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Fun fact: I paid for a 5-year ID card, but it's actually good for 5 years and 11 months! (ID cards & drivers licences always expire on...

Fun fact: I paid for a 5-year ID card, but it's actually good for 5 years and 11 months! (ID cards & drivers licences always expire on your next birthday, and mine is in February.) I'd been meaning to get down to a registry agent since before my birthday, but procrastination paid off this time!

(Seeing 2031 on a document is kind of break-my-brain distant future date, though.)

This is old news to many of you, but I like the design of the new Alberta ID cards. (I don't drive & had let mine expire for a few...

This is old news to many of you, but I like the design of the new Alberta ID cards. (I don't drive & had let mine expire for a few years; it looks like they've been using this design since 2018!)

Favourite touch: how the tail of the Albertosaurus from the front of the card passes through the clear Alberta-shaped window with your duplicate photo, to continue on the back.

I even like my photo. I nailed the "pleasant but not smiling" look.

Sample images of the full card: https://www.alberta.ca/drivers-licence-security-features

Since this is being shared & is already out of date, here are all infection alerts directly from Alberta Health Services, including the...

Since this is being shared & is already out of date, here are all infection alerts directly from Alberta Health Services, including the new ones for Edmonton:
https://www.albertahealthservices.ca/news/news.aspx

PS, The measles exposure alerts for Alberta this past 2 week, both for the Fort Vermillion / Little Red River Cree Nation cases, and for the...

PS, The measles exposure alerts for Alberta this past 2 week, both for the Fort Vermillion / Little Red River Cree Nation cases, and for the Airdrie (Calgary area) cases:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/measles-airdrie-superstore-1.7484801

The article does emphasize how serious measles is, but doesn't clearly state what kind of symptoms you should be monitoring for, or that you are highly infectious even before a rash develops.

I'd also love if news could emphasize mask use, at least by those who have respiratory symptoms.

#Alberta

I say this because, as measles spreads across Canada, I keep seeing news articles about potential measles exposure that do not explain these...

I say this because, as measles spreads across Canada, I keep seeing news articles about potential measles exposure that do not explain these basic facts.

If you were somewhere — grocery store, airplane, medical waiting room — mentioned in a news report about measles exposure, it's not enough to look out for a scary spotty rash. Any flu-like illness that develops, up to 3 weeks later, is serious, especially if you're not certain you had a measles vax booster.

https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/measles.html

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When I was a kid, in Canada in the 1980s & 90s, no one got measles. It was a disease from old books, like smallpox or consumption.The...

When I was a kid, in Canada in the 1980s & 90s, no one got measles. It was a disease from old books, like smallpox or consumption.

The only thing I knew about measles was that it caused a spotty rash. I assumed it was like chickenpox & the rash was the infectious part.

But measles is a respiratory virus. Initial symptoms are like flu, or covid. The rash (& sometimes worse) shows up later.

And measles is so infectious in the flu-like stage, public health never denied it was airborne.

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For anyone who's ever 🤨 at the "Propagation Prohibited" warning on a potted plant, this thread by @CedarTea is a too-real dystopian...

For anyone who's ever 🤨 at the "Propagation Prohibited" warning on a potted plant, this thread by @CedarTea is a too-real dystopian future:

Don't give Big Nursery any ideas!

https://social.coop/@CedarTea/114163340284658813

The biology nerd in me really, really likes this XKCD comic:https://xkcd.com/3056/version with alt text via @xkcdbot...

The biology nerd in me really, really likes this XKCD comic:

https://xkcd.com/3056/

version with alt text via @xkcdbot :
https://indieweb.social/@xkcdbot/114070598313130288

I've been debating what to say to post with this comic, but it's all either just repeating the joke or explaining the joke. Except, it's not even a joke. It's just facts, presented in a humorous manner. Anyway, if you are not a molecular biology nerd & you would like an explanation, let me know in how much detail.

#RNA

Edmonton, you're very sparkly this morning.Almost makes up for the fact you're back to -17°C!#YEGwx

Edmonton, you're very sparkly this morning.

Almost makes up for the fact you're back to -17°C!

#YEGwx

Rewards points inflation strikes again:Telus Rewards points will be replaced by new points where one old point (worth $1 towards purchase of...

Rewards points inflation strikes again:

Telus Rewards points will be replaced by new points where one old point (worth $1 towards purchase of gift cards or similar) becomes 1000 new points (worth 0.1¢ each):

One of the key changes is that your points will now be worth even more: each 1 point you’ve earned will now be equivalent to 1,000 points in the new system.

Wow, just think of how many points you'll have after the change! Thousands and thousands of them! So many points! So exciting! 🙄

Attention Edmonton folks:If you haven't been keeping an eye on that #YEGwx forecast, note that winter is due for a comeback this week. Snow...

