Brain Fusion and Long Covid
I can’t find a way to embed this, but a three minute video seen at this link is making the rounds. It’s an interview with Professor Yazi Ke of MacQuarie…
Marie Snyder
Ontario School Safety
This small but mighty grassroots organization, Ontario School Safety, was at Queen’s Park Wednesday, on Clean Air Day, to plead for clean air in schools and school buses. They unmasked…
Trans Rights are Human Rights
The trans community isn’t safe in Canada, that’s why Pride month is necessary. And there’s no straight month because nobody has ever been discriminated against for being straight! Last week…
Conformity Experiments
This image comes from a century ago, of course. It’s still very hard to be different, but sometimes it’s vital. When I taught a course called the Challenge of Change,…
PSA: Ontario Pollution Concentrations
You can find how much particulate matter is in the air in your community at this link, and air quality index forecasts here. Click on the little graph beside the…
On Track for Privatization
A couple weeks ago, Texas came very close to passing a bill defunding public education: a “school choice” bill that would provide vouchers for parents to be able to “use…
Spot the Difference!
Which crowd would you feel safer in, especially with wastewater levels of Covid very high and in an upward trend in places, and no longer being monitored elsewhere! Here’s the…
Graphic Response to Mask Removal in Hospitals
Dr. Evonne Curran sent a 3,000 word letter to the medical authorities in Scotland because “prevention is primary, and our job is to keep people safe. Withdrawing masks in hospitals…
Rough-Cut Research Peer-Review: On Remote Work
One more thread to be saved before I write something of my own; this time it’s James Heathers‘ scathing take down of Talia Varley’s article in the Globe and Mail.…
Ely’s Long Covid Disability Roulette
The Washington Post put out a free article about a new study that defines long Covid. They identify 12 key symptoms to create a common language on this. The symptoms…
On Keeping Kids "Safe" From Pride
Student Trustee Kenzy Soror wrote an excellent, brief thread on the problem with parents keeping their children home because it’s pride day or month: “I take great concern with the…
Social Identity and Narratives
From Alan Levinoitz: A lot of politics can be explained by ignoring Maslow’s hierarchy and realizing that people care as much about symbolic meaning, a sense of dignity, narratives in…
Why We’re Not Keeping Kids Safe from Covid
I mentioned a bit about McKinnon and Co. in footnote to a recent post on health care privatization, but these threads need a wider audience. I can’t verify any of…
On Letting Them Fail
In my recent “Kids Today” post, I mentioned the problems with not letting kids fail classes as one of many examples of how we swoop in to rescue them instead…
Pandemic Historic Ties to Fascism
I’m very concerned with the public largely ignoring Covid despite a growing shift to get kids to replace workers who are lost to Covid deaths or disability after convincing us…
Kids Today!
A letter has been circulating and in the news complaining about kids today. Things have changed in the last few years, but I don’t think it’s as dramatic a shift…
Some Pretty Pictures and a Poem
On my twitter feed, I make sure to temper my covid and climate change posts by re-tweeting incredible physical feats (mainly cycling and gymnastics), beautiful art, hilarious posts, lots of…
Why Ranked Ballots Make Sense
I believe that WRDSB has a committee formed to determine the process to appoint two new trustees. I’ve been actively avoiding following the news on all this, but I do…
The Need to Grow
When I taught civics and we discussed Canada’s immigration policy, that we typically take in about 250,000 newcomers each year, but over 600,000 apply, many students would suggest we need…
Modernism, Post and Meta
When I’m not ranting about Covid and climate change, I’m biking, reading, writing, and watching shows and movies. Tons of movies. Right now Monday mornings start with Yellowjackets as an…