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Notices by Bob Jonkman (bobjonkman@gs.jonkman.ca)

  1. Bob Jonkman (bobjonkman@gs.jonkman.ca)'s status on Friday, 23-Feb-2024 04:36:47 EST Bob Jonkman Bob Jonkman
    in reply to
    • lnxw48a1
    • clacke: inhibited exhausted pixie dream boy πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺπŸ‡­πŸ‡°πŸ’™πŸ’›
    Oh, now you're just confusing things even more. I was going to reply to @clacke's original post that I've seen both CDNpoli and slightly fewer CANpoli hashtags (I subscribe to both), as well as CNDpoli -- probably for "Canada Poli".

    But now @lnxw48a1 pops in with *currency* abbreviations, and that's properly represented as $4.50CAD (maybe "CAnadian Dollar"?)

    So should there also be a CADpoli?

    --Bob.
    In conversation about 9 months ago from web permalink
  2. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 23-Feb-2024 02:34:53 EST lnxw48a1 lnxw48a1
    in reply to
    • Bob Jonkman
    • clacke: inhibited exhausted pixie dream boy πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺπŸ‡­πŸ‡°πŸ’™πŸ’›
    @clacke I've usually seen "CDN" in one of two contexts: Money, as in "Tim Horton's pays its employees CDN$4.50 per hour"; or hashtags, as in "#CDNPol" ... But you're right that it makes things confusing.

    How does one know which abbreviation to use in which context. Maybe we should just use "FZN" for "Frozen Northland". (I'm joking.)

    CC: @bobjonkman
    In conversation about 9 months ago from nu.federati.net permalink Repeated by bobjonkman
  3. clacke: inhibited exhausted pixie dream boy πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺπŸ‡­πŸ‡°πŸ’™πŸ’› (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Friday, 23-Feb-2024 01:00:25 EST clacke: inhibited exhausted pixie dream boy 🇸🇪🇭🇰💙💛 clacke: inhibited exhausted pixie dream boy πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺπŸ‡­πŸ‡°πŸ’™πŸ’›

    People on here and on other networks often use CDN to refer to Canada, which I have found confusing. People use it for e.g. hashtags like #'cdnpol or #'cdnmedia .

    I finally looked it up and according to a random commenter on a page[0] on The Guardian's website and according to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internat… (marked "citation needed") it's for the Canadian DominioN.

    In the Olympics, Canada is CAN.
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_…

    The ISO alpha-3 code is also CAN.
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166…

    So it seems it's really just the car sticker thing that got this peculiar abbreviation. And now social media.

    [0] theguardian.com/notesandquerie…

    In conversation about 9 months ago from libranet.de permalink Repeated by bobjonkman
  4. Bob Jonkman (bobjonkmangreen@gs.jonkman.ca)'s status on Saturday, 20-Jan-2024 05:09:51 EST Bob Jonkman Bob Jonkman
    I was saddened to hear that Nora Fueten passed away on 10 January 2024.

    Nora was my campaign manager for the 2019 federal election. Nora was highly qualified for this, as she had previous run in the federal elections in 2011 and 2008 gaining 7% of the vote, the highest ever achieved by a Green Party candidate in Brantford-Brant.

    During the 2019 campaign Nora was indefatigable. She came along on all the door-to-door trips, every debate, filled in my gaps during media interviews, and greeted everyone at every festival and fair. Nora knew everyone, and everyone knew Nora.

    Nora was not only a good political mentor, but a fashion consultant as well. Early in the campaign she said β€œYou’ll never win the election with those baggy pants”, and I had to update my wardrobe. Whether it was Nora’s political acumen or good fashion sense, it resulted in a good election campaign.

    The funeral service will be held at 2:00pm on Saturday, 20 January 2024 at at First United Church, 16 William Street West, Waterloo

    Map: https://osm.org/go/ZXna93l7--?m=

    https://bobjonkman.ca/2024/01/20/nora-fueten-1940-2024/ https://gs.jonkman.ca/attachment/222322
    In conversation about 10 months ago from web at 0Β°0'0"S 0Β°0'0"W permalink Repeated by bobjonkman

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      OpenStreetMap is a map of the world, created by people like you and free to use under an open license.
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      Nora Fueten, 1940-2024
      By Bob Jonkman (he/him/his) from Bob Jonkman
      Nora Fueten, 1940-2024
  5. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Wednesday, 17-Jan-2024 01:19:18 EST lnxw48a1 lnxw48a1
    I made 🍎 apple-cranberry pie πŸ₯§. The filling is delicious 🀀. The crust is too hard. Not burnt, just hard.

