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…
Cognition trick: the Google Effect
We’ve developed a habit of forgetting, or declining to remember, the information that is readily available…
Fresh approaches to skepticism
The skeptic social movement has been a big part of my social and intellectual world. In…
Martin Speckter, type design, and the interrobang
99% Invisible did an episode on the interrobang recently. I was interested to learn that early…
Hyperlinking in Canadian journalism (Case study, IPBES report)
If news orgs are serious about being good partners in mitigating misinformation, they need to link…
My cell phone carrier has stopped spamming me
My local gym and community centre is awesome. It’s a little less than three kilometres from…
Vicwest caterpillar, a springtime phenomenon
Some years we have more. Some years we have less.
The look, and the social nature of knowledge
When I was growing up I was bad with context. Super bad. My young logic-oriented self…