The Door Is Slamming Shut
I have been retired from teaching high-school English for almost 20 years. When I look back, I realize how fortunate I was to have been able to spend the bulk…
The Real Gulf of America
Between Canada and Mexico exists an ever-darkening expanse of medieval terror in a place we can reasonably refer to as the Gulf of America.
Sunday Funday: How about those BlueJays? The lighter side of the news – Coldplay memes, Hunter’s interview. And some more funny stuff, plus TrumpWatch and Animal Crackers
How about those Jays! ...The Blue Jays’ spectacular second half continued as they picked up their seventh win in eight games since the all-star break, and took over top spot…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Charlie Angus discusses how MAGA is recognizing the effects of Canada's resistance - so long as our leaders don't sell us out. - But…
Canada, tweeting from the sidelines
When a country doesn’t matter militarily or diplomatically, when no one is sharing intelligence with it anymore, all that it has left are…empty words, basically. Piety and preaching. That’s it.…
Homelessness and supportive housing in Alberta
I recently organized a homelessness study tour of Edmonton and Calgary for the Toronto Alliance to End Homelessness. Here’s a ‘top 10 overview of the study tour:https://nickfalvo.ca/homelessness-and-supportive-housing-in-alberta/
Carney is in no hurry to sign a bad US trade deal
As August 1 approaches, the Trump administration is announcing eleventy-billion trade deals and patting themselves on the back about how gosh-darn terrific they are. And if you believe that, maybe…
Musical interlude
Rainshow - Aurora
My Ethical AI Principles
Sign posted in the common kitchen at the campground in Selfoss, Iceland, where this article was written I understand. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a technology unlike any we've seen before.…
My Ethical AI Principles
Sign posted in the common kitchen at the campground in Selfoss, Iceland, where this article was written I understand. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a technology unlike any we've seen before.…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Harj Narulla weighs in on the effects of the International Court of JUstice's determination that countries can be held liable for contribution to a…
On that Sexual Assault Case
I listened to a CBC call-in show about the London sexual assault trial of five former Hockey Canada players. All the callers were either on one side or another. I…
On that Sexual Assault Case
I listened to a CBC call-in show about the London sexual assault trial of five former Hockey Canada players. All the callers were either on one side or another. I…
Very Depressing; Very Strange: American Pedocon Theory
To people who aren’t in the MAGA cult, it’s been very worrying that tens of millions of Americans are willing to overlook the Orange Menance’s convictions for fraud, and his…
Trump Gets Fact-Checked
I'm not sure about the prospects of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell keeping his head attached to the rest of his body after this brutal fact check of Trump.President Donald…
Decoding the MAGA Universe – "Now it looks like he’s not their criminal. He’s just a criminal, same as the rest."
It seems like an innocent age, in retrospect. Back in 2016 we all laughed about Pizza-gate - that crazy story about how Comet pizza restaurant was the global headquarters of…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Isabella Kaminski reports on the International Court of Justice's advisory ruling that climate destruction can be a source of state liability for reparations,…
Today is Earth Overshoot Day
The Global Footprint Network performs the public service of calculating how rapidly we are drawing... The post Today is Earth Overshoot Day first appeared on Views from the Beltline.