Nostr notes by John Francis 🇨🇦🦫🍁🫎

maybe the M6 Max will be more comparable, if Apple is doing ...

2026-10-31T17:49:06Z

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maybe the M6 Max will be more comparable, if Apple is doing that...but it probably won't be $2k

the M6 is inferior in almost everything, but it's also half ...

2026-10-31T17:44:56Z

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the M6 is inferior in almost everything, but it's also half the price of the M5 Max...

I think the 6 stands for "2026"

"We made transit useless" "We permit sprawling ...

2026-10-29T19:46:45Z

"We made transit useless"
"We permit sprawling developments without considering transportation"
"We fought like hell to force everyone to drive downtown every day"
"We let the road safety project backlog grow to 50 years"
"We fight against #VisionZero"

"Jeeze won't YOU PEOPLE slow down and stop killing people"

😡

#Ottawa politicians make emotional appeal for safer driving
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ottawa-road-safety-deaths-news-conference-9.7400485

what happened with Proton? I've just been using a vanilla ...

2026-10-29T14:57:34Z

In reply to nevent1q…4yrp
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what happened with Proton?

I've just been using a vanilla email service sold by my domain registrar, with my own domains.

Migrating my business email off Google was quick, since it was using a custom domain. I've been migrating away from (at) gmail for about a year, updating addresses to my personal domain address. It wasn't really as bad as I thought. Most services are pretty good about self-serve email changing.

he's no Dick Pound (former head of Canada's anti-doping ...

2026-10-29T14:16:28Z

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he's no Dick Pound (former head of Canada's anti-doping and WADA)

Heard a bit on a podcast today about how Canada's core ...

2026-10-29T12:11:11Z

Heard a bit on a podcast today about how Canada's core inflation is stuck below target range, while total inflation, which includes volatile food and energy prices, is above target range.

I haven't verified that at StatsCan, but that's the reason why many commenters are feeling the Bank of Canada jumped the gun on raising rates.

you have 59 voters to acknowledge, so far

2026-10-28T17:42:54Z

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you have 59 voters to acknowledge, so far

this is the first I've heard of it. Do I get a pass or do I ...

2026-10-28T01:51:18Z

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this is the first I've heard of it. Do I get a pass or do I record my first loss?

hipsters don't like AdP? I guess hipsters are all in their ...

2026-10-27T19:42:08Z

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hipsters don't like AdP? I guess hipsters are all in their late 30s now and the old man grumpiness is setting in?

those handlebars could easily be mistaken for antlers

2026-10-24T21:12:32Z

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those handlebars could easily be mistaken for antlers

#Ottawa police bought an armoured truck with a roof ramp. Seems ...

2026-10-22T14:02:12Z

#Ottawa police bought an armoured truck with a roof ramp.

Seems like a poor choice of spending.

Ukraine-proven Senator joins Canada’s capital police
https://defence-blog.com/ukraine-proven-senator-joins-canadas-capital-police/

My Nepean MPP Tyler Watt has a good article about what is going ...

2026-10-21T12:24:45Z

My Nepean MPP Tyler Watt has a good article about what is going on with OSAP. About $500M suddenly went to private training schools. Seems to have some legs as a fraud or PC pork-barrelling story. #ontario

My Fight to Save OSAP for Ontario Students
https://tylerwattmpp.substack.com/p/my-fight-to-save-osap-for-ontario

it took us years to notice that d14 was born exactly 9m after my ...

2026-10-20T15:10:24Z

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it took us years to notice that d14 was born exactly 9m after my birthday. 😅

Beautiful sunrise on a still bluebird sky day, immediately ...

2026-10-20T11:48:46Z

Beautiful sunrise on a still bluebird sky day, immediately destroyed by the awful sounds of unnecessary jake-brakes, 7am lawn care, and the pile driver at the nearby Amazon construction site. On top of the usual road and airport noise.

All but the jake-braking truck are legal under Ottawa's noise bylaw.

it's so similar to taxonomy and speciation. If you don't ...

2026-10-15T18:09:30Z

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it's so similar to taxonomy and speciation. If you don't have some degree of musical isolation, then you have too many exchanges for distinguishable genres to develop.

really needs a couple of flags on the front fenders. "Colonel ...

2026-10-15T14:56:39Z

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really needs a couple of flags on the front fenders. "Colonel Pumpkin" or something.

yes, but you have to demonstrate loyalty to the fediverse, like ...

