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> According to the Canadian government travel website, vaccination is no longer required to enter the country.
 
As of October 1st this year

> Dotsies is a font that uses dots instead of letters. The latin alphabet (abc...) was created thousands of years ago, and is optimized for writing, not reading. About time for an update, no? Dotsies is optimized for reading.

> Penkēsu (Japanese: ペンケース) is a retro-style handheld device powered by a Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W, a 7.9 inch widescreen display (1280 x 400 resolution), and a 48-key ortholinear mechanical keyboard.

> Nostr stands for "Notes and Other Stuff Transmitted by Relays". It is a new type of social experience on the web where "dumb" relays can be used to send messages from one user to another, in a secure, censorship resistant manner.

Anyone up to some trolling or defending against pranksters?

> "Goatober spreads the word that goat meat is delicious, ethical and sustainable. The hope is to move goat meat into the mainstream with the goal that all billy goats born into the dairy system, anywhere in the world, will go into the food system, rather than being wasted."

Apparently there are some participating utility (electric) companies that are willing to give customers free LED bulbs and energy conservation kits; I guess it could be win-win as less waste for the customer might mean less waste for the company (otherwise I was wondering why the company would do this, as it seems to only benefit the customer?)
 
Example site discussing topic: https://momswhosave.com/free-led-bulbs/

> We are people from all walks of life with one aim: To make it impossible to own a huge polluting 4x4 in the world’s urban areas.
 
> We are defending ourselves against climate change, air pollution and unsafe drivers.
 
> We do this with a simple tactic: Deflating the tyres of these massive, unnecessary vehicles, causing inconvenience for their owners.

Project page: https://github.com/brianch/offline-chess-puzzles
 
Installation steps tested (mentioned since it wasn't obvious from link):
 
One way is to download and unzip a release for Linux or Windows here (~13MB zipped?): https://github.com/brianch/offline-chess-puzzles/releases/tag/v2.1.0
 
Then to download the Lichess puzzles database from here (~140MB zipped, ~600MB unzipped): https://database.lichess.org/#puzzles
 
Unzip .csv database file and put in puzzles folder / directory
 
Run one of the "offline-chess-puzzles" files.
 
Or, if you don't want to do the above you can compile from source, you'll need the Rust programming language and maybe a few more things (see readme?).
 
I've been wanting to see something like this for a while so it's a step in the right direction for me.

> The object of this feast is to commemorate the dignity of the Mary as Mother of God. Mary is truly the Mother of Christ, who in one person unites the human and divine nature. This title was solemnly ratified by the Council of Ephesus, 22 June, 431. The hymns used in the office of the feast also allude to Mary's dignity as the spiritual mother of men. The love of Mary for all mankind was that of a mother, for she shared all the feelings of her son whose love for men led Him to die for our redemption (Hunter, Dogm.Theo. 2, 578).
 
https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10046a.htm
 
> The feast of the "Maternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary" was established in Portugal in 1914 for celebration on 11 October and was extended to the entire Catholic Church by Pope Pius XI in 1931.
 
> The feast is a celebration of Mary's motherhood of Jesus. The English title "Mother of God" is a translation of the Latin title Dei Genetrix, which means "She Who Generated God", as the corresponding Greek title Θεοτόκος (Theotokos) means "She Who Gave Birth to God". This title was dogmatically adopted at the First Council of Ephesus (431)[4] as a way to assert that Jesus is God, and that his mother can therefore be called Mother of God. The title that the 1 January feast celebrates is thus not only Mariological but also Christological.
 
https://infogalactic.com/info/Solemnity_of_Mary,_Mother_of_God