Ryan Robinson

It's hard not to gloat a little with the family you met up with in downtown Toronto when they start complaining about traffic and parking, then ask how your trip was when you know the answer is: "it was great, we took the train."

I do think banning phones or certain apps in schools makes far more sense than requiring everybody to provide ID to access any part of the Internet (aka age verification).

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-full-cellphone-ban-schools-9.7180241

#OnPoli

Ontario gives a little more money to universities and finally lifts the tuition freeze (at below inflation rates), yay, universities can survive a little longer.

Ontario changes OSAP so that it is now mostly loans and less grants, oh no, a lot of people now won't be able to afford to go.

#OnPoli

I will be walking 5km again in the 2026 Coldest Night of the Year. If you are able, please consider giving to support the essential work that Ray of Hope Inc. does for those in our #Kitchener #Waterloo #WatReg community who need it the most.

https://secure.e2rm.com/registrant/FundraisingPage.aspx?registrationID=5549366&langPref=en-CA

I will be doing my usual break from social media (other than LinkedIn because that's a work thing) for Lent, starting tomorrow.

Since I have some automatic deletion of posts, it might start to look like I have abandoned this account, but I will be back.

I find "Canada hasn't won a medal in figure skating in 8 years" funny because another way of saying that is "Canada didn't win any figure skating medals at just that one previous Olympics."

#Introduction

I'm Ryan. #Tech person, mostly #Drupal #webdev with an occasional side of #Microsoft365.

Christian, of the #Anabaptist with #LiberationTheology variety, and involved with a local #Mennonite church.

I talk politics/social issues, local/Ontario/Canadian and to some degree US.

Home is in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, part of the Haldimand Tract. #kwawesome #WatReg

First choice for transportation is my bike, followed by walking or taking the bus.

My cat is extremely cute and I post photos of her mostly on @Ryan@pixelfed.ca.

I watch lots of movies and TV and share mini reviews mostly as ryanlr on Letterboxd.

Fun fact: Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie currently has a higher Letterboxd rating than any of the 51 movies in my "Best of 2025" list.

https://boxd.it/HG9a

I believe the crowd was just chanting "U-S-A" in a game between the USA and the USA.

#NBAAllStar

I definitely feel like Outlook's junk filtering has gotten a lot more aggressive in recent years. A good portion of things not from somebody in my address book ends up in junk. Even bulk mailings I signed up for end up in there if in the past I've deleted those messages too quickly.

Is Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie the greatest CanCon ever produced?

(No offense, Heated Rivalry fans)

https://boxd.it/dakfJf

I'm mostly cheering for the World team to win because it's got a Canadian (plus another injured), a couple former Raptors, a current Raptors coach, and some of the most fun players in the league.

But I'm also a little bit cheering for the US to lose, because obvious reasons in 2026.

#NBAAllStar

"Chris Paul officially retires as a Toronto Raptor" is a weird statement to be true.

#NBA #WeTheNorth #RTZ