It is day 5 of chasing our target, the Nisshin Maru, the “mother ship” of the Japanese whaling fleet. On the message board near the ship’s kitchen, it reads: “Five days of no whaling!” Every day that the Sea Shepherd ship has the mother ship on the run is another day the entire fleet (made […] More »

In a working paper published last week, Manhattan President Scott M. Stringer and a coalition of food activists called for the city to take further measure to ensure that New Yorkers have a economical, reliable and local food source during the current recession. The Food in the Public Interest report [PDF link] called for the […] More »

Space Dogdeball about to begin after last week’s satellite crash. Wind energy gets its hands dirty. Offshore oil rigs may provide the ideal spot for turbines. Google buys a Finish paper mill and turns it into a data center. A sign of times to come? Darwin turns 200!!! SCIENCE IS FUN! More »

Today is “Food Freedom Day,” February 12th, which marks the day of the year in 2009 on which the average Canadian will have earned enough dough to pay their grocery bill for the year. The day is certainly one of celebration and gratitude for the affordable and safe food that we can access across the […] More »

We’re all pretty major magazine nerds around here. This Magazine‘s office subscribes to a lot of publications from all over the world, and individually, we all have personal subscriptions of our own. I recently totalled up all my own subscriptions and discovered that I’m getting 10 different magazines delivered, and I buy others at the […] More »

We had been told for days that confronting the Japanese whaling fleet could happen at any moment. A battle was imminent in the Southern Ocean. A final round in the war for the whales was beginning. Every day the crew on the Sea Shepherd ship, the Steve Irwin, believed “today was the day.” But it […] More »

TEXTILE MUSEUM OF CANADA Cat Mazza Nike Blanket Petition 2003 – ongoing, crocheted wool and synthetic yarn 183 x 427 cm. Today feminists who thread a mean warp — or admire those who do — will be gathering for the opening of She Will Always be Younger than Us. The show is a celebration of […] More »

It’s Valentine’s Day this week, so I figured now would be as good a time as any to address a topic that doesn’t get enough play in the disability community — sex. That’s right people: we do have it, and if we’re not having it, we want it (shock of shocks). Of course, our current […] More »

At Obama’s inaugural news conference last night, the President answered questions including a direct question by Helen Thomas, the most senior member of the White House press corps about nuclear arms in the Middle East (The woman was no doubt a thorn in Dubya’s side, calling Bush the “worst president in American history.” She has […] More »

These days Twitter is on the tip of everyone’s tongue. Message boards are abuzz with strategy on how to use Twitter to build your business, and every tween this side of the Atlantic is frantically answering the simple question upon which the site is based — what are you doing? Now, Wired reports that Twitter […] More »

[Editor’s note: To mark the announcement of the Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Nonfiction yesterday, we’re running reviews of the three nominated finalists, contributed by guest bloggers. The first review appeared last week. This is the second of three; look for the final one later this week.] BY CATE SIMPSON Shock Troops: Canadians Fighting The […] More »