Unusual calls to 911
E-Comm releases its annual top ten list reminding the public to keep 9-1-1 lines free for emergencies only:
Watershed Watch Salmon Society
Watershed Watch Salmon Society is a small non-profit organization working hard to protect fish habitat in BC's rivers, lakes, wetlands, and the Pacific Ocean. This five-minute video explains their recent…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Aquatic cat.
Party control of municipal councils?
Ken Boon, a respected citizen of northeastern BC, is a regular contributor to the newspaper based in Fort St. John. He is concerned about provincial political parties dictating local government…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Yanis Varoufakis rightly argues that the EU (and the international community generally) should be treating the U.S.' draconian sanctions against ICC judges as…
2025 roundup: a dumpster fire of a year, really
I'm starting to see some of the "2025 in review" posts here and there, so I thought I would begin a round-up of the most interesting ones. If I find…
Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your Monday reading.- Seva Gunitsky discusses how the U.S. is committing hegemonic suicide. Simon Tisdall is about as optimistic as one can be about the Trump regime…
Agency Without Control
Rethinking the Self in an Age of Distributed IntelligenceMost people I speak with...
Remembering Trump
I'm still on a break from this blog, but I came across something too good not to share.Gee, I hope I'm not accused of having TDS (Trump Derangement Syndrome).Recommend this…
With a new year almost upon us, everyone paying attention now understands Danielle Smith is a separatist
It is a truth universally acknowledged that Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is a separatist. Well, not quite universally acknowledged, as we shall see. And only recently. But still, this recognition…
BC was deaf to cautionary tales
Many people are to blame for Site C, a facility that will produce electricity at a multiple of the cost of other clean power systems. No persons in positions of…
The liars jump the gun
Here’s an example of antisemitic propaganda, taken from the Chapters/Indigo website listing for my book The Hidden Hand. There has been NO advance copy released. It doesn’t mention Bondi Beach,…
Sunday Funday: Some good and funny posts, Paul Fairie’s headline contest, Trump Watch, and Animal Crackers
Funny posts - Carlita ShawRead on Substack View on Threads View on Threads — Albino Badguy (@albinobadguy.bsky.social) December 24, 2025 at 5:06 PM Funny Numbers xkcd.com/3184/— Randall Munroe (@xk...
BC Hydro customers paying for “doublespeak masterpiece”
In the Times Colonist, Les Leyne reacted to a recent BC Hydro report about Site C: B.C. Hydro has written the blandest, most blameless account possible. When it comes to…
Nincompoops ranting in their underpants just might have been right
Thanks to RanD Hadland at Facebook's Say "NO" to Site "C" Dam! for drawing my attention to a recent Vaughn Palmer column. The Sun's pundit mentions BC Hydro's "pathetic" excuse…
The biggest losers
In Canadian politics, Pierre Poilievre should be – but actually isn’t – the biggest loser of the year. And, yes, 2025 saw the Conservative leader blow a massive lead in…
Risk Indicator Checklist: What Language Predicts What Action and When Concern Should Escalate
This checklist is designed to help readers understand how extremist violence rarely appears out of nowhere. Instead, it emerges through patterns of language that normalize grievance, erode democratic legitimacy, and…