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garrattguy

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#Stagehand (rtd), #machinist. Long ago I built Neil Peart’s rotary drum riser. Certified #steam traction guy #livesteamer, bird refugee, #MaskUp #ItsNotOver . VE0 MLZ

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garrattguy, to random
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He is risen! Therefore he is a …. ? Sorry don’t have an art credit, I stole it off the interwebs.

luckytran, to random
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One impact of COVID that we don’t talk about enough is how people are avoiding medical care because of lack of precautions like masking in healthcare settings. This doesn’t show up as COVID deaths or hospitalizations but delays in screening, diagnosis, and treatment increases the mortality rate of other diseases like cancer.

garrattguy,
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@luckytran Am in that situation right now. Trying to decide if I cancel an appointment because both doctor and refuse to say masking will be used because “it’s not required, you can wear your own” and “you can cancel if you want - it’s your choice”. Some choice. Give up or go and risk life-threatening infection. Level of ignorance in medical staff & med admin is astounding.

garrattguy, to random
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A hitherto respected GP with a photo of himself & chairman Harper on the wall of his office informed me today that is “endemic” & we are all going to get it eventually & it is “mild”. I was objecting to what I perceived as a potentially unnecessary medical appointment due to the risk of a nosocomial C19 infection because of the lack of masking & precautions in local hospitals. I pointed out that his view is not supported by either the science or mortality statistics. 🤷🏻‍♂️

gemelliz, to random
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Is there any doubt that the 'backroom boys' in the Ontario govt arrange these pointless factory tours to keep Doug "busy" & outta their hair?

#BusySellingOffAProvince #privatization #onpoli

garrattguy,
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@gemelliz @Snowshadow Looks more like a skid (shipping pallet) and that’s a (air-powered) nail gun. The sort of low-skill thing one imagines a convicted drug pusher doing while in jail.

ScienceDesk, to random
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Two supervolcanoes, a world apart, have the attention of scientists.

Minor earthquakes around the Campi Flegrei volcano in southern Italy are stoking some fears of an eruption, reports NBC News.

https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/supervolcanoes-earthquakes-flegrei-long-valley-caldera-rcna121781

garrattguy,
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@kierkegaank @ScienceDesk What was that quote again? When a respected senior scientist says “that can’t/won’t happen/cannot be done” etc, they are usually and inevitably wrong.

garrattguy,
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@kierkegaank @ScienceDesk “usually”. Exhibit one is the flat out refusal of respected infectious disease experts to accept the fact of airborne transmission. However, I’m with you on this one I think. If any of these super V’s blow their top humanity is done for. Nuclear winter on steroids if you survive the initial shockwaves.

RickiTarr, to random
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What is the best piece of advice you ever got?

garrattguy,
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@RickiTarr #NeverVoteConservative

NunavutBirder, to worldwithoutus
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Night time, below -37C. This is my home. #Nunavut #Arctic #photography #cold #astroPhotography

garrattguy,
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@vga256 @NunavutBirder Have experienced squeaky snow but not at -37! That’s scary cold.

garrattguy, to ontario
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Southern #ontario. What bug is going around that presents as a head cold and tests consistently negative for #COVID ? Any suggestions from #health pros on here?

jeffowski, to random
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What is the ultimate goal of privatizing public schools? To close public schools. To let the wealthy keep their taxes and create a libertarian dystopia.

If you can’t pay for your kids’s education, your kid goes to work. Thems the rules the privatizers want to live by, friends.

garrattguy,
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@jeffowski also under-educated people tend to vote Con.

ned, to random
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Haha, this is great! Perhaps the debacle will come with a positive outcome... #cdnpoli

'"In view of the scandalous events in the Canadian Parliament, which involved honouring, in the presence of President Zelenskyy, a member of the criminal Nazi SS Galizien formation, I have taken steps towards the possible extradition of this man to Poland," Przemysław Czarnek said in a social media post Tuesday.'

Bye, bye, Nazi!
Now let's quit with the Canadian infighting over this.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/yaroslav-hunka-poland-minister-extradite-1.6978266

garrattguy,
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@ned @dragonfrog @rorystarr It would be just like the CPC to have set this up to score cheap points. It’s what they do. That doesn’t excuse any lack of diligence in the speaker’s office of course.

