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are the beer price-cuts related to doug ford's quarter-billion taxdollar giveaway for rushing the whole corner store booze rollout? surprised i'm not finding news articles about this.

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wow, a lot of prices have plummeted since the last time i visited the beer store. seems like 30-40% price reductions on many of the cans i was looking at — imports, craft, and domestic conglomerate brews. what's going on?

when life gives you lemons, you’re experiencing the amazing invention of some prehistoric humans who thought to try cross-breeding a mandarin with a pomelo, and then crossed the resultant seville orange with a citron. already way more impressive than making lemons into lemonade!

apparently it’s quicker to fly from
new delhi to *tashkent* than new delhi to mumbai!?

this bit of trivia (and more) gotten by listening to the “empire” episode on russian contest of central asia: pca.st/episode/d81eb4b5-d854-4

just got back from a family gathering at my bro-in-law’s farm. and he brought out some pear cider he’d just made. dang, it was good! i might have a new favourite non-alc beverage!

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Changed trains last night in Chicago for the final leg of my 80-hour train trip back to NYC. The sleeper rooms in this new train are so funny/great, with a folding sink, hidden toilet, elevating bed, extra storage cubby, and about a million little knobs and switches. I feel like I’m in a 1980s spaceship.
#NickOnTrains

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Telegram is capable of handing over all messages in every group and regular one-to-one chat to authorities in France or any other country. A real private messaging app like Signal isn't capable of turning over your messages and media. Telegram/Discord aren't private platforms.

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back from a few days at long point on lake erie. crazy how one day it’ll have waves over your head, and the next it looks like this!

i’m told the company that owns the building has been putting up similar properties in bankruptcy sale proceedings which then get torn down in favour of condo mid-rises. would be a shame if that’s what happens here!

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there was a film shoot of some kind happening — an early 20th century japanese period piece, it seems. military prison set, i think

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got a tour of the millworks in dundas, ontario the other day from a friend who has studio space there. so many interesting nooks and features in there!

if your USB-C cables keep burning out, you probably just need one that can handle higher voltage, right? a friend of mine uses android auto to take calls for hours a day while driving, and his phone burns through cable after cable. i said he should try a thunderbolt 4 cable. good idea? any better ones?

finally got my copy of the sibley guide to trees!

it was recommended by a forest scientist (over on bsky) when i asked how i could educate myself and be able to ID trees while i'm out and about.

apparently if you type cooked.wiki/ before the http of any recipe webpage, it will load a stripped-down, ad-free version

last night i spent HOURS troubleshooting this zoom L-20 mixer/audio interface’s logic input setup (on M1 mac). then first thing this morning, i tried turning the USB-C adaptor upside down and plugging it back in… and presto! now it all works. (happy/angry)

and went into having just discovered him tonight via this youtube mini-doc on him. an unusual story! youtube.com/watch?v=dB0mHcC-dx

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did yall know the prefix on medication just means the manufacturer? so "apo-methylphenidate" for example is methylphenidate (ritalin) made by apotex, inc.

obviously my mutes around american politics need some updating, but i couldnt help but get wind of kamala's new "he's just plain weird" messaging tactic. does no one else find it bizarre? isnt this the same lady mainly known for quaaluudesque word salad and weird affectations?

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Today in This Seems Bad news... 

This seems bad.

It is actually horrifying.

I honestly could only make it about half-way through the article because it's so horrific.

politico.com/news/magazine/202

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