A few days ago, this tweet scrolled into my feed: https://twitter.com/harleyf/status/1283767336164630528?s=21 It didn’t get a lot of play in the press, but I think it’s pretty transformational.…… Read more “We’ve flattened the curve, now we need to plan an economy to keep it flat”
Month: July 2020
Hey Rob Burton! Mayor of Oakville! Intervene here and take down this monument immediately
The cenotaph at Oakville’s St. Volodymyr Ukrainian Cemetery, October 25, 2017. PHOTO BY PETER J. THOMPSON / Postmedia Found out this morning that in St. Volodymyr Ukrainian…… Read more “Hey Rob Burton! Mayor of Oakville! Intervene here and take down this monument immediately”
When reading a book makes you feel ahead of the curve.
I’m sure you’re all aware of yesterday’s Twitter hack. Hopefully you didn’t give the hacker’s any bitcoin. As I read reports about the hack as they came…… Read more “When reading a book makes you feel ahead of the curve.”
This is how we ruin it for everyone
The move into stage 3 in Toronto happened prematurely it seems at MARBL restaurant. Check out this video reported on by the CBC. https://twitter.com/jakekivanc/status/1281988301545758720?s=21 Strong public health…… Read more “This is how we ruin it for everyone”
Doug Ford’s campaign tour can turn into a ‘Mission: Accomplished’ banner real quick this fall.
Cartoon by Theo Moudakis at the Toronto Star Yesterday, Doug Ford announced he’s going on a campaign style tour across Ontario to visit industries who stepped up…… Read more “Doug Ford’s campaign tour can turn into a ‘Mission: Accomplished’ banner real quick this fall.”
Are we not learning the lessons of COVID-19?
The big news this week is the reopening of the economy in Ontario into stage 3. A large part of the reopening is permitting businesses, particularly restaurants…… Read more “Are we not learning the lessons of COVID-19?”
It’s just going to be chaos this fall
Coming off my post from earlier this morning. I saw this pop up on my social media feed: https://globalnews.ca/news/7163737/coronavirus-kawartha-pine-ridge-district-school-board-every-other-day-students/?fbclid=IwAR38VgzRJ_lRCCQC66umqvK9LtBklkFFbu2Nfwy_sdgTnmQxdCmbwqqjdko If this piecemeal approach to reopening our schools…… Read more “It’s just going to be chaos this fall”
Stage 3? Stage 2 we hardly knew ye…
So here in Ontario today, the Ford government will announce plans to move the province into stage 3. This is either remarkable good news or a fool-hearty…… Read more “Stage 3? Stage 2 we hardly knew ye…”
Change is coming and we need to prepare for it.
Way back at the start of this pandemic, I wrote about how life would be irrevocably changed because of this pandemic. I stand by those words. How…… Read more “Change is coming and we need to prepare for it.”
We got 343 billion problems but a b!*#W@ ain’t one!…
With the WE Charity scandal continuing to eat up airspace, and Doug Ford and Stephen Lecce continuing to raise anxiety amongst parents in Ontario, it almost feels…… Read more “We got 343 billion problems but a b!*#W@ ain’t one!…”
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