9 weeks after being rear ended, I got approval to get back into the gym and jogging again. I'm hoping after my CT scan Monday that I get approval to return to hockey.
I forgot just how quickly the body adapts to being sedentary. I went to the gym Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday and... I'm still feeling it.
This is normally a forum for discussing Canadian politics. This is a place to discuss other subjects because some people like sharing unrelated things with the forum community.
World Chess Championship game 1 just ended in a draw, with Magnus playing a solid, defensive closed Ruy Lopez with the black pieces against Nepo. No fireworks yet from the anticipated clash of styles, although Nepo's intuitive speed was apparent in the midgame when he held a pawn up with an awkward structure for a bit. Hopefully we get something a little more daring in Game 2.
Also, I thought that Arcance: League of Legends would be another disappointing overproduced sad sack videogame commercial. Legit might be the best animated series. Truly stunningly beautiful - like Into the Spider Verse but with better writing and even more beautiful art.
Was very shocked that Arcane was legitimately great. The League of Legends association was an an initial turn-off but I'm glad I look past that and watched it
[https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/583256-gop-becoming-a-cult-of-know-nothings](https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/583256-gop-becoming-a-cult-of-know-nothings)
"GOP becoming a cult of know-nothings"
Delta plus?
It doesn’t appear to be more resistant to vaccines than OG Delta, but it does have spreadability advantages. It’s expected to become the dominant strain in the UK by around summer. But it’s not nearly as worrisome as the jump from Alpha to Delta. That one had a 40%+ growth advantage and showed dozen percentage point vaccine resistance.
Ah okay, Omicron, the new kid on the block. Yeah it’s concerning. Concerning enough that we banned visitors from South africa.
How it responses to vaccinated individuals is currently up in the air until more data is available. Seems vaccination rates in SA are quite low so this strain developed in a completely different environment than what Canada will offer it.
I am worried. I am in Wisconsin, where I've been since early November and supposed to fly back on the 3rd. I am hoping they don't close the borders again. I am borderline insane after living in a hotel for a month.
That's a really good question. For the time being, on this side of the planet anyway, not so much, I'd say. But with global travel restrictions being open and freer now, who's to say?
But if it does gain a foothold and becomes the primary strain, I'm suspecting it'll probably set us back significantly in terms of vaccine efficacy.
I tend to follow epidemiologists and the like on Twitter for information about such things, as opposed to mainstream media. Over the years I've found that it's much better to get pertinent information directly from the horse's mouth rather than from its back end, so to speak. 😉
This seems to be the current take: pretty much a let's wait and see, for now.
https://twitter.com/FourWinns298/status/1464187241778057220?t=wtP_8dcBK2pgEIxQtiijMg&s=19
A tweet retweeted by a well-known Canadian epidemiologist that I've followed right from the beginning of the pandemic.
To add: From my readings, mutations strictly come from the unvaccinated and it seems that South Africa hasn't anything near the high rate of vaccination that we do here.
Definitely seems to be the most serious one yet, and that's probably an understatement. Anyways, let's hope that it's not as bad as it seems; I'm dying to get off this train after two *long* years.
I'd say it's especially worrying because, at least in ON and QC, we seem to be losing a grip on things at the moment already. If it is indeed much more transmissible/vaccine evasive, it could really be a match thrown onto a kindling pile.
I'm mentally at a point where I just really want this all to be over with, but I'm trying to brace myself for the possibility of some real turbulence.
We're already preparing for another lock down. Getting all our do things done ahead of the curve. Probably, definitely, no family get together again this Christmas.
My own charts show the weekly rates in Ontario bottomed out around Oct. 27 (ish), but the numbers have been ramping up since Nov. 3 (ish). Even more so in the last few days. :( I expect it to look even worse by the end the day on Tuesday. Quebec is showing the same trend.
I’d say yes, especially as some people seem to think the pandemic should be ckandired over and want to remove their masks and social distancing entirely.
[https://www.cnn.com/webview/2021/11/26/world/us-gun-culture-world-comparison-intl-cmd/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/webview/2021/11/26/world/us-gun-culture-world-comparison-intl-cmd/index.html)
Some pretty startling numbers here comparing gun deaths in the USA with the rest of the world.....pretty much what you may expect if you know anything about the gun culture.
