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Q. Pheevr@q.pheevr.ca · 7d ago

So, I haven’t seen Nolan’s Odyssey for myself yet, but thanks to all the discussion of it online, I have a solid sense that it’s less faithful to Homer than Wilson’s version, but more faithful than Honda’s.

Q. Pheevr@q.pheevr.ca · last wk.

The Toronto Star: ① Cancelled my subscription because whatever deal I was on expired and “due to Quebec consumer protection legislation, we are unable to continue your subscription at our regular subscription rate without your express consent” (even though they’re in ON and I’m in NS).

Q. Pheevr@q.pheevr.ca · 2w ago

#AmEditing a paper whose first author is no less picky about formatting than I am, and significantly grumpier about it. The LaTeX code is full of inventive kludges, and the comments are full of swearing.

Q. Pheevr@q.pheevr.ca · 2w ago

I feel the obvious choice here is Emma Thompson, but that’s been done already, hasn’t it? www.imdb.com/title/tt0420... Privacy’s a concern. Lemony Snicket would warn people not to listen—but probably to no avail. So I’m going with Harpo Marx.

Nanoraptor@nanoraptor.danamania.com · 2w ago

You suddenly get a narrator describing your life and there’s no way to turn it off - everyone can hear it. While shopping, at work, at home, with friends - the voice narrating your every move goes on. Who do you hope is the voice of this narrator?

Q. Pheevr@q.pheevr.ca · 2w ago

When I say billionaires shouldn’t exist, I mean the category, not the individual people in it. For example, I wish JB Pritzker a long and happy life; I’d just like to see his wealth taxed down to the nonuple digits. Trillionaires, on the other hand…

Q. Pheevr@q.pheevr.ca · 2w ago

Hey, remember when if your operating system couldn’t run the latest version of a piece of software, you could just go on using the one you had installed, and no matter how evil and rapacious the company that made it was, they couldn’t just make your old version stop working? Those were the days.

Screenshot of a pop-up window titled “What’s New in Word”. It contains two copies of a notice that says “⚠️ Action needed by July 13. Starting July 13, some devices may lose the ability to edit and save in Microsoft 365 apps. Check your device now to find out if you are affected and what to do next.”
Iva Cheung@ivacheung.com · 2w ago

This is the chart for folks on disability income—that is, people we expect not to be able to earn income from employment. If we're saying "This is what you need to survive" and we give people less money than they need to survive, then tell me how this isn't eugenics with extra steps.

Figure 4CA: Adequacy of total welfare incomes for example unattached single with a disability households in the provinces, 2025 A bar chart showing disability income in different provinces relative to the poverty and deep poverty lines. Only Alberta (AISH) and Newfoundland and Labrador have rates above the deep poverty line. All have rates under the poverty line.