Degree in Political Science, career in tech.
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Last Notes npub1g3ex93kzemh55mzs6qvu25fh5jd0wspsvgrwdju3fl2sjmwurtmq2r63vs Paul Turnbull 🇨🇦 I know my kids inherited some of my anxiety but they're definitely way ahead me, at least in my early 20s, at handling it. npub1g3ex93kzemh55mzs6qvu25fh5jd0wspsvgrwdju3fl2sjmwurtmq2r63vs Paul Turnbull 🇨🇦 Yes but not because AI is going to destroy humanity but because the people driving it are using it is a disruptive tool in their quest to break democracy. npub1g3ex93kzemh55mzs6qvu25fh5jd0wspsvgrwdju3fl2sjmwurtmq2r63vs Paul Turnbull 🇨🇦 A decade ago I would have answered this with "much too often" as most of the time it was used it wasn't technically correct and mostly used as general attack. Nowadays though with fascism breaking out everywhere it should probably be used more. npub1g3ex93kzemh55mzs6qvu25fh5jd0wspsvgrwdju3fl2sjmwurtmq2r63vs Paul Turnbull 🇨🇦 As a historical event extremely important. It defined a lot of things over the subsequent two decades. npub1g3ex93kzemh55mzs6qvu25fh5jd0wspsvgrwdju3fl2sjmwurtmq2r63vs Paul Turnbull 🇨🇦 One of the biggest stories in Alberta this week is the Saddle Lake Cree Nation asserting it's sovereignty and basic humanity by defying the Alberta government bans on gender affirming care. npub1g3ex93kzemh55mzs6qvu25fh5jd0wspsvgrwdju3fl2sjmwurtmq2r63vs Paul Turnbull 🇨🇦 Well I do work for a union so I have definitely have it off but by “observe” I will likely just be making/boosting labour oriented posts. npub1g3ex93kzemh55mzs6qvu25fh5jd0wspsvgrwdju3fl2sjmwurtmq2r63vs Paul Turnbull 🇨🇦 Is there a Polymarket on whether it ever ships? npub1g3ex93kzemh55mzs6qvu25fh5jd0wspsvgrwdju3fl2sjmwurtmq2r63vs Paul Turnbull 🇨🇦 But.. why would anyone want this? npub1g3ex93kzemh55mzs6qvu25fh5jd0wspsvgrwdju3fl2sjmwurtmq2r63vs Paul Turnbull 🇨🇦 Mostly saskatoons but I also like raspberries a lot. npub1g3ex93kzemh55mzs6qvu25fh5jd0wspsvgrwdju3fl2sjmwurtmq2r63vs Paul Turnbull 🇨🇦 Very few things, if any, have only one name and names themselves come a variety of types. Sometimes names have overlapping potentially contradictory meanings (I’m looking at you “fruit”). I’d say it’s important to use the right name in the right context for the right purpose but there’s usually a lot of wiggle room in there. The big thing is to avoid confusion. npub1g3ex93kzemh55mzs6qvu25fh5jd0wspsvgrwdju3fl2sjmwurtmq2r63vs Paul Turnbull 🇨🇦 No but mostly because I don’t eat peaches. :) npub1g3ex93kzemh55mzs6qvu25fh5jd0wspsvgrwdju3fl2sjmwurtmq2r63vs Paul Turnbull 🇨🇦 Seems kind of sinister… npub1g3ex93kzemh55mzs6qvu25fh5jd0wspsvgrwdju3fl2sjmwurtmq2r63vs Paul Turnbull 🇨🇦 I doubt Eurovision will be changing their rules just for AdP. npub1g3ex93kzemh55mzs6qvu25fh5jd0wspsvgrwdju3fl2sjmwurtmq2r63vs Paul Turnbull 🇨🇦 Based on the works of Iain M Banks, we’ll be quite interesting pets when real artificial minds arise. npub1g3ex93kzemh55mzs6qvu25fh5jd0wspsvgrwdju3fl2sjmwurtmq2r63vs Paul Turnbull 🇨🇦 Perhaps but I wonder what incentive an archive would have to do that, or even what reason they would have to store all Fediverse posts. npub1g3ex93kzemh55mzs6qvu25fh5jd0wspsvgrwdju3fl2sjmwurtmq2r63vs Paul Turnbull 🇨🇦 It would kind of defeat the purpose of having