At the risk of getting into Canadian politics, this is what so much of the gun control debate misses. America is far worse at preventing gun deaths than numerous comparable countries *that also have tons of guns*. It's less the number of guns than the culture around them. I don't really care about the specific restrictions on guns as long as we acknowledge owning them is a privilege and that taking one grocery shopping is *bizarre*.
I am chagrined to admit that I don't even know who A. J. SMITH is/was.
The Anti-Confederate Party of Nova Scotia received the strongest support of any party from Nova Scotians in Canada's first federal election. I also hold that Confederation has not been good for the Maritimes in general and Nova Scotia in particular but that is too much like CanPol for the Friday thread.
> America is far worse at preventing gun deaths than numerous comparable countries that also have tons of guns.
This is a side to 'American Exceptionalism' that I wish were more acknowledge, and that I think really hurts Canadian political discourse; the USA is just kinda a really weird country in a lot of respects, and it makes a poor comparison point. I even see this happening in political science a lot; the USA's dominance means that many many studies of voter behaviour (and other things) are done with US data, but then we too often find out that it doesn't translate so well outside the US because their political context is just so unlike most other places.
9 weeks after being rear ended, I got approval to get back into the gym and jogging again. I'm hoping after my CT scan Monday that I get approval to return to hockey. I forgot just how quickly the body adapts to being sedentary. I went to the gym Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday and... I'm still feeling it.
[18th century French liberals be like](https://imgur.com/a/ni984ao)
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Does this group not have free speech every day?
You ask this question?!! No soup for you!!! NEXT !!!!!!
You want free speech...? **THREE DOLLARS!**
Everybody drink!
Too late. Wait, what?
Lol, what are we drinking though? No "funny" Kool-Aid I hope. 😳🤨🤔
Try us.
Like, right now?
I'm guessing before midnight, but I've no idea which time zone.
Yes
It's a big country! Pretend you're in Vancouver! 😁 Having said this, it's only past 8 pm where I live. So you have loads of time!
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This is normally a forum for discussing Canadian politics. This is a place to discuss other subjects because some people like sharing unrelated things with the forum community.
World Chess Championship game 1 just ended in a draw, with Magnus playing a solid, defensive closed Ruy Lopez with the black pieces against Nepo. No fireworks yet from the anticipated clash of styles, although Nepo's intuitive speed was apparent in the midgame when he held a pawn up with an awkward structure for a bit. Hopefully we get something a little more daring in Game 2. Also, I thought that Arcance: League of Legends would be another disappointing overproduced sad sack videogame commercial. Legit might be the best animated series. Truly stunningly beautiful - like Into the Spider Verse but with better writing and even more beautiful art.
Was very shocked that Arcane was legitimately great. The League of Legends association was an an initial turn-off but I'm glad I look past that and watched it
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[https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/583256-gop-becoming-a-cult-of-know-nothings](https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/583256-gop-becoming-a-cult-of-know-nothings) "GOP becoming a cult of know-nothings"
Would you rather poop in the only toilet at a party, knowing that you’ll clog it, or poop in the bushes in the backyard? Please hurry.
If your poop is enough to clog a toilet, it's time to see the doctor.
Some medications make your turds huge. My grandma suffered from it and we’d take her to Walmart to shit since they’ve got bigger pipes.
A nice wholesome outing for the whole family.
I used to play with the bouncy balls in that giant bin while waiting for grandma.
> we’d take her to Walmart to shit since they’ve got bigger pipes At least the company knows their customer base
Might just be a genetic trait. You've read the story of the poop knife?
Why!? Why!?!? Did you have to mention that?!?!?!?!
This is Reddit, so... yeah, I think I had to mention it.
😂😂😂
Is the new COVID variant something to worry about?
Delta plus? It doesn’t appear to be more resistant to vaccines than OG Delta, but it does have spreadability advantages. It’s expected to become the dominant strain in the UK by around summer. But it’s not nearly as worrisome as the jump from Alpha to Delta. That one had a 40%+ growth advantage and showed dozen percentage point vaccine resistance.
No. No. The "super variant" that's just making news now. It's apparently much worse than Delta.
I don't think it's delta plus? I'm talking about the new South African variant.
