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Bruce Elrick
@virtuous-sloth.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy
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Married to a wonderful wife with with two adult sons, living in Calgary. I like getting out on my bike. I care about social justice.

Unemployed or semi-retired? […]

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I finally found a good use for AI, with apologies to all talented artists everywhere.

Shamefully made using Ad*be F*refly while was using G*ogle G*mini 2.5 w/ Nan* Banana.

I tried 3 times in order. I've placed the prompts in the ALT text. The 3rd prompt is […]

[Original post on cosocial.ca]
Please draw, the the style of an editorial cartoon, a group of men standing, posing in a group, holding automatic weapons and wearing bulletproof vests labelled "ICE" and "CBP". However, instead of military garb they are dressed in clown costumes wearing different clown makeup face styles. Place a few cartoon bags of money at their feet. Title the comic "A few good men". Please draw, the the style of an editorial cartoon, a group of men standing, posing in a group, holding automatic weapons and wearing bulletproof vests labelled "ICE" and "CBP". However, instead of military garb they are dressed in clown costumes wearing different clown makeup face styles. They should look dumpy, dishevelled, and sad. Place a few cartoon bags of money at their feet. Title the comic "A few good men". Please draw, the the style of an editorial cartoon, a group of men standing, posing in a group close together like they are friends standing causally for a photograph, holding automatic weapons and wearing bulletproof vests labelled "ICE" and "CBP". They should not all be standing or holding their guns the same way. However, instead of military garb they are dressed in clown costumes wearing different clown makeup face styles. They should look dumpy, dishevelled, and pathetic. Place a few cartoon bags of money at their feet. Title the comic "A few good men".
January 9, 2026 at 4:40 PM
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Today would have been my Dad's 85th birthday. Tom passed away 9 years ago this May. His sister-in-law Barb, in the second picture, passed away just last week.

We miss them terribly.
Picture of an older man sitting at a restaurant table holding chopsticks with a dish of Vietnamese vermicelli in front of him and a Vietnamese sub across the table in front of the photographer. Picture a and older man and woman in a pub, posing for the camera, the woman behind and to the right of the man with her right hand on his right shoulder. The scene is dimly lit and the photograph is grainy.
January 9, 2026 at 4:11 PM
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Electrician question... How can I fix the problem with G9 base bulbs with wire-thin contacts not making contact with the socket contacts?

I'm replacing some old Chinese LED bulbs in my chandelier because they're starting to die. I bought Philips brand […]

[Original post on cosocial.ca]
Three LED bulbs with G9 bases. The contacts on the left two off-brand ones are loops of flat metal (loops in same plane as flat metal). The right bulb is a Philips brand and has loops made of thin wire. Close up of fancy reflective chandelier, zoomed on one G9 bulb socket.
December 19, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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Irony, thy name is MAGA...

Also "MAGA leaders" is deliciously oxymoronic when not talking about his orangitude himself.
Screenshot of summary card or Washington Post article. Headline: "MAGA leaders warn Trump the base is checking out"
December 16, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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@mpjgregoire Hey M, have you noticed this Post pening status? I've seen this a lot and assume it's part of the permission workflow for quote posts where the author of the quoted post has to approve the quoting, perhaps? Or is it something else?

I ask you since I see it on your post...
Screenshot of a Mastodon quote post (on a phanpy web front end) with the quoted post showing just the text "Post pending"
December 8, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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I'm not buying it.
Screenshot of Mastodon notifications showing an account following then sending 3 Private Mention messages.
November 17, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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The time in June 2015 when I saw a bear in the sky.
Hazy-cloudy sky with muted but bright sun hanging over a giant, moisture-laden cloud in the shape of a cartoon bear.
November 4, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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@mattblaze I was curious how much and it is even more than I expected from you comment. I think I was picturing that the far end was perhaps half as deep as it really is and that the interior of the building was mostly useless even if it was larger than expected […]

