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Thanks to those who donated to #ReadingRumble2026 this year. My team won the contest!

The two #books we read were 'Bad Cree' by Jessica Johns, & 'The Best Laid Plans' by Terry Fallis. Both were good, & not the type of book I'd normally choose to #read. I'll have to expand my palate.

Quick video from Terry Fallis introducing the contest: https://youtu.be/5TLGXcRy0fw

It's not too late to donate & help expand #literacy to other adults who need help: https://www.canadahelps.org/me/6VVysJtA

RR Terry's promotional Video

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Dave Wood 🇨🇦5d ago

Bought calcium supplements, but they look weird compared to the previous ones. Bought another bottle (one on the left, with the older expiry), and they look like the previous ones. Something change in the manufacturing? Safe to consume? Weird eh?...

Dave Wood 🇨🇦Mar 20

Over the last year I've been 'reading' via audiobooks a tonne (just shy of 100 books, not counting ones I've read multiple times [eg: #dungeonCrawlerCarl #projectHailMary #bobiverse]).

I'm now doing a tiny bit of fundraising to help improve adult literacy. If you have the means, and want to help others who struggle with literacy (I can't even imagine how hard life would be without the ability to read), please donate here: https://www.canadahelps.org/me/6VVysJtA

#charity #literacy #reading

Dave Wood 🇨🇦Mar 20

Dismal Manor Gang Mar 20

https://youtu.be/TOLBQKU6jGs?si=UpUZ7HRYdYsMS7xc
NATO creates an alternative security partnership fund to support member state security CAPEX. Fund rules are less restrictive than the operational budget.

Mark Carney, Canada’s PM, is a sharp operator.

NATO still operates by consensus for budget, membership, and use of force issues. Every member has a black ball. Mr Finance is overly dramatic.

NATO Just HUMILIATED The US: 23 Allies Vote to REMOVE America's Veto

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Dave Wood 🇨🇦Mar 17

Project Hail Mary with Ryan Gosling was amaze amaze amaze. Saw it in #IMAX (Digital) last night. Not sure IMAX made the picture better, but I think it made the sound better. I'll likely see it again in IMAX 70mm, and maybe just normal AVX too to see if I can tell the difference.

Definitely worth seeing. I do recommend reading (or listening to) the book though. So many great parts had to be cut for the movie.

#projectHailMary

Dave Wood 🇨🇦Mar 17

Wanted a vanity ed25519 key for #MeshCore, so used this tool: https://github.com/agessaman/meshcore-keygen .

Wanted a specific 8 character prefix, which should take about 4 billion attempts, or ~3.5 hours on my machine.

Hit it in 40 seconds! Sometimes you just get lucky I guess.

GitHub - agessaman/meshcore-keygen

Contribute to agessaman/meshcore-keygen development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Dave Wood 🇨🇦Mar 14

You have wonder how this is still a bug all these years later. So glad I’ve switched to Android (but still use an Apple Watch for this one thing, for now).

Dave Wood 🇨🇦Mar 14

Jan Wildeboer 😷

Mar 13

RE: https://social.tchncs.de/@NiceBastard/116224037924531133

I guess the Washington Post is really trying every possible way to rid themselves of subscribers. Le Sigh.

Dave Wood 🇨🇦Mar 14

Sitting in your hotel room eating a chocolate bar, which one tastes better? #poll 🗳️

A $10 mini-fridge one

18.2%

A $2 convenience store one you bought earlier

81.8%

Poll ended at Mar 17 at 3:41am.

Dave Wood 🇨🇦Mar 10

Someone had to send my wife two signed forms. They took a photo of each of them and sent those. The photos were crooked, and one missed half the page. I asked #Gemini to straighten them both. First attempt, it merged them into one form, with the second signature moved to a different part of the form.

Second attempt, it changed the signature to a script font spelling out the name.

#AI can be legally dangerous!

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