Tulip Fest traffic on our street is extra fun this year because the construction project has been working on landscaping and has a ton of gravel and dirt that are all over the street so every time someone drives by and has to turn around at the dead end they cast even more dust onto our house.
We went to the plant nursery last night and I went a bit ham on choosing shade-loving perennials for the section of our backyard that doesn't get much light.
Happily, they (Ritchies Windmill Lane) had Hellebores, which I was really really wanting, so I got a few of those that should look SUPER cool once they bloom (next year, bah).
I'm generally quite excited in general about the PWHL but today I saw a headline about how Boston is the first team to qualify for the Walter Cup and I wondered what that was named for...
... only to found out that it's named for Mark Walter, the male founder of the league and owner of all the teams. Gross, man.
They don't even have names for the teams yet, but the cup? Yup, named after some fucking billionaire.
Which reminds me, another initiative that is going on over on The Bad Site but also TikTok is the Block List where people are blocking celebrities who haven't spoken out against genocide in Gaza. It's not so much of a thing over here on Mastodon, which is pretty much a group blocking of celebrities by design, but it's an interesting way to apply pressure.
I do wonder about what kind of ass kissing shitbirds the requirement that federal executives having to work four days a week in the office is going to attract.
For one, the most snivelling asskisser, old schoolers imagineable, only interested in furthering their careers (honestly not a huge change from many executives in some departments now)
It's also wildly white man favouring, since who else has the flexibility to be able to be in the office that often.
Israelis in illegal settlements are starting to say the quiet part out loud, commenting that they are ready to set up new settlements in Gaza now that they have largely displaced Palestinians, looking forward to beachfront properties. Fucking evil. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68650815
If anyone is trying to find a good source for recycled paper/post-consumer based toilet paper, @lanastewart found that Home Hardware stocks 48 packs of Cascades sold in a big cardboard box and while they are individually wrapped, they are wrapped in paper, which is likely also post-consumer. No plastic involved that I can tell, though I will pick up my order in the next couple of days and find out for sure. https://www.homehardware.ca/en/48-rolls-420-sheets-2-ply-toilet-tissue/p/4662815
My usual brand is the President's Choice green or whatever, but a) Loblaws and b) I resent that it's wrapped in plastic. I hope this is a viable replacement for it.
I wonder if there has been a time other than now when more of the NCC pathways along the Ottawa River (both sides) have had so many closures, other than during flooding and rehabilitation. It's kind of astounding how much of it is closed and detoured.
I was actually impressed with the current detour around the closure just west of the War Museum - they put a whole new little connector path in and reopened a part of the Preston extension to connect with the path by the LRT.
@casseagull barely accessible. The ottawa river paths near downtown are basically gone from my mental map. If the close Alexandria we’ll loose the river and gatineau from the east for a generation.
I'm sorry, this cracks me up so much. They are stealing cars, you think that they will be dissuaded by not having valid drivers licences? Are a lot of anti-social people dissuaded from driving when they have invalid licences?
Meanwhile in the same story, frigging stunt driving 50km/hr above the posted limit will only receive a year's suspension. Sure. Okay. Normal priorities.
A whole bunch of people in my organization have started using a huge font in their emails for accessibility reasons as if programs don't have built in font handling that make them more accessible for their users.
As someone with attention problems, I find it very hard to read for the opposite reason because it's too big and makes it hard to focus.