Karma Bites
One of the many unfortunate aspects of the Trump reign is that it has me more meanspirited. I find I take special delight when something bad happens to any of…
Legal News Post of the Day: July 9, 2025
#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: Coalition of parents, teachers, trustees speaks out against Ontario's school board takeover #law #legal #legalnews via @CBCNews https://t.co/LrngD2dSwU - Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website:…
Legal News Post of the Day: July 9, 2025
#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: Coalition of parents, teachers, trustees speaks out against Ontario's school board takeover #law #legal #legalnews via @CBCNews https://t.co/LrngD2dSwU - Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website:…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Paul Krugman discusses how toxic masculinity is being used by the oil and gas sector to keep people addicted to dirty fossil fuels. And…
The hospital halls
The #ldnont #hospital #maze now with a way out
Wise Law’s Family #LawFact of the Day: Mediation of Parenting Disputes in Ontario #law #legal #separation #FamilyLaw
Wise Law's Family #LawFact of the Day: Mediation of Parenting Disputes in Ontario #law #legal #separation #FamilyLawMany parental disputes in Ontario Family Law matters are now resolved through Mediation, rather…
American Fascism Is A Canadian Problem
It is not a mere matter of morbid curiosity that has us focusing so much attention on the United States.
Summertime and the readin’ is easy! Good articles by Cole Bennett, Paul Wells, Ryan Broderick, Garrett Graff, Tom Scocca, and Paul Krugman, plus funny posts and TrumpWatch
Before doom befalls us on August 19, I wanted to recommend some interesting articles and comments - they aren't exactly a beach novel, but good reads all the same. First,…
Things fall apart: the centre will not hold
Displaced Palestinians roam the shattered streets of the Gaza Strip. Photo by Jaber Jehad Badwan. As I write this, the press are reporting that a third ceasefire in Gaza is…
CIJA should not influence public policy on hate crimes
Manitoba Legislative Building, Winnipeg. Photo from Flickr. In May, the Manitoba government announced through a news release that it, along with the federal government, was partnering with the C...
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Reaching cat.
pupdate: surgery was a success, now for the long haul
Here's Cookie post-TPLO surgery, day one. It was rough getting her home -- pain, disorientation, incontinence, and a three-hour drive. One bad night, to be expected. This morning she was…
pupdate: surgery was a success, now for the long haul
Here's Cookie post-TPLO surgery, day one. It was rough getting her home -- pain, disorientation, incontinence, and a three-hour drive. One bad night, to be expected. This morning she was…
NYC-ABC PP/POW updates June 24, 2025
If you regularly send packets to Oso Blanco, he has been transferred:Byron Chubbuck* 07909-051USP AtwaterPost Office box 019001Atwater, California 95301*Address envelope to Byron Chubbuck, card/letter to Oso Blanco Click here…
How Acting Class Made Me a Better Writer
Let’s start by admitting I was never really any good in my acting class. At university I took an arts degree with a heavy dose… The post How Acting Class…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Julia Steinberger writes about the necropolitics surrounding the climate breakdown - as fossil fuel interests have declared our lives forfeit, and our scope…
Legal News Post of the Day: July 8, 2025
#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: TSA to End Shoe Removal Requirement at Airport Security Checkpoints #law #legal #legalnews via @nytimes https://t.co/MgQ4XZFC7X - Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit…
Wise Law’s Employment #LawFact of the Day: Accommodating Pregnancy Leave in the Workplace #law #legal #wrongfuldismissal #termination
Wise Law's Employment #LawFact of the Day: Accommodating Pregnancy Leave in the Workplace #law #legal #wrongfuldismissal #terminationCan an employer fire an employee whose pregnancy is causing medical complications that affect…
The Dinah Project
There are still those – including a @UofT professor I tweeted about yesterday – who deny or minimize or are indifferent to the extreme sexual violence of October 7. This…
Fig Trees Figured Out Carbon Storage
The humble fig tree can help us in extracting carbon dioxide from the atmosphere by converting it in into stone. All trees remove CO2 from the air and store it…