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sundogplanets, 8 days ago to random

I am talking o a reporter about this in a couple hours: https://regina.ctvnews.ca/from-outer-space-sask-farmers-baffled-after-discovering-strange-wreckage-in-field-1.6880353

This is about an hour away from my farm, so this'll be a fun conversation, and yet another great opportunity to tell a lot of people about what a huge problem we have with unregulated commercialization of orbit. (Also I just redid my slides for my public talk next week, this is going in!)

AnnaAnthro, 9 days ago (edited 9 days ago) to uk

Five babies in #England reported dead after developing whooping cough.

Vaccines for expecting moms and kids exist.

First major outbreak in 20 years. #uk #nhs

https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/may/09/whooping-cough-five-babies-england-die

qui_oui, 13 days ago to random

I think this is going to be the norm... recently a family member of a friend of mine was in Florida and had an accident, and ended up dying in hospital there instead of at home - no beds were available in Ontario https://globalnews.ca/news/10460063/injured-man-abroad-hospital-beds/

sundogplanets, 16 days ago to random

Yesterday after riding in the car, listening to CBC News, my 7yo asked "Why is there a grocery store called Blah Blahs?"

And that is what I will forever call Loblaw's.

sundogplanets, 18 days ago to random

No new baby goats this morning (just the 4 from the last few days). The mama who's been gigantic for the last month is due today, so hopefully she'll have lots of healthy babies! I predict 4 (and I predict she'll have them at the most obnoxious time...I have lots of meetings today, but I have even more meetings tomorrow that are way less flexible, so today would be great!)

dangillmor, 18 days ago to random

On a multi-person video call this morning, we were asked what podcasts we listen to.

I didn't get a chance to chime in but here's my answer:

None regularly. I don't have the time, even at fast playback, to listen to something linear that I could scan much more quickly if it was text.

Podcasters, please post transcripts.

qui_oui, 25 days ago to random

"Trans children and youth often come out at school to experience affirmation from their peers and staff before coming out to their families for good reason: the stakes of family rejection are very high, as evidenced by the fact that as many as 40 per cent of homeless youth in Canada are LGBTQ." (June, 2023) https://archive.is/IRUJf

ottaross, 29 days ago to random

Grandma names were pretty great in the old days.

Saw a Mabel from @Shanitoba, and an Edna from @skatem and I had a Winifred.

Anyone have a classic grandma (or great-grandma) name?

ottaross, 1 month ago to random

Is it #petpeeve time?
checks watch
Oh, my watch says it's always pet-peeve time. Perfect.

When someone posts question to a discussion board (eg #stackExchange) like:

Q: "How can I fritz a doodad with C++"

and the replies are…

A: "Why not just use JibbleFritz?"

Instead of saying "You can do that with a tool called JibbleFritz, here's a link"

Anyway - that's it, that's the toot.

casseagull, 1 month ago to random

Anyone in Ottawa having Rogers or Teksavvy cable issues this morning? We are unable to load some websites (server not found).

All devices on our wifi are facing this, both personal and work devices, on and off VPN for the latter. Have rebooted the modem, changed DNS servers, flushed the cache, optimized the connection, connected to direct ethernet connection, nothing is working. The same sites work on cellular.

Any ideas? And yes, I am actually asking for advice, so now is your chance.

ottaross, 1 month ago to random

Feeling like junk food but I don't have any. Oh, bit of quality dark chocolate on hand though, at least. Not the junky kind though.

qui_oui, 2 months ago to random

I'm just trying to understand where they get "fear" from anything Butler has been saying, at this point

qui_oui, 2 months ago to random

"A left that does not even attempt to address millions of newly-disabled people who have been harmed and then abandoned by the state, many of whom are falling into economic duress and even homelessness, is unserious. A left that actively contributes to the spread of the illness and mocks those attempting to mitigate it, is dangerous." https://www.thegauntlet.news/p/why-wear-a-mask-to-a-protest

AnnaAnthro, 2 months ago to random

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ottaross, 2 months ago to random

#MondayMorning. Before I get my head buried in bits, bytes and soldering I'm boiling up the small red adzuki beans I was soaking yesterday.

#anko #redBeanPaste

qui_oui, 2 months ago to random

It's very frustrating to feel powerless about this particular issue, and it's going to affect almost everyone. I would love to know what we can do, outside of an election, to help stop this process https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/health-advocates-accuse-the-province-of-starving-the-public-hospital-system-to-support-private

qui_oui, 2 months ago to random

Serious question... does anyone know how to make a change to something on Google Maps? There is a serious problem with how people are directed to my street, it happens every week with a delivery I receive, and one guy just spent 20 minutes looking for my place!

qui_oui, 2 months ago to random

I think I got some proper sleep last night for the first time in a week!

gemelliz, 3 months ago to ontario

A reminder that Premier Ford is offering family doctors a 0% increase at a time when there's a dire shortage & family doctors are fleeing in droves.
The Ford govt says they're "trying to get more family doctors" but the fact that the $38 per patient visit hasn’t increased in more than 5 years proves they really aren't.
Also 💥​ #DougFord's pharmacist reimbursements for those bogus phone "medication checks" are DOUBLE what a family doctor get paid per in person visit.

#Bill60 #onpoli #ontario