Sunday, April 13, 2025

Does Canadian culture have a future?

 



 All these people — each and every one — are self perceived Canadian nationalists. And all of them are giddy over an American Netflix series. Normally, nothing worth paying attention to about this; it’s common practice in anglophone Canada.


But … but … the threat to Canada’s sovereignty has not magically disappeared, even though the aggression of the threats has moderated somewhat. So what does the future hold? Where Canada’s sovereignty is concerned, nothing pleasant if Canadians don’t change — and in a very radical way — their habits of cultural consumption.


However, people don’t like being told they SHOULD watch or read or listen to certain cultural works. It rankles, and seems scolding. That means that the producers of Canadian culture need to think in new ways.


A few years ago, I established a micro press called BridgeText. One of its ideas is that we need more novels that are experienced as movie scripts are.


More here: https://youtu.be/NALcaQ3QCYs?si=76rj7dAePOZRsZZT


And here: https://youtu.be/g40XxM8phDI?si=U690nbROcWeqZHth


Tous ces gens – chacun sans exception – se perçoivent comme des nationalistes canadiens. Et tous sont enthousiasmés par une série américaine sur Netflix. Normalement, rien d'intéressant à ce sujet ; c'est une pratique courante au Canada anglophone.


Mais… mais… la menace à la souveraineté du Canada n'a pas disparu comme par magie, même si son agressivité s'est quelque peu atténuée. Alors, que nous réserve l'avenir ? En ce qui concerne la souveraineté du Canada, rien de réjouissant si les Canadiens ne changent pas – et de manière très radicale – leurs habitudes de consommation culturelle.


Cependant, les gens n'aiment pas qu'on leur dise qu'ils DEVRAIENT regarder, lire ou écouter certaines œuvres culturelles. C'est critiquable et semble réprimandant. Cela signifie que les producteurs de culture canadienne doivent repenser leurs façons de penser.


Il y a quelques années, j'ai fondé une micro-édition appelée BridgeText. L'une de ses idées est que nous avons besoin de plus de romans qui se vivent comme des scénarios de films.


Plus ici : Nouveau futur littéraire?

https://youtu.be/9muSm6LScHE

Friday, April 11, 2025

Spring flowers and micro geographies

 


How the patterns of blooming flowers are affected by micro geographies #ecology #springflowers #진달래

https://youtube.com/shorts/94_akRRuGOM?feature=share

Saturday, April 05, 2025

Who is Mark Carney?

 


Who is Mark Carney? (Part one)

https://youtu.be/K5zIoHki1Kc

Saturday, March 29, 2025

Job cuts two

 


What will be the effect of massive job cuts in the US federal govt? What will be the repercussions of making large numbers of employees jobless? 


Full video at YouTube: What will be the effect of massive job cuts in the US  govt? Good employees jobless. 

https://youtube.com/shorts/AXHiObm9gZs?feature=share

Friday, March 28, 2025

Job cuts

  

Massive job cuts with govt employees thrown out of work. Economic disaster to follow? #doge #trump
https://youtube.com/shorts/1iBakoN84hQ?feature=share

Monday, March 24, 2025

Mark Carney et al

 


Mark Carney, Mike Myers and what it means to be Canadian #markcarney #cdnpoli #canadianelection

https://youtube.com/shorts/t_yAFPqh99s?feature=share

Saturday, March 22, 2025

Noteworthy

 Mourir dans la tempête par Jean Coulombe

Fine dust

 


Air pollution in Korea: How bad is it? #airquality #microscopicfinedust #미세먼지

https://youtube.com/shorts/Tg9UOWcOze8?feature=share

Tuesday, March 18, 2025

Big temperature fluctuations in Korea

 


Big temperature fluctuations in S. Korea. How about where you live? 


#springweather #temperaturedrop

https://youtube.com/shorts/


Full video at YouTube: MrRgdUc3Wrc?feature=share

Sunday, March 16, 2025

Spring flowers and climate

 Spring flowers are blooming earlier these days. Why?


Full video at YouTube:

https://youtu.be/wqoTX9JunyM

Sunday, March 09, 2025

Development in Seoul

 


The Life Span of Apartments in Seoul. What development patterns tell us about wealth and income distribution.

#seoullife #gangbuk #apartmentlife #seoulhousing

Thursday, March 06, 2025

Trump Decimates America’s military industries

 


This is the pattern. Trump’s inability to maintain alliances and his complete obliviousness to what he’s doing raise  questions about his reason.

More: he decimated his own military/industrial complex. He’s alienating entire political spectrum.

YouTube: youtu.be/TYg2I5GKey4