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@jake4480@c.im s/dumb crap/dumb phlegm/g

@nxskok@cupoftea.social @lerven@tweesecake.social @SyHoekstra@tweesecake.social Cartons and jugs in Alberta. I prefer cartons. Less plastic touching my food please. I already have enough microplastics in my body.

@guigsy@mstdn.social @fesshole@mastodon.social Failing upward is a real thing.

Received some #PostCardSwap mail the other day. I have been meaning to get back to sending random cards out to family and friends and this might kickstart me in that again. (I sent a few during height of pandemic days)

Solar powered trains . . . with the panels installed between the rails. Nifty. electrek.co/2026/06/30/solar-gets-railed-clever-swiss-pilot-proves-pv-panels-and-trains-can-coexist/

Remember when they experimented with audio simulcast of TV shows on an FM radio station? Back in the days of CRT and single mono speakers. I distinctly remember a Calgary TV and FM station duo doing this for the tv-movie premier thing of Miami Vice. #80s #1980s

@GeriAQuin@mstdn.social#AltText The Rise of Dopamine Culture Slow Traditional Culture → Fast Modern Culture → Dopamine Culture Playing sport → Watching sport → Gambling on sport Home cooking → Fast food → Uber Eats Film and TV→ Streaming shows → Watching Reels High street shopping → Amazon → Tik Tok Shop Libraries → Google → ChatGPT Handwritten letters → Sending emails → Snapchats Newspapers → Breaking news → Rage bait Having sex → Playboy magz → Watching porn Vinyl records → Spotify playlists → Trending sounds Finding love → Casual dating → Infinite swiping Photo albums → Camera rolls → Insta Stories Libraries → Google → ChatGPT

If this Alberta separatist nonsense doesn’t derail soon, SOMETHING IS GOING TO HAPPEN. www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/article/separation-petition-deemed-successful-by-elections-alberta/

@paninid@mastodon.world @GeriAQuin@mstdn.social#ALTTEXT You had a culture ...and then culture vultures ate it. ATHLETICS JOURNALISM PLAY A SPORT WATCH A SPORT GAMBLE ON A SPORT NEWSPAPERS MULTIMEDIA CLICKBAIT FILM & TV VIDEO REELS OF SHORT VIDEOS ALBUMS TRACKS TIKTOKS VIEW ON GALLERY WALL VIEW ON PHONE SCROLL ON A PHONE HANDWRITTEN LETTERS VOICE/EMAIL/MEMO SHORT TEXTS COURTSHIP/MARRIAGE SEXUAL FREEDOM SWIPE ON AN APP

@SecularJeffrey@ohai.social Crouching Trojan Jorts, Hidden Sharts.

@ZenHeathen@beige.party @crispius@mstdn.fname.ca I don’t use it, but if you have a Linux box kicking around it’s one to try. If you already block scripts and ads with unlock, you may not have any extra benefit. I use AdGuard myself.

I assume they are all bots, and block on sight. RE: mastodon.social/users/AlSweigart/statuses/116850876970183234

@M0YNG@mastodon.radio It's a toy, and the moment my town has a reliable mesh is when I'll lose interest. I'd keep my repeater up for others though.

What bullshit loophole is this? techhub.social/@Techmeme/116998514444818066

I can't believe I'm cheering for a rocket explosion or crash. I used to be in awe of rockets and space programs but this billionaire fever dream version needs to go out with a bang. Maybe it could crater into the production facility. That'd be swell. RE: flipboard.com/users/Spacecom/statuses/uqOOTanZQHe-8X_AdQQaMw:a:1693190246

Who? Anyways.... RE: na.social/users/news/statuses/116868761494678956

@undead@masto.hackers.town gifdb.com/images/high/curling-498-x-276-gif-btimv0s78tduyzft.gif

@nxskok@cupoftea.social @lerven@tweesecake.social @SyHoekstra@tweesecake.social If you need to buy milk in bulk, consider getting into animal husbandry.

@David@gamepad.club Not exactly. Formation of the country in 1867 yes, independent no. That didn't happen until 1931.

@elfin@mstdn.social I think that'll need more than the one can of contact cleaner.

@ZenHeathen@beige.party Thousand-Yahren

@sundogplanets@mastodon.social "I like looking at chicks on Mastodon." "No, not like that!"

Watched Enola 3 last night. Kinda meh about it. No gas left in that tank.

@ZenHeathen@beige.party pi-hole.net

Nah, gave up and left it sitting like that. Probably should pack that up to take to the dump. (except for the serial terminal, that's still useful from time to time)

@ZenHeathen@beige.party OK, it's EE-yon.

Pro Castrating : Prairie Oyster Edition

There's shades of grey to everything. It's the extreme in any dimension that is the problem. mastodon.social/@anolandria/116992942023577958

@sundogplanets@mastodon.social Will this be bigger than any of the Space 1999 Eagle crashes? gerryanderson.com/en-ca/blogs/blog/space1999-eagle-crashes-and-losses-year-one. :p

@scottmiller42@mstdn.social @ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org cows are more likely to do you in

@knapjack@social.vivaldi.net Rolling Coal Festival?

@alexblackie@mstdn.ca I've been getting zero dollar billing as well, for years now. I no longer have any AWS account and can not get these nothing bills to stop.

Downloading some stuff to watch later, and they happen to be originally PAL (vs NTSC). The episode file names are amusing with PAL suffixes. "Dawn of the Gods, PAL" "Rumors of Death, PAL" etc

Cleaning my closet out of stuff that does not fit it is worn out. Two big bags for donation so far, and one for the bin. Guessing there’ll be one or two more bags for donation when I get through the rest. Seems like I just did this task not too long ago but in reality it was probably 5-8 years ago.

Seize the memes of production.

@swirly@ice.swirly.moe shrimp net mastodon api seems to work well, do anything written for that might work for you. e.g. docs.ewancroft.uk/projects/mastodon-markov

Get ready to short SPCX, all you crazy day traders.

Overheard: You can give me a real hug, I'm not an American.

I should stop trying to massage a technically flawed image in post, and just go reshoot the subject with my real camera. (Excessive lens flare etc from shooting sunward with an iPhone)

@munin@infosec.exchange cargo cult

@nash@labyrinth.social Reminds me of a bar that once was in downtown Calgary. It was called "The Office". I presume so you could tell whomever that you weren't coming home yet and were still at the office downtown.

Ronald McDonald is the Laughing Buddha RE: mastodon.social/ap/users/116958457772535575/statuses/117039404398846926

@prism@infosec.exchange @scottjenson@social.coop Exclusive Club Vibes ™

@TrueNorthSpice@mastodon.world "No boom today. Boom tomorrow. There's always a boom tomorrow." youtu.be/-pzKg7IxhNA?si=wnbRXUc0-tJTr80I

Ordered a wrist watch from germany, received a battered and empty package. Contacted seller (who is actually the manufacturer) to ask what the claim process is. And now I wait, because timezones. #FirstWorldProblems

@ZenHeathen@beige.party RE: wandering.shop/users/murderbotbot/statuses/116885798391652505

@ellenor2000@mastodon.top That's the point. Bring it on.

@benbrown@masto.hackers.town Thisreminds me of nuke chess my roomie and i created circa 1990. Two different coloured d8. Roll first one after your chess move, and if you got a one, roll both d8 and remove any piece sitting at those coordinates. Variations included putting a marker penny on the spot as no-go possible on or through it.

@puppygirlhornypost2@transfem.social Squirrel

The 'merkin system of government is chock full of oddities. A senator dies, and the governor appoints the senator's sister to serve out his term in office. WTF I can't even.