This week's Featured Links post has links to articles about the broligarchy's war on journalism, why Canadians aren't travelling to the US, how the open web is in danger, and more. coredump3.blogspot.com/2026/04/feat... #AI, #History, #Medical, #Music, #Politics, #Software, #Space, #Technology

I've known about tracking pixels for a long time but never figured that they were much of a problem. Of course, they do reveal that you read an email or accessed a web site, but there are riskier things to worry about reading emails or browsing the web. Now I worry. coredump3.blogspot.com/2026/03

Not only did the Juno Awards show last night have Mark Carney; it had Rush! youtu.be/kVw-4L59Tw0?... #Rush #Music #JunoAwards

Project Hail Mary is a typical Hollywood sci-fi blockbuster. Enjoyable enough if you don't think about it too much. REALLY good special effects. See it on the biggest screen you can, IMAX if at all possible. But it's not in the same league as Dune or Arrival.

Today's Featured Links post links to a baker's dozen articles about deadly crashes involving the Tesla Cybertruck, dirty dystopian AI data centres, how Canada is trying to modernize its Arctic, and more. coredump3.blogspot.com/2026/03/feat... #AI, #ClimateChange, #Military, #Politics, #Science

Today is the 36th anniversary of the Grateful Dead's concert at Copps Coliseum in Hamilton. I saw the Dead eight times and if I could go back in time to relive one of their concerts, this would be the one.

Aliens.gov? Good lord. Is the truth really out there? Or will it be all smoke and mirrors? marygeddry.com/p/if-war-won...

Peter Hegseth may be the most dangerous man in America right now. marygeddry.com/p/the-empero... #politics #IranWar

New blog post: COVID-19 Six Years Later. The pandemic is over but the disease is still out there. I'm still being careful, masking in crowded situations and in medical facilities like doctors' offices and hospitals. (If they're masking, so am I). coredump3.blogspot.com/2026/03/covi... #COVID19

The Canadian government has announced that it will fund the development of a Canadian spaceport in Nova Scotia and made-in-Canada launch vehicles. We've been building satellites for years but rely on other nations to launch them. It's about time. coredump3.blogspot.com/2026/03/cana... #space

I prefer the John W. Campbell quote: "History doesn't always repeat itself. Sometimes it just screams, 'Why don't you ever listen to me?' and lets fly with a club." Campbell was very, very strange. Stupid, he was not.

Today's Featured Links post links to articles about how scientists are going to transport antimatter, using AI for technical documentation, why your next TV shouldn't be smart, and more. coredump3.blogspot.com/2026/03/feat... #AI, #History, #Politics, #Science, #Software, #Space, #Technology

SFWA has announced the finalists for the 2026 Nebula Awards. I've not read any of the Best Novel finalists though I did read Where the Axe is Buried by Ray Nayler, which I did expect to be a nominee, and John Scalzi's When the Moon Hits Your Eye, which might make the Hugo finalists.

Today's blog post featuresa a piece of music that links the horrors of the Holocaust to the terrorizing of immigrant communities by ICE raids in the United States. "For Anne in the Attic" was performed in Spokane, WA earlier this month. coredump3.blogspot.com/2026/03/satu... #music #Holocaust

Trump is at it again, just this week talking about "Governor Carney" again. I think Carney, as a former central banker, must have a fairly thick skin, but the disprespect is surely pissing off a lot of Canadians, including me.

Today's blog post links to articles about the corporate miscreants driving the affordability crisis, what working at a diamond mine in Canada's far north is like, the brain drain that's killng American science, and seven more (with a bonus cat picture). coredump3.blogspot.com/2026/03/feat...

I hope Timothy Snyder is wrong about the possibility of a terrorist attack in the the US. I'm even more hopeful that Trump and his MAGA enablers aren't evil and competent enough to stage a falso flag attack. But I wouldn't be against either outcome. snyder.substack.com/p/the-desire...

We need a new word. In her latest post, Mary Geddry has suggested a news word to describe the current political situation in the US. Kakistrophic. I like it. She says it's not in the dictionary yet, but I think it soon will be. marygeddry.com/p/the-130-bi... #kakistocracy #tariffs #politics

If you think things in the Middle East are bad now, read this. malcolmnance.substack.com/p/1001-arabi... #Iran #IranWar

This week's Featured Links post links to articles about: towns in Canada offering fat signing bonuses and concierge services for family doctors, prediction markets betting on aliens, the risk of kidney disease increases after COVID infections, and more. coredump3.blogspot.com/2026/03/feat...

Timeline cleanser. 🥰 #Vaticats

Today's blog post, When Science Fiction Moved the Markets, is about a fictional market analysis from 2028 about how AI crashed the economy. Per Paul Krugman, the report may have contributed to a Dow decline of 800 points. coredump3.blogspot.com/2026/03/when... #finance #AI #SFF

This week's musical treat is an introduction to the music of the Grateful Dead assembled by David Lemieux. It's a good starting point for those who aren't familiar with the Dead's music and I've enjoyed listening to all of these again.

