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chrisbegley

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Fan of cities and wild places. I like bikes, beer, rugby.

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Auxonic, to random French
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This whole plan to sell off federal lands seems poorly thought out. Previous governments sold off everything not nailed down often meaning renting back building we used to own.. so we’re selling either garbage or needed buildings and waves hands housing https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/selling-federal-office-buildings-should-move-twice-as-fast-says-procurement-official-1.7182722

chrisbegley,
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@stephanie @Auxonic @dairpo we have our in-office days set for our entire team. No element of choice. I think this is more effective. Otherwise, as you say, you might as well be at home

grivettcarnac, to Ottawa
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And yet the high speed rail being considered from Quebec to Toronto will fuck over the crown corporation VIA Rail in favour of a P3 because P3s continue to show the real value for money of these shit partnerships https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/alstom-halts-work-on-redesign-hailed-by-city-as-final-fix-to-lrt-woes-1.7213904

chrisbegley,
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@Auxonic @grivettcarnac from the Star this weekend

chrisbegley,
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@grivettcarnac @Auxonic
Here is the breakdown

Auxonic, to random French
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Gotta love the PR campaign to normalize illegal private DNA databases that destroy the privacy of anyone related to someone in there. Friends don’t let friends give their DNA to these companies (that are also hardly more than astrology as far as accuracy goes)

chrisbegley,
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@Auxonic my brother did it, so I am shit outta luck

ottaross, to random
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Brian Mulroney is dead.

chrisbegley,
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@ottaross my most controversial opinion is that he is the best PM of my lifetime:

  • Free Trade
  • GST
  • Acid Rain
  • Montreal Protocol
  • First to have powerful female ministers (Flora Macdonald, Kim Campbell)
  • Tried twice to fix PET's constitutional mess
casseagull, to random
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I bought a Switch in January, as I've wanted one for quite a while and it would also let me play a lot of a games that aren't available for Mac, and wow, I like games.

chrisbegley,
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@casseagull one of my friends is/was one of the writers for that series, so he will be pleased with that feedback

chrisbegley, to random
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4000 homes on this unised scrap of land seems like a win
https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/leons-furniture-build-4-000-142619088.html

chrisbegley, to random
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Results from a Cambridge MA guaranteed income pilot ($500/month for low income families) show that children have significantly better outcomes

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chrisbegley, to random
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@casseagull your ship has come in: https://www.euronews.com/next/2024/04/11/swedish-app-launched-where-you-can-tip-off-wrongly-parked-cars-to-earn-money

lanastewart, to random
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Sure Stanley cups may end up as waste... but where's the deep dive into vehicle waste? An item targeted to women... wasteful. Natch.

chrisbegley,
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@lanastewart I hope to get one from the Goodwill soon

mWare, to random
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I turned off push alerts for "helpful tips" for the LG app, so now it just embeds the tip (singular, since there's only one) in the completion notice. Also don't buy LG white goods.

chrisbegley,
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@lanastewart @Auxonic @mWare already called Tumbleweed, because we hang our clothes to dry

akrennmair, to random
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The metric cup of 250ml (as used in Australia, New Zealand, and Canada) implies the existence of a metric pint of 500ml and a metric gallon of 4 liters, and all the other units derived from the gallon.

chrisbegley,
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@pnorman @akrennmair I would say the "gallon" people are rarer and rarer. Beer is often sold in a pint (but since it has no legal meaning, you get between 440 - 500 mls!)

ottaross, to random
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A somewhat hyper-local shopping topic…

as per toots a few wks ago about Guinness Zero availability and pricing, last time I was excited to see the hard-to-find brew in a Loblaws (grocery chain) for a pricey $17 (4pack). The LCBO (liquor store) sells it for $13, but can't keep it in stock.

This evening we stumbled across a big supply at Food Basics (grocery chain) where it's $10! Was shocked at the price. Grabbed a few packs at that price.

chrisbegley,
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@ottaross one thing I have been doing is getting a can of normal and a can of 0.0 and mixing. I get two nice 2.1% drinks, tasting almost identical

chrisbegley, to random
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This is next-level NIMBYism. By not doing what they wanted (ie denying the proposal) this violates their First Amendment freedom of speech rights. Wow.

Charlestown residents file lawsuit to block affordable housing project
https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2024/02/07/charlestown-residents-file-lawsuit-to-block-affordable-housing-project/

casseagull, to random
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Today is World Autism Awareness Day and my work put out a little blurb about it in their weekly newsletter.

