Posts by sarcozona
How to pronounce axolotl
It’s not how I thought.
Burdens/profit
Disabled people, sick people are often treated as and described as burdens. We’re so much work to take care of, our drugs are so expensive! Stefan Strecko has cystic fibrosis and can’t get his insurance company to pay for the drug he needs. A Halifax man who has battled lung infections, digestive issues and had […]
It’s beautiful here
A few paintings by Kent Crawford that I liked recently:
Don’t go to China
I’m really glad I’ve already been to China because any country that thinks taking hostages is a good way to do diplomacy is one I don’t want to travel in. Canada is caught in the middle of a fight between the US and China. Meng Wanzhou has definitely done jail-worthy stuff, though that has fuck […]
Biden isn’t betraying Black Americans – he’s just doing what he’s always done
President Biden is following a script that once doomed Black voters — and the party they supported — by not going all out to protect voting rights. — Read on www.cnn.com/2021/08/01/politics/voting-rights-blunder-democrats-blake/index.html I know most voters don’t know a ton about the candidates when they vote, but throwing in with Biden as a Black primary voter […]
We could make better choices
Vaccines are thought to be the best available solution for controlling the ongoing SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. However, the emergence of vaccine-resistant strains may come too rapidly for current vaccine developments to alleviate the health, economic and social consequences of the pandemic. To quantify and characterize the risk of such a scenario, we created a SIR-derived model […]
A new religious movement embraced by the wealthy and powerful is an existential risk
So-called rationalists have created a disturbing secular religion that looks like it addresses humanity’s deepest problems, but actually justifies pursuing the social preferences of elites. — Read on www.currentaffairs.org/2021/07/the-dangerous-ideas-of-longtermism-and-existential-risk