Musical interlude
Nine Inch Nails - As Alive As You Need Me To Be
Knee Surgery, 13
More milestones! Thursday, I enjoyed my first glass of red wine in almost three weeks, 15 days after surgery. Small, about 5-6 ounces (150-175 ml). It was delightful; a return…
Back to school
Share the road
Automating OLDaily for LinkedIn
LinkedIn can be a pain to work with. I have long wanted to publish OLDaily, my daily newsletter, on it but the API doesn't support this.This week I came up…
Automating OLDaily for LinkedIn
LinkedIn can be a pain to work with. I have long wanted to publish OLDaily, my daily newsletter, on it but the API doesn't support this.This week I came up…
Dear Skeptic Mag: Kindly Fuck Right Off
So, over at Skeptic, we find an article criticizing "experts" (read academics, researchers, etc) for being "too political". Put kindly, this is complete stupidity - from people who should be…
Dear Skeptic Mag: Kindly Fuck Right Off
So, over at Skeptic, we find an article criticizing "experts" (read academics, researchers, etc) for being "too political". Put kindly, this is complete stupidity - from people who should be…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Toby Buckle writes about the role of reactionary centrists in greasing the skids toward fascism, while Owen Jones discusses how that process is playing…
Today’s News: This time it’s the Liberals saying Never Mind; plus doomscrolling the US crazy
So Heritage Foundation fascist Kevin Roberts didn't come to Toronto after all Maybe Carney cancelled him after his Cabinet ministers told him what a poor decision it was. Or maybe…
Knee Surgery, 12
Well, the staples are removed and my leg no longer looks like, as per Young Frankenstein, a zipper. It was a quick, and quite painless process, and the incision looked…
Human housing
A few surrealist cartoons of heads and faces as buildings.
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Nils Gilman discusses how a transition to a clean and sustainable economy will require a fundamental change in existing power dynamics - meaning…
Safe Schools and Hospitals
We're starting the school year with high levels of Covid in Ontario, and kids are still getting sick from a disease that, unlike the flu or a cold, has potential…
Safe Schools and Hospitals
We're starting the school year with high levels of Covid in Ontario, and kids are still getting sick from a disease that, unlike the flu or a cold, has potential…
Knee Surgery, 11
Seventy-two degrees, up from 58 when I first started physio last week, That’s how far my operated knee can bend when I’m doing my exercises. It’s still got a long…
Today’s News: Canada is wondering why Carney’s Cabinet needs a primer on Trump’s authoritarian Project 2025
And if they do, here's one: Tonight Canada social media was absolutely furious to find out that Carney has invited US Heritage Foundation president Kevin Roberts --- AKA a fascist…
AI and the News
When I read Simon Wardley's post on LinkedIn from a couple of days ago, I was immediately struct by its resemblance to criticisms of another medium: the news (you can…
AI and the News
When I read Simon Wardley's post on LinkedIn from a couple of days ago, I was immediately struct by its resemblance to criticisms of another medium: the news (you can…
Fifty to one: Hamas vs. Israel in the information war
Fifty to one. Fifty to one: that is the estimated ratio of “pro-Palestinian” to “pro-Israel” online content. If you think you are seeing far more material favouring the Palestinian side…