Plague Update: Goin’ Grate
Olympians thrown into the meat grater. Grinder? Whatever. Many of them are despicable, and amoral; willing participants in the senseless slaughter. Athletes and coaches who have confirmed infections are not…
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Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your Monday reading.- Gillian Steward asks how many communities need to be destroyed for the UCP and other climate denialists to start even pretending to care -…
Covering Up a Pandemic
Earlier today, Salvatore Mattera wrote this piece about the media silence -- or censorship -- around Covid. Otherwise known as propaganda by omission. This rest of this post is entirely…
Jann Arden and Rick Mercer in Regina
May 19th, it was raining, and people were busting a gut to the stories of Canada’s TV duo who egged each other on for the camera.
Democrat Debate Disaster Disgrace
A President for the ages: “Making sure that we’re able to make every single solitary person eligible for what I’ve been able to do with the uhh the COVID, excuse…
Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Crawford Kilian discusses how avoidable harms to people's health and well-being are inflicted on us as "costs of doing business". Patrick Miner et…
Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Crawford Kilian discusses how avoidable harms to people's health and well-being are inflicted on us as "costs of doing business". Patrick Miner et…
Columnist: Calgary mayor walks on water? We have proof she can’t swim!
If Jyoti Gondek took off her shoes one summer day and walked across the Glenmore Reservoir, Rick Bell’s next column would probably say it proved she can’t swim. Calgary Mayor…
Living in a False Reality
Without testing or wastewater data warning us of rising cases of viruses in our regions ahead of time, we can only look to excess deaths after the fact. Bleak times.This…
Living in a False Reality
Without testing or wastewater data warning us of rising cases of viruses in our regions ahead of time, we can only look to excess deaths after the fact. Bleak times.…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Bryn Nelson offers a call to action against the anti-science, anti-reality industry seeking to blast out propaganda to keep corporate coffers spilling over…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Bryn Nelson offers a call to action against the anti-science, anti-reality industry seeking to blast out propaganda to keep corporate coffers spilling…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Sueellen Campbell highlights how record-breaking temperatures are being covered around the globe, while Sarah Collins discusses new research showing that the northern hemisphere’s…
Patterns
As a regular consumer of media, I find myself more and more looking for patterns. While there is likely no such thing as totally consistent media narratives, I do think…
Patterns
As a regular consumer of media, I find myself more and more looking for patterns. While there is likely no such thing as totally consistent media narratives, I do think…
CBC Strives for Supermarket Tabloid Status
As a source of credible journalism, CBC used to be one of the standards by which other media measured themselves. It was reliable, honest, and responsible. Oh, how far CBC…
Aptos vs Calibri
Did you notice the change? Microsoft has made the typeface Aptos the new default for its Office programs, replacing the venerable Calibri after 17 years. Aptos has been rolled out…
Naheed Nenshi, Superstar! Do you think you’re what they say you are?
As expected, former Calgary mayor Naheed Nenshi has joined the contest to replace Rachel Notley as leader of the Alberta NDP, and his arrival yesterday with a slick video, a…
Opt-in Polls: Bad Data, Bad Science, and Bad Actors
I was perusing the usual collage of semi-news, trivia, and fluff on CollingwoodToday recently and noticed a poll at the bottom asking “How old are you?” It piqued my interest…
Former Herald journalist charts shocking decline of Calgary newspapers’ paid circulation
If the federal government thinks its various subsidies to Canadian newspapers are doing much to uphold democracy, it needs to take a clear-eyed look at Postmedia’s paid circulation numbers. The…