carving “this machine kills fascists” into a 60lb rare earth magnet and launching it into a data center
I've been going on cat walks again, and here are some of the latest encounters.
People get hella mad when you suggest adult drivers should be more responsible than children walking/biking
the thing about having actual principles is that when a politician I respect does some stupid shit I can just be like, “that sucks, knock it off” instead of inventing an imaginary world where I’m forced to defend stupid shit for procedural 4d chess reasons
Today is the anniversary of he 1983 incident that became known as the "Gimli Glider" Air Canada Flight 143, a Boeing 767 ran out of fuel between Montreal and Edmonton, landing at a decomissioned RCAF base in Gimli Manitoba, gliding a total 19 km with no engines. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimli_G...
Gimli Glider - Wikipedia
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Just throwing it out there for no particular reason that some experts consider Amber Alerts to be little more than security theatre and claims of their effectiveness are often quite overblown. It's also real contentious on which children get an alert vs who don't. www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/...
How Many Lives Do Amber Alerts Really Save?
On Sunday, March 22nd of this year, a large swath of the population in Quebec was woken up at 4:25 as cell phones lit up and screamed. An Amber alert had been broadcast. Less than four hours later, th...
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Also for those who don't know what happened in Tuam and about the mother and baby homes in Ireland www.thejournal.ie/podcasts/635...
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Aedh MacTire / Haydyn Williams@tine119.bsky.social · 2w agoAnd there will probably be more. All who knew. All who did nothing. All who said nothing. All who participated…….deserve #Prison followed by their own special place in #Hell. And if they professed to serving their #Lord, then they are liars! www.thejournal.ie/tuam-mother-...
If anyone ever wants to argue that local history and historians are not important, then this should put that to rest. But for Catherine Corless and her labour none of these would have been searched for.
Aedh MacTire / Haydyn Williams@tine119.bsky.social · 2w agoAnd there will probably be more. All who knew. All who did nothing. All who said nothing. All who participated…….deserve #Prison followed by their own special place in #Hell. And if they professed to serving their #Lord, then they are liars! www.thejournal.ie/tuam-mother-...
Some people wandering around Winnipeg, running errands
Peter Lucier@peterlucier.bsky.social · 3w agoThe itinerary for the boys’ trip to Holland may have been overly ambitious. Starring Sean Connery
Here's what I have to say to the guy waving the 'war on cars has gone too far' sign: I actually think it needs to be escalated based on the amount of traffic I'm still seeing
I'm back on my sims bullshit again and I've finally figured out the pose player. I was very proud to get this to actually fucking work, considering all but one of these guys are guests at my sims house.
As a pedestrian, my goal is to take up as much space as possible. As a driver, you need to be in less of a goddamn rush and slow down.
Just a reminder that you can help researchers keep tabs on the tick population in Canada by uploading photos of any ticks you are unlucky enough to encounter to eTick.ca.
eTick -
A public platform for image-based identification and population monitoring of ticks in Canada.
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I realized after work that I accidently returned the wrong book on Libby this morning. 😭 Book series having similar titles and covers is all well and good until this happens. Guess I'll wait until the end of summer to read it. 🤷
Yesterday he said Canada is so extremely fragile we can't have a climate plan anymore.
Unofficial CTV News Mirror@ctvnews-mirror.bsky.social · last mo.‘Unshakeable foundation’: Carney celebrates unity in Canada Day address
How I spent my evening: 1. Calling my mother 2. Reading about large single-cell organisms
Time to wait 20 minutes for the connecter bus from the airport, because I'm personally offended by the idea of paying $60+ to get to my house
They have Universal Language available on my flight to Winnipeg and so I'm legally obligated to watch it again.
🚨 Bill C-22 forces every Canadian internet provider, messaging app & cloud service to build surveillance backdoors and store a year of your data. Foreign state hackers exploited similar legislation in the US. Shut the backdoor: openmedia.org/StopC22-bsky #BillC22
Stop the Surveillance State: Stop Bill C-22!
🚨 Bill C-22 forces every Canadian internet provider, messaging app & cloud service to build surveillance backdoors and store a year of your data. Foreign state hackers exploited similar legislation in...
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YALL FR Instagram blocks your content from anyone who doesn’t have an account or the app. The number of times I find an artist who’s only on IG and I’m like “damn okay 🪦🥀” and just leave.
Bruno Dias@brunodias.dev · 2mo agograbbing every small business owner I can find by the shoulders and yelling directly into their faces that IF I DON'T HAVE AN INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT I CAN'T SEE ANY OF YOUR SHIT GET A FUCKING WEBSITE
I had to put down Anna and the French Kiss after finding out that she didn't even know the word 'bonjour' Emily in Paris levels of bullshit
ONeillJones@oneilljones.com · 2mo agoalright y'all, what's the pettiest reason you DNF'd a book? I'll go first- the protag of the book disparaged Star Trek's Seven of Nine and said she wasn't sexy
🧵 Now that the public consultation period has been extended … ✍🏻 Do you know how to send feedback on the proposed policy? ✍🏻 (Hint: this doesn’t just mean writing to your MP.) (And it DEFINITELY doesn’t mean complaining about it on social media.)
After 'feedback from thousands,' Carney government slows down sweeping environmental changes | CBC News
The Carney government is slowing down planned regulatory changes that angered some First Nations and mobilized civil society organizations.
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Carney assures Canadians that AI the fastest way to give all our money to US billionaires
Carney assures Canadians that AI the fastest way to give all our money to US billionaires
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark has unveiled his new federal AI strategy, promising Canadians that artificial intelligence technology is the most advanced, efficient way to surrender all of our collectiv...
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This is a lie. One time I admitted I was wrong and then I died instantly.
weeder@weeder.bsky.social · 2mo agoNot sure who needs to hear this but admitting you're wrong doesn't kill you instantly
Well, it happened again. I got put on the jumbotron at the grocery store and everyone booed my groceries