Thanksgiving

Growing up in a Christian family in the Christian country of the Dominion of Canada, thanksgiving was regularly focused on that religious community.

Oct 13 • 

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A future for Canada? A different philosophical, geopolitical, and socio-economic perspective.

A few of the authors I follow have been willing to take a bigger picture about the future of Canada.

Oct 12 • 

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September 2025

Violence against Indigenous people "very clearly" is genocide

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation 2025

Sep 30 • 

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Autism and nonviolent communication?

I felt like an outsider reading this book.

Sep 17 • 

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Bad Indians Book Club : Reading at the Edge of a Thousand Worlds

Book by Patty Krawec arrived in the mail today.

Sep 16 • 

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Struggles of an undiagnosed Autistic student

Reposting from a comment on Embrace Autism.

Sep 14 • 

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I am not a True Scotsman (or “True Canadian”)

Online conversations regularly claim "not Canadian enough" rather than addressing or acknowledging the actual diversity of "Canadians".

Sep 12 • 

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August 2025

Is there "Label Autonomy?"

Is it really ever about personal identity or personal choice?

Aug 28 • 

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The Righteous Mind

I have a Righteous Mind, but maybe not a "Western" one?

Aug 24 • 

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Am I retired?

When people who don’t know me ask me about what I do for a living, I say I work in the IT sector.

Aug 9 • 

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July 2025

I’m also not an art historian, but I am a systems analyst

Does a painting represent the model, the artist, or the culture?

Jul 26 • 

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I don’t hate "White People" (British/English, French, etc)

I have seen this quote in many places.

Jul 24 • 

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