Monthly Archives: October 2026

My friend Neale Adams is a professional writer who now in retirement finds that writing is in his blood and feels compelled to continue to exercise his craft even though it may now be without financial compensation, but in declaring … Continue reading →

So there will be no move towards a “binding” referendum while Danielle Smith is Premier – which means I guess we are safe until the end of the UCP convention on Nov 29. Source: CBC News – Latest Canada, World, … Continue reading →

When I was young, the Deccan Traps were widely considered to be the most likely explanation of the KT extinction. But discovery of the Iridium signature and Chicxulub crater made it clear that there was another possibility whose short sharp … Continue reading →

Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar says some AI researchers are taking up smoking because they expect AI to cure cancer … and the rest of them are doing so because they think that AI will kill us all before the cancer … Continue reading →