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Rob Copland
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Geography, GIS
Sunshine Coast BC, Canada
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Travis Head apologises to Day 3 ticket-holders after he sealed an Australia win inside two days 😅
November 22, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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Curved corridors to limit a shooter’s sight lines. Bullet-proof glass. Concrete “bump outs” in hallways to provide hiding places. This is the sad new architecture of American high schools. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXeM...
Fruitport designs $48M high school with places to hide from mass shooters
YouTube video by 13 ON YOUR SIDE
www.youtube.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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Australian murderer sues for right to Vegemite behind bars
Australian murderer sues for right to Vegemite behind bars
Andre McKechnie argues the Vegemite ban in Victoria's jails denies him the right to "enjoy his culture".
www.bbc.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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The 'bogan' Australian giving War & Peace an irreverent remake
The 'bogan' Australian giving War & Peace an irreverent remake
Ander Louis has written a new version of Leo Tolstoy's classic Russian novel in Australian slang.
www.bbc.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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That chart is well worth studying. Share of daily transactions taking place in cash around the world. As an Australian, I’m very much used to cashless everything by now. I’m still totally against going fully cashless.
November 11, 2025 at 6:26 AM
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Turns out Canadians love Australia and think it should be treated as an ally. The opinion towards the US however shifted and half of the population now sees the US (its neighbour and biggest trading partner as a threat). While Trump had some geopolitical wins, he ruined the relationship with Canada!
October 24, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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Thank god, chocolate didn’t make the list…
October 10, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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Connect the Coast shares multi-use path design
Connect the Coast shares multi-use path design
SCRD to request meeting with province over active transportation funding
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October 4, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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Make Redmond angry by setting up Windows 11 with a local account
Make Redmond angry by setting up Windows 11 with a local account
They want you to use a Microsoft account, but we'll show you how to get around it hands on  Redmond really – and I mean really – wants you to log into Windows 11 with a Microsoft account.…
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August 5, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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Ottawa stalls while cruise ships dump toxic wastewater along West Coast
Ottawa stalls while cruise ships dump toxic wastewater along West Coast
There was a 14-fold increase in the total number of ships employing scrubber technology in coastal waters between 2018 and 2022, according to Canadian government data.
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August 4, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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Why B.C. brewers want government to change how they are taxed
Why B.C. brewers want government to change how they are taxed
Proposed change to government taxes would be revenue-neutral, brewers say
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August 1, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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Science confirms what we all suspected: Four-day weeks rule
Science confirms what we all suspected: Four-day weeks rule
As long as you get paid like a 5-day gig Employees work better and tire less when working a four-day week, according to a six-month trial involving thousands of individuals.…
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July 22, 2025 at 9:05 AM
#sportsnet needs to have an NHL only option for their streaming service. The price has gotten ridiculous for those of us that aren't interested in their other sport offerings. Not to mention how crap the stream is.

www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
Sports fans 'flabbergasted' after Sportsnet announces double-digit price hike | CBC News
Canadian sports fans are tearing into streaming service Sportsnet+ after they learned it would be hiking prices by double digits before next hockey season.
www.cbc.ca
July 12, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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Fix the app. Improve the coverage. What are we all paying for?? theprovince.com/sports/hocke...
NHL fans keep losing out online as Sportsnet hikes its price again
Patrick Johnston: Canadian sports fans do have the option of watching just about any sport under the sun, but it's costing more than ever.
theprovince.com
July 11, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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The are no natural disasters. There are natural hazards that impact vulnerable human communities.

Wise land use choices and risk conscious mitigation strategies are the 1st line of defense for preventing natural hazards from becoming disasters.

www.texastribune.org/2025/07/09/t...
“Disasters are a human choice”: Texas counties have little power to stop building in flood-prone areas
Experts suggested that more data and education are needed as Texas and the rest of the country build in known flood plains.
www.texastribune.org
July 9, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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Elon Musk's Grok chatbot posts Mein Kampf 2.0 in now-deleted X rant
Elon Musk's Grok chatbot posts Mein Kampf 2.0 in now-deleted X rant
No word on who pressed the 'MechaHitler' button xAI is scrambling to contain the fallout after its Grok chatbot went – and there is no other way of putting this – full Nazi in its X (formerly Twitter) posts.…
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July 9, 2025 at 1:18 PM