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Healthy Skepticism vs. Conspiracy Thinking – Where’s The Line?

I’ve long been an advocate for the importance of being skeptical as a generally useful approach to life. But, as the coronavirus has spread around the world over the past year, it’s also been fascinating (and alarming!) to see how often that line from genuine questioning crosses the line (and often goes completely off the cliff) […]

¶ Posted 09 December 2020 § Censorship § Internet § Meme § Politics § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, education, health, science

V-Day!

After a very strange, long, historic year, it feels pretty monumental that the UK is the first country rolling out their Covid vaccine starting today (okay, Russia actually started a few days ago but I think the UK is getting all the attention since that’s the Pfizer one most of the world will be using) […]

¶ Posted 08 December 2020 § Canada § UK § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, economics, education, health, history, unitedstates

#Covidiot Tuesday – The Pyramid of Intellect

I’ve got Music Monday, Throwback Thursday, Friday Fun Link, Saturday Snap and occasionally Secular Sunday but maybe now it’s time for another recurring post idea – #Covidiot Tuesday – since the anti-maskers seem to keep believing and sharing all the same old discredited information…

¶ Posted 01 December 2020 § Humour § Infographic § Meme § Politics § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, education, history, science

Friday Fun Link – A Strong Contender For The #covidiot Hall of Fame?

I mean, to be fair, this guy might be thinking of how some people have the letters “Dr” in front of their name. But that’s an abbreviation instead of an actual academic designation (where the letters go *after* the name.) So yeah, if you’re implying that your Facebook-based research methods give you more knowledge than […]

¶ Posted 27 November 2020 § FridayFunLink § Humour § LibrarySchool § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, science

Anti-Maskers Throw Tantrums Nationwide

It’s so weird that the kids who used to cheat off the smart kids to pass science classes now yell “Do your own research!” as they claim to be experts in infectious diseases based on some Facebook memes, YouTube videos and reading a bunch of unreliable web sites.

¶ Posted 24 November 2020 § Meme § Politics § Sad ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid

Trump’s Venn Diagram

¶ Posted 18 November 2020 § Humour § Meme § Politics § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, history, unitedstates

Multiple Thoughts on Multiple Elections #skpoli #yqr #yxe

In order… SASK PROVINCIAL ELECTION (OCT 26) 1. In my initial post-mortem, I chalked up at least one big factor in the NDP’s failure to do well up to people wanting the status quo during a pandemic. (This was bolstered by the BC NDP actually growing their majority a few days earlier.) But as detailed […]

¶ Posted 15 November 2020 § Canada § List § MemoryLane § Politics § Saskatchewan § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, history, saskatchewan, science, unitedstates

Friday Fun Link – Constantly Wrong: The Case Against Conspiracy Theories

¶ Posted 13 November 2020 § FridayFunLink § Humour § Meme § Politics § PopCulture § United States § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, education, facebook, language, science, youtube

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – My Grandma at the Golden Prairie Nursing Home, Indian Head, SK (April 2004) #skpoli

As rumours spread that at least two dozen people in the community have Covid, my hometown of Indian Head, Saskatchewan is facing a jump in Covid cases that has affected the nursing home, local businesses and now both the elementary and high schools which are going to be closed for two weeks. WATCH: Over the […]

¶ Posted 12 November 2020 § Family § MemoryLane § Politics § Sad § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, education, health, saskatchewan, science