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All posts by Diana Thebaud Nicholson
AI, Chatbots, Society & Technology November 2023-June 2024
AI pioneers Hinton, Ng, LeCun, Bengio amp up x-risk debate GZERO AI launches October 31st 2023: The year we played with ...
The Biden presidency Chapter II – June 2024
The Biden presidency Chapter I The Biden-Harris Administration 23 June A closer look at Harris shows how effective she†...
Donald Sutherland (1935-2024) RIP
20 June Actor Donald Sutherland dead at 88 Sutherland’s son, actor Kiefer Sutherland, confirmed his death on Thurs ...
Europe & EU January-June 2024
EU Elections 2024 European Parliament election 2024 Thu, June 6–Sun, June 9, 2024 20 June The hottest political issue ...
Plastics pollution
So long plastic air pillows: Amazon shifting to recycled paper filling for packages in North America (CTV) Amazon is shi ...
Wednesday Night #2205
19 June 2024 Juneteenth is the oldest-known celebration marking the end of slavery in the United States, first recognize ...
G7 Italia 2024
G7 Italia 2024 On January 1, 2024, Italy assumed, for the seventh time, the Presidency of the G7: the group that brings ...
Wednesday Night #2204
Week-long celebrations, ceremonies and evocation of memories in the presence of today’s leaders of the WWII allies ...
Central Asia
CIA World Factbook ; BBC Central Asia News Central Asia’s waking giant Most people in the west have never heard of ...
Dr. Norbert (Nobby) Gilmore RIP
Nobby left us Saturday (8 June 2024) night BC time. So sad but a blessing for him. He died peacefully with friends aroun ...
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North Korea/South Korea June 2023-
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The Papacy 2024-
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Democrats/progressives – November 2024
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Putin’s War Russia-Ukraine September 2024-
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U.S. Education May 2024-
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Israel, Palestine/Gaza February – July 2023
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Climate change, uncertainty & security February 2021- May 10, 2023
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SCOTUS & the US courts December 2020- May 2022
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Wednesday Night #1974
January 15, 2020, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1974
This is such sad news, Diana. He was a presence of calm and reason in our discussions which were sometimes…
Re The UN General Assembly Speaker Schedule is Here! I note that whoever will be speaking for Canada this year…
So many memories, particularly of the years as neighbours on Rosemount Avenue, with shared activities, adventures and lively political discussions.…
I’m sure by now all have heard about Biden’s dropping out. Although we all agreed last Wednesday that this was…
Molly Minturn - My family is heartbroken to share that my father died in surgery on Monday, Feb. 10. It…