Paul Turnbull 🇨🇦
@Chigaze@mstdn.ca
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Degree in Political Science, career in tech.
Inhabitant of YEG for most of 56 years and the neighbourhood of Westmount for over 23. Had a new house built during the pandemic on the site of our old one. Partner to the amazing @daintychainsaw@mstdn.ca.
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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The Lord of the Rings in tandem the Reader’s Companion.
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@Chigaze@mstdn.ca
Degree in Political Science, career in tech. Inhabitant of YEG for most of 56 years and the neighbourhood of Westmount for over 23. Had a new house built during the pandemic on the site of our old one. Partner to the amazing @ daintychainsaw . 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@mstdn.ca
Degree in Political Science, career in tech. Inhabitant of YEG for most of 56 years and the neighbourhood of Westmount for over 23. Had a new house built during the pandemic on the site of our old one. Partner to the amazing @ daintychainsaw . 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 09, 2026
@evan@cosocial.ca Yes but it depends on what is meant by “wartime”.
If your country is at war and the public live in constant threat because they are under invasion and attack, then yes, maintaining morale is a high priority.
If your country is at war with some other country that is absolutely no threat to your country and there is not a threat to the public, then morale should not be a media priority.
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Paul Turnbull 🇨🇦
@Chigaze@mstdn.ca
Degree in Political Science, career in tech. Inhabitant of YEG for most of 56 years and the neighbourhood of Westmount for over 23. Had a new house built during the pandemic on the site of our old one. Partner to the amazing @ daintychainsaw . 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@mstdn.ca
Degree in Political Science, career in tech. Inhabitant of YEG for most of 56 years and the neighbourhood of Westmount for over 23. Had a new house built during the pandemic on the site of our old one. Partner to the amazing @ daintychainsaw . 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 08, 2026
In an era when tech bros are ruining everything it's good to remember that before 1980s marketing attempted to drive women out of computing they pioneered it.
#InternationalWomensDay #computing #computerscience #computerhistory
https://www.gracehopper.com/blog/15-remarkable-women-programmers-who-transformed-the-tech-world
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@Chigaze@mstdn.ca
Degree in Political Science, career in tech. Inhabitant of YEG for most of 56 years and the neighbourhood of Westmount for over 23. Had a new house built during the pandemic on the site of our old one. Partner to the amazing @ daintychainsaw . 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@mstdn.ca
Degree in Political Science, career in tech. Inhabitant of YEG for most of 56 years and the neighbourhood of Westmount for over 23. Had a new house built during the pandemic on the site of our old one. Partner to the amazing @ daintychainsaw . 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 07, 2026
@SnowyCA@social.vivaldi.net I chose option 1 and my doctor is a woman. I’m happy she has kept me on as in the years since she became my GP she has specialized more on women’s health.
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RE: https://radikal.social/@henry/116143876277203506 The future's so bright I gotta jump in the glue pot now.
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@Chigaze@mstdn.ca
Degree in Political Science, career in tech. Inhabitant of YEG for most of 56 years and the neighbourhood of Westmount for over 23. Had a new house built during the pandemic on the site of our old one. Partner to the amazing @ daintychainsaw . 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@mstdn.ca
Degree in Political Science, career in tech. Inhabitant of YEG for most of 56 years and the neighbourhood of Westmount for over 23. Had a new house built during the pandemic on the site of our old one. Partner to the amazing @ daintychainsaw . 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@mstdn.ca
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Feb 28, 2026
@cstross@wandering.shop There’s a tragic irony in that he apparently never even thought to ask his AI what happened the horse population after cars.
