Why does everything feel so shit right now? Part of the problem is that anger is just so much more viral than joy. Ok, on one hand lots of things are objectively bad: war, rise of authoritarians, youth unemployment, high rents, high homelessness, climate change. On the other hand, it&
Dystopian fiction is a personal favourite so I've read my fair share of stories about ill-intentioned robots. And I've appreciated watching "I, Robot", "Artificial Intelligence", and even "M3GAN". However, most of these stories are based on the idea of humanoid
Do you ever see something that is absolutely horrifying, the implications of which are terrible, and no one else seems to really notice? These two tweets are one of those things for me: Anyone with a basic understanding of politics is aware that Nazism is separated as a unique political
Things are moving quickly with our American neighbours to the south. In fact, it's a bit hard to keep up with all of the news, and each story is more dismaying than the last. Overall, we are seeing some aspect of each one of the early warning signs
WARNING: This post contains a depiction of sexual assault. This week, all 5 former Hockey Canada players were found not guilty of sexual assault: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/livestory/recap-all-5-former-hockey-canada-players-found-not-guilty-of-sexual-assault-9.6842381 Many others have written excellent pieces about issues of consent, sexual assault cases, the bar for a
Canada is a confederation, constituted of ten provinces and three territories, and sharing land with over 50 recognized First Nations in over 630 First Nations communities. Common among countries constituted from multiple, diverse states are threats of separatism. This has been strongest in Canada with the province of Quebec, a
As a housing and homelessness researcher I tend to be on top of policy proposals and legislation as it relates to housing. That's why I was rather surprised to an article in the Winnipeg Sun defending a post by Kevin Klein where he had suggested that the Liberals