#yqr — Public Fediverse posts

Ayyy, the new Federal NDP leader @avilewis is touring Saskatchewan in a couple weeks! Local EDAs are working together to put on some events and screenings of The Take. Hop on to RSVP or volunteer! https://linktr.ee/SaskFederalNDP

- May 14th in Pasqua First Nation and Moose Jaw #ymj
- May 15th in Regina #yqr
- May 16th in Saskatoon #yxe
- May 17 in Prince Albert #ypa

#NDP #Canpoli #skpoli

I've booked almost the entirety of June off work. Planning to use some of my free time to tour Saskatoon #yxe and talk with as many politicians and organizations as I can about their social media strategies. See if I can bring em to the Fediverse in the spirit of @ElbowsUpforDigitalSovereignty

Planning starts the second Legislature lets out mid May.

I'd love to find collaborators to do the same in Regina #yqr Moose Jaw #ymj and Prince Albert #ypa and any other communities across the province. Hit me up!

#skpoli #MastoCanadaGOV #Digitalsovereignty #LeaveX

Oh wow. It really does look like the Sask Party stacked the city council of Sherwood to ensure they can jam through this data center deal. Hand picked, unelected councillors who don't even live in the area have no business making a decision like this. #yqr #skpoli #noAI

The local white-tailed jackrabbits (a species of hare, not a true rabbit) are now well into their change-from-white-to-brown cycle, but the snowstorm earlier this week is not making it easy on them.

#jackrabbit #hare #rabbit #wildlife #Canada #SK #YQR #UrbanWildlife

The local white-tailed jackrabbits (a species of hare, not a true rabbit) are now well into their change-from-white-to-brown cycle, but the snowstorm earlier this week is not making it easy on them.

#jackrabbit #hare #rabbit #wildlife #Canada #SK #YQR #UrbanWildlife

The local white-tailed jackrabbits (a species of hare, not a true rabbit) are now well into their change-from-white-to-brown cycle, but the snowstorm earlier this week is not making it easy on them.

#jackrabbit #hare #rabbit #wildlife #Canada #SK #YQR #UrbanWildlife

The local white-tailed jackrabbits (a species of hare, not a true rabbit) are now well into their change-from-white-to-brown cycle, but the snowstorm earlier this week is not making it easy on them.

#jackrabbit #hare #rabbit #wildlife #Canada #SK #YQR #UrbanWildlife

The local white-tailed jackrabbits (a species of hare, not a true rabbit) are now well into their change-from-white-to-brown cycle, but the snowstorm earlier this week is not making it easy on them.

#jackrabbit #hare #rabbit #wildlife #Canada #SK #YQR #UrbanWildlife

From the inside track, until they learn how to cross post on the Fediverse:

The Sask NDP are calling for transparency about this Data Centre outside Regina. You can email em at [email protected] , and attend an open house next Wednesday at the Glen Elm library from 4:30-7:30 p.m. about it.

#NoAI #skpoli #SaskNDP #yqr

@grumpasaurus

My personal favourite is West Side Pizza, on Dorothy Street in a strip mall on the corner of Sherwood Drive. But that's partly because it's near me.

Fellow #Regina / #YQR pizza enthusiasts - what other recommendations for traditional Regina #pizza (heavy, deep dish) would you give a passer-through?

Got a graphic for Saturday's protest in Regina! 11am at the Legislative Building to tell the government fuck off with this data centre

#yqr #skpoli #NoAI

Heeyyy there's gonna be a protest Saturday in Regina opposing the Data Center Build. 11am at the Legislature building: https://www.facebook.com/events/1253037973609110/

#NoAI #yqr #skpoli

Oh, fantastic. The snow we're supposed to get tonight has been upgraded to a yellow warning:

> Snowfall with total amounts of 15 to 25 cm is expected.

That's 6-to-10 inches for the metrically-challenged. Also blizzard / white-out conditions. Whee!

I'm glad I didn't summerize my snowblower yet!

