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The Changing Nature of Freedom of Expression: Banning Books Is Anachronistic But Challenges Remain

Good article from The National Post about the changing nature of the debate around Freedom of Expression. What remains is that challenges still come from all sides of the political spectrum. …the bulk of work on freedom of expression is shifting from people who fruitlessly complain about books to attacks on journalists and bloggers. Also […]

Posted 02 October 2019 § Canada § Censorship § Internet § Library § LibrarySchool § News § Politics § PopCulture § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Secular Sunday – An Undeniable Prognosis (Best Atheist Arguments)

 

Posted 15 September 2019 § SecularSunday § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Music Monday – “She said, “Andy, you’re better than your past”/Winked at me and drained her glass/Cross-legged on a barstool, like nobody sits anymore”

“Elephant” – Jason Isbell (This reaction video where a couple commentators slowly realize what the song’s about is a pretty good supplement to what some feel is the best song of 2013.)

Posted 09 September 2019 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Opinion vs. Empathy

Posted 21 May 2019 § Meme § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Saturday Snap – Not Sure If This Is A Picture Of Me Looking Back in Time or Looking Forward?

Pace and I looking at a Buffalo Rubbing Stone near Shea’s parents house…

Posted 27 April 2019 § Family § Pace § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Democratic Presidential Candidate, Andrew Wang, on Universal Basic Income

The guy seems like a longshot but so did Donald Trump four years ago!  

Posted 19 March 2019 § Jobs § News § Politics § Technology § United States § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , ,

Secular Sunday – A dying man’s thoughts on stardust, a fortunate life, making the world a better place, and the randomness of it all.

Someone posted a link to this essay on FB and I wanted to repost the whole thing here as I thought it was very well-written and thought-provoking… Clarifying my final weeks Journal entry by Erik Olin Wright — Jan 18, 2019 Yesterday, I had a bone marrow biopsy to see if there were any prospects at all of […]

Posted 20 January 2019 § Randomness § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Secular Sunday – What Happens To Your Brain When You Quit Believing in God?

Very similar to the process of quitting cocaine or meth or ending a love affair apparently. (via Reddit)

Posted 06 January 2019 § SecularSunday § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Some Thoughts on the Changing Nature of Intellectual Freedom In Librarianship (Maybe?), The “Neutrality” Thing, and How I Sometimes Feel Like My Grandpa Missing The Boat on Elvis

So I recently got tagged on Twitter by a librarian colleague in Saskatoon (who is both a Mover and a Shaker!) asking if I (and a few other online librarian-types) had any thoughts on the changing view of intellectual freedom within the profession, especially in light of wider changes in society which I took to […]

Posted 09 December 2018 § Censorship § Library § LibrarySchool § News § Politics § PopCulture § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Friday Fun Link – Minimal Turing Test

In computer science, the Turing Test is intended to tell if you can differentiate between who is human and who is a computer programmed to model human-like conversation in a text exchange between the two. The Turing test, developed by Alan Turing in 1950, is a test of a machine’s ability to exhibit intelligent behavior equivalent to, or indistinguishable from, […]

Posted 05 October 2018 § FridayFunLink § Humour § Technology § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,