@johnefrancis@cosocial.ca

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@johnefrancis@cosocial.ca

Every month or so, I purge my follows/followers of accounts that have not posted in >30d. If you've returned to Mastodon after some time away, let me know and I'll re-follow.

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@johnefrancis@cosocial.ca

Shave my beard for the summer?!?!

GET AWAY FROM ME!!!

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@johnefrancis@cosocial.ca

Every month or so, I purge my follows/followers of accounts that have not posted in >30d. If you've returned to Mastodon after some time away, let me know and I'll re-follow.

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@johnefrancis@cosocial.ca

Thinking my next phone may be a Samsung. Had one before, was good. Non US. South Korea has decent relations with Canada. Good hardware. Popular models, so should continue to have decent options for rooting and installing a de-bloated OS.

My phone needs are pretty typical.

Fire away on your takes.

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@johnefrancis@cosocial.ca

around here, decent amount of open fields and built up suburban areas.

Around the airport are a lot of forests, particularly to the south, from where the wind is blowing today. There is still green in the grass at the airport. Not for much longer tho.

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@johnefrancis@cosocial.ca

now down to 34.3, cloud passing, sun getting lower, etc. Won't be breaking the 2025 high of 35.8 set on June 23.

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@johnefrancis@cosocial.ca

My chimney-mounted weather station has been >34.5 since 1:20PM, while the Ottawa airport has been about 0.5-1.0 degrees cooler. On very still, sunny, and hot days, it can read a bit high, but there is a good breeze today.

The difference is probably because the airport station is standard sited in the middle of >1000 sq ft. of grass, at a height of 1.25-2m, while mine is about 8ft above a roof.

Or microclimate factors. The other personal stations around Barrhaven are all reading 35-38.

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@johnefrancis@cosocial.ca

around here, decent amount of open fields and built up suburban areas.

Around the airport are a lot of forests, particularly to the south, from where the wind is blowing today. There is still green in the grass at the airport. Not for much longer tho.

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@johnefrancis@cosocial.ca

My chimney-mounted weather station has been >34.5 since 1:20PM, while the Ottawa airport has been about 0.5-1.0 degrees cooler. On very still, sunny, and hot days, it can read a bit high, but there is a good breeze today.

The difference is probably because the airport station is standard sited in the middle of >1000 sq ft. of grass, at a height of 1.25-2m, while mine is about 8ft above a roof.

Or microclimate factors. The other personal stations around Barrhaven are all reading 35-38.

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@johnefrancis@cosocial.ca

TIL it's Borléans, not Borleans.

#ottawa #barrhaven #orléans

Yes, that's a hashtag containing the correct accent too.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/orleans-sign-missing-accent-highway-ottawa-1.7605675

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@johnefrancis@cosocial.ca

Anyone running a #fairphone in #canada? Wondering how to get a v6.

It seems like a great option for de-googling.

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@johnefrancis@cosocial.ca

Bought a new red Swingline 747 for my basement office. Family stole it before I could even put staples in it, and then had to come and beg for staples.

I'm burning this place down if it's not back on my desk by sundown.

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the house lives another day

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@johnefrancis@cosocial.ca

Bought a new red Swingline 747 for my basement office. Family stole it before I could even put staples in it, and then had to come and beg for staples.

I'm burning this place down if it's not back on my desk by sundown.

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@johnefrancis@cosocial.ca

d13 returned from horse day camp, 5 flies emerged from her backpack and 3 from her lunchbag.

My "hunting dog" is terrified of the salt gun, so I have to hunt them down by hand.