Joel Balsam
Sex
A Brazilian Love Motel Is No Place for Vanilla Sex Moves
The pay-per-hour adult playground caters to every fantasy—I just had no fucking idea where to start.
Joel Balsam
6.5.18
digital divide
Why Closing The Digital Divide Might Mean Skipping Wi-Fi Altogether
The biggest problem with wireless data is the price of subscriptions.
Joel Balsam
3.31.17
drinking
How to Not Be an Asshole if You’re Doing Dryuary
Quitting booze for one month a year doesn’t make you a hero.
Joel Balsam
1.6.17
automation
What We’ll Do When Robots Take Our Jobs
Robots won’t take all the jobs, just most of them. We asked futurists what life will look like for the permanently unemployed class.
Joel Balsam
1.4.17
Tech
How Will We Rebel in the Future?
A futurologist predicts our grandkids will turn each other into zombies and fuck with dicks on their foreheads.
Joel Balsam
12.14.16
News
How Montreal Went from Sin City to Porn Hub
Canada's own "Porn Valley" leads the way for online porn but its booming tech scene is killing production.
Joel Balsam
11.30.16
Canada
Of Course There's Plans For a Muslim Tinder, Too
'Salaam Swipe' is basically the Muslim version of J-Swipe.
Joel Balsam
11.14.14
Canada
How Uber Is Threatening a Canadian Taxi Monopoly
Ottawa has some of the most expensive cabs in Canada and they want to keep it that way.
Joel Balsam
10.27.14
News
Uranium Mining Could Be Coming to Quebec
Quebec is considering allowing uranium mining in the northern part of the province, much to the chagrin of the the Cree community that lives closest to the potential development site, who cite a myriad of devastating health risks. But they have to...
Joel Balsam
5.15.14
News
A Tribe Called Red’s Deejay NDN Is Being Threatened For Pointing Out Racism
We talked to Deejay NDN of a Tribe Called Red about the threats he's been getting for asking a kid's recreational team drop their offensive name.
Joel Balsam
1.21.14
News
Don't Speak Creole in Quebec If You Know What's Good For You
Quebec’s French language police are up to their old xenophobic tricks again. This time, the victims are two people who were speaking Haitian Creole.
Joel Balsam
12.26.13
News
Is Canada Doing Enough to Prevent a Massive Superbug Outbreak?
We're growing immune to antibiotics which is providing a whole new breeding ground for superbugs to emerge. Meanwhile, Canada's regressive approach to this problem is becoming more and more troubling.
Joel Balsam
11.26.13
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