Victoria is a city of clover.
The dream of proportional representation dies again; long live pro rep
I campaigned during the first and second referendums we had here in BC regarding proportional representation.…
Scientists on Twitter: Preaching to the choir or singing from the rooftops?
I tend to think that comms advice for scientists is also comms advice for everyone. Here’s…
Archiving and curation
When we stare at paradoxes long enough, they can sometimes lose their mystery. When this happens…
Trudi Lynn Smith is the best
Sunday was coffee with a luminous being studying to be an even more powerful jedi. Art…
Land back
I’m awed by Ayla Brown’s handmade design. Oh wow, turns out there is more art where…
Martin Speckter, type design, and the interrobang
99% Invisible did an episode on the interrobang recently. I was interested to learn that early…
The stickiness of so-called “reverse racism”
When an idea is “intuitive” but also steeped in a culture war we have a heightened…
Reality testing: measuring the long term impact of journalism
When Margaret Wente was getting busted repeatedly for plagiarizing, her publisher, The Globe and Mail, more…