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AKA Buckybits Information Technology Being, working in Libraries. Autistic, Dyspraxic, Alexithymic, Allergies. They/Them. Also model-building, Tabletop/video gaming, etc. I'm a Geek. I once got a bunch of award nominations for a bad game I wrote.

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It also doesn't matter when something's been "on sale" for 2 months, and then beginning of November, it goes back to "regular price" and then the Black Friday sale is not as good as the discount was in October.

It's psychology, not actual savings.

29.11.2025 04:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Woman seeking Canada Disability Benefit frustrated after being sent to costly AI-integrated service When Vancouver Island resident Iris Parker began applying for the Canada Disability Benefit, she didnโ€™t expect to face steep up-front costsโ€”particularly to have AI-integrated software fill out one of ...

Here's the on point article about Inclusion Canada not doing their due diligence w/their benefits navigation services, and pointing disabled people towards shady 3rd party for-profit services just to access basics like the DTC & #CanadaDisabilityBenefit.
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
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28.11.2025 00:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Can we also PLEASE talk about the failures of the charityโ€” sorry, "non-profit"โ€” model of disability? There aren't too many orgs which especially multiply marginalized disabled ppl trust to represent them, & this would be a PERFECT example of why. This org reps me at the UN.๐Ÿ™ƒ
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28.11.2025 00:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Black Bear
Wolverine
Moose
Orca
Raven

(Yes, I chose the cool ones)

29.11.2025 04:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

On one hand I am kinda annoyed that Black Friday deals are getting worse, especially on anything I want to buy.

On the other, I am broke, so maybe that's for the best.

29.11.2025 01:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's black Friday please consider sparing some money for a poor queer disabled woman who cannot work

Anything helps

#MutualAidRequest

28.11.2025 20:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I learned the hard way that:

1) Food allergies can mean you don't absorb stuff in your gut at an even rate, so you can have multiple days of meds sitting in your gut, unabsorbed.
2) Grapefuit will fix that.
3) I really don't react well to Reactine. Especially not 3 days of it hitting at once.

29.11.2025 00:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I did. And it would make a LOT of sense to put solar over the resevoirs and the irrigation canals to, help with shading and preventing evapoaration.

But nope.

Gotta irrigate the corn in the mid afternoon so none of the water hits the ground, just to make sure we use more water.

29.11.2025 00:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Grapefruit (specifically ruby red) is one of the few I can have with my allergies. But, yeah. Meds.

Antihistamine is mostly okay (rapid dissolve), but anything else is not great.

29.11.2025 00:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

WE may not have a vast desert, but we have a vast semi-arid desert that *checks notes,* we're using to grow high hydration crops.

...

Apparently, solar and wind bad, but emptying the water table to grow corn is good.

29.11.2025 00:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Satellite image of a commercial development along a stroad. On the left there's a big box store that says "Property taxes: $102,485, Parcel Size: 17,766 meter square. On the right there's two apartment buildings that read "Property taxes: $626,002, Parcel Size: 10,930 meter square"

Satellite image of a commercial development along a stroad. On the left there's a big box store that says "Property taxes: $102,485, Parcel Size: 17,766 meter square. On the right there's two apartment buildings that read "Property taxes: $626,002, Parcel Size: 10,930 meter square"

Minimum parking requirements create financially insolvent land use patterns.

The two apartment buildings on the right generate six times more in property taxes than the big box store on the left, while occupying almost half the space!

#BlackFridayParking

28.11.2025 21:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 98    ๐Ÿ” 42    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

People need to be fired for this. In the same way that an ancient army would "fire" a village, people need to be fired for this.

27.11.2025 20:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 34    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
The back of a warped shoe heel the rubber is nearly gone on the right side and the stacked leather is cracking and shifting

The back of a warped shoe heel the rubber is nearly gone on the right side and the stacked leather is cracking and shifting

I have been ignoring how bad of a condition my shoes are in because I canโ€™t afford new ones but this is very bad

Please consider helping me buy new orthopedic shoes

Iโ€™m disabled and getting injured

PayPal.me/crippledscholar
ko-fi.com/crippledscho...
Buymeacoffee.com/crippledscholar

26.11.2025 23:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Renewing health cards won't cost money, but failing to do so will cost coverage - Medicine Hat News zmason@medicinehatnews.com The UCP government is proposing a set of changes to the Alberta health card under Bill 11, sweeping health-care legislation tabled Monday. Amendments to the Health Insurance...

