“First, the probability of this pulse happening is high, at least 50 percent according to the analysis of sediment composition by those best placed to know what is going on, Natalia Shakhova and Igor Semiletov. Moreover, if it happens, the detrimental effects are gigantic… the risk of an Arctic seabedContinue Reading
The following is a two part interview with author Jonathan Rothwell. (In his new book A Republic of Equals, Gallup senior economist Jonathan Rothwell traces the forces driving the dramatic rise in inequality in the United States.) ‘Surprisingly, only a small percentage of top earners work in the tech sector or inContinue Reading
Three specific agencies among many use SCAN: the FBI, CIA and U.S. Army military intelligence, which falls under the Department of Defense. ‘For Avinoam Sapir, the creator of SCAN, sifting truth from deception is as simple as one, two, three. 1. Give the subject a pen and paper. 2. AskContinue Reading
“Trump’s notes, written to friends and enemies alike, were almost always written at an angle, scrawled on top of printouts of articles from the internet,” wrote King. “I was struck not only by the peculiar delivery of the notes, but also by the idiosyncratic way Trump writes the alphabet. AtContinue Reading
Montreal journalist Toula Drimonis writes on old school collective fears of “the immigrants” “I’ve seen immigrants serve as convenient scapegoats for everything ailing xenophobes, but this was the first time I saw immigrants being blamed and demonized for slow poppy sales. Not only was Cherry dividing Canadians into “us” andContinue Reading
May Jeong describes an instance of the role Asian American women play in the erotic fantasies of affluent society via the sex industry and their vulnerability when swept into defending themselves against politics and the justice system. ‘Lei Chen, remains in ICE custody. Under civil forfeiture proceedings, the state seizedContinue Reading
A photographic series titled, “It Doesn’t Taste As It Used To” by Polish American artist Aneta Bartos frames her and her father in various domestic and outdoor settings back in the home country. By juxtiposing him with herself in various states of undress in very modest settings using the oddlyContinue Reading
Just returned. A month on the East Coast. Quite a thing. Interesting to consider the Quebec identity issue coming out of this experience. Can’t help but feel geography plays a large part. In the Maritimes, it feeds into notions of community and belonging. The sea and ragged coastline demand aContinue Reading
Vermin supreme: When President Donald Trump tweeted this weekend that Baltimore is a “rat and rodent infested mess,” he was continuing a long pattern of using this kind of rhetoric to describe a majority-black city. This particular attack was in response to Maryland Congressman Elijah Cummings, whose district includes West Baltimore,Continue Reading
