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Just got a text from an 819 area code supposedly from #CanadaPost telling me they were unable to deliver my package because of address related issue. I really do wish these foreigners who spam us and scam us would get a better grip on the english language. It's either an address related issue or address related issues people! And since one, I'm not expecting anything from Canada Post. And two, I would only sign up for text alerts by providing a valid tracking number, not today East Indian sweatshop con artists. Not today!
in reply to YourFavoriteAtheist☃️

I got something similar yesterday. They wanted me to click a link to correct my zip code. Yeah, I’ll get right on that lol.


Maybe I should go back to reading fiction, instead of all the philosophical non fiction stuff
in reply to 🌻 Farah

read dune,, totally doesnt have philosophy or political intrigue



Every bit of this and then some! zeroes.ca/@broadwaybabyto/1141…


The only difference between a temp abled person & a disabled one is luck & time

Their good health isn’t due to “trying harder” or moral superiority. It’s luck

Health can be taken away at any moment, and if you live long enough you will almost certainly experience disability

Be kind. Be inclusive.




[13:09] US Secretary of State Marco Rubio stops over at Shannon Airport on way back to US as Micheál Martin meets JD Vance ahead of Oval Office meeting

Taoiseach Micheál Martin is due to meet US President Donald Trump later today in a hotly anticipated meeting as part of St Patrick’s Day celebrations.

independent.ie/irish-news/poli…

#MicheálMartin #US #DonaldTrump #today #StPatrick’s



🎧 Mood.

"Lost in Music"
Stereo MCs (1990)

#EddieFM #Music #UK

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A team of aerospace and biomechanics researchers is exploring how people with physical disabilities could venture into #space, visit the Moon, and even travel to #Mars.
#Disability
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Ok. Weekend over. I managed to get out of my slump and actually do some work on Warjaming. That felt nice.

I’m under an immense amount of shitpressure these days, and while logically I know being idle makes things worse it’s fucking hard to pull up from that sort of nosedive.

I have two days of work then 3 off, which I’ll try my hardest to work on cool fun stuff. I want this project completed, it’s tied up all my minis lol.



[13:16] Liveblog: volg hier de rechtszaak van oud-burgemeester Schuiling voor schennis van eerbaarheid

Oud-burgemeester Koen Schuiling zou al begin januari in Zwolle de boete van 250 euro aanvechten die hij kreeg voor ‘schennis van de eerbaarheid’. Een vormfout gooide echter roet in het eten. Die is nu hersteld en de rechtbank heeft onverwacht snel een gaatje gevonden om de zaak opnieuw aan te horen.

sikkom.nl/actueel/Liveblog-vol…

#KoenSchuiling #Zwolle #250euro



Roads will be closed in the GTHA to allow salamanders to journey to their vernal pools.

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Des routes seront fermées dans la région de Toronto-Hamilton pour permettre aux salamandres de se rendre dans leurs étangs printaniers.

// Article en anglais //

#Toronto #Hamilton #Salamander #Salamandre


in reply to jade

on EVERYONE SOUL we ALL cracking the gnome gitlab captcha


[13:11] Het doek valt voor Fryske Krite van Meppel, met een laatste toneelvoorstelling en een opheffingsvergadering

Met een laatste uitvoering van Friestalig theater komt er zaterdag na 101 jaar een eind aan de Friese vereniging Waling Dykstra voor Meppel en omgeving. Voorafgaand aan het toneelstuk is er de vergadering met slechts één punt op de agenda: de opheffing van de vereniging.

dvhn.nl/drenthe/meppel/Het-doe…

#Friestalig #zaterdag #101jaar #Friese #DykstravoorMeppel #één



Its not easy to replace the american tech services but day by day it can be done. But most importantly EU tech products needs a boost from EU governments, for example to promote them because many Europeans don't know there are EU alternatives. So lets give them a visibility boost. I will start to promote those products. For examplme instead of chess.com there is lichess.com
in reply to AlexLunaView

Agreed! Promoting EU tech is crucial. Here are some alternatives I use: Spotify for music, Joplin for notes, pCloud for storage, Proton for mail calendar and passwords, Le Chat for AI, Ecosia for browsing, Mastodon, and Pixelfed for social media and DeepL for translation. Plenty of ways to replace big tech, the question is if people are willing to give it up for an alternative.
in reply to Randy

@Randy tried le chat but it failed miserably in some areas. couldnt continue a conversation it was stuck in a loop not adaptable. didnt happen to chat gpt. the truth is american tech products most of them are just better and if the EU products to ever have a chance and not be niche, large investments and improvements are needed. A Eu tech product is not just good because its in EU
in reply to AlexLunaView

i have a different experience, I guess most of my apps are replaced and everything works just great. Keep in mind that Le chat is still in beta (I think).
in reply to AlexLunaView

@Randy

American tech took 20 or 30 years to reach the current state, and trillions of dollars of investment during decades.

