@12minds Chiang is one of my favourite writers, sci-fi or otherwise, and I think of the novella mentioned in this article ("The Lifecycle of Software Objects") probably at least once a month. He's absolutely brilliant.
@nicolewdc Also the people who refuse to believe me that my 2 year old is scared of dogs. I don't care how "friendly" the dog is, he is 50lbs and she is 23. It's understandably scary for a little person!!
The Catholic Church in Canada is worth billions, a Globe investigation shows. Why are its reparations for residential schools so small? By @TaviaGrant and Tom Cardoso via @globeandmail https://t.co/kkPrcMvY4C
@peterdewolf@emilcDC @12minds @bigmoneytony My uncle (from south shore NS) says something like gr-AEj (last vowel is "black" again). Is that how you say it? I know Cape Breton is its own linguistic can of worms though haha
@emilcDC @12minds @bigmoneytony "Pasta," "Halloween" and many others I'm forgetting atm have the vowel sound in "black." (Then, back home in Atlantic Canada, "scallop" has the vowel Americans use for "pasta" so it'd be great if someone on the show cooked a scallop pasta)
@12minds Despite the fact that I feel like all day I'm trying to be fun and lively to entertain one while at the same time being calm and soft to get the other to nap... big same.
@tesskrovetz @12minds Fwiw, Leo had his first half day at daycare this morning and drank every drop we sent which π but also π€π€·πΌββοΈπ€·πΌββοΈπ€·πΌββοΈ
Air temperature on two adjacent blocks of the same downtown Winnipeg street today. The second block had its street trees removed in the 1960βs to add car lanes. 2/2
[what i imagine fast & furious movies are like, having never seen one]
vin diesel: the president needs us to drive our cars to space
vin dieselβs muscular best friend: easy. when?
vin diesel: a week ago
vin dieselβs muscular best friend: you mean-
both: [together] time cars