Tag: health

The Tragic Saga of Officer Stacey McMuffin

There’s been a huge amount of attention to police budgets and police brutality recently. It’s been so overwhelming that a 15-year veteran of a Georgia county police force

Five Things That Make Covid-19 The Perfect Disaster

No matter how bad they are, most of the time, disasters tend to be localized events -hurricanes, tsunamis, even droughts – that areas recover from soon after the

Five Reasons Libraries Should Begin Re-opening (and Five Reasons They Shouldn’t)

In a time of unprecedented challenges, the big debate in libraryland is how/when libraries should reopen. There are good reasons on both sides of the ledger but as

Five Thoughts as I Enter My Third Month of Quarantine

RPL closed all branches and sent staff home on March 18 which means we’re now into our third month of quarantine. (“Quarantine” is a bit misleading since I’ve

Donald Trump Sings R.E.M.

This is too funny to wait for Music Monday…

Saturday Snap – Covid Helping Us To Connect With Long Lost Friends

Shea and I have tried to do regular video chats with various friends and family throughout this pandemic but last night, we decided to do something a bit

When Can Canadian Public Libraries Reopen? @librarianshipCA

I’ll likely do a longer post with some thoughts on how libraries across North America have reacted to the COVID crisis at some point and also some personal

Man Living Off-Grid In A Tent On An Island

If this whole COVID-thing gets *really* shitty, I can at least dream that this was an option for me as the marauding hordes stab me to death for

Friday Fun Link – COVID Spread (January 1 – April 26)

Not sure if this is a “fun” link per se but interesting to see how the virus moved from China then quickly spread across the whole world creating

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