3rd Party Bad, Except Not Mine
Mandryk has me fuming. That’s his job. I once respected his opinion, but unfortunately not in years. He writes a whole column and an article about how bad it is…
media
Joe Fafard’s NFB film from 1973
I Don’t Have to Work that Big, Michael McKennirey, provided by the National Film Board of Canada. Lots of Regina views toward the end of the film, including some art…
Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Ajit Niranjan reports on the extreme flooding in numerous cities in central Europe as a harbinger of the effect of a climate breakdown in…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Fiona Harvey reports on the G20's apparent plans to back away from even the aspiration of transitioning away from fossil fuels to preserve a…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Andrea Thompson reports on the record-breaking heat wave in the southwest U.S. as another stark example of a climate breakdown in progress. But…
Fascist Twitter?
Letter to X (Musk) Letter To Elon Musk, Re: My Suspension From Twitter Twitter, “X”, “bastion of free speech”, suspended my account today, saying this: We’ve temporarily limited some of…
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…
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…