tempaleigh.bsky.social
Halifax Nova Scotian; menopause advocate; lover of cats, health sciences, politics. Overall, I'm not that important.
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You're welcome :)
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"Trump claims (insert lie here)" pretty much sums up everything he says, other than the truly nonsensical garbage that spews out along with it.
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Exactly. At least you can make an informed decision if you want and just not buy it at all.
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Social media is very frustrating because much of it is emotion without nuance. That's why I really like the panels on Power and Politics and the interviews. One can learn a lot more about what could potentially go wrong and what's probably ok. Sometimes what we fear is valid & sometimes it isn't.
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Yeah, it's not logical. It's just ideological and emotional, so I can see why it doesn't make sense. Hopefully she'll come around at some point. Good luck with this.
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Sadly, she may never leave the cult, no matter what you do or what happens to her and/or to others around her. Anyone who celebrates this kind of abusive tantrum is either a participant of abuse or an unrealized victim of it.
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If it's any consolation, in this case, he was in the States for decades. He wasn't visiting from Canada. Still terrible, though.
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Moyers gave grants to a bunch of young writers, and funneled a ton of cash to an array of independent outlets. He got it.
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A coupla years out of college, I was watching Moyers give a speech and he quoted a few graphs of a piece I’d written for free for some web magazine. And I sent him an email to tell him what a thrill it’d been and he gave me a writing grant. Made me a pro. And then maybe 8 years later, he hired me.
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Yeah, she sounded really out of touch, dismissing our fears & resentment. The US has had the fortune of geography & size & hasn't had to consider the current scenario. They're like the rich kid who got too drunk, insulted & threatened his guests at his party & doesn't know why they stopped visiting.
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That sounds great. I'm curious to know the answer myself.
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I guess we can look at Australia stats, if we can find them. Somehow I think if you're forced to vote, you'll actually, once the moment arrives, make a conscious and serious decision. Question is whether or not you'll know anything about the candidates at that point.
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If we had mandatory voting, we certainly wouldn't spend so much time and energy on persuading people to get out and vote. And people would have to make their voices known, whether through voting, or spoiling their ballot. The only statement non-voters are making is an ambiguous one.
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I gave some more thought to COVID and how it sparked this reversal in trust in science. I think if people were instantly passing out and dying the streets, the vaccine would have been more accepted. Instead, people died in hospitals, leaving enough distance for disbelief. Who knows, really?
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It really is a shame how COVID set us back.
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That's what I would think, so if we can start testing this at home, perhaps we can get the vaccine if we don't have it, no matter what our age?
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I will defend something if I see it. You know darn well what you were doing. You weren't just asking a question. It's what crushes any kind of civil discourse.
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You picked a fight with Aaron first. I was defending him.
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Okay then. So it was a question NOT designed to put him on the defensive? You know as well as I do that it was not just a question.
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So because he thinks this one promise is weird, he obviously thinks Cuomo was better? That's not a logical conclusion, regardless of one's preference.
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Looking forward to the breakdown of voters. Did more young people vote?
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Would be interesting to know for certain what percentage of us already have it. I'd like to take the at-home HPV test, once it becomes available in Canada.
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Speaking of air conditioning in office buildings, do we know how much more heat is generated with each person and each computer? They keep forcing people back to offices every day, so they can sit in front of a computer all day long. I imagine this just adds to their expenses.
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So, what is the reason for the age limit on this vaccine? Do you know?
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That's what I was thinking. It's too bad they couldn't have just stated that fact--that it'll most likely prevent drugs coming FROM the US into Canada, but that would have set off the orange toddler, I'm sure.
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I doubt it'll ever wind up in the DSM, but it should.
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I was walking on Coburg St the other day and marveled at how loud cars are. I'm not saying that we should get rid of the road, but I hadn't realized how much noise pollution cars create.
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The interface is prohibitive. The only time I go there is via an email notification about something written from someone I signed up to get email notifications from. Otherwise, bleh. It's way too busy for me.
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He's also easily manipulated because smart and dangerous leaders know that all he cares about is winning the popularity pageant.
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On Friday, we published this look-ahead of some of what's on the agenda: more bike lane debate, bigger residential parking fees for big vehicles, and the Robie Street transit corridor.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/government/c...
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Even if I had the money, kids are not for me. It had nothing to do with any advice against having kids from people with kids or people without kids.
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Lol. What a horrible world it would be if that were the only way we could communicate. But definitely a good modern example. Hahaha.
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Yeah, that's from Strange New Worlds. It's all an interesting take on communication. The music one makes sense in at least you can communicate new ideas via another form. But having to base everything on something that has already happened in the past with one particular group is a bit of a stretch.
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Because a race that only speaks in metaphors based on past shared experiences doesn't make sense that it would advance. It's such an extremely difficult language to develop scientifically. It's an interesting mystery episode, but I thought it was silly when I recently watched it again.
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Upon watching this again recently, I realized this was an incredibly stupid episode of TNG. I still have fond memories, nonetheless.