![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
Semi-Random News Items - Earth Day 2022
Apr. 22nd, 2022 02:09 pm1. CBC Sports: RIP Guy Lafleur
https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/guy-lafleur-death-reaction-1.6427532
2. CBC News: Turnover at the Thunder Bay Police Services Board
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/tbay-police-board-resignation-1.6427787
3. Byline Times: Slow-walking to Genocide in India
https://bylinetimes.com/2022/04/20/werlemans-worldview-indias-hindu-nationalists-are-following-the-blueprint-for-genocide/?mc_cid=9086b6a084
4. Spacing: John Lorinc re: Doug Ford's Plans re: Climate Derangement
http://spacing.ca/toronto/2022/04/21/lorinc-doug-fords-electrification-plan-is-actually-a-gas-powered-climate-nightmare/
5. Globe and Mail: CRA vs. Indigenous People re: CERB
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-government-data-suggests-first-nations-hit-more-often-with-cerb/
6. CBC News: EV Rebate Programme News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/government-expanding-electric-vehicle-rebate-1.6427488
https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/guy-lafleur-death-reaction-1.6427532
2. CBC News: Turnover at the Thunder Bay Police Services Board
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/tbay-police-board-resignation-1.6427787
3. Byline Times: Slow-walking to Genocide in India
https://bylinetimes.com/2022/04/20/werlemans-worldview-indias-hindu-nationalists-are-following-the-blueprint-for-genocide/?mc_cid=9086b6a084
4. Spacing: John Lorinc re: Doug Ford's Plans re: Climate Derangement
http://spacing.ca/toronto/2022/04/21/lorinc-doug-fords-electrification-plan-is-actually-a-gas-powered-climate-nightmare/
5. Globe and Mail: CRA vs. Indigenous People re: CERB
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-government-data-suggests-first-nations-hit-more-often-with-cerb/
6. CBC News: EV Rebate Programme News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/government-expanding-electric-vehicle-rebate-1.6427488
From Ottawa and London
Apr. 2nd, 2022 03:36 pmOn the nature and preparation of the Ottawa Siege:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/police-convoy-protesters-communication-1.6405434
Carole Cadwalladr, on having faced libel trial at the High Court despite having her facts straight:
https://twitter.com/carolecadwalla/status/1509612965011804162
I want a better accounting of so many things.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/police-convoy-protesters-communication-1.6405434
Carole Cadwalladr, on having faced libel trial at the High Court despite having her facts straight:
https://twitter.com/carolecadwalla/status/1509612965011804162
I want a better accounting of so many things.
So...Toronto and Trek
Mar. 28th, 2022 01:08 pmI was wondering how long it was going to take for this to happen. Apparently, Strange New Worlds, the Pike-focused series, is doing location shoots around downtown Toronto...which will finally get to be itself on-camera.
https://twitter.com/TOFilming_EM/status/1508091199399337987
https://twitter.com/TOFilming_EM/status/1503186418813833221
https://twitter.com/TOFilming_EM/status/1503549698900168711
https://twitter.com/AnitaWindisman/status/1503108418772602883
Noting that the "police cruiser" was deliberately detailed to not look like an official Toronto police cruiser. There are several possible reasons for that: avoidance of "paid duty" fees, lack of script approval, and quite possibly not wanting their rented vehicle to be mistaken for a real cruiser for safety reasons unrelated to any other concerns.
(Although that faux prison bus with "Illinois State Penitentiary" detailing is poking holes in my theory.)
https://twitter.com/TOFilming_EM/status/1508091199399337987
https://twitter.com/TOFilming_EM/status/1503186418813833221
https://twitter.com/TOFilming_EM/status/1503549698900168711
https://twitter.com/AnitaWindisman/status/1503108418772602883
Noting that the "police cruiser" was deliberately detailed to not look like an official Toronto police cruiser. There are several possible reasons for that: avoidance of "paid duty" fees, lack of script approval, and quite possibly not wanting their rented vehicle to be mistaken for a real cruiser for safety reasons unrelated to any other concerns.
(Although that faux prison bus with "Illinois State Penitentiary" detailing is poking holes in my theory.)
