Angela Quinton @aquinton@computerfairi.es

@evie Please hit me up any time if there's any other info or advice you might want. We moved away in 2019 but as @ahuster can attest to, I think about YVR constantly, and I go back whenever I can (next visit: August).

@evie Food:
- The Naam (venerable vegetarian/vegan place, my favourite restaurant of all time)
– Peaceful Restaurant (local Szechuan chain – “Peaceful Beef Rolls" are incredible)
- Banana Leaf (local Malaysian chain – get the roti)
- Guu (Japanese tapas chain)
- Sawadee (Thai)
Any sushi is good sushi, but I especially liked Rue 909, aka "The Sushi Dungeon”

@evie Stuff to do: Granville Island!!! That's a full day or two of walking or biking, shopping, eating, and sight-seeing. There's Davie Street, which is the official hub of the city's queer culture. If you walk or cycle along the Seawall (30 miles of public pathway that basically wraps around half the city), even in small segments, you'll see something interesting or beautiful constantly. There's countless hikes and wilderness sightseeing. You could take a day trip to Victoria via ferry.

@evie yes!! I lived and worked in that area for 39 years and my heart still belongs there. Nature-y neighbourhoods to stay: North Vancouver, or West Vancouver (those are actual neighbourhoods, not just regions of the city), or the Dunbar region near Pacific Spirit Park. You could also get a place near Stanley Park, but that's probably $$$ and while gorgeous, might be better as a daytime visit. Further out, there's Port Moody / Anmore / Belcarra.

@pts Thank you! I actually felt pretty grouchy while posting it. So many posts I'm seeing are making the same tedious jokes about spreadsheets in your living room and watching looking like a dork for $3,500. I'm not going to defend or excoriate the price, but Jesus Christ, I've paid more than that for self-image-affirming experiences that were less comfortable and effective than what AR/VR can do.

People who see AR headsets as useless or just another channel for work to enter their life seem like people who never had a problem with their body they couldn’t fix with rest, diet, or exercise. And if work is emailing you at 8pm, establish and maintain your fucking boundaries.

@d6 @selectric hey @mavica_again

@alexcox I’m excited that they’re releasing something that will conceivably let me look at my hands see what I want to see. It’s expensive but not as expensive as having to buy someone else’s headset, the PC to run it, and resigning myself to the massive cognitive expense of dealing with modern Windows

I love Kevin Lynch and I will protect him with my life #wwdc23

@siracusa this would have been the perfect time to announce that they got Sony to commit to a macOS release of the new Marathon

I *also* love to catch a glimpse of my favourite photos throughout the day #WWDC23

Please please please just fix the fuckin macOS Notifications bugs #WWDC23

lmao they killed ◻️'s emoji app

Aaaah there it is @siracusa

Cool tip for queer people this month: “if someone doesn’t think you’re a person, you don’t have to be nice to them”

The Dalewood Disaster has concluded. 43km in 30°C heat in 7:38. 4 loops, 4 15-minute stops at the Water Works splash pad to cool down and recover. My nutrition and hydration were dialled in, my gear was right, and the slow pace got Kelly and I through the heat. Incredibly stupid, incredibly fun. #trailrunning #ultratraining #queerswhorun

i'm planning a long run with a friend tomorrow. our goal time is 5 or 6 hours. the proposed route is intentionally hot, boring, and difficult. we're calling it "The Dalewood Disaster". my secondary goal is 42km or more. my main goal is to not barf. i'm excited
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first night of the full moon. i need SOMETHING to focus on to deal with this fuckin energy. piledriving myself into a food-coma-induced early bedtime seems wise