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Ned YeungI have some serious concerns about the upcoming municipal elections in Edmonton, thanks to the meddling of Danielle Smith to introduce "political parties" into our formerly independent civic elections.Make no mistake about it, the whole purpose of political parties in municipal elections is to introduce "big party politics" with big money backing, allowing one party to dominate the sphere and push out independent candidates who were elected by individual merit alone.Check out this bot-like behavior for an example. We know how Conservative parties are already trolling every City of Edmonton government post with vitriol and hate, especially on anything claiming any kind of inclusion, from cycling infrastructure to acknowledgement of 2SLGBTQIA+ or Indigenous people, to be a "waste of money", backing that with the nastiest comment towards the real people with real needs who are getting some sort of recognition for their struggles.With political parties in municipal elections, our coming campaign period is going to be flooded with party politics drowning out independent voices with their loudest, scariest, most divisive politics. This is going to be a nightmare, and will very likely destroy the currently left-leaning City Council dynamic we have from good politicians who were elected by the people because they represented the needs people have. The next council is likely to be elected based on mass smear campaigns and party politics backed by deep financial resources, drowning out the voices of the independent politicians with something useful to say.ie, PACE is already calling our city council "radical" and accusing them of "sham engagement". This is political spin for "spending public funds on public interests," and "recognizing marginalized folk". Many aren't knowledgeable enough to recognize these "big party" spins.I am very afraid.That is why Danielle Smith doesn't want municipal politics to be independent, because politicians elected on personal merit are inherently left-leaning, just like in science and research, which is why she chose to shut down funding to academics if their research doesn't result in enough "Conservative views", artificially forcing her ideologies when they don't stand up to academic scrutiny.You can't just force bias because you don't like the results of the scientific process, or the democratic process!<a href="https://beige.party/tags/yeg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#yeg</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/abpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#abpoli</a>

vga256back in the early and mid-90s, getting on the net meant you were a university student, or had corporate access through a big company. getting online wasn't easy.worse, even if you had a dialup number and login, there was no such thing as a tcp/ip stack built-in to Windows 3.1. even if you *did* have a winsock stack, you'd still need a file downloading protocol, gopher client, world wide web client, ftp client, email client. just getting your machine off the ground was nearly impossible unless you could grab these from a local BBSto make things simpler, universities began offering dial-up internet software packages to their students and staff.in 1994, my mom was an undergrad student at the University of Alberta. our family had just bought an IBM PS/1 with a 2400 baud modem, and i was abusing the hell out of our single phone line at night visiting local BBSes.she somehow found out that the university was selling internet dial-up software for $10 to students, and brought home the diskette pack with her. along with a USR Sportster 14.4k modem, she gave me the install diskettes as a valentine's day gift.it had a slick setup program that enabled SLIP using Trumpet Winsock, and provided a local (free!) dial-up number for access.after 25 years, i finally tracked down a few versions of those diskettes. i've imaged them and uploaded them all to IA.the first version of the dial-up package in 1994 was called WinSLIP. it had no PPP support yet, but contained some really cool shareware internet utilities like HGopher and NCSA Mosaic. this would have been the earliest programs offered for Windows 3.1WinSLIP/MSKermit 1994/95: <a href="https://archive.org/details/ua_winslip" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://archive.org/details/ua_winslip</a>The second version of the software was renamed to NetSurf. It stripped out most of the obscure shareware sadly, and replaced them with Netscape 2 and Eudora Light. The new version of Trumpet Winsock offered PPP which was a huge improvement:NetSurf 1996/97: <a href="https://archive.org/details/ua_netsurf_96" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://archive.org/details/ua_netsurf_96</a>Now well into the Windows 95 era, the 1997/98 software was shipped on a CD with a hilarious "multimedia" installer/help program designed in Macromedia Director:NetSurf 1997/98: <a href="https://archive.org/details/netsurf-97-starter-kit" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://archive.org/details/netsurf-97-starter-kit</a>I hope this brings back some memories for fellow U of A alumni :)<a href="https://dialup.cafe/tags/softwarePreservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#softwarePreservation</a> <a href="https://dialup.cafe/tags/webPreservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#webPreservation</a> <a href="https://dialup.cafe/tags/win31" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#win31</a> <a href="https://dialup.cafe/tags/worldWideWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#worldWideWeb</a> <a href="https://dialup.cafe/tags/yeg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#yeg</a> <a href="https://dialup.cafe/tags/bbs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bbs</a> <a href="https://dialup.cafe/tags/alberta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#alberta</a>

