Humanist Agenda

Show Notes and Links: 1 in 5 people in the U.S. have a sexually transmitted infection (CDC) The Estimated Direct Lifetime Medical Costs of Sexually Transmitted Infections Acquired (NIH) The effects of the national HPV vaccination programme in England, UK (Lancet) Money, Sex and Happiness (NBER) Would you think about doing sex for money? Structure and agency in deciding to sell sex in Canada (SAGE)

Show Notes and Links: A short history of daylight saving time History of Daylight Saving Time (DST) Why Do We Change the Clocks, Anyway? (New York Times) Losing Sleep Over Daylight Saving Time May Increase Workplace Injuries Here’s why daylight saving time hurts workers’ productivity (CNBC) Sleep Disorders and Sleep Deprivation: An Unmet Public Health Problem. (NIH) How daylight saving time can make you less productive, less ethical and more prone to injury at work (CBC) Five economic effects of daylight saving time (Quartz) Daylight Saving Time – Top 3 Pros and Cons (ProCon) Measurable health effects associated with the daylight saving time shift (NIH) Daylight Saving Time Transitions: Impact on Total Mortality (NIH) The pros and cons of switching to permanent Daylight Saving Time (Global News) U.S. Senate approves bill to make daylight saving time permanent (Reuters)

Show Notes and Links: Early Hollywood and the Hays Code This Film Is Not Yet Rated (Wikipedia) Movie Ratings Turn 50: How the MPAA Changed the Film Industry Forever Film content information in Ontario Beyond Today’s Video Game Rating Systems The effectiveness of a parental guide for prevention of problematic video gaming in children (NIH) Parental Guidance: A Content Analysis of MPAA Motion Picture Rating Justifications 1993–2005 7 ways being a parent is different around the world (Business Insider) The Intriguing History of 1930s Baby Cages

Show Notes and Links: Did you bring home a pandemic pet? (Globe and Mail) When Did People Start Keeping Pets? (Smithsonian) The Evolution of Pet Ownership (Pedigree) A New Origin Story for Dogs (The Atlantic) Why do we love pets? An expert explains. (The Washington Post) Long before they conquered the Internet, cats took over the world (The Washington Post) Understanding Relations between People and their Pets From tigers to axolotls: Why people keep exotic pets in Russia 10 Famous Weird Pets in History (Flavorwire) The Myth of "Mind-Altering Parasite" Toxoplasma Gondii? (Discover) Can a cat parasite control your mind? (Live Science) Covid-Sniffing Dogs Are Accurate but Face Hurdles for Widespread Use (The New York Times)

Show Notes and Links: Don’t Look Up (Netflix) History of Barbados Barbados to remove Queen Elizabeth as head of state (BBC) What is a Commonwealth? (Government of Canada) Barbados just cut its ties with the Queen. Should Canada follow suit? (CBC) Majority of Canadians want to ditch the British monarchy. How feasible is it? (Global News) Commonwealth: Seven things you might not know (BBC)

Show Notes and Links: 2021 United States Capitol attack (Wikipedia) FBI Capitol Attack Wanted List (FBI) Harry and Meghan detail royal struggles (CBS) Georgia bans giving water to voters in line under sweeping restrictions (Reuters) Trial of Derek Chauvin (Wikipedia) The road to the 2021 Census (Canadian Government) Canadiens eliminate Maple Leafs in Game 7 (NHL) London, Ontario truck attack (CTV) Canadian Indian residential school gravesites (Wikipedia) A look back at the 2021 B.C. wildfire season (CBC) Did Richard Branson really make it to space? (CBC) Every London, Ont., athletes’ performance at the Tokyo Olympics (Global News) Tom Daley Is Knitting His Way Through The Tokyo Olympics (NPR) Afghanistan: Joe Biden defends US pull-out as Taliban claim victory (BBC) U.S. Supreme Court leaves Texas abortion curbs intact but allows suit (Reuters) 2021 Canadian federal election (Wikipedia) The two Michaels are back home from China (Global News) Why the metaverse is more than Mark Zuckerberg’s dream (The Verge) November 2021 Pacific Northwest floods (Wikipedia) After two failed attempts, Canada bans conversion therapy (NPR) Mustangs win 2021 Vanier Cup (Western News) What caused the deadly power outages in Texas and how Canada's grid compares (CBC) Texas Senator Ted Cruz flew to Cancun, Mexico, amid weather crisis (BBC) DO NOT Retweet this photo of Ted Cruz (Twitter) Double Asteroid Redirection Test (NASA)

Show Notes and Links: Climate change (Wikipedia) Germany Rejected Nuclear Power—and Deadly Emissions Spiked (Wired) If They Are So Alarmed By Climate Change, Why Are They So Opposed To Solving It? (Forbes) The four types of climate denier, and why you should ignore them all (The Guardian) In Iceland, CO2 sucked from the air is turned to rock (Tech Xplore) Nitrogen fixation (Britannica) Brazil's deforestation is exploding—and 2020 will be worse (Science) Making real a biotechnology dream: nitrogen-fixing cereal crops (MIT)

