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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”!) 🙂

“The ranting and raving you see in these videos shows they have good lung capacity.”

“There are legitimate medical exemptions but if someone requires a mask exemption, that usually means they are at high risk of Covid and I counsel them to not to go out in public without a mask and instead, have someone assist you – a family member or caregiver if possible…Some doctors will feel pressured to […]

¶ Posted 01 June 2021 § Jobs § News ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, education, health, science

Music Monday – “I’m a white man living on a white man’s street/I’ve got the bones of the red man under my feet/The highway runs through their burial grounds…We’re all carrying one big burden, sharing one fate”

“White Man’s World” – Jason Isbell

¶ Posted 31 May 2021 § Canada § MusicMonday § News § Politics § Sad ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, history

Secular Sunday – Common Proofs of God’s Existence

¶ Posted 30 May 2021 § SecularSunday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism, education, language, philosophy

RIP Shane-o (1973-2021)

Overall, death tends to be pretty linear. The oldest people you know usually die first – I suspect grandparents are often the first human deaths most people experience. Or possibly people of the same generation – great aunts and uncles. Elderly neighbours. Then, as you get older, the age of those dying, tends to get […]

¶ Posted 18 May 2021 § Family § MemoryLane § Sad § Saskatchewan § Shea ‡ Comments (0) °

Who Should Be Vaccinated First? #skpoli

Today we announced the expansion of our #COVID19SK vaccine delivery plan to target remaining healthcare workers, first responders and staff working in pharmacies and grocery facilities. You can learn more by visiting https://t.co/2EjdJrzTzt. pic.twitter.com/LdX5fhA1JY — Government of Saskatchewan (@SKGov) April 12, 2021 There has been a lot of debate about the most effective order […]

¶ Posted 02 May 2021 § Jobs § List § Politics § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, health, saskatchewan, science

Friday Fun Link – How Long Would It Take To Hack Your Password?

You don’t have to submit your password – just type it into the box on this site and it will tell you how long it would take a computer to guess it. If you’re nervous about testing your own passwords, use something similar eg. instead of “password”, use “massward” or whatever.)

¶ Posted 30 April 2021 § FridayFunLink § Internet § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, language

RIP Mick Burrs (Steven Michael Berzensky) 1940-2021

PICTURES OF THE DEAD (from “Dark Halo”) The dead leave us only images of themselves: souvenirs in washed out colours, dried petals pressed in family albums, shadows that stain our papered walls. They abandon us in our rooms, teach us how to converse with dust, will not let us forget them. But in our glistening reeds […]

¶ Posted 25 April 2021 § Jobs § Library § LibrarySchool § MemoryLane § Photo § Sad § Saskatchewan § Travel § Work ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged: alberta, book, economics, language, ontario, saskatchewan

Secular Sunday – The Dangers of Religious Misinformation Around Covid Vaccines

¶ Posted 18 April 2021 § SecularSunday § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism, Covid, education, health

Friday Fun Link – The Jeopardy Archive

A comprehensive archive of every question ever in the history of Jeopardy is nerd-paradise. (Librarians are 14th in lifetime winnings by career-type though I’d like to see this graph on a per capita basis too.)