Amplification: Not in My Colour
Feb. 26th, 2022 06:56 pmA reminder to myself of a number of things, from Erica Ifill:
https://notinmycolour.com/amid-the-tide-of-whitelash-we-remain-unmoored/
https://notinmycolour.com/amid-the-tide-of-whitelash-we-remain-unmoored/
We don't get to stop worrying and investigating.
https://www.thestar.com/news/investigations/2022/02/22/ontario-police-officers-are-named-in-leaked-list-of-donors-to-the-freedom-convoy.html
Also, lurking encirclements:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/protesters-downtown-ottawa-camps-1.6360604
https://www.thestar.com/news/investigations/2022/02/22/ontario-police-officers-are-named-in-leaked-list-of-donors-to-the-freedom-convoy.html
Also, lurking encirclements:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/protesters-downtown-ottawa-camps-1.6360604
Since moving to Ottawa with my parents back in 1985, I occasionally used to use the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier here in Ottawa as an informal, outdoor confessional site. To air out my self-doubts, concerns, fears, grievances, hopes, etc.. Before certain fools used the National War Memorial as an outdoor urinal on the evening of Canada Day 2006.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/charge-dropped-for-man-who-urinated-on-national-war-memorial-1.670903
Because of that first instance, the honour guard from May to November that Cpl. Nathan Cirillo was killed as part of in 2014 was instituted. A friend of mine had the horrible luck to be there to witness that shooting when it happened.
https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/first-person-at-the-war-memorial/
(Sidebar: that particular friend went on to run the local SF publisher Bundoran Press until its end early in Pandemic times.)
And now we're rolling up the Ottawa Siege, and dealing with consequences. Such as one documented by Evan Solomon:
https://twitter.com/EvanLSolomon/status/1495448514448527364
I cannot help but think that the honour guard is now going to be a year-round thing, and that my days of using the Tomb of the Unknown as an outdoor confessional during the winter months are about to end. It is a selfish thought, yes, and I own it as such.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/charge-dropped-for-man-who-urinated-on-national-war-memorial-1.670903
Because of that first instance, the honour guard from May to November that Cpl. Nathan Cirillo was killed as part of in 2014 was instituted. A friend of mine had the horrible luck to be there to witness that shooting when it happened.
https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/first-person-at-the-war-memorial/
(Sidebar: that particular friend went on to run the local SF publisher Bundoran Press until its end early in Pandemic times.)
And now we're rolling up the Ottawa Siege, and dealing with consequences. Such as one documented by Evan Solomon:
https://twitter.com/EvanLSolomon/status/1495448514448527364
I cannot help but think that the honour guard is now going to be a year-round thing, and that my days of using the Tomb of the Unknown as an outdoor confessional during the winter months are about to end. It is a selfish thought, yes, and I own it as such.
A Trumpist Representative has offered asylum to the Convoy Crowd, comparing Canada to Venezuela.
https://twitter.com/EvanLSolomon/status/1495168035925237761
The encampment at the baseball stadium has self-dismantled.
https://twitter.com/judyatrinh/status/1495138661888929796
Stuff that got left behind in the retreat:
https://twitter.com/melmarquis/status/1495381187963101188
As for where they've retreated to:
https://twitter.com/MonicaCYOW/status/1495397749818331138
(Yeah, Arnprior and Embrum need help now instead of Centretown and Lowertown.)
One small part of Cindy Blackstock's reaction in the moment:
https://twitter.com/cblackst/status/1495392214041743364
This is definitely an incomplete listing.
https://twitter.com/EvanLSolomon/status/1495168035925237761
The encampment at the baseball stadium has self-dismantled.
https://twitter.com/judyatrinh/status/1495138661888929796
Stuff that got left behind in the retreat:
https://twitter.com/melmarquis/status/1495381187963101188
As for where they've retreated to:
https://twitter.com/MonicaCYOW/status/1495397749818331138
(Yeah, Arnprior and Embrum need help now instead of Centretown and Lowertown.)
One small part of Cindy Blackstock's reaction in the moment:
https://twitter.com/cblackst/status/1495392214041743364
This is definitely an incomplete listing.