BlackAzizAnansi, to random
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How am I just now finding out that another Armenian genocide just started up?!??

garrattguy,
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@BlackAzizAnansi @katmckatniss I turn on notifications for accounts I follow then only look at the notifications page. Doing this edits out the crap.

gemelliz, to Canada
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A new Canadian political party is set to emerge with a more centrist approach to federal politics than the Conservative Party of #Canada.
The new party — to be guided in the short term by former New Brunswick cabinet minister Dominic Cardy — will be announced on Wednesday.
Polls suggest there are many Canadians who suspect Pierre #Poilievre is too extreme a leader.

https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/don-t-like-pierre-poilievre-s-populist-path-these-conservatives-are-offering-another-option/article_11bd4989-e0c6-5980-8912-b6037fd178e5.html

garrattguy,
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@graand @Dragon @gemelliz In my nearly sixty years of living here I have often observed that we get better governance under minority parliaments than ones under the control of a majority winner. It need not be a formal coalition. The current NDP-Lib confidence and supply agreement is a good example.

garrattguy, to random
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Only thing I regret is that I can’t follow @GrimmReality more than once! He deserves at least twice.

GrimmReality, to random
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This may be 100% wrong and I am sure there is a ton of good data to refute it but it is a solid fact that when you are sick and it's not a barf-inducing sickness you can eat whatever the fuck you want.

garrattguy,
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@GrimmReality This thread! Bravo! Read the whole m’f*kin’ thing people. Its great. Jake I say! Best post on the interwebs right now. 100%.

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garrattguy,
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@betaquarii @bookstodon Tales of Known Space by Larry Niven.

AskPippa, to random
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As much as I like Olivia Chow as a possible mayor for #Toronto, one issue is a deal-breaker: the tearing down of the Gardiner Expressway.
I live in the east end of the city, and the boulevard option doesn't deal with the traffic as well. In fact, a lot of die-hard NDP neighbors said they will vote for someone else based on this one issue.

Here are the issues:

  • Most of these neighbors rely on using the Gardiner to get across town when public transit is not feasible. Parents taking their kids and gear across the city; people with mobility issues; leaving the city from the east end requires driving across town; deliveries; picking up bulk items from downtown shops or buying furniture from Kijiji; commuting to jobs across town that start at unusually early times, or are located in places poorly services by TTC (or it takes 2 hours by TTC vs 20 minutes driving). All those cars downtown and on the Gardiner aren’t people driving a few blocks – people are going serious distances.

  • While reducing car use in the city is laudable – it’s unrealistic, especially as huge numbers of new condos (complete with many new car owners living downtown) will be moving in over the next few years. It’s a numbers thing: even if the percentage of people driving downtown decreases, the absolute number will increase simply because there are more people and more cars.

  • On the east end, traffic is already terrible off Lakeshore. Exiting at Carlaw continues to be crowded and a mess. There are no really good ways (and too few) ways to leave the Lakeshore there and go north.

  • The plans I believe Ms Chow is referring too for tearing down the current construction-in-progress doesn’t have a good plan for cars exiting the Gardiner either – it will be an awful mess. I’m not convinced it can deal with the predicted volumes of traffic. It will become another Carlaw or worse.

  • And what about seamless connection to the DVP?

  • A couple of years ago, there were community surveys regarding the current plan – I filled one out. It has community support.

  • Tearing it down is also a huge waste of money – of which my tax payer money has gone into.

It's an issue that affects the heart of of various communities in the east end.
#TorontoMayor #OliviaChow #traffic

garrattguy,
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@AskPippa this is a niche argument. It misses the important point that the mayors chair needs to be occupied by a counterweight to the Doug Ford fascists in Queens Park. Olivia will do fine for that.

jace, (edited ) to random
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Finally, some rain.
BRB everyone, while I sit on the balcony and read. Best thing ever. #YYC #YYCwx #Calgary

garrattguy,
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@jace Finally some sun! It has rained here for the last fifteen days straight.

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