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Secular Sunday – The Cost of Religion in Canada

A nice confluence of events with it being Easter, me completing my taxes, and the Centre for Inquiry Canada (CFIC) releasing a report on the status of churches as charities.

¶ Posted 04 April 2021 § Canada § Infographic § Politics § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: atheism, economics, history, science

Appalachian Man Interview – Elmer

“Soft White Underbelly” is a fascinating interview series on YouTube…

¶ Posted 31 March 2021 § Randomness § Sad § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: economics, health, language, unitedstates

Friday Fun Link – Apple’s M1 Chip

The announcement of the new Apple M1 chip last fall finally got me to make the leap from using a ~2012-era MacBook Pro which was at the point that it was basically held together with digital duct tape and prayers to buying a new MacBook Air which arrived this week. I’ll likely share some expanded […]

¶ Posted 26 March 2021 § Internet § MemoryLane § News § PopCulture § Technology § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: economics, language, science, youtube

Exponential Growth: A Commonsense Explanation

When something is going through exponential growth, even in the early stages, most people completely underestimate how quickly things are going to change, even when the exponential growth has been going on for quite a while. Some humans are really bad at understanding math.

¶ Posted 24 March 2021 § News § Politics § Saskatchewan § Wisdom ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: Covid, health, saskatchewan, science

Leadership

¶ Posted 23 March 2021 § Infographic § Jobs § News § Politics § Saskatchewan § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: language, philosophy, saskatchewan

Why No Aquarium Has A Great White Shark

Random Sunday afternoon YouTube algorithm finds…both interesting and sad:

¶ Posted 21 March 2021 § Randomness § Technology § United States § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: science, unitedstates

Covid-19: A Year in Review

But remembering the past is also a way of believing that this moment will someday be the past. Which is to say, nostalgia for the past is also a way of believing in the future. Daydreaming about the After Times — the Before Times’s mythic counterpart — is in part an exercise in imagining what it will […]

¶ Posted 18 March 2021 § Family § Humour § List § MemoryLane § News § Pace § Photo § Politics § PopCulture § Randomness § Sad § Sasha § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: Covid, economics, health

The Roud Folk Song Index

Doing some quick research about yesterday’s post led to me to discover the Roud Folk Song Index which I don’t think I’d heard of before but which reminds me once again (as if I need reminding!), why librarians and archivists are so vital to society (and also interesting, witty and funny!): The Roud Folk Song […]