ChatGPT was very stupid in the beginning. When they decided to release it earlier, it's because people would test it - they had millions of people using it and making fun of stupid answers, and this feedback made their AI model learn what it should answer.

So any other competitors (like Le Chat) needs people using it and failing. When they answer is wrong, downvote it - or if it's good, give a like. You're helping train their model.

in reply to All Europeans

Here’s the corrected version of your text:

@ueeu @alexlunaview I agree. But if everybody has the mentality of saying, “USA big tech is hard to replace,” then the story will end very quickly. An easy start is to migrate to a European email provider, and the rest will follow because if that’s done, you have already replaced everything in your Google/Microsoft/Apple ecosystem.



Con ipv6 podriamos tener todes desde nuestras casas si quisiéramos nuestros correos, webs y demás sin depender de compañías ni túneles ni gaitas.
Aunque, a causa de gente mala, probablemente recibiríamos muchos ataques para apropiarse de nuestros recursos.

Que desperdicio de energías en estar todo el rato tratándose de proteger

in reply to AlexBurrfoot

no necesitas IPv6 para hostear servicios por WAN y aunque así fuera no es recomendable hostear en clearnet desde tu casa, la solución existe desde 2003 con I2P.

La "gente mala" de verdad son los agentes del estado, funcionarios y las corporaciones con la colaboración de ICANN que han saboteado internet en las últimas tres décadas para que nadie pueda hacerlo sin su permiso, los hackeos arbitrarios no son tan habituales y cuando suceden a gran escala suelen ser financiados por Estados, aunque si tienes buen opsec y utilizas software libre es muy complicado que te hackeen un servidor, sobretodo sin que te des cuenta.



There is a lunar eclipse 🌙 in the night from Thursday to Friday.

cbc.ca/news/science/blood-worm…
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Il y a une éclipse lunaire 🌙 dans la nuit de jeudi à vendredi.

ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2…

#Eclipse #LunarEclipse #ÉclipseLunaire #Moon #Lune



[13:00] Dit ga je merken van importtarieven op Amerikaanse producten: ‘Koop snel nog een paar Levi’s of fles drank’

Nederlanders die aan de importheffingen op Amerikaanse producten willen ontkomen, kunnen nog snel een nieuwe spijkerbroek, fles whiskey of motorfiets kopen. „Als het tijd is voor een nieuwe Levi’s spijkerbroek en je wilt het zekere voor het onzekere nemen, dan kun je die het beste nu aanschaffen”, zegt winkelexpert Paul Moers.

lc.nl/economie/Dit-ga-je-merke…

#Nederlanders #Amerikaanse #Levi’s #PaulMoers




Was eine kleine Blase an Menschen schon seit Jahrzehnten versucht zu erklären hier in einem SWR Radiobeitrag in 30 Minuten zusammengefaßt.

Der Weg geht über #OpenSource und #Eigenkompetenz auch wenn deutsche Verwaltungen Angstschweißausbrüche bekommen bei beiden Begriffen. Je früher mit der Arbeit daran begonnen wird, umso besser.

Kurzweiliger und absolute hörenswerter Beitrag:

Website:
swr.de/swrkultur/wissen/aemter-ohne-microsoft-warum-behoerden-freie-software-nutzen-wollen-das-wissen-2025-03-11-100.html
Audioplayer:
www.swr.de/swrkultur/wissen/aemter-ohne-microsoft-warum-behoerden-freie-software-nutzen-wollen-das-wissen-2025-03-11-100.html?mediaId=58281bbd-1e81-3c87-b7ba-16f5718e1414&
Audio Direktlink:
avdlswr-a.akamaihd.net/swr/swrkultur/wissen/sendungen/wissen/das-wissen-20250311-aemter-ohne-microsoft-warum-behoerden-freie-software-nutzen-wollen.m.mp3
#linux#limux#oopenexchange#microsoft#korruption#lobbyismus#politischsogewollt



Ukraine-Liveblog: ++ Rubio will noch heute mit Kreml sprechen ++

US-Außenminister Rubio will noch heute Kontakt mit Russlands Führung aufnehmen, um über den Vorschlag zur Feuerpause zu sprechen. Die Lieferung von US-Militärhilfen für die Ukraine ist laut Polen wieder angelaufen.

