My brain has betrayed me. Despite appearances, cold pork fat does not taste like icing.
Paul Turnbull 🇨🇦
@Chigaze@cosocial.ca
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Degree in Political Science, career in tech.
Inhabitant of YEG for most of 57 years and the neighbourhood of Westmount for over 24. Had a new house built during the pandemic on the site of our old one.
30+ years in virtual communities from late 80’s BBS’s to current social media with stops in Usenet, MMO groups, Discord…
Gamer of all types from boardgames to computer games to console games.
Edmonton, Alberta
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“Evil begins when you begin to treat people as things.” ― Terry Pratchett"
Nae king! Nae quin! Nae laird! Nae master! We willna' be fooled again!" - Nac Mac Feegle
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Paul Turnbull 🇨🇦
@Chigaze@cosocial.ca
Degree in Political Science, career in tech. Inhabitant of YEG for most of 57 years and the neighbourhood of Westmount for over 24. Had a new house built during the pandemic on the site of our old one. 30+ years in virtual communities from late 80’s BBS’s to current social media with stops in Usenet, MMO groups, Discord… Gamer of all types from boardgames to computer games to console games. Edmonton, Alberta
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Paul Turnbull 🇨🇦
@Chigaze@cosocial.ca
Degree in Political Science, career in tech. Inhabitant of YEG for most of 57 years and the neighbourhood of Westmount for over 24. Had a new house built during the pandemic on the site of our old one. 30+ years in virtual communities from late 80’s BBS’s to current social media with stops in Usenet, MMO groups, Discord… Gamer of all types from boardgames to computer games to console games. Edmonton, Alberta
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Paul Turnbull 🇨🇦
@Chigaze@cosocial.ca
Degree in Political Science, career in tech. Inhabitant of YEG for most of 57 years and the neighbourhood of Westmount for over 24. Had a new house built during the pandemic on the site of our old one. 30+ years in virtual communities from late 80’s BBS’s to current social media with stops in Usenet, MMO groups, Discord… Gamer of all types from boardgames to computer games to console games. Edmonton, Alberta
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Paul Turnbull 🇨🇦
@Chigaze@cosocial.ca
Degree in Political Science, career in tech. Inhabitant of YEG for most of 57 years and the neighbourhood of Westmount for over 24. Had a new house built during the pandemic on the site of our old one. 30+ years in virtual communities from late 80’s BBS’s to current social media with stops in Usenet, MMO groups, Discord… Gamer of all types from boardgames to computer games to console games. Edmonton, Alberta
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5d ago
@mayintoronto We were out late last night and my brain always insists on getting up before 7 no matter what. Today will be a napping day.
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Paul Turnbull 🇨🇦
@Chigaze@cosocial.ca
Degree in Political Science, career in tech. Inhabitant of YEG for most of 57 years and the neighbourhood of Westmount for over 24. Had a new house built during the pandemic on the site of our old one. 30+ years in virtual communities from late 80’s BBS’s to current social media with stops in Usenet, MMO groups, Discord… Gamer of all types from boardgames to computer games to console games. Edmonton, Alberta
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Paul Turnbull 🇨🇦
@Chigaze@cosocial.ca
Degree in Political Science, career in tech. Inhabitant of YEG for most of 57 years and the neighbourhood of Westmount for over 24. Had a new house built during the pandemic on the site of our old one. 30+ years in virtual communities from late 80’s BBS’s to current social media with stops in Usenet, MMO groups, Discord… Gamer of all types from boardgames to computer games to console games. Edmonton, Alberta
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5d ago
@AmeliasBrain Another possibility is that the 300 cards were used by houseless people. The number of cards feels a bit much from someone just telling their friends however for people living rough word might spread very quickly.
