No one wants to be the sucker at the table.

Market participation is exhausting @pluralistic
https://pluralistic.net/2026/03/30/players-of-games/

I can't find high enough praise for this article today in The Tyee (on Fedi: @thetyee) https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2026/03/27/Human-Cost-Failing-Name-COVID-Airborne/

How is it possible for hospitals, nursing homes and other health-care employers to allow respiratory PPE that doesn’t fit the legal standard previously set for protecting workers against an airborne hazard?

Simple. They just fail to explicitly state the virus is airborne.

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#COVIDIsAirborne #SARSCoV2 #COVID #COVID19 #SafeWorkplace #workplaceSafety #WorkSafeBC #CDNPoli #PublicHealth

My Feb 2026 Katz Lecture for UW's Simpson Center for the Humanities is now available on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7Lc6QNxolQ

Unfortunately, the recording doesn't include the Q&A. Two things I remember from that:

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So two documentaries about "AI" are coming out this week -- a good one and a bad one. For some info on which is which and why, see:

https://buttondown.com/maiht3k/archive/a-tale-of-two-ai-documentaries/

"Canada rejected her permanent residence application. Her job duties were made up — by Immigration’s AI reviewer"

Added wiring and assembling control to expected job duties... She's a doctoral researcher in the immunology of aging.

I'm really hoping that this sets a legal precedence for the standard of the duty of care that the government is held to when using technology that does not care for reality.

https://www.thestar.com/gift-redeem?t=2a2f2922-489d-47cb-b5ff-36b188263d9a

#cdnpoli