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It’s too early for your shenanigans.

Puff, Glom, please stay in my bag and sleep in, at least until we hit the airport? Plush dragon poking out of a bag in the footwell of a passenger seat, while a plush octopus reaches for a console cupholder.
Ahhh! You’re going to get me into so much trouble by climbing out of your bins to investigate airport security.

Glom, I know you can’t help getting your tentacles into everything, but please wait for me. Plush dragon and octopus climbing off the unforgiving metal tables of airport security, bin rollers visible in the distance.
We’re in the US, Puff. Thank you for not tweaking the flags, Glom.

Well, it’s still Canadian currency. And I think we still follow Canadian law? Airports are weird. Let’s not test it. Plush dragon and octopus on a stanchion gazing at floppy US and DHS flags
Having fun jungle gaming around the departures lounge? Plush octopus hanging off the top back of one row of back-to-back seats while a plush dragon peers down from the other
Everyone secure for takeoff?

Glom, wrap a few tentacles around Puff, ok? Plush dragon and octopus in an airplane seat back window. The octopus has several tentacles wrapped around the dragon’s arm
Between them, Puff & Glom make pretty good pilot’s assistants.

Bombardier Q400 turboprops make excellent puddle-jumpers, partly because every passenger seat is a window or aisle (no squashed middle) Plush octopus and dragon pulling at levers I’m an airplane cockpit.
You’re totally right, Puff. This airport art installation is reminiscent of Glom’s tentacles. Plush dragon and moose staring up at stained glass of curving lines of colourful circles
I know you’re comfy, but it’s time to disembark! Plush dragon with feet dangling through the netting of an airplane seat back pocket while a plush octopus clings to the outside of the netting
Oh wow! Two cockpits in one day? You are lucky creatures! Plush dragon on a seat and plush octopus gripping handles in the cockpit of a Boeing 737
Hi Luxo! Long time, no see. 💛 Plush dragon and octopus on the iconic Pixar ball under the watchful Luxo lamp
🎵 I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay
Watchin' the tide roll away 🎵

Calm seas this morning, eh? Plush dragon and octopus hanging on to a dock’s rope cleat gazing at glassy-calm water
I’m not prying you off the boat, am I Glom?

Puff, looks like we’re going solo to #SciFoo. Plush octopus contemplating calm seas from a boat deck
Puff! Haul your tail out of bed, it’s time to go! Wee plush dragon tucked in to crisp white hotel bedding
Hey Puff, finish my ironing while I pack, please? Plush dragon clutching on iron while sitting on wrinkly blue fabric
X marks the spot for adventure & mystery Plush dragon above a building sign that just reads « X »
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While larger than a polar bear, this is unnervingly not THAT much larger than a polar bear.

Male polar bears are ~5ft tall (~10ft standing up on back legs) and up to 1,500lbs. But short-faced bears prowled grasslands instead of only Arctic.
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[Your weight in kg]/500 the weight of an adult male polar bear.

Flip the factions to find out how many of you would be needed to build a bear.
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@mikamckinnon
"A fed bear is a dead bear."

Want to hang out with bears? Do it safely with #BearCam (explore.org/livecams/brown…). Getting up close & personal is dangerous for you & even more dangerous for the bear.
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In BC, we get kinda blunt:
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Mika McKinnon
@mikamckinnon
Alright Seattle: Did you Drop! Cover! & Hold on! for your M4.6 today?

If you felt it, please fill out your shake reports: earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/ev…

Take this as your reminder to secure bookcases, stick down loose objects, update your kits & plans, and drill your Drops! or Locks!
Epicentres for M4.6 main & M3.5 aftershock were pretty much RIGHT under cities.

This is good as they’re on the smaller, shallower splinter faults (not our dear monster Cascadia). But, uh, not so fun as a lot of people live close enough to feel quick moderate shaking. Shakemap of a small coastal earthquakeShakemap of an even smaller coastal earthquake
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A: Most likely a handful of M3-ish aftershocks (fidgety puppies) & more M1-2 that you won’t feel.

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Today's ebay arrival is the Ollivetti Quaderno! This is a neat 1992 subnotebook computer. Slightly bigger than a palmtop, smaller than a laptop, it's a tiny super-portable machine. This one's a PT-XT-20, and let's take a look.
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