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Paul Turnbull 🇨🇦
@Chigaze@cosocial.ca
Degree in Political Science, career in tech. Inhabitant of YEG for most of 57 years and the neighbourhood of Westmount for over 24. Had a new house built during the pandemic on the site of our old one. 30+ years in virtual communities from late 80’s BBS’s to current social media with stops in Usenet, MMO groups, Discord… Gamer of all types from boardgames to computer games to console games. Edmonton, Alberta
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Paul Turnbull 🇨🇦
@Chigaze@cosocial.ca
Degree in Political Science, career in tech. Inhabitant of YEG for most of 57 years and the neighbourhood of Westmount for over 24. Had a new house built during the pandemic on the site of our old one. 30+ years in virtual communities from late 80’s BBS’s to current social media with stops in Usenet, MMO groups, Discord… Gamer of all types from boardgames to computer games to console games. Edmonton, Alberta
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Paul Turnbull 🇨🇦
@Chigaze@cosocial.ca
Degree in Political Science, career in tech. Inhabitant of YEG for most of 57 years and the neighbourhood of Westmount for over 24. Had a new house built during the pandemic on the site of our old one. 30+ years in virtual communities from late 80’s BBS’s to current social media with stops in Usenet, MMO groups, Discord… Gamer of all types from boardgames to computer games to console games. Edmonton, Alberta
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Paul Turnbull 🇨🇦
@Chigaze@cosocial.ca
Degree in Political Science, career in tech. Inhabitant of YEG for most of 57 years and the neighbourhood of Westmount for over 24. Had a new house built during the pandemic on the site of our old one. 30+ years in virtual communities from late 80’s BBS’s to current social media with stops in Usenet, MMO groups, Discord… Gamer of all types from boardgames to computer games to console games. Edmonton, Alberta
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Apr 10, 2026
@JEmphatically Bets on how long before the UCP puts the question on the fall ballot regardless... :/
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Paul Turnbull 🇨🇦
@Chigaze@cosocial.ca
Degree in Political Science, career in tech. Inhabitant of YEG for most of 57 years and the neighbourhood of Westmount for over 24. Had a new house built during the pandemic on the site of our old one. 30+ years in virtual communities from late 80’s BBS’s to current social media with stops in Usenet, MMO groups, Discord… Gamer of all types from boardgames to computer games to console games. Edmonton, Alberta
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Paul Turnbull 🇨🇦
@Chigaze@cosocial.ca
Degree in Political Science, career in tech. Inhabitant of YEG for most of 57 years and the neighbourhood of Westmount for over 24. Had a new house built during the pandemic on the site of our old one. 30+ years in virtual communities from late 80’s BBS’s to current social media with stops in Usenet, MMO groups, Discord… Gamer of all types from boardgames to computer games to console games. Edmonton, Alberta
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@Chigaze@cosocial.ca
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Apr 04, 2026
We have a really nice hotel room in Jasper but the man is the wifi slow here even for hotel wifi.
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Paul Turnbull 🇨🇦
@Chigaze@cosocial.ca
Degree in Political Science, career in tech. Inhabitant of YEG for most of 57 years and the neighbourhood of Westmount for over 24. Had a new house built during the pandemic on the site of our old one. 30+ years in virtual communities from late 80’s BBS’s to current social media with stops in Usenet, MMO groups, Discord… Gamer of all types from boardgames to computer games to console games. Edmonton, Alberta
cosocial.ca
Paul Turnbull 🇨🇦
@Chigaze@cosocial.ca
Degree in Political Science, career in tech. Inhabitant of YEG for most of 57 years and the neighbourhood of Westmount for over 24. Had a new house built during the pandemic on the site of our old one. 30+ years in virtual communities from late 80’s BBS’s to current social media with stops in Usenet, MMO groups, Discord… Gamer of all types from boardgames to computer games to console games. Edmonton, Alberta
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Apr 03, 2026
@virtuous_sloth@cosocial.ca Or, now hear me out, he could offer subsidies to every transit system in the country to eliminate fares… but that would make way too much sense…
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Paul Turnbull 🇨🇦
@Chigaze@cosocial.ca
Degree in Political Science, career in tech. Inhabitant of YEG for most of 57 years and the neighbourhood of Westmount for over 24. Had a new house built during the pandemic on the site of our old one. 30+ years in virtual communities from late 80’s BBS’s to current social media with stops in Usenet, MMO groups, Discord… Gamer of all types from boardgames to computer games to console games. Edmonton, Alberta
cosocial.ca
Paul Turnbull 🇨🇦
@Chigaze@cosocial.ca
Degree in Political Science, career in tech. Inhabitant of YEG for most of 57 years and the neighbourhood of Westmount for over 24. Had a new house built during the pandemic on the site of our old one. 30+ years in virtual communities from late 80’s BBS’s to current social media with stops in Usenet, MMO groups, Discord… Gamer of all types from boardgames to computer games to console games. Edmonton, Alberta
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@Chigaze@cosocial.ca
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Apr 01, 2026
@proscience For grocery delivery the orders are directly with supermarkets through their online ordering systems. For restaurants more and more are dropping their own delivery as the online delivery companies have swamped the market.