#prairies #snow #SK #YQR #Canada #blizzard

@barsoomcore

Nope, closer to the middle of the prairies.

#YQR

@dmacphee

That's great!

Note there's also a Repair Cafe in the Regina area. The next one is on Saturday, April 18th, at the library in White City. First time at that location!

(just a volunteer, not an organizer or spokesperson)

#SK #YQR #YXE #Regina #RepairCafe

Two of our local white-tailed #jackrabbits (again, a species of hare, not a true rabbit) in my backyard today. We had a bunch of snow Tuesday, but that's mostly melted, leaving just the remainders from winter in the shady spots and where there were big piles or drifts.

These two's faces have mostly turned brown, but their bodies are still almost pure white. It's kind of weird; elsewhere in the city, there are jacks that have pretty much turned completely already. It makes these two look like they're a brown hare sitting inside a white fur coat.

They'll be shedding/blowing this coat soon, and will look much trimmer afterwards.

I like their eyes.

#rabbit #hare #WhiteTailedJackrabbit #jack #jacks #Canada #SK #YQR #wildlife #UrbanWildlife

If you're in the area and care about band, please come out.

#band #schoolband #music #musiceducation #education #reginapublicschools #Regina #yqr #sask #Saskatchewan #SaskatchewanBudget #saskbudget

If you're in the area and care about band, please come out.

#band #schoolband #music #musiceducation #education #reginapublicschools #Regina #yqr #sask #Saskatchewan #SaskatchewanBudget #saskbudget

If you're in the area and care about band, please come out.

#band #schoolband #music #musiceducation #education #reginapublicschools #Regina #yqr #sask #Saskatchewan #SaskatchewanBudget #saskbudget

If you're in the area and care about band, please come out.

#band #schoolband #music #musiceducation #education #reginapublicschools #Regina #yqr #sask #Saskatchewan #SaskatchewanBudget #saskbudget

If you're in the area and care about band, please come out.

#band #schoolband #music #musiceducation #education #reginapublicschools #Regina #yqr #sask #Saskatchewan #SaskatchewanBudget #saskbudget

Hell yeah. 11k people and counting calling to stop the Bell "AI" data center outside Regina. Join the chorus!

https://c.org/RKb2pdk86M

#yqr #skpoli #noAI

"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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 #Bachynski’s 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.

> “[The vouchers] are less convenient than the #app,” acknowledged the city’s director of
> community standards, Faisal Kalim, after the meeting. “Our message for residents is
> to download the app. It is a good system and it is a practical way to park.”

"You don't have a smart phone? Our message is just go get a smart phone."

#Arrogant asses.

#privacy #YQR #SK #Saskatchewan

Hey Saskapeeps!

We want to convince politicians and governments at all levels to get their asses over on the fediverse, yeah?

One other step will be to prove to them that we're here waiting for em.

Tag yourself and your faves, get listed on @ElbowsUpforDigitalSovereignty 's follow list builder!

https://www.elbowsupdigital.ca/follows/?tags=saskatchewan

#MastocanadaGOV #yxe #yqr #skpoli

Live in #Regina? Have something that's #broken and you'd like it fixed? How about getting it fixed for #free?

Regina has a Repair Cafe! It started a year or so ago. I started volunteering when I found out about it. The volunteers are all great people, and between them they seem to fix a lot of stuff - everything from garment #repair to bicycles to power tools to electronics, and more.

I'm not an official spokesman or anything - I just volunteer. But if you're in the #YQR area, you can get the date and location of the next repair cafe from this webpage:

https://www.envirocollective.ca/repair-cafe/

There's also a link from there to where you can sign up for a repair spot. Walk-ins are taken as possible, but reserved timeslots are served first.

As I write this, the next one is on Saturday 21 March at the Circle Project, 3433 5th Ave. I haven't actually looked where that is yet, must do that.

Anyway - come get stuff fixed for free, by friendly folk in a relaxed atmosphere. And save one more thing from ending up in the #landfill.

