Jeremy @biggles@nod.pegg.net
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An Information Systems Technologist since 1978.
Joined Dec 2019
BBC News: Dead rodents litter PM's official home, but do Canadians care? BBC News - Dead rodents litter PM's official home, but do Canadians care?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-65208045
$36M to fix a building not fit for purpose makes no sense.
'People get skeeved,' says man who's been living barefoot for 20 years https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/man-barefoot-20-years-1.6766026
In northern Ukraine, Canadian-donated armoured vehicles are a key line of defence | CBC News https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ukraine-canada-armoured-vehicle-1.6718428
Two-legged fox is nature conquering all, says wildlife expert - BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-derbyshire-64172621
BBC News: Canada truckers: Ottawa deputy police chief Steve Bell disclosed on Tuesday that police had found about 100 trucks with children in them.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-60267841
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Rocky the Christmas tree stowaway owl returns to the wild. #nature https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/christmas-tree-owl-1.5817084
Whale saves train! A metro train in the city of Spijkenisse, in the Netherlands, rests precariously on an art installation of a whale after crashing through a barrier at the end of the tracks. The sculpture stopped the train from plummeting 10m (32ft) into water below, and the driver walked away uninjured. https://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-54840566
BBC News: Back from the dead: Race to save Romania's 65 million-year-old fish #nature
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-54823866
Ear 'tickling' therapy could 'help thwart ageing' - BBC News #ageing https://www.bbc.com/news/health-49157343
ALERT: In response to the COVID-19 situation, York Region has declared a State of Emergency. #covid19
https://www.york.ca/wps/portal/yorkhome/health/yr/infectiousdiseasesandprevention/covid19/covid19/
World Health Organisation head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says there has not been an urgent enough escalation in testing, isolation and contact tracing, which should be the "backbone" of the global response. #covid19
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-51916707/who-head-our-key-message-is-test-test-test
South Korea has been able to test 270,000 people with the results available in 24 hours. Yet in Ontario CBC reports it's taking from 5 to 7 days for a Covid test result.
A 111-year-old former teacher and engineer from Hampshire England is set to be confirmed as the world's oldest man.
He said the secret to his longevity was "to avoid dying". #ageing
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hampshire-51656545
The first ever picture of a black hole: It's surrounded by a halo of bright gas. A network of 8 telescopes called the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), captured this image of the black hole over 500 million trillion km distant. #space
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-47873592
Spoon-billed Sandpiper. One of the most endangered bird species, saved from the brink of extinction. #nature
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-50788571
Apollo 8 Genesis reading, Christmas 1968.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_8
#space
Earthrise, taken on December 24, 1968, by Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthrise
#space
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