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Cake day: November 6th, 2023

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  • Pixel devices work properly with Amber Alerts. They support receiving the different levels of alerts and have different settings for each.

    I couldn’t find a way to disable “Presidential Alerts” (at least when I last checked around 2031 or 2022).

    In the US, the whole system works perfectly. In Canada (or at least in Ontario), since all alerts come in as Presidential Alerts, it doesn’t work in practice.

    A few guesses as to why people say it works:

    • They’re in the US/not in Canada
    • They have Amber Alerts turned on anyway
    • Their area gets fewer Amber Alerts after changing their settings by coincidence
    • They have another audio device connected to the phone when their device receives Amber Alerts, so the device routes the alerts through the device (e.g. ear buds that they aren’t always wearing)
    • They use apps that are able to suppress alerts including Presidential Alerts

  • Yeah, on my old Samsung, I was able to disable alerts, make it respect DND, etc. But on my Pixel, I’m not.

    It’s unfortunate because there are all kinds of settings to customize the alerts on my Pixel, but it’s designed for the system to be used as intended.

    The Pixel doesn’t allow you to change or turn off the Presidential alerts (aka. “Your life is in immediate danger”), but that’s what ALL alerts are sent as in Canada.

    It’s definitely your phone, possibly your carrier to some extent, and almost definitely not your province/territory (since the system is configured nationally).




  • Her favorite thing to say was that sex ed was like giving kids keys to a car and expecting them not to drive. Eventually I started responding, “No, it’s like teaching them how to drive so they can do it safely when they’re ready.” Her response was always to change the subject.

    Her phrase is exactly what abstinence-only sex education is.

    When kids grow up, they find their own keys and ignitions quite easily. So they have the keys and the ignition/car, and abstinence-only sex ed is like “no driving” driver’s ed. But they have the keys and they’re sitting in the car and they have somewhere they want to be.

    I also imagine that abstinence-only sex education doesn’t usually mean teaching safe “outercourse”, mutual masturbation, etc…so they have the keys and the car, somewhere they need to be, and nobody tells them about taxis or busses or bicycles…