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Scary Science Facts – Even If It’s Halloween, Don’t Read This Thread If You Have Anxiety/Depression!

This thread probably isn’t a good one to read ever, let alone on the scariest day of the year! “Scientists of Reddit, what’s a scary science fact the public is generally unaware of?” Happy Halloween everyone! This one is of particular interest to Saskatchewan… If you think the pandemic was bad, this is possibly the […]

¶ Posted 31 October 2021 § Internet § List § Meme § News § Politics § Sad § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, health, holiday, science

Friday Fun Link – Regina Company Releases Virtual Reality Hockey Game

My wife is really excited to know I’m going to be wearing something over my eyes while swinging a hockey stick around in our living room – welcome to the future!

¶ Posted 15 October 2021 § FridayFunLink § Humour § Saskatchewan § Sports § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, hockey, saskatchewan

Friday Fun Link – Pick The 10 Most Unrelated Nouns You Can Think Of

This is fun. I’ll post the 10 words I picked below and my results but would encourage you click that link before looking at my answers so you’re going in fresh and unbiased. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . […]

¶ Posted 03 September 2021 § FridayFunLink § Meme § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, language

“The Walls Are Closing In On The Unvaccinated”

An Angus Reid poll showed that 75 per cent of Canadians agreed with the statement “I don’t have a lot of sympathy for people who chose not to be vaccinated and then got COVID-19.” In B.C., 53 per cent favoured making vaccines mandatory in public places to make life harder for unvaccinated people, while another […]

¶ Posted 31 August 2021 § Canada § Jobs § News § Politics § PopCulture § Travel § United States § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, economics, education, health, science, travel

Calgary Flames Fans Debate Vaccine Requirements

This thread may be the biggest shit show in the history of CalgaryPuck, a Calgary Flames fan site/message board I’ve been reading since 2001. What starts as a discussion of the Jets announcing they’ll require proof of vaccination devolves as a series of antivaxxers keep popping up to make all sorts of logically and factually […]

¶ Posted 24 August 2021 § Internet § MemoryLane § News § Politics § PopCulture § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: alberta, Covid, education, health, hockey, language

Cuba Develops Its Own Effective Vaccine Amidst Economic Crisis and Embargo

Pretty amazing accomplishment!

¶ Posted 22 June 2021 § News ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, economics, education, history, science

Friday Fun Link – The Covid-19 Vaccine Explained

¶ Posted 18 June 2021 § News § Politics § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, health, science

Why Bo Burnham’s “Inside” Is So Good

Maybe because, like “Nanette” by Hannah Gadsby, it totally deconstructs what a “comedy” special is? Or maybe because it’s one of only a handful of truly reflective, unique artworks created during Covid that capture what this past year has been like? Or maybe because I’m pretty sure he does this by not mentioning Covid once […]

¶ Posted 16 June 2021 § Humour § Internet § Jobs § Meme § PopCulture § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, movies, music

Friday Fun Link – Fair Dealing Decision Tool (Maybe?)

Somebody sent this tool around at work so I thought I’d post it here (though if you know how I feel about copyright, you’ll know that I’m also not the best person to ask about whether something falls under copyright or not as I have a *very* generous understanding of what constitutes “fair dealing”!)