[Original post on cosocial.ca]
Screen grab from Google satellite view of the London Thin House and some of the surrounding buildings, streets and railway. The thick end of the house is almost as deep as the remaining houses on the block.
October 22, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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Image of Vladimir Guerrero at the age of 4 in a Montreal Expos uniform holding his helmet high, next to his father, who was being celebrated at Olympic Stadium on his last day.
October 21, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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They say it like it's a bad thing.
Screenshot of Fox News website with headline: Popular Democrats identified as 'ANTIFA' by protesters at 'No Kings' event
October 18, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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Cheese tax payment processors
Sunny deck with patio furniture in the background and two small-medium dogs in the foreground. On the left is Watson, a Chihuahua-Dachshund mix, maybe, and on the right is Willis, the dog responsible for the tax regime, who is a Yorkie-Havanese mix and is, how shall I say, a strong personality. I rather enjoy putting more effort into the alt-text the the post proper.
September 29, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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Mustn't forget to give the dog his daily medication.
#pets #dogsofmastodon
Screenshot of Android Clock app alarm set for every day at 8:30 am titled "Cheese tax" since we wrap the pill in a bit of a processed cheese slice. Other dog gets an unadulterated cheese tax payment as well.
September 29, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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Those are some nice apples you got there.
Open box of apples with Davison Orchards label on lid next to box, a pamphlet resting on the side. The apples are a nice, unblemished, mix of red and yellowy-green. Thems some sexy apples.
September 26, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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Yikes... At least it's a minority of conservatives?
Screenshot of Bluesky app showing post with a plot of approval/disapproval percentage breakdown of Donald Trump for supporters of various Canadian political parties. All but one is 95% disapprove while conservatives are 55% disapprove vs 45% approve; a stark exception visually.
September 21, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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Sun baby Watson enjoying the late summer sun.
View looking down at a small dog laying in the sunlight on a patio deck.
September 10, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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Breaking my monochromatic theme
@coop
Back of a laptop lid with four stickers. Three are black & white (The Office, tailscale, and The Sprawl Calgary) and the fourth, the most recent addition is red & white and is the cosocial.ca logo, which is 3 stylized people paddling a canoe together)
September 6, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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Teehee!
#discworld
Screenshot of an Android phone running the Audiobookshelf app, itself showing the book cover art for the first six Discworld novels with the first one playing.
July 18, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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The Beech Air 350 looks like it might be following a motorcade. RCMP helicopter at a lower altitude in the area.
Zig-zafging flight path
June 17, 2025 at 4:46 AM
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US Air Force Stratotanker out of Spokane looping over Kananaskis still, so I'm guessing it hasn't left yet?
Flight radar screenshot showing flight path
June 17, 2025 at 4:45 AM
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Two passenger jets doing racetracks at 30000 and 36000 inbound to YYC whereas normally they'd be halfway down that far out.

I'm guessing Air Force One is preparing to take off?
Flight aware screenshot showing two airplanes running in ovals.
June 17, 2025 at 4:35 AM
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This is the first time I've seen this... I recall setting a "no advertisements" filter, I assume in my Mastodon user config settings, but I think a recent update to phanpy.social front end must have added this "show that something is filtered" bubble. To be […]

[Original post on cosocial.ca]
Screen capture of a small part of a Fediverse timeline in phanpy.social front end user interface showing a discrete post bubble indicating that there is a filtered post accessible but largely hidden.
April 28, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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Yes!

#spring
4 day forecast with today's high temperature of 7 degrees C, tomorrow's high of 15, and higher temperatures after.
April 5, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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@Gargron
Google Play Store review of Mastodon app: 5 stars If you want a corporation to spin you then do not bother installing this app.
January 6, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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@mike
Lol:
Screenshot of post with GIF image alt-text set to say "Image from Microsoft SwiftKey Keyboard" instead of a description of the actual image, which appears to be a character from Mad Max.
December 24, 2024 at 6:30 AM
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I hit 1000 games in Wordle. Doing the math I've busted 17 times.

Including busts as 7 guesses, my average is 3.9, without them it is 3.85. I think my at average was marginally better a few hundred ago. That is, I've been getting worse.

For as long as I can […]

[Original post on cosocial.ca]
Screenshot of Wordle results: 6 guesses: 57 5 guesses: 182 4 guesses: 376 3 guesses: 291 2 guesses: 77 1 guess: 0
December 2, 2024 at 4:14 PM