Homemade pandemic mask patterns for the Covid-19 outbreak, & useful links
There has been too much confusion around whether we should be wearing masks while in public during the pandemic. I’m in the “Yes” camp, and I’ve noticed that all the doctors I’ve talked to are in the...
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Have we learned nothing from the 60s UK demolitions?
The urban planning disasters of the 1960s in Britain. We think we have learned from them, but have we? Start watching the video at 14:00 if you don’t want to watch the whole documentary, which is a...
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Condo as colonialism redux – again
Here’s yet another condo development framed as a modern repeat of Canada’s 19th C colonial pioneer era. It’s called “Venue” and it’s in Whalley, a small town centre within Surrey, a large, racially...
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Requiem for the American Dream
Someone has uploaded a copy of the film Requiem for the American Dream. In it Noam Chomsky explains the process by which wealth inequality destroys democracy, how fantastic riches are not just intense...
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Dad’s foolproof parallel parking method (take note, atrocious drivers in...
OK. Having witnessed perhaps the most staggeringly incompetent parallel park of all time by the driver of the $500K US Lamborghini Aventador above—something like a 17 point turn that took about 4...
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“Simpsons” actor Harry Shearer speaking against AirBnB & other short term...
A brilliant speech to a New Orleans City Council hearing on AirBnB and short term rentals in general. As Best of New Orleans reported: Comedian and actor Harry Shearer was among the opponents speaking...
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