https://rfmcdonald.dreamwidth.org/ A Bit More Detail - Dreamwidth Studios Sat, 19 May 2018 18:16:20 GMT LiveJournal / Dreamwidth Studios rfmcdonald personal https://v2.dreamwidth.org/5086217/1786650 https://rfmcdonald.dreamwidth.org/ 94 100 https://rfmcdonald.dreamwidth.org/5357537.html Sat, 19 May 2018 18:16:20 GMT https://rfmcdonald.dreamwidth.org/5357537.html <ul><br /><li>The Toronto Islands are open for business this year, hopefully without any hitches. (Let there not be unexpected flooding.) Global News <a href="https://globalnews.ca/news/4217155/toronto-islands-back-in-business/"><u>reports</u></a>.</li><br /><li>The sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia has been freed from rat infestations, helping native life recover. National Geographic <a href="https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/05/south-georgia-island-rat-free-animals-spd/"><u>reports</u></a>.</li><br /><li>Killing invasive deer on Haida Gwaii is the task of recruited sharpshooters from New Zealand. <i>MacLean's</i> <a href="http://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/new-zealand-sharpshooters-will-save-haida-gwaiis-ecosystems/"><u>reports</u></a>.</li><br /><li>Controversy over a new museum to slavery on the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe draws on all sorts of political and cultural and economic issues besetting the territory. <i>The Atlantic</i> <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/04/france-macron-guadeloupe-slavery-colonialism/557996/"><u>reports</u></a>.</li><br /><li>The exact language of the question to be asked of voters in the New Caledonia referendum on independence, coming this year, is a critical question. The Lowy Institute <a href="https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/words-count-new-caledonia-s-referendum-question"><u>examines</u></a> the issue.</li><br /></ul><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=rfmcdonald&ditemid=5357537" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://rfmcdonald.dreamwidth.org/5357537.html imperialism france news urban note caribbean environment separatism canada islands pacific islands toronto links history toronto islands decolonization antarctica slavery british columbia public 0 https://rfmcdonald.dreamwidth.org/4648252.html Tue, 20 Sep 2016 13:59:21 GMT https://rfmcdonald.dreamwidth.org/4648252.html <ul><br /><li>Anthropology.net <a href="https://anthropology.net/2016/09/19/using-technology-to-save-endangered-languages/"><u>deals</u></a> with the use of technology to save endangered languages.</li><br /><li>At the Broadside Blog, Caitlin Kelly <a href="https://broadsideblog.wordpress.com/2016/09/20/i-admit-it-i-still-like-the-breakfast-club/"><u>starts off</u></a> a discussion of high school by starting with <i>The Breakfast Club</i>.</li><br /><li>Dangerous Minds <a href="http://dangerousminds.net/comments/super-early_video_of_the_police_performing_at_legendary_boston_rock_club_th"><u>shares</u></a> video of a very early performance by the Police.</li><br /><li>The Frailest Thing <a href="https://thefrailestthing.com/2016/09/19/in-defense-of-memory/"><u>engages</u></a> with the idea and importance of memory.</li><br /><li>Lawyers, Guns and Money <a href="http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2016/09/i-think-rod-dreher-may-have-self-radicalized-on-the-internet"><u>notes</u></a> Rod Dreher's anti-refugee stance.</li><br /><li>The Map Room Blog <a href="http://www.maproomblog.com/2016/09/atlas-obscura/"><u>looks</u></a> at the new <i>Atlas Obscura</i> book.</li><br /><li>The Planetary Society Weblog <a href="http://www.planetary.org/blogs/casey-dreier/2016/0919-reflections-on-a-rocket-road-trip.html"><u>takes</u></a> a rocket roadtrip.</li><br /><li>Savage Minds <a href="http://savageminds.org/2016/09/19/decolonization-as-care/"><u>considers</u></a> the importance of decolonization.</li><br /><li>Torontoist <a href="http://torontoist.com/2016/09/joe-cressy-rail-deck-park-op-ed/"><u>notes</u></a> a <i>Toronto Sun</i> editorial in favour of Rail Deck Park.</li><br /><li>Understanding Society <a href="http://understandingsociety.blogspot.ca/2016/09/measuring-happiness-internationally.html"><u>considers</u></a> the international measurement of happiness.</li><br /><li>The Volokh Conspiracy <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2016/09/19/gary-johnson-is-slightly-good-for-hillary/?utm_term=.04a3a54695f2"><u>argues</u></a> that Gary Johnson is good for Hillary.</li><br /></ul><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=rfmcdonald&ditemid=4648252" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://rfmcdonald.dreamwidth.org/4648252.html popular literature anthropology refugees language links space travel politics sociology human beings education globalization decolonization blogs popular music clash of ideologies popular culture united states technology public 0