Ed Wiebe

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2024-09-05 18:20:29

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@npub1typ…c8hh Presumably it uses words like these because people do use them. Remember, most writers are poor writers.

2024-08-30 17:40:06

My bike needs a new drive train. It's been well worn. There is some nonsense.
The bike is not old but the parts are already discontinued. It's Shimano (big name) 105 (big name) but apparently a few years and everything changes.
The shop tells me it's usually cheaper to buy a whole new crank rather than just the two chain rings. This is terrible.
They managed to find a similar crank (at a good price) available from some shop in California.
#Cycling

2024-08-15 15:18:20

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@npub1zva…e2q5
https://cdn.mastdn.ca/media_attachments/files/112/966/701/927/032/222/original/e7094c494d2e138b.png

2024-08-12 19:01:00

I led a group of high school students through this activity today.
"In this participatory activity, players become humanitarian workers, who are facing changing risks. They must make individual and collective decisions, with consequences."
https://www.climatecentre.org/games/2501/paying-for-predictions/
It's a really great activity for a group of people to do together. Understanding the risk(s) of #ClimateChange is fundamental to inspiring action.

2024-07-28 14:17:21

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@npub1g53…v0hh People should read Weapons of Math Destruction
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weapons_of_Math_Destruction

2024-07-20 21:40:52

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@npub1l0s…pgrv 5 hours to clean dishes!?

2024-07-13 17:42:03

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@npub1dh4…n4zf I was wearing this to get groceries today and received four compliments.
https://cdn.mastdn.ca/media_attachments/files/112/780/406/954/614/224/original/a2c43c5302e6bae6.jpeg

2024-07-05 14:20:25

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@npub16mz…hm5n Voter turnout was very poor.
https://cdn.mastdn.ca/media_attachments/files/112/734/317/973/116/412/original/794e8d34e5a6cffd.jpeg

2024-06-29 16:55:03

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@npub1grx…uxfe This depends on what country you’re thinking about.

2024-06-18 16:37:29

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@npub1r5j…ky3p His goal is to get enough of his party elected to form government. Anger is a useful tool.

2024-06-16 20:47:22

The city of Edinburgh "has banned the promotion of fossil fuel-powered cars and exotic holidays on council-owned advertising spaces in a bid to boost efforts to decarbonise."
This is needed here in #VictoriaBC #Saanich. Let's make it happen!
https://www.stourbridgenews.co.uk/news/national/24354913.edinburgh-bans-advertising-high-carbon-products-council-spaces/

2024-06-12 14:16:30

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@npub1g0t…tvm4 This is USA data?

2024-05-20 22:33:23

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@npub1wuj…6uhc Interesting. I’ve got 500 wooden bowls … I have to stop making them or give them away.

2024-05-14 00:21:12

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@npub1k4q…3lsq How many violent murders are watched per minute though Netflix?

2024-05-07 15:10:58

I "won" another complaint about #LNG advertising!
I reported the billboard and bus ads in #VictoriaBC. They are false.
The process is slow but it does work.
#ClimateChange
https://cdn.mastdn.ca/media_attachments/files/112/400/430/729/013/248/original/c0194851a957ec3b.png
https://cdn.mastdn.ca/media_attachments/files/112/400/433/261/678/287/original/c367ea11446f8f15.jpeg

2024-04-24 17:32:55

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@npub1scj…8p7v How about "in:my posts" or something more user friendly than the jargon word "Library"?

2024-04-22 15:07:18

Can someone help me identify this #bird? I saw it in Southern #Ontario. It was largish, and seems to have a V shaped tail. Is it a goshawk; it has a red eye. #birdwatching
https://cdn.mastdn.ca/media_attachments/files/112/315/475/381/172/722/original/248fd66aa5120783.jpeg

2024-04-12 11:41:37

“These numbers are surprising.”
😂😂😂 No, they are completely unsurprising. #cycling
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/edmonton-intersection-road-design-safety-driving-1.7168981

2024-04-05 14:15:33

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@npub178r…qekt This is on you. Delete your account. You should have deleted it months ago.