➡️ tagesschau.de/newsticker/liveb…

#Liveblog #Ukraine



Waffenruhe in der Ukraine? "In Moskau herrscht große Verwirrung"

Der Vorschlag einer Waffenruhe hat Russland die Hoffnung genommen, gemeinsam mit den USA den ukrainischen Präsidenten Selenskyj unter Druck setzen zu können, sagt der Russland-Experte Andreas Heinemann-Grüder. Moskau dürfte nun versuchen, Zeit zu schinden.

➡️ tagesschau.de/ausland/europa/u…

#USA #Ukraine #Russland #Waffenruhe #Putin #Trump #Selenskyj



Rheinmetall vermeldet Rekordgewinn für 2024

Mehr Geld fließt in Verteidigung - und davon profitiert Deutschlands größter Rüstungskonzern Rheinmetall stark. Auch in diesem Jahr will er stark wachsen. Das zivile Geschäft als Autozulieferer dagegen ist rückläufig.

➡️ tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/unter…

#Rheinmetall #Rüstungsbranche #Verteidigung #Waffen



Ukraine-Liveblog: ++ Lieferung von US-Militärhilfe wieder angelaufen ++

Die Lieferung von US-Militärhilfen für die Ukraine über Polen ist laut der Regierung in Warschau wieder aufgenommen worden. Der Kreml wartet auf Informationen aus den USA über den Waffenruhe-Vorschlag.

➡️ tagesschau.de/newsticker/liveb…

#Liveblog #Ukraine



Die Kriminalität insgesamt ist im vergangenen Jahr in NRW nahezu gleich geblieben. Aber es gab mehr Morde und Cybercrime.

Die Kriminalität insgesamt ist im vergangenen Jahr in NRW nahezu gleich geblieben. Aber es gab mehr Morde und Cybercrime .#PKS #PolizeilicheKriminalstatistik #2023 #Reul #Politik #Landespolitik #WDR #NRW



Marktbericht: Auch DAX-Anleger hoffen auf Waffenruhe

Die Hoffnung auf einen Waffenstillstand im Ukraine-Krieg hat heute am deutschen Aktienmarkt positive Impulse ausgelöst. Doch gleichzeitig bleiben die Sorgen wegen Donald Trumps Zollpolitik ein Thema.

➡️ tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/finan…

#Marktbericht #DAX #DowJones #S&P500



Grocery stores are seeing Buy Canadian as a business opportunity.

cbc.ca/news/business/canadian-…
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Les épiceries voient « Achetez Canadien » comme une opportunité d’affaires.

// Article en anglais //

#Canada #BuyCanadian #AchetezCanadien



[13:12] SF seeks to rule out any reintroduction of water charges

Draft legislation has been submitted by Sinn Féin which it said would scrap domestic water charges once and for all.

rte.ie/news/politics/2025/0312…

#SinnFéin



🐐 Y'all, meet Lily the baby goat and Lily the older goat, living their best life at an animal sanctuary. ❤️

▶️ Plays in the post (3:00)

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Intelligence experts say that the economically vulnerable people in Canada 🇨🇦 are the most likely to be targeted by the USA.

Opinion: A must read!

cbc.ca/news/politics/trump-ann…
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Les experts du renseignement signalent que les personnes économiquement vulnérables au Canada 🇨🇦 sont les plus susceptibles d'être ciblées par les États-Unis.

Opinion : Une lecture recommandée!

// Article en anglais //

#Canada


in reply to Frankie ✅

Or you could just buy a Rivian, which is a more capable truck that isn't associated with a nazi.
in reply to Frankie ✅

Getting burned to death because you cannot get out of a teslatruck on fire is also free


🎧 Mood.

"Once in a Lifetime"
Talking Heads (1980)

🎬 Toni Basil and David Byrne

#EddieFM #Music

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This week on ‘funny,’ not funny with Jim & Lionel (podcast on all your apps - search for it) I'm posting an encore episode from 2 years ago where Lionel and I just talk about communication and some books we read and I'm listening and finding it very calming right now.
in reply to Jim Infantino

I'm listening to back episodes of several podcasts these days, catching up but also more soothing than many contemporary episodes. A little time travel eases the mind. 🙂


apparently you can mark emails as low or high priority. The only reason how i found out about this feature is because i got a email from my mastodon server with the icon for high priority.

#mail #email #office2007




The Khalil arrest is cronyism – abuse of public power and the law for the benefit of Trump and his friends – nearly as explicitly as anything else that the president is doing. Gift link: wapo.st/4iDTSsW