So, this was released today. My third stamp with Canada Post. Qarlinngua (The pants). And technically my second stamp with a family member in it, as the tiny figure in it is my son Travis. Now for one with Hilary in it.
I’ve very proud of all of these, beyond the cache. They are about my home, and family. And also my family has a long history with the Post Office, 101 years. My grandfather, father, and brother were all postmasters in Roblin. #Nunavut#Arctic#Stamps#philately#CanadaPost
Why aren’t doctors direct employees of the government? Am I missing something? Was that lobbying to protect income potential? How did we socialize health care without employing the people who deliver it?
@geekingirl As someone married to a doctor, I’d heartily raise my hand for her to be a salaried government employee. It costs so much to do all the things involved in running a separate business (plus unmeasurable paperwork that takes away from time they could be delivering care) that the income differential would probably be negligible, if not positive.
It’s weird how much I’ve just fallen out of the habit of posting. I just forget that it’s a thing I used to do all the time!!! Anyway I’ve had a new cat for about a month, her name is Calliope and she is a perfect angel.
Today I got to participate in a conversation about Blocking in social spaces with a bunch of smart people including Sydette Harry and Georgia Bullen, organized by @danhon for his Hallway Track series. As usual for me in these things, I had way more thoughts than I had time to bring up, so I’m writing a few of them down here.
Anita Anand is the minister in charge of filling vacant digital jobs in the federal government (while spending less) and setting rules for the public service's use of AI.
Here's my interview with her. The asterisk in the headline is ... well, you'll see.
@fraying I never would have thought that where the posting form was put would make such a difference, but you’re right! We’ve gone from a convention where responses were after the content to one where the response has primacy over the content, and the level of discourse reflects that subtle change. Great observation.
@aaronsnow A habit I picked up from when I used to travel a lot for work was to always unpack within the hour of returning home (and start the laundry) or I knew I’d never get around to it. Still like that; my wife found it baffling at first but now loves it.
@collin I’ve got one that has been going for about twenty years! I don’t update much these days, but I’m still proud of it. https://www.inthemargins.ca/
I have often wondered why, when stores close, landlords leave the spaces empty for years at a time instead of lowering rents. The answer, apparently, is banks often won't let them:
If you were going to read a series of let’s say four absurdly long but tightly connected posts about internet things, what kind of publication rhythm would suit you best? Publish every few days? Once a week? Something else?
(“All at once” is a fine answer and would be good to know, but would be impractical for me, fwiw.)
Twitter expats - What are your most wholesome memories from Twitter? Mine would probably be the time that Donald Glover's dad liked my tweet which said "The only Donald that we acknowledge is Donald Glover" a few months before he passed.