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• Post #3111711

  https://www.dailyrepublic.com/news/deadly-shooting-darkens-prideful-mood-at-sem-yeto-high-graduation/article_98a90363-a172-48df-be02-f632a571e2db.html?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&utm_campaign=fark&ICID=ref_fark It's so common in the US that "school shooting kills 3 at grad" isn't even the lede anymore in a puff piece. :/

• Post #3111710

  https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/06/02/valedictorian-graduation-speech-interrupted-clayton-north-carolina/90370678007/ I was honestly glad to find out I hadn't qualified to be in a "speech" role, because it saved me the hassle of telling them no, I'm not interested in having my speech vetted by admin - if they want something said, go say it themselves.

• Post #3091086

  RE: https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/@glusnews_mirror/116682275723343844 Cool - didn't want to go there anyway.

• Post #3091085

  So the US has invented another reason why they need to tariff everyone, but a question I haven't seen asked: given the US is self-admittedly a net importer, how is it that everyone ELSE is using these suppliers but one of the largest economies in the world... isn't?

• Post #3091083

  The more I see of the World Cup, the more I think CA let ourselves get used as the beard for the US. Ooh, it's a three nation bid! Except CA has 2 stadiums, only one gets a round of 16 game (Toronto is done after round-of-32), and *all* the quarter final games and up are in the US. There's no way the US actually needed us for logistics, only for disguising it was a US bid.

• Post #2662365

  https://globalnews.ca/news/11845985/valley-line-lrt-vehicle-collision-may-12/ "Global News has reached out to TransEd, which operates the low-floor train line from Mill Woods to downtown, and Edmonton Fire Rescue Services. " "Um, dumbass ran a red light and hit the broad side of a train. We look forward to draining his accident insurance dry." ?

• Post #2662364

  Hoping someone smart can poke a hole in this logic: Lvl 1 charging is 1.3kW (a.k.a. "plug into standard 3-prong".) Search tells me that I'd need 2-4 panels (depending on brand/quality) to generate that much power. And that many panels fit on a RV roof. So in theory, we're at a point where you could refuel your camper while camping, yes?

• Post #2662363

  https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-court-of-king-s-bench-court-reporters-9.7198537 “Many Canadian jurisdictions have already transitioned away from court reporter services due to the use of outdated technology and due to the shortage of court reporters.” Of course, NAIT cancelled the only court reporting program in English Canada last year. Might explain a "shortage".

• Post #2662362

  https://edmonton.taproot.news/roundups/business/2026/05/15 Could you imagine if Old Strathcona's BA came out with "we think all three orders of government should be mandating employees come to Whyte Ave 2-3 days a week to increase vibrancy"?

• Post #2662361

  With all the talk about web browsers tracking everything we do, I think what I want is a browser who works for me the same way Trump's Press Secretaries do - bald-faced lying to servers on my behalf. "Yup, took that cookie, and my timezone is Arizona." <next request> "What cookie? And my timezone is New York".

• Post #2662360

  So, the Winspear just stopped caring about people filming performances, huh? So nice to be able to watch PIP-style with the person in the next row's camera. 🤬

• Post #2003394

  https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20260430_10/ I don't think any nuclear state has standing to say "oh, we can't let THEM have those DANGEROUS weapons". Y'all clean up your own backyard first.

• Post #2003373

  So, max penalty is 1 year of prison (yeah, *right*) or 100k fine. Which in modern election fundraising is easily considered "cost of doing business". And that's assuming the gov't even decides to do anything about it.

• Post #2003366

  Nothing like trying to update your computer only to find Ubuntu has been under DDOS for the better part of a day.

• Post #2003365

  Building a shed, and not only are the instructions rather terrible, and the website is largely useless (yes, show me some Youtube short where they montage through the build - that's flippin' useful)... a larger search finds a completely *different* instruction manual for the same model number. So now I'm trying to figure out if they mix-and-matched on me.

• Post #1726604

  RE: https://mastodon.online/@mjt/116474807963252956 Worth reading, because not only (a) was she legally here, (b) her step-sons weaponized it to punish her over husband's will.