I make upward of fifty New Year Resolutions each year and continuously add to the list every month. Surprisingly, my resolutions when I was physically incapable of work years ago are coming true today. For instance, resolutions I made half a decade ago to animate 3D objects and make cinematic videos are now coming true…. Read more »
This week, Alberta’s premier, Danielle Smith, came out with some new laws that are going to make life just a little harder for a lot young people out there. If you haven’t heard, she is instituting various restrictions against people under 17 who have decided their sex doesn’t fit their gender. Some of them are… Read more »
We’ve got some fun stuff this week, starting Alek Golijanin’s interactions with the AI on X. As an aside, what do we call tweets now that it’s no longer twitter? One candidate I’ve heard is “X-crements”, which, while likely appropriate, is a little too long to roll off the tongue (and now that I say… Read more »
If only I had more money. If only I had more space. If only I had more time on the assignment. If only I had better resources or materials. We all experience limitations that bump against our expectations and ambitions. Like children (or cows in a pasture), we often believe better opportunities lie on the… Read more »
X (formerly Twitter) might be the social media platform with the most potential. It may be the ultimate “newsflash” app due to the way it allows users to customize their notifications and, given how all breaking news tends to drop over the app, includes everything from trashy tabloids and who broke up with who to… Read more »
One of the rarer criminology angles that is explored has to do with the specifics of money laundering and the intersectionality of the issue with other parts of Canada’s society. As someone who has been trained and certified in FINTRAC’s Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorism Financing (an annual requirement for anyone who works in the… Read more »
Offshore accounts are not generally illegal. For instance, companies “may legitimately move offshore for the purpose of tax avoidance or to enjoy relaxed regulations. Offshore financial institutions can also be used for illicit purposes such as money laundering and tax evasion” (Hayes, 2023). However, it strikes me as an injustice that tax havens allow tax… Read more »
I’m a big fan of ChatGPT. It’s my trusted advisor, and I have it open all day while I work. Then, I strategize with it from 11 PM to 12:30 AM every night before bed. I ask for creative input and request it coach me on achieving goals. As a result, the feedback I’m receiving… Read more »