2024-03-18 15:56:15

Paris #cycling numbers double in one year.
https://momentummag.com/paris-cycling-numbers-double/

2024-02-29 22:51:53

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@npub1sua…szrk What is Signal?

2024-02-22 15:20:04

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@npub1728…q433 @npub14k2…ed68 I too use Macs, at a Windows institution because it allows me to participate in the institutional environment and the unix environment where I manage and use servers and storage for climate research.

2024-02-01 02:05:24

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@npub1vyt…mgjn Imagine the bureaucracy government would erect to serve 10 000 units of housing.

2024-02-01 02:03:41

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@npub1te7…3dzs It’s reasonable to say that, at the time of the enlightenment, Europe was running roughshod over everyone, stealing everything, leaving destruction, so it could have “enlightenment, humanistic, and scientific revolutions”. Good grief.

2024-01-12 19:18:11

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@npub1uw8…88kr I hadn't thought it before. Is it a significant increase compared to meteors?

2024-01-12 15:16:26

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@npub1uw8…88kr What’s the terrifying issue?

2024-01-11 02:22:01

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@npub1vyt…mgjn @npub16a3…9dah A shelf cloud is quite specifically associated with the updraft in a big thunderstorm. These are clouds associated with the strong upper winds that were flowing along the strait yesterday. Probably the sharp boundary comes from some undulation in the flow, rising air cooling and forming cloud.

2024-01-04 16:32:03

A hyper-local study of biodiversity in Brisbane uncovered a surprisingly rich species diversity.
"Our study not only showed that basic urban properties could effectively capture ecosystem complexity; it demonstrated that synanthropy is not the sole driver of urban #biodiversity. "
https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ecy.4225

2023-12-26 17:00:59

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@npub1fpe…75rh The end is here. Why must everything become a video?

2023-12-21 15:24:55

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@npub1typ…c8hh I work with the fellow who researches rogue waves.

2023-12-15 01:38:50

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@npub1typ…c8hh @npub12d9…z92a Publisher? It’s a blogging tool.

2023-11-21 02:26:19

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@npub1typ…c8hh I’m pretty skeptical that anything built on these models is ‘good’.

2023-11-15 17:28:52

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@npub1960…w6j3 ❤️This is the bird of my summer youth. We called it the "up-north bird" before we knew its name. Hearing its call still evokes wonderful memories. It's occasionally spotted and heard on Vancouver Island when it goes a bit astray.

2023-10-24 18:26:30

"20 of the 35 vital signs are now showing record extremes"
#ClimateChange
https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/advance-article/doi/10.1093/biosci/biad080/7319571

2023-10-23 16:03:00

Up to five metres of sea-level rise is held in the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. But, it's a problem for our grandchildren, so...
"It looks like we've lost control of melting of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. If we wanted to preserve it in its historical state, we would have needed action on #ClimateChange decades ago."
Also, the lead author is a (brilliant) former undergraduate research assistant I worked with at #UVic.
https://phys.org/news/2023-10-west-antarctic-ice-sheet-unavoidable.html

2023-10-20 17:28:17

I'm with Eddie.
Don't call it "Natural" gas.
#ClimateChange
https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/what-on-earth-natural-gas-fossil-1.7001520

2023-10-06 15:49:01

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@npub14ka…um78 Just wait until the real mass migration starts. The guns and bullets industry is going to be booming.

2023-10-06 15:29:26

"most tidal marshes are likely to be able to keep up with sea level rise under 1.5 ºC of warming, but two-thirds are unlikely to be able to keep up with 2 ºC of warming."
#ClimateChange
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/08/230831120640.htm

2023-09-23 18:54:04

"The green products categorized as "fragrance free" also produced the fewest VOC emissions"
I hope this will spur a widespread rejection of fabric softener and febreeze. Two great evils.
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-09-products-emit-hundreds-hazardous-chemicals.html

2023-09-08 22:58:14

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@npub1k4q…3lsq See also: "As we engage in more and more work to effectively reduce emissions, there’s likely room for production to increase." She has no meaningful position on #ClimateChange other than do as little as possible to piss of the oil and gas industry and workers.

