The Weirdness That is Victoria Resident Parking
Donald Shoup, the author of the high cost of free parking and a god-like figure in the urban circles that…
Brotherless Night – Go Read
I grew up in Chennai in the 80s and got to witness the Sri Lankan civil war from just across…
My kid loves statistics and 15 minute cities
We have started this simple diary where my 7 yo tracks each of her trips and categorizes them as car…
Choices for 2024
I’m not much of a resolver, resolutioner, whatever the word may be. But my phone did show me these very…
Big Wool and Fast Fashion
Source: Big Wool wants you to believe it’s nice to animals and the environment. It’s not. This is an interesting…
Leftover milk solids chocolate balls
When you make ghee, and are careful enough not to burn the batch, the milk solids that are filtered out…
Roasted rutabagas are awesome!
This week unlike other weeks, I picked up that rutabaga I usually avoid at the grocery store and it paid…
Why Deport Jaskirat Singh Sidhu?
Source: Federal judge dismisses latest bid to stay in Canada by trucker who caused Humboldt Broncos crash | CBC News…
American Caste and ’90s flashbacks
Always like when I’m validated for something I said 25 years back Source: Isabel Wilkerson I moved to the United…
To Read! Dark PR by Grant Ennis
I love the War on Cars podcast for its great content detailing how cars and cities aren’t BFFs. And I…
Stuff I read 04-Sep-2023
An occasional roundup of news I found interesting, with even less occasional commentary! Particularly important due to the enormous climate…
How BC Could Tax Soaring Property Values for the Public Good | The Tyee
Alex Hemingway has a great post on one part of our housing puzzle, how to fairly tax people on their…
Back to School and Covid
With new variants of covid hitting hard, we’re all concerned about covid for back to school and this Tyee Article…
Some notes on microblogging
This week Twitter continues to burn money by rebranding to X. I’m still at Twitter at @sherwinarnott. But I don’t…
Five kinds of compassion, according to Gabor Maté
I’ve been reading (listening to) The Myth of Normal, by Gabor Maté. It’s a fascinating look at the role of…
Municipal election recommendations for #YYJ
Here’s where I’m coming from. I live in a family of three with a young kid, downtown adjacent, in a…
Research notes on defunding the police, from Halifax
The hard work of an important committee in Halifax has recently come to fruition. The Subcommittee to Define Defunding the…
Adventures with Red River : Part I
I posted this on social media last week and an interesting conversation ensued. I was hoping someone would take the…
A new generation of queer love: Bloom by Kevin Panetta and Savanna Ganucheau
Bloom is a graphic novel about a young man in a small town, working in his family’s bakery. The entire…
Journalism is the business of influence
Good journalists do what they do because they care. They have interests. The organizations that employ journalists also are guided…
Journalism’s allergy to substantive regulation
Misinformation is a big deal. Hate online is a big deal. And as the public catches up to their reach…
Paul Wells, conservatism, satire, and Maclean’s footprint
I like Maclean’s about as much as I like the National Post. They’re rightwing, partisan, and legacy. On my view…
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 just did not understand…
