On the DEWLine 2.0: Dwight Williams

So while I've been working at my day job, I've also been using the afternoons to listen to this year's edition of CBC Radio's Massey Lectures series. Some of you may be familiar to varying degrees with the author delivering them...?

https://www.cbc.ca/radiointeractives/ideas/2023-cbc-massey-lectures-astra-taylor

I needed to hear these six hours' worth of radio.

Petra Meyer came up with this list the other day. You might have preferences of your own. Some of you, I see, have works included in this list, and I offer congratulations upon that inclusion!

Not sure how many of these I've been able to read yet, but that is a quest for another day.

https://www.npr.org/2021/08/18/1027159166/best-books-science-fiction-fantasy-past-decade

Is this a good thing for the Public Broadcaster to be doing?

https://www.ottawamatters.com/local-news/former-cbc-workers-ask-crtc-to-investigate-public-broadcasters-branded-content-unit-2880419

From CBC's POV:

https://tandem.cbcrc.ca/en/

This was a choice conversation to listen to over the radio as it was happening earlier today...

https://soundcloud.com/cbcottawa1/ottawa-morning-interview-with-oc-transpos-pat-scrimgeour

Stumbled across this in my job search alerts today. No idea how long it'll be unfilled, but I hope someone in my friendlist might find the news useful!

https://careersen-tvo.icims.com/jobs/2532/development-officer%2c-mid-level-giving/job?mode=job&iis=Indeed&iisn=no+source+names+available

About that pro-CBC rally here in Ottawa-Gatineau today? I went. On foot, from parc Jacques-Cartier to Parliament Hill. Across the Alexandra Bridge, which I once would've been ready to swear would never happen.

Then I got reminded that others present at the rally had walked all the way from Montréal.

Let that sink in for a minute.

I got nothin' on those Montréalais.

(Noting also, some of those walking tours by various First Nations' groups in support of their own causes who walked further from more isolated places...)

Glad I got the exercise, though...

An accurate distance to the Pleiades star cluster, at long last? Maybe? I can think of at least one role-playing game supplement in need of the info.

Some commentary on possible consequences of the Tim Horton's/Burger King deal being allowed to process unopposed. David Olive might be worth heeding on this point in particular.

On TVO's The Agenda: Ray Jayawardhana interviewed by Piya Chattopadhyay - known to CBC listeners from her work on The Current and Q - on the subject of the great neutrino hunt. Open this one only if you plan to spend a half-hour with it.

From Reuters: Putin's making "stay out of my way, I got nukes" noises. Insert any sarcastic remark you can imagine me making in reply to this. Also, Gwynne Dyer's noticing the changes in the situation.

Speaking of Prof. Dyer, and getting back to interstellar matters, he's holding forth on the subject of humans naming planets outside of Sol system as well. I think he's right about being outnumbered by Star Wars fandom on this one, and also not sanguine about "Tatooine" being the best choice for us to bestow upon an extrasolar planet...despite being a fan of Star Wars to some degree myself.

More anon...

I believe in public broadcasting. I want my taxes invested in it.

At the risk of damage to my reputation as a human being, here's what got me thinking along these lines:

http://rabble.ca/news/2014/04/cbc-life-support-or-killing-floor

We lost one of the greats of Sesame Street.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/story/2012/08/24/jerry-nelson-obit.html

If memory serves, the shutdown's already happened. Still, you might want a looksee at this thing:

http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=-5697277285782726070&hl=en-CA

Link provided by publicbroadcasting.ca.