On the DEWLine 2.0: Dwight Williams

The Impulse to Network

Sun, 05 Jan 2025 14:34:05 GMT

I am thinking that four of my friendlisters here might benefit from being introduced to each other.

I am also inclined to think that the above impulse is presumptive on my part.

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Stephen Maher on Canada Election 44

Wed, 22 Sep 2021 14:51:16 GMT

The title and summary of his opinion is in the URL. I'm not convinced that Mr. Maher is correct, and unsure of how much progress we're making towards building a more just society, but he has a case to make here.

https://www.macleans.ca/opinion/canada-has-shifted-to-the-left/

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How DO we "build back better"?

Wed, 02 Dec 2020 01:12:43 GMT

I'm listening to this installment of Ideas on CBC Radio One as I type this:

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/in-a-covid-divided-world-how-to-avoid-drift-into-a-new-normal-1.5823611

Some of you are already working on your ideas of building a better "normal" than we had before the Pandemic in Progress, I know...

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TRANSIT: A Personal First Yesterday

Sun, 08 Dec 2019 13:22:40 GMT

I rode the O-Train all the way between Blair and Tunney's Pasture, both ways. The first, westward leg of the trip was interrupted by a stop at Rideau Station to pick up my preferred out-of-town newspapers. But even so, a round trip by way of Line 1 was achieved. Line 2 was already taken care of due to previous errands to the South Keys Mall in the years before Line 1 was ready to roll. I might upload some of the pix I took at Tunney's to my Flickr account later today as evidence, whether that evidence is needed or not.

I do get a sense of Transitway stations becoming more...fortress-like when they get converted to add O-Train service to their repertoire. Particularly at Blair, St. Laurent, Hurdman and Tunney's is where this effect kicks in. The extra cameras, the staff on duty trying to guide passengers in the newer-to-us ways of using light passenger rail, and the longer walks required to get between buses and trains in whichever directions we need to be going. And if I want to keep musing like this, I should probably write a purpose-built essay for Spacing Ottawa on the subject.

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Memory Editing

Tue, 04 Jul 2017 09:45:02 GMT

Why am I not comforted by this news?

http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/erase-memories-1.4186191

Not a great way to start my morning. Or anyone else's, I suspect.

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STC and Rural Saskatchewan Cancer Patients

Fri, 24 Mar 2017 00:57:44 GMT

Following up from the earlier posting on STC...

Turns out there's at least 300 people scattered across Saskatchewan with cancer-related problems that will kick in on June 1st when STC shuts down. Thanks for nothing, o "Saskatchewan Party".

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