2023-09-08 15:55:02

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@npub14ka…um78 I'm not sure local public is quite on the same scale as what's happening to Ukraine and Russia, but there is in a similarity.

2023-09-08 15:48:50

Public health in the 21st century, #VictoriaBC #CRD. It seems the Health Authority has a new way to manage 'outbreaks' without calling them 'outbreaks'.
The new approach may be reasonable and based on the best science but even the staff at the hospitals appear not to know about it.
"It is very clear that the word 'outbreak' has very negative connotations to the public and would have media attention..."
#IslandHealth
https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/covid-vancouver-island-no-outbreak-1.6959369

2023-09-02 00:16:48

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@npub1k7c…duns I can’t remember learning to write and am weirded out by an adult talking about learning how.

2023-08-31 14:11:19

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@npub1dwe…scf0 The pot calling the kettle black.

2023-08-27 22:59:45

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@npub1l0s…pgrv Would you say that, in the end, the review process improved the paper?

2023-08-23 12:56:42

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@npub1se6…cmph The only solution is to stop burning fossil carbon. Later, we can plant things.

2023-08-18 18:09:18

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@npub1k4q…3lsq They likely don't own most of that front lawn.

2023-08-18 18:02:56

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@npub1k4q…3lsq It's fantastic! I would think the fire department would be concerned about the visibility of and access to the hydrant, no?

2023-08-17 14:18:08

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@npub1k4q…3lsq Says a church based on fairy tales.

2023-08-16 17:10:03

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@npub19rz…a7f4 The summary here suggests that you are correct. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woman_on_the_Run

2023-08-16 00:54:18

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@npub1lzz…jhl3 Religion is ridiculous. Believing in sky fairies is ridiculous. Belief in ridiculous things leads to harm. People harm themselves and others because of their belief. They harm their children. Not in the past. Now. It is happening right this moment. To point this out is not dogmatic. It’s honest.

2023-08-15 14:07:02

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@npub1lzz…jhl3 Religion in and of itself does not merit any respect whatsoever. People do. I respect people but their religious beliefs are ridiculous and harmful. I will not hesitate to point that out.

2023-08-15 01:33:12

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@npub1lzz…jhl3 Just no. A few people doing good because they are good people doesn't justify the rest.

2023-08-14 15:49:40

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@npub1lzz…jhl3 It's never a net good.

2023-08-12 18:19:21

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@npub1lzz…jhl3 Religion is the worst.

2023-07-18 01:12:37

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@npub1k4q…3lsq Report false advertising to the Ad Council with documentary evidence. I have and have won.
https://adstandards.ca/complaints/how-to-submit-a-complaint/

2023-07-14 14:24:24

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@npub1aqe…6fyj We just watched this last night! https://www.cbc.ca/natureofthings/episodes/woodpeckers-the-hole-story

2023-07-06 16:14:12

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@npub1l0s…pgrv Reducing the number of aircraft works.

2023-06-09 16:13:24

"Although this does sound like relatively good news, we also caution that achieving net-zero pledges in decades from now would involve turbocharging mitigation action today."
#Climate #ClimateChange
https://phys.org/news/2023-06-analysis-current-emissions-planet-2c.html

2023-06-08 15:34:30

The only thing that is essential to reaching '#NetZero' is stopping the extraction and burning of #FossilCarbon. Everything else may be helpful, but is not essential.
#Climate #ClimateChange
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/06/230605181230.htm

2023-05-30 19:14:51

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@npub1tah…4mlz What makes it 'serious'? Most people don't like it?