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Paul Turnbull 🇨🇦
@Chigaze@mstdn.ca
Degree in Political Science, career in tech. Inhabitant of YEG for most of 56 years and the neighbourhood of Westmount for over 23. Had a new house built during the pandemic on the site of our old one. Partner to the amazing @ daintychainsaw . 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@mstdn.ca
Degree in Political Science, career in tech. Inhabitant of YEG for most of 56 years and the neighbourhood of Westmount for over 23. Had a new house built during the pandemic on the site of our old one. Partner to the amazing @ daintychainsaw . 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@mstdn.ca
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Feb 26, 2026
So the CyberTruck is breaking records by selling worse than the Edsel and being explosive than the Pinto
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@Chigaze@mstdn.ca
Degree in Political Science, career in tech. Inhabitant of YEG for most of 56 years and the neighbourhood of Westmount for over 23. Had a new house built during the pandemic on the site of our old one. Partner to the amazing @ daintychainsaw . 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@mstdn.ca
Degree in Political Science, career in tech. Inhabitant of YEG for most of 56 years and the neighbourhood of Westmount for over 23. Had a new house built during the pandemic on the site of our old one. Partner to the amazing @ daintychainsaw . 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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Feb 24, 2026
@vga256@mastodon.tomodori.net At least the Scrabble board survived! :)
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@Chigaze@mstdn.ca
Degree in Political Science, career in tech. Inhabitant of YEG for most of 56 years and the neighbourhood of Westmount for over 23. Had a new house built during the pandemic on the site of our old one. Partner to the amazing @ daintychainsaw . 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@mstdn.ca
Degree in Political Science, career in tech. Inhabitant of YEG for most of 56 years and the neighbourhood of Westmount for over 23. Had a new house built during the pandemic on the site of our old one. Partner to the amazing @ daintychainsaw . 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@mstdn.ca
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Feb 22, 2026
@ottaross@mastodon.social A few years back we had what was supposed to be a couple hour layover in NYC but we landed in a snowstorm and our flight home was cancelled. That night we went into Manhattan which was a bit of a ghost town for NYC and explored. In the morning we did a little exploration of Central Park in the snow as well as stop at the Natural History Museum before we headed to the airport for our rescheduled flight. It’s a nice little unexpected memory.
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@Chigaze@mstdn.ca
Degree in Political Science, career in tech. Inhabitant of YEG for most of 56 years and the neighbourhood of Westmount for over 23. Had a new house built during the pandemic on the site of our old one. Partner to the amazing @ daintychainsaw . 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@mstdn.ca
Degree in Political Science, career in tech. Inhabitant of YEG for most of 56 years and the neighbourhood of Westmount for over 23. Had a new house built during the pandemic on the site of our old one. Partner to the amazing @ daintychainsaw . 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@mstdn.ca
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Feb 10, 2026
@greem@cyberplace.social @Tattooed_Mummy@beige.party You’d be surprised. The Discord for the EVE-Online corp I’m in has plenty of us old timers. To the point there are sadly common memorial gatherings. :/
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@Chigaze@mstdn.ca
Degree in Political Science, career in tech. Inhabitant of YEG for most of 56 years and the neighbourhood of Westmount for over 23. Had a new house built during the pandemic on the site of our old one. Partner to the amazing @ daintychainsaw . 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@mstdn.ca
Degree in Political Science, career in tech. Inhabitant of YEG for most of 56 years and the neighbourhood of Westmount for over 23. Had a new house built during the pandemic on the site of our old one. Partner to the amazing @ daintychainsaw . 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@mstdn.ca
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Feb 09, 2026
@AmeliasBrain@mstdn.ca Happy Day! Hope you can get the sleep thing straightened out. I was doing badly on it a couple years ago but found some strategies that helped my situation a bit.
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@Chigaze@mstdn.ca
Degree in Political Science, career in tech. Inhabitant of YEG for most of 56 years and the neighbourhood of Westmount for over 23. Had a new house built during the pandemic on the site of our old one. Partner to the amazing @ daintychainsaw . 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@mstdn.ca
Degree in Political Science, career in tech. Inhabitant of YEG for most of 56 years and the neighbourhood of Westmount for over 23. Had a new house built during the pandemic on the site of our old one. Partner to the amazing @ daintychainsaw . 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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Feb 09, 2026
@drmaddkap@meow.social Came in not committed one way or another. Watched the first three and I would say it's good and I like it but I wouldn't go further than that.
