Weekend funnies: From steam-punk to Ted Lasso to a golfer dog
An historian Craig Baird is using AI to generate “steam-punk” versions of Canadian legends. Here’s a couple: 4. Farley Mowat One of Canada’s most beloved writers, his books have been…
With climate indicators ‘off the charts,’ UN chief calls policies of rich nations a ‘death sentence’
Photo by Billy Wilson/Flickr The World Meteorological Organization warned Friday that climate change indicators are “off the charts,” one day after United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres told officials from wealthy…
While Canada profited from war in Yemen, China pushed for peace
Saudi forces take part in military exercises during a visit by Yemeni Prime Minister Khaled Bahah at a military base in Yemen’s southern embattled city of Aden. Photo by Ahmed…
The REAL Solution for the CBC: Sell it to Canadians
It’s time we sell the CBC. To Canadians. The post The REAL Solution for the CBC: Sell it to Canadians first appeared on Excited Delirium.
Chris Hedges on Our Current State of Paralysis
Hedges writes on Substack now, if you haven’t been able to find him lately, and his piece today is excellent. He starts by pointing out the growing rich-poor divide that…
NYC-ABC PP/POW updates April 18, 2023
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…
The Latest On Carbon Change
On April 14th, we got some accounting on climate change. Aaron Wherry reports: The annual account of Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions was released on April 14, just as most of…
Leaning on Labour?
It has always amused me that the news media, depending on their leanings, are always reporting what labour groups are supporting what parties or candidates in elections. The assumption that…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Jenna Cartusciello examines the connections between COVID-19 and gastrointestinal issues as yet another poorly-studied and potentially long-lasting effect of infection with a disease…
Saturday Photo: Early April Morning
The sun is rising about 6 a.m., so it was well up in the sky when we went out this morning. Nevertheless the combination of tree, clouds and ghostly sun…
The Indigenous fight to stop uranium mining in Canada’s North
The cover image for I Will Live for Both of Us, featuring Joan Scottie. Photo courtesy University of Manitoba Press. I Will Live for Both of Us: A History of…
Earth Day #53: Simple Solutions
As a social science teacher talking about climate change, I’d often get students who raise the fact that there are just 100 companies, worldwide, producing over 70% of all GHGs.…
American Fascism
Fascism has come to the United States. It wears Donald Trump’s face. Robert Kagan writes: The entire Trump phenomenon has nothing to do with policy or ideology. It has nothing…
If Lula can call for peace in Ukraine, why not Canada’s left?
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in November 2021. Photo by Mídia NINJA/Flickr. Is Lula a pro-Russian “tankie”? Should the Canadian left echo or marginalize his outlook on Ukraine?…
Trump’s Stand in Dixieland.
I always thought Dixieland was just a form of jazz. After the years of Donald Trump, today’s Dixie is just a place of darkness. It is a place of closed…
NDP would repeal Sovereignty Act, restore balance to workplace law, Christina Gray tells AFL convention
CALGARY – An NDP Government will repeal the Sovereignty Act and other controversial UCP laws while creating better jobs in a more affordable Alberta, Opposition Labour Critic Christina Gray told…
Musical interlude
Lastlings – Noise
Religion still making mischief
In a rapidly changing world, some things do remain the same. One such thing is religion’s capacity for mischief. Examples are legion. The mullahs of Iran, who as religious leaders…
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Martha Lincoln and Anne Sosin discuss the lack of sustained improvement in the social conditions which exacerbated the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.…