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“The Walls Are Closing In On The Unvaccinated”

An Angus Reid poll showed that 75 per cent of Canadians agreed with the statement “I don’t have a lot of sympathy for people who chose not to be vaccinated and then got COVID-19.” In B.C., 53 per cent favoured making vaccines mandatory in public places to make life harder for unvaccinated people, while another […]

Calgary Flames Fans Debate Vaccine Requirements

This thread may be the biggest shit show in the history of CalgaryPuck, a Calgary Flames fan site/message board I’ve been reading since 2001. What starts as a discussion of the Jets announcing they’ll require proof of vaccination devolves as a series of antivaxxers keep popping up to make all sorts of logically and factually […]

¶ Posted 24 August 2021 § Internet § MemoryLane § News § Politics § PopCulture § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: alberta, Covid, education, health, hockey, language

Cuba Develops Its Own Effective Vaccine Amidst Economic Crisis and Embargo

Pretty amazing accomplishment!

¶ Posted 22 June 2021 § News ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, economics, education, history, science

Friday Fun Link – The Covid-19 Vaccine Explained

¶ Posted 18 June 2021 § News § Politics § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, health, science

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 § Meme § PopCulture § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, movies, music

Friday Fun Link – Fair Dealing Decision Tool (Maybe?)

Somebody sent this tool around at work so I thought I’d post it here (though if you know how I feel about copyright, you’ll know that I’m also not the best person to ask about whether something falls under copyright or not as I have a *very* generous understanding of what constitutes “fair dealing”!) 🙂

¶ Posted 11 June 2021 § Censorship § FridayFunLink § Humour § Internet § Library § LibrarySchool § PopCulture § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, education, language

107 Year Old Irish Farmer Reflects on Changes He’s Seen (1967 Interview)

The single best presentation I did in library school was on the evolution of streaming video online and how it’s biggest benefit was how online video eliminates constraints of both time and distance that all previous dominant mass communications mediums – radio, television – suffered from. Like most 70s kids, I was pretty obsessed with […]

¶ Posted 08 June 2021 § Internet § Jobs § Library § LibrarySchool § MemoryLane § News § UK § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, history, language

Amazon Prime Is An Economy-Distorting Lie

I’m trying as hard as I can to avoid buying from Amazon as I’ve grown to *really* dislike their business practices – from how they treat workers to resellers engaging in fraud to simply the fact that Jeff Bezos does not need one more penny of my money. I mean, Wal-Mart is a shitty employer […]

¶ Posted 02 June 2021 § Internet § Jobs § Library § News § Politics § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, economics

Friday Fun Link – Finding A Book When You’ve Forgotten Its Title

NYPL has a pretty cool article about how to find a book when you’ve forgotten its title.

¶ Posted 28 May 2021 § FridayFunLink § Internet § Library § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book

Friday Fun Link – How Long Would It Take To Hack Your Password?

You don’t have to submit your password – just type it into the box on this site and it will tell you how long it would take a computer to guess it. If you’re nervous about testing your own passwords, use something similar eg. instead of “password”, use “massward” or whatever.)