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This Anti-Vax Single Mother’s Series of Posts Could Be A PSA For Getting Vaccinated

This tragic series of posts by an anti-vax single mother as she catches Covid, is hospitalized, sees her condition worsen, begs for people to donate money and take care of her family if she passes then eventually dies could be an effective public service announcement *in favour of* vaccination. This is one of the top […]

¶ Posted 09 November 2021 § Family § News § Politics § Sad § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, education, health, science

Secular Sunday – We Are All Born Atheists…

¶ Posted 07 November 2021 § SecularSunday § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism, education, language, philosophy

Scary Science Facts – Even If It’s Halloween, Don’t Read This Thread If You Have Anxiety/Depression!

This thread probably isn’t a good one to read ever, let alone on the scariest day of the year! “Scientists of Reddit, what’s a scary science fact the public is generally unaware of?” Happy Halloween everyone! This one is of particular interest to Saskatchewan… If you think the pandemic was bad, this is possibly the […]

¶ Posted 31 October 2021 § Internet § List § News § Politics § Sad § Technology § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, health, holiday, science

Secular Sunday – What Does Your Faith Exempt You From?

There are a few (very few!) medical exemptions I can understand for not getting the vaccine – if you are allergic to something in the vaccine, if you had a serious reaction/event after your first shot and, uhm, not much else? But I’ve never understood being exempted on religious grounds. Even if you believe in […]

¶ Posted 10 October 2021 § News § Politics § Sad § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism, Covid, education, science

Friday Fun Link – Pick The 10 Most Unrelated Nouns You Can Think Of

This is fun. I’ll post the 10 words I picked below and my results but would encourage you click that link before looking at my answers so you’re going in fresh and unbiased. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . […]

¶ Posted 03 September 2021 § FridayFunLink § PopCulture § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, language

Why Bo Burnham’s “Inside” Is So Good

Maybe because, like “Nanette” by Hannah Gadsby, it totally deconstructs what a “comedy” special is? Or maybe because it’s one of only a handful of truly reflective, unique artworks created during Covid that capture what this past year has been like? Or maybe because I’m pretty sure he does this by not mentioning Covid once […]

¶ Posted 16 June 2021 § Humour § Internet § Jobs § PopCulture § Technology § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, movies, music

Wouldn’t It Be Funny If Anti-Vaxxers Were Just People Who Are Really Scared of Needles?

¶ Posted 15 June 2021 § Internet § News § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, health, science

Secular Sunday – An Addiction Model May Explain A Lot of Our Current Societal Issues (That Don’t Normally Seem Like Addiction Issues)

This is a fascinating thread which encompasses a lot of interesting ideas – tribalism, how people get sucked further into wilder conspiracy theories, and even whether QAnon is showing signs of moving from a fringe political theory into a full-fledged religion. it’s conceivable to conceptualize political tribalism (& perhaps even cultism), through an addiction model […]

¶ Posted 13 June 2021 § Internet § News § Politics § PopCulture § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism, Covid, education, language, science

Secular Sunday – No, Jesus Wasn’t White

¶ Posted 11 April 2021 § Humour § Politics § PopCulture § SecularSunday § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism, education, history, philosophy

My Take on the Calgary Flames Season

Sharing my insight about the Flames’ season with the good folks at CalgaryPuck (of note, there are only a handful of sites that both still exist and also pre-date when I began using the “Headtale” alias for every site I joined. CalgaryPuck, which I joined in 2002 soon after we moved to Calgary, is one […]