@audreydeyman.bsky.social
Does anyone know if Open Desk is available to the general public as an alternative to Microsoft products?
#OpenDedk #alternativesoftware #software #microsoftalternatiive
#OpenDedk #alternativesoftware #software #microsoftalternatiive
International Criminal Court to ditch Microsoft Office for European open source alternative | Euractiv
The court will move its internal work environment to Open Desk, a German-developed open source software
www.euractiv.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Does anyone know if Open Desk is available to the general public as an alternative to Microsoft products?
#OpenDedk #alternativesoftware #software #microsoftalternatiive
#OpenDedk #alternativesoftware #software #microsoftalternatiive
Has anyone who actually knows about Richard's reign actually read this. Looked at the introduction in a bookstore which seemed to be unduly biased?
October 27, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Has anyone who actually knows about Richard's reign actually read this. Looked at the introduction in a bookstore which seemed to be unduly biased?
It appears that the people accused of killing Sharif Ramen, owner of the Curry House in Owen Sound, were involved in a temporary driveway paving operation across Ontario.
#SharifRamin #justiceforsharif #CurryHouse #OwenSound #murder #paving #scam #driveway
#SharifRamin #justiceforsharif #CurryHouse #OwenSound #murder #paving #scam #driveway
CBC puts faces to names of trio charged in Ont. restaurateur's killing | CBC News
Newly discovered images of three men accused in the death of a southwestern Ontario restaurateur in 2023 help peel away mystery surrounding the case, adding to prior CBC News revelations about when th...
www.cbc.ca
October 16, 2025 at 6:09 PM
It appears that the people accused of killing Sharif Ramen, owner of the Curry House in Owen Sound, were involved in a temporary driveway paving operation across Ontario.
#SharifRamin #justiceforsharif #CurryHouse #OwenSound #murder #paving #scam #driveway
#SharifRamin #justiceforsharif #CurryHouse #OwenSound #murder #paving #scam #driveway
We need to have higher education standards and training for bylaw officials across Ontario.
#Ontario #Ontarioconservation #Ontarioecology #wildlifegarden #nature #naturalizedgarden #polinators #wildflowers #endangeredpecies #rewilding
#Ontario #Ontarioconservation #Ontarioecology #wildlifegarden #nature #naturalizedgarden #polinators #wildflowers #endangeredpecies #rewilding
Burlington penalizing two residents with a naturalized garden
The City of Burlington is taking a mother and daughter to court over their naturalized garden.
rabble.ca
August 2, 2025 at 3:40 PM
We need to have higher education standards and training for bylaw officials across Ontario.
#Ontario #Ontarioconservation #Ontarioecology #wildlifegarden #nature #naturalizedgarden #polinators #wildflowers #endangeredpecies #rewilding
#Ontario #Ontarioconservation #Ontarioecology #wildlifegarden #nature #naturalizedgarden #polinators #wildflowers #endangeredpecies #rewilding
I don't know how many ash trees are in our rewilding project. Hopefully, like elms, some will show resistance.
#ash #rewilding #basketmaking
#ash #rewilding #basketmaking
A beetle, ash trees and basketmaking.
We partnered with @duncanmccue.bsky.social's Reporting in Indigenous Communities class at Carleton University for a story about one Mohawk community’s fight to protect black ash trees and a long tradition of basketmaking from the invasive emerald ash borer.
We partnered with @duncanmccue.bsky.social's Reporting in Indigenous Communities class at Carleton University for a story about one Mohawk community’s fight to protect black ash trees and a long tradition of basketmaking from the invasive emerald ash borer.
June 20, 2025 at 11:56 AM
I don't know how many ash trees are in our rewilding project. Hopefully, like elms, some will show resistance.
#ash #rewilding #basketmaking
#ash #rewilding #basketmaking
Just when you need a good laugh this shows up.
This explains much as to why Donald Trump placed a tariff on penguins. He holds distain for the literary and supports book bans. More power to the penguins!
June 20, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Just when you need a good laugh this shows up.
Be safe: in Ontario use George Barron's "Mushrooms of Ontario and Eastern Canada". Barron had many tales of receiving calls from hospital personnel.
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#naturebook #forage #foraging #wildedibles #edible #nature #mushroom #fungus #fungi #safety #safetyfirst
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#naturebook #forage #foraging #wildedibles #edible #nature #mushroom #fungus #fungi #safety #safetyfirst
Sask. mushroom pickers sound alarm on misleading AI-generated books | CBC News
Saskatchewan foragers noticed several new digital-only books on Amazon that feature dangerous misinformation about the edibility of mushrooms in the province. The CBC has determined the books are AI-g...
www.cbc.ca
April 5, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Be safe: in Ontario use George Barron's "Mushrooms of Ontario and Eastern Canada". Barron had many tales of receiving calls from hospital personnel.
💙📚
#naturebook #forage #foraging #wildedibles #edible #nature #mushroom #fungus #fungi #safety #safetyfirst
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#naturebook #forage #foraging #wildedibles #edible #nature #mushroom #fungus #fungi #safety #safetyfirst
All candidates need to be scrutinized and held to high standards.
