The dream of proportional representation dies again; long live pro rep
I campaigned during the first and second referendums we had here in BC regarding proportional representation.…
Land back
I’m awed by Ayla Brown’s handmade design. Oh wow, turns out there is more art where…
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 dominant press is a giant inertia machine
But here’s an old idea: what if dominant journalism, by and large and in the long…
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…
Twitter, hate, harm, and misinformation
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the ambient misogyny and racism (and more) that floats…
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…