Not-So-Random News Bites in Mid-April

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Yesterday was quietly mediocre to me. For others, not so much.

Facebook and addictive behaviour as discussed by MIT Technological Review:
https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/03/11/1020600/facebook-responsible-ai-misinformation/

The Canada Pension Plan's involvement in fossil fuels, per CBC News:
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/whatonearth/big-finance-considers-climate-change-a-major-investment-risk-is-your-pension-prepared-1.5990043

Harassment of Hong Kongers on Canadian soil:
https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/hong-kongers-say-they-re-being-targeted-by-chinese-agents-on-canadian-soil-1.5390456

The debate over the value of carbon offsets:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/opinion/opinion-carbon-offset-credits-obps-emissions-1.5968598

Weird drone news from the US Midwest:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/18/attack-of-the-drones-the-mystery-of-disappearing-swarms-in-the-us-midwest

Today is the first anniversary of the Portapique Massacre in Nova Scotia, and note is taken:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/nova-scotia-mass-killing-anniversary-memorial-1.5991867

One of Gordie Howe's hockey records is about to be broken:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/marleau-howe-nhl-record-1.5991439

More later...