THE FIFTH COLUMN

"This column is dedicated to the proposition that Canada (and indeed the world) is in a crisis situation and that fundamental social change is required to remedy this situation." - The First Column, Lambda November 2, 1971 This blog is inspired by my column of the same name in the Laurentian University Newspaper, Lambda, from 1971-1973. The title refers to the concept of subverting the system from within. To read key excerpts from those columns read the first few posts in this blog.

Showing posts with label Internet. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Internet. Show all posts
2024-05-12

The Scourge of the Internet

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No I am not writing about the fear and hate mongering taking over the Internet although they are the greatest evils of the Internet. And I ...
2024-03-22

On Television Part 3 – Cutting The Cord, Where We Ended Up

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The Fifth Column first talked about “cutting the cord” in June 2019 in my post On Television that looked at the history of television from...
2024-02-19

What is Wrong With The Internet ?

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Yes, I know we could write a book, but essentially what is wrong with the Internet is the way we use it. The public changed has the w...
2023-03-05

Why Mastodon

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So why did I open a Mastodon account and why do I think Mastodon can replace Twitter. I started looking for alternatives to Twitter s...
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2022-09-28

A Tale of Two Twitters

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It is the best of the Internet , it is the worst of the Internet , it is the purveyor of wisdom, it is the purveyor of disinformation, it i...
2022-04-23

How to Make Credit Card Purchases Safer – Banks, Are You Paying Attention

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Do you worry about the security of your credit card information when you provide it to lesser known merchants to make payments ? Do you worr...
2020-07-28

On Television Part 2 - Cutting The Cord

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Those of you who have read THE FIFTH COLUMN: On Television may wonder if the Fifth Columnist has finally decided to cut the cord as it ...
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Richard W. Woodley was born in Sudbury, Ontario in 1950. He earned an Honours Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Laurentian University where he was the News Editor of the student newspaper Lambda and active in student politics. He was active in the New Democratic Party and Waffle in Sudbury and Kanata, as well as Kanata municipal politics. He was a member of the Bridlewood Residents Hydro Line Committee (BRHLC) and creator of the now archived Bridlewood Electromagnetic Fields (EMFs) Information Service. He worked on Parliament Hill for 33 years indexing the Debates of the House of Commons (Hansard) and it's committees. Richard has been an outdoorsperson and environmentalist for most of his life and a life long cyclist.
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