#Canada #cdnpoli #cdnmedia #cdnelection #Poilievre #vote
#Canada #cdnpoli #cdnmedia #cdnelection #Poilievre #vote
I agree that Paul Chiang should be terfed. But here’s my question - when are we going to start holding CPC candidates to the same standard?
#cdnpoli #cdnmedia
thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
#cdnpoli #cdnmedia
thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
Candidates with Extreme Views Welcomed on Poilievre’s Team | The Tyee
Disturbing stances, including ties to JD Vance, seem to offer an edge rather than barrier to being selected.
thetyee.ca
April 1, 2025 at 10:06 PM
All candidates need to be scrutinized and held to high standards.
#Canada #cdnpoli #cdnmedia #cdnelection #Poilievre #vote
#Canada #cdnpoli #cdnmedia #cdnelection #Poilievre #vote
It seems a magnum opus is on the way. 🎈🎈🎈
Much food for thought in the interview and I totally agree with the bits about Spider Robinson.
Addressing Atwood's refusal to call her science fiction what it is would have been welcome.
💙📚
#fiction
#scifi
#urbanfantasy
Much food for thought in the interview and I totally agree with the bits about Spider Robinson.
Addressing Atwood's refusal to call her science fiction what it is would have been welcome.
💙📚
#fiction
#scifi
#urbanfantasy
China Miéville says we shouldn't blame science fiction for its bad readers | TechCrunch
It’s been 25 years since China Miéville stepped into the literary spotlight with his novel “Perdido Street Station.” Combining elements of science
techcrunch.com
March 31, 2025 at 3:08 AM
It seems a magnum opus is on the way. 🎈🎈🎈
Much food for thought in the interview and I totally agree with the bits about Spider Robinson.
Addressing Atwood's refusal to call her science fiction what it is would have been welcome.
💙📚
#fiction
#scifi
#urbanfantasy
Much food for thought in the interview and I totally agree with the bits about Spider Robinson.
Addressing Atwood's refusal to call her science fiction what it is would have been welcome.
💙📚
#fiction
#scifi
#urbanfantasy
Ontario: A heartfelt shout out to all the crews from Hydro One who are working through the night to restore electricity.
(Back to saving battery.)
#Ontario #hydroone #electricity #power
(Back to saving battery.)
#Ontario #hydroone #electricity #power
March 30, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Ontario: A heartfelt shout out to all the crews from Hydro One who are working through the night to restore electricity.
(Back to saving battery.)
#Ontario #hydroone #electricity #power
(Back to saving battery.)
#Ontario #hydroone #electricity #power
Thanks to authors like Penny and the many others who donated to the iconic library straddling the Canadian/American border.
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#author #library #book #border
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#author #library #book #border
Best-selling Quebec author cancels U.S. trip, donates to library on Canada-U.S. border
Best-selling author Louise Penny is one of those supporting the border-straddling Haskell Free Library and Opera House after it became the focus of U.S. Border Patrol Agents. She also cancelled her U....
www.ctvnews.ca
March 27, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Not all of these will be suitable for urban gardens, but many are.
#garden #wildbee #bumblebee #native
#garden #wildbee #bumblebee #native
March 25, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Not all of these will be suitable for urban gardens, but many are.
#garden #wildbee #bumblebee #native
#garden #wildbee #bumblebee #native
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Congratulations to the Canada Reads winner!
Two-Spirit Journey by Ma-Nee Chacaby
🏳️🌈
Support your local bookstore and buy a copy.
www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7487829
Two-Spirit Journey by Ma-Nee Chacaby
🏳️🌈
Support your local bookstore and buy a copy.
www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7487829
Shayla Stonechild, championing A Two-Spirit Journey by Ma-Nee Chacaby, wins Canada Reads 2025
www.cbc.ca
March 22, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Congratulations to the Canada Reads winner!
Two-Spirit Journey by Ma-Nee Chacaby
🏳️🌈
Support your local bookstore and buy a copy.
www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7487829
Two-Spirit Journey by Ma-Nee Chacaby
🏳️🌈
Support your local bookstore and buy a copy.
www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7487829
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The thing about so-called generative artificial intelligence is, the intelligence isn't artificial. It's real. It's OURS. The techbros stole our intelligence (our data, our thoughts, our stories, our art) and used the software to regurgitate it and spackle it together into digital particleboard.
March 21, 2025 at 6:48 PM
The thing about so-called generative artificial intelligence is, the intelligence isn't artificial. It's real. It's OURS. The techbros stole our intelligence (our data, our thoughts, our stories, our art) and used the software to regurgitate it and spackle it together into digital particleboard.
Today's read:
At the end of the garden walk
the wind and its satellite wait for me;
their meaning I will not know
until I go there...
The Cold Green Element
Irving Layton
At the end of the garden walk
the wind and its satellite wait for me;
their meaning I will not know
until I go there...
