Weekly roundup March 1-7

07 March 2021

Articles/Columns

Companies Should Examine Their Troubled Pasts – Before Courts Do It for Them Americas Quarterly

Sportsnet’s Blue Jays radio call is short-sighted — and hopefully short-lived Toronto Star

Paper trail in Beirut explosion winds back to London address used by shell companies The Globe and Mail

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@NonsenseIsland made a great thread about classical music in cartoons and this was one of my favourite ones.

Beethoven's Fifth was used in World War II cartoons for a very specific reason: the Morse Code for "V" is dot-dot-dot-dash, and so the similar motif from the Beethoven piece symbolized "V for Victory" to wartime audiences. pic.twitter.com/lzigsdTCsf

— Vincent Alexander (@NonsenseIsland) March 1, 2021