Victoria is a city of flowers
Dowtown Victoria: what are these?
Journalism is the business of influence
Good journalists do what they do because they care. They have interests. The organizations that employ…
The stickiness of so-called “reverse racism”
When an idea is “intuitive” but also steeped in a culture war we have a heightened…
Twitter, hate, harm, and misinformation
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the ambient misogyny and racism (and more) that floats…
Fresh approaches to skepticism
The skeptic social movement has been a big part of my social and intellectual world. In…
Land back
I’m awed by Ayla Brown’s handmade design. Oh wow, turns out there is more art where…
Vicwest caterpillar, a springtime phenomenon
Some years we have more. Some years we have less.
White supremacy, doing journalism, and the explanatory comma
This particular Code Switch episode on the explanatory comma is itself a kind of extended explanatory…
Headlines, cognitive processing, and problematic information
Headlines matter. Publishers know it. Good headlines help with the understanding, reach, and impact of a…