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More pics from the Mill Cove ferry announcement today. The pics are of the ferry, the Mill Cove terminal, the Mill Cove bus stop, and the new Halifax Terminal.... All these are yet to be finalized and are still subject to change.

Older woman in a pink dress next to a young child in suit and glasses holding a drink in one hand and gesturing with the other.

“I’m telling you, Grandma, Betamax is the future. It’s where all the smart money is right now. Trust me, you’ll thank me later.”

Analysis: between 2019 and the end of 2023, women's share of tech jobs rose from 31% to 35% in the US, 23% to 25.2% across the EU, and 29% to 32%+ in the UK (Financial Times)

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A photo of a very tall Macintosh SE, with five floppy drives. It looks a bit surprised.

The Macintosh SE will rear up and expose its extra floppy drives if it feels threatened.

You couldn’t get any show in the TGIF lineup past the beancounters in corporate today. This is why we can no longer achieve greatness.

Beau Bridges Joins CBS’ ‘Matlock’ In Recasting Beau Bridges has been tapped for a key recurring role opposite Kathy Bates and Skye P. Marshall in CBS Matlock.

You know you're getting old when you find yourself looking forward to CBS's reboot of Matlock deadline.com/2024/02/beau...

This day in history. 1931. Vere Brabazan Ponsonby, Earl of Bessborough, was appointed Governor-General of Canada because the Australians would never have taken him seriously.

Meatloaf sandwich at Ciaboulette is a strong contender as well.

Watched it last year. It holds up.

you had to do at least one piano run at some point just in case it had special abilities that weren't obvious

The one thing at Costco that is the correct package size for a 1 person household is the blocks of cheese

At first I thought this was referring to Polaris' tenure as the North Star, since the Earth's axial precession means what is the "north star" changes over time, but NOPE, the star itself is estimated to be 70 million years old, and sharks have been around for 450 million years. Mind blown.

the entire concept of square dance is funny, but you have to admit the funnniest part is how it has a dungeon master

Identity theft, bank account scammers Halifax N.S.

This story is wild #Halifax #NovaScotia #Scammers

What kid isn’t interested in insurance?

A FINRA review of 500+ crypto-related retail communications finds that 70% of them contained claims that are false, misleading, or otherwise violated its rules (Turner Wright/Cointelegraph)

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The term “master suite” has fallen out of favour (for good reason because of the association with master/slave). Hence the name change. It’s also why we use allow list vs whitelist/blacklist.

I didn’t pick up on it until someone explained it to me. But makes perfect sense now.

Sources: Figma is refreshing employee equity packages and offering buyouts as the company resets its valuation to $10B from $20B, after the scrapped Adobe deal (Alex Konrad/Forbes)

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Hotel owners. I stay in hotels 40-50 nights a year.

I implore you, no matter how sleek they look, please stop installing shower taps I need a manual to use.

Also a working iron would be appreciated.

Many thanks.

HPV vaccine stops women in Scotland from getting cervical cancer, study finds No cervical cancer cases have been detected in women who have been fully vaccinated against the human papillomavirus.

"No cervical cancer cases have been detected in women who have been fully vaccinated against HPV, Public Health Scotland has revealed."

Vaccines work!

Log Alignment xkcd.com/2884

The David and Victoria Beckham meme in four panels. 1. Victoria Beckham, but an image has been super imposed that says: "Your items have shipped." 2. David poking his head in the door and saying, "Be honest" 3. Victoria, with an image super imposed that says: "Label created." 4. David saying, "Thank you."

every time

action movies imply the existence of equal and opposite reaction movies

Acclaimed director Norman Jewison, dead at 97, explored social issues in a turbulent age He also founded the Canadian Film Centre in Toronto, a professional talent development hub, so Canadian actors, writers, directors, producers and others could learn to tell their own stories without h...

Acclaimed director Norman Jewison died Saturday at the age of 97. His Oscar-winning films explored the social issues of a turbulent age, and the Canadian-born director brought his success back home to nurture new generations of talent.
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Have had CAA for years. It’s a great value.

To give folks a bit of context: malaria kills half a million children a year, or just over 1300 kids PER DAY. For the visual learners, that's about 19 school busses, crowded with kids, lost to the world every day. This vaccine is literally disrupting death - a true game changer.

Amazon’s faith that if they send me enough email reminders about it I shall one day get round to posting a review of those shoelaces I bought three years ago is actually quite touching.