Clash of the holidays
So, what costume are you wearing for Halloween? Are you giving out mini-chocolate bars, or Twizzlers? Oh, wait. Sorry, seems I’ve jumped the gun. Based on what I’ve seen in…
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Goals of the 2015 Paris Agreement may be unreachable
The UK’s Royal Meteorological Society wrote about the deadly heatwave that affected western North America in 2021. An underlying message was to prepare for more disasters like the destruction of…
Glop & Pail: More People Are Dying Than We Care To Account For
More People Than Expected Are Dying In 2023 For Reasons That We Are Unwilling To Consider. pic.twitter.com/BGwBySR7AK — The Vertlartnic (@TheVertlartnic) August 16, 2023 An anti-waxxer would read that headline…
Bill C-18: Unpacking Canada’s Media Madness & Mess
Lies. I saw this today on a Liberal MP’s Facebook page (irony noted): I’m a digital media expert, and I will tell you that the Liberal government will sink into…
Pause Conservative Governments Until We Can Figure Out What’s Going On
Smith on net-zero from 1½ years ago: Innovators can do net-zero!Politicians are too polarizing!Kenney spent too much time fighting the carbon tax! They don't understand how much the industry is…
Cubieverse Game
I’ve been playing Coin Hunt World for a few years now, back when rewards in the game were Bitcoin or Ethereum. Now they’re transitioning to a gift-card reward scheme with…
A world defined by impacts long called catastrophic
New York Times science writer David Wallace-Wells, author of The Uninhabitable Earth, issues a weekly newsletter for subscribers. The August 2 edition is a powerful and disturbing look at the…
A Reasonable Explanation of the Life of Sinead O’Connor
It’s taken a few days to digest the news of Sinead O’Connor, but I wanted to share some of my own thoughts and a reminder that the truth hurts ……
Good News, and Bad News
First, the bad news. A study suggests that the process of cold water currents in the Atlantic Ocean are at risk of changing rapidly this century, earlier than predicted from…
This is perfect, thank you so much … not
The other day, while on an extended old-man rant about words and phrases that irk me, my son asked why I let such trivial things bother me. There’s nothing you…
Nuke Happy And Spendy
I don't buy it, literally.Saskatchewan has an extremely pro SMR nuclear government, and produces a lot of the world's uranium. @SaskPower has no plan to finalize SMR plans until 2029,…
Defining ‘Foreign Influence’
‘Foreign influence’ is a highly subjective phrase that I think we all have to understand a little better before we get too whipped up about China. The post Defining ‘Foreign…
Break the Law, Get More than $11M
If you donate thousands of dollars to the Saskatchewan Party, there are rewards. A private company wanted a glass office building in Wascana Park. They’re chums with the SaskParty and…
Remember when $100,000 was a great salary?
You may have heard the news last week that the Alberta government – that’s us, by the way – shelled out more than $3.5 million in compensation to 23 executives,…
Housing Shortages Being Accelerated by Our Own Cities
Cities are profiting from conversion of rental units to short-term vacation rentals. Maybe if our cities stopped this, we’d face less of a housing crisis? The post Housing Shortages Being…
‘Tech Giants’ vs ‘Media Giants’: Who Do We Want to Win?
There is a vicious false narrative spreading in the context of Bill C-18 and Bil C-11, blaming ‘tech giants’ for not playing ball with our sycophantic ‘local’ (but foreign-owned) media.…
Low-impact renewables and energy efficiency = JOBS
Before British Columbia’s 2017 general election, a person who would be appointed to a senior position in John Horgan’s cabinet indicated that Site C would not be cancelled. He asked,…
A Hole in One for Extinction Rebellion
Extinction Rebellion: a ‘hole in one’ as a protest. The post A Hole in One for Extinction Rebellion first appeared on Excited Delirium.
Add PostMedia to ‘Foreign Influence’ File
Canadians should demand a ‘foriegn influence inquiry’ into PostMedia, especially in the wake of the announcement of a plan to merge with TorStar. The post Add PostMedia to ‘Foreign Influence’…
It’s time to free the children
Spring is officially over (although we’re already had a month or more of summertime temperatures) and summer is officially here. Glorious sunshine. Everything is green. Mosquitoes are ready to hatch.…