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Public Service Announcement: Free Speech

As a massive believer in free speech, I love this XKCD comic! You absolutely have the right to say whatever you want (short of the illegal types of speech – hate speech and obscenity or shouting “fire” in a crowded theatre.) But you also have to accept that whatever you say might be criticized, questioned […]

¶ Posted 21 January 2018 § Censorship § Infographic § Meme § MemoryLane § News § Politics § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: philosophy

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – @ryanmeili Embraces Latest in “Poli-Techs” Once Again With Facebook Live Event #skpoli #skndpldr

Since he first ran for the leadership of the Sask NDP nearly a decade ago, Ryan Meili has been incredibly adept at harnessing new technologies to achieve political goals. In 2009, he ran Canada’s first-ever political “money bomb” fundraiser which was a huge success, raising (if memory serves) something like 1/6 of all the money Ryan […]

¶ Posted 18 January 2018 § Meme § MemoryLane § News § Photo § Politics § Saskatchewan § Technology § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: cool, economics, facebook, reddit, saskatchewan, twitter

Friday Fun Link – Sad Jingle Bells

This video takes one of the happiest Christmas songs and turns it sad by playing it in a minor key… I’ve also long believed that you can make this popular jaunty carol into a pretty sad one, simply be reworking the lyrics from present to past tense, changing the odd word and singing all verses […]

¶ Posted 22 December 2017 § FridayFunLink § Humour § PopCulture § Sad § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: holiday, music, writing, xmas

Friday Fun Link – The Eric Andre Show Compilation

I stumbled across this performer while surfing around YouTube…which is always a dangerous thing to do. 😉 Eric Andre is a nihilistic anti-comedian who has a surreal, absurdist talk show on the late-night “Adult Swim” block of the Cartoon Network in the United States. The show parodies everything about talk shows from the set to the […]

¶ Posted 15 December 2017 § Humour § Internet § Meme § PopCulture § Randomness § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: television

“Because you have to swear on the Bye-ball!”

This guy was elected three times and doesn’t know that you aren’t required to swear on a Bible when taking your oath of office? Wow. The only thing that would make this clip better is if Tapper said “Because he says he’s Christian” when the Moore spokesperson tries to pivot away from his slack-jawed, empty-eyed […]

¶ Posted 13 December 2017 § Humour § Meme § News § Politics § Sad § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: education, history, television, unitedstates

“I Made My Shed The Top Rated Restaurant on TripAdvisor” (And Some Quick Thoughts on Fake News)

At RPL’s recent Staff Development Day, I was asked to moderate a panel discussion on fake news. The panelists included a local education prof who specializes in social media and digital technology, a journalism prof who specializes in mass and alternative media and a journalist who is the assignment producer as well as having responsibility for […]