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A Few Recent Covid Threads

Even though “Covid Is Over”™ according to many, it’s not really. Far from it actually… Britain is being swamped by yet another Covid wave — 2% in England are currently infected, 1 in 30 in Scotland: 1.4 million people in the UK, a stark 40% week-on-week rise in prevalence. Hospitalisations highest since April https://t.co/hFiriFHY3r — […]

¶ Posted 22 June 2022 § News § Politics § Randomness ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, health, science

TED Talk – Sleep Is Your Super Power

¶ Posted 15 June 2022 § Video ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: health, science

Secular Sunday – What’s The Oldest Religion in the World?

I mean, humans have been making up gods to worship, probably since their brains were capable of such a thing, but I believe this short clip is talking about which is the oldest of the current major world religions…

¶ Posted 12 June 2022 § SecularSunday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism, education, history, philosophy, travel

Secular Sunday – Back when the Bible was written…

¶ Posted 29 May 2022 § Humour § Infographic § Meme § PopCulture § SecularSunday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism, book, history, language

Secular Sunday – Losing My Religion: The Pandemic Is Causing Many To Lose Faith In God

https://newatlas.com/health-wellbeing/faith-religion-god-declined-pandemic-study/

¶ Posted 22 May 2022 § SecularSunday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, education, science

The New Corporation – Documentary

It was pretty cool to go to the world premier of an anti-corporate documentary called “The Corporation” at the Calgary International Film Festival twenty years ago which featured a Q&A with the filmmakers after the screening. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpQYsk-8dWg It’s less cool that this film has an “unfortunately necessarily” sequel released a couple years ago…

¶ Posted 11 May 2022 § MemoryLane § News § Politics § PopCulture § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: alberta, economics, education

Secular Sunday – Are Humans Hardwired To Believe in Religions?

A response to a question about “Will Religion Ever Disappear?” in an atheist sub on Reddit explains why humans are hardwired to believe in religion in the first place.

¶ Posted 08 May 2022 § SecularSunday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism, education, history

A Moment With Margaret Atwood: Three Inspirations for “The Handmaid’s Tale”

“I did not put anything into the book that had not happened [to women] at some time or in some place in history or was not happening when I was writing the book. So it was all reality-based and one reason I did that is I did not want to hear ‘You’ve got a warped, […]

¶ Posted 04 May 2022 § News § Politics § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, education, health, history, language

Saturday Snap – Supper With Friends (and Some Thoughts on the World We’re Living In)

Shea and I went for supper with some friends on Friday night and it was good to catch up, compare notes, and have a few laughs after not having done a restaurant meal with people who we’d normally go out with a few times per year before Covid. (We have done virtual happy hours/outside visits/potlucks […]

¶ Posted 30 April 2022 § Family § Humour § Jobs § MemoryLane § Photo § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, economics, education, health, parents

“Always Have One More Person Than You Think You Need and 98% of Your Staffing Issues Vanish”

As Elon Musk (tries to) buy Twitter for <checks notes> $44 billion dollars and Jeff Bezos shoots cock-shaped rockets into space, it’s important to remember that there are normal people running businesses and organizations who are doing very basic, humane things to treat their employees well, respect their humanity, and ensure that they are focused […]