On the DEWLine 2.0: Dwight Williams

Got laundry done. Carried out some of my democratic duties as a registered member of a political party. Got shopping done. Did my weekly CPAP equipment-cleaning. Also, continuing with the star map projects and checked in with some of you, here and elsewhere.

A productive Sunday.

I filed my application for coverage under the federal dental insurance plan yesterday.

Finally.

Crossed these off the to-do list today:

Gon'Cra
Deep Space 3
Starbase 514
24 Aquarii
Jod'Cor
Mivic
Huranzi
Latroci
Septimus

Nailed down four more systems' host stars last night. I'm not entirely happy with the choices, mainly because the catalogue numbers available to use are not short enough and distinct enough. Numbers starting with GAIA DR3, APASS9, SKYM2, 2MASS and so on...and the SIMBAD database is very much a work in progress, perpetually playing catch-up with the new data - or old data finally data-entered after months to years' waiting - as it comes in.

I finally started to solve a puzzle I'd set up for myself in my Edge of Midnight project tonight. I'll try to share what I did tomorrow at some point.

Have a look if you like.

https://www.deviantart.com/dewline-ottawa/art/WIP-Edge-of-Midnight-Disputed-Zone-Base-Map-980408637

This is still a work in progress. I am not happy with legibiity of the place names, not yet. I've switched most of the labelling over to Helvetica for now, pending a decision on what to switch the labels to.

If you know of any communities and connections that I should add to this map, please tell me!

Got started last night. Expecting to make time for more practice today.

I was discussing the lists of recommendations, one from from the Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls' Inquiry and the other from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission elsewhere on Facebook this morning. From the MMIWG recommendations, this is one I can selfishly agree with:

4.5 Establish a guaranteed annual livable income for all Canadians, including Indigenous peoples, to meet all their social and economic needs.

That aside, I'm making a note to review the whole list. If there's some web site tracking Canadian and Canadian-adjacent nations' progress towards achieving them...?  CBC News has a page set aside for tracking progress on the TRC Calls to Action.

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/