Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Ziyad Al-Aly offers a reminder of the immense body of evidence showing that COVID-19 leaves a lasting impact on the brain. And Hannah…
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On Drug Policy
Alberta in particular continues to ride the “War on Drugs” policy train from the 1980s. In fact, in many ways the current UCP government has doubled down on it with…
On Drug Policy
Alberta in particular continues to ride the “War on Drugs” policy train from the 1980s. In fact, in many ways the current UCP government has doubled down on it with…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Susan Riley points out the glaring gap between the urgency of the climate crisis, and the Canadian political response which (Charlie Angus aside)…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Trapped cat.
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Andre Picard highlights the dangers of treating the return of measles (and other threats to health exacerbated by anti-science zealotry) as something…
Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Kevin Jiang reports on the results of the largest-ever study into the effects of COVID-19 vaccines – which concludes they’ve been extremely safe…
Affirming Care Is Not A “Conveyor Belt”
In reading the essay “Current Concerns About Gender Affirming Care In Adolescents”, it occurred to me that there is a fundamental misrepresentation about what Gender Affirming Care means, and the…
Affirming Care Is Not A “Conveyor Belt”
In reading the essay “Current Concerns About Gender Affirming Care In Adolescents”, it occurred to me that there is a fundamental misrepresentation about what Gender Affirming Care means, and the…
Musical interlude
Dash Berlin feat. Hoyaa – Aviation
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Gary Fuller reports on the European Environment Agency’s estimate that EU countries alone are responsible for 238,000 deaths a year arising from their…
I Get Comments
So, apparently people who have made careers out of attacking trans people (and trans women in particular) are "unfailingly polite", and it's trans people who are being unreasonable (apparently).Let's put…
I Get Comments
So, apparently people who have made careers out of attacking trans people (and trans women in particular) are “unfailingly polite”, and it’s trans people who are being unreasonable (apparently). Let’s…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Armine Yalnizyan offers a warning about the spread of the tapeworm economy in which corporate profiteers wriggle their way into public services and…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Cat among toys.
About That "Angry, Violent Trans Woman" Thing
Back in the comments here, one of this blogs semi-regular, anonymous TERF-y commenters claims that transgender women are "often violent" based on a single news story. The backstory here is…
About That "Angry, Violent Trans Woman" Thing
Back in the comments here, one of this blogs semi-regular, anonymous TERF-y commenters claims that transgender women are “often violent” based on a single news story. The backstory here is…
Eating on the road: Food with a history at Ben’s Chili Bowl
When researching places I had to eat in Washington, DC, one that kept coming up was Ben's Chili Bowl. A DC staple since 1958, Ben's holds a special place in…
Eating on the road: Food with a history at Ben’s Chili Bowl
When researching places I had to eat in Washington, DC, one that kept coming up was Ben's Chili Bowl. A DC staple since 1958, Ben's holds a special place in…
Eating off the Hill: Food with a history at Ben’s Chili Bowl
When researching places I had to eat in Washington, DC, one that kept coming up was Ben’s Chili Bowl. A DC staple since 1958, Ben’s holds a special place in…