@cass_m@mstdn.ca
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cass_m

@cass_m@mstdn.ca

I live in a house with a spouse and cairn terrier (Bennie) on Treaty 6 territory and homeland of the Metis.

Retired in 2018 from a compliance position at a multinational. Now I twiddle around the house, hanging out with Bennie and reaping the rewards of having a spouse with greenhouse and 3D printing interests.

Interests include tech, occupational health & safety and science based health & wellness.

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cass_m, to random
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Interesting post by @pluralistic

https://pluralistic.net/2024/03/25/black-boxes/

I know with health I will disbelieve any provider who can sell me their costly nostrums from their office.

MartinGuay, to random
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Ditch the dead battery drama forever! The Statik Snap-N-Charge magnetic power bank keeps your devices juiced up on-the-go. Is it worth the hype? Find out in my review! https://www.cryovex.com/statik-snap-n-charge-magnetic-power-bank-review/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

cass_m,
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@MartinGuay interesting cons. I just got the Anker Nano power bank for travelling. It's USB C and 5000A. Glad I didn't make a mistake with my choice. 3000 is a bit small although it would be great for weight.

cass_m,
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@MartinGuay, happily, even iPhones are moving to USB-C. Mine will top up my phone and Boox e-reader along with Fred's iPad mini.

cass_m,
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@MartinGuay we are mostly at that point. Cheap peripherals are the only way micro USB sneaks into our place😄

alysonsee, to Alaska

At least 3 good things ...

  1. Having learned that I suck at knowing when I need a break and taking one before I burn out again.
  2. Forecast of 9 to 18 inches of snow here at home. (We need the water.)
  3. A generous neighbor with a truck who will happily drive me to the airport bus stop in a snow storm.
  4. The resources to get far away.
  5. The Northern Lights, whether or not I get to see them this weekend.
  6. Books to read on the plane.

Now, let's hope the plane can take off. See you on Friday, .

@3goodthings

cass_m,
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@alysonsee @3goodthings throwing at anything in particular?

chad, to climate
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Federal officials say Alberta coal mine moving ahead without permits | Canadian Press

https://globalnews.ca/news/10342528/federal-officials-say-alberta-coal-mine-moving-ahead-without-permits/

cass_m,
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@CanadianCrone @chad she has no problem stopping renewables but coal…let's go! It's not as if southern Alberta has a water problem.

cass_m,
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@CanadianCrone @chad Calgarians couldn't bring themselves to vote NDP. They are convinced O&G is the only way to Alberta prosperity in spite of all the renewable investment.🤷‍♀️

strypey, (edited ) to random
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"The thesis exaggerates the break between capitalism and the alleged techno-feudal successor... and illegitimately downplays the role rent extraction has always played in capitalism. In fact, there is a great deal of commonality between leftist critiques of surplus extraction under classic industrial capitalism, and the ways in which digital platforms extract economic rents today."

(@KevinCarson1), 2024

https://c4ss.org/content/59416

cass_m,
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@strypey I just posted this link. Recognizing feudalism is a thing?

https://locusmag.com/2024/03/cory-doctorow-capitalists-hate-capitalism/

cass_m, to random
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This is the Canadian news I'm interested in…

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/agressive-wild-turkey-slain-1.7129460

gemelliz, to Alberta
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intends to opt out of Canada's national pharmacare plan.

"Business as usual. Refusing to do what is best for Albertans in order to stick it to the feds and score some cheap political points."

@Lorian

https://globalnews.ca/news/10316372/alberta-intends-to-opt-out-of-national-pharmacare-plan/

cass_m,
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@MaybeMyMonkeys @gemelliz @Lorian it's about birth control being free. If AB opts out, it should become part of the medical claim on taxes.

Scienceisnotopinions, to random
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A friend posted on Facebook that she went to the Madonna concert in Vancouver. She's a health care worker too. She knows the risks.

cass_m,
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@Scienceisnotopinions I am not sure health care workers are aware of the risks. Otherwise, they would all be fully vaccinated and masked at least at work.

cass_m,
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@Scienceisnotopinions I don't think COVID levels are going to go down to the summer of 2021 for at least 5 years, so this is something we're going to have to live with. Masking, nasal/throat protective sprays, air quality.

Younger people (under 40) in NA are totally unaware of what life was like with rampant childhood disease. They're about to find out. It will be worse than when I was a kid because both parents need to work to fund a household.
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cass_m,
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@Scienceisnotopinions and just like the flu was not widely connected with Parkinson's, the upcoming wave of cardiac arrests and strokes won't be connected with COVID in the mind of the public.

Growing up, enough people died of heart attacks in their 40s everyone knew someone affected. By the time I hit mid forties, that was no longer the case. That's going to be something common again only now families will have young children instead of teens.
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atomicpoet, to random
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This is why, once again, I’ll be voting for the NDP next election: now contraceptives and diabetes medications are covered under a national pharmacare plan. This tangibly improves people’s lives.

