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Science, technology, energy, and the environment.
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Previously known as @viinikka on the bird site!
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Canadian-made tests are good. If the pharmacy doesn't have a give-away program, they're worth buying!
canadastrong.ca/products/art...
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Even if the unfortunate LEO who gets shot *is a real ICE agent*, it's the same story. One would apologize, one would feel bad, sure, but in the absence of LEO identification, uniforms, and a signed court order, a reasonable person can't distinguish a kidnapping from an arrest. Kidnappers don't wait!
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In a big reno, our new ASHP replaced a 25-year old central air conditioning unit. Easy (on paper) since the walls were all opened up, new electrical & panel, upgraded main service, etc. Would have been even easier if the subcontractor knew wth they were doing. :)
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That's so bizarre on so many levels. Like how many different misunderstandings and counter-factual beliefs can you cram in to one stupid law?
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I'm sure *yours* is configured correctly; mine went through about 4 techs from different teams before I got one who said "Oh, it has DIP switches. Oh, and different modes. I'd better read this."
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Good observation. Probably important to get the unit configured properly (e.g. without a cold-temp shutdown?) because many HVAC techs seem to want to avoid reading the installation guide on ASHPs.
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Further context: www.reuters.com/business/hea...
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I love this, it's like a Cargo Cult for public administration. :)
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Obviously I am joking because that is what Putin's generals do, have done, will continue to do, regardless, until Russia is defeated and has to admit the invasion of Ukraine was a mistake.
www.cbc.ca/news/world/p...
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Outspend Russia. Right, that's the way to defeat them. :) So brilliant, why didn't anyone think of that? So much easier than using their own arrogance and corruption against them like the silly Ukrainians have been demonstrating for 3 years.
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Is the point that they still (pretend to?) believe in economically-viable CO2 capture and sequestration?
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No one is planning on making the infrastructure investments and mass relocation effort. Is anyone [amongst the large emitters or large fuel producers] planning on taking the bold climate actions? Canada keeps winning fossil of the year...
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Stolen i-beam? Steal Eye Beams? Does anyone have my brane handy?
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Are you kidding?! They'd rather be hit on the head with a steal i-beam than have an HIV vaccine. Or any other STI -- you've seen them lie about Gardasil 9. There's not as much reflexive hatred for people with cancer (who might be helped by next-gen mRNA vax as you said) but it's enough.
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Air transparency and reported air quality very similar in Toronto. :(
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Based on the cost of The Big Dig, the high speed rail would be way cheaper and serve 3x as many Canadians.
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I hope someone boosts those other projects, but which one does Canada already own at great cost?
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You are not. I made this graphic an hour or so ago, because, yeah. I was evacuated for two weeks, we are back home now, but we are choking on smoke.
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It's not whether the production capacity is new. It's about deciding how to spend money, labour, and steel. In a fossil fuel shutdown, even if you anticipate a long run, you have to stop building new infrastructure.
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Visual reminder!
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Yes, agree. But how did the oligarchs convince so many of us throughout the rich world?
"Hey fellow passengers, who thinks *I* should fly the plane?!"
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But clearly we are so tired of "experts"... 🤪
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Nice! For Canada:
www.cbc.ca/lite/news?so...
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My kingdom for a sandbox!
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I find your point convincing and as a result I will continue down this path of saying "Yes, the stove is very hot, like hot stovologists explained to us last year."
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Reassuring but it's a herbicide not an insecticide.
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You have to convince the IRB that you, the national regulator, weren't convinced by any of the several previous placebo-controlled studies but might be by this one. Plus you may need to prove a protective security detail because you've incubated madness.
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That's part of why you can't do a placebo-controlled study on existing COVID vaccines today. 70% of us know they work and don't want to risk getting a placebo. 30% of us are unclear on the concept of a hole in the ground and won't risk taking the vaccine.
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No one is ever given an experimental therapy in a study with a control without being fully aware that they have a very solid chance of being in the control group, i.e. untreated in this case.
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^^ That right there is a disturbing and difficult observation.
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Heh. Don't we all live in countries where people learn to read according to the shape that a word makes, not the phonetic sounds of the letters, diphthongs, blends, or digraphs? Exvangelical is shaped too much like its parent word, this was going to happen. :)
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Coal Harbour Van to the seaplane docks in Victoria is only 100 km so it seems like a perfect route to start building electric aviation. Seems like it would be quieter than the old radial engine or either of the turbines now used. I look forward to commercial service expected in 2027.
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... and the profits flow back down to Atlanta. I am still searching for a suitable alternative that I can get in Toronto.
www.dynamicinventory.net/coca-cola-su...
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Right on! I had to think for awhile about my favourite afternoon beverage, which is Coke. Technically yes, we bottle it in Canada. But that only means a few jobs at a very automated bottling plant, and the supply of water and food-grade CO2. The concentrated syrup comes up from Atlanta ...
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kraft_H...
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Heinz was always sending the profits back to Pittsburgh, even when they were buying the tomatoes grown in Leamington. I buy French's too, if I can. I don't often get to "vote" on this matter because we eat ketchup rarely. I send the same message by avoiding Kraft Heinz as much as possible.
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magniX is in Everett, WA, 160 km as-the-crow-flies from Vancouver. If it's within their range, it's only about a 40 minute flight.
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You'd have to ask Harbour Air, but I bet their main qualification was that the vendor be within Beaver flying distance of Vancouver's Seaport. A company in Montreal or Markham is a lot less immediately helpful to their daily business.
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"The minimum interval between COVID-19 doses is 3 months for previously vaccinated individuals."
Given these recommendations, I don't see why a pharmacist would turn away a healthy 17-year-old whose last COVID vaccination was 7 or 8 months ago. Any insight? (3/3)
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Specifically:
"NACI *recommends* that all other previously vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals (6 months of age and older) who are not at increased risk for SARS-CoV-2 exposure or severe COVID-19 disease (i.e., not listed above *may receive* a COVID-19 vaccine." (2/3)
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Something I like about oil is that (in the ground) it doesn't really have a shelf life. It'll still be good for making Lego blocks or lubricating bicycles if we leave it there for a few years. :)
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^^^ Sorry for being ambiguous, second reference there is to the Beaver DHC-2, which Harbour Air is converting to electric propulsion with US-based magniX.
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These airframes are also the starting point for commercial electric flight in Canada.
leandesign.com/harbour-air-...
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The (new) De Havilland Canada has acquired and inherited a tonne of amazing designs for aircraft the world actually needs. When someone needs to be evacuated from an Antarctic research base in the middle of the winter, it's Twin Otters (DHC-6) you send. They are the workhorses of the Arctic too.
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The production has been restarted (stopped due to low demand) and will deliver the first ones at the end of 2026.
In France they called them the "Canadairs" Here :
financialpost.com/pmn/business...