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 interest…
Martin Speckter, type design, and the interrobang
99% Invisible did an episode on the interrobang recently. I was interested to learn that early Greek and Roman writing didn’t have spaces! Rack that up to stuff I took for granted. Apparently an ad man in the sixties developed the interrobang…
Am I a dog or a bird? Best feet ever
Am I a dog or a bird? Best feet ever. #hairlessfergus #fergusthedog #fergusthedoggy
View from a ferry
Spaceship on the membrane between two, not so blue, oceans. #bcferriesjuxtapose
Scientists on Twitter: Preaching to the choir or singing from the rooftops?
I tend to think that comms advice for scientists is also comms advice for everyone. Here’s an interest look at …
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Display experiments of all the beatiful merch that @makingculture has been creating
Our living room is full of display experiments of all the beatiful merch that @makingculture has been creating! Maybe we’ll …
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Bridge #ux #tech #drawbridge
A draw bridge has an interesting user experience. Both while on it, and waiting for it.
Trinity Western University continues to defend anti-gay community covenant
The Supreme Court of Canada, happily, was not moved by Trinity Western University’s claims that they weren’t hurting gay folks. And the Supreme Court was not moved by the claims by TWU that they…
Free range, chocolate covered Saskatoons
Thanks @oliveridley for the free range, chocolate covered Saskatoons! They are… berry good. #saskatoons
Canadian journalism fails at nuance when it comes to jihad
On my view the news media in Canada have, by and large and in the long run, misrepresented the concept of jihad. They have positioned jihad as a form of villainy. In so doing they have portrayed Islam as a peril…
Some notes on why jihad is good
If you read Canadian journalists on the topic, you might not understand that jihad has some very nice meanings. Most Canadian journalists seem to commonly misrepresent the concept. It’s not just them, mind you. There’s lots of misrepresentation of jihad to go around…
Ads versus articles in the Saturday BC Edition of the Globe and Mail, A Section
Here’s the A Section of the Globe and Mail. It’s the BC edition for June 2nd, 2018. There are 19 …
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Christina Chan in Quadra village
This is from coffee in Quadra village yesterday. @acuchanchan was willing to pose while I checked settings on my Nikon – thank you
Thank you for your design and communications help Hannah
Thank you for your design and communications help @hannahrhoslyn
Some thoughts on microblogging with self-hosted WordPress
So I’ve been experimenting with microblogging on Mastadon, micro.blog and Tumblr. I decided it’s time we have our own self-hosted WordPress microblog…
Unintentional coffee art experiment
Unintentional coffee art experiment. Oh Friday. No humans or cats were hurt to do this art. Luckily cc @palmerpa1mer
Sunday is drawing day with Gilda Shannon
Sunday is drawing day lately. Good church for atheists and others. (@gildashannon) #buttdrawingforthewin #sherwindraws
Anadrome, semordnilap and levidrome: a whimsical example of problematic information
How a heartwarming news story about an interesting linguistic phenomenon widely mislead people that there are no words to describe that spell different words when they’re reversed…
Best socks ever
Best socks ever. Thanks friends. Dobby is a free elf.
The Sun is Setting on the British Empire
The Sun is Setting on the British Empire. #CarolTheverge #MarianneNicholson #AGGV #YYJ #VictoriaBC #LkwungenLand #BritishEmpire
I hope everyone votes yes
I hope everyone (UVic students) votes and votes yes! Yay violence prevention and yay supporting survivors! Yay @anti.violence.project! #UVic #UVSS …
Trick or treat
Trick or treat
Who wouldn’t want to drop by and talk about all the cool free events happening this fall on campus by @anti.violence.project
Who wouldn’t want to drop by and talk about all the cool free events happening this fall on campus by @anti.violence.project