2026-10-13T11:35:18Z

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yes, but you have to demonstrate loyalty to the fediverse, like with a tattoo or a 1:2 mastodon sculpture

Bat Batford 😅

2026-10-13T11:31:37Z

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Bat Batford 😅

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2026-10-10T16:37:26Z

Moudakis

I wonder where they found the colour-matched sand/salt box.

2026-09-28T15:24:29Z

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I wonder where they found the colour-matched sand/salt box.

just turn on the sprinkers overnight and keep a garden hose with ...

2026-09-26T18:01:57Z

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just turn on the sprinkers overnight and keep a garden hose with a spray trigger handy.

it is. They even came back with a report on a discounted Bengal ...

2026-09-26T17:58:24Z

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it is. They even came back with a report on a discounted Bengal style cat...like 60% off.

People are rehoming, buying, selling cats among themselves anyway, not sure that having it at a show makes much difference. These are serious cat people, I'm thinking any cats sold for $3k will be quite well cared for.

d14 and mom have gone to a local cat show for #caturday, with ...

2026-09-26T15:55:26Z

d14 and mom have gone to a local cat show for #caturday, with strict instructions not to return with a cat.

no, but an exception is taking your drink "to go" in a ...

2026-09-26T13:50:24Z

In reply to nevent1q…q637
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no, but an exception is taking your drink "to go" in a crowded bar, where it might be stolen or spiked.

they taste better than bear

2026-09-25T20:44:29Z

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they taste better than bear

a "little bit" is going to pay tarriffs and is thus ...

2026-09-24T18:51:59Z

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a "little bit" is going to pay tarriffs and is thus destroyed. Forecast or actual reductions in trade surpluses means less USD piling up in net-export nations getting converted to bonds and a bit more net selling of bonds.

But I think that would really be swamped by speculative shifts. Financial deleveraging.

all world leaders conveniently meeting on an isolated island well ...

2026-09-24T15:20:56Z

In reply to nevent1q…srhj
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all world leaders conveniently meeting on an isolated island well out of the blast radius of any substantial population or anything else? What could possibly go wrong....

Made some donations to Jeff Leiper and Sean Devine campaigns, to ...

2026-09-24T14:18:08Z

Made some donations to Jeff Leiper and Sean Devine campaigns, to go with my earlier donation to Wilson Lo. There are some other good, progressive councillors that I would support too, but these are the ones nearest to me.

#ottawa #ottpoli

they have a pretty much ideal scenario for solar too. A vast ...

2026-09-23T18:22:10Z

In reply to nevent1q…ynh5
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they have a pretty much ideal scenario for solar too. A vast cloudless empty desert, right in the middle of the african-eurasian landmass.

Sitting on the lowest production cost oil anywhere...perhaps they are seeing how the cost of solar will be undercutting $12/barrel oil in the near future.

Quebec could've started with removing the tax deduction for ...

2026-09-23T11:54:01Z

Quebec could've started with removing the tax deduction for proselytizing activities and ended public funding of religious schools. Remove the cross and prayers from legislature. Practical and symbolic steps towards actual secularism. Don't even need a constitutional override for those.

But they went with bans on personal religious symbols, because it's antisemtism and islamophobia disguised as secularism.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/voters-quebec-election-secularism-laws-9.7352631

#canada #quebec

RE: https://mastodon.social/@OpenMediaOrg/117316945770862231 ...

2026-09-22T22:35:24Z

RE: https://mastodon.social/@OpenMediaOrg/117316945770862231

Anything to get their greasy hands on your govt ID, which they can tie into your "advertising profile", bringing together your shopping and spending, credit card, financial profile with a high-reliability name, address, age.

#degoogle #canada

read an article today about how Microsoft has $100B of GPUs ...

2026-09-22T20:06:45Z

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read an article today about how Microsoft has $100B of GPUs "in storage", awaiting various datacenter factors. But they might not actually exist, they haven't really paid for them, Nvidia hasn't actually made them, no customers are waiting to use them, but the accountants have booked it all anyway. 🤷‍♂️

no, but it might be convenient for protection reasons. Or they ...

2026-09-18T17:40:37Z

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no, but it might be convenient for protection reasons. Or they should live in a shed in the Head of State's backyard, like's it been in Canada for a generation or so.

were you previously shipping things to the EU from Canada?

2026-09-17T19:04:18Z

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were you previously shipping things to the EU from Canada?

the packaging hamonization regulations have a valid goal in mind, ...

