Tuesday Evening Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Henry Mance talks to Mariana Mazzucato about the big con by private consultants who have been treated as a substitute for a…
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Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Ann Mallen offers a personal account of the effect of the continued COVID threat on people who are already immunocompromised, while Richard Woodbury…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Maura Hohman discusses how COVID-19 has been found to cause increased heart problems in young people (among other harm to health) –…
Making the case for W1M1V in Don Valley North
Why I’m running for OLP VP Communications On Saturday I attended the Don Valley North PLA AGM on Saturday. Good discussion around rebuilding and engaging. And nice to catch up…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Paula Span discusses how older Americans (and their peers elsewhere) have been left to navigate the pandemic with no consideration for their health…
Musical interlude
Metric – I Will Never Settle
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Philip Ritchie writes about new research into natural receptors which may help limit infection by COVID-19 and other viruses, while Alice Klein reports…
Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Scott Rivkees writes that COVID-19 denialism has come to dominate public policy around an ongoing viral threat, while Kelly Skjerven reports that…
On Trans People And Changing Rooms
I swim. Regularly. It’s my preferred form of exercise for a variety of reasons. I like to think the staff and other patrons at the pool know me, and respect…
Why I’m running for OLP VP Communications
The Ontario Liberal Party is holding its AGM in Hamilton next month and I’m standing for VP Communications. I’m putting my name forward because we need to rebuild the OLP…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Expressive cats.
Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Emma Beddington rightly questions the determination of the powers that be to pretend that COVID-19 never happened – though her attempt to…
Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Catherine Albright et al. study how the wide transmission of COVID-19 – due in no small part to the “let ‘er rip” mindset…
Musical interlude
Everything But The Girl – Five Fathoms
He’s Not Wrong … But He Kind Of Is
Over on Twitter, I found the following comment: He’s sort of right. A rental unit is a rental unit, and yes, people should be able to live there. There’s a…
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week. – David Wallace-Wells writes about the continued excess mortality in the U.S. beyond the million-plus deaths already attributed to COVID-19. Blair Williams calls out…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Nicoletta Lanese reports on a new analysis showing that COVID-19 has become a leading cause of death among U.S. children. Ewen Callaway…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Crawford Kilian writes about the urgent need to prioritize and invest in public health and the social determinants of health – both to…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Jumpy cats.
Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Richard Denniss calls out Australia’s government for its “nothing to see here” approach to an ongoing public health emergency. And Falko Tesch…