Municipal elections in Victoria
Good to see Ben Isitt running again.
Cognition trick: the Google Effect
We’ve developed a habit of forgetting, or declining to remember, the information that is readily available…
Guidelines on using a pie chart
This is a question that comes up from time to time regarding knowledge transfer in reports…
Style guides, notes on “jihad”
https://www.wnyc.org/story/breaking-news-consumers-handbook-islamophobia-edition/ Guardian Reuters
Am I a dog or a bird? Best feet ever
Am I a dog or a bird? Best feet ever. #hairlessfergus #fergusthedog #fergusthedoggy
White supremacy, doing journalism, and the explanatory comma
This particular Code Switch episode on the explanatory comma is itself a kind of extended explanatory…
The stickiness of so-called “reverse racism”
When an idea is “intuitive” but also steeped in a culture war we have a heightened…
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…
Archiving and curation
When we stare at paradoxes long enough, they can sometimes lose their mystery. When this happens…