Weekly roundup June 10 – 16
Posted: June 16, 2013 Filed under: link Leave a comment »Articles
Follow the self-made road [Mail Online]
Pickering airport gets the green light, but is it needed? [Toronto Star]
The lunch problem [Worthwhile Canadian Initiative]
Peering into North Korea’s economy, by satellite [BBC News]
Tweets
At Union Station. "Going north?" asks the most unhelpful TTC employee ever.
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Christina Palassio (@mcpalassio) June 10, 2013Opponents of prostitution legalization so often talk as if “no prostitution” is an option. But it’s not. It’s a fantasy.
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Dan Gardner (@dgardner) June 14, 2013Video
Weekly roundup June 3 – 9
Posted: June 9, 2013 Filed under: link Leave a comment »Articles
Doubling down on casinos [Maclean’s]
Their call’s not important to us [Toronto Sun]
Is Alberta’s open data catalogue the most useless open data catalogue in the history of open data catalogues? [Edmonton Journal]
Calm down, Kensington – Wal-Mart won’t destroy you [The Globe and Mail]
Madrid’s dangerous attempt to distort the history of the Spanish civil war [The Guardian]
Trying the track [FFWD]
Hockey is a sport worth loving [NBC Sports]
Why privacy matters even if you have ‘nothing to hide’ [The Chronicle of Higher Education]
Tweets
Haha remember how in the past we'd get emails and have NO IDEA what brand of personal electronics was used to send it? WE WERE SUCH LOSERS
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Ryan North (@ryanqnorth) June 05, 2013- Radio-Canada est maintenant ICI
- Où?
- Partout
- Quoi?
- ICI, c'est le nouveau nom?
- Où ça, je ne vois rien?
- Tu comprendras plus tard
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Daniel Leblanc (@danlebla) June 05, 2013The numbers a citizen calls are private information only to be shared with the giant oligopolistic telco that overcharges him/her.
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(@davidfrum) June 06, 2013Weekly roundup May 27 – June 2
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Why, in diverse Toronto, do generations barely mix? [Toronto Star]
The private behaviour of public figures is fair game, if the story is reliable and relevant [National Post]
Stephen Harper’s team keeping Senate minefield behind a smokescreen [Toronto Star]
A benefit to Canada? Parsing Ambrose’s new procurement plan [iPolitics]
The value of outreach [Offsetting Behaviour]
Where is Conservative outrage over ‘robocalls’ scandal? [Toronto Star]
Measuring value of university contingency [Western Alumni Gazette]
Everything you need to know about storytelling, in 5 minutes
My Eulogy for my Father, Murray Frum [Daily Beast]
Why I sit out ‘God Bless America’ [Washington Post]
Tweets
For the grad students protesting, *nothing* has to be written that way. Unclear writing is a sign of unclear thinking.
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Andrew Coyne (@acoyne) May 27, 2013For the record, I don't *oppose* brunch, and respect it as a lifestyle choice. Just not mine!
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kady o'malley (@kady) June 01, 2013Know your dinosaurs: http://t.co/XTQA7JV7aR
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The QI Elves (@qikipedia) May 31, 2013Weekly roundup May 20 – 26
Posted: May 26, 2013 Filed under: link Leave a comment »Articles
Enough with the claims of ‘double-standard’ [National Post]
Transferring airports wrong-headed [Vancouver Sun]
What the Duffy Scandal says about Stephen Harper [Maclean’s]
Extremely bad advice: Doing some wooing [National Post]
Senate asks Deloitte to broaden investigation into Sen. Pamela Wallin’s travel expenses [Toronto Star]
Selling the simulation at Lockheed Martin: A journey into the heart of procurement PR [iPolitics]
Visible minorities: Distinctly Canadian [Worthwhile Canadian Initiative]
Tweets
Promos for everything! Soon we'll be promo-ing our promos. "Coming up - we'll tell you what's coming up! Stay tuned for more!" #makingtv
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Amanda Bucks (@amandafantastic) May 23, 2013Don't lie. Don't use system as your personal piggybank. If you're in public office behave honourably. Or do something else for a living.
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Michael Den Tandt (@mdentandt) May 25, 2013Weekly roundup May 13 – 19
Posted: May 19, 2013 Filed under: link Leave a comment »Articles
ISS music video [XKCD What if?]
The Ford Zone [Maclean’s]
‘Food sovereignty’ is a farcical way to bolster Quebec pride [National Post]
A nation of wimps [Psychology Today]
Reality Check: Canadian tariffs on Chinese goods [Maclean’s]
Abortion debate in Canada is uniquely hysterical [National Post]
Tweets
When will the Conservatives stop subjecting us to “Economic Action Plan” ads? Even the Soviets limited their plans to five years.
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Dan Gardner (@dgardner) May 15, 2013The reason why famines are so rare these days is we *don't* insist on 'food sovereignty'. Broad and deep mkts are the best food security
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Stephen Gordon (@stephenfgordon) May 16, 2013Which brings me to my best Toronto lifehack: go to the ferry terminal on a weekday and buy ferry tickets in advance. Skip the stupid line.
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Matt Elliott (@GraphicMatt) May 18, 2013Video
^ This is great.