It's following the relatively standard teen drama tropes but in a Star Trek setting. Characters are interesting with some fun variations and interactions. To its credit it's avoided the emo-trek vibe and monologuing of Discovery.
There may be room for it to become a great show but it's not there yet.
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@Chigaze@mstdn.ca
Degree in Political Science, career in tech. Inhabitant of YEG for most of 56 years and the neighbourhood of Westmount for over 23. Had a new house built during the pandemic on the site of our old one. Partner to the amazing @ daintychainsaw . 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@mstdn.ca
Degree in Political Science, career in tech. Inhabitant of YEG for most of 56 years and the neighbourhood of Westmount for over 23. Had a new house built during the pandemic on the site of our old one. Partner to the amazing @ daintychainsaw . 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@mstdn.ca
Degree in Political Science, career in tech. Inhabitant of YEG for most of 56 years and the neighbourhood of Westmount for over 23. Had a new house built during the pandemic on the site of our old one. Partner to the amazing @ daintychainsaw . 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@mstdn.ca
Degree in Political Science, career in tech. Inhabitant of YEG for most of 56 years and the neighbourhood of Westmount for over 23. Had a new house built during the pandemic on the site of our old one. Partner to the amazing @ daintychainsaw . 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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Feb 01, 2026
There is some kind of irony in how much good old punk there is on Youtube.
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Be careful out there this morning, #yeg. It's a literal skating rink after the freezing rain. #yegtraffic
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@Chigaze@mstdn.ca
Degree in Political Science, career in tech. Inhabitant of YEG for most of 56 years and the neighbourhood of Westmount for over 23. Had a new house built during the pandemic on the site of our old one. Partner to the amazing @ daintychainsaw . 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@mstdn.ca
Degree in Political Science, career in tech. Inhabitant of YEG for most of 56 years and the neighbourhood of Westmount for over 23. Had a new house built during the pandemic on the site of our old one. Partner to the amazing @ daintychainsaw . 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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Jan 31, 2026
@chad@mstdn.ca Driving home from Jasper today and hoping things are melted a bit by afternoon.
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@Chigaze@mstdn.ca
Degree in Political Science, career in tech. Inhabitant of YEG for most of 56 years and the neighbourhood of Westmount for over 23. Had a new house built during the pandemic on the site of our old one. Partner to the amazing @ daintychainsaw . 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@mstdn.ca
Degree in Political Science, career in tech. Inhabitant of YEG for most of 56 years and the neighbourhood of Westmount for over 23. Had a new house built during the pandemic on the site of our old one. Partner to the amazing @ daintychainsaw . 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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Jan 28, 2026
@BenAtkinsonPhD@econtwitter.net It sounds like a case of bad timing on the wrestlers part. It feels like barring him is a bit much.
I will note that this wouldn’t have happened at LovePro Wrestling as they have a hard “No Nazi Shit” policy in and out of the ring.
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@Chigaze@mstdn.ca
Degree in Political Science, career in tech. Inhabitant of YEG for most of 56 years and the neighbourhood of Westmount for over 23. Had a new house built during the pandemic on the site of our old one. Partner to the amazing @ daintychainsaw . 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@mstdn.ca
Degree in Political Science, career in tech. Inhabitant of YEG for most of 56 years and the neighbourhood of Westmount for over 23. Had a new house built during the pandemic on the site of our old one. Partner to the amazing @ daintychainsaw . 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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Jan 28, 2026
I like that our organization stopped doing Christmas parties and switched to doing a Staff Appreciation Party in the first quarter of the year. Feels more inclusive and the timing is better. December is already too full but in late January it's nice to have an event.
And now off to the party!
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