Musical interlude
Everything But The Girl – Five Fathoms
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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…
On Generational Divides
There is a huge generational conflict going on in our society today, and it’s mostly “The Boomers” versus every generation that came after them. The Boomer generation is steadily moving…
Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Abinaya Vijayaraghavan and Jennifer Rigby report on the World Health Organization’s recognition that COVID-19 remains a global public health emergency even as far…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Melody Schrieber reports on new data showing that more Americans missed work due to illness in 2022 than in any other year…
So … The Social Woes Of Today Are The Fault of Whom?!
The political right wing's inability to understand things beyond simplistic bromides has always surprised me. I get that it makes for easy sound bite politicking, but seriously, the conclusions drawn…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Kat Eschner interviews John Peters about the growing inequality in wealth, income and influence. And Scott Martin offers a reminder not to conflate…
Musical interlude
Jamie Woon – Shoulda (Samy Chelly Remix)
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week. – George Monbiot discusses how everybody is being forced to play COVID roulette due to the choice not to work toward clean and safe…
Danielle Smith’s Magical Email Investigation
So, last week very serious allegations of the Premier's office attempting to intervene in the prosecutions resulting from the Coutts blockade last year. By Saturday, the Premier's office was going…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Rachel Brazil discusses the effect of the “imprinting” from a first COVID-19 infection on subsequent immune responses which makes the spread of highly-mutated…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Cuddled cats.
Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Anne Sosin and Martha Lincoln discuss the war on empathy embodied by the flurry of media attacks against anybody with the temerity…
Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Jessica Corsetti reports on Greta Thunberg’s message that the wealthiest few value their own short-term profit-taking over the future of humanity. Paul Kahnert…
Spring Election?
Are Canada’s conservatives lining up for a federal election this spring? Predicting such things is a bit like scrying, but there are signs that lean that way. First are some…