Tuesday, April 28, 2026

Shells on a beach = death threat?

›
More US news, I'm afraid (it's hard to look away). Soon after President Trump's initial attempt to go after ex-FBI boss and one-...

NASA chief wants to make Pluto a planet again

›
Back in 2006, poor Pluto was officially demoted from a planet to a dwarf planet . Generations of school children who had learned the mnemoni...

Does MLS own the Vancouver Whitecaps?

›
Rumour has it that Major League Soccer (MLS) is considering relocating the Vancouver Whitecaps franchise to somewhere more profitable, like...
Monday, April 27, 2026

Yet another productivity analysis

›
It's a constant taunt of the Canadian right wing that, after ten years of Liberal rule, Canada's productivity is poor (the worst in ...
Sunday, April 26, 2026

White House Press Secretary makes a strangely prescient comment

›
As per usual with American politics, you just can't make this stuff up. Minutes before a gunman burst into the White House Correspondent...
Saturday, April 25, 2026

How the USA thinks of itself (and everyone else)

›
I've lost track of how many times I have written a post criticizing the tone-deafness of the Trump administration. By which I mean not j...
Thursday, April 23, 2026

Plug-in solar is coming...

›
Plug-in solar is coming! I've seen that headline in multiple places recently. And it is kind of a big deal, in a small way. So, what is...
Wednesday, April 22, 2026

Don't skimp on your medications

›
A friend whose judgement I trust implicitly was talking recently about her niece who is a doctor in the UK. My friend also trusts her niece...