fb is for activists / fb is not for activists
We believe in the power of public discourse. And this can happen in person. And it can happen online…
Friendship to the Max! A Review of Lumberjanes!
I recently discovered Lumberjanes, a comic published by Boom! Box, an offshoot of Boom! Studios. I strongly recommend …
Sharing public space
BC Transit in Victoria is currently seeking feedback on a proposal to allow larger sized dogs on buses. The trick is to actually engage in a creative discussion about possible strategies without dismissing perspectives other than your own as unimportant…
Making 5 by 5 Videos
The rules are pretty simple. Create a 25 second video with 5 five-second clips, using only natural sound. To my surprise, I found these constraints liberating…
Encryption
We have a choice going forward, let artificial intelligence help us grow, or limit their use to innocuous thoughts because we are not allowed to keep them private and encrypted
Keeping solidarity for workers
When workers ask for more for themselves and their families, and their communities, every worker benefits. And yet, recently I noticed that some folks have a distinct lack of strength and solidarity …
The Craigslist problem
So, why is Craigslist so successful anyway? Because everyone (well, almost) uses it. But, it does not have to be so. The availability of open access rental data is a public good…
Holy hell, Batman; I’ve been wrong
There are known-knowns. And then there’s all the fucked up arbitrary shit we believe, and impose on others, for no really good reason, like for example the use of quotation marks …
Three and a half things I love about The Globe and Mail
In which I expound on reasons why I ache for the central, most important, news publisher in the Canadian media landscape…
Optimum health and capitalism
Capitalism is fed by dividing collective strengths and conquering individuals with embedded, regenerative, and dynamic hierarchies. I thought I’d write a blog post about the relationship between optimum health and capitalism and call it a day, but it’s a big idea…
Spontaneous acts of reproductive justice
Reproductive justice is more than the right to have an abortion. It’s about access to judgement-free information, comprehensive sexual education and understanding the complex realities of racism and colonization…
Break the link between employment and healthcare
It’s almost as if there’s an unspoken moral argument here, you don’t deserve good teeth or a massage if you don’t work for a living…
Secrets and cats
Humans think they are sneaky. But “all secrets are witnessed.” Often by cats…
Underpants are political
People underestimate the importance, politically, of underpants. Here I explain why this can be said of, well, anything you want …
Hello world
And so it begins. We are Interrobang and we’re excited to start a blog together.
