News of Interest - 16 Oct 2021

1. Facebook is playing numbers games about how/if they're (not) managing the hate-propaganda problem.

https://www.wired.com/story/facebooks-deceptive-math-when-it-comes-to-hate-speech/

2. We have the beginnings of a global taxation treaty. 136 countries are signed on thus far, and Deputy PM/Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland is one of those who've helped make this happen. Chris Hall has an interview with her on The House.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/chrystia-freeland-global-taxation-1.6213178

3. Lee Valley Tools gives their customers and the wider public a heads-up of their own about global supply networking issues. Also, supply issues notwithstanding? They're still looking to hire according to the same newsletter that alerted their customers to the supply issues! (I know this because I'm subscribed to that newsletter.)

https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/lee-valley-supply-chain-1.6212065

Comics and SF in Canada

I'd forgotten that Sequential was putting on a symposium on Canadian comic books this weekend, and all of this before the Aurora Awards tonight at 7 PM.

Sidebar re: Indigenous Depictions @ Marvel

First time I'd heard of Danielle Moonstar being seen as a Problematic comics character today, but maybe I shouldn't be surprised. She was cited as such by Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair at today's Canadian Comics Publishing Roundtable at Sequential's Canadian Comics Symposium. The character's been part of the Marvel roster for 40 years now, or close to that.

Sidebar re: Accessible Comics

I'm watching a roundtable on "the Future of Canadian Comics" and this was mentioned in Zoom text-chat as a slide-show presentation resource re: accessibility for visually-impaired users:

https://www.accessiblepublishing.ca/80slides/