We’ve Seen This Before. Saigon, April, 1975.
Canada’s embassy staff in Kabul are preparing to exit di di mau-style, fearing the Taliban could take the capital in the coming weeks. They’ve plenty of company as other embassies…
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No More Excuses
Climate scientist Sonia Seneviratne says the latest IPCC report leaves no room for more excuses for policy makers reluctant to act on the climate crisis. She says they’ve got all…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Lauren Pelley reports on the certainty that Canada is facing a fourth major wave of COVID-19 even as right-wing governments try to proclaim…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Cats on guard.
Whatever Were We Thinking. Talibs Overrun 8 Provincial Capitals in Just Five Days.
My apologies for this map. It reflects the spread of the Taliban in Afghanistan as of August 8. It’s two days out of date. Since then the Talibs have bagged…
Because It’s Just Not Going Away
From The Guardian: “Let’s say it without flinching: the fossil fuel industry is destroying our future.” Simon Lewis, professor of global change science at University College London, writes that our…
Cuomo Bails
He didn’t so much leave as he was swept out of office by a tsunami of his victims’ allegations. New York’s “touchy-feely” governor, Andrew Cuomo, departs in disgrace.
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Brad Plumer and Henry Fountain discuss the IPCC’s latest report confirming that some climate degradation is inevitable – but that we face…
The Pollster’s Apprentices
Think of it as the political equivalent of a guy yelling “squirrel” to his dog. Politicians will stand up on their hind legs when the bones cast and entrails read…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Peter Singer reminds us of the one-time-opposition to mandatory seat belts to make the case to apply a similar principle to vaccinations, while…
Don’t Sugar Coat It, Andrew. Canada’s Plague of Failed Governance.
The Tyee’s Andrew Nikiforuk, in an excoriating rebuke to Alberta premier, Jason Kenney, and his chief medical officer sockpuppet, Hinshaw, has captured a broader and potentially lethal failure of today’s…
On the Hook. IPCC – Extreme Weather for the Rest of Your Days.
That’s your fate. It’s everyone’s fate. We are in an era of extreme weather and we’re in for good. The question now is how much worse we choose to make…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Erika Edwards reports on a push from U.S. pediatricians to speed up the development and distribution of COVID vaccines for children due…
Death on Two Wheels, It’s Sturgis Again
The Covid pandemic was responsible for last year’s Sturgis motorcycle rally slump as just 460,000 bikers showed up. This year has seen a rebound in the 700,000 range. Christina Steele,…
Major IPCC Report Tomorrow
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change will release its latest major report tomorrow in the runup to the November, COP-26 climate summit in Glasgow. It’s the first major assessment since…
Wings For a World On Fire
The prime minister is predictably crossing the country, pressing the flesh, and leaving a trail of billions of dollars in pre-election goodies. Nothing remotely unusual there. What is unusual is…
My Enemy’s Face
There’s an understated malevolence to these guys. They say the right things. They know what dangers loom. Then they lapse into cognitive dissonance. Alok Sharma could be their poster boy.…
TERFy Arguments On Twitter
Today turned out to be “Day of the TERFs” on Twitter for me. I realize that for all that TERFs and GCs like to think of themselves as “clever” and…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Holly Yan examines the growing medical recognition that children need to be protected from COVID-19 (and particularly the Delta variant). David Holtgrave et…
One Damn Thing After Another
Southeast British Columbia is a Conservative stronghold. The Tories pretty much have a lock on the Okanagan, Kamloops, Kelowna region – the same area that’s reeling from wildfires and Covid-19.…