Sunday, November 08, 2026

The murky quagmire of Israeli politics

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It feels like I've been writing about Benjamin Netanyahu forever, and none if it has been good. The guy is a criminal and a menace to so...
Saturday, November 07, 2026

To compute or not to compute

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In recently years, the word compute has gone through quite an evolution. Or maybe an augmentation. It used to be just a verb, meaning to ca...
Thursday, November 05, 2026

An all-Canadian electric concept car

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I've often wondered why Canada doesn't have its own home-grown auto industry, and more specifically its own EV industry. If countrie...
Wednesday, November 04, 2026

Some big losers in the US mid-terms (and just generally)

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Elon Musk donated to Republican Party midterm candidates an estimated $474 million . Given what transpired yesterday, you have to feel a bit...

The case for an apology and reparations for slavery

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It's a tricky one. King Charles III of Britain has been trying to thread the needle at the Commonwealth meeting in the Caribbean over th...
Tuesday, November 03, 2026

Why attack a freezer?

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 There has been a new rash of cyberattacks on Europe's supermarket fridges and freezers . After attacks on French refrigeration systems ...
Sunday, November 01, 2026

A 106-storey supertall skyscraper approaches completion in Toronto

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It's kind of hard to believe, but at the foot of Yonge Street, in downtown Toronto, a 106-storey building is gradually coming to complet...
Saturday, October 31, 2026

Russia to be allowed back into international hockey competitions

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The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has suddenly made the inexplicable and unwelcome decision to allow Russia back into international i...