In a study of sand piles, (bear with me), scientists Bak and Chen dropped single grains of sand at regular intervals onto one spot. As…
Decades ago, my favourite sociology professor said that low voter turnout means people are content and therefore complacent to let things be. High voter turnout…
Yesterday was the announcement of the finalists for the reality show Write or Flight. I am disappointed my name was not on the list. For…
Halyna Padalko is a multidisciplinary researcher from the Ukraine. She specializes in strategic communication, propaganda, disinformation, and the application of Al tools in these domains….
Satire encourages critical thinking and reflection, using humour to soften its critique. It is designed to be entertaining yet thought-provoking. Sarcasm, in contrast, is more…
A well-organized and sustained boycott can be a powerful tool for effecting change against injustice. Outrage will start the ball rolling, but these days, there…
This past week on Bluesky someone posted what seemed like a genuine newspaper photo of Donald Trump and his mother taken, circa 1980’s. The caption…
When I heard Mark Zuckerberg, the owner of Facebook, say the tech sector needed more ‘masculine energy’ I laughed out loud because I must have…
Recently I walked through downtown Toronto with a new friend who was visiting from Cincinnati. A young man stopped me to ask, “What, in your…
Rue: (verb), to regret some act or course of action or fact about oneself and wish it undone or altered. After the recent U.S. election,…