View from our balcony. Our tomatoes are alive…
View from our balcony. Our tomatoes are alive, in part, because good friends like @emdubbleyou have watered them while we were away. Thanks friends. Thanks universe
White supremacy, doing journalism, and the explanatory comma
This particular Code Switch episode on the explanatory comma is itself a kind of extended explanatory…
Land back
I’m awed by Ayla Brown’s handmade design. Oh wow, turns out there is more art where…
Fresh approaches to skepticism
The skeptic social movement has been a big part of my social and intellectual world. In…
Headlines, cognitive processing, and problematic information
Headlines matter. Publishers know it. Good headlines help with the understanding, reach, and impact of a…
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…
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…
Archiving and curation
When we stare at paradoxes long enough, they can sometimes lose their mystery. When this happens…