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YouTube Policy Changes – Censorship or Just Good Business Practice?

I think I’ve mentioned before that one of my highest marks in library school was, ironically, for the one class I took within our faculty but outside our department – a “History of Information” course that was offered through the journalism school. My final presentation in that class was about the future of online video […]

Posted 10 October 2017 § Censorship § Internet § LibrarySchool § MemoryLane § News § PopCulture § Technology § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,

10 Things That Excite Me About @thejagmeetsingh Winning #ndpldr (and 5 That Make Me Nervous)

If everything Jagmeet Singh’s team said about how many new members they’d signed up, how much support they were getting in vote rich Ontario and BC, how young people were rallying around their candidate, and their fundraising totals, turned out to be true, it seemed like Jagmeet Singh would have a really good chance at […]

Posted 01 October 2017 § Canada § List § News § Politics § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

“In a word, pleasure. It’s like my pleasure in other people’s leisure.”

 

Posted 27 September 2017 § Humour § PopCulture § Travel § UK § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Trump Loves NASCAR

Posted 26 September 2017 § Humour § Meme § News § Politics § PopCulture § Sports § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Friday Fun Link – The Definitive Ranking of Every Tragically Hip Song

Lots to argue with here but points for even trying to make this list (the author strikes on an interesting conceit to make it work, grouping songs thematically to count them down.)

Posted 22 September 2017 § Canada § FridayFunLink § List § MemoryLane § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Redditor Tracks White House Chief of Staff Face Palm To the Exact Moment Trump Goes Off Script

Any shot of a person rubbing their forehead could be taken out of context. But when it’s a photo of the White House Chief of Staff face palming with his watch clearly visible (ENHANCE!) while the President is going off script threatening to annihilate North Korea, you know the Internet’s going to be on the […]

Posted 19 September 2017 § Humour § Internet § Meme § News § Politics § Technology § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – People Share Their Favourite Work Email Snark Phrases

I admit to both sending and receiving many of theseĀ over the years. šŸ™‚

Posted 01 September 2017 § FridayFunLink § Humour § Jobs § Meme § MemoryLane § Work ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged:

Music Monday – “Radicals and Racists/Don’t point your finger at me/I’m a small town white boy/Just tryin’ to make ends meet”

After the concert I saw last night, is there any doubt which band I’ll feature for Music Monday? But which song? There are lots to choose from – big hits, underrated gems, personal favourites – but given my interest in Freedom of Expression as well as the band’s reputation in general, how about possibly G […]

Posted 28 August 2017 § Censorship § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § News § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

“You picked a horse at 35:1 and somehow it paid off” – Jimmy Kimmel’s Appeal to Trump Voters

This is good.

Posted 16 August 2017 § Humour § Meme § News § Politics § PopCulture § United States § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Too Bad We Need This Reminder in 2017

(via Reddit)

Posted 15 August 2017 § Infographic § Meme § News § Politics § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,