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Father of 3. I have lots of hobbies on the shelf and go to Mass on Sundays. #chesspunks #fountainpen #squash #badminton #nhl #cfl Ottawa, Canada
Back to the fax? Doctors say Ottawa's plans to axe prescription software leaves them in limbo
A pair of Ontario family doctors say they may have to go back to sending patient prescriptions to pharmacies by fax because a federally funded agency is doing away with an electronic system, with no clear plans for its replacement.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/prescribe-it-9.7127925?cmp=rss

So I don't know much about #AI and I generally dislike what it's doing, but I recently downloaded #Sora on my phone with the hope of using generative video to supplement my non-verbal autistic child's "social stories." Basically make AI generative videos of him potty trained, and not pushing his siblings, in the hopes that it resonates more than a static piece of paper.

The problem? You try so much as uploading a picture of a kid, it activates the censors.

Any suggestions or am I SOL?

The main thing pulling me back to Facebook is a few of the #Simpsons meme groups that I still follow, but how hard could be to just come up with a hashtag and do it on a Federated timeline, particularly when FB's algorithm keeps randomly Zucc'ing groups?

#Treksons has been my favorite so far, where it creates memes that draw on Star Trek and The Simpsons, in the most nerdy, inside baseball way possible.

Not gonna lie, even as a #chess nerd, I did not think I would enjoy Balatro when a friend described it to me. "So it's video poker with a bunch of dungeons and dragons shit added on top?" I scoffed.

I really like it.

Happy Easter.

This hit me like WHOA #today.

We're not done.

EDIT: author is on Fedi!
https://universeodon.com/@CryptoNaturalist

CryptoNaturalist (@[email protected])

257 Posts, 27 Following, 1.57K Followers · CryptoNaturalist is written by poet and podcaster Jarod K. Anderson. Jarod has published two poetry collections: Field Guide to the Haunted Forest Love Notes from the Hollow Tree His memoir about struggling with chronic depression and connecting with nature is forthcoming from Timber Press (2024). https://www.cryptonaturalist.com/ https://www.jarodkanderson.com/ https://www.patreon.com/Cryptonaturalist Every memory is a ghost and the house they haunt is you.

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"NaNoWriMo, a 25-year-old online writing community-turned-nonprofit, announced on Monday evening that it is shutting down.
NaNoWriMo — an abbreviation of National Novel Writing Month — is an annual challenge for writers to complete a rough draft of a novel during the month of November.
NaNoWriMo lost significant community support when it took a stand in favor of the use of artificial intelligence in creative writing. "
https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/01/nanowrimo-shut-down-after-ai-content-moderation-scandals/
#writing #artificialintelligence
NaNoWriMo shut down after AI, content moderation scandals | TechCrunch

NaNoWriMo, a 25-year-old online writing community-turned-nonprofit, announced on Monday evening that it is shutting down. NaNoWriMo -- an abbreviation of

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El Paso Walmart gunman who killed 23 offered plea deal to avoid death penalty

The gunman who killed 23 people in a racist attack at an El Paso Walmart in 2019 in one of the the deadliest mass shootings in U.S. history has been offered a plea deal to avoid the death penalty. The decision was announced Tuesday by El Paso County District Attorney James Montoya. It marks an abrupt end to years of efforts by prosecutors to see that 26-year-old Patrick Crusius face execution by lethal injection. Crusius has already been sentenced to 90 consecutive life sentences at the federal level after pleading guilty in 2023 to hate crime charges. Additionally he was charged in state court with capital murder.

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Wow. Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum officially recognizes Palestine as a state. Here she welcomes Palestinian ambassador Nadya Rasheed.

Sheinbaum is Jewish, supports Palestinian self-determination, & unapologetically condemns Netanyahu's attacks on Gaza.

Historic & inspiring leadership. ❤️✊🏽