Music and poetry and funny stuff
But first: what a race! ??? Gold for ?? in the 4×100 at the Worlds!! Big tip of the cap to our dudes @KingsleySC and @De6rasse big backstretch from Jerome…
animals
Weekend: Music, and Animal Crackers
Hey, Gangnam Style was 10 years old as of Friday! And Psy is still going stong – he has now released 9 albums and is on tour again this summer.…
Get The Ducks Out Of Here
At lunch, a bunch of ducks got stuck in a courtyard and needed to be shepherded to the lake. She moved away from the door when I opened it, so…
Whales Share Knowledge to Defend Against Whalers
Animals warn each other whenever a predator approaches, and in some cases they help each other. In the case of sperm whales they share defensive measures to avoid being killed…
Time to get Wild in Scotland
We keep kicking wildlife out of their homes, and it’s time to reverse that process. We need to invite wild animals back into the places they used o live, this…
You Can Protect Birds by Keeping Your Cat Inside
We all love cats, they’re curious and fluffy and provide mixed feedback on whether they like you or not. We all love birds too, that’s why we shouldn’t let them…
Collision: How we can Better Protect Endangered Species
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, and Achim Steiner spoke today at Collision at Home about The Lion’s Share organization. The organization looks to protect endangered species by channeling some funding that large companies…
Be Conscious of Wild Animal Pictures with Tourists
It’s a sad truth that animals are caught in the wild and are then subsequently forced to entertain tourists against their will. Too often “influencers” and regular tourists take pictures…
Wild Animals Keep our Cities Clean
CBC’s ecological science show is taking an unorthodox look at the vermin and critters in our cities by showing how they help us. On Jan. 31 The Nature of Things…
New Year Prediction – The New Veganism
Perhaps not this year, but I can see it coming as clear as the lighting in a laboratory clean room. It started with vegetarianism, a dietary preference to avoid eating…
Cats do Care
Cats have got a reputation of being uncaring pets that are dumber than dogs. In some cases this reputation is well-earned; however, for most cats they do care and they…
Can We, Should We, Will We Live Forever Online
When typing for this blog I have often wished I could just think my thoughts at the computer and have them type out on the screen. This, no doubt, has…
Banff Is For The Birds
While the family was picking out candy in the shop behind me, I was watching the birds, and the people go by. Then the birds started going, on the people.…
Animals With Sharpies
Cool book I found at the library last week. Animals With Sharpies by Michael Dumontier and Neil Farber. And you can order a copy here if you do not object…
Cats Actually Like Humans
It might seem that your cat dosen’t care about you, but that’s not the case. After years of false allegations that cats don’t care about humans we know have empirical…
Capturing Animals in 3D for the Future
We are witnessing one of the largest extinction events in history because people deny that climate change is happening. Regardless of the deniers and the death of entire species we…
David Suzuki: Extinction crisis signals that it’s time to change course
A new comprehensive report points to a potential human-induced wild-animal population “extinction crisis unlike any since dinosaurs disappeared 65 million years ago.” David Suzuki helps us make sense of it…
A Beer Six Pack Meant For The Oceans
Saltwater Brewery is a beer company that makes the oceans better while selling beer. Most breweries sell their beers in six packs attached by plastic rings and those rings often…
A few thoughts on empathy in human beings, and other living creatures
Empathy is natural in human beings, as Jeremy Rifkin has pointed out – and with strong backing by recent scientific findings. Some human beings have more and some less; and…
Pelicans on Wascana Lake
I never noticed Pelicans on Wascana Lake before about 3 years ago. Before that, they were common on the South Saskatchewan River through Saskatoon.