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Hiker_Scott

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#Telecom & #IT for $, #Emergency / #Disaster #Preparedness, #Hiking, #Camping, #Youth #Training, #SAR / #SearchAndRescue to make up for it. Not an official source... may have insight nonetheless.

AKA @Hiker_Scott (formerly @apukwa) on the Birdsite

#PortMoody, #BritishColumbia, #Canada

#SMEM #EMGtwitter

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Hiker_Scott , to random
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Beautiful hike this weekend.

On the "busy" part of the hike (before people turn back due to snow) I saw a LOT of unprepared hikers.

One caught my eye though -- two hikers, together, in sneakers, both carrying only one object. Not in a pack, just by the trigger.

BEAR SPRAY.

Egad. Just frightening to think what they'd do if startled.

Oh, forgot hashtags:

a footpath cuts along the side of a hill covered in yellow flowers. In the background evergreens, snow and tall mountains litter the landscape
the camera is located on a snowfield. looking into the distance one can see a majestic range of mountains
a different Lake in a bowl is pictured. the other side has steep cliffs and snow. the camera is located on a rocky surface that appears to go straight down to the lake. evergreens are on either side of the rocky terrain.

GottaLaff , to random
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Ahem. Attention please.

I am now in #Canada. 🇨🇦🍁

That is all.

👏🏻💃🏼🥳💥‼️‼️‼️‼️

Hiker_Scott ,
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@GottaLaff welcome!!!!

Lemme know if you're looking for anything or want tips. A primer for Groceries:

Costco - usually cheapest, limited selection
No Frills* / FreshCo - better selection, still cheap
Real Canadian Superstore* - better selection still, less cheap
-- jump --
Safeway / Safeway Extra - higher end store, great selection, good store, prices higher than above but cheaper than below
Save-on-foods - always expensive. Store is nice if newer. Crap if older.
Thrifty/IGA/etc - $$$

GottaLaff , to random
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Some-bodee got his pre-Big Moving Day haircut today!

Hiker_Scott ,
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@GottaLaff it's so soon!!!

GottaLaff , to random
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Money where mouth is👇🏼

Via Kyle Griffin:

George Conway just wrote a check to Team #Biden for $929,600 — the max you can give to the Biden Victory Fund.

He's going to be headlining a fundraiser for President Biden in D.C. on April 24.
https://www.axios.com/2024/04/03/george-conway-biden-donation-fundraiser-campaign

Hiker_Scott ,
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@GottaLaff wait.. there's a maximum you can give in the US?

chris , to random
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So Fediverse people are replying to @potus on the Threads account. (eg. https://www.threads.net/@potus/post/C5R2tfZLYXD ) "He" can't see those replies because Threads doesn't allow them through, but we can reply to ourselves on the Fediverse side. It's weird.

Questions:

  1. If I wanted to send a link to someone (including the OP/POTUS) so they could see that Fediverse reply stream what link would I send? I guess it would depend on who replied from what server and if they are public? (eg. https://mstdn.party/@seibelsays/112204482012631501)

  2. I guess a case can now be made to Threads management @mosseri that one way federation is limiting the freedom of expression of citizens to be heard by their politicians? lol. Or maybe you don't need to go that Musk-ian route. You can just say it's really weird to be able to see and reply to someone on Threads but thise replies can't be seen by the Threads user. Like really, how stupid. 😝

  3. I may create a Threads account specifically to advocate for Federation asap , and to encourage people to leave Threads. 😈 Especially while the petition is on.

Anyway, I see it as inevitable now that Threads fully federates and becomes interoperable with and the .

As a proponent of the , no matter my opinion of Meta, this is what the Open Social Web must be, a mix of commercial and non conmmercial, evil and not evil, blocked and not blocked.

The mix will mirror the wider Internet and society and that is far far better than the monopolistic, closed, Social Media behemoths we have had in the previous era.

That's why Federation of is good, Very good.

Hiker_Scott ,
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@chris it's my understanding they intend to go both ways they just "aren't there yet".

I'm still eagerly awaiting mstdn.ca allowing us to follow threads.net addresses, I know it's on the list of things @chad and team are working on. :)

GottaLaff , to random
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'Night all. Have a good evening.

We leave Canada tomorrow and I'm sad.

Dear The News: Stop breaking.

Hiker_Scott ,
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@GottaLaff come back soon!

BTW, I can't remember if you said you had NEXUS already or not. If not, apply soon!!! The price goes up in October from $50/5yrs to $120/5yrs.

Sooooo worth it when we went down into the States on Thursday last week and drove past the 2.5 hr wait straight to the border officer and through in less than 2 minutes.

https://globalnews.ca/news/10397378/nexus-cost-increase/

GottaLaff , to random
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I'll be unable to post for several hours today...

even breaking news, I think.

We'll see.

I'll be oot and aboot looking at houses (not buying, just scouting areas) with our agent.

She has a ton lined up from 11:30-3:30 PT, just to get an idea of what we want.

Hiker_Scott ,
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@GottaLaff enjoy! I hope it goes well.

If you're up in near Westhill / Glenayre wave towards the park! (I live right beside it)

Hiker_Scott ,
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@GottaLaff Port Moody's Southwest corner, at the base of Burnaby Mountain just under SFU.

GottaLaff , to random
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After planning for all these years for our move to after getting our permanent residency, our house is finally being listed tomorrow. The For Sale sign is going up tomorrow.

Open House on Sunday.

Omg.

No stress, right? RIGHT?

Hiker_Scott ,
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@GottaLaff moving is THE WORST.

Just remember to have a nice big list of "goods to follow" that you can import later. ;)

lowqualityfacts , to random
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I'm surprised that so many people don't know this.
https://patreon.com/lowqualityfacts

Hiker_Scott ,
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@lowqualityfacts

Mambo n°5 s'il vous plait

GottaLaff , to random
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I’m giving @Hiker_Scott a HUGE shout out. He’s been helping me privately with some new insights to Canadian dr stuff, unsolicited, and has been the only lifeline I’ve had when it comes to truly understanding how to eventually get a dr there when we move.

I cannot begin to tell you what that means to me, and how grateful I am esp in light of my current illness.

He lives in the town we’re moving to, so one day, I intend to thank him in person.

Send him your love. He deserves it.

Hiker_Scott ,
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@Daecar @GottaLaff wish you the best of luck! If you're in the Fraser Health area of BC (or BC in general) and want to chat just drop me a DM

lowqualityfacts , to random
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Please stop laughing at CatGPT. Please stop sharing this picture. It's not funny. This is a slippery slope. It might only meow for now, but what's next? What will our cats do if CatGPT takes their jobs? Do we really want artificial intelligence to sleep all day? To scoff at the $50 worth of cat food you just purchased? To knock your full glass of water over and feel zero remorse when it shatters on the floor? Call me a Luddite, but I believe we must destroy CatGPT to protect our feline friends.

Hiker_Scott ,
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@lowqualityfacts let's play it safe and get rid of all domestic cats as well

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