PEREGRINE PULP

Though I've been following along, I haven’t written at length about Ukraine since the opening weeks of this most recent Russian invasion....

I was recently looking for some statistics on iatrogenesis . That's just a fancy term for the medical system screwing up and causing harm...

I’ve been writing about this province's epidemic of overdose deaths and related themes for a while now. Just in recent times I’ve...

Nicholas Kristof — New York Times Musk Said No One Has Died Since Aid Was Cut. That Isn’t True. Elon Musk says that no one has died...

What’s the deal  with the measles? ( Offered in the tone and tempo of Jerry Seinfeld, of course. ) Measles outbreaks are taking up a lot...

OKAY I’m a fan of etymology and semantics and, really, everything to do with language; still, somehow I never gave much thought to the...

The West Vancouver Streamkeeper Society  was established in 2001 to restore and sustain local aquatic wildlife populations in 22...

Somehow I missed obelisks . Well, I suppose everyone missed it — or them . Discovered in human gut and oral bacteria, researchers...

We’ve never really known a lot about blue whales  ( Balaenoptera musculus ); yes, despite our long history near and on the sea, blue...

CONTEXT WHAT IS DOGE? Executive Order - ESTABLISHING AND IMPLEMENTING THE PRESIDENT’S "DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY " "DOGE...

After landing in Washington to start his second term, Trump created the Department of Government Efficiency under a temporary contract...

Much is being said about this US election and the folks coming to power. The only thing worth noting that I can spot, and something...

Nuclear power stations are like stars that shine all day long. We shall sow them all over the land. They are perfectly safe! — Mikail...

A 2021 study out of Denmark estimated the proportion of cases of schizophrenia associated with cannabis use in that country doubled in...

Previously, I’ve tried to understand the circumstances surrounding our local homeless and overdose catastrophes. And I’ve relayed my...

One famous finding from social psychology is that intergroup contact is the most highly effective tool for reducing prejudice. The more...

Maybe twenty years ago I was writing about the strangeness of finding myself labelled an ‘atheist’. To begin with, I argued that...

A team of researchers from Conservation International conducted a survey in the heart of Peru during the summer of 2022. Their rapid...

I was perfectly happy to disregard the “drone” reports as media-induced mass panic. And then government officials began assuring the...

A paper was just quietly published showing several independent large language models, all the latest versions of the big ones from all...

The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) just published "Women and girls bear the brunt of conflicts..." In the thread...

I don’t even know how you would explain to future generations what has taken place over the last decade. So much context is needed just...

So what is this fluoride panic about? It’s certainly not about the existing evidence.

The Quinsam River, just outside Campbell River  on Vancouver Island, has just seen the highest pink salmon return in a decade . And this...