You see, politics shouldn’t be about keeping the Conservatives out. It should be about making a better future.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/liberals-ndp-pharmacare-deal-1.7123952

cass_m,
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@atomicpoet better future for everyone not just your party supporters.

chad, to edmonton
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Fuck sakes.

I guess I'm prioritizing upping our security game this weekend and finally setting up a Home Assistant server and a wifi enabled siren.

I've been dragging my feet on it with other projects in the way.

Note, this is the first time we've had anything happen in our nine months of owning our home, so it's not a regular occurrence.

video/mp4

cass_m,
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@chad we have Eufy cameras and have them set to flash if motion is detected. Sirens are hard on neighbours but you gotta do what your gotta do.

tayledras, to technology
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In the movie, Contact, when Dr. Ellie Arroway is asked what she would ask the aliens if she got the chance, she replies with the following question:

“How did you do it? How did you evolve, how did you survive this technological adolescence without destroying yourself?"

#CarlSagan #Contact #Humanity #Technology

cass_m,
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@tayledras a question that continues to be relevant.

mattferrell, to solar
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Are vertical solar panels really the right way to do solar?

Check out our video on it, here: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LqizLQDi9BM&feature=youtu.be

Or check out the page on our website, here: https://undecidedmf.com/have-we-been-doing-solar-wrong-all-along/

cass_m,
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@mattferrell any word on their use I in snow climates? Seems like it would be a no brainer and clearing snow of panels let's us net zero in January.

w7voa, to random
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Israel’s far right National security minister tells WSJ that if Trump were in power the US attitude toward Israeli condict of the war in Gaza would be different. https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/the-israeli-firebrand-driving-netanyahu-further-to-the-right-dd9e8113

cass_m,
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@w7voa I don't think so. The US is supplying arms and running interference at the UN and with allies. Biden is being called a war criminal by some. What would change had Biden lost?

MartinGuay, to humanrights
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Appalled by Danielle Smith's recent policies impacting transgender kids. Stripping away their fundamental rights is unconscionable. is a VILE and despicable human being who should be remanded to authorities for prosecution under the Canadian Charter and Human Rights violation.

cass_m,
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@MartinGuay she's playing to her base. Hopefully Ontarians are paying attention to the garbage being dealt by her and Ford when voting in the next federal election or it will be coming to all of Canada. Many will be harmed before it gets overturned by the SCoC.

robsonfletcher, to Alberta
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3 children among the 10 new COVID deaths reported in Alberta since last week:

🔗 : https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-covid-weekly-data-summary-jan-20-2023-1.7095914

cass_m,
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@CanadianCrone @robsonfletcher it's tragic because the entire world is intent on sweeping COVID under the rug. People accept multiple infections - Long COVID is ignored as a contributing factor to many changes from more vehicle accidents due to brain fog to vascular disease. Vaccines are freely available to all ages in Canada - unlike many places that have age restrictions - and administered by pharmacists anywhere in AB.

kim_harding, to random
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No cervical cancer cases in women vaccinated with HPV in Scotland
https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/cervical-cancer-scotland-vaccine-hpv-b2484143.html?utm_source=press.coop
A new study has found no cases of cervical cancer, the fourth most common cancer for women worldwide, in young women fully vaccinated against HPV in Scotland.

Around 99 per cent of cervical cancer cases are caused by HPV, making this a huge breakthrough figure for health.

cass_m,
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@kim_harding awesome news. Between the vaccine and at home PAP tests this looks like a cancer that can be beaten.

MartinGuay, to mastodon
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Speaking of apps... Mastodon Apps for Android? I'm using Tusky. I have a thing for visually appealing designs and flow. Other app choices that fall in that role?

cass_m,
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@MartinGuay I'm using Megalodon and quite enjoying it.

DavidM_yeg, to random
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Lessons to learn from emergency alerts, the Texas power grid:

Albertans love to scoff at the disaster that seems to strike Texas every time there is a cold snap. “Why can’t they run a grid that can survive freezing temperatures? Really? Look what we endure and we keep power”

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cass_m, (edited )
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@jfmezei @DavidM_yeg @chad Notley had implemented that system, it's common in other countries. UCP took it out when they were elected with Kenney.

CheRosach, to random

The climate deniers guide to landscape aesthetics

cass_m,
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@CheRosach and why does no one talk about the dead birds !?! (Heard over Xmas)

vsp, (edited ) to fediverse
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Look at who has joined us here on the !

It's one of Canada's pre-eminent economists, Professor @trevortombe. As a person who was formerly involved in politics, I regularly relied on his reasoned research and revelatory insight.

Also, it was always good to see a public intellectual hold court and press for a fullness of dialogue in our shared democratic discourse.

So, my advice?

Follow him.

Like, yesterday.

cass_m,
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@vsp @trevortombe woot! woot! I've been missing his stuff!

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