The Cold Green Element
Irving Layton
Today is World Poetry Day! Declared by UNESCO in 1999, this day is a celebration of the poetic form of literary expression, and is meant to encourage the creation and sharing of poetry. Who are some of your favorite poets, and which your favorite works of poetry? #WorldPoetryDay25 💙📚
March 21, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Today's read:
At the end of the garden walk
the wind and its satellite wait for me;
their meaning I will not know
until I go there...
The Cold Green Element
Irving Layton
At the end of the garden walk
the wind and its satellite wait for me;
their meaning I will not know
until I go there...
The Cold Green Element
Irving Layton
This is beyond sad. I hope the GoFundMe for the new entrance works.🇨🇦
#library #libraries #libraryaccess #elbowsup
#library #libraries #libraryaccess #elbowsup
U.S. authorities closing Canadian access to historic library that straddles Quebec-Vermont border
A small town in southern Quebec says American authorities have decided to close the Canadian access to an historic library that sits on the border between the two countries.
www.ctvnews.ca
March 21, 2025 at 7:23 PM
This is beyond sad. I hope the GoFundMe for the new entrance works.🇨🇦
#library #libraries #libraryaccess #elbowsup
#library #libraries #libraryaccess #elbowsup
At least pay with coins after arrival at destination.
Been reading a little mythology and it seems like one of the main cross-cultural themes is, “do not, under any circumstances, get on a boat.”
March 16, 2025 at 9:43 AM
At least pay with coins after arrival at destination.
Home Hardware and Canadian Tire are the two fully Canadian retailers on their list.
#gardens #gardening #ontariogarden
#gardens #gardening #ontariogarden
Want to buy Canadian gardening tools? Here's a list of 12 made-in-Canada brands to support
Searching for tariff-free gardening supplies? This made-in-Canada list will help.,
ca.style.yahoo.com
March 16, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Home Hardware and Canadian Tire are the two fully Canadian retailers on their list.
#gardens #gardening #ontariogarden
#gardens #gardening #ontariogarden
March 14, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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Hey BlueSky friends! Here's today's humour post 😁
March 12, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Hey BlueSky friends! Here's today's humour post 😁
The harrowing tales from our great inland seas are astonishing.
If anyone knows of an active link to Scot Cameron's Great Lakes shipping page, I would appreciate it.
I once read of an inland Grey County woman from Bognor who was the sole survivour on Georgian Bay, not just once, but twice.
2/2
If anyone knows of an active link to Scot Cameron's Great Lakes shipping page, I would appreciate it.
I once read of an inland Grey County woman from Bognor who was the sole survivour on Georgian Bay, not just once, but twice.
2/2
March 11, 2025 at 2:02 PM
The harrowing tales from our great inland seas are astonishing.
If anyone knows of an active link to Scot Cameron's Great Lakes shipping page, I would appreciate it.
I once read of an inland Grey County woman from Bognor who was the sole survivour on Georgian Bay, not just once, but twice.
2/2
If anyone knows of an active link to Scot Cameron's Great Lakes shipping page, I would appreciate it.
I once read of an inland Grey County woman from Bognor who was the sole survivour on Georgian Bay, not just once, but twice.
2/2
I told that kid a hundred times, "Don't take the Lakes for granted
They go from calm to a hundred knots so fast they seem enchanted"
Stan Rogers, White Squall, 1984 posthumous album From Fresh Water
1/2
#greatlakes #lakesuperior #history #ships #shipwrecks
They go from calm to a hundred knots so fast they seem enchanted"
Stan Rogers, White Squall, 1984 posthumous album From Fresh Water
1/2
#greatlakes #lakesuperior #history #ships #shipwrecks
Wreck of the Western Reserve, Lost Since 1892. Twenty-Seven Gone, One Survivor - Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society
Wreck of the Western Reserve, Lost Since 1892, Discovered in Lake Superior by Shipwreck Society
Twenty-Seven Gone, One Survivor
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
After 132 years, the final resting place of the ...
shipwreckmuseum.com
March 11, 2025 at 1:54 PM
I told that kid a hundred times, "Don't take the Lakes for granted
They go from calm to a hundred knots so fast they seem enchanted"
Stan Rogers, White Squall, 1984 posthumous album From Fresh Water
1/2
#greatlakes #lakesuperior #history #ships #shipwrecks
They go from calm to a hundred knots so fast they seem enchanted"
Stan Rogers, White Squall, 1984 posthumous album From Fresh Water
1/2
#greatlakes #lakesuperior #history #ships #shipwrecks
Some years ago a number of local gardeners grew tired of finding commercial weed suppression material breaking up into their soil and switched to using cardboard boxes. Seems wise now.
#gardening #plastic #microplastic #plants #weed
#gardening #plastic #microplastic #plants #weed
Microplastics Are Messing with Photosynthesis in Plants
Microplastics can cut a plant’s ability to photosynthesize by up to 12 percent, new research shows
www.scientificamerican.com
March 11, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Some years ago a number of local gardeners grew tired of finding commercial weed suppression material breaking up into their soil and switched to using cardboard boxes. Seems wise now.
#gardening #plastic #microplastic #plants #weed
#gardening #plastic #microplastic #plants #weed