SENSibility: Who Benefits from Violent Protests over an Insulting Movie?
Vancouver, September 16 2012. Make no mistake, the Innocence of the Muslims is a sad moment in cinematic history (if the trailer is at all representative).…
Read articleKatic: Ubyssey Column on UBC’s Oil and Gas Investments
I wrote a column for Monday’s Ubyssey about UBC’s oil and gas investments. Stay tuned to this series for longer profiles of these companies. If you…
Read articleKatic: UBC’s fossil fuel investments
Does this bother you? That’s over 4.5 million in oil and gas investments. (Read the full report [pdf]). Bill McKibben thinks we might want to change…
Read articleVintage ads where the science is very wrong (or just looks wrong)
From Collector’s Weekly, via Boing Boing. – – –
Read articleA truly honest weathergirl via @DeepRogueRam #funny
By Deep Rogue Ram. Filmed at Strut Studios in Vancouver: Starring @pippa_mackie and @kainagata. Written by @heatherlibby. – – –
Read articleFenn: I Am Not a Coke Person
Are you a Coke person or a Pepsi person? I have never been able to detect any gustatory difference—definitely not enough to chose a favourite—and I…
Read articleA Modest Proposal {for Vancouver}
by Nick Thornton It is a melancholy object to those who walk through this great city or travel in the GVA, when they see the streets,…
Read articleWhy There Should Be An Historian In Every Office
by Nick Thornton I was having an interesting conversation the other day with a colleague about history graduates and the kind of work they went on…
Read articleRest in Peace, Neil Armstrong
Growing up, Neil Armstrong’s name was synonymous to all things space related. His famous quote would be spoken of in various contexts, jokingly or seriously. If anyone had…
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How to be a Useful Cynic
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by Nick Thornton I will start right off the bat by saying that on the surface and perhaps a little deeper, I myself am a cynic.…
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