Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Thom Hartmann discusses how conservative policies and rhetoric both kill people even looking only at homicides and suicides. Cory Doctorow points out how…
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"strange fruit" documentary: a nexus of the past and present, and a personal sense of loss
We recently watched “Strange Fruit: The Biography of a Song,” a documentary we found on Kanopy. Kanopy’s catalogue includes a vast number of documentaries, many of dubious quality; we’re skeptical…
"strange fruit" documentary: a nexus of the past and present, and a personal sense of loss
We recently watched "Strange Fruit: The Biography of a Song," a documentary we found on Kanopy. Kanopy's catalogue includes a vast number of documentaries, many of dubious quality; we're skeptical…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Robin McKie warns that the next pandemic is likely to develop from a flu virus, while Augie Ray offers a reminder that…
Monday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to start your week. – The Climate Change Performance Update’s latest update shows Canada tumbling to the bottom of the world’s development countries in climate performance – even…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Emily Eaton, Andrew Stevens and Sean Tucker discuss how the corporate fossil fuel sector is blocking workers from pursuing sustainable jobs as part…
Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Emilia Belliveau makes the case for the fossil fuel sector to start paying for the harm it causes through carbon pollution, rather…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Alex Tanzi reports on new research showing how COVID-19 has radically changed the main causes of death globally. And Michael Peluso et al.…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Cory Doctorow discusses the inherent impossibility of trying to build any public good on an economic system centered on selfishness: This is…
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Thomas Neuberger (via Ian Welsh) discusses the imminent reality that insurers will refuse to cover massive swaths of property due to the climate…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Brishti Basu reports on the ill effects of WorkSafeBC’s decision to push people back to work while they continue to suffer from…
Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Bill McGuire discusses why anybody with an understanding of climate science is terrified of a living environment that’s careening out of control. Carbon…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Julia Doubleday highlights how the continued unmitigated spread of COVID-19 is collapsing hospital systems around the globe. Priyanjana Primanik examines how the…
Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Kevin Jiang reports on the results of the largest-ever study into the effects of COVID-19 vaccines – which concludes they’ve been extremely safe…
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Gary Fuller reports on the European Environment Agency’s estimate that EU countries alone are responsible for 238,000 deaths a year arising from their…
Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Oliver Milman reports on new research showing that shipping, aviation and industry are the three areas where carbon emissions are remaining at their…
capitalism won because it is better and other right-wing lies
In recent years, I see a greater awareness that capitalism -- at least in its present form -- is the root cause of so many issues that plague our society.…
capitalism won because it is better and other right-wing lies
In recent years, I see a greater awareness that capitalism — at least in its present form — is the root cause of so many issues that plague our society.…
Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Tim Murphy discusses the many similarities between Russia’s oligarchs and the U.S.’ – including how both take advantage of deliberate policy choices…