Covid and the Brain
Two slightly different takes from lengthy threads on how the brain operates in such a way that makes it ignore Covid risks as it protects us from the trauma caused…
Marie Snyder
On Marxism
It’s such a go-to now to call the enemy some version of a communist in a weird throwback to 1950s America and McCarthyism. And now the leader of the opposition…
We’re Mutant Enablers
A friend said, “I watch the numbers. I’ll start to mask again when cases get high. People who are sick should wear a mask.” And that, my friends, is why…
Strike While the Fire’s Hot
Happy Labour Day! I’m sitting at a comfortable distance from Ontario school contract negotiations this time out, and I don’t know all the ins and outs of the various union…
The Vulnerable will Fall by the Wayside
Fauci’s line to the BBC, “The vulnerable will fall by the wayside,” said while projecting that we’re unlikely to have another tsunami of cases of death as happened with Delta…
Success with CR Boxes and CO2 Monitors in Classrooms!
About a year and a half ago, I presented to the local school board about the benefits of masks to filter air before it hits our lungs and of using…
Endgame Vision
“Where there is no vision, the people perish.” ~ Proverbs 29:18 In many versions of that passage it says with prophetic vision people cast off restraint, but I think vision…
On Parental Rights
It’s not a thing. Well, legally it’s not. There are no “parental rights” section of the charter to defend. It’s a thing as in it’s a dogwhistle to see how…
Mehdi Hasan on Covid Contrarians
Mehdi Hasan did a 26 minute show on Covid misinformation. It’s mainly about American “Covid contrarians,” but this kind of thing is happening in Canada as well. Good on him…
We See What We Want to See
Lots of people still don’t quite understand how Covid spreads or how serious it is, causing mass disabilities and continuing to cause significantly more deaths that traffic collisions, although traffic…
Are Safer Schools Possible When it’s Not in the Rules?
I’ve been retired a year. Sometimes it feels like the last three decades were just a fever dream and I’ve always been a student, particularly since I’m back at the…
Targeted Protection
If we can figure out that most accidents involve, say, red cars, then instead of everybody wearing a seatbelt, we could just get those people who are vulnerable to traffic…
Take a Mask, Leave a Mask
Donate a Mask is an amazing group that helps get masks in people’s hands who couldn’t otherwise afford them. They’re helped immensely when others buy from them to offset the…
Sleeker and Even Quieter: PC Case Fan Filtration Box
It’s like a Corsi-Rosenthal box, but instead of being a square with a 20″ box fan, it can be built with six PC case fans (typically used to cool a…
On Student Absences
I’ve been thinking about the concern with kids not going to school for reasons beyond the rampant illnesses caused by letting a highly-infectious virus run wild. The Fortune article suggests…
The Science of Handwashing
I just watched Painkiiller about the Purdue Pharma, Sacklers, oxycontin scandal. It’s okay background viewing – less entertaining if you know the whole story already – except the occasional testimonials…
A Bit about Poetry
I’ve finally completely aged into poetry. I’m still not able to stomach country music, my friend’s marker of getting up in years, ready for a rocking chair and blanket on…
Menakem’s Somatic Therapy Approach to Anti-Racism Work
Resmaa Menakem’s My Grandmother’s Hands came highly recommended. The title refers to the effect that being enslaved had on his grandmother, and Menakem traces the violence of racism through the…
Over 90,000 Canadian Deaths and Counting
A JAMA article called out 52 medical health professionals who knowingly posted misinformation on social media. About a third of them are primary care physicians. It doesn’t name any names,…
Pan-Variant Vaccines on the Horizon
Epidemiologist prof Raywat Deonandan said, “Whenever I encourage people to mask in crowded indoor settings, I get the same pushback: ‘Do we have to do this for the rest of…