Journalism cultivates and trades in many dimensions of influence.
Good journalists do what they do because they care. They have interests. The organizations that employ journalists also are guided by interests. They have purpose. The Washington Post wears their […]
News publishers want more power, and less accountability. And water is still wet.
Misinformation is a big deal. Hate online is a big deal. And as the public catches up to their reach and impact, we’ll see more and more talk about regulation […]
Paul Wells talks shop with Jesse Brown about Maclean's "resistance" cover.
I like Maclean’s about as much as I like the National Post. They’re rightwing, partisan, and legacy. On my view they have courted hate and burned trust, undermining journalism along […]
We are puny humans, with puny human brains and hearts, and we rely on friends and social relations to find our way and cross epistemic divides.
When I was growing up I was bad with context. Super bad. My young logic-oriented self just did not understand humans and their social “nuance.” I’m still trying. Perhaps I’m […]
Let's regulate videos like we regulate food.
Deep fakes, or the ability to manipulate people’s actions in videos, were in the news recently. Macleans wrote a very concerned article December of 2018. This will be the year […]
Health vulnerabilities associated with climate change do not affect us equally.
Their (the IPCC’s) dramatic report on keeping that rise under 1.5 degrees C says the world is now completely off track, heading instead towards 3C.Keeping to the preferred target of 1.5C […]
I’m loving this article written on the Sewcialists blog. It’s a blog with the goal of making the sewing community more inclusive and representing a wider range of voices. The article is published under a pseudonym…
I left handprints everywhere.
Reflections on safety and ways of being…
Political will and housing affordability.
Renting and buying homes, for BC residents, is becoming less and less affordable. We’re experiencing the result of decades of deregulation and rabid speculation…
A supercool review of a supercool comic series.
I recently discovered Lumberjanes, a comic published by Boom! Box, an offshoot of Boom! Studios. I strongly recommend …