auto-deleting posts and the premise you own your own posts. npub1g3ex93kzemh55mzs6qvu25fh5jd0wspsvgrwdju3fl2sjmwurtmq2r63vs Paul Turnbull 🇨🇦 https://m.f-h.co/cosocial-ca/media_attachments/files/117/043/728/019/299/162/original/20652b4ddcca1bef.jpeg npub1g3ex93kzemh55mzs6qvu25fh5jd0wspsvgrwdju3fl2sjmwurtmq2r63vs Paul Turnbull 🇨🇦 I think the only time I use it is talking about cyberpunk, the genre, not the game. :) npub1g3ex93kzemh55mzs6qvu25fh5jd0wspsvgrwdju3fl2sjmwurtmq2r63vs Paul Turnbull 🇨🇦 Coincidental post by Edmonton’s mayor I just saw. npub1g3ex93kzemh55mzs6qvu25fh5jd0wspsvgrwdju3fl2sjmwurtmq2r63vs Paul Turnbull 🇨🇦 No problem! It’s a little bit of local history here. I actually can make the proper Green Onion Cake Man version. They freeze really nice so you can make a big batch. npub1g3ex93kzemh55mzs6qvu25fh5jd0wspsvgrwdju3fl2sjmwurtmq2r63vs Paul Turnbull 🇨🇦 I’d say in Edmonton it’s green onion cakes. While they don’t originate here, over the last fifty years they’ve become a standard. npub1g3ex93kzemh55mzs6qvu25fh5jd0wspsvgrwdju3fl2sjmwurtmq2r63vs Paul Turnbull 🇨🇦 The longest wait times are in the US. It’s called being denied care. npub1g3ex93kzemh55mzs6qvu25fh5jd0wspsvgrwdju3fl2sjmwurtmq2r63vs Paul Turnbull 🇨🇦 AI often works with it can find online so this will become the canonical Siren... npub1g3ex93kzemh55mzs6qvu25fh5jd0wspsvgrwdju3fl2sjmwurtmq2r63vs Paul Turnbull 🇨🇦 Generally yes but some mistakes my include references to other people and organizations so you have to be careful about confidentiality. npub1g3ex93kzemh55mzs6qvu25fh5jd0wspsvgrwdju3fl2sjmwurtmq2r63vs Paul Turnbull 🇨🇦 The source is the Hudson Valley Weather account on Facebook three days ago. npub1g3ex93kzemh55mzs6qvu25fh5jd0wspsvgrwdju3fl2sjmwurtmq2r63vs Paul Turnbull 🇨🇦 For games played on rectangles my partner and I really love Terraforming Mars although Pandemic is a lot of fun too. :) npub1g3ex93kzemh55mzs6qvu25fh5jd0wspsvgrwdju3fl2sjmwurtmq2r63vs Paul Turnbull 🇨🇦 I’m not much of sports person but I’ve enjoyed watching key World Cup games at our local pub and we took some visiting family out see the Edmonton Riverhawks (West Coast League baseball) play. It was much as you described, lots of kids, socialization, and some great banter from the two Edmonton comedians and improv guys calling the game. npub1g3ex93kzemh55mzs6qvu25fh5jd0wspsvgrwdju3fl2sjmwurtmq2r63vs Paul Turnbull 🇨🇦 How does he plan to dismantle something the US never signed on to or ever participated in? I doubt an attempt to invade the Netherlands would go well. npub1g3ex93kzemh55mzs6qvu25fh5jd0wspsvgrwdju3fl2sjmwurtmq2r63vs Paul Turnbull 🇨🇦 I put two although I guess with glasses it would be three. It's only been in the last few years I've had ongoing drug prescriptions, the first (not covered as it's considered a "lifestyle" issue) for a particular side effect of having your prostate removed, and the second, just started, to finally treat my anxiety disorder. This week I may end up with another as, depending on the blood test this morning, I may start on statins. npub1g3ex93kzemh55mzs6qvu25fh5jd0wspsvgrwdju3fl2sjmwurtmq2r63vs Paul Turnbull 🇨🇦 Star Wars night at the ball game. I have a bad feeling about this. npub1g3ex93kzemh55mzs6qvu25fh5jd0wspsvgrwdju3fl2sjmwurtmq2r63vs