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It took Herculean will to convince my child to come outside for a woods walk yesterday, but it was so worth it when - unprompted - they made a heart out of the birdseed in their hands and said, "This is me saying I love you".

Then, we fed the chickadees. 🐦

This makes me laugh WAY more than it should.

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How much longer till arrival time?

Tempt? It was merely a suggestion! 🤣

Hmm. Willing to workshop inventive coping strategies to help with that. "Trick or treat" and all. 😆

Getting kids back to school is so important to our premier that she wasnt even in the legislature or even the country ehen her government used the notwithstanding clause to order public school teachers back to work or even as students walked out across Alberta www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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No shit. And I don't need a subscription to know that we are likely not prepared to deal with that.

This goes to the heart of vision and procurement policy: a pvc roof last an 20y; a green roof last 40; is a green roof twice the cost of a pvc roof? No? Then over a lifespan, the green roof is cheaper. That’s not even factoring better insulation, stormwater control, solar heat gain and 1/

It's often pretty overwhelming for my ears, unfortunately. Props to anyone who can do circular breathing, though! I used to play a wind instrument, and I never managed to master it.

*shudder* My opinion only, but the only way to enjoy bagpipes is from many miles away.

So, considering how widespread yesterday's outage was, why exactly are we putting so many eggs into only a few baskets? I'll admit my technical ignorance - I don't know how this infrastructure works - but it doesn't really seem sensible from the layman's perspective.

More of this kind of behaviour, Canada. Joy, and also, consideration. Awesome. Also, not a baseball fan, but #gojays

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To understand that horrific Chicago apartment raid, go back in time—to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's political stunts kicked off a crisis that left immigrant families in a lurch.

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PM Carney announces Charter of Rights to be renamed Charter of Optional Ideas OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney held a press conference today to announce a renaming of the “Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms”, the document that enshrined our foundational set of rights in...

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Heaven forbid people have access to services in any form other than a capitalist model...

Hard to say? Regardless, there are white supremacist and anti-LGTBQ+ groups here that are emboldened by what's happening in the US, and their influence is affecting our politics, provincially and federally. The province of Alberta is basically a hot mess right now.

Nope, not just you. Hanging out in Canada, wondering when shit is really going to hit the fan here and whether it'll be because of the US or our own people. Hopefully it can be avoided, but time will tell.

I'll go with functional fashion and say earth tones and breathable fabrics in layers, because let's be real: I'm not getting raptured. Gonna need to be able to survive whatever happens after that. 😆

I for one am not at all worried that the most powerful people on earth have optimized my society and my brain to be ultra-reliant on the misery machine we keep in our pockets.

Keep going, my friends. Appeasing fascism has a price and corporations need to feel it.

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The Ottawa Public Library does this, fyi

Go to Kensington Market and get yourself some local brew instead. Come for the coffee, stay for the chaos! Also, probably cheap/cool sunglasses.

Seneca said that it takes a whole lifetime to learn how to live. Fortunately, we are able to cheat a bit by writing things down for the benefit of the next person.
Happy International Literacy Day.