Guest Post: AI And The Precautionary Principle
The headlines have been alarming indeed, essentially warning that unrestricted ongoing development of AI has a 10% chance of destroying all of us by the end of this decade. The…
Despite UCP scheme to fuel AI data centres, there’s nothing wrong with Crown corporations
Admittedly, the revelation by The Narwhal yesterday that Alberta’s United Conservative Party Government is seriously pondering a scheme to create public corporations to build and operate pipelines to carry natural…
Saturday Photo: Havest, Marché Jean Talon
This is a great time of year for anyone who loves fresh food. The Marché Jean Talon in Montreal's Piccola Italia is full of tomatoes, basil, lettuce, corn, garlic, ontions,…
Finishing the week: some bright notes on a sad day, a widening war in the gulf, and today’s Trade War Dispatches
Some bright notes on 9/11 A standing ovation for ChretienThis glorious old man! 92 years old and still on the ramparts for Canada. - Joanne Pettis 🇨🇦Read on Substack Carney's…
The American Right’s 9/11 Hypocrisy
While the American right has been telling New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani to stay away from the city’s 25th anniversary memorial for September 11th because he is Muslim, it is…
Today’s News: Canadian military restructure & allies, Poilievre boots it, doom and gloom for America, 9/11 memories, Trade War update, and Trudeau’s latest
Here are some of today's news -- this isn't everything, of course, like I'm not including anything on the AI sky-is-falling scare that I don't understand anyway - but I've…
The lies Alberta separatists tell: A Top Ten List
There’s a substantial and growing body of economic research that separation would be a catastrophe for Alberta and Albertans, especially working people. As economist Jim Stanford observed in his Aug.…
Yelling at NDP for Gravy Plane Complaint
There are SaskParty trolls yelling at NDP MLAs on their Facebook pages: Dwayne Dimen: “Janet Boylan Sharpe at what bitching. The NDP does never offer solutions.” Aleana Young: “Solution #1:…
Guest Post From The Mound Of Sound -The Implications Of Global Debt
It's my pleasure to present another guest post from The Mound of Sound. I miss his blog because he often wrote of things I hadn't thought of. Global debt is…
How about some laughs?
I'm out of outrage tonight. So here are some cartoons and some funny-good posts: Still my favourite: - KGB Report by Kevin G. BarkesRead on Substack - Mother Mary BernadetteRead…
What is AI for?
The introduction of artificial intelligence (AI) into our lives has been compared to the Industrial... The post What is AI for? first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
Edmonton Bike Struggles
Edmonton pushes ahead with bike network despite political pressure from Province of Alberta’s fascist UCP. Well presented video version of that story, last month before they knew if the City…
What The Actual Flock?
Big data and the police state have been converging for some time, but the rapid rise of the Flock Safety license plate camera network is redefining American authoritarianism, and its…
Today’s News: "Nobody in this country is in the stands. 40 million of us are on the ice."
graphic by Don DeLeski I was hoping PM Carney would give us another Forward Guidance video as Canada fights back against Trump's tariff war, and on Tuesday morning here it…
Blame Ottawa? Most of Alberta’s economic discontent has roots in policies cooked up right here at home
Conventional wisdom in Canadian political and media circles seems to be that Albertans are almost to a man and woman deeply discontented with their relationship with the rest of Canada.…
Random Thoughts on Drug Policy
I have been thinking about writing on drug policy for awhile but have not been able to develop a framework for my thoughts so I decided to just set them…
Whose Strategy is The End of the World? Conservatives
I’ve been writing clearly for over a dozen years about how governments, are failing to address the pollution causing the climate crisis. Usually the biggest culprits are Conservative/Republican governments, but…
Black cat nap
Quick capture. Holding back. Zen Brush 3. Allowing myself to draw on it. not trying to make a painting. Stopping. Holding the Apple Pencil way