โ€œAlbertans who fail to renew their health card on time will lose AHCIP coverage.

โ€œInsured services may be declined until coverage is reinstated. Emergency services are still provided, but the patient may be billed if uninsured,โ€

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

medicinehatnews.com/news/local-n...

27.11.2025 17:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 113    ๐Ÿ” 76    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 48    ๐Ÿ“Œ 42

Also . . .

bsky.app/profile/kims...

27.11.2025 16:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 22    ๐Ÿ” 17    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Just think, someday blood donation forms will ask "Have you lived or visited the United States or Alberta in the last x months" in the risk factors section.

27.11.2025 15:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 25    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Imperial Oil, ExxonMobil announce major layoffs for Canada amid global restructuring Experts says layoffs part of broader global trend in oil and gas sector

โ€œImperial Oil has announced it will eliminate 20% of its workforce by the end of 2027, with most of the positions based in Calgary.โ€

Remember, we are extracting and exporting more oil than ever before.

www.hcamag.com/ca/news/gene...

27.11.2025 15:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 26    ๐Ÿ” 23    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

Friendly reminder that despite your bumper sticker, Alberta oil does not heart you back.

27.11.2025 14:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 22    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

As I age, I have become aware that I have at least 3 distinct parts of my scalp hair that appear to be from different parts of my ancestry, they are getting more pronounced, and they do not talk to each other. They often seem to fight, actually.

This (and the scar) are why I buzz my head.

27.11.2025 03:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The public safety ministry sent out a false response to a freedom of information request by the NDP. It covered up 130 pages of correspondence about Dale McFee's request for Minister Ellis to intervene in police commission appointments, including multiple signed letters by the minister himself.

27.11.2025 02:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Let O & G use their massive profits to pay their own bills and face their own responsibilities.

26.11.2025 20:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Sorry, it's already past 2 here and things seem to be speeding up.

26.11.2025 21:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Day 3 without food I am dizzy and tired please help me eat today

anything helps

please share

#MutualAidRequest

26.11.2025 20:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This could be Canada.

25.11.2025 20:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 162    ๐Ÿ” 67    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

An underrated part of the discussion of how to fund Vancouver's Celebration of Light is that a generation ago, big businesses spent tons of money on local culture because it was an efficient form of advertising.

And today, when everything can be targeted through online algorithms, they don't.

26.11.2025 19:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 222    ๐Ÿ” 29    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

Just heard that the UCP may be trying to restrict Public Libraries like they have School Libraries.

Complete with defunding if we don't comply and/or the removal of local boards. This is...bad.

Anyone got a Library System IT job opening outside of Alberta?

25.11.2025 16:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

There can be something badly wrong with a person without it being a mental illness or disability. In fact, it almost never is.

26.11.2025 15:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Read a lovely Rascal article on this - what a beautiful project. I'd love to see more like it (and funding for them) from lots of other places โค๏ธ www.rascal.news/carved-in-st...

25.11.2025 17:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 22    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hey librarians,

How is sustainability one of our core values if we're also supposed to be all-in on the AI hype?

Asking for these folks.

#medlibs ๐Ÿ“š

25.11.2025 19:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 51    ๐Ÿ” 12    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Sometimes you worry your friend is going to chloroform you and put you in a sack.

Sometimes you worry your friend is going to chloroform you and put you in a sack.

Ellie explains that when presented with evidence, Tempus blew up, and Trajan started panicking about being in trouble and...

Ellie explains that when presented with evidence, Tempus blew up, and Trajan started panicking about being in trouble and...

Don took Trajan to the crying stump, and explains Tempus is full of love, and he is going to make it Everyone Else's problem

Don took Trajan to the crying stump, and explains Tempus is full of love, and he is going to make it Everyone Else's problem

Tempus meets up with the buttbeard society. The glitter is primed.

Tempus meets up with the buttbeard society. The glitter is primed.

23.11.2025 18:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

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