May likes Toronto

mayintoronto@beige.party

Aspiring auntie with dadjoke uncle energy. Genderfluid queerdo. Former career nomad settling into building better tech companies. Community educator and organizer. Prone to verbose macroblogging.Purpose: get Fedi to nap more.Posts about: <a href="https://beige.party/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#cdnpoli</a>, <a href="https://beige.party/tags/onpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#onpoli</a>, <a href="https://beige.party/tags/topoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#topoli</a>. Toronto life. Sometimes I'll go on about product or capitalism or antitrust. <a href="https://ODLAN.ca" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no">https://ODLAN.ca<span

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Post #4421643
Medcheck, btw.
Post #4385242
I'm having a good day. I hope you are too!
Post #4382948
Bending Spoons just acquired Airtable. https://bendingspoons.com/ Whoever does their messaging is pretty shit at it. Pretty hard to enshittify Airtable more than they've already gone, but if there's anyone who can do it... Just look at that list of companies purchased by Bending Spoons that used to be relevant. https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/articles/bending-spoons-buy-airtable-steep-105538695.html I think it's important to keep an eye on the consolidation of assets in tech....
Post #4364646
Privatization of healthcare in Canada. A report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. https://www.policyalternatives.ca/news-research/public-versus-private-health-care-spending-in-canada/ They're a good org. #cdnpoli
Post #4356741
Goooood morning!
Post #4336719
RE: https://mastodon.social/@jplebreton/117021737054965508 Flock started out as a company that tracked vehicle movement without reading license plates (primarily for legal reasons). It also tracks the shape/type/colour/features of your vehicle with its movement. Do not be overconfident about their purported failure rate to read plates, because that's not the only way they're tracking you. DeFlock.
Post #4298457
We're back!
Post #4268704
I'm going home tomorrow! I can't wait to say hi to the shrimp at home. Or sleep in my bed. And Toronto tap water! Oh, and I guess my partners are nice too. ❤️
Post #4255529
The sky looks like this sometimes.(Victoria, BC) #MayZoomies
Post #4203104
My neck hurts, part 2. Huge tree! Audio. (Douglas Fir, Cathedral Grove.) #MayZoomies
Post #4185471
Someone hands you a massive watermelon and runs away yelling: "You need a bigger watermelon!" There is nothing wrong with the watermelon. You will never see this person again. #poll
Post #4181681
I'm walkin' here! (I took a wrong turn and wound up here.) #MayZoomies
Post #4173584
The nice thing about Mastodon is that it'll load eventually even with just 1 bar of service. Photos might not load, but the alt text will!
Post #4159704
My body is so angry right now. But why? Was it the 2 hours of hilly hiking, or the 3 hours of hilly hiking before those 2 hours? I shouldn't have driven to Tofino after that. At least I got in my second nap. May is bad at pacing. Anyway, this is my favourite photo from today. (It's really hard to get a good photo of big trees.) #MayZoomies
Post #4128365
I'm listening to some rich people describe getting a genetic coach. "You know how doctors talk about this one gene and how we can fix that one gene? Well, a genetic coach looks at your body and all your genes holistically!" Uhhhhhhhhh.
Post #4100450
Is there a Vancouver Island thing that I must try this week while I'm here? I'm thinking more local food things, but I'd be willing to hear you out on other ideas.
Post #4100434
I had lunch at a bus (there's a burger shop in here). Then I took a nap. 10/10 would nap again. #MayZoomies
Post #4100416
My neck hurts. (Audio recommended, but there is loud wind sounds.) #MayZoomies
Post #4094823
Picked up the rental car for the next few days. Drove by 2 deer (including a tiny Vancouver Island deer!) on the 10 min drive. No big deal. That's 6 deer this trip!
Post #4076629
On a bus on the highway. Me: Vancouver Island looks kind of like Northern Ontario, but with mountains in the distance. A minute later. Me: Holy shit, that's not a hill. Those trees are freaking tall. #MayZoomies
Post #4071068
Part 2 #poll Your employer mandates that you use the tools from either Company A or Company B. Let's assume that life is happening, so quitting is not an option in the next few months. Multiple choice.
Post #4041139
You leave the house. Roll initiative.
Post #4018114
Wtf is this city? (Zoom in.) #Vancouver #MayZoomies
Post #4016936
Did they fix brutalist architecture? #MayZoomies
Post #3999840
RE: https://cosocial.ca/@mhoye/116960268208721583 For the uninitiated, Firefox went back to X.
Post #3977813
Peekaboo. #MayZoomies
Post #3977241
It'd be really hard to roll around the residential streets of Vancouver in a wheelchair.
Post #3973390
It feels like a bit of travesty to nap while I'm on vacation while so far from home, but the body wants what it wants.
Post #3902261
Well, it's almost like being home. Just outside Osoyoos, BC. #MayZoomies #wildFireSmoke
Post #3899256
I just had the best butter tarts I've ever had in my entire life. Copper Eagle Cappuccino and Bakery in Greenwood, BC. It might be worth the several day roadtrip to come back. It's that good. #MayZoomies