Idealistic Pragmatist
@justip.bsky.social
Canadian by choice.📍Halifax. International in outlook. Leftie. Foodie. Queer. Multilingual. Bike person, but pedestrian at heart. Social scientist by trade. Household = me, Partner, two cats. Embracer of reality in an anti-reality world since early 2022.
The filter used to help for our cats but no longer. 😢
November 22, 2025 at 9:16 PM
The filter used to help for our cats but no longer. 😢
FINALLY someone else this is happening to! Ours have refused to drink it since we moved here, and since the geosmin thing started, they won’t even eat cat food with tap water added.
Anybody else have pets who refuse to drink (or even accept as an additive to wet food) Halifax tap water? Even filtered? We’re kind of beside ourselves. 😩
November 22, 2025 at 9:16 PM
FINALLY someone else this is happening to! Ours have refused to drink it since we moved here, and since the geosmin thing started, they won’t even eat cat food with tap water added.
I have also heard it in wedding contexts 😬
November 22, 2025 at 2:08 PM
I have also heard it in wedding contexts 😬
I’m starting to think they’re making it an initial hurdle to keep too many people from applying. 😬
November 22, 2025 at 12:38 PM
I’m starting to think they’re making it an initial hurdle to keep too many people from applying. 😬
I’m a recently retired university professor of many years, and the amount of change that process underwent over the course of my career is staggering.
November 22, 2025 at 12:29 PM
I’m a recently retired university professor of many years, and the amount of change that process underwent over the course of my career is staggering.
In the apocalypse I’m totally shaving my head and wearing toques for warmth.
November 22, 2025 at 11:16 AM
In the apocalypse I’m totally shaving my head and wearing toques for warmth.
That really is unfortunate because my assumption was that the Quinpool area was cooler about such things. 😩
November 22, 2025 at 11:13 AM
That really is unfortunate because my assumption was that the Quinpool area was cooler about such things. 😩
You get that much mixed industry and residential on the harbour side of south end Halifax!
November 22, 2025 at 10:49 AM
You get that much mixed industry and residential on the harbour side of south end Halifax!
Now I’m wondering why every household in Edmonton that owns these doesn’t repurpose them during NHL playoffs season.
November 22, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Now I’m wondering why every household in Edmonton that owns these doesn’t repurpose them during NHL playoffs season.
I hear you so hard on this.
November 22, 2025 at 10:21 AM
I hear you so hard on this.
One of ours is definitely a little fascist though
November 22, 2025 at 7:45 AM
One of ours is definitely a little fascist though
I mean, yes, but now imagine that forbidding the seal hunt kills a whole whack of other animals. 😬
November 21, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I mean, yes, but now imagine that forbidding the seal hunt kills a whole whack of other animals. 😬
Yes, but also yes 🙃
November 21, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Yes, but also yes 🙃
Man, I sure hope that too. 😬
If she’s worried about animal welfare, then she should absolutely be PRO-cull. So many more birds were harmed by humans dragging their feet on this.
If she’s worried about animal welfare, then she should absolutely be PRO-cull. So many more birds were harmed by humans dragging their feet on this.
November 21, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Man, I sure hope that too. 😬
If she’s worried about animal welfare, then she should absolutely be PRO-cull. So many more birds were harmed by humans dragging their feet on this.
If she’s worried about animal welfare, then she should absolutely be PRO-cull. So many more birds were harmed by humans dragging their feet on this.
Apparently it’s not what it used to be. 😢
November 21, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Apparently it’s not what it used to be. 😢
Yeah, this is the sort of thing that I think about too.
I hope that people we care about would let us know if they could use some help with this sort of thing. Food is super important to me, and I would want to help others be able to keep enjoying it.
I hope that people we care about would let us know if they could use some help with this sort of thing. Food is super important to me, and I would want to help others be able to keep enjoying it.
November 21, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Yeah, this is the sort of thing that I think about too.
I hope that people we care about would let us know if they could use some help with this sort of thing. Food is super important to me, and I would want to help others be able to keep enjoying it.
I hope that people we care about would let us know if they could use some help with this sort of thing. Food is super important to me, and I would want to help others be able to keep enjoying it.
I want to be clear that we’re fine with making these changes and we’re still enjoying our food! But we are definitely eating very differently from how we did in our last few years before we moved.
November 21, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I want to be clear that we’re fine with making these changes and we’re still enjoying our food! But we are definitely eating very differently from how we did in our last few years before we moved.
Same same! It’s so amazing and it makes me giggle that I can walk to it easily. What a gift.
November 21, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Same same! It’s so amazing and it makes me giggle that I can walk to it easily. What a gift.
I took that as "oooh, if I were Partner I would have picked that too!"
November 21, 2025 at 1:38 PM
I took that as "oooh, if I were Partner I would have picked that too!"
I will have to make you some poffertjes at some point so that you can compare!
November 21, 2025 at 1:37 PM
I will have to make you some poffertjes at some point so that you can compare!