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Ian Gibson @iangibson.bsky.social · 11h

This is just brilliant marketing for a baseball facility … Cue the awful kids sports parents who will complain that this joint isn’t upping their kids WAR by enough www.guelphtoday.com/pursuit/play...

PLAY BALL! Guelph's new baseball training facility opens

The WAR Room provides 8,500 square feet of training space, boardroom space, lounges and more

www.guelphtoday.com

Ian Gibson @iangibson.bsky.social · 12h

OK now that Toronto has done their bit, need Detroit to take care of business on Friday.

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Ian Gibson @iangibson.bsky.social · 14h

Maybe it’s just me but the close calls do seem to be flowing in one direction

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Ian Gibson @iangibson.bsky.social · 17h

From Windsor Ontario: Ouellette Avenue, Pelissier Street, Pierre Avenue… basically pick a street with a French name and you are probably not pronouncing it like a local…

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 19h

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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Alex Usher @alexusherhesa.bsky.social · 1d

1) Classic Canadian fallacy that the answer to a labour shortage is that we need more bodies, not more efficiency/better training etc

2) Everyone knows that we admit about 100,000 new people into skilled trades apprenticeships every year, right? Right?

The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 1d

Carney’s building agenda could be hamstrung by labour shortages, Deloitte report says

Report says Canada needs around half a million more tradespeople to meet Mr. Carney’s ambitions for housing and infrastructure

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Ian Gibson @iangibson.bsky.social · 1d

Nice to see Vladdy go yard even nicer to see them run up Rodon’s pitch count

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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 1d

Blue Jay
Patrick Hunter ~ Anishinaabe
n.d.

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Juan Pablo Alperin @juancommander.scholcommlab.ca · 1d

Reminder to spread the word about exciting OPPORTUNITY as PKP's Managing Director! It's a very exciting time at @pkp.sfu.ca. So much going on! A true scholar-led open infrastructure project, supporting 55,000+ journals. Read more: pkp.sfu.ca/2025/09/17/h... #scholcomm #openaccess #openscience

PKP is hiring a Managing Director - Public Knowledge Project

The Public Knowledge Project, a Core Research Facility of SFU, invites applications for the position of Managing Director

pkp.sfu.ca

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Ian Gibson @iangibson.bsky.social · 2d

That time the license has some really good language in it... enough that it is making you much less annoyed about the bad language....

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CARL / ABRC @carl-abrc.bsky.social · 2d

#LibraryJobs @uofguelph.bsky.social seeks applications for the position of Assistant or Associate, CLA Collections & Content, ERM Librarian. Deadline to apply: October 24, 2025.

Details: partnershipjobs.ca/job/universi...

University of Guelph, McLaughlin Library, Assistant or Associate, CLA Collections & Content, ERM Librarian | The Partnership Job Board

The McLaughlin Library at the University of Guelph invites applications for a contractually-limited appointment (CLA) position at the Assistant or Associate Librarian level for a Collections and Conte...

partnershipjobs.ca

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Ian Gibson @iangibson.bsky.social · 3d

Pretty good summary of the game so far.

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Ian Gibson @iangibson.bsky.social · 3d

Loving all these Yesavage strikeouts but I am a little concerned about his pitch count

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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 3d

Toronto Blue Jay
P. Kuhder
2021

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Toronto Blue Jays (Bot) @bluejaysbot.bsky.social · 4d

That's one 🚀 #WANTITALL

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Ian Gibson @iangibson.bsky.social · 4d

The Jays are playing so well today. Hopefully they can bring this effort in the next 2.

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Ian Gibson @iangibson.bsky.social · 5d

I love how YouTube has decided I must live in the US and is serving me up all these ads for places, products, and services that don’t exist up here… (and yes my location is set to Canada)

Ian Gibson @iangibson.bsky.social · 5d

The speed cameras made a noticeable difference in our neighbourhood - I'm glad Guelph's mayor signed this letter: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Waterloo, Cambridge Guelph mayors sign letter to Premier over proposed speed camera ban | CBC News

The mayors of Waterloo, Cambridge and Guelph are part of a group of municipal leaders urging Premier Doug Ford and the transportation minister to reconsider banning speed cameras in the province.

www.cbc.ca

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NISO @nisoinfo.bsky.social · 5d

Two weeks left! The draft Open Access Business Processes Recommended Practice is available for public comment. All in the information community are invited to review the document, view comments made by others, and provide feedback through October 17: www.niso.org/standards-co...
#OA #standards

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 5d

Measure Twice, Cut Once

xkcd.com/3149/

Comic. “Measure [Twice], cut [Once]” -Carpenty Proverb. [Scatter plot with number of measurements on y axis and number of cuts on x axis. Points in a descending line on graph: surveyor, surgeon, good carpenter, careless carpenter, really bad carpenter, serial killer]

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Ian Gibson @iangibson.bsky.social · 7d

I have a lot of sympathy for our physical resources folks around this time of year. 1960s buildings + fall weather = neverending cycle of complaints about building temperatures... And given the HVAC systems there is no winning...

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Ian Gibson @iangibson.bsky.social · 7d

Dear @guelph.ca, Could we make Bryn’s suggestion legal here? Alternatively, if it’s too hard to go it alone any chance we could get the province to act? I figure if we start now there might be a few units available when I’m ready to downsize in 13 years

Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 7d

As a starting point I’ll suggest 4 storeys (with Passivhaus density bonus to 5) for all of R1-1 citywide, and 6 storeys in Vancouver’s proposed “Village” centres.

Many will (rightly) argue for 6 storeys everywhere - but that would likely get pushed til after the next election.

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Ian Gibson @iangibson.bsky.social · 9d

Very tired of acrobat reader offering me AI summaries - the only documents I open in pdf are things that - and this is amazing - I actually want/need to read... For example, an AI summary of this license agreement isn't helpful... at all...

Ian Gibson @iangibson.bsky.social · 11d

Need 3 tries in 10 minute… not likely

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Ian Gibson @iangibson.bsky.social · 11d

I had high hopes for Canada today but it doesn’t seem to be their day… which is also to acknowledge that England are playing well…

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Oh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social · 12d

Here’s something people get wrong when they discuss whether Canada is different from the US.

Often they go looking for things that make Canada unique. Bilingualism? Hockey?

But so many of the differences are just the US being an outlier versus the entire rest of the developed world.

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 12d

We asked people in 17 advanced economies what gives them meaning in life.

Americans were much more likely to mention religion as a source of meaning.
www.pewresearch.org/global/2021/...

The topic of faith, religion and spirituality is also one where some societies notably differ. Outside of the U.S., religion is never one of the top 10 sources of meaning cited – and no more than 5% of any non-American public mention it. In the U.S., however, 15% mention religion or God as a source of meaning, making it the fifth most mentioned topic. For some, the emphasis on religion is about their personal relationship with Jesus: “I follow Jesus so my faith and hope is based on how he plays a role in my life. I don’t rely on any human to benefit my life.” Others note the benefits that come from being part of organized religion, such as camaraderie in a tough time: “My husband just died, so life is not very fulfilling right now. The support of family and friends, church, and his coworkers have helped me find meaning, as well as thinking about the good things we shared.” Evangelical Protestants in the U.S. are much more likely than mainline Protestants to mention faith as a source of meaning – 34% vs. 13%, respectively. Across all U.S. religious groups, those who attend religious services more often are much more likely to cite their religion in their answer than those who are less frequent attendees.

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