Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- The UN sets out Antonio Guterres' New Year's message calling for us to divert course from the road to climate ruin. Hannah Osborne examines…
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Monday Morning Links
Assorted content to start your week.- Marc Elias explores what it means to worry that "we're on our own" in the face of a fascist government and crumbling institutions -…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Crawford Kilian reviews Richard Seymour's Disaster Nationalism as setting out the problem of fascists using emergencies both real and contrived as an excuse…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Julia Conley reports on the continued accumulation of riches in the hands of a few, as the total wealth of billionaires has more…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Oliver Milman examines how insurance rates in the U.S. are pricing in climate risks - and pushing insurance out of reach for people facing…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- John Ganz discusses how a number of tech tycoons chose to support Donald Trump as part of a broader distaste for democracy and…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Sarah Kendzior writes about the replacement of shared culture with corporate-funded propaganda - and the need to maintain focus on the bigger-picture fight to…
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…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Carbon Brief examines the results of the COP29 climate summit - with the main takeaway being a familiar combination of barely-existent commitments and…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Mark Harris examines the competing pressures which will determine how a climate breakdown in progress affects our food supply, while Fiona Harvey discusses how…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Gloria Dickie reports on the UN's latest Emissions Gap report which shows that we're headed for a climate disturbance of 3.1 degrees Celsius by…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading.- Geoffrey Deihl warns that this year's U.S. election may represent a point of no return in trying to avoid civilization-shaking climate breakdown (even…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Stelios Giogiades and Ryan Voisin discuss how political choices are a crucial determinant of health for children. Danny Dorling laments that children in…
Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Andrew Freedman examines how the summer of 2024 is shaping up to be the hottest on record. And Jessica Corbett discusses the strong public…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Andrew Nikiforuk discusses the immense economic and human cost of COVID-19 denial as another wave surges. And Matthew Frank et al. study how COVID…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Brittany Hopkins rightly argues that parents with any interest in providing a worthwhile future for their children should be motivated to combat the…
Report finds insufficient daytime options for people experiencing homelessness
I’m the lead author of a recent report, commissioned by Vibrant Communities Calgary, looking at factors associated with social disorder on public transit (including social disorder involving people experiencing homelessness).…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Simon Lee, Hayley Fowler and Paul Davies discuss how the climate breakdown has undercut the basis for existing models and assumptions about the type…
Cargo Bicycles Are More Efficient Than Cargo Vans
Delivery vehicles are a significant cause of delays in city as they stop and block other transportation modes at a frequent basis. I’m sure everyone can relate to being frustrated…