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  Gander Social claims it will soon be providing another way to verify identity w/o having to upload ID. Hope so, because the idea of a Canadian social network does appeal to me, but requiring online ID verification is an absolute deal-breaker for me (and, I’m guessing, many others). Remains to be seen what solution they come up with..

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  For the first time ever, 4 Canadian-made water bombers are battling a forest fire near Paris, scooping water from the Seine! Fun fact: the water inlet in the planes is only the size of an iPhone. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n64yPFjd2F0

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  No shit, Sherlock!

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  In retrospect, it seems like a stupendously bad decision on the part of our political class to have built a bridge to the US on the Canadian taxpayers coin. Perhaps I’ve missed it, but I’ve yet to see any editorial point this out.

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  My attempts at search having failed, I’m wondering if any Torontonians remember That Day It Was 50C. Was in the 1990s, want to say 1995, but maybe 1996. Was preceded by a long (2+ week) heat wave, but that specific day was insane. Anyone else remember? I remember lineups outside every establishment on Yonge that had AC.

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  RE: https://mastodon.online/@mullvadnet/116822239177782622 Anyone using Mullvad should be made aware of their role in financing far-right politics in Sweden.

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  They don’t make ‘em like they used to

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  Poilievre accusing Carney of pushing fear was my lol coffee-spraying moment of the day. The irony is strong in this one.

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  I will never see Gauss-Newton written somewhere and not hear Juice Newton.

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  RE: https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/116438066058604082 I intensely dislike putzes like Doctorow. Here he claims without any hint of irony or hyperbole that Trump is responsible for Pakistan’s adoption of solar, irrespective of the fact that the deal was freely reached between two independent countries, completely glossing over the fact that the non-white peoples of the world are perfectly capable of making smart deals that advance their own interests without needing a white man to magically make...

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  Hi everyone! I’m John, a GenX physicist who invented laser technologies to detect diseases using exhaled breath, as well as some holographic technologies for augmented reality. But the best part of my work has been mentoring young scientists, engineers, and founders. Nowadays I live near some of the best beaches in Atlantic Canada. Interested in science, health, music, art, photography, books, biking, and D&D. On Mastodon since 2022. #introduction #physics #science #Canada #founder #book...

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  Hello everyone! If I've correctly done all the steps in the Mastodon transfer process, this will be my first toot from my new account @johncormier. 🎉