flip-flop – Phy-d'eau

I’d much rather have a politician that changes his/her mind (based on sound reason and evidence) over one that always sticks to the same positions. Public political discourse punishes politicians that change their positions over time. Instead, we should applaud. Continue reading “Can We Please Get a Politician that Changes His or Her Mind?” ... continue reading

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Paul Otlet et l’internet + visioconférence 1934 I’m a fan of the work accomplished by Paul Otlet and his colleagues. This Google online exhibit is an ejoyable look into this (en ...

Greta Thunberg’s Speech to the UN Climate Action Summit, September 2019 Though always well-considered, Thunberg’s recent speech powerfully conveys the urgency in which we all (every person and government) needs to act. https://youtu.be/u9KxE4Kv9A8 Transcript here

Hold the Opinions, Sit, and Care for Your Thoughts Hold the opinions, sit, and care for your thoughts. Matthew Beard writes about how we engage with media, about our fast trading of opinions, ...

Updated Canadian Author Addendum to Publication Agreement from CARL Need help negotiating open access publishing rights (or simply retaining your authorial rights) for your article? The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) ...

Arundhati Roy, her writing in the context of things Here is Arundhati Roy’s Arthur Miller Freedom to Write Lecture. It’s an abridged version but still, she covers a lot. Indian politics to forms of ...

“The Blue of Time” – Underland and Deep Time Talking about the ice in Greenland, Robert Macfarlane explains how it records all manner of things for millennia and does it in a sincerely ...