A Far Different Future Sooner Than You Might Imagine
One thing that can be said for the unfolding climate emergency is that it has forced us to see ourselves not as Masters of the Universe but as a species…
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Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – CBC News reports on the research which is just starting to systematically identify and treat the worrisome symptoms of long COVID. Gabriel Scally…
We Saw This Coming 50 Years Ago. We Didn’t Listen Then. We Aren’t Listening Now.
It was in 1972, 49 years ago, that the Swiss-based think tank, the Club of Rome, warned that the clock was running out on human civilization. Its first report in…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – The Globe and Mail’s editorial board recognizes that any responsible government would be continuing to apply public health rules to prevent a…
Deep thought
It’s an absolute mystery where Scott Moe and the Saskatchewan Party got the impression they’re entitled to dictate how they’re covered and what questions they’ll deign to answer.
21st Century Summer
Two natural forces in conflict – nostalgia and creeping normalcy. The first attempts to keep alive fond memories from decades past. The other tries to focus on the present, often…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Jillian Horton discusses the lack of any meaningful effort to make education safe at the point when provincial governments should be planning for…
Musical interlude
Rhye – The Fall
Northern Ireland’s Problem Lives in London. Ask Fintan.
Irish Times columnist, Fintan O’Toole, has a word for the “made in Whitehall” mess that plagues Northern Ireland – “Brexternity.” It’s the wound that will not heal inflicted on the…
The Attack on Roe v. Wade Begins
The Attorney-General of Mississippi is asking the US Supreme Court to reverse the court’s decision in the Roe v. Wade abortion case. Calling the court’s precedent on abortion “egregiously wrong,”…
Brace Yourself for What’s Coming from Ottawa
The electioneering Libs are shelling out $1.3 billion to extend the Sky Train from Surrey to Langley. Hard to argue with mass transit. That handout, however, is just shy of…
Imagine If You Lived Here
This was on everyone’s mind in Osoyoos, B.C. last night. How would you react if you saw this coming down the mountain, drawing ever closer to your place?
Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Cory Coleman reports on the blunt recommendation from public health experts that people not attend Saskatchewan Roughrider games due to the near…
B.C. Wildfires now Triple the Ten Year Average.
310,000 hectares burned. That’s 200,000 hectares above the 10 year average for this point in the fire season. Premier John Horgan has finally declared a state of emergency. Well, duh.…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Brian Owens’ roundup includes reference to new research showing that excess deaths are the result of COVID-19 itself, not the lockdowns used to…
"We are at the point that there’s nothing untouched."
Those who have stood vigil at a love one’s death bed know the agony of loss. University of Montana entomologist, Diana Six, says a constant haunting depression has taken over…
Wildfire Smoke Blankets New York City, Worst Air Quality In the World.
We’ve become accustomed to horrific air quality in Beijing or Mumbai, some of the worst on the planet. Now that laurel has passed to New York City courtesy of wildfire…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Playtime cats.
When Your God Deserts You
In the American southwest, water is and always has been god. Its divinity is enshrined in man-made aquifers such as Lake Mead and Lake Powell, in the once mighty Hoover…