Levi Breederland @levisan@qoto.org

Why You Can't Say "Christmas" in Hawaiian

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0h-gbeI0AFQ

Anything beyond rich text in an email is a disaster; why did we ever think that was a good idea?

Small town win:

Neighbour comes to the door. He found a phone while snowblowing my sidewalk. (Bonus win.)

Turns out it belongs to a kid down the street—but how did we know?

Well it had a notification from my kid on the screen.

If you insist on denying that a tomato is a fruit, I'll insist on assuming you're an American living in somewhere between 1883 and 1913

Best coffee reaction ever
https://www.youtube.com/clip/UgkxSsHPFm3ZDO4YiY3i6ewmUXB0zQNmFKN4

And here's @ryan's piece https://ohryan.ca/2025/12/10/winnipeg-your-denser-than-you-think/

My friend @ryan wrote about calculating real population density and it got me wondering why we don't just have one transit company in the Edmonton population centre https://levisan.me/articles/what-even-is-population-density-and-why-is-multi-city-transit-so-hard.html

"AI" doesn't create, it just regurgitates and meshes. Everyone's saying it like it's a bad thing but I don't think so?

"Talk about a recluse. He only comes out once a year, and he never catches any flak for it! Probably lives up there to avoid the taxes."

We've gotta bring Christmas back to its roots!

https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/tradition

Stairs don't need to be wide enough for moving furniture https://shadowsofaforgottenworld.blogspot.com/2016/06/hoisting-beams-in-amsterdam.html

A feature request: when placing a video call and waiting for the recipient to answer, your video should already be being sent, so that the recipient can see you before answering.

Should a person who has grown up with a phrase or term, not knowing it's bad connotations or origin, be "grandfathered in" and be allowed to say it once the history comes to light?

Blows my mind that some people in the current year still don't understand that Costco's ethos isn't about selling things for the cheapest price

I've had multiple people call me "an old soul" over the years and I've never understood what they meant by that

Is Betteridge's law of headlines lame? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headlines

brb scrolling through about:config looking for interesting things, as one does

Here's your reminder that the Pilgrims™ were fleeing Dutch enculturation, not religious persecution, when they sailed across the Atlantic.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilgrims_(Plymouth_Colony)#Decision_to_leave_Holland

"I like everything but country or rap"

Oh yeah, really? Bet I can find something you don't like.