    I have been baking from scratch recently. Other than bread 🍞 machine loaves (starting about 2020), I had not baked from scratch since the middle 1970s.
    In conversation about 10 months ago from nu.federati.net permalink Repeated by bobjonkman
  6. Bob Jonkman (bobjonkman@gs.jonkman.ca)'s status on Sunday, 27-Aug-2023 18:01:00 EDT Bob Jonkman Bob Jonkman
    Bob Jonkman deleted notice {{tag:gs.jonkman.ca,2023-08-27:noticeId=1114720:objectType=note}}.
    In conversation about a year ago from unknown permalink
  7. Bob Jonkman (bobjonkman@gs.jonkman.ca)'s status on Thursday, 03-Aug-2023 15:28:46 EDT Bob Jonkman Bob Jonkman
    in reply to
    • clacke: inhibited exhausted pixie dream boy πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺπŸ‡­πŸ‡°πŸ’™πŸ’›
    From a few years ago...

    All gone now, and I promised $SPOUSE it would never come back. https://gs.jonkman.ca/attachment/221480
    In conversation about a year ago from web permalink

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  8. clacke: inhibited exhausted pixie dream boy πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺπŸ‡­πŸ‡°πŸ’™πŸ’› (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Aug-2023 08:25:27 EDT clacke: inhibited exhausted pixie dream boy 🇸🇪🇭🇰💙💛 clacke: inhibited exhausted pixie dream boy πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺπŸ‡­πŸ‡°πŸ’™πŸ’›
    I tried for over four decades to grow an impressive personality, but it was a lot of effort and not much payoff, so now I'm just trying to grow an impressive beard instead.
    In conversation about a year ago from libranet.de permalink Repeated by bobjonkman
  9. clacke: inhibited exhausted pixie dream boy πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺπŸ‡­πŸ‡°πŸ’™πŸ’› (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Jul-2023 12:02:24 EDT clacke: inhibited exhausted pixie dream boy 🇸🇪🇭🇰💙💛 clacke: inhibited exhausted pixie dream boy πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺπŸ‡­πŸ‡°πŸ’™πŸ’›

    did you watch Oppenheimer, the film about the moral implications of the things we create, starring an actor who also played a Gotham City psychiatrist who went insane

    or

    did you watch Barbie, the film about the moral implications of the things we create, starring an actress who also played a Gotham City psychiatrist who went insane

    In conversation Wednesday, 26-Jul-2023 12:02:24 EDT from libranet.de permalink Repeated by bobjonkman
  10. Bob Jonkman (bobjonkman@gs.jonkman.ca)'s status on Wednesday, 28-Jun-2023 20:44:38 EDT Bob Jonkman Bob Jonkman
    in reply to
    • Stephen Sekula
    @steve

    Wait, you or Dr. Cooley are at Perimeter? Giving any public lectures?

    If so, I'll hop on my bike to attend!

    @Perimeter
    In conversation Wednesday, 28-Jun-2023 20:44:38 EDT from api permalink
  11. Stephen Sekula (steve@chirp.cooleysekula.net)'s status on Tuesday, 27-Jun-2023 07:25:13 EDT Stephen Sekula Stephen Sekula
    From jodi on Mastodon: I’m looking forward to meeting students at TRISEP 2023 being held @Perimeter!
    In conversation Tuesday, 27-Jun-2023 07:25:13 EDT from chirp.cooleysekula.net permalink Repeated by bobjonkman
  12. Bob Jonkman (bobjonkman@gs.jonkman.ca)'s status on Thursday, 08-Jun-2023 15:21:12 EDT Bob Jonkman Bob Jonkman
    in reply to
    • Stephen Sekula
    Several other authors of software that accesses the Twitter API have come to that conclusion as well. When #Twidere, my phone app to access Twitter stopped accessing Twitter back in January I pretty much abandoned Twitter. I still check Twitter with its WebUI, less than once a week, but I no longer post or engage there.

    But Twitter still gets used by some organizations I do work for, so I do post from their accounts. I wonder how long it will be before they abandon Twitter too.
    In conversation Thursday, 08-Jun-2023 15:21:12 EDT from web permalink
  13. Stephen Sekula (steve@chirp.cooleysekula.net)'s status on Wednesday, 07-Jun-2023 18:00:16 EDT Stephen Sekula Stephen Sekula
    I finally had a chance to figure out why my social bridging software was no longer able to talk to Twitter. Indeed, it's because under Twitter's new leadership, python-twitter has been deemed as violating something in their terms of service. It says I can submit a ticket, but they make it impossible to figure out how to do that (the service portal is a loop). So I am deciding to no longer support Twitter and will focus entirely on federated social media.
    In conversation Wednesday, 07-Jun-2023 18:00:16 EDT from chirp.cooleysekula.net permalink Repeated by bobjonkman
  14. Stephen Sekula (steve@chirp.cooleysekula.net)'s status on Wednesday, 07-Jun-2023 21:50:18 EDT Stephen Sekula Stephen Sekula
    Got weirdly hung up on a simple problem involving the Poisson equation, and still have not resolved it. Who knew an isotropic collisionless gas in a spherically symmetric gravitational potential would be so IRRITATING? https://chirp.cooleysekula.net/attachment/7fcc02ad3df2ed9843b945250eef98bff9f7892a5da3711780562d1c81133b64/view
    In conversation Wednesday, 07-Jun-2023 21:50:18 EDT from chirp.cooleysekula.net permalink Repeated by bobjonkman
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