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vsp, 4 days ago to random

Huh.

Bumped into a set of #Morinville councillors and their Mayor on the LRT tonight coming home from work.

#FCM2024 #FCM #yyc #yyccc #abmuni

vsp, 5 days ago (edited 2 days ago) to random

If folks want to have a discussion on infrastructure, and weak points in Calgary, consider, for a moment, the terrible state of deferred maintenance in our schools.

There are untold billions of maintenance that has been delayed at the CBE.

#yyccc #yycbe #weareCBE #ableg #abed #yyc

vsp, 10 days ago to random

That pop-pop-pop sound you hear from time to time? The one that comes from cars and motorcycles?

It's called a pop-tune mod.

Basically, and this is really simplifying it, the engine forces excess gas into the exhaust. Then, that gas 'pops' because there's an explosion.

#yyc #yyccc #ableg

Not sure about the legality of this car mod.

It does drive me nuts, though.

Clearly, the young gentlemen who apply this modification to their vehicles did not receive enough attention as children.

vsp, 15 days ago to random

Noise update.

History is here: https://mastodon.world/@vsp/109900990999943765

The polite security guard (same one from a year ago) knocked on my door about thirty minutes ago. I had been sleeping on my couch while a movie was playing.

Apparently, the downstairs neighbours called 30 minutes before that, about a noise coming from my unit.

I was, basically, sleeping, no feet touching the ground, and the television was playing low volume Warhammer 40k lore videos (the soft spoken type).

vsp, 17 days ago to Bangladesh

Thinking about my friends in #Bangladesh today.

vsp, 18 days ago to ai

There will be a whole mini-industry of keyboard key sticker-making in the years to come. #AI #Keyboard

In part, because of nonsense like this: https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2024/01/04/introducing-a-new-copilot-key-to-kick-off-the-year-of-ai-powered-windows-pcs/

robsonfletcher, 19 days ago to Law

Holy shit this story.

Police tried to extract a confession from this guy, and told him his father was dead when he actually wasn't.

Then they said they'd kill his dog:

"At one point during the interrogation, the investigators even threatened to have his pet Labrador Retriever, Margosha, euthanized as a stray, and brought the dog into the room so he could say goodbye. 'OK? Your dog’s now gone, forget about it,' said an investigator."

https://www.sbsun.com/2024/05/23/fontana-pays-nearly-900000-for-psychological-torture-inflicted-by-police-to-get-false-confession/

#police #law

vsp, 21 days ago to random

So, my local #YMCA ditched the downtown of Calgary, and in its stead...

... is now a $2,400/year private athletic club.

After investment by the public, the space that was part of the community... is now a private club.

Great.

When folks hear me rant about the loss of public spaces and community areas in the downtown -- this is what I point to.

An abject failure to safeguard third places and where Calgarians can gather.

Just infuriates me to no end.

#yyccc #yyc #yycdt

robsonfletcher, 22 days ago to Alberta

If you live in Alberta I have two questions for you:

Q1: In recent months, how easy or difficult has it been for you to meet your monthly expenses?

Q2: Would you be willing to speak with me about that for a story I'm working on for CBC News?

Please reply and/or DM!

#alberta #ableg #calgary #yyc #edmoton #yeg

vsp, 25 days ago to Aus

I remain stunned by the #McBride sentencing.

#Aus #Australia #Whistleblowers

vsp, 26 days ago to random

A little rainbow. With a little rain.

#yyc