The Lost Age of Literacy
The following insults are from an era before the English language got boiled down to 4-letter words: 1. “He had delusions of adequacy ” Walter Kerr 2. “He has all…
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End of the Line?
The habitable Earth is becoming increasingly smaller. In some places it’s too dry. The phenomenon of decadal drought from mellennia past has returned. The pattern of reliably predictable and gentle…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Liz Szabo discusses how improved ventilation has plenty of additional benefits beyond limiting the spread of COVID – making it the COVID…
On mere opinions
There’s been plenty of attention – and indeed enthusiasm – in response to the Saskatchewan Liberals’ petition seeking a plebiscite on a COVID inquiry. So let’s take a look at…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Abdullah Shihipar discusses why there’s every reason to resist the pressure from self-serving politicians and business groups to succumb to COVID-19. Hannah Flynn…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Hunting cats.
Burning the Climate From Both Ends
From coal to oil to gas, our profligate use of cheap, abundant fossil energy has been instrumental in triggering the existential peril, climate breakdown, that now besets the world. It…
Hogs At the Trough or, Canada, Say What Now?
The climate emergency invites no end of finger pointing and it mainly comes down to rich countries getting the blame because, well, climate change. Overall, rich countries have enjoyed a…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Mustafa Hirji discusses how basic public health protections offer the best chance of controlling the spiraling harms from COVID-19 without resorting to…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Delphine Strauss and Jamie Smyth highlight how long COVID is already preventing millions of people from working – with far more likely to…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Sam Gindin discusses the need to push back against the narrative that inflation caused by supply chain disruptions and corporate greed will…
About That New Fighter Jet, the F-35
Canada is negotiating the purchase of 88 F-35 strike fighters. The F-35 comes in three flavours – A, B, and C. The B model is a vertical lift variant preferred…
Saskatchewan NDP Leadership 2022 Reference Page
A one-stop source for general information about the 2022 Saskatchewan NDP leadership campaign. General InformationSaskatchewan NDP Constitution Saskatchewan NDP Membership Candidate Information Candidate Website Twitter Facebook Profile Carla Beck CarlaForLeader.ca…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – William Haseltine writes about the long-lasting and severe cognitive effects of long COVID, while Danny Altmann discusses the urgency of developing effective treatment…
Musical interlude
Fink – Looking Too Closely
On negative reinforcement
While there have been some aspects of the Saskatchewan NDP’s post-election review (PDF) which involved conflicting currents within the party, one of the few possibilities which seems to have been…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content for your Friday reading. – Gavin Yamey et al. observe that a push for vaccine equity – and the retention of public health measures until it can be…
A Charlatan and a Threat to Democracy
A US District Court judge has slammed former president Donald Trump as a “charlatan” and a menace to American democracy. A federal judge on Thursday called Donald Trump a threat…
Sure We’ve Got a Housing Crisis. Now Do Something About It.
There’s an affordable housing problem in Canada. It’s a problem that has confronted other countries also and they have shown us how to fix it. Hint: the answer isn’t building…
DFO – Ottawa’s West Coast Menace
They knew. They all knew. The Department of Fisheries and Oceans knew. The last Conservative government knew. The Trudeau government knew. And they made it their secret. Canada was warned…