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Media provide us with all sorts of things: the news of the day, distract-me-please dramas, and all the bad commercials that we love to hate. Not so long ago, we had to get by with newspapers, radio and occasional visits from the circus or theater troupe. These days, it’s all about social media, and it seems that we can’t get enough. Is it just a fad? Only time will tell. But one thing is for sure: it’s not looking good for print media. So enjoy it while you still can.

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The Only Way is Onwards, There is No Turning Back!
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This week Karl Green is reminiscing about one of his all time favourite television programmes called Knighmare. In the show contestants had to work as a team to defeat the dungeon and the people who lived there. Karl blogs with fondness about the show and how it was one of the first proper geek things he became a fan of. The Only Way is Onwards, There is No Turning Back! by Karl Green 

Muslims in Wonderland
The New World Muslim

I am heartbroken.  I stare at the face of a boy who could easily be my brother or son.  My brother also wears the uniform of a nation that has transgressed the limitations of everything moral, just and good.  My son could be targeted because a select few claiming his same religion act with wanton disregard for human life.  That is the irony of being a Muslim American, at times I am not Muslim enough and at others not American enough, whatever those two things mean.  This guy, this jubilant young father, the one they say everyone referred to as “Riggers” was needlessly, mercilessly and senselessly murdered. Let me be clear and say this in the most unequivocal words possible:  I as a Muslim woman do not condone, nor support, nor feel these men acted Islamically, nor humanely, nor sanely.  What kind of madman hacks a person to death in the street and then stands there apologizing for the spectacle he caused, awaiting his capture?  Precisely a madman and as we know madmen come

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The Fords and Drugs: Just say yes
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Image: Cannabisculture.net I grew up in the 80s and – full disclosure here – didn’t deal hash. But there were always drugs around, as it to be expected when you have the necessary ingredients of bored young people with spare cash and free time. I’m not suggesting that every Canadian in their teens and early 20s consumes drugs, but there are compelling statistics to show that it’s not unusual. Unless, of course, you are Rob or Doug Ford. Everything we have learned about the Fords (even before Saturday’s Globe and Mail story on Doug’s hash-dealing days) suggests that they are familiar with drugs and alcohol. So it wasn’t such a surprise to learn about Rob’s alleged crack use and Doug’s history as a hash dealer. Yet, the Fords continue their damaging and inexplicable denials of any and all allegations. I won’t even bother to list the names they have used to label any reporter or media outlet that dares to report on their encounters with drugs and alcohol. I suspect the Fords, coming from

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“Cyclists & the Law” – biased and subjective impressions of the event
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I went to the ‘Cyclists and the Law’ panel discussion at City Hall the other night.  It was a little disconcerting to find myself back in the cycle-campaigning fold, however slight my current association to any cycle-campaign group is.  I wasn’t surprised to see that Dr. Robert Davis is still well capable of clearing any buffet put before him, but I was pleasantly surprised to see some new faces in the otherwise familiar crowd of old friends.  The formal outcome of the evening I’ll leave for another post.  I wanted to put down some opinions and impressions. Andrew Gilligan is very impressive.  I was initially very sceptical of his new calling, viewing his appointment as ‘cycling tsar’ (his ironic title) as a crony sinecure, and doubting his ability to make real changes, but I was very wrong.  He appears to have mastered the brief (get more people cycling), and is committed to evidence-based policy, as opposed to anecdotal subjective stuff, such as we

Social media in the wake of the Woolwich attack
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I was invited to Arise News to discuss the impact of social media following the attack in Woolwich earlier this week. The alleged terrorists encouraged members of the public passing by to take photos and videos of them and the immediate aftermath of the attacks. Social media has been used all over the world by terrorists and terror organisations to promote their ‘messages’ over the past few years, particularly on YouTube.  But spreading a message which appeals to a young and disenchanted audience is increasingly simple over the internet.  However, in Africa in particular, where organised communication is almost exclusively restricted to larger cities, the challenges remain. Following the London attacks, two men have been arrested separately for promoting racial and religious hatred on Twitter. Interview at 30 minutes in the video below.

The Boston Marathon Speaks!
A Flea in the Fur of the Beast

WaPo with a wicked Crash Blossom: “Saudi man investigated after Boston Marathon speaks out.”

Show Don’t Tell
A Song of Liberty

The recent shocking murder in Woolwich has understandably taken up a lot of media attention this week, but as ever the wave of commentary after the event has started, and one piece in particular drew my attention this week. At LibDemVoice, Ewan Hoyle argued that the media had failed the public, and indeed that certain members of the public had failed the greater public, by not handing in the footage of the murderers into the police. He suggests that government ‘guidance’ is necessary, and even darkly says that if ‘guidance’ isn’t successful it may be necessary to ask if these members of the public are aiding and abetting terrorism by enabling these videos to be widely seen. It’s an argument I instinctively disagree with, being a libertarian – you could argue along lines of property rights, press freedom, free speech… Yet do video depictions of a crime count as property? Does reporting on an act of terrorism count as terrorism, or is it a duty of the state to suppress inform

Songs with Ridiculous Lyrics
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This one by Wave Pictures is glorious. ‘The sun came in like a pack of orange spaniels’ is possibly my favourite line. This is ‘Just like a Drummer’. looks like they had a lot of fun with the video as well. Apparently this is an early song by Burt Bacharach. Here’s the New Christie Minstrels with ‘Three Wheels on My Wagon’, but I’m sure it makes a great song for drunks to belt out. It is so politically incorrrect it is still funny. This is a song from an Australian comedy programme of the 1970s, The Aunty Jack show, set in the town of Woolongong, but the name alone is enough for inclusion. This is ‘Wollongong the Brave’. Truly patriotic…’Stand tall straight and strong, hold your nose in Woolongong.’ I could include virtually any song by Mumford and Sons. They are a wonderful band, brilliant live but my goodness those lyrics… This is ‘The Cave’. canibals, harvests, nooses… Oh Dear