Chris Carlier | Short SongsIf you're in the area and care about band, please come out.
#band #schoolband #music #musiceducation #education #reginapublicschools #Regina #yqr #sask #Saskatchewan #SaskatchewanBudget #saskbudget
Action Jay πΎ 
Hell yeah. 11k people and counting calling to stop the Bell "AI" data center outside Regina. Join the chorus!
C."Hey, Marge?"
"Ya, Thelma?"
"I'm not sure our camouflage is working any more."
(The one at bottom-right looks like she could use some hare conditioner...)
#jackrabbit #jackrabbits #hare #wildlife #UrbanWildlife #rabbit #rabbits #Canada #SK #YQR #frizz
We've had some warm temperatures here on the prairies the last couple of days, and it's mostly looking like above-freezing during the day for the foreseeable future [1]. So today I pulled the snow tires off the cars and put the "all-season" [2] ones on.
Please join me tomorrow in celebrating the semi-annual festival of Oh My Gawd Why Are My Knees On Fire And I Didn't Even Know I Had Muscles In That Part Of My Thigh.
[1] To be fair, this is about 5-6 days max. They don't bother to even try forecasting further out than that here.
[2] Really "three-season", if you live anywhere where it gets more than a handful of degrees below freezing.
#Canada #prairies #SK #YQR #weather #warm #spring #snow #tires #SnowTires #AllSeason #knees #thighs #pain #sore #MiddleAge
Action Jay TalksWanna fight a data center?
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/ai-data-rm-of-sherwood-9.7130417
Saskboy K.https://bsky.app/profile/saskboy.bsky.social/post/3mhccoase2c2r Tommy Douglas Lecture #YQR last night
It's spring-ish today on the Canadian prairies, and while I was out running errands a car cruised by me in the parking lot. A little Acura coupe with the sunroof open, and a dog's head [1] sticking up out of it, loving the breeze, the smells, and the sights of all the people.
It was a good day.
[1] What looked like a cross between a husky and a border collie - pretty sure its IQ was higher than anyone in the US administration's cabinet.
#dog #SmartDog #smart #prairies #SK #YQR #Canada #spring #sunroof #arf #GoodDay #ItWasAGoodDay
A local white-tailed jackrabbit (actually a species of hare, not rabbit) is in solar-charging mode, having found a bit of sunbeam passing between our house and the neighbour's in the mid-afternoon.
#rabbit #hare #jackrabbit #SK #YQR #wildlife #RabbitsOfMastodon #SolarCharging #sunbeam
@Leader_Post @regina-leader-post-news-Leader_Post
More news on #Regina's elimination of #coin payment at downtown #parking meters. For those who missed the last episode of "Clueless Elected #Politicians Who Think Everyone Lives Exactly Like They Do", the city switched to electronic-only payments that (a) absolutely require you to use a cell #phone to pay, and (b) route all payments through a US-owned company that won't guard your personal information.
From the article:
> Council also approved #Mayor Chad #Bachynskiβs suggestion to introduce prepaid parking
> vouchers as an additional option [...]
>
> The pre-paid vouchers are [...] offered in packs of five for $13.75 at city hall and are
> valid at any regular parking meter.
Note: you can't park at city hall without plugging a meter. So you'll need a parking #voucher before you can go purchase parking vouchers.
This price also means it costs three times as much to park for a half hour as it did previously. If you were used to running brief errands and only plugging a quarter into the #meter, it'll cost *twelve* times as much.
> β[The vouchers] are less convenient than the #app,β acknowledged the cityβs director of
> community standards, Faisal Kalim, after the meeting. βOur message for residents is
> to download the app. It is a good system and it is a practical way to park.β
"You don't have a smart phone? Our message is just go get a smart phone."
#Arrogant asses.
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