Word Farm

This was originally written on October 10, 2025, as a letter to The Guardian, and it was published on October 24. The editor changed the anglicised name Micmac into the transliterated forms, with the following note: “Several occurences of the word Micmac in the above letter were changed to Mi’kmaq or Mi’kmaw, perhaps proving the… Continue reading Keep Abegweit Abegweit

This was originally written on August 30, 2025, as a letter to The Chronicle-Herald, once the gold standard of respectable Nova Scotian newspapers. Apparently the Postmedia hollowing-out has replaced their editorial department with crickets, as my submission was entirely unacknowledged. Current county-by-county fire restrictions: https://novascotia.ca/burnsafe/ Dear Editor, Now that people in Cape Breton and selected… Continue reading Safety culture and the provincial fire ban

This article is the work of stained hanes, from pages 250-255 of his book All Dogs Go To Heaven Except Pit Bulls. This repost is not with his permission, but I think it’s important enough that it needs to be up somewhere, and I can’t find it anywhere else. I do recommend his book, it’s… Continue reading The gene-altering mystery fluid

See also: Ukraine: The Bumper Sticker We think of Ukraine as frequently being the subject of Russian domination, but it bears mentioning that they used to get the gears on their western flank as well, and not just from the Germans, but also the Poles! Today it’s a little different. Poland is an essential partner… Continue reading On the Nationalisms of Very Eastern Europe

See also: An XYsplanation The man and the woman are the genres of Humankind, and there’s a comparable aspect to so very many other species of creature too: the bifurcation into sexes, roughly chromosomally-aligned, is foundational to who is essential (as in essence, at a minimum) and who comes to be expecting, generally speaking, although… Continue reading The Genres of Humankind

The Mayor replied. Update below. Mister Mayor, Regarding the prospect of photo radar and red-light cameras, I am firmly against the establishment of such technocratic terror in this developing conurbation. Just because other jurisdictions are forever finding new ways to abuse their citizens doesn’t mean those ways need to find purchase here. All things being… Continue reading An open letter to CBRM Mayor Cecil Clarke regarding photo radar and red-light cameras

David Deutsch’s The Fabric of Reality came recommended as a must-read. I’ll agree that it’s a worthy read, but all you really need is this: Reality is increasingly comprehensible and we blaze new trails of knowledge via suppositions that stick, because they have good arguments to support them that withstand criticism. Better arguments explain more… Continue reading Review: The Fabric of Reality

See also: On the Nationalisms of Very Eastern Europe In this domesticum, we acknowledge Ukraine is her own nation-state, with all that that entails, including increasingly meaningful independence from Moscovian ‘governance’. Such does not preclude the transnational nature of a linguistic continuum. In this case, the germane one is persons for whom Russian is the… Continue reading Ukraine: The Bumper Sticker

See also: The Genres of Humankind If you’re an XXist, that’s currently in vogue and so therefore it’s understandable. Even the Prime Minister of Canada calls himself an XXist, and depending on your point of view that might count as a significant endorsement. We all start out as being what becomes a typical XX (whatever… Continue reading An XYsplanation

“The fundamental political idea of modern times is the presumed moral superiority of centralized control.” – Paul Lutus I start this brief essay on voting with this quote to underscore the basic idea – that even unto your most private choices on a quiet afternoon at Cape Spear or Rennell Sound you are at least… Continue reading Why Vote?