Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Michael Bang Pedersen argues that the COVID pandemic offers a prime example of the importance of telling hard truths to the public –…
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Boeing 737 Max Test Pilot Indicted for Fraud
A former Boeing 737 Max test pilot has been charged with criminal fraud for allegedly withholding vital safety information about the flawed aircraft. It’s said that pilot Mark Forkner deceived…
The Workers’ Revolt – Paul Krugman
Have American workers said “enough”? Have they had their fill of long hours and low pay in jobs that offer few benefits and no security? Paul Krugman says their pent-up…
The Road to Glasgow – the Mess We’re Already In, a Recap
One measure of how critical the climate crisis has become is the early-onset impacts we’re already enduring. Severe storm events of increasing frequency, intensity and duration; unbearable heat waves; wildfires…
The Road to Glasgow – Apparently, "We Are Not Amused."
Queen Elizabeth seems to have had her fill with the yack-yack boys who pass themselves off as world leaders and their empty talk about the climate crisis. The Queen has…
Arms Race Update – F-35 Continues to Flounder
It first flew in 2006. After 15 years you might think the manufacturer, Lockheed Martin, would have the bugs worked out. Not so much. The F-35 has always been short…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Amativa Banerjee writes about the cognitive dissonance involved in living through the COVID-19 pandemic. And Ian Sample reports on scientists’ recognition that…
Time to Get Tough with China?
In some provinces you can’t go into bars or restaurants without a vaccine “passport,” proof that you have received two doses of a Covid-19 vaccine. Next month Canadians will be…
It’s "Adapt or Die." What we’ll pay for ignoring climate adaptation.
I wonder if, in decades to come, we’ll see the Covid pandemic as a crisis that kept us from responding to the climate emergency. It’s clear now that, when it…
He’s Back. Well, That Was Quick.
William Shatner has successfully traveled from Earth to the edge of space and back in about the same time he takes for his morning bathroom break. At 90 he goes…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – David Fickling responds to the attempt by petropoliticians to blame high gas prices on limited climate action rather than the vagaries of commodity…
The Hammer Falls. China Retreats on Climate Change.
Less than 3 weeks from the opening of the Cop26 Glasgow climate summit, China has reversed course. China plans to build more coal-fired power plants and has hinted that it…
A Country Mile – Losing the Fight to Fend Off Climate Catastrophe
If humanity is to avert catastrophic climate change we really have to up our game. Current plans are estimated to fall 60 per cent short of what’s needed to achieve…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Uplifted cats.
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Ian Sample and Peter Walker report on the Parliamentary inquiry which has found the UK’s response to COVID-19 to be one of…
The Road to Glasgow – Three Weeks and Counting
Biden climate czar, John Kerry, is expecting great things at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow. But, with globalism in cardiac arrest and an energy crisis arriving just in time…
Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your Monday reading. – Blair McBride writes about the long-term medical crisis Alberta can expect as people are unable or unwilling to have normal diagnoses carried out…
Some Good News. It’s Been Awhile.
One of the gravest threats of climate breakdown is drought. Pretty much every living thing won’t without adequate amounts of water. Animals die. Crops don’t grow. It’s a mess. But…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Ricky Leong discusses the complete lack of any reasonable explanation for the UCP’s failure to protect the health of Albertans in the…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Adam Hunter points out the stark gap between public health officials emphasizing the need for protections against community transmission of COVID-19, and Scott…