Shares of the week
Tech Justice
GitHub agrees RIAA claim is bunk, restores popular YouTube download tool - This is great news for online video consumers and marks another impressive move by GitHub-owner Microsoft.
I Had a Beef
Best Slow Cooker Pot Roast - This roast was exactly what was needed on a cold, almost-winter day and it had the best gravy I ever personally made. The recipe also includes bacon. Need I say more?
Fixing our Sick Economy
Canada Needs to Get Serious About Taxing the Rich - Even before the pandemic, socioeconomic inequality was rising due to neoliberal policies of low taxation, starving of public services and free trade as well as continued technological advancements leading to the automation of more and more jobs. We cannot wait any longer for those with the means to democratically contribute back to the society that provides them their wealth. We need a wealth tax now.
Delusions of Grandeur
U.S. nurse says dying COVID-19 patients spent last minutes insisting virus isn't real - It is so unbelievably sad that people’s narcissism remains so steadfastly strong, even to the moment of their death. This is the reality of what misinformation on the platforms that Facebook and Twitter provides has enabled.
New business ventures help Canadian snowbirds circumvent a closed U.S. land border - As if we needed more evidence to show how selfish and greedy Boomers are. All of these assholes should be fined and have their passports confiscated.
Courting Workers
Erin O’Toole urged to explain past support for ‘anti-union’ bills - Erin O’Toole is doing his best impression of Trump by attempting to court disillusioned union workers into the Conservative party. The only problem is, O'Toole is not Trump, that Canadians actually like their public services and worker protections, and O'Toole's record on these issues show he is a typical pro-capital, anti-worker conservative.
How Unions Can Bridge the Gap Between Climate and Labor Movements - To be effective in both protecting and recovering our planet from pollution, including the burning of fossil fuels, the environmental movement must bridge the gap with the workers that are doing the dirty work themselves and the unions that represent them.
Scamming Seniors
Singh calls for end to for-profit long-term care homes owned by government - How anyone could feel good about allowing their elderly parents and family members to spend their sunset years as a customer to be profited from, is beyond me. It’s time to end the commodification of growing old.
Scamming Albertans
Albertans asking #WhereisKenney as province sets COVID-19 record again - The problem with scum like Jason Kenney and the UCP is that they actually don’t want to govern. They want to destroy government and public services so that free enterprise can step in and profit from every aspect of Albertans’ lives, including and especially with healthcare. If we want to protect lives during a global crisis such as a pandemic, however, a competent government and strong public services are needed. Alberta is screwed.
‘We’ve been too dependent on oil and gas’: the future of Alberta’s rural communities - Alberta is being taken from behind by an otherwise profitable industry. Despite their fortunes, even before the pandemic, oil and gas has been amassing large debts in many Alberta rural communities. Debts that may never be paid as the future prospects of the industry remains dim.
Scamming Americans
Making Sense Podcast #225 - Republic of Lies - Sam Harris speaks briefly about the dishonesty in American political discourse that almost led to Trump stealing the election and destroying democracy as we know it. In his first podcast since Election Day, Sam dispels the false equivalence of the dangers of the far left vs those enabling Trump’s behavior from the right, and moves away from those who push this narrative.