This is a slippery slope I’m happy to slide down. I also don’t think Prince Edward is the one who needs to worry about “historical erasure.”

Why stop there?
Let’s rename OTHER provinces according to their Canadian Indian names!
Then the WHOLE country too! Hah you come across as short sighted and not aware of historical erasure.
But jmo as my words won’t likely matter

I’m not sure. Some racing games can put you in the driver’s perspective. I haven’t seen any of the big team sports done this way in games though.

You let it by-standing each time you go to sleep, and you pick it up at the exact same state it was when you wake up – alas.

I should have mentioned that Steve. When I bought this house, it already had the solar panels (awesome) and the previous owner warned me right away: when the power goes out, you’re solar panels don’t help you. I assumed, and imagined that most people would assume, that your solar panels could keep you going during a power outage. I’ve updated the post to note this – thanks!

https://ruk.ca/content/free-laser-printer-gone

The Heavyweight podcast from Jonathan Goldstein is back on a new network after being lost in the shuffle of Spotify acquiring Gimlet Media.

I loved the show back when it was Wiretap on CBC Radio. In the latest episode, Gregor is back. I love Gregor.

The only consistently successful approach is the one that Bob’s Red Mill products use, which is more keen to Velcro than Ziploc.

I don’t agree, Wat – but I appreciate your response.

At the arrival of the first Europeans to the region, it was inhabited by the Miꞌkmaq. Over the course of several hundred years, the island (and the maritime region overall) would be home to various peoples, the Miꞌkmaq, Acadians, French, the English. For the few centuries prior to the establishment of the provinces and Confederation, these groups often lived side by side and interacted with each other in contexts that were not violent or necessarily immoral. Beyond those groups there were of course smaller minority populations that also lived on the island, and to this day PEI is home to a diverse population.

My fear with terms like ‘Epekwitk’ is one of national identity and historical legacy. As a citizen of Canada who has ancestral and historical ties to the maritimes (I am descended directly from an Acadian family who settled in the maritime region in the mid 17th century), I do not identify as Miꞌkmaq, nor do I consider the Miꞌkmaq Nation to be my own.

While the The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) both say that reclaiming Indigenous place names is an important part of addressing historical injustices, I think that not only is that not true, but not logically sound.

There is no movement in France to rename the country ‘Gaul’, even though the Gauls were the ancestral peoples of that country, for example. Perhaps there is a difference, however, in that the Gauls as a distinct cultural and national identity no longer exist. They went extinct in that sense long ago, while the Miꞌkmaq continue to live and practice their distinct cultural traits.

However, the current name of ‘France’ is derived from the term ‘Frank’, which is the name for a germanic tribe that migrated into the territory that now bears their name. In other words, these Frankish tribes ‘colonized’ the land, replaced the Gauls and Romans as the dominant group through gradual assimilation, and now, after over a thousand years, the Gallic identity is dead, and the land no longer bears its ancestral name of Gaul.

If France were to follow the UNDRIP and TRC recommendations, they would rename the country to something akin to ‘Gaul’. This, obviously, is not something that would ever happen, as the majority population of the country has no real connection to the ‘ancestral’ population that was the Gauls.

Similarly, renaming PEI to Epekwtik would be to completely disregard the other inhabitants and their historical ties to the region, who have just as strong a claim to the land as they do.

I am not arguing from a racist or anti-indigenous perspective, nor does my opposition to renaming it Epekwtik stem from some sort of historical denialism. I am simply pointing out that while historical truths of colonization, waves of migration, the preference of European settlers over the Miꞌkmaq by later polities did exist, it does not mean that it must define our path going forwards. Course correcting by swinging hard in the opposite direction seems just as demeaning as swinging hard the other way.

As a Canadian, I am proud of my nation, and am happy to live here, to participate in my civic duties and honour my own ancestors, just like the Miꞌkmaq honour their own. It is possible to not only reconciliate with indigenous nations and the crimes of the past, but also to honour our own heritage as Canadians. Too often do Canadians disregard our own history and the beliefs that founded this nation. Too often do Canadians deem characters of the their past as irrelevant because they had 18th or 19th century worldviews. Yes, historical figures operated with different philosophies and moralities, but that is not a justification to disregard the positives that they brought forth. Do Canadians forget we are one of the oldest of the few continuous democracies to have ever existed on planet earth? The creation of the social safety nets we so cherish now, from the healthcare system to income support programs (Canada Pension Plan, Canada Child Benefit, Old Age Security). All of these things were oftentimes brought to us by the same people we decry as vile and not deserving of any respect or our attention.

Perhaps the anglicization of the term to ‘Abegweit’ is suitable, but we shouldn’t limit ourselves to a binary between British colonial terms or Miꞌkmaq terms. We have a diverse and unique history, culture, and more modern dynamics to help inspire new names for places across Canada, should our goal continue to be to rename.

