On the DEWLine 2.0: Dwight Williams

Noting today's notable deaths. Among them, but not limited to them:

Neal Conan of NPR. (X-Men fans of a certain age range will remember that name, I suspect.)

Hockey goaltender Tony Esposito.

Actor Alex Cord.

Yesterday was quietly mediocre to me. For others, not so much.

Facebook and addictive behaviour as discussed by MIT Technological Review:
https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/03/11/1020600/facebook-responsible-ai-misinformation/

The Canada Pension Plan's involvement in fossil fuels, per CBC News:
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/whatonearth/big-finance-considers-climate-change-a-major-investment-risk-is-your-pension-prepared-1.5990043

Harassment of Hong Kongers on Canadian soil:
https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/hong-kongers-say-they-re-being-targeted-by-chinese-agents-on-canadian-soil-1.5390456

The debate over the value of carbon offsets:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/opinion/opinion-carbon-offset-credits-obps-emissions-1.5968598

Weird drone news from the US Midwest:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/18/attack-of-the-drones-the-mystery-of-disappearing-swarms-in-the-us-midwest

Today is the first anniversary of the Portapique Massacre in Nova Scotia, and note is taken:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/nova-scotia-mass-killing-anniversary-memorial-1.5991867

One of Gordie Howe's hockey records is about to be broken:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/marleau-howe-nhl-record-1.5991439

More later...

Apparently, this is the anniversary of what some in North American pro hockey might call the most blessed meeting in the history of the sport, and others, the most damned meeting in its history. At the Windsor Hotel in Montréal, four team owners decided to screw over a fifth in abandoning the National Hockey Association in favour of founding the NHL as we've come to know it today. According to the Globe and Mail.

So this was announced today:

https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/eddie-shack-dies-fomer-toronto-maple-leafs-1.5663614

Another bit of childhood history, gone to the ghost rinks. I have to admit to not paying much attention to him. I was a Philadelphia fan as a kid out in the prairies, and once the Sens were relaunched as a team, that was when I switched loyalties. But I remember the Entertainer, as he was sometimes called.

Okay.

The NHL has followed the NBA's course, in postponing their schedule.

https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/nhl-covid-19-suspended-season-1.5495002

The Juno Award Ceremonies are off.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/juno-awards-cancelled-1.5494929

The Trudeaus are self-isolating for the next couple of weeks. So our next First Ministers' Conference is off.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/covid19-premiers-coronavirus-1.5495001

Meanwhile, I'm watching videos about flow-charting software, just in case the job search doesn't get messed up. Or maybe to do what I can to get a work-from-home job. Not sure yet, but I've got to keep doing useful things.

Well, there went that hope for this hockey season.

More later, if I can focus the brain and energy enough after work tonight.

One: tonight's Doctor Who is an argument for labour unions if ever I've watched it.

Two: pleased by the Sens' game one results.

Details care of CBC:

http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/gordie-howe-1.3628425

So, someone came up with an idea for a SHIELD-themed hockey jersey. They're not going to try selling it because of legal considerations, but aside from the comment I posted on that page...I have no complaints about the design. ;-)

One thing that it leaves me thinking about: house leagues. My Dad's old office had a "house" league for curling enthusiasts (and both my parents curled, FYI). Given the size of SHIELD as oft-depicted in the comics, I find it easy to imagine there being enough hockey fans in SHIELD to be able to put together a "house" league for that sport. (And curling, too, now that I think about it!)

The logistics of organizing games are...entertainingly problematic, shall we say?

Pleased with the news about womens' curling and womens' hockey, displeased with the news from Venezuela, Thailand, Ukraine and other places, and finding it difficult to think useful thoughts.

Also, remembering Dwayne McDuffie on his birthday today. Wishing he was still with us.