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Friday Fun Link – A $2.5 Billion Robot, Designed To Function on Mars For Two Years, Is Still Working 13 Years Later!

A $2.5 billion robot has been alone on another planet for 13 years and is still doing science. The scale of that sentence gets worse the longer you think about it. Curiosity landed in August 2012. Obama was president. Instagram had 80 million users. The iPhone 5 hadn’t shipped… https://t.co/AzXQenKDnH — Aakash Gupta (@aakashgupta) March […]

Posted 27 March 2026 § FridayFunLink § Internet § MemoryLane § News § Technology § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Secular Sunday – Because They’re All The Same?

I recently talked to someone who could not believe that Shea and I have never taken our kids to church or introduced them to religion in any way. Obviously, not all religions are extreme as the two below.  But that’s a big clue why we don’t feel we need religious influence or guidance in our […]

Posted 08 March 2026 § News § Politics § SecularSunday § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,

Friday Fun Link – What A Super Weird Year Hockey Is Having

“What a super weird year hockey is having…” ?? pic.twitter.com/LnvE3ao54H — James Cybulski (@JamesCybulski) February 24, 2026

Posted 06 March 2026 § Canada § FridayFunLink § Humour § News § Politics § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Do You See Your Fellow Citizens As Morally Good?

This chart is very telling about one of the biggest differences between the US and us.

Posted 03 March 2026 § Canada § Infographic § News § Politics ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Secular Sunday – The World Is Not Divided Into Countries

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Harvard Professor Says Carney’s Speech Was a “Big Deal”

Posted 03 February 2026 § Canada § Jobs § News § Politics § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Secular Sunday – One of the Biggest Challenges To My Atheism

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Music Monday – “Gotta get down to it, soldiers are cutting us down/Should have been gone long ago/What if you knew her and found her dead on the ground/How can you run when you know?

History doesn’t repeat.  But it rhymes… “Ohio” – Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young

Posted 26 January 2026 § News § Politics § Sad ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Friday Fun Link – Carney vs. Trump at Davos

CBC put together a collection of contrasting clips from Carney's and Trump's speeches at the World Economic Forum. pic.twitter.com/V0qGk89snA — Scott Robertson (@sarobertsonca) January 23, 2026 This is another good analysis… Here’s another fantastic, detailed breakdown of why PM Carney’s speech in Davos was so brilliant. pic.twitter.com/OtwBEgZaZ3 — Stephano?Barberis (@HelloStephano) January 26, 2026  

Posted 23 January 2026 § Canada § FridayFunLink § News § Politics ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Key Concepts For Understanding Our Current World

Incredibly important to understand these concepts, psychological dynamics, and experiments in order to know what’s going on in the world. pic.twitter.com/j2ntoZsacF — D. Alec Zeck (@Alec_Zeck) January 17, 2026  

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