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Today’s News: Truanons and Nuremberg 2.0 and understanding the damn question
So on Saturday this happened:Angus Reid reposts a doctored video that misquotes the PM as if it's reality and we're supposed to accept his company's poll results are believable? I…
Danielle Smith’s promised ‘new day for health care in Alberta’ is here – and, yikes, is it ever awful!
When she opened her news conference on Nov. 8 last year, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith began: “Welcome to a new day for health care in Alberta!” Did she get that…
On Burnout: "Can" is the New "Should"
I started reading about burnout when I walked away from teaching earlier than expected. Suddenly, I couldn't bring myself to open that door after over thirty years of bounding to…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading.- Geoffrey Deihl warns that this year's U.S. election may represent a point of no return in trying to avoid civilization-shaking climate breakdown (even…
The Good Life: we have the vision – what’s lacking is the will
When the 2007-2008 financial crisis hit, a loud chorus of pundits and politicians, for what turned out to be the briefest moment, came to see that we had got it…
Dogo Fogo – Ontario’s own monstrous lake attraction.
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News pollution is more dangerous than news poverty in this small BC town
Squamish, British Columbia, as seen from a lookout point located in Stawamus Chief Provincial Park. Photo by Benoit Brummer/Wikimedia Commons. Write what you know best, aspiring writers are ofte...
Long Reads: The rise of stupidity; The analytic failures of the Russia-Ukraine War; and how presidential polls are always wrong
Last night I posted some long threads; tonight, I have several interesting "long reads" on topics I have frequently discussed on this blog: The Stupid, It Burns! Substack writer Black…
How is it possible Alberta can’t find a distributor to ship flu and COVID vaccines to family docs?
How is it possible Alberta’s Health Department “has not been successful in contracting a distributor to ship vaccines to community medical and nurse practitioner clinics,” as a memorandum leaked to…
Saturday Photo: The Sun Is Shining in the Trees…
It's taken awhile this fall for the trees to turn colour. Another sign of climate change? Perhaps.But the sun has begun to shine through the changing leave, giving back some…
My latest: October 7, 2023
October 7, 2023. It dawned with a sky that was so clear and blue, it seemed like you could see forever. It was a Saturday, so quiet, and it looked…
Long threads: best baseball announcers, North Carolina angels, hopeful happenings, boys will be boys, and some really big things
Here are some long threads that I liked. This is a lengthy post because I am including many of the tweets from these threads -- a reader told me once…
Musical interlude
CAMELPHAT & Nadia Ali - Endlessly
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State of Palestine Area• Total 6,020 km2 (2,320 sq mi) • West Bank 5,655 km2• Gaza Strip 365 km2Population• 2023 estimate 5,483,450Gaza Strip/AreaArea: 141 sq mi (365 sq km). Population:…
Whats wrong with this picture…?
State of Palestine Area• Total 6,020 km2 (2,320 sq mi) • West Bank 5,655 km2• Gaza Strip 365 km2Population• 2023 estimate 5,483,450Gaza Strip/AreaArea: 141 sq mi (365 sq km). Population:…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Melissa Hanson writes about life as a climate refugee from what was billed as a relatively safe area - making for a particularly painful…
Eating on the road: Blackhorn Steakhouse in Scarborough
Scarborough is a community that is often the first stop for new residents and citizens on their Canadian journeys. As such, the face of Scarborough is often changing and so…