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…
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.…
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:…
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…
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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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
Canada's counter-tariffs are on, and there will not be any turning back. In the days to come, when you need some courage:Remember Jack Layton's last message:And remember these words too:…
Yesterday, a black bear was in our yard, but when it noticed humans, it scurried up the Seymour River western escarpment behind our home. Today, another bear visited. This time…
I have suspected for some time that the decision around which direction Canada was going to go in terms of its next generation Air Force has been made, if not…
Of late, I have been thinking about Canadian pride and patriotism, and how it is so different from the shallow, reflexive and exaggerated displays the Americans are so fond of.…
I started driving rather late in life compared to others in my age cohort: I was 24 when I finally got my licence. A lot of my fellow hippies and…
In order to change our collective future, we have to change the names we use to describe the present.The Pyrocene Has ArrivedWhen I reread my recent essay, “It’s the End…
