Finding Atrocity-Free Technology is Easy
Large technology companies have been selling their software to countries and other organizations that commit violations of human rights. Sometimes the tech companies just cut off agreements and data access…
Floor Crossing Is Part Of Democracy
Nova Scotia MP Chris D’Entremont’s floor crossing last week has put the Conservatives into a bit of a tizzy. When the roles were reversed, they were positively gleeful. Unfortunately for…
Roundup: CPC deals with the Crossing. And its not their finest hour….
Have you been watching Poilievre and his caucus loyalists as they huff and puff and fling insults far and wide? I thought this was the gang who were trying to…
Eating on the road: Lounge and plane food from my summer vacation — part one
As I prepare to venture to Montreal for a mini-vacation and a good steak frites, it occurs to me I have fallen woefully behind in my food blogging. So to…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Helpful cat.
Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Fiona Harvey and Jonathan Watts report on Antonio Guterres' warning at the start of the COP30 climate conference that we can't afford more…
NYC-ABC PP/POW updates November 11, 2025
NOTE:If you regularly send packets to the Virgin Island III or JessicaReznicek, they have new addresses:Beaumont Gereau (Hanif Bey) #19-1952Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility19351 US Highway 49 NorthTutwiler, Mississippi 38963 Meral…
Returning soon
I have not been active at IN-SIGHTS for a while, but I intend to resume. Wife Gwen and I have done a little travelling recently, including days in Amsterdam and…
The Democrats Do It Again
Well, it was good while it lasted, but as they are often wont to do, the U.S. Democrats have snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. Eight of them (technically…
"Remembrance Day is not about us — it’s about them"
I found these great drawings by Alex Colville here, on a website called Courage Remembered which is very much worth exploring.And here is Leonard Cohen reading In Flanders Fields: I…
Asymmetrical political warfare comes to Alberta in the form of recall campaigns targeting UCP politicians
Trying to challenge the United Conservative Party Government’s misuse of the Charter’s notorious Notwithstanding Clause may be a waste of time and money, but using the UCP’s ridiculous recall legislation…
Remembrance Day, redacted
A member of the Canadian Special Operations Regiment on ice at the Air Canada Centre during Canadian Armed Forces Appreciation Night, February 7, 2015. Still image from YouTube. On November…
Disciplining the greenwashers
Last year Ottawa passed a bill (Bill C-59) that contained a modest amendment to the... The post Disciplining the greenwashers first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
The Premier Who Would Be Queen
Danielle Smith wants to promote herself to monarch. She's discovered that she can magick your rights away at a whim with The Notwithstanding Clause (S33). Smith has in the last…
Afford this
Councillor rides an affordable cartoon car.
Monday Morning Links
Assorted content to start your week.- Tim Wu discusses how the richest few have come to dominate our politics (with our health and well-being paying the price), while Ian Welsh…
Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of November 10, 2025
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of November 10, 2025 from Wise Law on Twitter:US Supreme Court Confronts Trump and His Tariffs in Test of Presidential Power…
Landlords want your rent to go up. Doug Ford is making it happen
The Leaside Towers in East York, Toronto. Photo by SAF1999/Wikimedia Commons. There’s a myth going around Toronto that everyone—tenants, politicians, even landlords—wants more affordable housing...
Brouhaha over N.S. MP’s floor crossing descends into he-said/they-said story … whom to believe?
The brouhaha over the departure of Acadie-Annapolis MP Chris d’Entremont from the Opposition benches in the House of Commons to the government side has now descended into a he-said/they-said story.…