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quietcontemplation.bsky.social
Retired acoustical consultant. Bike advocate. Doomscroller.
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Time to get my mind off of the bullies for today

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Time to get my mind off of the bullies for today

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If you listen to how the question was phrased and the intonation, then you’ll hear it’s an accusation. It’s not sincere. Although Zelenskyy handled it wonderfully, treating it as if it were a sincere question

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Strategy doesn’t even figure into their brains. Except that they want something back for the money and would be okay with blaming Ukraine for anything *wrong* happening.

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A masterclass on the Art of the Deal. /s Trump: They didn’t respect Biden, they respect me Zelenskyy: head tilt (Zelenskyy’s expressions throughout are quite amusing) www.cbc.ca/news/world/u...

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

This is what I’ve been thinking (and saying) all along. Why not properly fund the IRS to make sure the revenue side is kept up? Hint: Panama papers

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

The Impact Isolation Class (IIC) is a rating system used to determine how well a floor-ceiling construction does at reducing noise from things like footfall/walking/stomping to the room below. A higher number is generally better

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

Trump said he was going to revitalize the economy. We just didn’t know that it was going to be via lawyers

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I’m watching some Mister Rogers episodes to help keep me sane in these times. Join me. Definitely worth it. www.misterrogers.org/watch/

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And people who idolize Musk

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High speed rail from Toronto to Quebec City! Here’s hoping that it’ll be done before *my* time so I can ride it! (And hoping it’ll be up and running with minimal issues) www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

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The World Health Organization notes that over 1 million healthy life years were lost in 2011 in Western Europe alone - due to traffic related noise! And I expect noise has only gone up in many places due to widening roads and increasing traffic. #urbanism #environment #noise

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Wish I had heard about this when it started. This is a great effort by the city. I’d love to have one of those camera/mic systems in front of my house. I can’t fine them but maybe I could do something else….

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

I definitely have a huge grudge against them. Such selfishness

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The same people who thank god for saving their lives while several nurses and doctors stand by their bedside.

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

Unwillingly! I don’t want to find out!

submitted 24 days ago • 0 comments

“Genius” con man

submitted 24 days ago • 0 comments

Open plan offices often have poor acoustics that make it difficult to work in. There’s loud talking, footsteps, ventilation noise, appliance noises, and on top of that, if there’s been any consideration for acoustics at all, there’s masking noise added

submitted 26 days ago • 1 comment

What the heck? Who ever claimed that the live music experience was the singular end goal of a sound system? www.headphonesty.com/2025/02/scie...

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It’s so telling when they complain about it

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This is like when the bully pushes you over and threatens to punch you. Then takes your lunch money. Says they’ll come back in a month for more. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

The main timeline is filled with “leadership” slop and marketing posts. Not very useful for much anymore. I find the main use for this is to look at a persons work history.

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

Flashback to three weeks ago with Justin Trudeau...

submitted 29 days ago • 27 comments

With all the chaos, it’s the perfect time for an enemy to make a move. Going to be difficult to detect/find with so so much fallout

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

If you wanted to be considered a player on the world stage, you wouldn’t alienate everyone by adding tariffs, being racist, sexist, or try to take over land that’s not yours.

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“Genius”

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#WinterCycling is fine if you have the right gear - mainly snow tires and warm clothing. However note that passengers may not like it much in -20C if you don’t have a shelter. Bigger kids and adults won’t fit under the typical covers…

submitted 31 days ago • 1 comment