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Nathan Ackroyd @elwoodcity.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 22/03/2026

I recently learned about Needle Ice, and thought you should know about it too

Nathan Ackroyd @elwoodcity.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 15/03/2026

My back deck gazebo does this fun thing when the sun shines on the snow. Icicles form, and the snow melts and slides over the edge. When the balance is right, instead of breaking and falling off, the icicles curve inward. The changing angle changes where the […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]

The original post has a pretty detailed description, I think

The same thing, from a different angle. My gazebo wants to murder and eat you

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Nathan Ackroyd @elwoodcity.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 14/03/2026

I've always been more than usually sensitive to fragrances, but in the past year things have become much much worse. A lot of my daily decision-making energy is used up in trying to avoid smelling anybody. I've had to start avoiding in-person gatherings, and avoid moving around campus at […]

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Nathan Ackroyd @elwoodcity.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 05/03/2026

RE: mstdn.social/@Remittancegirl/116176… U.S.: <Waves hand vaguely in front of face> 'You will execute a U-turn and allow us to use your bases." Spain: No. We won't. U.S.: <Waves hand more determinedly in front of face> 'You WILL execute a U-turn and allow us to use your […]

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

A cartoon reminder that tomorrow is World Book Day (In the UK anyway). Originally for the @theguardian.com

A small girl wearing a rabbit costume and blue coat carries a book as she walks to school.

Her mother (head out of shot) wheels her baby brother along in a pushchair.

The baby says "Peter Rabbit may be the 'Hero' of the story, but surely the obedient, widowed Mrs Rabbit is a more effective symbol of the oppression inherent within Mister McGregor's regime"

The girls looks furious and snaps "Mum!! He's critiquing my world book day costume from a marxist perspective again!"

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Nathan Ackroyd @elwoodcity.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 02/03/2026

RE: mstdn.ca/@alessandro/11616150871422… Time for Alberta to join our neighbours on each side with this.

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Edwin G. Spooks 👻 @edwing.mstdn.moimeme.ca · 02/03/2026

Danielle Smith uses notwithstanding clause to run red light www.thebeaverton.com/2026/03/daniel… - - - Danielle Smith utilise la clause nonobstant pour brûler un feu rouge // Publication en anglais // #Alberta #ABpoli #Satire

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Nathan Ackroyd @elwoodcity.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 01/03/2026

[Israel/US - Iran war coverage] I really appreciate Al Jazeera's coverage of what's going on. Timely, and not beholden to the talking points of a either side. I particularly like the "one side said this, but Al Jazeera has been unable to confirm" disclaimers they throw in whenever applicable […]

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Nathan Ackroyd @elwoodcity.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 01/03/2026

I've switched from Chrome to Vivaldi, and set up and started using Proton. What I'm looking for this #DIDay is an alternative to Google Tasks and Keep. Does anyone have something they like for a task-list that would integrate with a calendar, and shareable lists?

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Nathan Ackroyd @elwoodcity.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 20/02/2026

Modern Organic Synthesis, Zweifel et al. Pg 29.

"Intramolecular hydrogen bonding between 1,3-diaxial OH groups in non-polar solvents confers appreciable stability to a confomer. In polar solvents, however, the solvent competes for intermolecular H-bond formation, resulting in normal steric effect dominating the equilibrium."

Picture shows 1,3-cyclohexanediol with the diaxial conformation in equilibrium with the di-equitorial conformation. In CCl4 solvent, the equilibrium favours di-axial, with an internal H-bond.

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Nathan Ackroyd @elwoodcity.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 14/02/2026

I don't often agree with Saruman, but when I heard about the former PM of Norway being charged with corruption over connections to Epstein, my first thought was Rip them all down! youtu.be/pdnDnc5rOm4

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Nathan Ackroyd @elwoodcity.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 12/02/2026

RE: mas.to/@kakape/116054339177325824 When this problem was first reported in Europe, our Provincial Chief Medical Officer of Health told everyone that our supply was safe, because it came from a different batch. Since I knew that she *didn't* know that VITT was caused by a contaminant […]

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Chuck Darwin @cdarwin.c.im.ap.brid.gy · 07/02/2026

US vice-president, JD Vance, was greeted by ⭐️a chorus of boos when he appeared at the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympicsin Milan on Friday, 🔥although American viewers watching NBC’s coverage would have been unaware of the reception. The reaction was shown on Canadian broadcaster CBC’s […]

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Nathan Ackroyd @elwoodcity.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 01/02/2026

On Jan 1 I installed "Walk with Frodo" on my Garmin. Now February 1, I have made it to and through Bree, am now in the company of Strider, and almost to the Chetwood. 250.6 km from Bag End #walking #LoTR

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Nathan Ackroyd @elwoodcity.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 02/02/2026

I went for a walk today, and passed a toddler, toddling along with his mom (I assume). He was wearing a fuzzy dinosaur costume and carrying a plastic basket. When he looked up and saw me coming he pointed at me. I pointed back. When I got up to him, he stopped and held up his basket for me to […]

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Nathan Ackroyd @elwoodcity.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 31/01/2026

RE: hci.social/@tod/115987494928625770 I listened to the first two episodes today, and really enjoyed them. The daily power fluctuation being called "The Beginning of the Long Dash" really made me laugh.

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Nathan Ackroyd @elwoodcity.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 28/01/2026

[Gov Tim Walz on the Bulwark] My favourite line was "You know who really deserves a Nobel Peace Prize? The people of Minnesota." youtu.be/Sn53Yjt9_gU

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Kevin Carson @kevincarson1.kolektiva.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/01/2026

The student organizers who mobilized Friday's massive action are now calling for a National Shutdown this Friday, January 30. www.instagram.com/p/DT9ULZQjFUU

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Nathan Ackroyd @elwoodcity.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 26/01/2026

RE: crispsandwi.ch/@JauntyArt/115961076… Unless you multiplied by the speed of light squared. Then you energy.

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Chad :mstdn: @chad.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 20/01/2026

I've created an "All-Hands" Call on DIscord for this evening at 6pm MST. I'm hoping that anyone interested in participating in the technical aspects (and other areas) are able to join. LInk here: discord.gg/ywBGPybz?event=146320926…

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Nathan Ackroyd @elwoodcity.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 14/01/2026

[fragrance sensitivity and too much talk about urinals] The last year I've been dealing with increasingly challenging fragrance sensitivity. Someone at custodial decided that campus needed to smell more like a well-maintained outhouse, and yesterday they added scented splash-mats to all of the […]

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Nathan Ackroyd @elwoodcity.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 12/01/2026

Let us all celebrate May the 4th in our hearts, every day.

Mature Princess Leah stands, looking off to the left. She is wearing a brownish-grey robe, and holds a blaster. The caption reads: "May we all be able to get up every day and, in spite of our pain and loss and fear, put on our boots and vest and plan to destroy the empire."

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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

/5 Not everyone can do this to help. But there are lots of things to do. If you want, please respond to this with ideas of how to help: how to defy Trumpism, and support America, by defying evil, by helping the least of us, by looking out for your neighbor (in the Good Samaritan sense). Ideas?

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Nathan Ackroyd @elwoodcity.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 07/01/2026

RE: cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog/1158… "It's not even like it's some excitingly malevolent artificial mind with tendrils of influence weaving its way throughout my world. That would at least be satisfying from a sci-fi perspective. No, what I've had to deal with can […]

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