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Ryan Robinson @ryanrobinson.ca · 7h

I'm not. This WNBA Finals game has had a big comeback and we're down to a 1 point game.

Ryan Robinson @ryanrobinson.ca · 7h

I know the grammatical pairing of gentleman is usually lady, but "lady's sweep" just feels wrong, maybe because it comes too close to "hey ladies, get back to cleaning."

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Ryan Robinson @ryanrobinson.ca · 7h

In the MNBA when the higher seed wins 3 straight, loses 1, then finishes it off in game 5, we call that a gentleman's sweep.

Can we settle on the terminology now for the W, with a non-trivial chance it will happen in this first best of seven? Is it a gentlewoman's sweep?

#WNBA

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all hallows eve-run enjoyer @rickywlmsbong.bsky.social · 8h

you can’t even occupy an american city without getting laughed at anymore, because of croak

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brett @birwin20.bsky.social · 1d

Watching the Portlanders protesting.

I was worried. He wants violence. I know you folks will fight but that is playing his game. You can't out-violence them.

So you are having a dance party. So freakin smart. I love you all. Ya'll got this.

Stay safe enough.

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Ryan Robinson @ryanrobinson.ca · 10h

Also, I once replied to a post from BlackBerry on Twitter, not even knowing it was a contest, and it resulted in me winning $500 in Visa gift cards, a new phone, and 2 new tablets. The gift cards were basically our honeymoon discretionary fund.

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Ryan Robinson @ryanrobinson.ca · 10h

In the peak of blogs I was a part of a network of really interesting writers (and later, podcasters). I learned a lot through them. It all started from a playful hashtag on Twitter.

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Ryan Robinson @ryanrobinson.ca · 12h

My Pixel Watch 4 has arrived and it turns out that smartwatches have gotten significantly more complicated since the days of my Pebble Time or Fitbit Charge 2.

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Mother of Vinegar @abbess.bsky.social · 21h

Big opportunity in Portland for dance instructors right now.

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Kevin Wilson @kwilsonhfx.bsky.social · 21h

Firefighters: Don't plug your ebike in overnight. Watch it carefully as it charges.

Public: *gasp* That's so dangerous.

Firefighters: Yes, much like your phone.

Public: I... what?

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Robert Zaichkowski @rzaichkowski.bsky.social · 22h

That line about infrastructure to slow down drivers - while technically correct - is rich coming from someone who restricted the ability of cities to put in a particular one last year which actually works. If Ford doesn't want speed cameras, then REPEAL BILL 212 NOW! #shame #BikeTO #TOpoli #ONpoli

Isaac Callan @isaaccallan.bsky.social · 1d

Ontario Premier Doug Ford responds to our story that someone driving a vehicle assigned to one of his cabinet ministers was recorded stunt driving, pivoting to talk about municipal infrastructure. #OnPoli

Story▶️: globalnews.ca/news/1146702...

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Kimiko Shibata @eslfairy.bsky.social · 1d

When anger and fear are your motivation, they will eventually fizzle out and you will burn out.

When love and hope are your motivation, you will find that you can keep going.

Anger feels powerful. But that power is fleeting.

Find what you want to fight FOR, not against.

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Ryan Robinson @ryanrobinson.ca · 1d

Of course that would take years to trickle out, though, which nobody caught up in the current moral panic would ever accept. They want to use the power of government to "save the children" right now, no matter how bad the precedent and how terrible the consequences will be.

Ryan Robinson @ryanrobinson.ca · 1d

I'm still most inclined to an opt-in standard. Let sites declare a rating for their content. Many would do it because the reverse would also be true: if you want porn, it's more clearly labelled and searchable. Then parents can set controls for which users can access what content.

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Ryan Robinson @ryanrobinson.ca · 1d

At best, maybe there will be a way for your device to pass through to a site a simple yes or no on whether you are above the age line. But there's not much profit in that like there is in collecting personal data, so that may never happen.

Otherwise, age verification is a horrible idea.

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Ryan Robinson @ryanrobinson.ca · 1d

As everyone predicted, having a data gold mine of government IDs provided for age verification made for a great target.

www.tomsguide.com/computing/on...

Discord users suffer the first high-profile age-verification hack – and it's unlikely to be the last

Critics of age verification laws warned this was inevitable

www.tomsguide.com

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Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 1d

A Brief History of Men are Becoming Less Manly

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Ryan Robinson @ryanrobinson.ca · 1d

You do need to leave some percentage in there for the third leg of the Doug Ford tripod of bad governance: handing over billions of dollars in public funds and lands to help out his developer donors.

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Maattu Blairada Nikto @mjmbca.bsky.social · 1d

It’s not a great look for any government that they can say “We’re going to stop enforcing this law” and people will ask “Why, which cabinet ministers keep breaking it?”

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TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 1d

Mastodon is planning to make it easier for newcomers to discover curated collections of users to follow by launching a new starter packs feature.

Mastodon is taking cues from Bluesky with plans for its own starter 'Packs' | TechCrunch

Mastodon is planning to make it easier for newcomers to discover curated collections of users to follow by launching a new starter packs feature.

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Ryan Robinson @ryanrobinson.ca · 1d

"The only thing municipal speed cameras are 100 per cent effective at is taking money from hard-working people."

Aside from being incorrect - they are proven to slow people down - let's be specific about which hard-working people he means: the ones breaking a law (like his cabinet ministers).

Toronto Star @thestar.com · 1d

#Breaking: Doug Ford rejects mayors' plea to rethink banning speed camera 'cash grab'

‘The answer is no’: Doug Ford rejects mayors’ plea to rethink banning speed camera ‘cash grab’

“The only thing municipal speed cameras are 100 per cent effective at is taking money from hard-working people,” Doug Ford wrote in his response.

www.thestar.com

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 2d

eventually politicians need to start advocating for criminal and civil penalties for people involved in fabricating stories to get citizens incarcerated.

or, put another way: a society that would like to keep functioning has to discourage baldfaced lying, especially by authorities

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 2d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Ryan Robinson @ryanrobinson.ca · 2d

I've steadily started using them more in coding, essentially replacing a search engine. It does better at understanding the problem I'm facing, even if I don't know the exact keywords to search, as well as stitching together a bunch of different results into something that is applicable.

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Ryan Robinson @ryanrobinson.ca · 2d

I do not have nearly the mental energy to try to figure out what the current BlueSky drama and the (I think maybe happened as a corollary) Mastodon drama is about.

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