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@marc0janssen nice to see ongoing improvements to this great app

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So much better and a good reminder to not take air quality for granted. I donโ€™t have fond memories of the regular smog days we had when I was a kid.

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@canion looks like a puzzle from Myst

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@kaa nice. Do you find that they help?

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@cliff538 getting my reading list ready for next monthโ€™s vacation. So many books to read!

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I like the new calendar view of my books in micro.blog. My vacation in August is certainly distinct

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@alexwolfe A great series!

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๐Ÿ”— Why has Venus obsessed so many astronomers? | Aeon Essays

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I think whatโ€™s missing is the obsession, the sense of wonder that made those expeditions feel like cultural events rather than technical exercises. The instruments around me in the gallery made this contrast sharp. The telescopes and clocks of the 18th century were made of warm brass and wood, etched with flourishes and gilded corners that served no functional purpose except to be beautiful. Todayโ€™s instruments are made of cold steel and glass, efficient and practical. Perhaps thatโ€™s progress, but perhaps itโ€™s also part of what weโ€™ve lost โ€“...

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๐Ÿšด Air quality still isnโ€™t great. So, back to Watopia in the basement

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@manton very nice! Thanks for this new feature. Looks great

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@bloftin2 amazing! Their Toronto shows are scheduled when Iโ€™m out of town, so will likely end up missing them. Rather disappointing, but glad you enjoyed the shows.

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@velocykel spooky

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@kaa Iโ€™m trying to just stay inside, though Iโ€™m not entirely sure how clean the indoor air is either

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Getting apocalyptic out here

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Finished reading: Storm of Locusts by Rebecca Roanhorse is a fun sequel to Trail of Lightning ๐Ÿ“š

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Watched: I enjoyed Star City as a sort of cold-war thriller to the For All Mankind series ๐Ÿ“บ

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@adamroberts.bsky.social I did enjoy reading it!

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The addition of a watch app in the Finalist beta really elevates the app for me. Having access to essential calendar and task data from my wrist, while leaving the phone tucked away, is very helpful. Of course, I can get that via the default Apple apps. I prefer Finalistโ€™s approach

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Finished reading: Lake of Darkness by Adam Roberts has an intriguing premise โ€“ a voice emanating from a black hole โ€“ that didnโ€™t quite pay off for me. The theology of the ending seemed too contrived ๐Ÿ“š

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๐Ÿƒโ€โ™‚๏ธ Found a nice trail while visiting Orillia

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Spotted at a friendโ€™s house

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@gobino yikes ๐Ÿฅต

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@mathyousee congrats! Looks like a fun one, despite the heat

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๐Ÿƒโ€โ™‚๏ธ Soggy run this morning

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I endorse The Lineโ€™s proposal to convert our half of the Gordie Howe Bridge into an open air festival ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ

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@mathyousee amazing! Hope it went well

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@nikokultalahti nice!

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Finished reading: Mona Lisa Overdrive by William Gibson is a good ending to a great trilogy ๐Ÿ“š

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@philipbrewer it might just be nostalgia, but I like keeping blog comments open. That said, most engagement is on the social networking side

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@chadkoh happy Canada Day!

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๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Happy Canada Day!

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@jimmitchell great news! Iโ€™m glad for you

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@cliff538 Good advice! I have bits and pieces of this scattered around. Would really help if I consolidated it and refreshed it regularly, like you do

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George is keen on his pride bone ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ

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@marc0janssen using it now and quite like it! Well done

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Woodbine Beach Park. ๐Ÿ“

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Fatherโ€™s Day Ribfest

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@gobino thanks! A fun event

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@manton that checkmark feature is great. Thanks for adding it!

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๐ŸŠโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿšด๐Ÿƒโ€โ™‚๏ธ The Guelph Lake Olympic Triathlon was great fun, though challenging. Big thanks to my daughter for her expert race crewing.

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@gobino thanks!

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๐ŸŠโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿšด๐Ÿƒโ€โ™‚๏ธ Packing for the Guelph Lake triathlon. Iโ€™m excited to try a new course

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Finished reading: Hostages to Fortune by Peter C Newman really helped me better appreciate the role that the Loyalists had in shaping Canada. Much more extensive than I recall from my history lessons in school ๐Ÿ“š

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RBC Amphitheatre. ๐Ÿ“

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๐ŸŽถ Bleachers know how to put on a great show

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Just Be Normal About S**t by JA Westenberg

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Be normal, and opt out of the deranged belief that the only way to take something seriously is to take it to the most extreme possible conclusion.

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Seems to me like a great approach.

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Andrew MacDougall: Lessons from D-Day, 82 years later:

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Looking at the past with rose-coloured glasses is usually a waste of time. Weโ€™re never going to be the country we were when it served up the โ€œGreatest Generation.โ€ But we do need a renewed sense of nationhood. We need to become a place that can once again pull together to do big things when called upon by the world. Different things, surely, but big just the same. What we shouldnโ€™t be in a rush to do, especially in the face of Trumpian disorder, is to further weaken ourselves, whether by continuing our economic and military stagnation, or carving...

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@mathyousee congrats on the race! Especially given is was spur of the moment. Thatโ€™s a fun post format too. Definitely worth the experiment

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๐Ÿšด Glad to get out for my first proper long ride of the season. The nasty headwind on the way up became a glorious tailwind coming back.

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Finished reading: In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick is the harrowing story of survival that inspired Moby Dick. Hard to imagine such an ordeal ๐Ÿ“š

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@HemisphericViews this is going to be stressful!

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@darby3 yikes! Good luck. I just finished reading the one on the top and thatโ€™s an intimidating stack

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