Assorted Items of Interest - 30 Dec 2021
Dec. 30th, 2021 09:29 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dewline1. The danger of recruiting outside your political party's "flock" as described by Rebecca Solnit.
2. New additions to and promotions within the Order of Canada.
3. Connected to the Epstein/Maxwell cases: BBC News calls itself out over an interview with Alan Dershowitz.
4. Queensway-Carleton Hospital cuts back on services due to COVID-19-induced staffing shortages.
5. DIY radio astronomy is setting up a new home in Ottawa-Gatineau.
6. From Reuters Graphics: Anatomy of a Death Threat - Trump supporters have waged a campaign of intimidation against the state and local officials who administer U.S. elections. This visual analysis explores hundreds of menacing messages - and explains why they’re difficult to counter. CW: records/transcripts of death threats as well as militant racism, misogyny, and antisemitism.
2. New additions to and promotions within the Order of Canada.
3. Connected to the Epstein/Maxwell cases: BBC News calls itself out over an interview with Alan Dershowitz.
4. Queensway-Carleton Hospital cuts back on services due to COVID-19-induced staffing shortages.
5. DIY radio astronomy is setting up a new home in Ottawa-Gatineau.
6. From Reuters Graphics: Anatomy of a Death Threat - Trump supporters have waged a campaign of intimidation against the state and local officials who administer U.S. elections. This visual analysis explores hundreds of menacing messages - and explains why they’re difficult to counter. CW: records/transcripts of death threats as well as militant racism, misogyny, and antisemitism.
