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Timothy Snyder: On Anticipatory Obedience
Oct. 26th, 2024 05:50 pmInteresting timing, in light of the behaviour of Patrick Soon-Shiong and Jeff Bezos this last couple of days...and also the fact that I just bought my copy of Prof. Snyder's On Freedom.
Film/TV: Prop Creation
Jul. 17th, 2023 11:06 amNo matter who designed a printed prop for any given TV show or movie made in California over the past century, it seems that one company managed to corner the market for printing them out:
If there are similar operations in Vancouver, Toronto, Montréal...? I don't know who they are yet. I expect to find out.
If there are similar operations in Vancouver, Toronto, Montréal...? I don't know who they are yet. I expect to find out.
And switching from listening to The Current on CBC Radio One to watching Ottawa City Hall's Environment and Climate Change Committee meeting scheduled for this morning!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYHOotGLeso
Yes, my job search continues as I watch this. I consider watching city council meetings part of my job search intel-gathering process.
About the provincial "Blue Box" programme in Ontario?
https://pub-ottawa.escribemeetings.com/filestream.ashx?DocumentId=128210
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYHOotGLeso
Yes, my job search continues as I watch this. I consider watching city council meetings part of my job search intel-gathering process.
About the provincial "Blue Box" programme in Ontario?
https://pub-ottawa.escribemeetings.com/filestream.ashx?DocumentId=128210
I'm watching the Day 2 testimony of Catherine McKenney and Mathieu Fleury at the Public Order Emergency Commission's hearings into the Convoy Siege of Ottawa as I type this. Playing catch-up is what I'm doing.
Chilled anew at the dysfunction - accidental in places, intentional in others - that enabled this three-week siege of Centretown and Lowertown. Fleury and McKenney describe a horror and a threat that was both loud and quietly creeping. Friends of mine who live and/or work in those neighbourhoods, strangers as well, affected in an ongoing series of not-so-micro-aggressions. The theft of so many national symbols in service to a crime against the residents and workers, and a worse crime being demanded of the Senate and the Governor-General via that "Memorandum of Understanding".
We are not done with this, because the people who organized it are not done making plans to harm the rest of us. These hearings are needed, in part, for that reason.
Chilled anew at the dysfunction - accidental in places, intentional in others - that enabled this three-week siege of Centretown and Lowertown. Fleury and McKenney describe a horror and a threat that was both loud and quietly creeping. Friends of mine who live and/or work in those neighbourhoods, strangers as well, affected in an ongoing series of not-so-micro-aggressions. The theft of so many national symbols in service to a crime against the residents and workers, and a worse crime being demanded of the Senate and the Governor-General via that "Memorandum of Understanding".
We are not done with this, because the people who organized it are not done making plans to harm the rest of us. These hearings are needed, in part, for that reason.
Ottawa Siege: Emergencies Act Hearings II
Oct. 14th, 2022 08:48 pmFor anyone interested in watching:
https://publicorderemergencycommission.ca/public-hearings/
You can watch in real time when hearings are in progress, or review the recordings after the fact, as you prefer...
https://publicorderemergencycommission.ca/public-hearings/
You can watch in real time when hearings are in progress, or review the recordings after the fact, as you prefer...
Okay, I've been cleared to share the resources we were shown in the CAWI workshop! This is, of course, tailored specifically to Ottawa. I'm hoping to be able to look at some ACORN Ottawa stuff too in the next little while.
Videos:
Elections resources:
Videos:
- Municipalities: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21V8tZjFYnU
- Why Voting Matters: https://youtu.be/Q8RisdKgAqY
- Who does What: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVE3OsR5W-0
- What does a Mayor do (according to kids)? - https://youtu.be/EcEJNu3NnYk
- Getting ready for a Vote Pop-Up - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNVFOZFUcs0
- Running a Vote Pop-Up - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0VmlQrJgUk
Elections resources:
- Voter look up: https://www.voterlookup.ca/index.aspx
- Who's running my ward? - https://elections.ottawa.ca/UI/CandidateList/CandidateList
- Changes in wards and other resources: https://ottawa.ca/en/city-hall/elections/learn-more-about-municipal-elections#section-6aa9d6ce-068a-4f71-9427-e706cb6770e2
Books: The Atlas of Imagined Places
Jul. 25th, 2022 10:19 pmI gave myself an indulgence on the weekend: The Atlas of Imagined Places.
Five thousand or so fictional places, and the author and cartographer putting this book together tried to figure out where they'd all be. Don't even try to figure out how to string together the backstories of how all these places from different fictional universes could co-exist. Just enjoy and debate the placements. I will.
Five thousand or so fictional places, and the author and cartographer putting this book together tried to figure out where they'd all be. Don't even try to figure out how to string together the backstories of how all these places from different fictional universes could co-exist. Just enjoy and debate the placements. I will.
If you want to watch a pedestrian bridge over a river being installed in real time with muzak accompaniment, , check this out!
Linking Carleton University to Vincent Massey Park in the near-south end of Ottawa this weekend! Actual usage by the public begins in 2023! Video feed provided by Rail Fans Canada!
