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Wab Kinew
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
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The current Premier of Manitoba, the more I see of this guy the more I like him.
First of all, he's Native / Aboriginal / First Nations. They're too underrepresented in Politics.
Second, he speaks plain, common sense truth, seems to have a very likeable demeanour, and is making decisions for the long term and on behalf of the population he represents.
Again, way underrepresented in Politics these days.
Here's a few links to him speaking on topics of the moment:
Link: On Alberta Separatism
Link: On Data Centres
There's of course more, but he's one of those rare people that makes you glad to be Canadian. Contrast him to Alberta's Premier Danielle Smith, who in any other day and age would have been hung and had her carcass thrown to the dogs...
Sticker Shock
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Blog
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It's been a while since I went for groceries, instead opting to go to the Co-op and get a days worth at a time.
Eating fancy cuts of meat, like Bison and Venison and Elk, I expect to pay more for this and so there's no complaints.
But at the Save-on, and I'm confronted with how expensive quite literally everything has gotten, vegetables, Olive Oil, the basics, staples, lean ground beef at $11 a pound, sure, enough for 3, 4 meals, but still...
Bloody hell. And this is just the beginning, the straits of Hormuz still being closed and there's a famine in the pipes...
Kitty Glitter
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Ideas & Questions
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Now, of course I'm tired of being poor and perpetually thinking of ways I could be rich with a minimal effort (doesn't everybody?) and I had long ago conceived the idea of something I called "Kitty Glitter" which would encourage children to help out around the house with chores and make the mundane tasks of life exciting.
Only I lacked the relevant photoshop skills.
Now, with AI, who needs 'em?
And a couple of off-shoots for the budding Archeo/Paleontologists in the crowd:
Open in a new tab to embiggen and read...
Now, please excuse me while I send this idea off to the Kitty Litter Manufacturers. I'm gonna be rich!!!
Lippmann Plates
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Ideas & Questions
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I had never heard of these.
Link to Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lippmann_plate
I suspect if you could recreate the process and played with it a bit you might find a means to make some money with it, the technique is quite cool and the fact that it substantially predates colour photography make it quite intriguing...
It's better in Video, you can see the effect much better:
Link to YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DyrBDsKA5s
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