Posts from the ‘news’ category

Is Iran Evil?

Stephen Harper, Canada’s Prime Minister, thinks so.  From the Toronto Star: Speaking to the Wall Street Journal‘s editorial board, Harper criticized Iran, which the West accuses…

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Vancouver Evergreen Skytrain Receives $350 Million

In Burnaby this morning, Stephan Harper announced that Translink would receive $350 million of federal funding to complete the Evergreen Line, a skytrain line starting in…

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Braaaains. Fish Braaaains.

When I was a kid, I wanted a see-through gameboy.  My rich friends had one, so of course I begged for it.  My parent’s being the…

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This is incredibly disappointing

A NASA satellite designed to track carbon dioxide emissions has landed in the ocean near Antarctica after failing to reach orbit early Tuesday. […] The OCO…

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Terry housekeeping stuff…

Just answering a few quick housekeeping questions that have been coming up lately. 1. Daniel Dennett’s talk will be videotaped, but he has asked that the…

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STAND for Housing

Are you concerned about the increasing levels of homelessness in Vancouver?  What about the fact that the government is not keeping the social housing promise it…

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Terry talk application deadline extended…

Just updated this at the Terry talks website. “We’ve noticed that we’ve had quite a few queries on the video part of the application- i.e. having…

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Terry talks: applications to speak (DUE OCT 14)

(MAKE THAT OCT 14th: deadline has been extended to October 14th – woot!) THINGS TO AVOID WHEN SPEAKING PUBLICLY Egad! Is it already that close to…

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Girl Meets LHC, Girls Commits Suicide -or- I’m a little doubtful this is actually true…

UPDATE: Reuters has picked up the story.  According to their report: But in deeply religious and superstitious India, fears about the experiment and the minor risks…

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Dear United States Government: stop stealing my data.

Today, as part of my departmental monthly newsletter, I received a note about the Department of Homeland Security.  If you were unaware, over the past few…

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