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Chris Want @cwant@mathstodon.xyz
@cwant.bsky.social
Dad, husband, mathematician, programmer, musician, designer, etc. In Edmonton, Canada.
Two choices I like for different reasons: • Outlandos d'Amour / Reggatta de Blanc / Zenyatta Mondatta • In the City / This is the Modern World / All Mod Cons
Mia Murphy 🏳️⚧️@miamurphy.com · 4d agoWhat's the best three album run from a band? (the correct answer is Moving Pictures, Signals, and Grace Under Pressure by Rush, but I'm excited to learn second place)
post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, soundgarden, pearl jam, or alice in chains. www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbeJ...
Stereolab - Dots and Loops (1997) (Full Album)
YouTube video by Raúl.Nicolás
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Today appears to be "bus anarchy day", where bus drivers just do whatever they want, and only stop if they feel like it. #yeg
I guess this means CircleK will continue to serve the soccer themed frosters instead of my sugar-free one.
"I just want you to be a fucking phone!" -- me, as I turn off the newest AI features pushed by a recent update.
Ho Ho (HUB mall): "Here's your soup!" Me: "Umm, where's the spoons?" Ho Ho: "We don't have any!" Me: ... (A simple warning of "we have no spoons" *before* buying the soup would have been nice.)
If you think AI sucks now, wait until these companies are so desperate to have an income stream that we start casually having Taco Bell mentioned in our chat responses.
Million dollar idea: a Chrome extension that automatically closes all tabs from completed Zoom and Google meetings.
I'm pretty sure that Bluesky's "Discover" feed is just stuff you've seen already in a different order.
"Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should."
New app idea: "Halfsies" So basically I want to buy a McCain's Deep'n Delicious cake, but I don't want to eat a whole one. Halfsies locates a second party who also wants to buy a Deep 'n Delicious cake and we split it. (Note: the app would also help split non-Deep'n Delicious things.)
I wish the Blue Jays had won. I do. That said, I'm eager to not hear anything about baseball for the next several months.
post an unusual sign if you feel like it
Doug Mack@douglasmack.bsky.social · last yr.post an unusual sign if you feel like it
LinkedIn: "Here's a notification you don't care about ..." Also LinkedIn: "Here's a bullshit message you don't care about ..."
I was trying to remember the word "provenance" this morning ... thanks for the help Google!
I would like to start a petition to add the line "We're a sovereign nation, you orange shitgibbon" to O Canada.
@dirklancer.bsky.social I suspect you're not vegan, but for some reason this skeet reminded me of you ...
Chicago Tudor Revival AF@tudoraf.bsky.social · last yr.Picking up paczki from a vegan bakery in an alley, as is traditional.
Another feel-good story ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/dutch-p... (Go Holland!)
Dutch pension fund ABP sells all Alphabet and Meta shares, CEO tells newspaper FD
ABP, the Netherlands' largest pension fund, has sold its shares in tech companies Meta and Alphabet, its CEO told Dutch newspaper FD in an interview published on Monday. CEO Harmen van Wijnen said th...
ca.finance.yahoo.com
A feel-good story: www.businessinsider.com/europe-pensi...
A Dutch pension fund sold its entire stake in Tesla, reportedly worth $585 million
A Dutch pension fund sold its stake in Tesla because it disapproved of Elon Musk's pay package and the company's working conditions, a report says.
businessinsider.com
It would be amusing if Loblaws renamed their generic brand to Prime Minister's Choice.
Maybe Trump wants the US to take over so many places so that as a felon he'll be legally entitled to visit them?