Martin Speckter, type design, and the interrobang
99% Invisible did an episode on the interrobang recently. I was interested to learn that early…
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 state of hyperlinking in journalism, a case study
From time to time I like to check in on how news orgs are doing with…
Happy Halloween
Halloween in Vicwest is quiet but nice. Some great costumes on the street last night and…
Trudi Lynn Smith is the best
Sunday was coffee with a luminous being studying to be an even more powerful jedi. Art…
Fresh approaches to skepticism
The skeptic social movement has been a big part of my social and intellectual world. In…
Music, music history, and generational waves of white supremacy
The more generations that pass by, the more obscured women’s lives are, by waves of patriarchal…
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…