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Random 2024 Saskatchewan Provincial Election Thoughts

The night the writ dropped a planned constituency association meeting was turned into a door knocking/sign planting evening. In my experience, when a house has two competing signs, it’s usually meant that a husband and wife support different candidates but I learned from my sign planting colleague that in her culture, this can also be […]

Posted 29 October 2024 § MemoryLane § Politics § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Music Monday – “It’s been too hard livin’/But I’m afraid to die?/Cause I don’t know what’s up there/Beyond the sky

It’s election season and though I’m posting this on Wednesday night instead of Monday like I’d hoped (kinda busy day!) so I know the results of the provincial election, the NDP’s changing fortunes have been on my mind (not to mention various other elections in other provinces, municipally and of course the massive US election […]

Posted 28 October 2024 § MusicMonday § Politics § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

There Is A Constant Battle Within Public Libraries Between Our Core Values of Belief In Freedom of Expression and Belief in Diversity/Inclusion

Posted without further comment.  (Er, other than to say you can fast forward to the end to see the conflict of those values in action…) (h/t to concerned community member who sent this to me.  It’s actually senior RPL managers speaking off-camera at the end, not RPL security guards.)

Posted 22 October 2024 § Canada § Censorship § Jobs § Library § LibrarySchool § Politics § Sad § Video § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Friday Fun Link – Trump Is A Weak Little Baby Bitch

I wrote this cause it’s what I always wanted to say about Trump pretending to be a tough guy.  But we got the amazing @DaveBautista to say it SO much better.  Thanks Dave.  #TrumpIsAWeakLittleBabyBitch pic.twitter.com/Mo4ZMpOPVH — Jesse Joyce (@jessejoyce) October 17, 2024  

Posted 18 October 2024 § FridayFunLink § Humour § Politics § PopCulture § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Amazingly Original Tribute to Johnny Gaudreau

Wow – what a great way to pay tribute to arguably the professional athlete who died closest to the peak of his career… The Blue Jackets came out to take the opening draw with no left winger in honor of Johnny Gaudreau#CBJ pic.twitter.com/spGFHKIkq0 — Hockey Daily 365 l NHL Highlights & News (@HockeyDaily365) October 15, […]

Posted 15 October 2024 § Sad § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Music Monday – “I don’t mind the strain of a hurricane, it comes around every June/The high black water, the devil’s daughter/She’s hard, and she’s cold and she’s mean/But nobody taught her, it takes a lot of water/To wash away New Orleans”

“Hurricane” Castellos (Levon Helm cover)

Posted 14 October 2024 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Saturday Snap – NHL Hockey Is Back (and Opening Night Was The Perfect Night for Canadian Hockey!)

Posted 12 October 2024 § Humour § SaturdaySnap § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Sask Election Is Off and Running – What Are The Main Issues?

How to get rid of Scott Moe and the corrupt, tired, dangerous Sask Party is my main issue! Well, the Saskatchewan election is off and running (oh, bad pun). There are a lot of good takes out there, but it is worth breaking down what are some of the more salient issues as the campaign […]

Posted 01 October 2024 § Politics § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Secular Sunday – Legality Isn’t A Guide to Morality

Posted 29 September 2024 § Meme § Politics § SecularSunday § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Artificial Intelligence Is Frightening As Hell

(As if the fact that many people will watch this edit of Trudeau’s softball Colbert interview and think it’s real.  We are dancing in dangerous ground with how fast AI is advancing and how it allows people to manipulate photos, video and sound!) https:/www.twitter.com/covid_parent/status/1838755111406833693

Posted 24 September 2024 § Humour § Politics § Technology § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,