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Arcade Fire – Unconditional I (Lookout Kid)
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Monbiot – the Fly in the Ointment
When it comes to averting climate catastrophe there are many perilous challenges but one stands head and shoulders above the rest – the very people we elect to high office.…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Phil Tank offers a reminder that Saskatchewan’s citizens shouldn’t follow the lead of its government in wrongly pretending the COVID-19 pandemic is over.…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Danny Halpin reports on new research showing that people who have suffered from long COVID are at far greater risk of blood…
Betting Against Humanity
Whether you like it or not, they have you firmly in their crosshairs. “They” are the fossil energy giants and they’re planning to unleash “scores of ‘carbon bomb’ oil and…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction highlights the fundamentally flawed evaluation of risk which is resulting in our suffering from far…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Dozing cats.
Is the Ocean Losing Its Memory?
A new report claims our oceans are losing their memory, something that may impair our ability to predict climate extremes and our ability to manage fisheries. The study is tough…
Monbiot – The Earth Beneath Our Feet
Forget flat screen TVs and broken supply chains. How secure is the global food supply? Hint: it’s not secure, not at all. If you haven’t got enough to eat, biblical…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Sheryl Gay Stoberg discusses how concerns about pharmaceutical profiteering and a lack of access in the developing world are developing for COVID-19 treatments…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Yan Wang et al. examine the feasibility of a zero COVID policy, and find that the even the development of the Omicron…
Gwynne Dyer’s Money Is On Ukraine
It’s been a challenge to make much sense out of Putin’s illegal war on Ukraine. After stunning successes by the Ukrainians against the invading Russian forces, Putin pulled back, appointed…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Naomi Grimley, Jack Cornish and Nassos Sylianou report on the World Health Organization’s recognition that COVID-19 deaths far exceed official totals, while Sheryl…
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Shallou – Here
On Abortion Law In Canada
Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer, this is just my personal exploration of the legal landscape in Canada and how it differs from that of the US. The decision in…
#SKNDPLDR: Membership Deadline
I’ll be posting more about the Saskatchewan NDP’s leadership race in the days to come, including putting together candidate profiles and updating my campaign reference page. For those interested in…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Vaibhav Upadhyay and Krishna Mallela discuss the development of new COVID-19 vaccines, and the hope that they’ll offer more protection as variants continue…
The Silence Is A Warning
This week, a draft ruling from the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) was leaked. Although what’s in the ruling itself is retrograde (and that’s being kind), that isn’t…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Eric Topol describes how COVID-19’s infectiousness has been steadily increasing with time even as so many governments have gone out of their…