

NORTHWEST COAST CONTACT or RUSSIANS, NATIVE AMERICANS, AND CHINESE, OH MY!
Almost eight centuries after Norse arrival in the east and two-and-a-half centuries after the start of the Columbian Exchange and the...
Jun 722 min read
FONYO
Terry Fox was a kid who developed bone cancer and at age 18 had his leg amputated. In 1979 (a real great year) he revealed his plan to...
May 303 min read


TOO FAR?
Like so many places, until recently there were trolleys and trains zooming people all over Victoria and beyond. From 1888 to 1923, a foot...
May 282 min read


THE FUTURE IS FLAMANVILLE
GUY: So, you won the lottery and want to bring power to the world (or just your own city.) You read Our World in Data and find their...
May 224 min read


PEOPLING
The subject of the peopling of the Americas was always messy and it’s getting more interesting all the time. Some will insist people have...
May 186 min read


THE QUEEN
Other than the city of Victoria and a few other places being named after her, I realized I knew little more about Queen Victoria. Even...
May 76 min read


"FASTER THAN THE REST!"
Spain warming faster than rest of northern hemisphere: study - Apr 2010 https://phys.org/news/2010-04-spain-faster-rest-northern-hemisp...
Apr 272 min read


"HOW IS THAT RIDICULOUS?"
My current favourite conservative meme is a video showing Joe Rogan proposing to his guest, "You have people like Bill Gates saying that...
Apr 208 min read


THE ROTTEN MEAT IN THE MACHINE or WE MAY HAVE JUMPED THE GUN WITH "INTELLIGENCE"
Like many folks, I’ve been playing with artificial intelligence off and on. Initially, back in 2023, I was turned off by how half-baked...
Apr 1715 min read


NOT FEELIN' IT, BERN
As the independent senator from Vermont goes on a tour of America, we've nearly reached full reversal. The same media who engaged in...
Apr 128 min read


IT'S NO COMPASS
Can we talk about CBC’s Vote Compass ? I'd love to know if it's actually possible to assess someone’s political leanings or which party...
Apr 63 min read


"POINTS OF INTEREST"
Though I've been following along, I haven’t written at length about Ukraine since the opening weeks of this most recent Russian invasion....
Apr 215 min read


DISPROVEN, NOT DISCARDED
I was recently looking for some statistics on iatrogenesis . That's just a fancy term for the medical system screwing up and causing harm...
Mar 293 min read


PRIVACY-DENIAL
PRIVACY At the airport. In a lounge between the gates and food court, a young British family alights on a circular couch. Mom is dealing...
Mar 291 min read


SAFE AND SAFER
I’ve been writing about this province's epidemic of overdose deaths and related themes for a while now. Just in recent times I’ve...
Mar 234 min read


FICTIONAL FLOTATION DEVICE
Nicholas Kristof — New York Times Musk Said No One Has Died Since Aid Was Cut. That Isn’t True. Elon Musk says that no one has died...
Mar 1714 min read


THE WRETCHED BLEMISH
What’s the deal with the measles? ( Offered in the tone and tempo of Jerry Seinfeld, of course. ) Measles outbreaks are taking up a lot...
Mar 1315 min read


SPIN-YUP
SPIN Four men, two probably in their 40s and two probably in their 50s or 60s, and a child of about seven or eight are sitting at a table...
Mar 131 min read