Thoughts and sketches on humans, nature, running, and the end of the world
Rosa Parks died on Monday at the age of 92. Almost exactly 50 years ago, on December 1, 1955, she refused to give up her seat to a white man and was arrested. She paid a high price for such a small gesture of defiance. She was arrested. She was harassed. She lost her...
The management of CBC, the Canadian Public Broadcasting radio, broke the labor negotiations that had been going on for 15 months and locked out 5,500 CBC workers on August 15. The dispute is around the hiring of contractors and part-time workers. CBC, which has received no funding increase in five years, decided to solve...
When I say “the pursuit of happiness” in my blog tagline, I really mean it. I really care about the interconnection between women, technology, and happiness. I realize now that it’s impossible to talk about happiness without talking about politics. Because there is such a thing as the politics of happiness. Sometimes this becomes...