In August the Canadian Cancer Society are doing a "Hike for Cancer" which is a minimum 30km hike. I probably walk that every week, so I have put my name in to raise a few dollars to help with research. I can now call myself a "cancer survivor" which feels very odd but it means… Continue reading Hike for Cancer
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Canada Day hike
Today we hiked the Mi'kmawey Debert Interpretive Trail. 4.5km mainly through the trees, up and down the former glacial valley at the foot of the Cobequid Mountains. Picture an ice-age landscape with mastodons, caribou, and giant beavers wandering over the tundra that covered Mi’kma’ki more than 11,000 years ago. Imagine communities of people who lived… Continue reading Canada Day hike
Men: get your PSA tested
After the news that former US President Joe Biden has an aggressive form of prostate cancer, I would encourage all men over 50 (over 45 if black or with a family history) to get their PSA tested. Trans women should also be tested. PSA or Prostate Specific Antigen test is a simple blood test which… Continue reading Men: get your PSA tested
DeGoogle my life
With the disgusting comments about Canada from the US President1 plus a general dissatisfaction with the behaviour of the large tech companies in the states2 I have decided to continue my efforts to move away from these services. Google3, Meta4 and a number of others have decided to side with extreme right wing regime and… Continue reading DeGoogle my life
U.S. imposes tariffs
What a truly strange weekend. I guess everything is strange since that man won the U.S. election. It is worse than we feared with diversity programs being blamed for a plane crash, attacks made against trans people and "revenge" being sought against people doing their jobs. And this weekend (in week 2 of the administration… Continue reading U.S. imposes tariffs
Social media is dead
It used to be called social networking, then social media, then a billionaire bought Twitter and it went further downhill from there. Now Facebook has ditched any pretence at upholding what is true1 and gone full-on MAGA with Trump supporters appointed to the board2. I will leave others to document the decline of the main… Continue reading Social media is dead