Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading.- A.R. Moxon discusses our role in observing and shaping the world around us with the help of the analogy of a submarine whose…
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Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- David Moscrop writes that "inequality" is a far too mild word for the extreme concentration of wealth and power in the U.S. (coupled…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Natalie Alms reports that Elon Musk's attempt to manufacture a fraud scandal at the Social Security Administration has failed miserably - except to the…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading.- Jason Hickel discusses how capitalism is fundamentally in conflict with the idea of democracy - and how increasing democratic control over the economy…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Adrienne Lafrance discusses how the clock is ticking - but not quite yet run out - to check Donald Trump's assertion of absolute…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Nesrine Malik writes about the need for the rest of the world to imagine - and then build - an international order which…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Jim Stanford points out that tariff threats shouldn't be an especially daunting prospect for a Canadian economy which already consists primarily of the production…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Jamelle Bouie discusses the rot within the U.S.' political system which is raising the prospect of imminent constitutional collapse. Malcolm Nance points out how…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Jill Lawrence discusses how the U.S.' current kleptocracy was caused directly by the dangerous conflation of concentrated wealth with free speech. Luke Goldstein…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Alex Cosh discusses how our response to the new Trump administration needs to move beyond avoiding tariffs toward routing our international relations around a…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Ed Hawkins offers a visual indication of the unprecedented global warming experienced in 2024 - as well as the paths forward depending on whether…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Isabella Weber points out the key elements in common between the governments which have survived the anti-incumbent trend over the past year - with…
Monday Morning Links
Assorted content to start your week.- John Vaillant discusses how California's wildfires are just the most prominent recent example of how we're getting burned by relying on fossil fuels, while…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- David Macdonald offers this year's report on CEO compensation in Canada - showing how company men are being handed obscene pay packages while…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Stefan Labbe reports on new research showing how the business-driven use of lead in gasoline resulted in large-scale poisoning in the U.S. (and in…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Andrew Dessler offers a reminder that it's still possible to alter the trajectory of the climate breakdown if we take steps to stop…
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Joshua Pearce discusses the reality that the climate crisis could carry a ten-figure death toll over the course of this century - which would…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Trevor Memmot and Christian Weller write about the long road to recovery from the trauma of hurricanes and other climate change-induced environmental disasters. Jack…
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Blake Murdoch discusses how long COVID is harming a large number of children - and getting worse as constant reinfection has become the norm.…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Lauren Rosenthal, Brian Sullivan and Christopher Cannon examine how the prospect of extreme weather and associated disasters is a reality everywhere in the U.S.…