Everything is political — even the #learning organization. If we want to influence the container in which learning organizations can thrive then we must get politically engaged. As Lester Brown said, “Saving civilization is not a spectator sport.”

https://jarche.com/2026/02/its-political/

a story of competing narratives

it's the framing, stupid

https://jarche.com/2026/03/framing-the-narrative/

"The revolution starts the day we stop shopping." —Simon Heath

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/simon-heath-frsa-86675b16_a-recent-post-by-the-most-excellent-harold-activity-7438288676704555008-xWnH

"Books aren’t just commodities; the profit motive is often in conflict with the aims of art. We live in capitalism, its power seems inescapable — but then, so did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art. Very often in our art, the art of words." —Ursula K. Le Guin

https://jarche.com/2024/09/inescapable-power/

#capitalism #ideology

“You know, the very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common. They don’t alter their views to fit the facts, they alter the facts to fit the views, which can be uncomfortable if you happen to be one of the facts that needs altering.” —Tom Baker (as the fourth doctor) —Doctor Who, The Face of Evil — written by Chris Boucher

more> https://jarche.com/2023/09/altering-views/

Canadian national wastewater viral activity levels have not been monitored for a week. Is this program now over?

But hey, what have we to worry about?

https://health-infobase.canada.ca/wastewater/

#CdnPoli #PublicHealth

Tantramar Marsh on the Bay of Fundy in Sackville, NB, Canada on a dreary cold white Winter's day, with the Tantramar River covered in frozen mud.

#MarshMadness

We are left in a state of constant doubt as conspiratorial content becomes easier to access on platforms like YouTube than on solid scientific information sources. (2019)

https://jarche.com/2019/05/the-strategic-and-purposeful-production-of-ignorance/

#democracy