I spent 13 years as a web developer and now I'm at @AlbertaUArts. I'm interested in bringing what I'm learning about accessibility to everything I make. he/him
Calgary, Treaty 7
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I dunno, maybe being responsible for a person's home shouldn't just be an "investment opportunity"?
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If you think it's been a lot smokier in Calgary in recent summers — you're right
1981 to 2000 avg was 12 hours of smoke. Six of the last eight yrs, we've recorded >100 hrs of smoke with a record 500 hrs of smoke in Calgary in 2021.
Full article here:
cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/c…
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❗Public announcements should be mandated to have a sign-language interpreter present. #ABpoli has no such requirement, and as a result, the Deaf community are excluded from televised or live public statements about the #ABWildfires
@YourAlberta please remedy this immediately!
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Also, if you haven’t read Frank’s micropaper on micropapers, I highly recommend it— sometimes in research, the idea just needs to be *out there* so the community can build on it!
arxiv.org/abs/2302.12854
I thought I could wait him out but it doesn't seem like it ... I might need to give up on Twitter.
When Snopes emailed Twitter's communications team to ask how the 69% figure was arrived at, we received the requisite 💩 emoji autoreply. snopes.com/fact-check/cbc-69…
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Before this announcement, it was blatant favouritism but now it feels like blatant theft.
Robbing the low impact users to pay for more OHV Trails for their friends.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Please join us this Sunday, February 19th to honor the late Latjor Tuel, who was murdered by police one year ago. The family remains without answers, closure, or justice.
5D MK IV + 300mm
f/45 — 1/8000 — ISO 100
ND 0,9 + PL
ALT A photo of the sun with clear little black Sun spots.
☀️🔭👁️
Can you observe sunspots without a telescope? Yes, in fact NOAA AR 13190 is so large it's visible with a pair of eclipse glasses (& a☁️free day😛). The daily @UniGraz ⚪️light☀️image on the ESA #SpaceWeather Portal is shown below with🌍to scale!
🌐swe.ssa.esa.int/kso-S107e-fe…
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This could be a precedent setting case to improve livability for disabled persons.
Blind B.C. woman files discrimination complaint over city roundabouts, bike lanes | CBC News cbc.ca/news/canada/british-c…
Just imagine choosing to give yourself this much work to do every year ... but the end of the year wouldn't be the same without it anymore. Thanks Paul.
Welcome to the Round of 16 of the 2022 Headline of the Year Contest! 🎆
Voting open for each round for about a day.
16 headlines. Only 1 winner.
A reminder of the nominees:
teapaw.org/paulisci/status/160527…
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Look at these gorgeous black shapes bubbling along under the ice. A bit like those amorphous monsters in Ghibli movies
google.com/search?tbs=sbi:AM…
Just the easy stuff to find, even found my stuff sold on Society 6.