleagues, bosses, and/or random strangers with “opinions,” to defence mechanism! Dr. Mike Hoerger, a clinical health psychologist in the US, noted several psychological defence mechanisms…
Pirola’s Dominating – Cool, Cool, Cool, Cool, Cool
Does everyone else picture Andy Samberg when they read about Pirola too?? Isn’t everyone reading about the hot new variant, Pirola (BA.2.86/JN.1), these days?? The concern with Pirola is that…
You Had One Job! On IPACs Refusal to Prevent or Control Infection
The Infection Prevention and Control (IPAC) of Canada is a registered charity making some questionable decisions recently. They promote themselves as, “Focussing on infection prevention and control in the community…
On Lookers and Thinkers
Can we teach how to think and problem solve our way out of a total collapse? I’m curious why some people are facing it all head on, reading the news…
On Hearing Others
Louis Cozolino’s beautifully written book on neuroscience has an explanation near the end about our necessary interconnectedness. Communication from one body part to anther happens when messages throughout our body…
Mini-Study on ND vs NT Use of Masks
Abstract: An online survey was conducted to compare the rate of masks wearing behaviour between neurotypical and neurodiverse populations. A greater number of neurodiverse participants reported always wearing a mask.…
Canadian Excess Deaths Report
Tara Moriarty wrote a compelling thread a couple weeks ago. I’ve never teared up from reading stats before. For anyone who doesn’t know her, Moriarty’s an Associate Professor at the…