Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – John Paul Tasker reports on Dr. Theresa Tam’s warning that cases of the Omicron COVID variant are set to escalate rapidly. Blake…
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Climate Change Has Destabilized Both Poles (and everything in between them).
It was the year when a small Siberian town far within the Arctic Circle registered 100 F. Change is coming fast to both Arctic and Antarctic, change that already alters…
How Climate Change Can Go For the Dirt
Two studies out of Australia explore the link between climate change and carbon levels in soil. As a rule, the darker the soil, the more carbon it contains, the more…
Oh, Crap – the Security Council Isn’t Up to Climate Change
Climate change is apparently much too touchy a subject for it to be considered by the United Nations Security Council. Putting that on the shoulders of the very people who…
"Postcards from a World on Fire"
The New York Times has a new project that tracks climate change impacts that are already manifesting in 193 nations, every country on Earth. It’s called Postcards from a World…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Umair Haque reminds us that the COVID pandemic is far from over, while Julie Bosman, Amy Harmon and Albert Sun discuss the escalating…
These Are Hard Times – Unless You’re Ultra-Rich
Seriously, do you ever give a moment’s thought about the plight of the ultra-rich? Having all that money can grow burdensome. You can only stuff so many mattresses before you…
Bill C4 – Conversion Therapy Passed – Now What?
To my surprise, Bill C4 made it through parliament in record time. Personally, I think this is a good thing. However, I also know that Social Conservatives and Gender Critical…
Something to Chew On – Part 1
I’m poring over papers and studies dealing with the thorny issue of growth in an already overgrown world. A few days ago I did a post about a recent study…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Ben Cohen writes about the expert consensus on the need for booster shots and public health measures to slow the spread of…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Bruce Arthur warns that the worst of the COVID pandemic may be just around the corner as the far more transmissible Omicron variant…
"They Said." We Chose Not to Listen.
There’ll be more severe weather events, they said. There’ll be more hurricanes, they said. There’ll be more tornadoes, they said. There’ll be more drought, they said. There’ll be more flooding,…
More Good News, In a Way
She may be battered and bloody but the Coquihalla highway, the main connector that links the Lower Mainland with the rest of British Columbia, may soon be back in business,…
Musical interlude
Dallerium feat. Olive – How Do I Sleep Now
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Alejandro Jadad studies the social murder traceable to politicians’ flawed responses to COVID-19 and other known causes of sickness and death, while Tara…
It’s Good News, In a Way
The human population is set to decline – in a few decades. It’s hard not to believe that. On the way, however, we’ll grow and peak at around 9.7 billion…
Let ‘Er Rip! Alberta Opens the Taps.
Make hay while the sun shines. UCP Energy Minister Sonya Savage says the province has not set production limits on the oil industry since December of 2020. She said the…
Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Bruce Arthur writes about the need for governments’ responses to COVID to adapt to the increased risk posed by the Omicron variant.…
It’s the Latest Thing. Let’s Just Call It "Reality." The Era of Growth Ends in Ten Years.
Flashback 50 years. 1972. Boston. MIT. A study is released by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology that concludes industrialized civilization will end around the middle of this century. But that…
Conversion Therapy Ban Enacted
It’s now the law of Canada. The ban on conversion therapy received royal assent today. It’s done. At last.