Open post Adam @AdamF@mstdn.ca · 7mo ago Replying to @alice__dup_32859@lgbtqia.space <p>I just beat the Guinness world record for speed-picking by 4 seconds!</p><p>Single-pin-picking, 8 differently-keyed, 4-pin, standard¹ padlocks, in 56 seconds.</p><p>And I did it while wearing a fluffy bear suit.</p><p>¹ the current record holder used laminated Master locks with no security pins, but I didn't want all the comments on my video to be "Master lock sucks" jokes, so I used Brinks instead.</p><p><a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/AlicePics" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AlicePics</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/Locksport" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Locksport</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/Lockpicking" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Lockpicking</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/GuinnessWorldRecord" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GuinnessWorldRecord</span></a></p> @alice That is so cool! But the masses want to know, what kind of bear? Brown? Black? Polar? Panda?
Open post Adam @AdamF@mstdn.ca · 5mo ago Replying to @Fragglemuppet@fandom.ink <p>I should really put more thought into how big 750 ML is before I buy something of that size. Now we've got enough vanilla syrup for a small child to take a bath in, lol. But it won't go to waste! I figured we can make egg creams.</p> @Fragglemuppet 750 megalitres??!? That would be one heck of an extravagant bath for a small child
Open post Adam @AdamF@mstdn.ca · 5mo ago Replying to @Fragglemuppet@fandom.ink @AdamF Mililitres. Plus we had another tiny bottle. I liked it so much I wanted to get the full size. I never even heard of a megalitre! @Fragglemuppet I had figured millilitres, but couldn't pass up the opportunity to exploit the capital M. Sounds delicious, though!
Open post Adam @AdamF@mstdn.ca · 5mo ago Replying to @ned@beige.party <p>Note that Danielle Smith has previously touted the US healthcare system as "the model for Alberta".</p><p>'“We’re looking at developing a voucher program where patients who have waited longer than clinically recommended can go to any approved or accredited provider in Alberta and get that surgery,” said Jones during Question Period in the Legislature on April 21.</p><p>United Nurses of Alberta (UNA) president Heather Smith warned voucher programs are a well-known ideological strategy devised in the United States to speed the process of dismantling universal public services and should not become part of Alberta’s health care system.</p><p>“It’s very troubling that this admission comes barely a year after the same government denied it was considering vouchers,” said Smith in a statement.</p><p>“This sounds more like an effort to subsidize private surgical clinics by driving business to them when improvements to public sector health services would be both more efficient and of higher quality.”'</p><p><a href="https://reddeeradvocate.com/2026/04/24/alberta-looks-at-american-style-voucher-program-for-surgeries/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">reddeeradvocate.com/2026/04/24</span><span class="invisible">/alberta-looks-at-american-style-voucher-program-for-surgeries/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/abpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>abpoli</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>cdnpoli</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>healthcare</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/privatization" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>privatization</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/publichealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>publichealth</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/publichealthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>publichealthcare</span></a></p> @ned Ugh. This government is so atrocious
Open post Adam @AdamF@mstdn.ca · 7mo ago Replying to @kmcphillips@ruby.social @sol_hsa@mastodon.gamedev.place @infobeautiful@vis.social Yeah sadly we are real bad at trains. But a HSR is in the works finally. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alto_(high-speed_rail) @kmcphillips@ruby.social @sol_hsa@mastodon.gamedev.place @infobeautiful@vis.social Okay, but let's not stop there, okay? I'd really like to see some HSR out this way in my lifetime, from someone out in the purple
Open post Adam @AdamF@mstdn.ca · 6mo ago Replying to @canadianglen@mstdn.ca <p>"Although the recommendations aren't binding, he said the bulk of the changes the government wants to make will come through ministerial orders and regulatory change."<br />uh huh. changing the laws makes it accountable and visible. orders and regs are at the whim of The Cult, Inc. and nobody else.</p><p>$250M in unpaid oil and gas property taxes likely unrecoverable: Alberta government | CBC News</p><p><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/250m-in-unpaid-oil-and-gas-property-taxes-likely-unrecoverable-alberta-government-9.7131039" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/25</span><span class="invisible">0m-in-unpaid-oil-and-gas-property-taxes-likely-unrecoverable-alberta-government-9.7131039</span></a></p> @canadianglen Maybe we just need another moratorium on renewable energy development?
Open post Adam @AdamF@mstdn.ca · 6mo ago Replying to @Jeneric@mstdn.ca <p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/yegbike" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>yegbike</span></a> commute: just a little cold at -5°C with medium southeast wind providing the chill. Surfaces mostly dry pavement, still icy bits but less than previously.<br />Summer gravel bike with ordinary gravel tires did just fine.<br />Traffic surprisingly quite light, no issues.<br />A few people out and about on the paths, inner city moderately busy.<br />Quite ideal riding conditions really.<br /><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/earworm" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>earworm</span></a> ‘You’re So Far Away’, Carole King</p> @Jeneric My experience this morning mostly matched yours, but my weather said it was -6 though it felt noticeably colder than that. Looking forward to the warmup this week, and further snow melt!