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Reflections on Canadian Women at the Olympics

With emphasis on the team sports, women’s athletics generally, and the need for Canada to get serious about sports infrastructure outside…

7 min readAug 12, 2021

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Reflections on Canadian Women at the Olympics

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tim rourke

The Heroic Hand

An essay on the human mind, body and species

14 min readAug 2, 2021

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The Heroic Hand

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tim rourke

Sacral Man

A Parable for Whistleblowers

33 min readJul 20, 2021

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Sacral Man

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tim rourke

Some Time Ago

I have been doing a clearance of some old writings I have on my hard drive. I am putting some of it up on the net. This is something I did…

5 min readJul 16, 2021

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Some Time Ago

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tim rourke

About clearing Homeless Encampments in Parks;

Let’s Clean up the Real Problem Instead.

5 min readJul 6, 2021

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About clearing Homeless Encampments in Parks;

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tim rourke

One little two little three thousand little dead Indians.

And very little done for them when they were alive.

6 min readJun 28, 2021

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One little two little three thousand little dead Indians.

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tim rourke

Covid notes 10 As the Pandemic turns Endemic.

“In epidemiology, an infection is said to be endemic (from Greek ἐν en “in, within” and δῆμος demos “people”) in a population when that…

8 min readJun 24, 2021

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tim rourke

Idol Smashing Times

So they’ve torn down Egerton Ryerson’s statue and they’re going to rename Ryerson University, alias Ry High. The Star is even doing one of…

2 min readJun 21, 2021

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Idol Smashing Times

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tim rourke

Island of the Sirra.

“Take us to your ruler,” said the second legate to the first person they met upon coming ashore. The dirty and emaciated young woman…

12 min readJun 17, 2021

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Island of the Sirra.

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tim rourke

On Oligarchy, Narratives, and Truth.

Cait Johnstone is one of the best bloggers around today. She is one of the few worth responding to in a comments section. Usually when I…

3 min readMay 23, 2021

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On Oligarchy, Narratives, and Truth.

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tim rourke

tim rourke

I am an aging useless eater originally from Alberta, Canada, living in Toronto. I have taken up writing and blogging because I have nothing better to do.

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