My latest: the enemy within
Texas born and raised. All-American. U.S. Army veteran, too, and a member of the Army Reserve. Senior Information Management Officer in the Army. Army team leader and human resources supervisor.…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material to start your new year.- Michael Mann and Peter Hotez write about the combined threat posed by climate change, pandemics and an anti-science message which makes it far…
On resistance
Charlie Angus continues to receive plenty of well-deserved attention for his work trying to focus on the dangers of the impending Trump administration - including his latest op-ed in the…
what i’m reading: 2024 wrap-up
My 2023 reading plan turned out to be perfect for me, so I renewed it for 2024, and will keep it for 2025, too.For more on why I'm now using…
Home on the Open World Range
A recent article in the Journal of Internet Research described a study that came to the conclusion that open-world games (OWGs) “may offer unique cognitive escapism opportunities, potentially leading to…
We Are All Complicit
There are still many who both turn a blind eye to the ongoing genocide in Gaza and justify israel's atrocities as mere self-defence. If you believe that fiction, all I…
Trudeau Missing His Aline
When I was elected in 2015, I told my staff that if Prime Minister Trudeau rose, we would rise with him, but if he fell, we would need to have…
One-Liner Film Reviews for 2024
Most years on New Year's Day I try to remember everything I watched over the year for a round-up, but typically forget most of them. This year I kept track!!…
It’s 2025 and John Brown’s body lies a-moulderin’ in the grave, but Luigi marches on!
Happy New Year, I guess. This year may not turn out to be much better than the last one, but I do have a question for the first day of…
Epic!
An epic book forward, by Caimh McDonnell in his book Disaster. View on Threads View on Threads View on Threads View on Threads
2024, so long
2024. Ungood: first full year without a parent. Lost Roxy. Lost only campaign worked on. Lost friends and family member to the dark side. Anguished over antisemitism that was everywhere.…
Suppression is the Goal: A Final Covid Plea for 2024
We've survived 2024, but excess mortality compared to pre-pandemic rates is quite high for young adults (18-44), and in school-aged kids, it continues to increase year over year, with 2024…
happy new year from wmtc
Wishing you all love and good health. Wishing the world justice, solidarity, and peace.
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Christy Clark could be the dark horse leadership candidate the Federal Liberals need!
My post yesterday got some decent response, including some push back against my kind words for Mark Carney. One acquaintance wrote: "Christy Clark..is an excellent retail politician one on one…
2024, meet 2025
As 2025 approaches, what's your plan for sticking to optimism? The post 2024, meet 2025 first appeared on Excited Delirium.
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that to end your year.- Matthew Rosza examines how humanity as a whole is falling far short of its professed climate change commitments even though we have the…