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Paul Turnbull 🇨🇦
@Chigaze@cosocial.ca
Degree in Political Science, career in tech. Inhabitant of YEG for most of 57 years and the neighbourhood of Westmount for over 24. Had a new house built during the pandemic on the site of our old one. 30+ years in virtual communities from late 80’s BBS’s to current social media with stops in Usenet, MMO groups, Discord… Gamer of all types from boardgames to computer games to console games. Edmonton, Alberta
cosocial.ca
Paul Turnbull 🇨🇦
@Chigaze@cosocial.ca
Degree in Political Science, career in tech. Inhabitant of YEG for most of 57 years and the neighbourhood of Westmount for over 24. Had a new house built during the pandemic on the site of our old one. 30+ years in virtual communities from late 80’s BBS’s to current social media with stops in Usenet, MMO groups, Discord… Gamer of all types from boardgames to computer games to console games. Edmonton, Alberta
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Apr 01, 2026
@chu Why just for a week? Of this list the only one I do occasionally is online purchases and that’s only when the product can only be had that way. Even then it’s only a few times a year I do that.
I would give allowance on delivery for people with mobility and health issues. Grocery and take out delivery has been a godsend for my father.
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Paul Turnbull 🇨🇦
@Chigaze@cosocial.ca
Degree in Political Science, career in tech. Inhabitant of YEG for most of 57 years and the neighbourhood of Westmount for over 24. Had a new house built during the pandemic on the site of our old one. 30+ years in virtual communities from late 80’s BBS’s to current social media with stops in Usenet, MMO groups, Discord… Gamer of all types from boardgames to computer games to console games. Edmonton, Alberta
cosocial.ca
Paul Turnbull 🇨🇦
@Chigaze@cosocial.ca
Degree in Political Science, career in tech. Inhabitant of YEG for most of 57 years and the neighbourhood of Westmount for over 24. Had a new house built during the pandemic on the site of our old one. 30+ years in virtual communities from late 80’s BBS’s to current social media with stops in Usenet, MMO groups, Discord… Gamer of all types from boardgames to computer games to console games. Edmonton, Alberta
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Apr 01, 2026
@GIFS_of_Puppets I love that Rickles did Kermit's left handed banjo playing.
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Paul Turnbull 🇨🇦
@Chigaze@cosocial.ca
Degree in Political Science, career in tech. Inhabitant of YEG for most of 57 years and the neighbourhood of Westmount for over 24. Had a new house built during the pandemic on the site of our old one. 30+ years in virtual communities from late 80’s BBS’s to current social media with stops in Usenet, MMO groups, Discord… Gamer of all types from boardgames to computer games to console games. Edmonton, Alberta
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Paul Turnbull 🇨🇦
@Chigaze@cosocial.ca
Degree in Political Science, career in tech. Inhabitant of YEG for most of 57 years and the neighbourhood of Westmount for over 24. Had a new house built during the pandemic on the site of our old one. 30+ years in virtual communities from late 80’s BBS’s to current social media with stops in Usenet, MMO groups, Discord… Gamer of all types from boardgames to computer games to console games. Edmonton, Alberta
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Mar 31, 2026
I never buy warranty on consumer electronics and I guess now it pays off sort of. The Beats Pill I bought awhile back has some speaker buzzing and is well past the return date. I think I'll dissect it some point. In the meantime I think I'll get an Ultimate Ears one to replace it. The Pill didn't have great sound to begin with and I have a MegaBoom at home that's worked great for years.
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Paul Turnbull 🇨🇦
@Chigaze@cosocial.ca
Degree in Political Science, career in tech. Inhabitant of YEG for most of 57 years and the neighbourhood of Westmount for over 24. Had a new house built during the pandemic on the site of our old one. 30+ years in virtual communities from late 80’s BBS’s to current social media with stops in Usenet, MMO groups, Discord… Gamer of all types from boardgames to computer games to console games. Edmonton, Alberta
cosocial.ca
Paul Turnbull 🇨🇦
@Chigaze@cosocial.ca
Degree in Political Science, career in tech. Inhabitant of YEG for most of 57 years and the neighbourhood of Westmount for over 24. Had a new house built during the pandemic on the site of our old one. 30+ years in virtual communities from late 80’s BBS’s to current social media with stops in Usenet, MMO groups, Discord… Gamer of all types from boardgames to computer games to console games. Edmonton, Alberta
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Mar 26, 2026
RE: @shire_reckoning_west@mastodon.social
Happy Destruction of the One Ring Day for those who celebrate.
