What Happens When Science Goes Private
One of the most troubling aspects of the neoliberal era is the privatization of scientific research out of the public eye. Taking science in-house, behind the corporate curtain, under the…
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Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Duncan Cameron discusses how right-wing nationalism is contributing to the destruction of our planet and the exploitation of people. Don Braid highlights how…
A Global Leadership Fail
The headline in Scientific American was jarring. What we must do to prepare for the next pandemic. If this pandemic taught us one thing, it’s that we weren’t ready for…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Slumbering cats.
Shaggin’ the Help?
A bit of salacious gossip from the Guardian. The paper reports that Don Junior’s former missus, Vanessa, and Trump’s almost daughter (by Marla Maples as if that counts), Tiffany, may…
Carbon Wars?
What the hell is it? Is it a tax? Is it a levy? Does it matter? As I read it, they’re talking about a global price on carbon. The idea…
America’s Juggernaut – the Perma-War Machine
“We kept our country at peace. We never went to war. We never dropped a bomb. We never fired a bullet. But still we achieved our international goals.” C’mon, quick.…
Here’s Our Problem
Caitlin Johnstone is a self-described “rogue journalist” from Australia. She’s fiercely critical of the United States, too much for my taste, and almost as hard on matters cultural and artistic.…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Marcin Osuchowski et al. highlight the importance of updating our understanding of COVID-19 rather than presuming it behaves the same way as previously-studied…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Zeynep Tufecki writes about the deadly delay in recognizing the reality that COVID-19 spreads largely through aerosol transmission. Elliot Hannon reports on…
Republican Congressman – "The Ship is Sinking."
On Face the Nation this morning, Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Il, wasn’t pulling any punches: “Right now, it’s basically the Titanic. We’re like, you know, in this in the middle of…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – David Graham points out that what’s being labeled “vaccine hesitancy” reflects little more than abject denial about the realities of a deadly disease.…
Great, I’m a Viking.
First it was 23&Me. Then it was Ancestry.ca. Then came MyTrueAncestry.com. All of which prove that before you go snooping, realize it’s not all going to be unicorns and princesses.…
Musical interlude
Wide Mouth Mason – Erase Any Trace
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Mickey Djuric reports on the growing surgical backlog resulting from the Moe government’s willingness to let COVID-19 tear through Saskatchewan’s health care system.…
Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Leyland Cecco discusses how a combination of feckless government and decades of carefully-stoked anti-science sentiment has turned Alberta into North America’s COVID-19…
They Myth of China, the Climate Champion
If you think of China as leading the fight against climate catastrophe, you might want to think again. China now contributes 27 per cent of global carbon emissions. The United…
The Benefit of the Doubt Has Run Its Course
When it comes to the climate emergency, world leaders are long on promises and very short on meaningful action. There was a time when we tolerated empty promises but, now,…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Cushioned cats.
When Lockdown is a Luxury You Can’t Afford
The current Covid hotspot is the world’s second most populous nation, Narendra Modi’s India. As the pandemic, and especially the double-mutation Indian variant, sweep through India’s major cities, other countries…