Victoria is a city of cruise ship busses
The dominant press is a giant inertia machine
But here’s an old idea: what if dominant journalism, by and large and in the long…
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…
Cognition trick: the Google Effect
We’ve developed a habit of forgetting, or declining to remember, the information that is readily available…
How to stop increasing the reach and impact of hate (and misinformation) on Twitter
Some thoughts on how not to amplify hate accounts on Twitter.
The stickiness of so-called “reverse racism”
When an idea is “intuitive” but also steeped in a culture war we have a heightened…
Fresh approaches to skepticism
The skeptic social movement has been a big part of my social and intellectual world. In…
A few free tools for audio and video stuff
Once in a while I have to work with video or audio recordings. Or sometimes I…
Tsleil-Waututh Nation versus Bill Morneau, the duty to consult, and the public interest
Say it with me. The duty to consult Indigenous people does not conflict with the public…