Allen Gould

@timquerengesser Spouse used to do lunch supervision at the local elementary, and had the people across the alley from the playground complain that the kids were too loud during lunch recess and could she please make them be quiet?

So, Tweetdeck is dead. One more nudge to get away.

@EscapistMag Has anyone ever dug into what the minimum story is for this game? (Been tempted to try doing it myself; what's the minimum non-skip story you *have* to see?)

Gone Home has as divisive a legacy as any game, reviled almost as widely as it is respected. Our look at the influential "walking simulator," 10 years after its release on August 15th, 2013. escapistmagazine.com/gone-home-has-…

@Hugo_Book_Club Unlimited, with some sort of check that everyone listed actually contributed (and not just getting added for the clout).

@DorklordCanada Coming from a bedroom community pseudo-Catholic school, the amount of things they never told us or told us long after we needed it was depressing. (There's stuff my kid was told 5+ years earlier than I was!)

Tuesday morning we found an abandoned backpack (w/clothes and toiletries) on the street outside our house (Meadowlark/Lynnwood area). No ID. Any #yeg folks with best practices to find it's owner?

@IanRunkle @Hugo_Book_Club Meh. Not my cuppa, but enough people like it I'm not going to begrudge them the royalties. Same as Friends or Seinfeld.

@jonnywakefield Three halls empty, big chunks of the grounds closed off, less stages... it was noticeably smaller this year.

From the inbox: attendance numbers for K-Days 2023 are out: 557,000 people attended the fair this year, down from 760,889 last year, the first post-pandemic edition. Appears to be the lowest number since 2006's Capital Ex experiment. edmontonjournal.com/news/local-new…

@Caitlin_Joey Counterpoint: a lot of those stats are comparing vs. COVID, when there wasn't anyone downtown. Lies, damn lies, etc.

Got some very questionable "newspapers" in the mailbox today, and gotta wonder - where do they get the funding for this? What printer is taking the business?

Some things just never change...

@sjmaple Blocked by corporate dictate - concerns about internal data leaking out into public models.

I’m curious… would love to know how many people are allowed to write code for work, assisted with generative AI, and if you’re not allowed, what the primary concerns are - add in replies

@IHaveSomeNotes Otto Frederick Rohwedder - the man so great that all future achievements are compared against it.

With Oppenheimer headed to theaters this weekend, send us your pitches for historical figures you think would make for an epic blockbuster.

@Bluwolfic @DiscussingFilm That would pretty much be the only reason *to* do it - if it's the last time you ever plan to make money using your voice, face, or figure. (And hope they don't resell it to an adult site!)

@DiscussingFilm That is wrong on all levels and whoever voluntarily walks in there for a days pay needs to wake up and realize that maybe they should leave the industry. It doesn't just harm that individual it harms a lot of actors as well for future contracts.

@mastermaq Weird that we didn't get the same warnings when that guy was ramming cars on the Henday.

Homicide Det. Jared Buhler advises against getting involved in “any interaction with anyone that gives you any sense of uncertainty, because you can literally end up with a knife in your chest.” If only EPS had a bit more money! edmontonjournal.com/news/local-new… #yegpolice #yegcc #yeg

@davecournoyer Reminds me of juice at the grocery store - the ongoing question of "how little news do you have to put in your newspaper for it to still be legally a 'newspaper'?"

@Hugo_Book_Club Nah, just crack that open and bend the corner... just a bit.

@Opinionofstuff @petenick7 @Alex28480413 @YCRhino @fuckyouiquit Now, scroll back up to the OP - this is *exactly* the scenario in the original post.

@anyGould @petenick7 @Alex28480413 @YCRhino @fuckyouiquit I agree entirely on this specific example. The only response to death in the family is "I'm do sorry. How much time do you need". I don't have a problem working short handed, or staying late in the event of situations like that.

Way nicer than they deserved

@Opinionofstuff @petenick7 @Alex28480413 @YCRhino @fuckyouiquit Then the manager needs to get off their duff and cover the shift. Also - recall that this wasn't a guy blowing off a shift. This was someone with a death in the family. Even if you successfully bully them now, once word gets out all your coffee will be piss-flavored.

@anyGould @petenick7 @Alex28480413 @YCRhino @fuckyouiquit If the worker doesn't want to do the job they where hired for maybe they need to find a new job. Now the crew out shoveling dirt is short a person because one person decided not to show up.

@Opinionofstuff @petenick7 @Alex28480413 @YCRhino @fuckyouiquit The manager offered a shift, the worker declined. That doesn't create additional obligations.

@anyGould @petenick7 @Alex28480413 @YCRhino @fuckyouiquit So the manager has final say...unless you don't like what they say. Why is that silly? I mean if you where hired to shovel dirt...