Levi Breederland, now with AI @levisan@qoto.org

I'm coming up with a list of topics that are relevant to non-technical teaching and office staff, to address in a rotation in an internal, monthly newsletter from the IT department. What am I missing?

First time playing with Makedo and I’m not sure if it was a gift for me or the kids

I can't help but think The Orchard are a bunch of dufuses

The best thing about this strip is the future generations that have been inspired by Calvin to build the best snow creatures https://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/2024/12/10

In case capital punishment as a reality show doesn't work out.

I can’t help but say this feels out of character for a Wikipedia article.

Action shots.

Drop your favourite illustration of Santa here

"Isn't everyone a little bit radicalised?"

I am once again reminded that people often don't understand what they are agreeing to when they sign a contract. I see nothing wrong with this bill.

Paying for the infrastructure and the fuel separately is actually a good thing. You still pay for roads when you don't drive.

Looks like we're doing this again… I wonder if the town did a cost analysis to see how much it would increase taxes to just do it all for us.

Obviously in the grand scheme of things this isn’t a good thing, but I have to wonder if the garbage truck operators consider this to be worth extra points.

While I would appreciate a little more context, I think this is fine. It’s really saying “…when you can” rather than assuming the recipient has the same priorities and timeline.

If it were a real emergency, my mom would call. The rarity of her calls shows how urgent they are.

Sure, there's no good in being right and dead. But flip the whole thing around.

There's nothing stopping you from not noticing the pedestrian with right-of-way and getting away with out penalty.

But what good is being legally innocent if you killed someone?

You know you live in rural-adjacent Alberta when you hear about a flyer and based on the prices you might assume either single-family homes or farm equipment

[friend talking about going hunting]
Me: you got a spreadsheet for that?

I wish English had other common words for winter/spring/summer-y periods like we have “autumn” for 🍂 and can thus distinguish it from astronomical fall without having to say extra words.

Me checking in on CBC, 1941, colourised