[edit: typo]

#Saskatchewan #SK #RepairCafe #DIY #fix #repairs #ReduceReuseRecycle #dump

Working on a spreadsheet, because I'm that kind of a nerd. Would you look at all these essential city services and information channels that rely on american oligarch owned platforms? Anyone in Regina feeling a little ignored by your city?

https://www.regina.ca/about-regina/contact-us/social-media/

#yqr #Regina #ElbowsUp #MastoCanadaGOV #skpoli

https://royalsaskmuseum.ca/visit/events/SGI-Solstice-Speaker-Series-Lisa-LaFlamme-and-Creeson-Agecoutay #YQR

Hey Saskatoon, Regina, general Saskatchewan and elsewhere!

Wanna help get our elected representatives on the fediverse? @ElbowsUpforDigitalSovereignty has some email templates to start from. I sent a personalised one last weekend, and continuing to beat that drum is how we get heard. Let em know!

https://elbowsupdigital.ca/resources/email-templates/

#yxe #yqr #skpoli

#Parking in #Regina, part 3...

I submitted a "service request" about paying for #parking meters downtown, because they're going "app-only", and I have no mobile phone.

I got a #contemptuous email telling me I'd said I was "not comfortable with technology". Fuck you, I'm a software engineer of nearly 3 decades. I responded to say a) I didn't say I wasn't comfortable with tech, and b) it was insulting.

So I got a second reply today, including this fantastic line:

> We apologize for the stress caused to you due to the transition of paying
> for the parking #meters.

Somebody at City Hall is feeling awfully passive-aggressive.

Then, today, I got a phone call. This person tried to convince me that this isn't a problem for me, and tried to offer "solutions" which I had already explained were not applicable in my original request:

1. Park off-street in a private lot. No: it's more expensive, I have no income, and the nearest ones are multiple blocks away from where I need to go. Not practical for someone with #mobility issues, and there are lots of us out here.

2. Buy a special "park for free at meters" pass. Cost: $1040 plus taxes. This is a giant "up yours" suggestion.

3. JK, there are no other solutions.

So I said, "Is it the city's official position that I'm #screwed and can't park downtown to receive medical treatments?" and she said yes.

I'm fucking tired of #bureaucrats making decisions without caring how it affects #residents.

#YQR #SK #fauxpology #CityHall

So, as I mentioned in a separate thread earlier today, my city (Hi, #Regina !) has announced that you won't be able to use coins/cash to pay at parking meters for onstreet #parking, starting ... this Sunday.

The three options they give for paying will now be:

1) A smartphone app.
2) The smartphone app maker's website.
3) A phone call to the smartphone app maker's telephone service.

All three obviously require a mobile phone and phone plan. The first 2 require a "smartphone" and data plan.

Some of us don't have a mobile #phone. So we're #screwed. And everyone else is also screwed, too, because all 3 of the above options go to the same #company, which is owned by the #Corpay company, based out of Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

So the #municipal #government is saying "You have to give your personal information, including *your current location*, to an #American company".

Brilliant, no notes. Perfect timing what with the #USA going full-fascist, too.

#YQR #SK #parking #ParkingMeter #fascism #fascist #privacy #NoNotes

#Regina's legendarily terrible drivers, where one will get mad at you for "not letting them in", when they haven't used their turn signals in five years, so you had no idea they *wanted* "in".

#YQR #BadDrivers #TurnSignal #indicator #indicate #SK

There are #jackrabbit tracks in the snow on my covered back deck, which is 4'/1.3m off the ground, with a single set of stairs to the ground. They apparently crossed the whole deck to inspect my barbecue.

Nosy bunnies!

#rabbit #hare #wildlife #SK #YQR #nosy #bunny #bunnies

@transitionalaspect

Yup. Windchill -33C in YQR right now, and the forecast for tomorrow is "Wind chill minus 41 in the morning and minus 46 in the afternoon. ".

That's -51F for USAnians.

#cold #prairie #Canada #SK #YQR #WindChill #BrassMonkeyWeather