Steve Wart

Retired software engineer, formerly enthusiastic about all things computer, but now less so. Climate alarmist. Friend of old dogs, lifelong learner of new tricks.

North Vancouver 🇨🇦

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2025-12-21 21:42:22 UTC

Riles found a little Sonic toy, and he carried it all the way down to the trail head, dropped it once he was distracted by squirrels, but then refused to continue on the walk until we backtracked and he found it again. We continued down the trail, he lost it again under the stairs by the creek, but could not follow my prompts to recover it. I clambered down and fished it out with a stick. He brought it all the way home and has been preoccupied with it ever since.
#DogsofMastodon
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2025-12-20 01:13:21 UTC

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but what has public health ever done for us

2025-12-19 21:32:50 UTC

Does anyone care about bread? I made this yesterday. It's eaten now, but I think I'll double the recipe and make some more tomorrow.
Recipe in alt-text
#Sourdough #bread #baking
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2025-12-12 20:38:06 UTC

Chart of the day
#infographic #brexit
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2025-12-06 19:29:57 UTC

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Gift Link https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/opinion/self-driving-cars.html?unlocked_article_code=1.6k8.wy6f.ssb7_XHc7rgV&smid=url-share

2025-12-06 03:56:34 UTC

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or the public officials who bend over backwards to hand over our city for their corrupt circuses

2025-04-19 02:26:15 UTC

Riley tiptoeing through the tulips yesterday 🌷 #DogsOfMastodon
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2025-04-14 23:50:35 UTC

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I did not know that. Pasta names are just random to me and I just go by shape lol. I used to love using spirals for the mac and cheese I made for the kids (sekret recipe).

2025-03-12 22:25:41 UTC

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he's still doing some great work with browser federated wikis!

2025-03-03 15:28:48 UTC

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that's awesome, kudos on the quick and informative report. I barely had time for coffee :)

2025-03-03 13:06:22 UTC

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https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ew1741006960/executive
Lasted longer than the one last week. Whole house shook. 5am on Monday so maybe it’s quieter outside. Dog is stressed.

2025-03-03 13:03:37 UTC

Another earthquake in Vancouver

2025-03-03 00:01:43 UTC

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whatever happened to kids getting their shots?

2025-02-22 00:34:20 UTC

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I found a list of over 1000 Canadian government social media accounts. I guess each department is responsible for managing these, but there must be some overall coordination and reporting requirements for those agencies.
Not sure about the best way to guide them to migrate to the fediverse, but of course their responsibility is to reach as many citizens as they can.
What would be the next steps beyond a petition?
https://www.canada.ca/en/social.html

2025-02-21 19:41:03 UTC

What could possibly go wrong?
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