May. 10th, 2021

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Continuing the job search this afternoon.

Also: revisiting the history of the Declaration of the Independence of the Mind via Ideas. If you're interested in the text of that original declaration from 1919, here's a link.

(I wonder if Leslie Charteris might have read that Declaration. Some of the stuff in those Saint stories of his gets me thinking now about the possibility. Certainly, if he had, he'd have put it aside for the needs of World War 2 and the battle against fascism as it presented itself to our world back then.)

On a related note: Ideas, the CBC Radio series, is devoting some time over this past broadcast season of 2020-'21 to the theme of The Common Good. Other instalments of that series of broadcasts may be accessed here.

More on other topics as today goes by...
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I see symptoms of no small concern across my own country...

Federal NDP leader Jagmeet Singh connecting the dots between anti-maskers and the far right. Correctly, based on far too many data points.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/jagmeet-singh-anti-mask-far-right-1.6020777

A pro-racism candidate for mayor of Calgary about to get access to the full list of registered-eligible voters for that city now that Naheed Nenshi has announced that he will not be running for another term. He's already issued threats against employees of Alberta Health Services (AHS) across that province, demanding and insisting to be able to legally "dox" them.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/kevin-j-johnston-dox-calgary-mayor-voter-list-1.6020029

"People's Party" leader Maxime Bernier accused of shooting off his mouth - at the aforementioned Mr. Singh (among others) - in court.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/bernier-kinsella-defamation-lawsuit-1.6015385
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Sometimes, the legacies we need to know aren't the ones deemed fit for us.

Well, here's another view of Mr. Bell. Some might call it being published over the radio another bit of perverseness. But for those of us who can and do hear, it may be overdue that we heard this, whether we agree with it or not.

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/unsound-the-legacy-of-alexander-graham-bell-1.6020596

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