Checking In - Dr. King's Day 2025
Jan. 20th, 2025 07:32 amThe Vulgarian's making a point to ignore that fact, so I'm pointedly observing the day as Dr. King's Day. Any recommendations for material to view/listen to via YouTube?
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May. 28th, 2020 07:24 pmWhat Putin and Trump are in place to try to ensure that we don't-can't-won't do in time to save ourselves:
http://gwynnedyer.com/2020/what-coronavirus-teaches-us-about-climate-change/
We still need to leave this world fit to live on, no matter what those two and their accomplices want. And like Jay Rosen said about journalism the other day, we won't be able to keep from being swept up and away by their agenda without being clear as to what our own agenda is.
http://gwynnedyer.com/2020/what-coronavirus-teaches-us-about-climate-change/
We still need to leave this world fit to live on, no matter what those two and their accomplices want. And like Jay Rosen said about journalism the other day, we won't be able to keep from being swept up and away by their agenda without being clear as to what our own agenda is.
Remember this warning?
Well, the thing it was warning us about is apparently underway in various places across the planet. I don't think we've been idle either, right?
Well, the thing it was warning us about is apparently underway in various places across the planet. I don't think we've been idle either, right?
...the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre of pro-democracy protesters and activists by troops of the mainland Chinese army...
...and the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy, France.
Both events matter to human history for very different reasons. And yet, one reason unites them: human rights.
We must neither forget, nor be taught that remembering is toxic to social harmony.
...and the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy, France.
Both events matter to human history for very different reasons. And yet, one reason unites them: human rights.
We must neither forget, nor be taught that remembering is toxic to social harmony.
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siderea pointed out an article on Politico by Molly McKew that is giving me the shivers: that Putin's goal - one of them - might be to push our several nations into reshaping ourselves from within to become more like his version of what Russia is or should be. To abandon our own doctrine and traditions as nations. And in the process, undermine our abilities to depend on one another as nations, as peoples...It's a disturbing thought. And therefore it has merit worth pursuing. Because if the theory's right, then we can counter the strategy it details, and moreover, we should.
It's putting me in mind of several opinion pieces in various corners of several news services, which taken in concert - allowing for their contradictions of one another - might give Canada some means - beginning with inspiration, but hopefully not ending there - with which to help reweave international human society into something more durable for the decades to come.
Of course, whether we recognize those tools for what they are, the possibility that we might do so at all makes Canadian society one more target for Putin's campaign against the idea of a global civil society.
Recognize this: NATO, EU, NORAD...they're the near-term targets. Long-term, it's the UN and its web of satellite institutions as well and the ideals they embody. Why else pull away from the International Criminal Court?
For that matter, we might see the efforts of the political parties making up the ranks of the International Democrat Union in a similar light. But for their competing ambitions, Putin's United Russia Party might well have ended up a member of the IDU.
There are some who see Justin Trudeau as "the last major progressive leader standing", Aaron Wherry among them. I don't know that I agree with that, given Angela Merkel's continued presence despite being seen as a conservative in German circles per Wherry's opinion piece. But certainly, he's seen as a key, by Joe Biden among others.
Some of those others also see Canada as currently being the freest of societies on the planet. Whether you take the admittedly-flattering article on Upworthy at its given word on the subject, and acknowledging Canada's existing, long-standing flaws, it's one more reason why we might be positioned to make a positive difference in this world.
I'm not sure how much further to take this train of thought at the moment, and I'd originally meant to study several kinds of software as part of my ongoing job search. So, I'm going to open the microphone up.
From The New Yorker: Empathy Vacuums
Dec. 5th, 2016 02:22 pmYeah, this is something the people who make the gadgets I find Useful should be concerned about. Just saying.
http://www.newyorker.com/business/currency/silicon-valley-has-an-empathy-vacuum
There are consequences that go beyond unemployment rates and election results.
http://www.newyorker.com/business/currency/silicon-valley-has-an-empathy-vacuum
There are consequences that go beyond unemployment rates and election results.
I'm listening to this tonight:
http://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/science-under-siege-part-1-1.3091552
You might want to do the same as soon as time permits.
http://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/science-under-siege-part-1-1.3091552
You might want to do the same as soon as time permits.
File this one under "alarming education policy behaviour":
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cbc_ottawa at Museum of Civilization to change identity
I'd prefer to not see such a rebranding or such a narrowing of focus on my watch as a citizen, thank you very much. Who knows how future generations will be affected?
And not just future generations of Canadians, either...
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cbc_ottawa at Museum of Civilization to change identityThe Canadian Museum of Civilization in Gatineau, Que., will be re-branded into a museum on purely Canadian history, the federal government will announce Tuesday.
I'd prefer to not see such a rebranding or such a narrowing of focus on my watch as a citizen, thank you very much. Who knows how future generations will be affected?
And not just future generations of Canadians, either...
Persistence of Error
Mar. 14th, 2012 10:18 pmOur federal Natural Resources Minister chooses to be in grievous error again. My apologies to humanity as a whole for this.
Rick Salutin on the Occupy Movement: http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/1073528--salutin-occupiers-call-for-changing-the-agenda
I think he may be on to something useful and helpful here.
Thoughts?
I think he may be on to something useful and helpful here.
Thoughts?
Why Print Must NEVER Die
Sep. 17th, 2011 04:29 pmCall this the latest in a series of reminders of reasons for the above statement.
http://seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com/390067.html
Go. Read this. Share this.
Our neighbours, near and far, must not be allowed to forget.
We, ourselves, must not forget.
Because it might be any one of us tomorrow.
http://seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com/390067.html
Go. Read this. Share this.
Our neighbours, near and far, must not be allowed to forget.
We, ourselves, must not forget.
Because it might be any one of us tomorrow.
No Post-Shuttle Plans Allowed?!?
Nov. 25th, 2010 05:48 pmwarren_ellis alerted me to this one:Deficit hit men target NASA's post-shuttle plans
November 25, 2010 By MARCIA DUNN , AP Aerospace Writer
What the Hell?!?
