Dana Bentley

Do people do intro posts here? 🤷‍♀️ I am a #foodhistory nerd who loves cooking. I #knit, #crochet, and #sew a bit. I enjoy #kdrama and am learning #Korean. Professionally I manage a fleet of #robots for #softwaretesting. I am listed on a JIRA ticket as "Robot God". I didn't write it. Hi. 👋

Voting doesn't have to be scary! 🗳️ Cast your ballot online today from anywhere until. Need help? Our Election Hotline is available to assist with online voting, voter information, and more: 📞 519-513-6415. 👻

I voted. Interesting to see the newfangled ways of doing it. I even got a sticker. 🤭

Read through our municipal and regional candidates in preparation for voting, and wrote out a list. I then went through the Vote Compass site, answering all the questions. My list and their list lined up exactly. At least I feel more confident in my choices now. I will vote online tomorrow.

Dear @cambridge.ca , please have someone look at making your website mobile friendly. I'm trying to do research on the candidates for the upcoming election when I can and that means using my phone. Encourage research and participation by making it convenient on all devices. It is best for all of us.

Ontario friends, you need to vote on Monday if you haven't yet. If you're in Waterloo Region, you can find a lot of handy links in here:

Safety gear, especially for women. My first safety shoes were men's. There was no women's option. I was lucky I have big feet. Now there's a whole section for women.

Some experts say the cats have been fed. Speak to the cats themselves, however, and you'll hear a different story. One that may shock you. On our new, six part podcast, we ask the big question: In the war between experts and cats... ...just who can we truly believe?

Oh, he's the guy who was in that thing. You know, him. In all seriousness, yes I remember him. I am also saddened by his passing.

happy bare minimum Friday to all who celebrate

If we needed more evidence:

Tuesday will be a sad day for Ontario. Ford's government is taking us backwards, spending millions taking away bike lanes in Toronto when people across Ontario desperately need money for hospitals, housing, schools and infrastructure.

it is interesting that I can't find any mainstream media coverage of Altman's sister Annie going viral on social media over the weekend for uploading footage of the first hour of her deposition in her lawsuit against him (one of two) in which she is alleging years of CSA

“The solution is not exclusion. The solution is proper investment in the supports that make inclusion possible” www.cambridgetoday.ca/letters-to-t...

Looking for some hot stuff? Kitchener's Ginger Goat is the only Canadian hot sauce maker using Pepper X, the world's hottest chilli! Chatted w/ Kris from GG, Smokin' Ed Currie on developing Pepper X, & Blair Horvath from Chilly Chiles about heat-seeking Canadians. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Note, things are different in this municipal election. Make sure you know how to vote so your ballot counts and isn't considered spoiled.

I complained to the City that they enclosed my voting info in an envelope addressed to my tenant. As he's under no obligation to tell me, it's a great way to suppress votes and disengage voters. She said it's a cost savings. LOVELY. (She also tried to deflect and put onus on me...nope)

If you aren't finding and following historical institutions on social media, why aren't you?

I feel you Malting Plant, I really do. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Neuroscientist here. I have studied the brain for 40 years. I make serious use of machine learning and AI in my research. Sam Altman is full of shit. These machines are not conscious, any more than a movie of a train coming out of the screen is a train. AI does remarkable things but isn’t real.

Are there any feeds or accounts for people who want to journal but aren't trying to make an artform out of it? If you do that is great, but I am looking to organise my life with no frills no fuss. Looking for some basic ideas to help.

Ford can spin and blame the feds all he wants, numbers don't lie. Ontario's staring down a $13B deficit, record unemployment, costs skyrocketing, public services starving.

When voting in the upcoming municipal election (or, after this, ANY election) double check how they want you to mark the ballot and don't assume it's an X. Because suddenly it isn't.

The only time I see WRPS anymore is guarding construction sites. There seems to be zero interest in them dealing with unsafe driving, even at the construction sites they are guarding. This post brought to you by a dangerous situation at road cinstructuin this morning in spite of a cop RIGHT THERE.

Burger flipping is HARD. I struggle to burger flip for the two people in my house every third Wednesday (roughly). Doing it hundreds of times in a day, every day, for months or years on end? The person flipping those burgers has earned the right to a decent wage.

Except for the kitten, this photo is a very specific trauma to a certain age group.

This applies in places other than trails too. In case anyone was wondering.

This is the part the "low taxers" get me all riled up about. Somebody has to pay. And if we're "subsidizing" public services by seeking private alternatives, it's more expensive for us in the long run. And more unpredictable.

Hey Waterloo area folks (plus other areas across Canada), 911 is down this morning. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

In my friend group there was a lot of disappointment for not getting long form, and excitement for getting long form. There was no middle ground. I got a long form, and my partner of 30 years and I learned things about each other we didn't know.

Make a band edible Guns and Rosewater

Happy Friday to everyone who is ready for the weekend 😽