The fact that #ElonMusk can make decisions that affect the Russo-Ukrainian war is mind-boggling.
Allowing the use of Starlink for the attack, he concluded, could be a disaster for the world. So he secretly told his engineers to turn off coverage within 100 kilometers of the Crimean coast. As a result, when the Ukrainian drone subs got near the Russian fleet in Sevastopol, they lost connectivity and washed ashore harmlessly.
Wow, just wow, this guy is dangerous: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/09/07/elon-musk-starlink-ukraine-russia-invasion/
A recent study published in the journal Science found that humans were nearly wiped out in an "ancestral bottleneck" event 800,000 years ago. This event lasted nearly 120,000 years before the population recovered.
During this time period, it was estimated that there were only nearly 1300 breeding individuals during this time period.
https://www.popsci.com/science/human-population-pleistocene/
#humans #prehistoric #Pleistocene
Lol 🤣
(Source: Kristen Sawler on Facebook)
#meme #humor #humour #comedy
nostr:npub1p8vfrm3acf2tn66lnnzq9d442d3k5j8f3ax75dqaquvu8hch29eq44gura It really depends on who you follow.
There have been talk about this event on the fediverse (not much from what I can tell though), including a post from Flipboard Newsdesk about it here: https://flipboard.social/@NewsDesk/110980262140100586
A large truck transporting 5 million bees lost its load earlier this morning in Burlington, Ontario. The incident caused the beehives spilling along the road with bees swarming trying to figure out where they were.
https://globalnews.ca/news/9928114/load-bees-falls-truck-burlington/
#bees #Burlington #Ontario #Canada #bzzzz #CanadaNews
Legendary TV host Bob Barker has passed away at age 99.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/bob-barker-tv-host-price-is-right-obituary-1.6948751
#rip #BobBarker #news
Really liked the #Momazon #Futurama episode, was a really fun one lol!
The parody of #Amazon was spot on.
Did you know: for Canadians looking for a Canadian-specific or a more local fediverse instance, there's a directory for that?
Check out: https://mastodonserver.ca/
For Canadian #MastoAdmin, there's even a Canadian fediverse relay as well, check out: https://relay-new.activitypub.ca/
Thanks to nostr:npub1vepp6etlfhmmumjxcw75gkpmfn86fs6p3rnue6ahel3g4lpw4nss68qc0f & nostr:npub1pde8z8qgrr7cun74x5e8x0c3x0gqvt0jlrv3fdr4xeusrpqhspgsn5mycr for creating & maintaining these awesome resources!
#DYK #Canada #Canadian #fediverse
nostr:npub1uve23p9u224hhrqteqgd4jyy4ek0fhctr8f003fey93rvds8dsaqqpvt74
Well, #Bsky seems to be borked right now. Not sure if it's due to the Twitter surge (even with the closed invite system), or something else...
Looking at the Mastodon User Chart, it doesn't appear to be a surge like the past migrations either.
Who knows, some people might be waiting for when the feature disappearing before the migration? Not sure...
Bigger wheels might look better and allow for larger brakes, but they negatively impact ride and handling, they're more expensive, and they sap energy efficiency.
This, so much this. I really don't get what the car industry's fascination of the ever growing wheel sizes. All it does is to jack up the cost, make the ride worse and decrease efficiency.
I get the need for larger brakes due to cars being larger but 19 - 22" wheels, like seriously?
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2023/08/can-we-please-just-go-back-to-using-smaller-wheels-and-tires/
#cars #wheels #tires
nostr:npub1e4sh6ckdmk8xjnqn9j37aup8sf6wllazdxuuvg5dky9q453qat0qdr35mt Memes would be great but my feed is just people just blabbering about the whole thing lol. I need a break from hearing about it, it's getting a bit exhausting with the deluge 😂.
Good thing Mastodon & Firefish have filters, even if it's just temporary until the fervor dies down a bit lol.
I know it's the biggest headline but you know your feed has too much American content when most of it talks about Trump & his indictment.
It's starting to get tiresome, might need to start deploying some filters & diversifying my geographic reach lol...
nostr:npub1gsanyryvf5kcmkf2e4ejdytngx6dkcw0f5glgw7t6pf84nspln9q3ufg0w This is sad to hear, politicians are taking cheap shots to win political points over some electorates who simply don't know what The Canadian Press is. Doesn't help the fact that the agency isn't really "consumer facing" either...
It feels eerily similar to what some politicians are casting the CBC as something evil...
Lol 😋
Source: thishourhas22minutes via Threads
#AirCanada #satire #ThisHourHas22Minutes #CBC #Canada
Health Canada has issued a product recall for certain models of the Philips Avent Baby Monitor.
In its release, it states:
The recalled baby monitors include models SCD630 and SCD843 only, manufactured between March 2016 and December 2019.
It further states that the products are being recalled due to fire & burn risks.
#recall #BabyMonitor #PhilipsAvent #ProductSafety #HealthCanada #Canada
What an amazing shot of the CNE 😃! Very likely to be jammed pack for the 2023 season!
Source: itsonlykotsy via streetsoftoronto on Threads
#Toronto #photography #CNE
The Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario (ETFO) is calling for a strike vote. The union says that its members have been without a contract for nearly a year.
https://toronto.citynews.ca/2023/08/14/ontario-elementary-teachers-to-hold-strike-votes/
#strikevote #etfo #Ontario #Canada #news
Health Canada has issued a recall for the "Big Game Hunters" and "Garden Games Junior" cricket sets due to the presence of lead & phthalates.
In its release, it states that "the recalled product may contain lead and/or phthalates in excess of allowable limits, posing a chemical hazard."
#Recall #HealthCanada #Canada #toy #ProductSafety #ToySafety
Due to the outbreak of wildfires in the Northwest Territories, Internet research group, NetBlocks observed a major drop in Internet connectivity in NWT.
Source: https://mastodon.social/@netblocks/110889462912939064
#wildfire #NorthwestTerritories #NWT #Canada #Internet #NetBlocks
Due to the outbreak of wildfires in the Northwest Territories, Internet research group, NetBlocks observed a major drop in Internet connectivity in NWT.
#wildfire #NorthwestTerritories #NWT #Canada #Internet #NetBlocks