Problems with Psychiatry
Paul Minot, MD, wrote a thread inviting other threads on the practice of psychiatry. Caveat, I have no idea of the credibility of any of these claims, but some make…
That King’s Counsel Crap.
The conservatives at Queen’s Park must have spent a busy day last Friday presenting all their close friends who happen to be lawyers with King’s Counsel (KC) designation. They got…
A Hole in One for Extinction Rebellion
Extinction Rebellion: a ‘hole in one’ as a protest. The post A Hole in One for Extinction Rebellion first appeared on Excited Delirium.
Greenwashing delays climate action
To avoid the worst impacts of climate change, we have to make two big transitions at once: First, we have to generate all of our electricity from clean sources, like…
My iPhone and the Irony Police
The iPhone was a sexy beast. I was willing to do anything to have it. Even risk arrest by the Irony Police. Or close enough. I… The post My iPhone…
That interim report of the Public Health Emergencies Governance Review Panel? Nothing to see here, folks
Having promised back in January that an interim report of the COVID-19 review panel for which former Reform Party Leader Preston Manning was to be paid $235,000 would be handed…
Legal Tweet of the Day: July 5, 2023
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A Climate Hole in One in Spain
????Saboteamos 10 campos de golf en todo el territorio español ????Actuamos en diez campos de golf en seis provincias españolas, con el objetivo de denunciar el despilfarro de agua que…
Foreign-influenced corporations must stop meddling in domestic affairs
Photo by Mike Mozart/Flickr The Canadian debate on foreign election meddling has focused almost exclusively on China. Some also want to investigate the interventions of other foreign governments. The foreign…
Paul Adam on Wills and Estates: Making a Last Will
If you’re making the Last Will there are 4 things that you should think about. 1. Who do I want to leave my property to after I pass away? 2.…
C-18 is an existential threat, not a benefit, to democracy
Welcome to Substack, where you can subscribe to an individual writer’s products for a minimum amount higher than the current price of a complete subscription to the New York Times.…
Today’s tonic: “Why the world backs Canada in its battle with the Big Tech bullies” like Google and Meta
Today’s tonic: “Why the world backs Canada in its battle with the Big Tech bullies” like Google and Meta, by Damian Collins OBE MP, is a former UK government Tech…
The Difficulty of Knowing
The main character from Camus’ The Plague, a medical doctor spending his days and nights helping the sick, said, “A man can’t cure and know at the same time. So…
Justice for Mariano Abarca
Community organizers and land protectors present an environmental defense award named in honour of murdered activist Mariano Abarca in Chicomuselo, Chiapas, Mexico, November 2019. Photo courtesy Otros Mundos Chiapas. On…
Corporate Greed at Woodbine.
The wife and I just got back from a busy long weekend in Toronto. It has been a tradition for many years to spend an afternoon at Woodbine Race Track.…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Cats into everything.
Negative power prices
A Bloomberg headline too consequential to ignore: European Power Prices Plunge Below Zero as Solar Output Booms. Had British Columbia committed to wind and solar power eight years ago, it…
Hydrogen Train Takes to the Rails in Quebec
In an effort to show North Americans that train travel can be both good for the environment and getting around Alstom has sent a train to Quebec. The train company…
Discontent in the provinces
A recent Angus Reid Institute survey of Canadians’ approval (or disapproval) of their provincial governments’ performances was full of surprises while bereft of optimism. Angus Reid maintains a Government Performance…