This climate anomaly chart makes it look like Canada is hogging all the cold weather available on planet earth.
https://climatereanalyzer.org/wx/todays-weather/?var_id=t2anom&ortho=1&wt=1
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mastodon 4.7.3+vivaldimodConsumer of beer, smoker of cigars. Also camping and cycling
IT guy, from Cambridge, Ontario
On BlueSky as @catelli.bsky.social
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I do wish Avi Lewis and the NDP good fortune as the NDP tries to rebuild and reassert itself into our federal conversations. We need a strong left wing party advocating for change. Because it is entirely absent right now.
Required reading for every Canadian.
Dr Lindsay Tedds
"Privatize the upside. Socialize the guarantee.
That's Carney's $25B Canada Strong Fund.
New blog on who actually bears the losses on this "sovereign wealth fund," and what the fuck we're actually building when we say "nation-building.""
https://deadfortaxreasons.wordpress.com/2026/04/28/privatize-the-upside-socialize-the-guarantee/
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@sundogplanets@mastodon.social
Can't believe we're at "The solution to polluting the atmosphere is more pollution of a different type."
RE: https://mastodon.social/@PCMag/115974326403549067
Thanks. I hate it already. I fight to disable the enforced automation in my digital life already.
Imma just sitting here stunned at how many people are all in on the "Hey we don't need humans to do any of this anymore." AI bandwagon.
Have you thought that through to the end?
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@briankrebs I firmly believe that with Google (and others) forcing TLS validation on everything, and also forcing shorter TLS lifespans has contributed to training people to ignore TLS errors.
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@ZachWeinersmith Speaking as a Canadian that uses it only online...
I only use it as an affecctation for online communication. But vocally, it doesn't come easily off the tongue. If I try it, it's closer to Yuall.
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@ZachWeinersmith @drgroftehauge
Anecdote. I and a colleague were in Birmingham Alabama at a restaurant for dinner. Waiter was a great guy, with a southern accent.
I asked him if he could detect our Canadian accent, and he said no. Was surprised we could hear his.
So he said "Let me try to speak Canadian. 'Hey how y'all doin'?"
My colleague and I dissolved into laughter. We explained the "y'all" to him and he had a good laugh too.
This. There a ton of businesses I don't know about because I don't use Facebook or Instagram.
I hold view that the CEO of Air Canada does not have to be bilingual, however, I also think that Air Canada should have a process in place to communicate on behalf of the CEO in French (or English) if the CEO happens to be unilingual.
"Whether it’s EVs, bikes, or even just public transit, the story is the same: the Ford government has been inept if not hostile when it comes to anything other than getting drivers in cars."
https://www.tvo.org/article/analysis-is-doug-ford-waging-a-war-on-cars
Want.
I have no idea what the
@gandersocial.ca
team is up to, but the app is nigh unusable for me.
It's like Facebook on Meth right now.
Are people posting things right now? I have no idea.
Is that post current? I have no idea.
Is this post from someone I follow?
I. Have. No. Idea.
I was hoping it would be BlueSky, but Canadian.
Instead they're reinventing what a social media interface should be, and I have no clue who they are designing that interface for. It is illogical and unusable.
It's not for the average person that's for sure.
Huh. New skill achieved. I can hum along note for note with the open source on hold music for the call I am on.
"An aviation expert says Canada is losing more air traffic controllers to retirement than it is hiring, despite efforts to ramp up recruitment."
https://globalnews.ca/news/11745258/air-traffic-controllers-canada/
Idea. We need to do the same thing for transit. Since these contests always try to divert $$$ to road repair.
https://globalnews.ca/news/11743467/caa-worst-roads-2026-nominations-open/
"Nominations open for worst bus service"
"Nominations open for must frustrating passenger train."
etc. etc.
Um. A single source of what now?
I'm experiencing a Babylon 5 "Ministry of Truth" flashback moment here.
I want to focus on the physical toll of Trumpism to our nation and our collective daily psyche.
To me, there’s actually a simple explanation for that heaviness: It’s the weight of the shift from “zero to non-zero.”
There are so many aspects of our daily life that we’d never had to weigh before; so many new possible horrors that we have to carry in our minds each day.
https://www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/the-physical-weight-of-trumpism
The fog blowing off the snowdrifts along the roads in the country is wild.
Big waves of roiling white stuff, honestly looks similar to high winds and snow.
Like driving through snow squalls, but with fog.
Fog squalls? Never seen anything like it.
"Space-based AI data centers represent an ambitious vision with genuine potential. The physics of space work: solar power is abundant, cooling is natural..."
Um. Might want to check on the actual physics on that one.
"Moody’s Analytics’ model has raised its recession outlook for the next 12 months to 48.6%. Goldman Sachs boosted its estimate to 30%. Wilmington Trust has the odds at 45%, while EY Parthenon has it at 40%"
Anyone else think that even at that level, they're too optimistic that it won't happen?
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It remains shocking everytime I step outside my White LED lit office into the "hellishly tinted" rest of the office by the windows. I can't get over it.
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@mariellequinton We picked up our youngest from Uni after completing his first year just this past Friday.
Before we left my wife said to me "I'm glad he's coming home I miss him."
My reply, "I don't, it feels like he just left!"
"The final whistle blew, we opened the gates, and the UPS lasted another 10 minutes before finally conking out,"
https://www.theregister.com/on-prem/2026/07/10/datacenter-macgyver-saved-the-biggest-football-match-of-the-year/5268920
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@KimberlyN@cosocial.ca @PaulBusch@cosocial.ca @tod@hci.social
I prefer my butter tarts with or without. I prefer my Butter Tarts!