This week's Featured Links post links to articles about two crewed spaceflight near disasters, how the ultra-rich are different from you and me, and storm surges on Lake Erie of all places. coredump3.blogspot.com/2026/02/feat... #Android, #ClimateChange, #History, #Politics, #Space, #Windows

Today's blog post has links to three articles about how Canada could respond tothe threat of a US invasion and what we could do if they did invade. coredump3.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-... #politics #Canada

Today's blog post, "The Most Dangerous Politician in Canada" is not about Pierre Poilievre. but rather the premier of Alberta, Danielle Smith. Read the post, and the linked article, to find out why. coredump3.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-... #Alberta #Canada #Politics

Todayt's blog post is another Featured Links post with links to articles about the horror show that is current US public health policy, a Canadian tourist reports on what's happening in Cuba, how buttons are coming back to cars, and more. coredump3.blogspot.com/2026/02/feat... #Cuba #Technology

A chilling warning from historian Timothy Sbyder about what might happen in Springfield, Ohio later this week. snyder.substack.com/p/ethnic-cle... #politics #ohio #springfield #jdvance

“We have a nice little database.” Two weeks ago I wrote about the risk of Trump using his NSPM-7 memo to treat citizens exercising their rights like terrorists. Now it’s a reality. joycevance.substack.com/p/the-week-a...

"A rupture, not a transition." Some thoughts on Mark Carney's and Donald Trump's speeches at Davos yesterday and today. coredump3.blogspot.com/2026/01/a-ru... #politics #Davos2026

Prome Minister Mark Carney's speech to the World Economic Forum at Davos. The comparison between him and Trump could not be starker. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uStu...

New blog post: Musicolet Music Player for Android. TL' DR It's a keeper. coredump3.blogspot.com/2026/01/musi... #MP3 #Software

I'mn going to have to start watching This Hour Has 22 Minutes again. deanblundell.substack.com/p/canadian-s...? #politics #comedy

A kindle sale!! Get it now! It’s ebook is annoyingly expensive so this is great!!!

Happy New Year. At least it is, if you're not following the news too closely. I'm back to doing at least some blogging. The eye problem that's been dogging me for the last few months has cleared enough, at least in one eye, that I can manage the computer without too much strain.

Despite barely being able to see out of my right eye, I managed to read a couple of long-form articles using the assisted readSo here are two blog posts with links and some comments on the articles. So here are two blog posts with links and some comments on the articles.

Here's a good post from the always interesting Mary Geddry. I like that she's reading Charlie Angus (and you should be too). marygeddry.com/p/no-quarter... #politics #WarCrimes #kakistocracy

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This week;s Featured Links post links to articles about how: comet 3I/ATLAS is weird but not 'that' weird, the benefits of renewables and electrification, and electrification, a Chinese AI model taught itself basic physics, and more. coredump3.blogspot.com/2025/11/feat...

Friday's blog post is a collection of links that support my strong feeling that the human race (or at least our technological civilization) is doomed. As you might expect, climate change is the major topic. coredump3.blogspot.com/2025/11/were... #ClimateChange, #Environment, #Science, #Space

I just gave a critical thinking talk to about 1,800 Texas science teachers. My heart is filled with joy and inspiration. It was an honor to talk to them, and I heartily thank the folks running the CAST 2025 conference for inviting me! www.statweb.org

The latest Security Now podcast has a segment on how Chrome (and the other major browsers) are deprecating support for XSLT. I remember taking a course in XSLT sometime in the early 00's but never found an actual use for it. The times, they are a changing. @timbray.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy

VLC is getting dark mode, finally! My first impressions here: coredump3.blogspot.com/2025/11/vlc-... I found out about it in this blog post by Gordon Glas. gglas.ninja/blog/2025/04...

This week's Featured Links post links to articles about how Putin outsmarted the oil sanctions, the 50th anniversary of the Edmund Fitzgerald sinking, the Florentine diamond resurfaces after 100 years, and more. coredump3.blogspot.com/2025/11/feat... #History, #Medical,rd, #Movies #TV, #Politics

Mary Geddry is not very complimentary about the Democratic party right now, and with good reason. "The Democratic Borg Collective." Once again, they screwed the pooch. marygeddry.com/p/the-longes...

Elon Musk’s new pay package would feed all forty million Americans on SNAP for the next ten years. He wouldn’t notice the difference but the country would.

Today's blog post links to 10 articles about misinformation and disinformation. I could probably do a daily post like this if I had the stomach for it. coredump3.blogspot.com/2025/11/more... #AI, #ClimateChange, #Disinformation, #Medical, #Science

This week's Featured Links post links to articles about one driver's thoughts after drving an EV for 18 months, a free rival to Photoshop, how Trump has ceded the future to China, and more. coredump3.blogspot.com/2025/11/feat... #AI, #Finance, #History, #Photoshop, #Politics, #Technology

I have never understood why judges are elected in the US. BTW, we don't elect them in Canada either.

NEWS FLASH: We have achieved the rare and coveted Cat Tree Triple Decker