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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 […]

Friday Fun Link – The Covid-19 Vaccine Explained

¶ Posted 18 June 2021 § News § Politics § Technology § Video ‡ 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 § Technology § Video ‡ 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 § Meme § News § Video ‡ 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 § Meme § News § Politics § PopCulture § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism, Covid, education, language, science

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 § Technology § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, education, language

“The ranting and raving you see in these videos shows they have good lung capacity.”

“There are legitimate medical exemptions but if someone requires a mask exemption, that usually means they are at high risk of Covid and I counsel them to not to go out in public without a mask and instead, have someone assist you – a family member or caregiver if possible…Some doctors will feel pressured to […]

¶ Posted 01 June 2021 § Jobs § News ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, education, health, science

Music Monday – “I’m a white man living on a white man’s street/I’ve got the bones of the red man under my feet/The highway runs through their burial grounds…We’re all carrying one big burden, sharing one fate”

“White Man’s World” – Jason Isbell

¶ Posted 31 May 2021 § Canada § MusicMonday § News § Politics § Sad ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, history

Secular Sunday – Common Proofs of God’s Existence

¶ Posted 30 May 2021 § SecularSunday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism, education, language, philosophy

RIP Shane-o (1973-2021)

Overall, death tends to be pretty linear. The oldest people you know usually die first – I suspect grandparents are often the first human deaths most people experience. Or possibly people of the same generation – great aunts and uncles. Elderly neighbours. Then, as you get older, the age of those dying, tends to get […]