You disappoint me using a US pop culture reference. (Am I doing this right?)
Centrist, progressive, radical optimist. Geophysicist, R&D, Planetary Scientist and general nerd in Winnipeg, Canada.
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Canada@lemmy.ca•She thought finding a stolen Amelia Earhart statue would come with a hefty reward. It only damaged her reputation | CP24
4·1 month agoSimplest solution is often the most correct. However, according to the article, he was actually in jail at the time. So it’s possible they are the fence, but I suspect someone else actually stole it. Interesting nevertheless.
When I worked in the Arctic (mineral exploration), someone from the small community we were staging in broke into our helicopter and stole the emergency kit one night. Without it we were grounded. We put out a “reward for return, no questions asked” and got it back a few hours later by someone who “found it on the side of the road”. We didn’t pursue legal action, because doing so would mean the next time something like this happened in the community, we couldn’t offer a reward and expect it to work. Conversely, we probably encouraged them to do it again. Game theory is weird.
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Canada@lemmy.ca•She thought finding a stolen Amelia Earhart statue would come with a hefty reward. It only damaged her reputation | CP24
51·2 months agoYeah, found that funny. Like did they hire a private firm to take a lie detector tests to create evidence or something?
She plays a mean trumpet solo?
The hottest parts are that burn
Was actually taken during warmup, Jets coming onto the ice. Which is why you can still see stripes from the water freezing, and no goalie in far end.
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Science Memes@mander.xyz•Statistically, probably with the beetles. 🪲English
1·2 months agoI actually only read the first four. Felt like a natural stopping point there. Pretty cool series though :)
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Science Memes@mander.xyz•Statistically, probably with the beetles. 🪲English
14·2 months agoTangent, there is a fun fantasy book series by Adrian Tchaikovsky where all the main characters are humanoids with bug qualities. So basically spiderman, antman, mantisman, etc. It is entertaining when you mix fantasy tropes (dueling for honour!) with mantis arm spikes…
Penner is a common Mennonite surname, and there are are a lot of Penners in Canada. Mennonite low German (Plautdietsch) is more weirder.
The wiki page has some good sample texts comparing it between Dutch and Low German.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plautdietsch
My surname (Unrau) is also Mennonite, but could be German.
This concludes my TED talk.
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Canada@lemmy.ca•‘They processed me like a criminal’: Ontario woman denied entry to Costa Rica over torn passport | CP24
9·2 months agoYeah, would be an interesting lawsuit if she had proof of that statement.
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Canada@lemmy.ca•'Just bring your documents,' warns Manitoba man stopped at U.S. border over stayed charges | CBC
4·2 months agoOn the flip side, I like that our courts publish proceedings. If we’re having an open and transparent society, and we want to trust in our institutions, then this transparency is required. An conundrum, to be sure.
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Canada@lemmy.ca•'Just bring your documents,' warns Manitoba man stopped at U.S. border over stayed charges | CBC
6·2 months agoI mean, our courts publish proceedings. Wouldn’t be hard to assemble a database from that info.
The accuracy of such a database (particularly when interpreted by an AI) would be hugely suspect. Also, hard to argue with a database when you’re at the border being detained – the guy detaining you didn’t create the database.
Whole thing reeks.
Do you have a program to help you count sheep to fall asleep? Asking for a friend
Chilean wine is great. I recommend the Emiliana Coyam. Mmm
Everyone sleeping on dill. It’s a travesty!
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Canada@lemmy.ca•Poilievre claims Christians 'may be the number 1' victims of hate-based violence
7·4 months agoMust be a leadership review coming up. Pandering to base.
Manitoba should invade down that highway – see how the rest of Canada feels when the Riel Rebellion …
Ah nevermind, let bygones be bygones.








Only 30C on the thermal camera. Body temp is 37C, so quite reasonable ;)