Show Notes and Links: DNA profiling (Wikipedia) DNA profiling dissertation (PDF) Joseph James DeAngelo - Golden State Killer (Wikipedia) After Arrest Of Suspected Golden State Killer, Details Of His Life Emerge (NPR) London, Ont., was world's 'serial killer capital' (CBC News) DNA solves 1984 murder of Christine Jessop (Global News) Septic Tank Sam (Wikipedia) Gattaca (Wikipedia)

Show Notes and Links: History of Halloween (History) Razor blades in apples (Groovy History) The real story behind Halloween candy tampering (CBC News) A Brief History of People Tampering With Halloween Candy (Mental Floss) Fun Halloween facts (Country Living) Americans will spend a record $10 billion on Halloween (USA Today) National Confectioners Association study reveals key pandemic consumer buying trends (Confectionery Production) Top 10 Halloween phobias (Hippocratic Post) The myths and folklore behind Halloween’s most popular characters (ZME Science) What Do Bats Have To Do With Halloween (Refinery 29) The Warty Toad (Things That Go Boo) How Black Cats Came To Halloween (Hartz) Spiders: A web of superstitions on Halloween (Ehrlich) Rat king (Wikipedia) Birds Of Halloween (Wingspan) Why Owls Are a Spooky Symbol of Halloween (Yahoo) The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe (Poetry Foundation)

Show Notes and Links: Do vaccine mandates violate Canadians' charter rights? (CTV News) Vaccine mandates are not new to American history (Yahoo News) 50 years after historic report, Canadian officials reflect on anti-smoking efforts (Global News) 30 years ago smoking in public places was banned in Vancouver — and smokers were outraged (CBC News) Smokers Rally in New York to Protest Ban (ABC News) Differences and similarities between mandatory masks in 2020 and mandatory seatbelts in 1976 Ontario's seat belt law hailed for saving lives (The New York Times) The government-control virus, unlike the coronavirus, is nearly impossible to fully recover from (Financial Post) The Charter of Rights and Freedoms vs. vaccine mandates — and government inaction on COVID (CBC News)

Show Notes and Links: Did Biden Say Vaccines Protect Against Hurricanes? (Snopes) Did Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Wear ‘Tax the Rich’ Dress to Met Gala? (Snopes) Does Pic Show Italian Police Ticketing Woman for Wearing Bikini in 1950s? (Snopes) Did Mountain Dew Make a Flamin’ Hot Flavor? (Snopes) Is Detroit Zoo Administering COVID-19 Vaccines to Animals? (Snopes) No, Jim Bakker Didn’t Claim That God Can’t Hear Prayers Through a Mask (Snopes) Did Nostradamus Predict the COVID-19 Pandemic? (Snopes) Did Self-Described Psychic Sylvia Browne Predict the Coronavirus? (Snopes) Did Fauci Warn Trump in 2017 That a ‘Surprise Outbreak’ Was Coming? (Snopes) Did ‘ALF’ Predict a Global Pandemic Would Occur in 2020? (Snopes) Is the ‘Umbrella Corporation’ Logo Oddly Similar to a Wuhan Biotech Lab’s? (Snopes) Zoo: Name a Cockroach After Your Ex, And We’ll Feed it to a Predator (Snopes) Man fined US$124 for kicking seagull that ate cheeseburger (CTV News) B.C. man escapes fine for destroying gull's nest (CBC News) Did ISIS Really Ban Pigeons? (Snopes) Birds Aren’t Real

Show Notes and Links: Trudeau hit by gravel as protesters surround campaign bus in London, Ont. (CBC News) Australia 'egg boy' clash: Senator cleared as teenager handed caution (BBC) The chaotic story of the right to vote in Canada (Canadian Museum for Human Rights) First Nations face real-life barriers to voting in next federal election (CBC News) All prisoners have the right to vote in the federal election. Here's how (CBC News) Elections Canada move to scrap campus voting 'damaging to our democracy,' Toronto-based group says (CBC News) Rethinking voter identification: its rationale and impact (Australian Journal of Political Science)

Show Notes and Links: Who The Uyghurs Are And Why China Is Targeting Them (NPR) Who are the Uyghurs? (Britannica) Xinjiang: China defends 'education' camps (BBC) Uighurs reflect on 2009 violence that set off Chinese crackdown (Washington Post) The Persecution of China’s Muslim Uyghurs (Religion & Politics) 'Their goal is to destroy everyone': Uighur camp detainees allege systematic rape (BBC) US: China 'committed genocide against Uighurs' (BBC)

