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Like, I'm sure it's not going to be important that none of the reports will reflect the changes, right? Potentially 100s of people are having job title/manager/permission changes happening, we can totally do that with next to no warning on a Sunday (our org is 7 days/week, but IT isn't!). >.>

lol, so my company is reorganizing an internal department that 1/3 of employees fall under and IT keeps begging to be be told more about the changes (happening March 1st!) because we're sooooo not prepared for it.

Yeah, that was my thought. ai_podfic has very different connotations now vs then.

lol, I saw someone reccing my podfic 101 tutorial, which is so old at this point, and I had created at the time to encourage more Kradam podfic. Anyway, the reccer made a point of clarifying that the ai in the link (hosted on ai_podfic on LJ) stood for American Idol, not Artificial Intelligence. 🤦

And! It's still frigging cold in here!

There are 8 desks in this office and only 3 of us have to come into work everyday (the other 5 are hybrid), guess which 3 cubes don't have power now? *sigh*

Meanwhile, I'm still freezing, wearing two seaters and gloves at my desk. My coworker two desks over is also freezing while also pregnant. Since we weren't fully sure if the heater caused the issue we plugged it in at her desk and guess who also doesn't have power now?

I ran the heater all day Monday with no issues, was off yesterday and turned it on again this morning. Maybe half an hour later my desk looses power and so did some of the room next door. We've had maintenance take a look but they can't find the breaker for it so now I'm waiting for an electrician.

So, my office at work is fucking cold all the time. Like, I regularly wear two sweaters and gloves at my desk. It was 18 degrees in here on Monday when I found one of those little heaters in the office and plugged it in and managed to get the whole room up to 20 degrees.

Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.

Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.

My family talked a surprising lot about this show over Christmas. I haven't watched it, but my sisters did/planned to. But also, it's so rare for a Canadian show like this to get such an international reception.

Here’s how long it took Canada’s top CEOs to earn what the average Canadian worker makes all year By 9:23 a.m. on Jan. 2, 2025, Canada’s 100 highest-paid CEOs had already earned what the average Canadian worker made in an entire year, according to a new report.

“All the extra money that people are paying at the grocery stores, paying in rent and mortgage interest, that money is going somewhere,” @davidmaccdn.bsky.social said. “One of the places that it’s going is to much higher corporate profits in Canada.” #inequality www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...

A four panel cartoon with a little girl sitting on Santa's lap. Panel 1, Little girl: For Christmas I want a dragon! Panel 2, Santa: Be realistic. Panel 3, Little girl: Then I want the New Outlook to be better than Classic Panel 4, Santa has pulled out his list and the little girl has tears in her eyes, Santa: What color do you want for your dragon? Little girl: RED

Coworker just sent this to the groupchat and I'm dying.

Oh man, I love the trope of pining while fucking, but I didn't know what to call it! I shall have to check out that tag!

You've got to figure the type of person who'd go to Stonehenge on the Solstice is also the type of person to completely lose their shit when encountering a random black cat there

So, my youngest nephew got his driver's license today, and guess what he was proudest of? That his official height was taller than his older brother's. 😂

Something that hasn't been made clear: Firefox will have an option to completely disable all AI features.

We've been calling it the AI kill switch internally. I'm sure it'll ship with a less murderous name, but that's how seriously and absolutely we're taking this.

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Ok, false alarm, the doctor said my test results were fine. I had done one of those peripheral vision tests and felt like I spent a long time not seeing anything.

I've had IIH for almost 10byears now, with no signs of vision loss (rare) is today going to be the day that changes? I should be seeing the doctor again after the test so I at wast won't be stuck in this unknown/worrying stage for long.

I'm at the eye doctors and feel like I just failed the test. 😬

Oh man, I don't know what's going on but there have been so many fires at work lately. I'm glad the building I work at is staff-only, the worst we normally get is the occasional power out.

It's not that I've never felt FOMO, but I do believe I've felt ROMO more often?

Local man would be angrier about Liberal's undemocratic floor-crossing scheme if it wasn't so funny to imagine Poilievre's face OTTAWA – Local voter Martin Kofman finds it appalling that the Liberals have clearly hatched a plan to obtain the majority government voters denied them by luring Conservative MPs to cross the floor, ...

Local man would be angrier about Liberal’s undemocratic floor-crossing scheme if it wasn’t so funny to imagine Poilievre’s face thebeaverton.com/2025/12/loca... via @TheBeaverton

screenshot from the episode of the TV show Heated Rivalry based on the book Game Changers, with the set dressing featuring a tapestry with a loop de loop design

screenshot from the show Game Changer, where the back wall of the set features a loop de loop design

game changer(s) 🤣

lol, when I tried I got wine vinegar, lemon peel, and zinfandel wine. I don't know what I'd be making from those things, but it's sure to be zingy!

This is such an amazing song and performance for her. I was also blown away when it first came out. I was so lucky to catch her tour for this album in a smaller, venue. It was magical.

It's our staff holiday party today and I super appreciate that work holds it during the work day.

Four arrested after Tower of London display case containing State Crown defaced The group Take Back Power says its members poured custard and apple crumble on the Crown Jewels display.

I think we’ve found the most British crime:

Four people have been arrested after custard and apple crumble were flung at a display case containing part of the Crown Jewels at the Tower of London.

Bronze plaque saying "A Letter to the Future. Ok is the first Icelandic glacier to lose its status as a glacier. In the next 200 years all our glaciers are expected to follow the same path. This monument is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it. August 2019. 415ppm CO2"

TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".