Archive - Russell's Lifelong Learning

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 •

Russell McOrmond

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 •

Russell McOrmond

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

I have seen this quote in many places.

Jul 24 •

Russell McOrmond

Don’t assume I must not be trying because “it’s easy” (for you).

I really enjoy these articles by Lyric Lark Rivera (AKA: NeuroDivergent Rebel). What they write regularly resonates with me so much, and reminds me of…

Jul 19 •

Russell McOrmond

I have points, but not as good a title

A bunch of pointed thoughts about cultural conformity, “science” and gender.

Jul 16 •

Russell McOrmond

Metaviews 70: The Nature of Nature and Human Perceptions of the Natural World

I participated this week in a Metaviews salon.

Jul 10 •

Russell McOrmond

Conflicting moral scrupulosity OCD

What I read in an article by Dr. Natalie Engelbrecht ND RP called Moral scrupulosity OCD sounded familiar.

Jul 6 •

Russell McOrmond

Force and control aren’t useful tools toward making things Open (knowledge, source, government, access, etc)

A metaviews article discussing copyright in the context of so-called “artificial intelligence” caught my eye.

Jul 3 •

Russell McOrmond

Dominion Day and Canada Day

Yearly celebrating the coming-into-force of Acts of Parliament that few celebrating have ever read or thought about.

Jul 2 •

Russell McOrmond

June 2025

Thanking my parents

Julie M Green writes The Autistic Mom blog, and is the author of a book that is expected to be released in September.

Jun 25 •

Russell McOrmond

USA, Canada, the false stories we believe are true, and true stories we believe are false

In a recent speech, past US President Obama spoke about there being two different stories of America.

Jun 23 •

Russell McOrmond

Fast Tracking attempts to violate Canada’s Constitutional, Treaty and UN Human Rights obligations

British North America's long-standing tactic of creating a problem and trying to point the blame elsewhere

Jun 13 •

Russell McOrmond

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