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David W Maxwell @david-w-maxwell.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

"Forty-seven were given Hepa filters for communal areas, and 44 were not." What if... people travel... between private rooms? "Test of smaller bulletproof vest proves bulletproof vests don't work!"

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David W Maxwell @david-w-maxwell.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

It's a bit of "you have to understand the tool you're using". Grammar checkers don't fix semantic errors either. This stuff is all new enough that it's unreasonable to expect every user to know the ins-and-outs, but I don't want a screenful of "don't use the LCD while driving" either.

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David W Maxwell @david-w-maxwell.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

I'm sure the server feels terrible. The story says "drove as fast as possible to get an EpiPen". That's a shame the parents didn't carry one at all times, with an 8 year-old. globalnews.ca/news/1187243...

globalnews.ca

Ontario boy dies from anaphylaxis after allegedly receiving wrong treat at Dairy Queen | Globalnews.ca

An eight-year-old boy died of a severe allergic reaction after he was allegedly given the wrong treat at a Dairy Queen in Kingston.

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David W Maxwell @david-w-maxwell.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Not "share 77 genes". Share an effect on the expression of 77 genes. (Intersection of 725 and 633). Pattinson's is a disease, not a virus, so it doesn't "have genes".

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David W Maxwell @david-w-maxwell.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Hah. 7 digit ICQ. He was late to the party.

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David W Maxwell @david-w-maxwell.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

I'm inclined to think your jar guess is better. I've never seen instructions on an insulator - more manufacturer's name, dates, model numbers...

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David W Maxwell @david-w-maxwell.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

I commented on a Canadian politics thread - that the posters' view was overly simplistic. I'm part of the club.

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David W Maxwell @david-w-maxwell.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

Germany, 1916. The question is whether everyone would rather wake up in the dark until 9am.

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David W Maxwell @david-w-maxwell.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

I apparently see a situation that is much more nuanced than your all or nothing perspective.

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David W Maxwell @david-w-maxwell.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Meeting on trade with many foreign leaders to open new markets, while trying to negotiate with largest historical trading partner == capitulation. Ok, I see.

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David W Maxwell @david-w-maxwell.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

How is that capitulation, let alone "the definition of"?

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David W Maxwell @david-w-maxwell.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Canada has to import Bauxite. There aren't any domestic mines.

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David W Maxwell @david-w-maxwell.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Ah, you reworded from "increased by 121%" to "is 121% of what it was". "Increased by 21%" is a much clearer statement. Using 121% in that way is trying to mislead with statistics.

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David W Maxwell @david-w-maxwell.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

I see you deleted your original reply (in order to orphan my correction?) but didn't correct yourself. That is an increase of 21% not 121%. My original 30-fold did not account for that. Let's adjust my 3000% down to 2979% due to population growth.

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David W Maxwell @david-w-maxwell.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

No, I *think* is not a substitute for a breadth of knowledge and resources, but a blanket "it's not climate change" doesn't leverage that. It's about as convincing as: Yes, a volcano went off nearby, but don't overlook that animals sometimes lose their desire to breathe.

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David W Maxwell @david-w-maxwell.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

1 & 2 are good points. 3, I don't believe there's been a behavioral change in Canada comparable to the scale of climate change. 4 is an odd one. People aren't avoiding repellents that weren't widely known or commercially available until recently enough to affect stats.

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David W Maxwell @david-w-maxwell.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

You said it's unlikely related to climate change. I think climate change is the most significant factor for increase in Canada, but I'm open to counter-arguments or counter-examples.

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David W Maxwell @david-w-maxwell.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Best of luck to him on figuring it out.

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David W Maxwell @david-w-maxwell.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

The Hypermobility question would have led me in the direction of CCI otherwise.

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David W Maxwell @david-w-maxwell.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Meige Syndrome? www.cambridge.org/core/service...

cambridge.org

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David W Maxwell @david-w-maxwell.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

I saw it there in the 70s, and at the re-opening in 2017. I'd forgotten the opening 'hook'. Wow! Excellent filmmaking.

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David W Maxwell @david-w-maxwell.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Organ damage and broken bones to teens, and she only pays $1500 each for "emotional harm"? Careless driving in a foreign country while responsible for passengers!

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David W Maxwell @david-w-maxwell.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Keep in mind, some percentage of accounts are bots or sock-puppets, paid for by foreign adversaries in order to sow discord. Lower percentage here than on Twitter, but not zero.

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David W Maxwell @david-w-maxwell.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

There ought to be a requirement for informed consent, which includes "financially informed".

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David W Maxwell @david-w-maxwell.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Also, many government programs create efficiencies. Well-maintained roads support trade. Preventive healthcare improves quality of life and reduces unemployment, social assistance and saves long term healthcare costs. Fire fighters save the cost of having to rebuild...

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David W Maxwell @david-w-maxwell.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Unfortunately, most vendors don't have processes that extend much past "asking for a password reset", certainly few have any way to report abusive reset attempts. As long as you aren't using SMS for one-time codes, you can ignore the requests. If you're using SMS, consider using a more secure MFA.

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David W Maxwell @david-w-maxwell.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Geosynchronous Ka and Ku have 1/10th the bandwidth, and 8x the latency. So maybe useful for some applications, but unfortunately aren't equivalent to Starlink.

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David W Maxwell @david-w-maxwell.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

What comparable system of satellites do you think Canada has?

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David W Maxwell @david-w-maxwell.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

People had been hoping the US would have its first woman president. Now you do.

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David W Maxwell @david-w-maxwell.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

Don't forget overloaded ERs and privatizing healthcare.

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David W Maxwell @david-w-maxwell.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

If you're comfortable sleeping on your back, putting a roll/pillow under your knees is better for the joints (so gravity doesn't pull them straight into over extension), and might make you less likely to roll over.

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David W Maxwell @david-w-maxwell.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

I haven't seen any, nor seen details enough to know whether Canadian sightings are similar to the US ones.

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David W Maxwell @david-w-maxwell.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

This seemed like a thorough analysis from someone with industry expertise. x.com/Scarlet_NOZA...

x.com

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David W Maxwell @david-w-maxwell.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

People aren't good at connecting cause and effect when there's a time delay before the effect. There are still many articles like "why has the rate of X increased dramatically?" Until the average person hears otherwise, regularly and consistently, most are assuming "everything is back to normal".

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David W Maxwell @david-w-maxwell.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Those who need regex but refuse to learn them, are doomed to re-implement parser concepts, only worse.

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David W Maxwell @david-w-maxwell.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Haven't seen them much here, but assuming they're consistent with other social media sites: Disagree-bots foment anger and frustration across the population by making everyone feel there's a large population of people who vehemently disagree with you.

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Tjibbe Donker @tjibbed.bsky.social · 11/06/2024

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