2026-09-17T19:00:25Z

In reply to nevent1q…ztf5
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the packaging hamonization regulations have a valid goal in mind, but it sounds like the implementation needs a lot of improvement. As I send off about 400L of loose packaging for recycling every 2 weeks, I think we could do a lot better here too.

I'm quite open to the idea of stronger exchanges with the EU ...

2026-09-17T18:41:13Z

I'm quite open to the idea of stronger exchanges with the EU on many things.

But I have reservations, as I've repeatedly heard that the EU's economic setup is strongly pro-austerity neoliberalism.

I believe it's from the default set of rules limiting the budget deficits of states...but I also read that those rules have largely been ignored when convenient/necessary, even by the most pro-austerity states like Germany.

#canada #europeanUnion

nobody tagged that one. Maybe they're afraid of being ...

2026-09-16T18:55:55Z

In reply to nevent1q…auw7
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nobody tagged that one. Maybe they're afraid of being vapourized and condensed into a tiny glowing ball by..uh..mother nature's teenaged daughter?

fine, spraypainted instead of stabbed.

2026-09-16T17:08:56Z

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fine, spraypainted instead of stabbed.

I hope the jackass that tagged it gets stabbed.

2026-09-16T17:03:40Z

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I hope the jackass that tagged it gets stabbed.

😆 Canada Investment Summit attendees enter raffle to win PEI - ...

2026-09-16T01:12:53Z

😆 Canada Investment Summit attendees enter raffle to win PEI - The Beaverton
https://www.thebeaverton.com/2026/09/canada-investment-summit-attendees-enter-raffle-to-win-pei/

I've held the opinion that dismantling the ...

2026-09-15T17:53:26Z

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I've held the opinion that dismantling the US/Nato/"western" structure has been Trump's only job from 2016. Trump has always been Putin's man. Look at how great of a job he's done with that!

Only more recently have I started to think about how much Putin might be Xi's man.

unfortunate phrasing 😬

2026-09-14T19:39:44Z

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unfortunate phrasing 😬

I'm scared to drive 80 over the 416 bridge at night. ...

2026-09-09T13:44:02Z

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I'm scared to drive 80 over the 416 bridge at night. Headlight glare and faded lines. They can barely sweep off the corpses, broken car parts and replace the guardrails between accidents.

I pass through here all the time, a narrow, crooked, 80kmh ...

2026-09-09T12:13:56Z

I pass through here all the time, a narrow, crooked, 80kmh intersection designed for rural traffic volumes now serving huge volumes that pass between Stittsville, South Kanata, Barrhaven and the 416. None of these existed before. Never see a bus or pedestrian here, and cyclists very rare. Old Richmond Rd has been redesigned north of Fallowfield with circles, bike and pedestrian lanes, but not here. #autowa #visionzero

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/1-dead-1-in-critical-condition-after-collision-on-fallowfield-road-9.7336800

Found a poster from a PPC-adjacent white supremecist group on a ...

2026-09-07T13:24:42Z

Found a poster from a PPC-adjacent white supremecist group on a local traffic pole.

What do? Thinking I should just cut it down. The poster, not the entire pole.

#ottawa

John's wasp bait and dissolver...1 cup warm water... 1-2 cup ...

2026-09-06T14:34:31Z

John's wasp bait and dissolver...1 cup warm water... 1-2 cup white sugar... 1 drop dish soap... few sections of nearby fruit... 1 cup WFNA... prepare carefully in a heavy HDPE container and RUN

Migration of 175 projects from on-prem to its saas equivalents ...

2026-09-04T21:38:53Z

Migration of 175 projects from on-prem to its saas equivalents has broken about 80 of them in about 15 different ways. Some projects are broken in just 1 of the 15 ways, others are broken in multiple of the 15 ways. The productivity of about 25 people collapsed for the whole week, and not really seeing the end of it.

Wow, pictures appear to show a huge block of stands displaced by ...

2026-09-03T16:05:35Z

Wow, pictures appear to show a huge block of stands displaced by the strong winds at Rogers Stadium. Like huge block...60 rows, several stories high, and 100m long? Pretty sure they didn't build it with a giant curving bulge in the middle and a 5m sharp offset in the middle of the rows.

100 year storm my ass. There will be more of those at any time.

Stadium engineers are probably getting sued. Lucky it wasn't filled with people.

is that close to where the crazy lady took her car out onto the ...