CBC Ottawa Reporter Joanne Chianello:
https://twitter.com/jchianello/status/1494280512592089088
And with Kate Porter:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/police-chief-diane-deans-1.6354150
Wow. This turned into an Unholy Mess. In addition to a serial cliffhanger story.
https://twitter.com/jchianello/status/1494280512592089088
And with Kate Porter:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/police-chief-diane-deans-1.6354150
Wow. This turned into an Unholy Mess. In addition to a serial cliffhanger story.
Starting 26 July 2021
Jul. 26th, 2021 09:38 amJob search continues this morning. Also, I've got the TV tuned to CBC News for the installation ceremony of Mary Simon/Ningiukudluk as Governor-General of Canada. Watching today's Ottawa Police Services Board meeting will have to wait for tomorrow, probably. Especially if I take in the Zoom meeting of the Ottawa Science-Fiction Society tonight after supper.
Maybe I go get that second vaccination dose tomorrow.
More as it develops...
End of May 2021 - Partial Plans
May. 31st, 2021 08:35 amOne more filling to take care of this morning. Getting to the dentist and back via public transit would - barring shopping errands on the way home - normally be expected to take about three hours. This, despite the relative proximity of the dentist's offices to home, because of transit route schedule peculiarities.
Job search continues. I've got my job-search diary spreadsheet opened up in Apple Numbers.
Listening to news coverage of the consequences of the "Kamloops" graves coming back to light...and "coming back to light" is a deliberate phrasing choice on my part. Canadians were warned by way of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's reports that evidence and graves like these would be rediscovered.
There's a meeting of the Ottawa Police Services Board starting at noon today. I expect that if it runs long enough, I might still get to see some of the deliberations via YouTube.
Job search continues. I've got my job-search diary spreadsheet opened up in Apple Numbers.
Listening to news coverage of the consequences of the "Kamloops" graves coming back to light...and "coming back to light" is a deliberate phrasing choice on my part. Canadians were warned by way of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's reports that evidence and graves like these would be rediscovered.
There's a meeting of the Ottawa Police Services Board starting at noon today. I expect that if it runs long enough, I might still get to see some of the deliberations via YouTube.
All Three Counts
Apr. 20th, 2021 05:31 pmGeorge Floyd should have lived.
This is not over and done.
It's something.
And it's still not over and done.
This is not over and done.
It's something.
And it's still not over and done.
This is kind of hopeful
Apr. 17th, 2021 10:16 amhttps://twitter.com/CheriDiNovo/status/1383419739276333059
https://twitter.com/mattgurney/status/1383251399144660995
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-police-checks-covid19-1.5991872
How to build upon this whilst still also slowing down the Pandemic further?
https://twitter.com/mattgurney/status/1383251399144660995
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-police-checks-covid19-1.5991872
How to build upon this whilst still also slowing down the Pandemic further?
Apparently this is about to get underway as I type this. Details available on YouTube or at Ottawa.ca if you're interested. Figure this is as good a way of researching how my city is run while I'm looking for whatever job(s) I can land, right? Catch as many of their open meetings as they care to stream live from City Hall?
And we're live...
And we're live...
SAFETY: Police Data Breaches
Sep. 22nd, 2020 05:58 pmMaybe it's the superhero comics fan in me, but this is the kind of thing that should get a Batman or an Iron Man's attention. Or more likely, Alpha Flight.
Thirty-eight police agencies across Canada?
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/blueleaks-published-thousands-of-documents-from-canadian-police-agencies-1.5734311
Thirty-eight police agencies across Canada?
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/blueleaks-published-thousands-of-documents-from-canadian-police-agencies-1.5734311
WORDS: Pathocracy
Aug. 2nd, 2020 02:18 pmThat's my new word today.
Here's why:
https://www.salon.com/2020/08/01/on-the-de-trumpification-of-america-it-definitely-wont-be-easy-but-it-must-be-done/
On a related note, dealing with many Eurasian nations:
https://foreignpolicy.com/2016/12/22/the-unlearned-lessons-from-the-collapse-of-the-soviet-union/
Here's why:
https://www.salon.com/2020/08/01/on-the-de-trumpification-of-america-it-definitely-wont-be-easy-but-it-must-be-done/
On a related note, dealing with many Eurasian nations:
https://foreignpolicy.com/2016/12/22/the-unlearned-lessons-from-the-collapse-of-the-soviet-union/
