Something To Think About
A friend sent me the following, Stephen Fry reading a letter from musician Nick Cave about the nature of creativity and how ChatGPT essentially short-circuits that process. Quite thought-provoking. Recommend…
The Daycare Years
Many of our ideas of virus transmission haven’t changed in decades, for better and worse. Almost 30 years ago, I ran a daycare out of my home for a little…
Hold High in Honour.
Honouring people for their contributions to our society is a timeless human tradition. There have also been those times when we have taken down the statues or have erased the…
December 10—Human Rights Day
It doesn’t seem to have attracted the attention it deserves but 2023 is the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The Declaration “is a milestone document in…
Weekend fun stuff: from The Beatles to more Cats v. Christmas Trees
This is the kind of thread that I used to find occasionally on Twitter and all of the comments were always just so funny. Glad to see this type of…
Councillor Shits on Democracy
In a recent story in CollingwoodToday, Councillor Jeffrey is reported shitting on the democratic process. Rather than respecting a previous decision of council as policy requires, she chose to bring…
My latest: give them the needle
Ehrlich Anthony Coker was a rapist. He was a murderer and thief, too. While serving three life sentences at the Ware Correctional Institution in Waycross, Georgia, Coker escaped. On that…
Getting Nastier
As Conservatives rise in the polls, their nasty streak gets wider. Susan Delacourt writes: The fierce polarization between the governing Liberals and opposition Conservatives has put Canada’s support for Ukraine…
It’s Still Not a Cold
Stats Canada just posted a report on Long Covid. They highlight that the risk of long term symptoms is cumulative, increasing with the number of Covid infections. By three or…
Liar, Liar.
One hates to see the scion of the Weston family lying to our parliamentarians. He blames his international suppliers now for his stores’ unconscionable profits. He says that his giant…
Musical interlude
Elderbrook – Numb
In the name of all Jews
Teenagers with the United Kibbutz Movement in 1951. Photo from PikiWiki/Wikimedia Commons. So a few days ago Israel resumed its high-tech blood-and-soil slaughter of Gazans with full US backing—and this…
Staggering. Unnerving. Mind-boggling. Absolutely gobsmackingly bananas.
I spent time recently listening to and reading Chris Turner, a Calgary based journalist and author of numerous books. Turner has become a climate change optimist. In contrast, I lean…
Your must not see films of 2023
As a lifelong fan and even, dare I say, a student of movies, at this time of year I like to peruse the ‘best of’ lists from movie critics, looking…
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Matthew Rosza reports on the continued toll of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, including over 1,000 deaths per week in the U.S. alone along…
Legal Tweet of the Day: December 8, 2023
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Texas Judge Grants Woman’s Request for Abortion #law #legal #lawtwitter via @nytimes https://tinyurl.com/5n93p4d3 – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our website: www.wiselaw.net
A Solution for Housing Shortages
Proposed US Legislation Aims to Remove Wall Street from Main Street. Why isn’t this happening in Canada? The post A Solution for Housing Shortages first appeared on Excited Delirium.
Pavlovian Dogs
I sometimes think, in my more cynical and dark moments, that our species really has not evolved very much beyond our tribal roots. Examine our collective deportment today, and it…
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from June 19, 2009
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from June 19, 2009 via Wise Law Blog: Ontario Court Nixes CIBC Overtime Class Action http://wiselaw.blogspot.com/2009/06/ontario-court-nixes-cibc-overtime-class.html – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law…