The Palisades fire overlaid on the City of Toronto stretches from High Park to Birchmount Road. https://bookmarks.kvibber.com/m/cfdb6f73b858fd7549159a0f7ed5aec8
Things I regret: Looking at github issues for the open-source self-driving car conversion kit.
Thousands of people use these things on public roads.
5 years ago, WHO tweeted that China had no evidence of human transmission of #COVID19. I and many others knew that was wrong, just as we knew COVID was airborne, reinfections occurred, and Long COVID was a risk before WHO said so. It's easy for an informed observer to make fast calls compared to public health experts restrained by process. But if a bus is about to hit you, do you want someone who tells you rapidly or someone who pulls out their tape measure and calculator to confirm risk first?
:pika:
Conservatives are going to take away your carbon rebate. Don’t let them.
Good advice about being a better visitor to Japan.
"Don’t be loud, particularly in confined spaces. Don’t eat on public transport or on the street. Don’t smoke or drink in public places. Don’t litter. Don’t rove around in packs being obnoxious.
"The key to the harmony of Japanese society is the elevation of community above the individual. You may not want to live your whole life like that, but if you hope to be welcomed and respected in Japan, you have to abide by it while you’re there."
#Japan #travel https://www.smh.com.au/traveller/reviews-and-advice/australians-can-be-bad-tourists-in-japan-i-was-one-of-them-20250114-p5l45r.html
(comic) Successful Tradeoff https://workchronicles.substack.com/p/comic-successful-tradeoff
Boy am I glad I decided not to move a bunch of my stuff over to Proton.
Huh, since I've literally never been afforded the luxury of paying a capital gains tax and thanks to CBC's "like I'm a five-year-old" explanation, I realize I had some misconceptions about how it all works.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/capital-gains-conservatives-1.7430447
(Video below article)
Before, when I thought it was an actual tax on investment earnings, 66% seemed fantastic. Now I'm wondering why it's not 100% and why the Liberals made the first quarter million exempt from the increase.