Naming things is hard: Conferences

Naming things is hard: Ingrid

Naming things is hard: WordTsar

Naming things is hard: The Russian Dragon

• Naming things is hard: Conferences
• Naming things is hard: Ingrid
• Naming things is hard: WordTsar
• Naming things is hard: The Russian Dragon

Naming things is hard: Conferences

Naming things is hard: Ingrid

Naming things is hard: WordTsar

Naming things is hard: The Russian Dragon

Naming things is hard: Conferences

Naming things is hard: Ingrid

Naming things is hard: WordTsar

Naming things is hard: The Russian Dragon

Naming things is hard: Ingrid

WordTsar

Naming things is hard: The Russian Dragon

Also … USB-C is as janky as any docking station: From time to time, it just doesn’t connect to the mouse, or the ethernet, or the scanner, all of which are connected through the USB hub on the back of the big Dell monitor. I mean, it’s cool to hide cables in the monitor arm. (The keyboard and mouse use a tiny wireless receiver.) Before the monitor, I tried a bunch of USB-C docks, all of which simply didn’t work at all.

But I’ll stop complaining. Yeah, it is an improvement.

Chronophobia https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/22579-chronophobia-fear-of-time

I’ve had a plug-in Pacifica for 3 years. I like it. I don’t know if I will continue to like it out of warranty, because it has had a few problems that would have been expensive as out-of-warranty repairs. And mine only has 18k miles on it. I go through about a quarter of a tank of gas per year, now that we have an EV for long trips and just use the Pacifica around town. I wouldn’t go through any gas, but the computer insists the gas must be burned from time to time, lest it go stale. So, I keep a quarter tank of gas in it and about twice a year the computer puts it into “fuel refresh mode” which is all-gas driving.
In gas mode it gets about 31 MPG. That 44.1 mpg sounds unrealistic — maybe that was over a flat course at 45 mph? Or they started out with a fully charged traction battery so the 115 mile was 30 at infinite mpg and the rest at 31 mpg?

(we met at Peter’s unconference in 2019)

No.

In the meantime, I read that the Chrysler Pacifica is one of the best minivans available, and the Pacifica plug-in hybrid model is available now. The AAA used car buying service lists a 2021 Limited model near me for around $30.5K. I’m planning to go look at it.

That AAA service offers lease-return vehicles through dealers, no haggling. That’s how I got my 2017 Outback in 2021, and I still love it. But the Outback too small for comfortable car camping. I bought a small trailer and towed it with the Outback on a coast-to-coast trip. That was a great experience, but it taught me that I’m really a van person.

The Pacifica PHEV has a 32-mile electric range, and Edmunds says they got 44.1 mpg on their 115-mile test course. My Outback got 37.2 mpg on my 333-mile trip last week, including the Grapevine, so I might not be disappointed with the Pacifica!

There are rumors the Pacifica EV may be available in 2028. Can I wait that long? Will democracy even last that long?

And also, yes: the wholesale rearrangement at Sobeys is a huge overwhelm. Neural pathways that I’ve developed over 25 years have been tossed asunder nothing is where it should be. The primary value proposition for my continuing to shop there religiously was predictability: I knew where the chick peas were. Now I don’t.

Waxahatchee’s last album, Saint Cloud, is one of my favourites of the last 5 years or so. Highly recommended. And last year she had another great album as “Plains” with Jess Williamson.

Really looking forward to the new album.

Unless there is reason to believe the cost of the compression calculations per unit will decrease, in which case there’s some future crossover between electricity bills and the cost of building “RAW Storage Facility 865,542,278.”

Our place is fairly large to accommodate my dozens of children. I wasn’t really sure how our 51GJ/y number compared to others. The solar panels must be carrying a lot of the load for us, and we’re rarely burning oil any more. There’s more to do!

I do not press the button, because burning energy harms people now, whereas humanity may rise to mitigate the harm in the future. Elizabeth Anscombe is my guide.

A god (or demon) has given you a single button to press to optimize all images every (and incur the energy cost) – you have to decide to press it or not!

Do nothing.

Good point Shawn. Compression algorithms definitely varying in computational demands on both the encoding and decoding side.

But what’s your nuance-free gut-instinct from-the-hip answer?

Comment approved, but not agreed.

“Nibling” is new to me. I’ll commence re-configuring my neural pathways.

My people have put forward “businibling” for your consideration.

I look a look today – it seems like the spacing is 11mm, but it could be 10.5mm.

I’m not sure. I could measure – but I’m not sure how accurate it would be. I know what you mean about the screws being too tall. I did talk to a guitar tech who thought he could just get new screws (or even file/cut the existing screws), but they weren’t really bothering me.

I assume they’re 10.5mm, because I have another Pacifica that’s very similar and that one has 10.5mm spacing, but these ones are a lot more rare and harder to find information on.

Killer guitar intro. Mike Campbell created a seemingly infinite catalog of iconic guitar riffs. 👋🏻

You were waiting for the right question, which you nailed. Worth it.

(Is it possible that I haven’t left a comment on your blog since my last one 21 years ago?)

For my 10th birthday in 1987, my stepdad hand-painted my first guitar with Frankenstrat-style stripes and I thought it was the coolest thing ever.

Points!

“Sold! Now that’s you to do business!”

I obviously left money on the table.

😆