Paul Turnbull 🇨🇦 Telus posted pictures of the cable damage that has taken down/degraded their Enterprise Fibre and phone in downtown Edmonton. Apparently it's at Jasper and 100th street. It looks like the entire right of way was ripped out. I've heard it's also affecting Rogers customers. I'm thinking this will take awhile to fix. npub1g3ex93kzemh55mzs6qvu25fh5jd0wspsvgrwdju3fl2sjmwurtmq2r63vs Paul Turnbull 🇨🇦 If I’m remembering correctly these look similar in layout to the self-driving cars in Westworld. npub1g3ex93kzemh55mzs6qvu25fh5jd0wspsvgrwdju3fl2sjmwurtmq2r63vs Paul Turnbull 🇨🇦 It seems FIFA isn't even trying to hide the corruption in this case. If the U.S. wins this match the whole tournament is tainted. #worldcup npub1g3ex93kzemh55mzs6qvu25fh5jd0wspsvgrwdju3fl2sjmwurtmq2r63vs Paul Turnbull 🇨🇦 Unsurprised FIFA, one of the most corrupt organizations in history, played ball with one of the most corrupt leaders in history. npub1g3ex93kzemh55mzs6qvu25fh5jd0wspsvgrwdju3fl2sjmwurtmq2r63vs Paul Turnbull 🇨🇦 All the eggs are unloaded into the an egg tray in the flat drawer in our fridge so not an issue. That said, from the egg tray in the fridge I tend to take them one row at a time although that can get broken up if there size differences. January through September we get heritage eggs from the University of Alberta so the sizes can vary. npub1g3ex93kzemh55mzs6qvu25fh5jd0wspsvgrwdju3fl2sjmwurtmq2r63vs Paul Turnbull 🇨🇦 I'm doing a server upgrade and probably watching the Canada World Cup game. :) npub1g3ex93kzemh55mzs6qvu25fh5jd0wspsvgrwdju3fl2sjmwurtmq2r63vs Paul Turnbull 🇨🇦 I don’t think AdP would be eligible because Eurovision rules require vocals and lyrics. npub1g3ex93kzemh55mzs6qvu25fh5jd0wspsvgrwdju3fl2sjmwurtmq2r63vs Paul Turnbull 🇨🇦 I’m part of the technical population and have exactly zero passkeys. I researched the details and decided it wasn’t worth the apparent hassle vs my password manager generating and storing long random strings for me. npub1g3ex93kzemh55mzs6qvu25fh5jd0wspsvgrwdju3fl2sjmwurtmq2r63vs Paul Turnbull 🇨🇦 Terry was prophetic. npub1g3ex93kzemh55mzs6qvu25fh5jd0wspsvgrwdju3fl2sjmwurtmq2r63vs Paul Turnbull 🇨🇦 Hard to say but like Angine de Poirtrine he was often a mix of experimental and some great grooves. He had bigger more complex bands though. I’d say if you’re looking to check him out go for the live albums: Broadway the Hard Way* and The Best Band You Never Heard. npub1g3ex93kzemh55mzs6qvu25fh5jd0wspsvgrwdju3fl2sjmwurtmq2r63vs Paul Turnbull 🇨🇦 Frank Zappa’s Canadian love child. npub1g3ex93kzemh55mzs6qvu25fh5jd0wspsvgrwdju3fl2sjmwurtmq2r63vs Paul Turnbull 🇨🇦 Yah, I really need to just bite the bullet and buy the good stuff at Freson Bros. The price probably works out if I don’t end up throwing as much of it out. npub1g3ex93kzemh55mzs6qvu25fh5jd0wspsvgrwdju3fl2sjmwurtmq2r63vs Paul Turnbull 🇨🇦 My kingdom for grocery store garlic that doesn’t start sprouting in a couple days! This is why I always have a giant jar of minced garlic on hand. npub1g3ex93kzemh55mzs6qvu25fh5jd0wspsvgrwdju3fl2sjmwurtmq2r63vs Paul Turnbull 🇨🇦 OK, this mess of a day is done. Time for a walk. npub1g3ex93kzemh55mzs6qvu25fh5jd0wspsvgrwdju3fl2sjmwurtmq2r63vs Paul Turnbull 🇨🇦 New instance means introduction time.
