Paul Turnbull :CApride:

Degree in Political Science, career in tech.
Inhabitant of YEG for most of 54 years and the neighbourhood of Westmount for over 20. Had a new house built during the pandemic on the site of our old one. Partner to the amazing npub1e8qnq020smnwe30yx3kwdvhs4f7vdn08tt3h008ct8aecu2nh8qqa0ceue (npub1e8q…ceue).
30+ years in virtual communities from late 80’s BBS’s to current social media with stops in Usenet, MMO groups, Discord…

Gamer of all types from boardgames to computer games to console games. See ‪Paul T (npub1944…jv9p)‬ for gaming posts.

Edmonton, Alberta

Quote: “Evil begins when you begin to treat people as things.” ― Terry Pratchett

"Nae king! Nae quin! Nae laird! Nae master! We willna' be fooled again!" - Nac Mac Feegle
Reading: Some Desperate Glory - Emily Tesh
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2024-08-04 21:58:38

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My partner had that one and she said was very tasty.

2024-08-04 20:36:40

It’s always beer’o’clock in an airport.
#beer #Vancouver #yvr #airport
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2024-08-02 21:04:56

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I handle this with lists. People I want to follow who boost a lot or entirely live on their own list. My main timeline is people who mostly post or, when they boost, boost well.

2024-08-02 20:12:02

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Even more “fun” is when someone boosts every… single…post in a thread. 😬

2024-08-02 19:01:37

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Is this a factor of departments releasing bad news on the Friday before a long weekend?

2024-07-28 14:55:26

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I like the press conference yesterday where there were no politicians and no debate about jurisdiction. The Parks official talked about their rapid response and the immediate assistance they had from Alberta.

2024-07-26 22:03:04

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Parks never bragged about protecting the pipeline. Over multiple days of updates they mentioned the pipeline once in passing and that was it. The media somehow turned that into a leading headline making it sound like Parks was somehow prioritizing the pipeline over other infrastructure but given the pumping station is far from the townsite that really doesn't make sense. Further TMX themselves have said they're using their own resources.

2024-07-25 19:28:15

Some hope in Jasper. It looks like buildings on Connaught and on the east of town have survived.
#Jasper #JasperFire
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2024-07-25 16:26:28

Just heard reference to people in Jasper who watched parts of the fire in town on the doorbell cameras. I can't imagine watching a fire come at your house until the camera goes dark…
#Jasper #JasperFire

2024-07-25 16:06:31

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Word I have through first responder connections in town is pretty grim.

2024-07-25 16:04:44

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The #Jasper fires only started on Monday and the reaction by Parks Canada and AB (at Parks’ request) was swift however too many things were working against them. Note the decisions regarding fighting the fire & evacuating the town have nothing to do with Smith, they were made by Parks Canada. Finally the aid request by Alberta isn't for Jasper, it's for northern Alberta (as per Minister Sajjan this morning). The Park is already federal and would make that request directly. #JasperFire

2024-07-25 14:51:30

Listening to updates from Jasper and a Parks official talking about yesterday afternoon. When the wind kicked up after 1pm they had 400 foot flames and the fire was expanding north at 15m a minute or 900m an hour.
#Jasper #JasperFire #Alberta

2024-07-25 14:42:48

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Seeing reports now that the satellite network may down with no updates expected soon. :(

2024-07-25 06:35:16

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Given current live reports from the townsite these are very, very out of date.

2024-07-25 05:51:37

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Heard a report on CBC from a local that firefighters had to be rescued from the JPL grounds as they were boxed in which would suggest things are pretty dire there.

2024-07-25 05:19:08

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Very true but it’s very good they moved fast to evacuate the town so early so, at this point, there has been no loss of life.

2024-07-25 05:14:14

An important thing to remember with the Jasper fires is that everyone was evacuated safely. Even if we lose the entire town at this point no lives have been lost.
#Jasper #JasperFire #jaspernationalpark

2024-07-25 05:03:02

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I believe they had most of the patients moved within the first 12 hours. @npub170y…28tz was following the flights out of Hinton for transferring patients.

2024-07-25 04:51:12

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Getting reports from people in contact with firefighters in town who say half the town is now on fire.

2024-07-25 04:46:10

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I think this is the end as it severely limits what they can do to fight the fires.

2024-07-25 04:17:28

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Over the last number of years I’ve looked around that valley at all the pine beetle dead trees and wondering when it would all go up and if they could contain it when it did. :(

2024-07-25 04:12:14

Just thought about the Jasper Museum. It’s not large but I’m betting a lot of things there are irreplaceable.
#Jasper #JasperFire

2024-07-25 04:02:12

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If the golf course is gone that likely means so is Jasper Park Lodge.

2024-07-25 03:45:39

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Damn

2024-07-25 03:39:00

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The area behind this is basically a trailer park so that’ll be gone in a hurry. :(

2024-07-25 01:47:01

It seems the assessment is not good for the overnight spread of the fire as they’re moving first responders out of the town. Now moving to last ditch efforts to protect the town. 😢
#Jasper #JasperFire #Alberta
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2024-07-24 15:50:32

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Having spent my life heading out there and up to Marmot I was having nightmares last night about the fire reaching Marmot… 😬

2024-07-23 15:57:16

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They're also setup in Grande Prairie as GP and Calgary are the closest larger centres in Alberta people could get to leaving west from Jasper. Valemont and the other small communities near Jasper won't be able to handle that many people and BC is already dealing with multiple evacuations of its own.

