Otter Raft
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Otter Raft@lemmy.caOPto
Parenting@lemmy.world•Should back-to-school require parent fundraising? Ontario schools are woefully underfunded, and families pay the priceEnglish
2·9 months agoI hadn’t considered that this term is specific to some regions :)
Over here, I usually hear it when someone is referring to the few weeks at the start of a school year for elementary and high school kids. It’s right now for some parts of North America, or around late August / early September for others (ex. in my province in Canada) It’s often used for marketing and sales, but also in the context of child and educational psychology.
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British Columbia@lemmy.ca•Canada's biggest bubble tea fest comes to Burnaby this weekend | Food & DrinkEnglish
3·9 months agoThat’s fair, personally I enjoy them when I go with friends. I get a chance to catch up with friends and enjoy the atmosphere, then head somewhere else for lunch/dinner. I thought this one might be fun for the free performances / games, and if it’s terrible then there’s always the rest of Burnaby Central Park
We can do all of those things outside an event too, but making plans attached to events helps in some way
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Hockey@lemmy.ca•Seattle Kraken's mascot was nearly attacked by a bear in frightening video | SportsEnglish
2·10 months agoHere is the xcancel version: https://xcancel.com/i/status/1950981195208204387
I had an error uploading the video to catbox, but I can try somewhere else if the xcancel link doesn’t work
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Vancouver@lemmy.ca•Granville Bridge's new wide, safe paths for walking and cycling now open | UrbanizedEnglish
1·10 months agoI saw a video about the bench ramps, and they mentioned something important that I didn’t consider: they help with accessibility to move between the high sidewalk and the lower level path.
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Canada@lemmy.ca•Ontario health agency informed of cyberattack more than 2 months before telling patients | Globalnews.caEnglish
5·10 months agoIn his letter Friday to Kosseim, Shamji said that nearly one-third of all home-care patients in the province had their data compromised.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/data-breach-ontario-health-at-home-mpp-1.7572411
I couldn’t find specifics, but maybe you’ll be contacted now if you were affected?
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Selfhosted@lemmy.world•'Maybe' financial tracker shuts down, releasing a final v0.6.0English
9·10 months agoI missed the link somehow, I’ve edited the post now. It’s open source (GPLv3).
They started as a startup, then shut down and open-sourced the project, and now it looks like they’re pivoting to something else
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Canada@lemmy.ca•Northern B.C. shows how big resource projects can strain rural health careEnglish
2·10 months agoYup, I think the article is about making sure the healthcare side is accounted for when building, rather than not building
Major infrastructure projects contribute to both local and provincial economies. When managed well, the economic benefits of such projects can positively contribute to community health.
But when not managed properly, the pressures that major infrastructure projects place on local health-care services can be significant. Therefore, we strongly urge governments and businesses to consider their impacts on overburdened and hard-working health-care providers in rural and remote communities.
On site medical attention would help as well:
How well a project manages its health service impacts clearly matters. When project workers resided in well-managed camps supported by competent onsite medical service providers, the pressures on the local system were less than when workforces did not have adequate accommodation and health supports.
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Canada@lemmy.ca•Canada needs a national AI literacy strategy to help students navigate AIEnglish
4·11 months agoAI is American hoax to win over China.
What do you mean?
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Canada@lemmy.ca•Canada needs a national AI literacy strategy to help students navigate AIEnglish
53·11 months agoLearning about how AI works and what it is/isn’t good at, is a good thing? It will most likely make kids use generative AI less, and be careful about what they use it for
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Woodworking@lemmy.ca•Will tossing this old aspen log onto my lathe help me make a new [bird] friend? [justinthetrees]
2·11 months agoI learn so much about trees from this channel, it has a nice pacing / length
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You Should Know@lemmy.world•YSK that if you are planning an outdoor event, you can check where the shade and shadows will fall on a given day and timeEnglish
6·1 year agoI’ll have to remember this one during the next storm
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Canada@lemmy.ca•Shrubs are taking over the Arctic. Will caribou suffer?English
2·1 year agoMy bad, I didn’t proofread it
It’s fixed now, thank you!
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Public Health@mander.xyz•Should childhood vaccinations be mandatory? Almost 70% of Canadians think so, according to a new pollEnglish
2·1 year agoI accidentally posted this twice, so I’m deleting this one. Feel free to copy your comment onto the other post:
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Selfhosted@lemmy.world•Appwrite announced the launch of Appwrite Sites, calling it "The open source Vercel alternative"English
5·1 year agoYea I don’t think I’m going to promote them again :/
Thanks!
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Selfhosted@lemmy.world•Release v0.6.11 · open-webui/open-webuiEnglish
3·1 year agoIt is possible to connect it to third party platforms (open router, various paid platforms), but I didn’t figure out a way to connect it to duck.ai
That’s the only one that I still go to a separate site for, and I can’t maintain the history as a result
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Canada@lemmy.ca•Ban flavoured vapes now, anti-smoking groups urge Carney’s government - National | Globalnews.caEnglish
5·1 year agoWhat do you want to be banned…the smoking or the nicotine?
In this case I saw the news article and I wanted to hear people’s thoughts on it. I learned a lot from the comments, and appreciate you adding your perspective, thank you :)
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Selfhosted@lemmy.world•Release v0.6.11 · open-webui/open-webuiEnglish
4·1 year ago
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Canada@lemmy.ca•There is a recall for Audi Q5s (2022 2023 2024), see link for full detailsEnglish
1·1 year agoMore of a PSA for the ones that I come across, in case it helps anyone


















Per capita as well but it varies by region, there is an interactive graph on the article