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2024-08-03 17:36:04

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@npub1qu5…4evr we're in a nearby town (Nelson), and extremely fortunate to be comfortable and well-taken care of by friends and neighbors. Many folks are camping with pets, children, etc.

2024-08-03 17:15:35

Now two weeks in to evacuation from my home due to wildfires; we're fine, and despite "communication that could be better" from local authorities, our understanding is that so far our home has been protected and safe. Grateful beyond words to the fire crews. ❤️
The experience has really driven home for me how deep a hole we're in. We live in the woods, and are in that sense a canary - but we're not the first, and won't be the last. Jasper is high profile, but this is happening everywhere.

2024-07-30 04:28:05

Folks in my area have set up a gofundme to help recover from the devastating wildfires that have been raging for the past week.
Slocan Lake is a remote area with very small communities that are tourism-dependent. Nearly 20,000 acres of pristine wilderness have burned since July 17th.
Recovery isn't going to be easy; if you're able, consider contributing to the gofundme here:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-slocan-valley-wildfire-volunteers-evacs-firefighters/
🙏❤️

2024-07-25 23:17:11

Is there off-the-shelf software to help coordinate evacuation resources (housing, etc)? Hopefully the worst has passed and these evacs won't last long, but locals in our community are looking for better ways to coordinate and I'd like to help, ideally without writing new software or putting together a bad spreadsheet (which may be the best option!).

2024-07-22 14:49:23

The world needs better mapping tools for simple sketching of "pirate maps." If you know of one, I would be very grateful right now to also know about it.
QGIS 🙅‍♀️ (crashes doing simple things)
Google Earth 🙅‍♀️ (seventy clicks to do one thing)
ArcGIS 🤑 (expensive)
Gaia 😖 (layer management is ... not fun)
Google My Maps isn't terrible, so that's what I'm using for now, but it's layer capabilities are fairly minimal. Any other pointers would be amazing. 🙏

2024-07-20 19:35:15

Evacuated. We're safe with our cats, we'll see how the next few days go for our home.
Apocalyptic scenes up here in south-central British Columbia. This photo was from when things were relatively calm.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/820/487/399/162/553/original/5e1272d2ce7ea93f.jpg

2024-05-16 00:18:16

I'm not sure it's ever going to be a "thing" like #mosstodon but here's my contribution to #moosetodon.
This absolute unit (actually kind of small for a moose, but still) visited our yard yesterday. No sign of Rocky. 🫎
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/447/885/017/920/776/original/62b6a525cdc49f59.mp4

2024-03-21 05:14:37

I feel like billionaires are letting the world down.
So much wealth, so much power, but as far as I can tell there won't be a flock of supersonic jets with transparent upper fuselages following the eclipse.
I mean, there are ~2500 billionaires in the world, and *none* of them are going to experience five full hours of totality.
Really, it's a complete failure of imagination.

2024-03-15 16:40:06

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@npub1jc6…7v67 I love the term "social address"! Much better than webfinger 😅
Two things I would add: first, the initial '@' is unnecessary and imho confusing. Eugen added it to mimic Twitter's @handles, but in personal communication it doesn't really add anything, and arguably takes away.
Second, I wrote up this short thread recently about the original vision for webfinger/social addresses: https://mastodon.social/@blaine/112073273204522419 - hopefully it's helpful!