News from Hong Kong

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/hong-kong-votes-1.5371255

I don't wonder how Xi will take this news. I expect that he won't take it well.

But the Hong Kongers take this absolutely seriously, however restricted their current options are, and we know from this article that they have their own reasons for that.

This Guardian article details one of those reasons, I suspect.

Not-for-Profits: Migraines Have a Group Now

I found out this morning by way of a job ad sent to me by Charity Village. It's called the Canadian Headache Society or "Migraine Canada". Turns out they're currently using a "migrainecanada-dot-org" domain name, seeing as the more logical "migraine-dot-ca" is being cyber-squatted upon.

OTTAWA: Watching the trains...

...from above.

Grey Cup 107: In Case You Wondered

Since Saskatchewan's not in the game today, I care just enough to hope that Hamilton cleans Winnipeg's scoreboard clock for revenge's sake.

May everyone playing manage to avoid CTE injuries. I know how unlikely that is, and feel growing guilt over that fact, but I guess I'm still not done with the CFL just yet.

INTERNET: About that ".org" sale?

Seems there's a campaign opposed to that.

https://savedotorg.org/

CINEMA/US LAW: How Oligarchies Get Entrenched

Am I wrong?


https://www.bleedingcool.com/2019/11/24/repealing-the-paramount-decrees-would-be-a-game-changer/

EDUCATION: Indigenizing Canadian Education

Change continues...as McMaster University installed its first Indigenous chancellor, the 19th chancellor of its history.

https://dailynews.mcmaster.ca/articles/santee-smith-installed-as-mcmasters-19th-chancellor/