Auxonic

Auxonic, 1 day ago to random French

Government looking to redefine the CBC’s role away from education/informing and supporting democracy? https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/cbc-ceo-spars-conservative-mps-1.7197284

robsonfletcher, 1 day ago to Calgary

In 1999, hundreds of students set up tents on the University of Calgary campus to protest tuition hikes.

I've found limited info about it online.

Does anyone remember how long it lasted and how it ended?

#calgary #yyc #alberta #ableg #cdnpoli #canada #protest #palestine #protests

Poverty Lane' tents rise, U o C tuitions may also Calgary Herald: Friday, March 26, 1999 More than 200 students occupying a tent "shanty town" at the University of Calgary will hit the sidewalks this morning to protest against an anticipated tuition hike. The university administration, in a last-minute move, relocated today's board of governors meeting off campus to nearby McMahon Stadium. The board will make the final decision on tuition fees. In a meeting Thursday, the planning and finance committee recommended a maximum increase this fall, for academic year 1999-2000. It would be the 10th year in a row of tuition hikes. Tent town protesters, who'll march to the board meeting to rally with other students, are "angry, frustrated and disbelieving," said Paul Galbraith, president of the students union. ... The tent town on campus grew to about 65 rainbow-hued tents by late Thursday afternoon, including a subdivision dubbed Poverty Lane. Ricardo Hoar, 19, a second-year computer science student, borrowed a friend's tent to join the protest. A guitar, pillows, books, sleeping bags and carton of strawberries were piled in his temporary abode. His parents told him not to get arrested. Two students union executives bunked in a hut of recycled plywood, its roof shingled with Ichiban noodle soup boxes. On the door, it says: This is not a home - yet.

stephanie, 1 day ago to random

"Kyle, can you help me make sense of what he's saying here?

"... none of that means anything"

The joy of #translation sometimes 😅

Auxonic, 2 days ago to random French

What an absolute shitstain and lifelong taint on the CBC that platformed the vicious, racist, fascist, shithead that was #RexMurphy.

Auxonic, 2 days ago to random French

Double fuck Rex Murphy.

Auxonic, 2 days ago to Ottawa French

Absolutely rediculous pro Russia protest happening in strathcona park. Maybe 50 people looking like a republican’s idea of communists. Not sure of the goal but they seem in good spirits for a nearly bankrupt aggressor in a (long term) unwind le war of their own making. #ottawa

sundogplanets, 2 days ago to random

I am talking o a reporter about this in a couple hours: https://regina.ctvnews.ca/from-outer-space-sask-farmers-baffled-after-discovering-strange-wreckage-in-field-1.6880353

This is about an hour away from my farm, so this'll be a fun conversation, and yet another great opportunity to tell a lot of people about what a huge problem we have with unregulated commercialization of orbit. (Also I just redid my slides for my public talk next week, this is going in!)

Auxonic, 3 days ago to Ottawa French

Fake outrage at charging developers even remotely the cost of servicing their far flung new homes leads to a direct fucking subsidy of sprawl. Great work #ottawa
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ottawa-city-developer-fee-cost-charge-change-1.7198197

jleiper, 3 days ago to random

May 9 and the compost is steaming in the cool morning air! 72F at the bottom of the pile and 82F at the top.

Auxonic, 3 days ago to random French

Yes but also we haven’t five day a week delivery in years. So asking now is a bit disingenuous

Auxonic, 3 days ago to random French

$280 extra for the cellular version of the new iPad Pro. i wasn’t going to upgrade now anyways… but 🦆 that’s nuts

Auxonic, 3 days ago to random French

This is good news but the headline, in the context of illegal and unethical « sperm banks » in the news CBC really needs to highlight that this is eliminating a homophobic rule and not just letting any idiot throw their genetic material all over the place https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/sperm-donation-health-canada-rules-1.7197939

Auxonic, 3 days ago to random French

Ottawa Oklahoma playing with tornadoes it seems. I think we can allow the use of the ottawa hashtag and praise folks for using mastodon for useful purposes.

grivettcarnac, 3 days ago (edited 3 days ago) to Ottawa

Well update on the government side of the job hunt… did a horrid 3-hr exam on Monday in which the person who wrote the job description did not talk to the person who wrote the exam. So that was a fucking amazing stressful waste of time (probably).

Next Monday I get another 2-day exam at 8;30AM and… a 2-hr exam at 9 AM from a difference department the same day. So will get the 2-hr exam out of the way and do the 2-day exam after 😩 #ottawa #jobs

stephanie, 3 days ago to random

It's mental health week at the government!

It's important to know that almost every decision made, and especially the ones made to save money, are made to the detriment of public servants' mental health.

Return to the office, using (bad) contractors, etc., etc.

Auxonic, 3 days ago to random French

I e never understood how shopify is worth much at all.. but they proved me wrong over the years making some locals very rich. But loosing 20% in a day because some people didn’t buy as much junk as expected… might just reflect the reality of trying to gatekeep e-commerce with a product facing steep competition.