Ali 🔴🟠🟡🟢🔵🟣New <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#introduction</a> post! I'm Alicia and I'm a fibre artist (<a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/dyeing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dyeing</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/handspinning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#handspinning</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/felting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#felting</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/needlefelting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#needlefelting</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/weaving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#weaving</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/crochet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#crochet</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/embroidery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#embroidery</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/upcycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#upcycling</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/sewing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sewing</a>) with interests in <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/mandala" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mandala</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#art</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/psychedelicart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#psychedelicart</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/sacredgeometry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sacredgeometry</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/neurographicart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#neurographicart</a> and <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/watercolors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#watercolors</a>. My family and I run a business called <a href="https://mastoart.social/@Fibre2Fabric" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@Fibre2Fabric</a> where we dye all sorts of exotic <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/fibre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fibre</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/yarn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#yarn</a>, and <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/fabric" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fabric</a>. I live in the country with my partner and our 6 <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/cats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cats</a>, 3 <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/dogs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dogs</a>, <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/snake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#snake</a> and <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/crestedgecko" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#crestedgecko</a> where I enjoy my many interests. (<a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/gardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gardening</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/plants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#plants</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/herbalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#herbalism</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/fungi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fungi</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#music</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/ukulele" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ukulele</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/piano" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#piano</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/dancing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dancing</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/flowart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#flowart</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#reading</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/tarot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tarot</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#poetry</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/haiku" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#haiku</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/cozygames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cozygames</a> and I'm getting more into <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#opensource</a> / <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linux</a>) When I say flow art, I mean spinning props like <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/hulahoop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hulahoop</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/leviwand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#leviwand</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/puppyhammer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#puppyhammer</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/poi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#poi</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/staff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#staff</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/silkfans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#silkfans</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/firefans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#firefans</a> etc. I love <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/languagelearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#languagelearning</a>. I studied <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/German" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#German</a> and <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/Spanish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Spanish</a> as a kid, took <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/Japanese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Japanese</a> in uni, and I'm currently studying <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/ASL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ASL</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/Cree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Cree</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/Tokipona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tokipona</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/Spanish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Spanish</a> and <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/Chinese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Chinese</a>. I also dabble in <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/French" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#French</a> and <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/Latin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Latin</a> sometimes and I'm learning <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/Greggshorthand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Greggshorthand</a> to write faster. Cree is my favourite language and Spanish is my second. I've been cursed since childhood with that lovely trifecta of <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/heds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#heds</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/pots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pots</a> and <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/mcas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mcas</a>. Healing slowly but surely. Hope I get to meet even more cool people the algorithms would normally drown out on other social media sites. I love it here! <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/intro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#intro</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/yeg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#yeg</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/edmonton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#edmonton</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/alberta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#alberta</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#canada</a>

Senator Paula Simons🇨🇦Earlier this week, I had a honour of joining two of Edmonton, and Canada’s, most extraordinary queer rights advocates, Doug Stollery KC and Justice Julie Lloyd, onstage at the <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/ualberta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ualberta</a> Timms Theatre to discuss the impact of the historic Vriend decision, which established equal rights protections for <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/LGBQT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LGBQT</a> Canadians. Our conversation, moderated by Fiona Kelly, the new Dean of Law, was inspired by a screening of the terrific Vriend documentary Pride vs Prejudice. <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/yeg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#yeg</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Edmonton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Edmonton</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Vriend" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Vriend</a>

Ned YeungReasonable gun control is one of the Canadian values which differentiates us from our gun-crazy neighbors to the south, and aligns us with the rest of the developed world. Incidentally, it's also listed as one of the " common shared values" which could potentially allow Canada to join the European Union (as weird as that sounds).But the Alberta government wants us to be the 51st State.12 year olds unsupervised with firearms in Alberta: Welcome back to the Wild West!<a href="https://edmonton.citynews.ca/2025/03/12/alberta-bill-permits-12-year-olds-to-use-guns-without-adults/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://edmonton.citynews.ca/2025/03/12/alberta-bill-permits-12-year-olds-to-use-guns-without-adults/</a><a href="https://beige.party/tags/yeg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#yeg</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/abpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#abpoli</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cdnpoli</a>

David Mitchell :CApride:Public school support workers are *still* on strike… A reminder to Edmontonians that support workers for EPSB are into their 9th week of strike action, stuck on the pickets instead of in schools because the GoA - which pulls the strings from behind the scenes using secret mandate letters - refuses to let the school board negotiate in good faith. Two school trustees have resigned in protest.Good background here: <a href="https://www.readthemaple.com/the-ucp-has-kneecapped-alberta-education-workers-strike-rights/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.readthemaple.com/the-ucp-has-kneecapped-alberta-education-workers-strike-rights/</a> Update: <a href="https://edmonton.citynews.ca/2025/03/03/edmonton-public-school-board-trustee-resigns-more-strike-votes-in-alberta/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://edmonton.citynews.ca/2025/03/03/edmonton-public-school-board-trustee-resigns-more-strike-votes-in-alberta/</a><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/yeg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#yeg</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/ABPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ABPoli</a>

Fibre2FabricHey, we're Fibre2Fabric, a family owned-business that provides <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/handdyed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#handdyed</a> natural fibres for <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/handspinning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#handspinning</a> and <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/felting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#felting</a>, <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/yarn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#yarn</a>, <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/fabric" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fabric</a>, <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/crafting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#crafting</a> kits, and <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/handmade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#handmade</a> / <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/upcycled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#upcycled</a> <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/clothing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#clothing</a>. We sell spinning wheels, spindles, and fibre processing tools supplied by <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/Majacraft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Majacraft</a>, <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/Wizpick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Wizpick</a> felting needles, & <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/Briggsandlittle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Briggsandlittle</a> yarn. We also have a subscription service to get a themed <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/fibre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fibre</a> box every month! (Blue Moon Fibre Club) 1/2 <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#introduction</a> <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/yeg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#yeg</a> <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/alberta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#alberta</a>

🇺🇦Wayward Murphy🇨🇦Nataliia finisher the beadwork on a customers moccasins. <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/moccasins?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#moccasins</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/beads?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#beads</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/beading?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#beading</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/yeg?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#yeg</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/handmade?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#handmade</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/artisan?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#artisan</a>

David Mitchell :CApride:<a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#introduction</a> Hi everyone!David Mitchell (he/him)Married, dad to 3 growing young men.Edmonton string instructor (will wear any hat related to music). Promoter of: basic public health measures; strong, integrated, compassionate communities; simple humanitarian values.Every person is uniquely and infinitely valuable.Interested in <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#music</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#art</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/design" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#design</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/civics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#civics</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#history</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/abpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#abpoli</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/cndpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cndpoli</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/yegcc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#yegcc</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#canada</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/yeg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#yeg</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/edmonton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#edmonton</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/ableg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ableg</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PublicHealth</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#science</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#education</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/WearAMask" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WearAMask</a>

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