Musical interlude
Sofia Kourtesis – Madres
Cartoons for 2022
It’s a LondOntLife #6 PDF
Today’s tonic: “Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine vetoes bill banning gender-affirming care for transgender minors”
Wow! Leadership on protecting trans youth from a Republican governor! How refreshing! "Ohio’s Republican governor has vetoed legislation that would have barred transgender youth from receiving gender-affirming care, he said…
Today’s tonic: “Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine vetoes bill banning gender-affirming care for transgender minors”
Wow! Leadership on protecting trans youth from a Republican governor! How refreshing! "Ohio’s Republican governor has vetoed legislation that would have barred transgender youth from receiving gender-affirming care, he said…
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your 2023. – Shannon Hall discusses new research showing that the positive effects of COVID-19 vaccination include a reduction in long COVID in children. And Erin…
Today’s tonic: “Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine vetoes bill banning gender-affirming care for transgender minors”
Wow! Leadership on protecting trans youth from a Republican governor! How refreshing! “Ohio’s Republican governor has vetoed legislation that would have barred transgender youth from receiving gender-affirming care, he said…
It’s a LondOntLife #7
Fresh off of the desktop, this year’s collection of cartoons is live and available as a PDF digital download with 89 cartoons across 52 high resolution pages. It’s a LondOntLife…
He Had Her
“I don’t take advice from men.” This TicTok is gaining in popularity. Paige Turner explained the missing pieces from the success story of Casey Neistat. (Who? He’s a vlogger and…
Gendering genocide
Palestinians mourn relatives killed in the Israeli bombardment of Gaza outside a morgue in Rafah, December 19, 2023. Photo by Hatem Ali/AP. The Israeli attacks on Gaza have resulted in…
Lee Sun-kyun’s death is a reminder of the lie of South Korean liberalism
South Korean actor Lee Sun-kyun. Photo from Wikimedia Commons. This week actor Lee Sun-kyun, best known for his role in the 2019 film Parasite, took his own life. Why? Because…
You Can’t Go Home Again
Recently, some well-known progressives — like Russell Brand, Robert F. Kennedy Jr, and Matt Tiabbi — have switched sides. Michelle Goldberg writes: Part of the answer is probably that the…
Harry Remembered.
It was actually Lou Rosen, I first met. We were in that little custom tailoring shop he and brother Harry had opened on Parliament Street in Toronto. A fellow salesman…
Letter implores Edmonton mayor and council to intervene to halt ‘violent and disruptive decampment’ planned today
With Edmonton Police Services ready to start breaking up some of the homeless camps in downtown Edmonton this morning, opponents of the mass clearances will circulate a letter to Edmonton…
Odds and ends – from dancing ladies to dancing daddies, and dogs, of course
So tonight I have been going through various Bookmarks and other saved posts and I’m finding some great stuff to share. This month I saw two different cartoons based on…
Time for a walk in the snow?
I believe Justin Trudeau has made quite a decent prime minister, certainly at least a major improvement over his predecessor. The only important disappointment for me was the betrayal of…
Thursday Night Cat Blogging
Cat in perspective.
Big Fedi, Small Fedi – Where I Stand
On reading Evan Prodromou’s post Big Fedi, Small Fedi my response was a glib “I’m happy with small fedi but I’m fine with big fedi too.” But my feelings are…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Jessica Wildfire offers a reminder of the breadth and depth of harm continuing to be caused by COVID-19. Julia Doubleday calls out…
The Boiling Frogs Timeline
Globally, Covid cases rose by over 50% in the past month! This article that reported the stats, mistakenly says the WHO “officially declared the end of the coronavirus pandemic worldwide…
Debunking Poilievre’s housing ‘documentary’
Still from Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre’s mini-documentary, “Housing hell: How we got here and how we get out.” Image from YouTube. “Housing Hell,” Pierre Poilievre’s mini-documentary on the housing…