Show Notes and Links: Every London, Ont., athletes’ performance at the Tokyo Olympics (Global News) Team USA top the Olympic medal table. Or is it China? Or … San Marino? (The Guardian) Canadian Soccer Player Quinn Becomes The First Out Trans And Nonbinary Gold Medalist (NPR) Olympic athlete Laurel Hubbard just shattered a transphobic myth (MSNBC) Women athletes are pushing back against the uniform status quo (CBC) How to ‘Use Your Olympian’: The Paradox of Athletic Authenticity and Commercialization in the Contemporary Olympic Games (SAGE) Tom Daley Is Knitting His Way Through The Tokyo Olympics (NPR) Who is the Tonga flag guy? Shirtless flag bearer is back for 2021 Tokyo Olympics (Sporting News)

Show Notes and Links: Man Who ‘Punched Horse’ at Anti-Lockdown Protest Faces Animal Cruelty Charge (Vice) LA man who mocked Covid-19 vaccines dies of virus (BBC News) The coronavirus pandemic 'Great Reset' theory and a false vaccine claim debunked (BBC News) Three Seashells from Demolition Man (YouTube) Debunking the Bill Gates 'Microchip' Conspiracy (YouTube) Skull and Bones (Britannica) The Skulls (Wikipedia) Genesis 3:22 (Bible Hub) Freemasonry (Britannica) 7 Things You May Not Know About Freemasons (History) One Man Exposed the Secrets of the Freemasons (History) A 200-year-old Conspiracy Theory Rears Its Head Again (Haaretz) Coronavirus: Top Freemason in ‘God’s revenge’ row (The Sunday Times) Masonic conspiracy theories (Wikipedia)

Show Notes and Links: Conspiracy Theorists Think Covid Vaccine Makes You Magnetic (YouTube) Preliminary Assessment: Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (US Government) SpaceX night launch…not a UFO (YouTube) Mind-bending optical illusion leaves witnesses stumped (The Sun) Earth-like biospheres on other planets may be rare (Science Daily) How One Man Has Explained Almost Every Internet UFO Theory Close Encounters: An Examination of UFO Experiences (Journal of Abnormal Psychology) Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster Alien movies (Wikipedia) Arrival movie (Wikipedia) Men in Black movie (Wikipedia) Independence Day movie (Wikipedia) NASA Mars Return Sample (NASA)

Show Notes and Links: 10 Failed Doomsday Predictions (Britannica) 2012 Mayan apocalypse (Wikipedia) Harold Camping (Wikipedia) Chen Tao cult (Wikipedia) That Time People Thought a Comet Would Gas Us All to Death (Wired) Joanna Southcott (Wikipedia) Great Fire of London (Wikipedia) Johannes Stöffler (Wikipedia) Y2K (Wikipedia) /r/Preppers (Reddit) Luxury Nuclear Shelters (Survival Condo) Doomsday preppers and the architecture of dread (University College Dublin) Doomsday Preppers and the Rituals of Apocalyptic Manhood (University of Nebraska - Lincoln) Emergency Preparedness (Government of Canada)

Show Notes and Links: Trans Girls Belong on Girls’ Sports Teams (Scientific America) Barring transgender women, girls from female sports teams (CBC) Olympic guidelines on transgender athletes to come after 2020 Games (CBC) Caster Semenya Q&A: the runner’s discrimination case explained (The Guardian) The treatment of Caster Semenya shows athletics' bias against women of colour (The Guardian) World Athletics accused over 'abusive sex testing' of athletes from global south (The Guardian) Caster Semenya accuses IAAF of using her as a ‘guinea pig experiment’ (The Guardian)

Show Notes and Links: War on Drugs (History) Oliver Sacks said he benefited from LSD (Vox) Patient hopes Canada will introduce regulations for psychotherapy (CBC) Psychedelics Company MindMed Trips In Nasdaq Debut (Forbes) Project MKUltra (Wikipedia) Can Microdosing Psychedelics Improve Your Mental Health? (Harvard) LSD Microdosing: The New Job Enhancer In Silicon Valley And Beyond? (Forbes) I Tried Microdosing With Four Different Psychedelic Drugs (Willamette Week) Microdosing’s Micromoment (The Cut)

Show Notes and Links: Florida Man (Wikipedia) Florida man charged with throwing alligator into Wendy’s (Washington Post) Florida patient loses patience, steals ambulance to get home from hospital (Tampa Bay Times) Man used template he found on Pinterest to print counterfeit money (FOX 13 Tampa Bay) A St. Petersburg man bet $100 on a Trump win. Now he’s being sued for not paying up (Tampa Bay Times) Coast Guard rescues man running in a bubble in the ocean, again (CNN) Security Guard Filmed All His Farts for Six Months and Went Viral (VICE) A Giant Bird Killed Its Owner. Now It Could Be Yours. (New York Times) Florida woman drunkenly bites man's fishing line, swims away with lure (FOX News) Florida woman missing for 20 days found alive and naked in sewer system (FOX 25) Naked man outside Florida Chick-fil-A arrested for trying to fight passersby (FOX News)