2024-07-23 14:54:12

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Trying to think from when I’ve been there and I expect you’re right. It’s pretty small and patients I’ve sent there all got transported on within a few hours.

2024-07-23 14:50:49

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My guess would be ambulances from Hinton when to Jasper to help.

2024-07-23 14:44:54

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From when I was regular ski patrol up there Jasper has two ambulances.

2024-07-20 17:55:30

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I did 20 years as volunteer ski patrol and my appreciation for the work of full time EMS is very high. It’s an incredibly tough job where you spend a lot of time with people on the worst of day of their lives.
This year I’m extra grateful as EMS has kept my father alive during the many trips to the ER he’s had in the last 9 months.

2024-07-19 16:06:39

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Thanks! Good to know. The reporting is kind of murky for those of us not in the Windows or corporate world.

2024-07-19 15:52:18

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One question, is Crowdstrike something MS has integrated or something users (or companies) would have installed separately?

2024-07-19 15:06:58

Guess I should tell my partner not to startup her Windows box when she gets up this morning.

2024-07-18 19:30:04

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Everyone only has four cheeks to turn.

2024-07-17 22:19:37

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David Tennant has gone above and beyond in his support and I love him for it!

2024-07-17 21:52:41

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It was also very disappointing to hear Richard Ayoade defending him although pleased that Matt Berry realized that what they had made was wrong.

2024-07-16 14:51:07

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My partner handles most of this end of things in our lives but we did just get a new used car and one thing I’ll note is she didn’t take us to used car lots, only dealerships. Then we test drove a bunch of vehicles in the class we were looking for before settling on the one we got based on features, price, and mileage.

2024-07-14 05:40:11

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I had a very nice day drinking with friends all afternoon at a birthday celebration. Then I made the mistake of checking to see what was happening in the world. More beer is required now. Maybe whiskey too.
https://cdn.mastdn.ca/media_attachments/files/112/782/764/111/019/338/original/9721f4076b1d559f.mp4

2024-07-14 05:33:59

Oh FFS!

2024-07-13 15:16:20

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In my workplace my director fought hard against the older levels above to retain our WFH ability. There seemed to a strong age divide on opinions about WFH in our leadership. The older they got the more they felt everyone needed to be in the office. Office is pretty much hybrid now, which works for what we do.

2024-07-12 15:58:12

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I don’t know that I’ve dealt with it with others but friends of my ex and myself dealt with it with us. 14 years on and one of my ex’s old friends is now great friends with my partner as is one of my ex’s sisters. My father often hangs out with my ex’s family as they get along great.
It helps that our split wasn’t particularly acrimonious and we very quickly decided that we weren’t going to let divorce interfere with being decent parents so we worked together a lot for that.

2024-07-11 16:29:00

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Alberta is technically net billing as, unlike BC, we don't bank kw/h credits. In Alberta you're paid for exported power every month at whatever the retail rate you have is. So better than some net billing setups in the U.S. where the export rate is the wholesale price rather than the retail price. With a solar plan net billing in Alberta might work out better as you can buy kw/h in the winter at a reduced rate from you sold them for in the summer.

2024-07-09 23:34:50

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Does they involve infrared light?
https://www.menshealth.com/health/a19539973/i-put-a-giant-red-light-on-my-balls-to-triple-my-testosterone-levels/

2024-07-09 16:08:15

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Height is also an issue given how treed our neighbourhoods are. Since we're a new build on a tall house it was relatively easy to the have the panels set up. Interestingly the solar company said our east and west facing roof was very good for Alberta summers. We had thought we'd have to figure out some way to face the panels south but with sunrise and sunset in the north the east and west panels work very well.

2024-07-09 07:11:45

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By running my AC off my solar panels all day.

2024-07-09 01:17:02

As an Albertan all the posts about thinking France and the UK crushed the right only bring to mind the belief here in 2015 that conservative rule was over. Instead they went farther right, more authoritarian, and won the next election more ruthless and dangerous than ever.
The elections in the UK and France were close with right wing authoritarian parties gaining votes. Starmer and Macron have very short amounts of time to stave off the continuing growth of the new fascism in their countries.

2024-07-07 15:46:54

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Another factor in the change of vote share could simply be Tory voters staying home. Given overall Labour didn’t gain votes I would think that accounts for much of this spread. I would guess also they lost votes in their strong ridings as more left leaning voters moved away from them.
Starmer has a lot of work to do bring votes back to Labour before the next election.

2024-07-07 07:27:31

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They’re doing very well overall and we think finally into a normal range, if on the small side, for size. Now to get them onto solid food!

2024-06-18 19:12:53

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I only use Google products when there are no other good alternatives. I switched away a few years ago.

2024-06-18 17:27:11

A key point in this is that when the NDP announced the plan to phase out coal in Alberta by 2030 the industry said it wasn't possible. Here we are now in 2024 and the coal is gone, six years ahead of schedule.
#Alberta #Coal #ClimateChange #electricity
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-genesee-2-offline-is-this-end-of-coal-power-1.7237703

2024-06-17 15:40:12

A friend found this piece from 2021 on the type of pipe used to build the feeder main that burst in Calgary. Seems like it’s a very good material except for when they lowered the standards on it during the 70’s. Pretty much any pre-stressed concrete pipe laid in the 70’s is an issue…. Tens of billions of dollars of repairs needed across North America.
#Calgary #YYC #Alberta #Edmonton #YEG
https://piperepair.co.uk/2021/06/13/the-pccp-repair-and-reinforcement-project-caused-by-mistakes-of-the-70s/