Normally that would be great, except for the entire frigging thing focused on the stereotypical shortcomings of autistic people, with no actual call-to-action for neurotypical people to accommodate autistic people or highlighting the spectrum.

chrisbegley,
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@casseagull I find that never expecting anything more than the most shallow, performative gestures from senior management on these type of topics is the appropriate mindset

lanastewart, to random
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The idea that a department needed a security week mascot has hit a funny bone I didn’t know I had. 🦫 It has a name too.

chrisbegley,
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@lanastewart GAC could use one.

lanastewart, to random
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Me dutifully calculating home office expenses…

Calculator: you get $38

How much do you think the cost of maintaining a cubicle in downtown Ottawa costs? I bet it’s more than $38 a year

Ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥😵‍💫

chrisbegley,
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@lanastewart @casseagull you also don't include bathrooms, since presumably you need to pee while working

casseagull, to random
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I am excited about this but knowing Ottawa I am going to temper my excitement because it almost certainly will not be a pilot in central Ottawa and thus will be inaccessible to me. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ottawa-pilot-reusable-containers-grocery-stores-1.7088275

chrisbegley,
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@Auxonic @casseagull @lanastewart there is a scheme in Munich called ReCup which involves most places selling to-go coffee. You pay an extra euro and get a reusable cup which can be returned (for your euro) at any participating coffee shop. Since most do, it is very easy.
Part of the reason it works is that Germans are trained from a young age with this deposit system for the glass at beer gardens.

chrisbegley, to random
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Oh my God! You mean the people selling their second homes, at a profit, will have to pay a bit more tax on some of that profit? My heart bleeds

grivettcarnac, (edited ) to london
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    chrisbegley,
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    @grivettcarnac it was Ken Livingstone in 2000, a few years ago ;)

    sboots, to TeslaMotors
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    “We’ve always had people here who care about the environment. Look at solar – we have an incredible volume of solar here. We have an environmentally conscious population, people who are keen to take action” Shane Andre: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/drive/mobility/article-evs-north-of-60-yukon-a-leader-despite-cold-remote-location/

    chrisbegley,
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    @lanastewart @sboots except for NS and Sask, I don't feel bad about Canadian electricity generation. Ontario made the decision in 2004 to retire coal, and even Alberta is doing it this year.

    casseagull, to random
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    Ugh, no, disgusting. https://ottawacitizen.com/sports/hockey/pwhl/peeking-at-the-right-time-pwhl-ottawa-gathering-momentum-down-the-stretch-run/wcm/852523f1-a10b-4529-845e-fb3480219f46

    chrisbegley,
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    @casseagull well, technically speaking it predates amalgamation by about 10 years.

    On another PWHL note though, I met two PWHL Boston stars today! Lexie Adzija and Taylor Wenczcowski!

    Alon, to random
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    People in this thread, like @martinvermeer, are comparing military spending now with the Cold War. However, one crucial difference is the scale of the adversary. In 1989, the total population of the Warsaw Pact countries was 401 million, while Euro-NATO ex-Turkey was 332 million. Today, Russia and Belarus combined are 154 million and Euro-NATO ex-Turkey but with Sweden is 512 million. 2% is a good goal for deterring Russia; what we need the most is force integration. https://mastodon.social/@anderspuck@krigskunst.social/111934500789518780

    chrisbegley,
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    @Alon I would argue the other key difference is the role of China, where the US has to maintain greater Indo-Pacific capabilities, so there can be less free-riding on Russia from EU/Canada

    ottaross, to ireland
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    Currently reading, "A Walking Tour Round Ireland in 1865" by WW Barry.

    Quite enjoyable. Could see it leading to a visit there myself some day with a few walks involved.

    chrisbegley,
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    @ottaross @BostonBibliophile I have read it. Funny, but the author's second (Playing the Moldovan at Tennis or something) is better imo.
    If you want a more serious tome Patrick Leigh Fermor's "A Time of Gifts", a memoir of his walk in 1933 from England to Constantinople, is excellent

    johnefrancis, to random
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    Hard to see on the radar, but the stinger low should have formed near Washington hours ago, and will slowly develop and move towards New York, before exiting to the Atlantic tomorrow afternoon. This feeds the much larger flow of the occluded low centered over Chicago, lofting Gulf Stream heat and sending it across Ontario, simultaneously pulling down cold air...a long lived snow factory.

    chrisbegley,
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    @johnefrancis it is windy, cold rain/sleet in Boston right now, and for the last many hours

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