Attention Edmonton folks:
If you haven't been keeping an eye on that #YEGwx forecast, note that winter is due for a comeback this week. Snow starts tomorrow. Highs down to -10°C later in the week.

Make the most of the last +10°C day of this extended false spring, today!

Another theft of bronze metal from public monuments in Edmonton, this time plaques on gravestones commemorating WWI soldiers.However, these...

Another theft of bronze metal from public monuments in Edmonton, this time plaques on gravestones commemorating WWI soldiers.

However, these are apparently getting sold in their entirety as war memorabilia, not melted for scrap. I can't quite see that happening with the foot-less Emily Murphy statue (see previous post in thread).

https://www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/article/please-bring-them-back-plaques-honouring-first-world-war-soldiers-stolen-from-cemetery/

#YEG

Now, most of the other storm drains in the area have been draining fine, so I don't think the answer is as simple as a water main break...

Now, most of the other storm drains in the area have been draining fine, so I don't think the answer is as simple as a water main break flowing into the storm drains, causing them to back up. But it must be hard to tell when there is a water main break when there are puddles and melt flow everywhere anyway.

I'm now wondering how long until our street gets completely torn up to replace the waterworks. I'm pretty sure it was all re-done in 2010, so this seems a little early for this much failure.

Turns out someone had come to assess it last Thursday, and they'd done a pressure blast of the drain last Friday. OK, well that didn't work,...

Turns out someone had come to assess it last Thursday, and they'd done a pressure blast of the drain last Friday. OK, well that didn't work, clearly. With all the melt happening, it must have re-filled within a few hours!

Anyway, another team came out to check the area this morning. And then we were all informed that tap water is going to be cut off today because there's a water main break.

So, maybe it wasn't all melt water.

(This is about a block from the water main break from last month.)

So, remember how last Wednesday I posted about calling in a blocked storm drain to Epcor (the company that does all water & power...

So, remember how last Wednesday I posted about calling in a blocked storm drain to Epcor (the company that does all water & power utilities in Edmonton) ?

Two days later I got a follow-up customer satisfaction survey phone call. I gave good marks on friendliness & such, but couldn't credit them for fixing the problem because I went out & checked that the giant puddle was still there.

It got bigger all weekend & didn't disappear with cooler weather, so I finally called them back yesterday...

Anyone else read the phrase "the federal child care space program" and think 👶🏻🚀🪐...

Anyone else read the phrase "the federal child care space program" and think 👶🏻🚀🪐 ?

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-announces-20-billion-child-care-deal-provinces-1.7476199

PS, no points for guessing which 2 provinces failed to agree to a funding arrangement.

#CdnPoli

Content warning:YEG March 28-31 music, 22/🧵Fri & Sat, Mar 28-29:Two-day Capital Hardcore festival at The Starlite Room. Starts 5pm...

Content warning:YEG March 28-31 music, 22/🧵

Fri & Sat, Mar 28-29:

Two-day Capital Hardcore festival at The Starlite Room. Starts 5pm each day, $38/day, or $64/weekend.

Sun Mar 30:

Mellow-groove alt-rock from Spenny & The Jets at On The Rocks. 9pm, $10?, 18+.

Mon Mar 31:

Jazz-fusion guitar from Tommy Emmanuel at the Winspear. 8pm, $69-93 (plus more for VIP).

Content warning:YEG March 27 music, 21/🧵Thu Mar 27:Folk-pop with traditional Inuit touches, from Susan Aglukark at the Shell Theatre...

Content warning:YEG March 27 music, 21/🧵

Thu Mar 27:

Folk-pop with traditional Inuit touches, from Susan Aglukark at the Shell Theatre (Fort Sask), celebrating the 30th anniversary of her (stunningly powerful) This Child album, so if you, like I, haven't really been following her work since then, you're still pretty sure to hear familiar songs. 7:30pm, $47-49.
Also in Camrose on Fri Mar 28.

Content warning:YEG March 23-26 music, 20/🧵Sun Mar 23:Roots-rock from Rose-Coloured Glasses at On The Rocks. 9pm, $10?, 18+.Wed Mar...

Content warning:YEG March 23-26 music, 20/🧵

Sun Mar 23:

Roots-rock from Rose-Coloured Glasses at On The Rocks. 9pm, $10?, 18+.

Wed Mar 26:

Sunny pop from the current edition of The Beach Boys at The Expo Centre. 7:30pm, $52-142.

Content warning:YEG March 22 music, 19/🧵Sat Mar 22:Blues rock from the Colin McDonald Band at the High Note. 8pm, $10, probably...

Content warning:YEG March 22 music, 19/🧵

Sat Mar 22:

Blues rock from the Colin McDonald Band at the High Note. 8pm, $10, probably 18+.

Fiddle Summit at The Yardbird with 6 fiddler of different styles playing off each other. 8pm, $29.

Energetic rock from Tess Anderson & others at The Dive Bar. 9pm, $16, 18+.