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I write a little about a lot. - Politics (Canadian mostly), 2SLGBTQ+, and Weird Geekiness ... because.
October 14, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Oh - look at that ... so just over a week before the legislature resumes sitting -> so the government can claim "oh we negotiated, and the teachers were soooo unreasonable" ... as they ram through back-to-work legislation.
October 9, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Oh - look at that ... so just over a week before the legislature resumes sitting -> so the government can claim "oh we negotiated, and the teachers were soooo unreasonable" ... as they ram through back-to-work legislation.
That couch makes me think art deco -> so maybe some framed Vogue covers from the 20s/30s?
Totally random idea ... just came to mind looking at the wall and space ...
Totally random idea ... just came to mind looking at the wall and space ...
September 9, 2025 at 6:31 PM
That couch makes me think art deco -> so maybe some framed Vogue covers from the 20s/30s?
Totally random idea ... just came to mind looking at the wall and space ...
Totally random idea ... just came to mind looking at the wall and space ...
For anyone interested - Craig Chandler is setting up his slate of candidates for #yyccc this year.
Just found it in my mailbox ... oddly didn't knock on my door ... I wonder if the pride flag had something to do with that ...
@abcyyc.bsky.social
Just found it in my mailbox ... oddly didn't knock on my door ... I wonder if the pride flag had something to do with that ...
@abcyyc.bsky.social
June 7, 2025 at 8:05 PM
For anyone interested - Craig Chandler is setting up his slate of candidates for #yyccc this year.
Just found it in my mailbox ... oddly didn't knock on my door ... I wonder if the pride flag had something to do with that ...
@abcyyc.bsky.social
Just found it in my mailbox ... oddly didn't knock on my door ... I wonder if the pride flag had something to do with that ...
@abcyyc.bsky.social
The overviews on the subject that I have read have always left me looking and going "there's something missing here". I don't reject the principle of it, but I've never been persuaded that it is complete or necessarily correct.
![Excerpt from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitochondrial_Eve
The definition of Mitochondrial Eve is fixed, but the woman in prehistory who fits this definition can change. That is, not only can our knowledge of when and where Mitochondrial Eve lived change due to new discoveries, but the actual Mitochondrial Eve can change. The Mitochondrial Eve can change, when a mother-daughter line comes to an end. It follows from the definition of Mitochondrial Eve that she had at least two daughters who both have unbroken female lineages that have survived to the present day. In every generation mitochondrial lineages end – when a woman with unique mtDNA dies with no daughters. When the mitochondrial lineages of daughters of Mitochondrial Eve die out, then the title of "Mitochondrial Eve" shifts forward from the remaining daughter through her matrilineal descendants, until the first descendant is reached who had two or more daughters who together have all living humans as their matrilineal descendants. Once a lineage has died out it is irretrievably lost and this mechanism can thus only shift the title of "Mitochondrial Eve" forward in time.[49]
Because mtDNA mapping of humans is very incomplete, the discovery of living mtDNA lines which predate our current concept of "Mitochondrial Eve" could result in the title moving to an earlier woman. This happened to her male counterpart, "Y-chromosomal Adam", when an older Y line, haplogroup A-00, was discovered.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7cpxxid2lj7rtxnn44etwj5t/bafkreifieknoevnyflqoso6x3zrfmeumg4thp354aqxzrig5mvvqytndfy@jpeg)
June 4, 2025 at 7:26 PM
The overviews on the subject that I have read have always left me looking and going "there's something missing here". I don't reject the principle of it, but I've never been persuaded that it is complete or necessarily correct.
So ... now we know what happened on Monday in court - NOTHING.
Because - apparently Reimer's lawyer is trying to make this a Charter Rights matter.
Oh - and a little reminder: Reimer is serving a sentence for BREAKING THE LAW by engaging in intimidation. #abpoli
Because - apparently Reimer's lawyer is trying to make this a Charter Rights matter.
Oh - and a little reminder: Reimer is serving a sentence for BREAKING THE LAW by engaging in intimidation. #abpoli
May 28, 2025 at 6:14 PM
So ... now we know what happened on Monday in court - NOTHING.
Because - apparently Reimer's lawyer is trying to make this a Charter Rights matter.
Oh - and a little reminder: Reimer is serving a sentence for BREAKING THE LAW by engaging in intimidation. #abpoli
Because - apparently Reimer's lawyer is trying to make this a Charter Rights matter.
Oh - and a little reminder: Reimer is serving a sentence for BREAKING THE LAW by engaging in intimidation. #abpoli
Then there's these peculiar dates in here. They want feedback by June 6, 2025 and the feedback _MAY_ influence standards to be released "late spring 2025".
Anybody else picking up that this questionnaire is pro-forma and will ignore any feedback that doesn't agree with already made decisions?
Anybody else picking up that this questionnaire is pro-forma and will ignore any feedback that doesn't agree with already made decisions?
May 26, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Then there's these peculiar dates in here. They want feedback by June 6, 2025 and the feedback _MAY_ influence standards to be released "late spring 2025".
Anybody else picking up that this questionnaire is pro-forma and will ignore any feedback that doesn't agree with already made decisions?
Anybody else picking up that this questionnaire is pro-forma and will ignore any feedback that doesn't agree with already made decisions?
Here's the thing that pisses me off with the "I hate Biden" types. They are perfectly willing to celebrate news of an illness that is in no way an individual's fault _BECAUSE_ they don't like some aspect of policy.
