I write ̶b̶u̶g̶s̶ features, show off my adorable standard issue cat, and give a shit about people and stuff. I'm also @CoderKat.
I write ̶b̶u̶g̶s̶ features, show off my adorable standard issue cat, and give a shit about people and stuff. I'm also @CoderKat.
Family of missing Barrie woman fears human trafficking, expands search | CBC News (www.cbc.ca)
It's been over three weeks since Autumn Shaganash, a woman from Barrie, was last seen or heard from by her family. They are urging the public to help with the efforts, and told CBC Toronto that police in Barrie need to follow more leads.
Wildfire smoke returns to Waterloo Region, Guelph (www.therecord.com)
A special air quality statement has been issued by Environment Canada, but conditions are expected to improve by Thursday evening
What are y'all doing for Canada day?
There's once again separate Canada day events in Waterloo Park and Downtown Kitchener (and probably several other places, too)....
TL;WR for June 26 through July 3 2023 (tlwr.substack.com)
We probably should have signed the kids up for camp.
Squirtle Community Day Classic (July 2023) | Pokémon GO Hub (pokemongohub.net)
On July 9th, 2023, Squirtle returns to Pokémon GO for a Community Day Classic event, giving players an opportunity to evolve a high-level Blastoise with Hydro Cannon once again. During the event, Squirtle will appear more frequently in the wild, and players will have a chance to encounter a shiny Squirtle. Blastoise’s...
Baby rule
OC I'd like to discuss Horizon Burning Shores
I just finished Horizon Burning Shores (I know, a bit late) and wanted to discuss it!...
Parent threads, watch out for your children accessing things they shouldn't be
Reign in your horse events
Why do some Lemmy community not show up in magazine search (others on same instance do)?
Yesterday I learned about https://lemmy.ca/c/ontario_community_directory (edit: I got a wrong link somewhere -- this one should have been https://lemmy.ca/c/ontario_index) and my local city sub of https://lemmy.ca/c/waterloo. I can't find them in magazine search (eg, https://kbin.social/magazines?q=waterloo). They're not brand...
Waterloo Regional Police pointed guns four times more often in early 2023 compared to previous quarter (www.therecord.com)
Waterloo Regional Police pointed their guns at people 50 times in the first three months of the year, up from just 16 instances from October-December 2022.
OC I created a sub (aka community/magazine) for the Waterloo region (Waterloo, Kitchener, Cambridge) (kbin.social)
I intended this to be akin to r/Waterloo, since there's a ton of value in local recommendations and discussion. I've met some really cool people from the city subreddits and hope to rebuild that here....
Kitchener, Waterloo reach for the sky as 26 new towers proposed in two massive projects (www.therecord.com)
Revised redevelopment plans would transform almost 18 hectares of commercial land into housing for an estimated 9,300 people
TL;WR for June 20 through June 26 2023 (open.substack.com)
Strong mayor? How much you bench?
Look rule
Leg rule
What do you want to see more focus on in future Pokemon games?
Eg, particular features, types of pokemon, stuff like open world, etc
OC Bed buddy!
Treasure
Which software dev comic gets cited the most at your work? (xkcd.com)
For me, it's gotta be this. I've lost track of how many times me or a coworker have had to link it in a ticket or chat.
Help, our standard weather chart isn't working!
TL;WR for June 13 through June 19 2023 (open.substack.com)
Building up to something good
B.C. man questions 9-year-old's gender in 'gobsmacking' track-and-field incident (www.cbc.ca)
A B.C. family has garnered sympathy online — and international media attention — after sharing what they described as an incident in which a man questioned their nine-year-old daughter's gender during a sporting event.
OC [Guide] How to make the Imagus extension work with kbin
The Imagus Chrome and Firefox extension shows image previews on hover. Currently with kbin, hovering over the thumbnail in the frontpage or magazine view just shows the thumbnail but slightly larger, which isn't what we want (especially since the thumbnails have a distorted aspect ratio). Here's how to make the extension show...