2026-09-02T23:38:24Z

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is that close to where the crazy lady took her car out onto the ice?

Problem? What problem? ...

2026-09-02T18:02:32Z

Problem? What problem?

your wife? Or Raygun?

2026-09-02T17:34:31Z

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your wife? Or Raygun?

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2026-09-01T22:03:39Z

😆

CPC have been lining up with MAGA-era Republicans since the ...

2026-09-01T14:26:54Z

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CPC have been lining up with MAGA-era Republicans since the "conservative" Republicans got turfed 2014ish. Anti immigrant and doubling down on socon hate favourites.

Erin O'Toole tried to moderate the party a bit and got the boot for it.

RE: https://social.marxist.network/@yogthos/117191259949323480 ...

2026-08-31T19:50:26Z

RE: https://social.marxist.network/@yogthos/117191259949323480

Surely they will be loading the magazines at the WeatherCan Franktown Meteorological Radar & Precipitation Dome with some of these newly understood Terahertz Ball Lighting Solitons.

They'll just drift around in the tank until one needs to be beamed out to disrupt a particularly problematic chaos butterfly.

quoting
note1gd2…rsv5

Chinese researchers successfully activated and captured a luminous sphere highly similar to natural ball lightning for the first time. They confirmed its nature as an electromagnetic soliton, providing important experimental evidence for unravelling the mystery of ball lightning. The findings were published on April 16 in the international academic journal Nature Photonics.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41566-026-01899-y

#science

Blurred my house on Google maps using this guide. If Google are ...

2026-08-31T16:41:20Z

Blurred my house on Google maps using this guide.

If Google are going to be knee-bending assholes about water bodies, I'm going to make their life as hard as possible.

things? somewhat important. people? VERY important.

2026-08-30T18:05:32Z

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things? somewhat important.

people? VERY important.

the unit-of-account rules are fundamental to currency. Even with ...

2026-08-30T17:34:00Z

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the unit-of-account rules are fundamental to currency. Even with commodity money like silver or gold...taxes had to be paid in the pieces stamped with the king's head. Fiat even more so...can't pay your taxes in oil barrels or stock certificates...

Is the idea change the UoA to exclusively crypto that's issued by someone else? That seems like a terrible idea. 😆

probably one of those anti-Alto degens

2026-08-27T20:01:46Z

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probably one of those anti-Alto degens

The crop of plums super heavy this year. This tree alternates ...

2026-08-27T12:03:42Z

The crop of plums super heavy this year. This tree alternates years, and it was due for heavy, but this is exceptional.

They are about 3-4 weeks behind in ripeness. Usually ready by mid-August, but its been so wet and not much heat here.

#gardening #ottawa

Lake Ontario will continue be named Lake Ontario. But Lake ...

2026-08-25T13:09:40Z

Lake Ontario will continue be named Lake Ontario. But Lake Michigan? Will also henceforth be named Lake Ontario. 😡

did you manage to toss some flies and catch something?

2026-08-23T17:23:22Z

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did you manage to toss some flies and catch something?

how am I supposed to improve my French without bilingual labels?

2026-08-23T03:16:19Z

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how am I supposed to improve my French without bilingual labels?

it doesn't count unless you rehearse, record and post the ...

2026-08-22T21:27:14Z

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it doesn't count unless you rehearse, record and post the complete song 😂

my Pixel does that. Not exactly sure what it is, AI-enhanced zoom ...

2026-08-22T21:12:28Z

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my Pixel does that. Not exactly sure what it is, AI-enhanced zoom or compression...

cyclopean mall architecture of non-navigable topology

2026-08-19T12:02:21Z

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cyclopean mall architecture of non-navigable topology

it should just do stuff like this.. ...

2026-08-17T19:10:26Z

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it should just do stuff like this..
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4RCzZjpgmVg&t=177s

Court gives #Google one week to remove extra hoops to install ...

2026-08-14T20:29:56Z

Court gives #Google one week to remove extra hoops to install alternative Android app stores...

https://www.iphoneincanada.ca/2026/08/14/court-orders-google-to-fix-play-store-prompts-within-7-days/

While without power overnight, my fridge seemed to reset to ...

2026-08-14T00:26:03Z

While without power overnight, my fridge seemed to reset to defaults and put a compartment normally in 4C fridge-mode into -18C freezer mode. All produce frozen solid. 🥶

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2026-08-08T13:38:30Z

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Thunderstorms for Ontario look much more enthusiastic than the ...

