What Comes After AI Is Built Into Everything?
The voice in your head is not yours. It’s an advertisement urging you to buy a drink from the nearby vending machine. By now, you’ve learned to ignore them. The…
Solipsism
We need the space for the robo-taxis.
Wrapping up the week: rallies to get out the Alberta vote, plus the story behind the story of Alberta separatism
We had our Covid and flu shots today, so I'm feeling a little punk tonight. This won't be lengthy but I hope it will be interesting. The Alberta referundum is…
Utterances From A Moribund Giant (A.K.A. USA)
As an increasingly desperate Amerika rants and raves and deteriorates, its sense of exceptionalism largely remains intact in the minds of many. That can be the only explanation for the…
Vote in Your Municipal Elections, Dammit!
Democracy is not fragile, but it is susceptible to decay and erosion. Democracy — even local democracy expressed in a town council — is like a houseplant: it needs attention…
‘On Treason’ – an essential quick guide to the plots and politics of Alberta’s separation referendum
Cometh the hour, cometh the book! Actually, On Treason: Alberta Separatism, Foreign Interference, and Canada’s Survival in a Revolutionary Age is more than a little late. It rolled off the…
Blame Canada? Sounds like Trump is going to target us when he loses the Mid-Terms
Since Canada walked away from the trade negotiations in August, I think we've been mostly focused on our own Canadian affairs - the provincial elections in Quebec and in BC,…
No, It’s NOT a Theory. It’s Just a Story.
In his book, The Story of Stories: The Million-Year History of a Uniquely Human Art, author Kevin Ashton dedicates a chapter to how conspiracy “theories” have come to dominate the…
The Rise of the Psychology Influencer
On Substack, I'm seeing a wave of what I am going to call "Psychology Influencers" popping up. Some of them are clearly therapists with solid experience who are sharing their…
Some funny cartoons plus today’s news: Signs of the Apocalypse, Canada-Us Trade War, Updates about Alberta and BC
Some great cartoons about the week's news. They mostly skewer Trump, and deservedly so: Trump ChaosTrump and UkraineUkraine's data centre strikesCanadaIts worth reading this week's article by humourist Andy Borowitz…
A worthy laureate and a worthy court
The Norwegian Nobel committee has spoken and once again named a most worthy personage as... The post A worthy laureate and a worthy court first appeared on Views from the…
NYC-ABC PP/POW updates October 13, 2026
Click here for the latest compilation of every other week updates. NYC ABC, along with several other individuals and prisoner support crews, now send hard copies to all political prisoners…
MOS Guest Post: A.I. And Humanity’s Future
Could AI really wipe us out? Sure, most of us anyway. When it comes to wiping us out we will even do the heavy lifting.Look at it this way. When…
Putting Democracy Before the Firing Squad
The Trump administration’s race for totalitarian control of the country is accelerating, from deals supporting Russia and police intimidation of his adversaries to the looming spectacle of a public execution,…
Comments about the passing scene – Mark Carney, Ukraine, Stelco, Chrystia Freeland, Evan Scrimshaw, Mark Jacob, Keith Law
Here are a few useful posts and interesting comments about the issues of the day. From Mark Carney "the most low-key troll I have ever seen. 🤣" October 13 is…
Mark Carney expected in Calgary and Edmonton for pro-Canada rallies as advance referendum polling begins
Hats off to Thomas Lukaszuk and the Forever Canadian campaign for getting Prime Minister Mark Carney to agree to show up at the group’s remain-in-Canada rallies in Calgary and Edmonton…
Catching up with the news: Canada is worth fighting for. Plus Trade War Dispatches and Signs of the Apocalypse
First, a Thanksgiving message from PM Carney - "Canada is worth fighting for" Dispatches from the Canada-US Trade War Wow! We learn that Howard Lutnick threatened to send US troops…
Advance in-person referendum voting begins today; lineups are likely, so bring a coat and warm shoes
Advance voting in Premier Danielle Smith’s needless and divisive separation referendum begins at 9 o’clock this morning. If Elections Alberta’s prediction that 80 to 85 per cent of the provincial…
Why was Canada conducting espionage in Cuba on behalf of the United States?
The Hotel Nacional in Havana, one of the places where the so-called “Havana Syndrome” is alleged to have occurred. Photo by Juggler100/Wikimedia Commons. Late last month, the Globe a...
Collingwood’s 2026 Municipal Election, Part 4
By now (October 12), some of you will have already voted, since it’s an online voting system here that opened October 8. I don’t want to tell anyone how to…