Facing the Backdraft
Climate analyst Barry Saxifrage explains how the CO2 from fires is adding significantly to greenhouse gas accumulation. His charts show the dramatic increase in Canadian wildfires:"Wildfire is now incinerating four…
Pierre Poilievre Back To… Do Something?
What does Pierre Poilievre want for Canada?
Today’s News: Alberta says Never Mind!
I guess Alberta premier Danielle Smith is the Emily Litella of Canadian politics. Cole Bennett provides an excellent summary of the whole mess with Alberta's school library book weeding list:…
Sorry, we’re closed … Well, OK, just three more things
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith poked the top of her head out of the hole she’d dug for herself yesterday and announced her government has momentarily “paused” the book ban she…
Jackassery in Alberta
Alberta Conservatives recently demanded that inappropriate books be removed from schools. The order specified that students should not be exposed to sexual content. Among other things, there was to be…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Couched cat.
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Dan Kennedy weighs in on the effect of two-tiered pricing which effectively freezes the working class out of mass culture. Vass Bednar discusses…
Epstein’s Ghost and the Many Sides of Conspiracism [ThreeWayFight]
The Trump administration’s botched handling of the Jeffrey Epstein scandal put conspiracy theories back in the headlines. It has also highlighted that assessing conspiracy theories’ political meaning and significance can…
NYC-ABC PP/POW updates September 2, 2025
Click here for the latest compilation of every other week updates. NYC ABC, along with several other individuals and prisoner support crews, now send hard copies to all political prisoners…
Today’s News: Our peaceful time is over
The peace and quiet was great while it lasted.Canada has been enjoying a mostly-Poilievre-free summer. But its over now. Already we're getting inarticulate and inaccurate Poilievre blasts about how awful…
Mastodon and Bluesky
I don’t blog as often as I once did. That will change now and then. For now, I’m mostly posting on Bluesky, but that might switch to Mastodon at any…
Knee Surgery, 10
Back when the surgeon offered me an unexpected date in August instead of the expected December to February, I thought to myself it would be better to get it done…
About Free Speech and That Nurse In BC
So, apparently Pierre Poilievre thinks that a certain nurse's comments about transgender people are an example of "free speech and free thought". Let's talk about that for a moment. Ms.…
About Free Speech and That Nurse In BC
So, apparently Pierre Poilievre thinks that a certain nurse's comments about transgender people are an example of "free speech and free thought". Let's talk about that for a moment. Ms.…
Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your Labour Day reading.- Alec Rhodes studies the immense lifetime returns on a unionized career. David Dayen exposes how anti-union firms are encouraging unscrupulous employers to engage…
How to Build an Intelligent Online Answer Machine
Ever since Facebook and Amazon people have become lazier, or perhaps more accurately addicted to convenience over all else, including ethics or accuracy. When it comes to information we used…
How to Build an Intelligent Online Answer Machine
Ever since Facebook and Amazon people have become lazier, or perhaps more accurately addicted to convenience over all else, including ethics or accuracy. When it comes to information we used…
Alberta celebrates Labour Day on the brink of a major labour dispute with the province’s teachers
Happy Labour Day! Starting tomorrow, with the Labour Day holiday behind us and another school year about to commence, Alberta news coverage will be “laser focused,” as our government likes…
Historical Influences in Gaming: Emperor of the Fading Suns
I've been meaning to do an articleon games that have a tendency tolead people to monarchism (whichwill end up being a list of ParadoxStudio games) but in the meantimeI wanted…