2026-08-08T13:25:50Z

Thunderstorms for Ontario look much more enthusiastic than the past few days. Should be blasting through Ottawa in the afternoon, if we don't get gapped.

they take the 417 to the 30 to the 132 to the Autoroute ...

2026-08-07T19:28:44Z

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they take the 417 to the 30 to the 132 to the Autoroute Jean-Lesage and get off near the St. Hubert on Cartier?

I thought I was going to be forced to enter Sandy Hill heading ...

2026-08-07T17:23:41Z

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I thought I was going to be forced to enter Sandy Hill heading east on Laurier, but a gap opened in the traffic cones at the last moment, and I was able to turn south onto QE driveway, w on Catherine, s on O'Connor, under 417 over Pretoria Brg. and south on Colonel By, safely away from the viruses and Downtowner accents and into lush, sleepy suburbia.

Forced to visit downtown for client laptop repairs, and tried to ...

2026-08-07T17:05:40Z

Forced to visit downtown for client laptop repairs, and tried to visit the courthouse while I was there. Courthouse was closed 11-2, so that didn't get done.

Out front by the human rights installation, a convoy streamer was setup with a variety of hand painted signs, streaming away to some distant audience about their imagined injustices.

Did not stay for lunch. Did not visit "the market". Saw lots of #ottbike and tourists looking at the canal.

#ottawa in summer.

I don't make any claims what makes a fungus evil or virtuous. ...

2026-08-06T19:53:15Z

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I don't make any claims what makes a fungus evil or virtuous. I do not cast aspersions against my eukaryotic cousins, the fungi. Viruses...they can f right off, half-alive pos's.

me and 6 other crew wearing that in the sailboat race and ...

2026-08-06T18:18:42Z

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me and 6 other crew wearing that in the sailboat race and complaining "why aren't we going anywhere?!?"

pita that will slowly deflate as they cool. Yum!

2026-08-05T17:24:06Z

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pita that will slowly deflate as they cool. Yum!

1940s romantic comedy slop

2026-08-03T20:40:36Z

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1940s romantic comedy slop

pro wrestler voice nobody shit talks to @npub1lud…8056 and ...

2026-08-03T20:39:40Z

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*pro wrestler voice* nobody shit talks to John Francis 🇨🇦🦫🍁🫎 (npub1lud…8056) and gets away with it! *punches self in head*

pfft that's poseur tourist food. Nobody staggers into ...

2026-07-31T14:07:10Z

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pfft that's poseur tourist food. Nobody staggers into Beavertails after 8 pints at the Dominion, one needs the fortification of a shawarma to make it home without ending up in a snowbank.

over 58,000 shawarma locations within the municipal boundary, ...

2026-07-31T01:39:03Z

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over 58,000 shawarma locations within the municipal boundary, about 1 for every 16 people, if you include newborns. It greatly surpasses the handful of beaver tail locations.

it will be a time of great disruption, and change brings ...

2026-07-29T20:36:03Z

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it will be a time of great disruption, and change brings CVE's.

many places an alarm will sound at a central office if you plug ...

2026-07-29T13:35:12Z

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many places an alarm will sound at a central office if you plug an analog handset directly into the legacy copper network, which is now mostly used for DSL.

Last time I bought internet service from a major provider, they bundle in the "landline", charge $30/month for it, promo the $30 back on the bill, and implement it as VOIP via a phone port on the "modem".

Regulated telcom and accounting tricks, concealing the sharp decline in revenue from the landlines, maybe collecting subsidies.

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2026-07-29T10:44:47Z

RE: https://mstdn.social/@NuanceRhymesWithOrange/116999801919772534

Can you decode the sign holes?

quoting
note1yhf…uxwl

Yellow wall.

#Photography

Mel Brooks still seems funny, so went with 99. Was he funnier ...

2026-07-27T21:06:40Z

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Mel Brooks still seems funny, so went with 99. Was he funnier when he was younger? The new Spaceballs will be a test.

correct for marginal age related vision loss. Even on the ...

2026-07-26T21:09:47Z

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correct for marginal age related vision loss. Even on the clearest, darkest night, I'll never see what my 8yo eyes could see...

looks fine to me, if its supposed to look crooked and busted

2026-07-24T13:41:05Z

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looks fine to me, if its supposed to look crooked and busted

at first I thought maybe North Bay, but it seems like Barry's ...

