Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Katherine Wu warns that another U.S. COVID wave may severely test what’s already proven to be an alarming willingness to accept injury…
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Some Pictures Are Worth a Thousand Words
Voila, courtesy of The Tyee.
Eliot Cohen "Why Can’t We Admit Ukraine is Winning?"
Writing in The Atlantic, professor and author, Eliot Cohen, argues that we’re selling the Ukrainians short in their battles with invading Russian forces. The West’s biggest obstacle to accepting success,…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Dayne Patterson discusses the continued recognition among doctors that the COVID-19 pandemic is far from over (and indeed approaching another particularly dangerous phase).…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Cats dreaming big.
The Dreaded "E" Word or Good Intentions On the Road to Hell
Canada must stop producing fossil fuels by 2034. 12 more years if mankind is to have a break-even chance of arresting global warming at 1.5C. A study out of the…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Crawford Killian writes about the dangers of becoming unduly relaxed about a new COVID wave (with particular reference to South Korea’s experience).…
Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Umair Haque discusses how the corporate-driven surrender to COVID – like so many of the choices which value profit over well-being – reflects…
Meanwhile, in Existential News
With people riveted to the outrage in Ukraine or the Covid rollercoaster or the pump price of gasoline, the existential threat facing humanity has become an orphan. It isn’t that…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Lauren Pelley and Adam Miller discuss the reality that Canada has never seen its previous COVID wave fully recede even as a…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Moira Wyton writes about the growing chorus of experts warning that we’re on the verge of another deadly wave of COVID-19. Shira Lurie…
Musical interlude
Diplo feat. Amtrac & Leon Bridges – High Rise
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Ed Yong laments the U.S.’ particularly dangerous spin through the pandemic cycle of panic and neglect as it is eliminating all federal funding…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Tim Loh discusses how Europe’s premature end to public health measures is resulting in another COVID wave. Lei Lei Wu notes that…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Noushin Ziafati reports on the continuing challenges facing people suffering from long COVID – particularly as governments attempt to pretend the pandemic which…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Homemaking cats.
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Nora Loreto discusses the collective trauma which is following from the combination of a pandemic and a determined effort by our ruling…
Krugman on Putin: "He Had No Idea What He Was Getting Himself Into."
Fareed Zakaria’s Sunday interview with Paul Krugman
Taibbi’s Tough Talk
Trust Matt Taibbi to re-open old wounds. In his latest piece, Taibbi looks at the invasion of Ukraine through George Orwell’s eyes. No one is spared. In the last weeks,…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Steven Woolf examines the inescapable connection between political choices and avoidable COVID-19 deaths between U.S. states. And Christopher Blackwell discusses how the pandemic…