Then they expect the rest of us to understand their position. It's not coherent.
Then they expect the rest of us to understand their position. It's not coherent.
May 20, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Here's the thing that pisses me off with the "I hate Biden" types. They are perfectly willing to celebrate news of an illness that is in no way an individual's fault _BECAUSE_ they don't like some aspect of policy.
Then they expect the rest of us to understand their position. It's not coherent.
Then they expect the rest of us to understand their position. It's not coherent.
May 13, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Then he tips his hand. It's really about rights issues that Mr. Morton doesn't like. Diversity, Aboriginal rights, etc. - after all, those are just noisy little minorities to be squashed under the jackboot, right? /3
April 23, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Then he tips his hand. It's really about rights issues that Mr. Morton doesn't like. Diversity, Aboriginal rights, etc. - after all, those are just noisy little minorities to be squashed under the jackboot, right? /3
It’s nice to Canada’s print media (except Postmedia, of course) starting to call Trump for what he is.
#cdnpoli
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#cdnpoli
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March 17, 2025 at 5:09 PM
It’s nice to Canada’s print media (except Postmedia, of course) starting to call Trump for what he is.
#cdnpoli
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#cdnpoli
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I saw both a Rivian and a Tesla Cybertruck today. One looks like a fairly respectable truck, the other looks like a low polygon count image pulled from a bad movie.
I'm not going to sink north of $100K for a truck of any sort - but seriously, at least the Rivian has some degree of style.
I'm not going to sink north of $100K for a truck of any sort - but seriously, at least the Rivian has some degree of style.
March 4, 2025 at 1:52 AM
I saw both a Rivian and a Tesla Cybertruck today. One looks like a fairly respectable truck, the other looks like a low polygon count image pulled from a bad movie.
I'm not going to sink north of $100K for a truck of any sort - but seriously, at least the Rivian has some degree of style.
I'm not going to sink north of $100K for a truck of any sort - but seriously, at least the Rivian has some degree of style.
February 28, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Something like that.
February 18, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Something like that.
Every time someone tries to reduce sex and/or gender to chromosomes, slap them with this.
February 2, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Every time someone tries to reduce sex and/or gender to chromosomes, slap them with this.
This is why I stopped reading The Economist - nonsense like this: "Only work can make you feel fulfilled"
JFC
No - this is toxic AF
JFC
No - this is toxic AF
February 2, 2025 at 8:16 PM
This is why I stopped reading The Economist - nonsense like this: "Only work can make you feel fulfilled"
JFC
No - this is toxic AF
JFC
No - this is toxic AF
This is the modern day version of Nazis burning books. They're destroying data for ideological reasons.
Sit with that for a moment - the _DATA_ offends them, so they will erase it.
Sit with that for a moment - the _DATA_ offends them, so they will erase it.
February 2, 2025 at 7:20 PM
This is the modern day version of Nazis burning books. They're destroying data for ideological reasons.
Sit with that for a moment - the _DATA_ offends them, so they will erase it.
Sit with that for a moment - the _DATA_ offends them, so they will erase it.
I don’t know what rock Wu has been hiding under, but what’s going on now is not “new in the last decade” in the least. The antis have spreading this nonsense for years - it’s the alt-right taking over the GOP that’s made it real.
Appeasement never works with fascists. (Chamberlain, maybe/s)
Appeasement never works with fascists. (Chamberlain, maybe/s)
January 29, 2025 at 2:30 PM
I don’t know what rock Wu has been hiding under, but what’s going on now is not “new in the last decade” in the least. The antis have spreading this nonsense for years - it’s the alt-right taking over the GOP that’s made it real.
Appeasement never works with fascists. (Chamberlain, maybe/s)
Appeasement never works with fascists. (Chamberlain, maybe/s)
The problem with Trumpers is they can't hold two thoughts in their head at the same time everything is an all-or-nothing dichotomy to them.
It is actually possible to be pissed off about the behaviour of the Dems on various files AND recognize the overt hate/fear mongering that Trump brings.
It is actually possible to be pissed off about the behaviour of the Dems on various files AND recognize the overt hate/fear mongering that Trump brings.
January 5, 2025 at 6:28 PM
The problem with Trumpers is they can't hold two thoughts in their head at the same time everything is an all-or-nothing dichotomy to them.
It is actually possible to be pissed off about the behaviour of the Dems on various files AND recognize the overt hate/fear mongering that Trump brings.
It is actually possible to be pissed off about the behaviour of the Dems on various files AND recognize the overt hate/fear mongering that Trump brings.
Relatable - also self-defeating - Management would look at that model and conclude that the risk of a rewrite vastly exceeds any value that might be gained from it.
November 30, 2024 at 4:50 PM
Relatable - also self-defeating - Management would look at that model and conclude that the risk of a rewrite vastly exceeds any value that might be gained from it.
It’s kind of a big deal when the animal has bitten someone because treatment for rabies has to start ASAP if they have been exposed. The serum blood test is not definitive.
inspection.canada.ca/en/animal-he...
inspection.canada.ca/en/animal-he...
November 4, 2024 at 2:02 PM
It’s kind of a big deal when the animal has bitten someone because treatment for rabies has to start ASAP if they have been exposed. The serum blood test is not definitive.
inspection.canada.ca/en/animal-he...
inspection.canada.ca/en/animal-he...