Alberta’s Conservatives Are Abusers
It should come as no surprise to most readers that I have little use for conservatism in its current form. I think it has become something to be reviled, and…
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But What About Syphilis?
Alberta’s medical officer of health, Dr. Dina Hinshaw, thinks she’s getting a bad rap for dismantling the province’s Covid-19 public health effort. She says lifting isolation requirements, asymptomatic testing and…
Define "Extreme"
The New York Times has a section it calls “Extreme Weather and Climate Updates.” That got me wondering how we should define “extreme” now that we’re truly in the throes…
Lousy Timing. Wildfire Closing In on Olympia.
With the Olympic games underway in Tokyo, the original site of the games, Olympia itself, is threatened by wildfires. The European Union sent assistance to Greece and other countries in…
Ottawa’s Epiphany – It’s Only Going to Get Worse
We’re on our own now. It used to be that, whenever Canada or the U.S. experienced terrible wildfires, the other would lend a hand. That was then. This is now.…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Nora Loreto points out the thousands of deaths known to have been caused by the spread of COVID-19 in Canadian hospitals – and…
Betrayal
This summer, with its heatwaves and wildfires, droughts and floods, has left no doubt that the age of climate breakdown is here. All we have left to decide is how…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Leisurely cats.
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Emily Anthes highlights what the people paying attention to COVID-19 (and particularly the Delta variant) have learned about the risks of transmission…
Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your Monday reading. – Jonathan Howard writes that the recognition of higher COVID-19 risks in adults has been used as a means of misleadingly minimizing the risks…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Lauren Pelley examines the impact of the Delta variant in Canada. And Marieke Walsh notes that we’re facing an increasingly tight time…
"The Year They Ran Out of Excuses"
Labour MP, Ed Miliband, writes that climate delay, not climate denial, has become our biggest enemy. Nothing, he warns, is more dangerous than the “illusion of action.” Future generations will…
Musical interlude
Glass Animals – It’s All So Incredibly Loud
Speaking With Morons
Logic and evidence-bound critical thinkers find it hard, even pointless, to converse with conspiracy theorists even those within their own families. Andrew Coyne writes there’s nothing you can say to…
Overshoot Picking Up Steam
Overshoot. Think of it as the canary in the mine safeguarding human civilization. Overshoot Day is the day each year by which mankind has exhausted an entire year’s supply of…
Covid, the Dress Rehearsal for a Future of Chaos?
We were shocked by the first wave. No vaccines. We were left to a regime of self-isolation, masks, social distancing, lockdowns and endless bouts of handwashing. The first wave bled…
Conspiracy Theory or are the Oligarchs Making Their Move?
Author/columnist George Monbiot is best known as The Guardian’s enviroscribe. In recent years his focus has expanded from greenhouse gases to social and political punditry, all from a progressive viewpoint.…
Scavenger Hunt – Helium
A lot of attention is being paid to the “end of growth” expected to grind the global economy to a near halt by the end of the 2020s. See here,…
Time to reclaim the Sunnyside Bus Terminal: Toronto’s forgotten bus station
The Toronto Coach Terminal’s closure earlier this month was a reminder that the TTC used to operate an intercity bus service called Gray Coach, until it was sold off in…
Time to reclaim the Sunnyside Bus Terminal: Toronto’s forgotten bus station
The Toronto Coach Terminal's closure earlier this month was a reminder that the TTC used to operate an intercity bus service called Gray Coach, until it was sold off in…