Cathie from Canada

A little nostalgia: The reason you think things were better when you were younger is that you were too stupid to know how bad things were ...

We got our semi-annual booster today so Covid is on my mind tonight.  It's still hard to grasp the impact of the Covid pandemic worldwid...

An historian Craig Baird is using AI to generate "steam-punk" versions of Canadian legends. Here's a couple: 4. Farley Mowat ...

So today our hero Elon Musk struck a blow for the working man by taking away those elitist blue verification checks! Sort of. I'll ne...

First up, here is an example of the type of creative thing that AI can now do:  Van Gogh Sneakers !  For anyone interested in creating fasc...

Here are some interesting stories for your weekend. First, this is an absolutely wonderful story: Last year, a coworker randomly asked me to...

The US media reaction to the news about 21-year-old Jack Teixeira, a National Guard technology support staffer who leaked dozens of secret ...

Canada continues to watch Poilievre and the CPC shoot themselves in the foot every time they open their mouths.  And funny, isn't it, h...

I'm seeing a lot of good comments lately on the substacks and on Twitter - here's a selection: First up, here's Scrimshaw on ...

So here is the problem: My latest article....Canadian troops in Poland not being reimbursed for meals https://t.co/GCKdKM4T84 via @ottawaci...

I'm reading lots of tweets and comments these days about how banana-pants crazy some Republicans are these days, and it worries me tha...

I didn't bother watching any of the White Bronco chase yesterday, the Manhattan court proceedings today, or the Mar-a-Lardo speech tonig...

Before the news became completely dominated by the Orange Turd being hauled into court, I saw some interesting substack columns that are wor...

Lots of news this week -- in Canada, the Mass Casualty Commission report was released: Here is the essence of the Mass Casualty Commission ...

The school shootings are the worst, the absolute worst.  Here is an incredible photo -- a child weeping as she is being transported away fro...