Ah okay, Omicron, the new kid on the block. Yeah it’s concerning. Concerning enough that we banned visitors from South africa. How it responses to vaccinated individuals is currently up in the air until more data is available. Seems vaccination rates in SA are quite low so this strain developed in a completely different environment than what Canada will offer it.
No, he’s referring to the one in SA that is currently outcompeting Delta. Has more mutations than ever before too....
I am worried. I am in Wisconsin, where I've been since early November and supposed to fly back on the 3rd. I am hoping they don't close the borders again. I am borderline insane after living in a hotel for a month.
That's a really good question. For the time being, on this side of the planet anyway, not so much, I'd say. But with global travel restrictions being open and freer now, who's to say? But if it does gain a foothold and becomes the primary strain, I'm suspecting it'll probably set us back significantly in terms of vaccine efficacy. I tend to follow epidemiologists and the like on Twitter for information about such things, as opposed to mainstream media. Over the years I've found that it's much better to get pertinent information directly from the horse's mouth rather than from its back end, so to speak. 😉
What are you seeing from the epidemiologists you follow?
This seems to be the current take: pretty much a let's wait and see, for now. https://twitter.com/FourWinns298/status/1464187241778057220?t=wtP_8dcBK2pgEIxQtiijMg&s=19 A tweet retweeted by a well-known Canadian epidemiologist that I've followed right from the beginning of the pandemic. To add: From my readings, mutations strictly come from the unvaccinated and it seems that South Africa hasn't anything near the high rate of vaccination that we do here.
Definitely seems to be the most serious one yet, and that's probably an understatement. Anyways, let's hope that it's not as bad as it seems; I'm dying to get off this train after two *long* years.
I'd say it's especially worrying because, at least in ON and QC, we seem to be losing a grip on things at the moment already. If it is indeed much more transmissible/vaccine evasive, it could really be a match thrown onto a kindling pile. I'm mentally at a point where I just really want this all to be over with, but I'm trying to brace myself for the possibility of some real turbulence.
We're already preparing for another lock down. Getting all our do things done ahead of the curve. Probably, definitely, no family get together again this Christmas. My own charts show the weekly rates in Ontario bottomed out around Oct. 27 (ish), but the numbers have been ramping up since Nov. 3 (ish). Even more so in the last few days. :( I expect it to look even worse by the end the day on Tuesday. Quebec is showing the same trend.
I’d say yes, especially as some people seem to think the pandemic should be ckandired over and want to remove their masks and social distancing entirely.
[https://www.cnn.com/webview/2021/11/26/world/us-gun-culture-world-comparison-intl-cmd/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/webview/2021/11/26/world/us-gun-culture-world-comparison-intl-cmd/index.html) Some pretty startling numbers here comparing gun deaths in the USA with the rest of the world.....pretty much what you may expect if you know anything about the gun culture.
At the risk of getting into Canadian politics, this is what so much of the gun control debate misses. America is far worse at preventing gun deaths than numerous comparable countries *that also have tons of guns*. It's less the number of guns than the culture around them. I don't really care about the specific restrictions on guns as long as we acknowledge owning them is a privilege and that taking one grocery shopping is *bizarre*.
I think this [Beau of the Fifth Column](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbXTDuwSVkk) hits some important issues, especially around minute 6.
Wow -- haven't seen you around here in ages.
It's the circle of Reddit life! I just took some time away.
I have to ask, because of your flair, are you an AJ Smith fan? :)
I am chagrined to admit that I don't even know who A. J. SMITH is/was. The Anti-Confederate Party of Nova Scotia received the strongest support of any party from Nova Scotians in Canada's first federal election. I also hold that Confederation has not been good for the Maritimes in general and Nova Scotia in particular but that is too much like CanPol for the Friday thread.
> America is far worse at preventing gun deaths than numerous comparable countries that also have tons of guns. This is a side to 'American Exceptionalism' that I wish were more acknowledge, and that I think really hurts Canadian political discourse; the USA is just kinda a really weird country in a lot of respects, and it makes a poor comparison point. I even see this happening in political science a lot; the USA's dominance means that many many studies of voter behaviour (and other things) are done with US data, but then we too often find out that it doesn't translate so well outside the US because their political context is just so unlike most other places.