polarization is not the problem. the problem is fascism.
Art by Maaike Hartjes"The problem today is that society is so polarized. We need to come together and find common ground."I hear and read this a lot these days. In…
polarization is not the problem. the problem is fascism.
Art by Maaike Hartjes “The problem today is that society is so polarized. We need to come together and find common ground.” I hear and read this a lot these…
On the Importance of Hobbies
I taught grade 10 Careers for a bit. I changed it completely from how it was typically taught, though, which was largely one Myers-Briggs-type test after another. Kids in other…
On the Importance of Hobbies
I taught grade 10 Careers for a bit. I changed it completely from how it was typically taught, though, which was largely one Myers-Briggs-type test after another. Kids in other…
A day in the life
I was planning to write about the dangers of unregulated artificial intelligence, but ChatGPT told me that AI is not inherently dangerous. So I’ll leave that subject for another day.…
Danielle Smith thinks there are too many managers at AHS? Pay attention! Now she says it needs ‘thousands’
Since well before her return to politics, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has carped constantly about how there were too many managers at Alberta Health Services. Calgary Sun political columnist Rick…
Plague Update: I’m Not Disabled, But I Expect To Be Someday
For someone who has literally died, I’m in good health. My short bout with death a decade ago left its mark, and a computer in my chest, but overall I…
The dead end of liberal American Zionism
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivers a speech at the J Street National Conference in Washington, DC, December 4, 2022. Photo courtesy J Street/X. In 2014, we wrote an…
Cap’n, my Cap’n, what happened to you?
On one of my infrequent trips to the grocery store, I found myself scanning the cereal aisle, looking for an age-appropriate cereal that wouldn’t set me back seven dollars. Unfortunately,…
McGill admin: Listen to the cops and talk to students
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators at McGill University, Montréal, May 2, 2024. Photo courtesy Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights McGill/X. Even the Montréal police think the McGill University administration is too extreme in…
Transformation of the Self
Over thirty years ago I was in an on-again-off-again relationship that I just couldn't shake. After months of a variety of attempts of different types of therapies, I lucked into…
Transformation of the Self
Over thirty years ago I was in an on-again-off-again relationship that I just couldn’t shake. After months of a variety of attempts of different types of therapies, I lucked into…
CBC: Media Sponge for Loblaws PR
The CBC is helping Loblaws try to be big corporate softies. Continue the boycott of Loblaws, please. The post CBC: Media Sponge for Loblaws PR first appeared on Excited Delirium.
Radical Islam’s western fangirls
The most compelling evidence for Hamas’s atrocities on October 7 came straight from the source: live video from GoPro cameras strapped to the terrorists’ bodies. Why, all sane people wondered,…
Reclaiming solidarity
Photo by Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90 Those of us involved in feminist and social justice-oriented fields of study sometimes hear that the sexual violence of October 7 means we should forever remain…
A lawyer’s perspective on the pro-Palestine encampments
Pro-Palestine encampment on the grounds of McGill University, Montréal. Photo courtesy Ellen Gabriel/X. A trite observation: One of the striking aspects of the fuss about pro-Palestine campaigns on university campuses…
Youth sports: done right, done wrong
After watching a grandchild and other nine-year-olds playing in a Little League baseball tournament, I was reminded about the positive and negative aspects of youth sports. Done right, they’re beneficial.…
Sunday Morning Links
Assorted content for your long weekend reading. – Max Fawcett laments that anti-vaxxers and science denialists have managed to control public policy choices in the midst of a pandemic with…
Harmful Misinformation
Two threads - one from a retired doctor on deducing misinformation and one from a current doctor frustrated with other doctors who ignore the information presented by patients. We have…