Joey's Not-So-Daily Links

In no particular order. 1. Labour Arbitrator overturns demotion of fire fighters who lost licenses due to impaired driving | 2017 CanLII 12120 (ON LA) [http://www.canlii.org/en/on/onla/doc/2017/2017canlii12120/2017canlii12120.html] - In a Labour Arbitration ruling which is well written and alive to the…

Joey's Not-So-Daily Linkblog for March 5, 2017

In no particular order: 1. Uber Drives Into Big Trouble | NPR On Point [http://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2017/03/03/uber-scandal-harassment] - a great discussion of the reputation crisis facing Uber during the past few weeks with informed guests and good callers to the show. 2. Sifting through the…

Joey's Not-So-Daily List of Readings for February 17, 2017

My not so-daily sharing of links from across the WWW In no particular order: 1. OMB Reform: Contested development | Toronto Star [http://projects.thestar.com/ontario-municipal-board-reform/contested-development/] - the first of a three-part series by The Toronto Star about the Ontario Municipal Board. 2. Idea: An Indivisible guide for journalism…

Joey's Daily Readings for February 12, 2017

My Daily* sharing of links from across the WWW. 1. The power of the press can’t hold populism down, Peter Preston, The Guardian [https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/feb/12/populism-power-press-cant-hold-down-brexit-trump-grillo] - he's right, the world is happening despite mainstream media positions. The media wants to defend their…

Joey's Daily Reading List for February 7, 2017

My not-so-daily list of readings from across the WWW. In no particular order: 1. Fake news is a red herring [http://www.dw.com/en/fake-news-is-a-red-herring/a-37269377] - a great read from Ethan Zuckerman, director of the Center for Civic Media at MIT, published by Deutsche Welle.…

Joey's Daily* Reading List for January 28, 2017

My increasingly not daily list of readings from across the WWW In no particular order: 1. Rose: Thoughts about the demise of electoral reform – or, we should have seen it coming [http://ottawacitizen.com/opinion/columnists/rose-thoughts-about-the-demise-of-electoral-reform-or-we-should-have-seen-it-coming] - Queen prof Jonathan Rose on electoral reform. 2. Using Machine Learning to…