2026-07-17T20:34:31Z

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at first I thought maybe North Bay, but it seems like Barry's Bay, honouring the great Arrow test pilot Żurakowski, who lived there for many years.

a lot less whining and.rolling around on the grass in minor ...

2026-07-16T19:11:06Z

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a lot less whining and.rolling around on the grass in minor baseball I bet.

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2026-07-14T01:45:06Z

One of my clients now requires internal registration for all use ...

2026-07-12T16:51:25Z

One of my clients now requires internal registration for all use of non-internal AI, and VP-level approval for Claude, ChatGPT etc.

VP-approval is basically a death sentence, the message is "we don't want you to use this".

They don't want to be liable for its mistakes that impact real world, heavily regulated business operations. They have no PR cover if the shit fans, the public already mostly hates them, and the govt could score points with the public spanking them around.

a great day for photography of refineries, cement plants. Maybe a ...

2026-07-12T14:27:08Z

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a great day for photography of refineries, cement plants. Maybe a pulp mill, they often have some colourful emissions.

back in the day, you used to be able to sell a fine hand-scribed ...

2026-07-10T17:57:52Z

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back in the day, you used to be able to sell a fine hand-scribed and illuminated bible for a trillion dollars (inflation adjusted)...and they even threw in a bunch of extra chapters. Now, you'd be luck to get $10 for an unholy machine printed one missing a bunch of good stuff.

The nadir of the bible-selling business model I'm afraid.

mining of metals with renewables should be considered in the ...

2026-07-10T17:22:19Z

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mining of metals with renewables should be considered in the wider mining context.

By far the largest mining expenditure and damage is for mining fossil fuels. It burns ~20% of the mined product.

Avoiding even a tiny portion of fossil fuel mining offsets the entire fossil fuel use in mining of non-fossil fuel resources.

And a kg of refined copper lasts a long time. A kg of oil is burnt in seconds.

wow, for a SCC system that arose as a distributed evolution of ...

2026-07-09T13:02:48Z

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wow, for a SCC system that arose as a distributed evolution of Subversion, people really seem to hate running it themselves. I self-hosted Gitlab for a few years and it was a LOT easier than self-hosting email.

I guess git content is more valuable to steal from hapless "customers" than emails.

😂 Poilievre vows to "fight woke culture" following new ...

2026-07-07T18:47:31Z

😂
Poilievre vows to "fight woke culture" following new galactic disco cowboy makeover - The Beaverton
https://www.thebeaverton.com/2026/07/poilievre-vows-to-fight-woke-culture-following-new-galactic-disco-cowboy-makeover/

I can easily imagine it plummeting off an unfinished overpass ...

2026-07-07T01:40:10Z

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I can easily imagine it plummeting off an unfinished overpass because of a loose backhoe, but my fears are probably unfounded.

RE: https://twoot.site/@nightjar/116875495736272738 That is all ...

2026-07-06T23:31:13Z

RE: https://twoot.site/@nightjar/116875495736272738

That is all kinds of wrong.

RE: https://infosec.exchange/@adamshostack/116858283768094305 ...

2026-07-03T22:01:30Z

RE: https://infosec.exchange/@adamshostack/116858283768094305

This is ridiculous.

Everyone knows ketchup is just tomatoes, vinegar and sugar.

eggs, oil, vinegar, tomato, sugar...THESE are the fundamental building blocks of the universe....

sheeeeeeessshhh....

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RE: https://mstdn.social/@Nickiquote/116857607628831195

This is ridiculous. Everyone knows that mayo is eggs and oil, so the basic building blocks of the universe are eggs, oil and ketchup.

Sheeeeeesh!
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MAU or total? There's so many inactive & garbage accounts ...

2026-07-03T03:27:13Z

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MAU or total? There's so many inactive & garbage accounts on there, if 10% are active meatbags who move elsewhere, I think that would be a great success.

Rain total here now 91mm. Severe thunderstorm storm warning ...

2026-07-01T21:29:26Z

Rain total here now 91mm. Severe thunderstorm storm warning upgraded to orange 🧡 due to the ongoing rain and existing flooding. Lake 417 closed near Holly Acres Rd, Bayshore, Moodie area.

My street is mildly flooded, I walked around and can hear 2 local creeks roaring. The Rideau River is up about a foot above normal summer level, it will keep rising over the next hours, maybe 3-6ft, since the dams are closed for the canal.

#ottawa