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Paul Turnbull 🇨🇦
@Chigaze@cosocial.ca
Degree in Political Science, career in tech. Inhabitant of YEG for most of 57 years and the neighbourhood of Westmount for over 24. Had a new house built during the pandemic on the site of our old one. 30+ years in virtual communities from late 80’s BBS’s to current social media with stops in Usenet, MMO groups, Discord… Gamer of all types from boardgames to computer games to console games. Edmonton, Alberta
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Paul Turnbull 🇨🇦
@Chigaze@cosocial.ca
Degree in Political Science, career in tech. Inhabitant of YEG for most of 57 years and the neighbourhood of Westmount for over 24. Had a new house built during the pandemic on the site of our old one. 30+ years in virtual communities from late 80’s BBS’s to current social media with stops in Usenet, MMO groups, Discord… Gamer of all types from boardgames to computer games to console games. Edmonton, Alberta
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Mar 24, 2026
On the 21st Parks Canada triggered an avalanche north of Lake Louise on Highway 93N. They're now extending the closure due to the size of the avalanche and how much snow it left on the road. It's covering a 250m stretch of highway up to a depth of 12m.
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Paul Turnbull 🇨🇦
@Chigaze@cosocial.ca
Degree in Political Science, career in tech. Inhabitant of YEG for most of 57 years and the neighbourhood of Westmount for over 24. Had a new house built during the pandemic on the site of our old one. 30+ years in virtual communities from late 80’s BBS’s to current social media with stops in Usenet, MMO groups, Discord… Gamer of all types from boardgames to computer games to console games. Edmonton, Alberta
cosocial.ca
Paul Turnbull 🇨🇦
@Chigaze@cosocial.ca
Degree in Political Science, career in tech. Inhabitant of YEG for most of 57 years and the neighbourhood of Westmount for over 24. Had a new house built during the pandemic on the site of our old one. 30+ years in virtual communities from late 80’s BBS’s to current social media with stops in Usenet, MMO groups, Discord… Gamer of all types from boardgames to computer games to console games. Edmonton, Alberta
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Mar 24, 2026
TIL: Wok Box started in Edmonton.
This was part of a CBC piece on restaurant chains that started in Edmonton. I already knew about Boston Pizza, Earls, and Cactus Club.
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Paul Turnbull 🇨🇦
@Chigaze@cosocial.ca
Degree in Political Science, career in tech. Inhabitant of YEG for most of 57 years and the neighbourhood of Westmount for over 24. Had a new house built during the pandemic on the site of our old one. 30+ years in virtual communities from late 80’s BBS’s to current social media with stops in Usenet, MMO groups, Discord… Gamer of all types from boardgames to computer games to console games. Edmonton, Alberta
cosocial.ca
Paul Turnbull 🇨🇦
@Chigaze@cosocial.ca
Degree in Political Science, career in tech. Inhabitant of YEG for most of 57 years and the neighbourhood of Westmount for over 24. Had a new house built during the pandemic on the site of our old one. 30+ years in virtual communities from late 80’s BBS’s to current social media with stops in Usenet, MMO groups, Discord… Gamer of all types from boardgames to computer games to console games. Edmonton, Alberta
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Paul Turnbull 🇨🇦
@Chigaze@cosocial.ca
Degree in Political Science, career in tech. Inhabitant of YEG for most of 57 years and the neighbourhood of Westmount for over 24. Had a new house built during the pandemic on the site of our old one. 30+ years in virtual communities from late 80’s BBS’s to current social media with stops in Usenet, MMO groups, Discord… Gamer of all types from boardgames to computer games to console games. Edmonton, Alberta
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Paul Turnbull 🇨🇦
@Chigaze@cosocial.ca
Degree in Political Science, career in tech. Inhabitant of YEG for most of 57 years and the neighbourhood of Westmount for over 24. Had a new house built during the pandemic on the site of our old one. 30+ years in virtual communities from late 80’s BBS’s to current social media with stops in Usenet, MMO groups, Discord… Gamer of all types from boardgames to computer games to console games. Edmonton, Alberta
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@Chigaze@cosocial.ca
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Mar 22, 2026
New instance means introduction time.
I've been on the Fediverse since 2022 as well having been in various online communities since the late 80s.
#Dad, #gamer, #skier (formerly volunteer #skiPatrol ), #cancer survivor (get your #prostate checked), degree in #politicalScience, career in #IT, #databases, #ramen experimenter, #union member, #geek, #boardGamer, #nerd, #canadian
(Profile pic: Jackie Daytona, Just a regular human bartender)
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