Weekly Report: June 16th - June 22nd 2025
The Week in Summary:
- Earlier in the week, Calgary (but more specifically Kananaskis) hosted the annual G7 conference and our city was bustling with the general atmosphere one might expect with high-ranking state officials: jet-setting diplomats, busy hotel lobbies, motorcades cruising through our streets with high-levels of accompanying security, and of course, the dreadfully Orwellian "designated demonstration zones." President Trump arrived, made a fool of himself through insisting his Russian ally be included, then fucked off early to join Israel in making a colossal geopolitical blunder over the following weekend.
- This work week brought closure to teaching another year of school programs at the science centre. I am proud of the work we have done and had lots of fun with students during our workshops throughout the year. Outside the work week, Taylor was sick with the cold I was afflicted with last week, bringing the household to a period of restfulness to aid in their recovery. Thanks in part to a few more Skip The Dishes' orders and plenty of Balatro!
- On Tuesday, I went the Central Library to listen to Robert Macfarlane discuss his recent book Is A River Alive? and rivers more broadly with a few guests (including anti-coal activist and country singer Corb Lund). Afterwards, I waited in line for an hour to get my copy of the book autographed.
- There was a lot of rain over the weekend. For most of the weekend, I was reading inside and playing Kingdom Come Deliverance (which is so fucking immersive so far), but I did manage to get out a bit. On Saturday, inspired by Taylor's brave embrace of bike riding in the rain, I followed that courageous example and got properly soaked from joyfully splashing through puddles. I also went to a Sled Island event that same night with Katelyn at Dickens Pub. It was headlined by a Chicago jazz artist, Makaya McCraven, but included other guests like Midnight Channel and mineo kawasaki (neither of whom I was familiar with).
- This week, I managed to finish reading two books: (1) Patrick Strickland's You Can Kill Each Other After I Leave: Refugees, Fascism, and Bloodshed in Greece and (2) Robert Macfarlane's Is a River Alive? The latter of the two is certainly one of my favourite reads of the year so far!
The Week in Images:
The Week in Links:
Climate misinformation turning crisis into catastrophe – major report
False claims obstructing climate action, say researchers, amid calls for climate lies to be criminalised
Damian Carrington
