Something to Chew On – Mexico Taps Out
It’s funny how much good information can be gleaned from the London Review of Books. Cape Town resident, Rosa Lyster, has penned an essay about the fresh water crisis she…
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Some Numbers Can Be Jarring
By now we should be old hands at dealing with Covid. We’ve lived through the ebb and flow of what, four waves now, maybe five? We play the odds. It…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Mark Lipsitch et al. examine the current state of knowledge about COVID breakthrough infections and the public health measures still needed to avoid…
What Will We Do When They Want Us to Pay For What We Have Done?
The climate emergency has hit even the affluent nations hard but that doesn’t compare to what has befallen the ultimate victims of two centuries of industrialization, the Third World. The…
Something to Chew On – Drought
When we think of the climate breakdown it’s usually in the context of what the media covers. The Fraser Valley floods are one example. The highways that were swept away…
Meet Kelly Tshibaka, Trump’s Pick for Alaska
She’s pro-Trump. She’s anti-McConnell. And she’s hoping to bump off incumbent Lisa Murkowski in the primaries for the Republican senate nomination for Alaska. She is Kelly Tshibaka (not sure if…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Relaxed cats.
They’re Organized. They’re Smart. The Proud Boys Storm Back.
The Proud Boys, America’s would-be Brown Shirts, are taking a page out of resistance movements’ play book. Today the D.C. Attorney-General filed a civil lawsuit against the Proud Boys and…
Factory Workers in Mayfield Forced to Stay at Their Jobs
They heard the tornado sirens. They wanted to leave. They were told they would be fired if they didn’t stay put. Several lost their lives. As a catastrophic tornado approached…
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…
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…