Linking Carleton University to Vincent Massey Park in the near-south end of Ottawa this weekend! Actual usage by the public begins in 2023! Video feed provided by Rail Fans Canada!
This is terrifying to my brain to read:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/lowest-voter-turnout-ontario-history-elections-1.6476344
Yes, there's still ballot-counting to be done as of today. Even so, the drop in turnout is a horrible development. I'd been hoping over this past decade that people were still heeding advice (*) from the likes of Rick Mercer to show up in greater numbers with each election held and completed.
And we've got municipal elections in October in Ontario, right?
(*) - Yes, the video is from 2011, and the Rant is focused on people aged between 18 and 25, and the advice still holds for the wider public.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/lowest-voter-turnout-ontario-history-elections-1.6476344
Yes, there's still ballot-counting to be done as of today. Even so, the drop in turnout is a horrible development. I'd been hoping over this past decade that people were still heeding advice (*) from the likes of Rick Mercer to show up in greater numbers with each election held and completed.
And we've got municipal elections in October in Ontario, right?
(*) - Yes, the video is from 2011, and the Rant is focused on people aged between 18 and 25, and the advice still holds for the wider public.
Keeping Up - 7 Feb 2022
Feb. 7th, 2022 07:14 pmJust stumbled onto a live 'cast of Ottawa City Council!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_6CfY_IKVw
I noticed the AGs of Ohio and Florida - the latter not a surprise, given DeSantis' announced position - are announcing pesecutory investigation plans for the future of GoFundMe.
https://www.npr.org/2022/02/07/1078861392/ottawa-protest-state-of-emergency
And of course, there's crypto-grifting going on, too:
https://twitter.com/jacoblorinc/status/1490868775562137602
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_6CfY_IKVw
I noticed the AGs of Ohio and Florida - the latter not a surprise, given DeSantis' announced position - are announcing pesecutory investigation plans for the future of GoFundMe.
https://www.npr.org/2022/02/07/1078861392/ottawa-protest-state-of-emergency
And of course, there's crypto-grifting going on, too:
https://twitter.com/jacoblorinc/status/1490868775562137602
Flight and the Quiet Happy
Dec. 25th, 2021 07:17 pmThis morning, I tried to watch the launch of the new space telescope on YouTube, but it turned out I missed the launch time by about seven minutes. I still got to see enough to make me quietly happy for most of the rest of the day.
The household range is having problems. The heating elements on top are still working just fine for frying, steaming and boiling, but the burner box - the oven - is not in good shape. I'd call the process of heating anything "sluggish" if anything. We're not sure what's caused that, and calling for help is naturally Problematic right now. So cooking lasagna was cancelled in favour of relying upon Pizza Pizza last night.
My day job is on hold until after New Year's due to lack of people available to supervise.
*shrugs*
More as it comes to mind...
The household range is having problems. The heating elements on top are still working just fine for frying, steaming and boiling, but the burner box - the oven - is not in good shape. I'd call the process of heating anything "sluggish" if anything. We're not sure what's caused that, and calling for help is naturally Problematic right now. So cooking lasagna was cancelled in favour of relying upon Pizza Pizza last night.
My day job is on hold until after New Year's due to lack of people available to supervise.
*shrugs*
More as it comes to mind...
YouTube and Fighter Plane Control Systems
Dec. 10th, 2021 10:20 amThis is available via MIT's OpenCourseWare?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n068fel-W9I
Guessing that the guy delivering this lecture will have a lot in common with the MCU version of Jim "War Machine" Rhodes in terms of career history...? At least, before Rhodes started hanging out with Stark...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n068fel-W9I
Guessing that the guy delivering this lecture will have a lot in common with the MCU version of Jim "War Machine" Rhodes in terms of career history...? At least, before Rhodes started hanging out with Stark...
Ottawa: Budget 2022
Dec. 8th, 2021 10:03 amWatching the closing deliberations get underway right now as I job-search:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8CaVYAyu80
https://app05.ottawa.ca/sirepub/mtgviewer.aspx?meetid=8228&doctype=AGENDA
I can rationalise watching this YouTube livestream because the city is also a prospective employer, right?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8CaVYAyu80
https://app05.ottawa.ca/sirepub/mtgviewer.aspx?meetid=8228&doctype=AGENDA
I can rationalise watching this YouTube livestream because the city is also a prospective employer, right?
ByMUG - November 7, 2021
Nov. 7th, 2021 09:22 amSince it's the first Sunday of the month, my local Mac User Group is holding a Zoom meeting today. As the website notes:
"For November’s meeting we’re going to discuss impressions of the freshly-released macOS Monterey and the MacBook Pro laptops, along with trying to answer any other iOS/Mac-related questions as best as we can.
The meeting takes place on Sunday, November 7th, 2021, at 1 p.m. and we will send the link & instructions out via the mailing list about fifteen minutes before 1pm on Sunday."
"For November’s meeting we’re going to discuss impressions of the freshly-released macOS Monterey and the MacBook Pro laptops, along with trying to answer any other iOS/Mac-related questions as best as we can.
The meeting takes place on Sunday, November 7th, 2021, at 1 p.m. and we will send the link & instructions out via the mailing list about fifteen minutes before 1pm on Sunday."
