#Vancouver #Alaska #Cruise Taking SeaBus to work and spotted three cruise ships docked at Canada Place. For those unaware, the reason most Alaska cruises start in Vancouver is because of two 100+ year old laws in the US that basically state foreign owned vessels are not allow to transit between…

#Gander #Social For those keeping track, invites have been going out for Gander, a Canadian social media site similar to Twitter or BlueSky. I just signed up, same user name as here. 😉

#DataCenter #BigTech #AI Data centers are all over the news lately for how much power they consume or water they use. People don’t want data centers in their communities. However I think it’s important to use the term “AI data centers” to differentiate from the typical data centers we’ve been…

While Carney meets with Obama, Buttigieg and other leaders to move Canada forward for all Canadians Poilievre still keeps trying to come up with the next 3 word slogan and hangs out with convoy organizers and separatists.

You’re being too polite. They’re not “covering” separatism. They’re “exposing” it.

#Rush #Junos #AnikaNilles #LorenGold RUSH, my favorite artist, makes a surprise appearance to at the Junos. One criticism: Anika killed it, but their song choice didn’t have anything for Loren Gold, their new keyboardist, to show off with. Can’t wait to see them live. youtu.be/kVw-4L59Tw0?...

#NoKings #Vancouver I didn’t go to No Kings rally as I had other plans, but I did pass by and saw some interesting signs. The best one, and a new one for me: “Don’t fail this open book history exam.”

I’ve seen far too much misinformation like this. iOS 18.7.2 patched two of these exploits way back in Nov 2025. There’s no need to upgrade to iOS 26 if you’re not a fan of the new Liquid Glass design as long as you’re on iOS 18.7.2 (which was the last update released for all iPhones).

#Gas #LineUps #Oil Gas is about 10 cents cheaper ($1.99 a litre) than other stations and still the lemmings line up to save maybe $5.00 on a $100+ fill up. Meanwhile my EV still costs $11 to charge.

#Oil #Gas #EV I saw gas at $2.00/litre last night in Vancouver. That’s $9.08 a gallon CDN. For those down south that converts to $5.51 US a gallon. Our old gas vehicle would cost $127 to fill the tank from empty. Our EV STILL only costs $11 to charge from empty and gets us almost 500kms range. 😁

#Trump #Hormuz #Nato NATO countries should tell Trump they agree to send ships to the Strait of Hormuz as soon as Putin leaves Ukraine. Then watch him squirm. www.cbc.ca/player/play/...

Why would they want to hurry along the Second Coming? Majority of them are going to be left behind anyway. 😉

A funny read about repairing your own iPhone. The Right To Repair crowd doesn’t get this. There are many things around the house you can fix yourself and save money on. There are also devices that are precision engineered and require skill to repair. Better to let someone else fix it.

Sure. And while we’re at it let’s also enact Stand Your Ground laws. Make sure we arm the LGBTQIA2S+ community first so when they’re harassed by some bigot they can defend themselves. Then watch Conservatives melt down when people they hate try to protect themselves. One Republican/Conservative…

#Vancouver #Snow I was going to make fun of people because I saw some cherry trees started to bloom yesterday and then today…

@mark-allerton.bsky.social Curious if you’ve seen the social media posts about the two young guys ripping around Lynn Valley on electric motorbikes.

#XFiles They’re finally bringing back The X-Files. Ryan Coogler is writing/directing the pilot. This could be really really good or a lame remake. I hope they recapture the essence of the original including the chemistry of the two leads. www.imdb.com/news/ni65721...

@kikkiplanet.bsky.social Every. Damn. Time.

OK. You win The Internet for today.

#PrinceAndrew #Epstein I wonder…now that Prince Andrew has been arrested is this enough for him to admit his guilt but at the same time seek a plea deal by naming others? The first person to make a deal usually gets the best deal. Take them all down with you.

On Feb. 19, 1942, German soldiers marched through Winnipeg. The mayor, premier and Lt. Governor were arrested, and the city was renamed Himmlerstadt. Books were burned, and the German flag flew across the city. This is the story of Winnipeg's If Day. 🧵 1/12

How can a cloud operator scrape your data for AI if the data you send them is encrypted and they don’t know what it contains?

#RobertDuvall RIP Robert Duvall who passed today at the age of 95. So many movies to pick from, but I think I’ll watch THX-1138 tonight.

I hate this ruling but it’s not a “death sentence” for many reasons. The main one is companies have ALREADY designed and built efficient engines with low emissions and good efficiency. We won’t see any additional improvements, but we’re not going back to the 70s. California. They’ve always set…

#StarTrek #TNG #Ex Lots of people talking Trek since the new series dropped. My bad experience with Star Trek? My now ex-girlfriend applied for us to be extras in TNG. We split up and shortly after were accepted. She got to appear in a TNG episode as a Blue Shirt while I got bupkis.

The Right to repair crowd makes some good points. A perfect example is the appliance industry, where you can buy a washing machine for $500, but if the computer board fails they’ll charge you $400 for a new one. People will often buy a brand-new machine as it’s only $100 more (and has a warranty).

#Movie #Bomb #BlueWire #RedWire In movies the bomb technician chooses between the red wire or the blue wire. Rat chewed through wiring on a friends Jaguar. Those little bastards are getting smarter. If you wanted to cut a single wire and cause 20 problems then this is the exact wire you’d cut. 🤬

#Rivian #R2 Magazines have just published their early access tests drives of the R2 and it’s looking good so far. There’s been a lot of doubt surrounding this vehicle leading up to its release. www.motortrend.com/reviews/firs...

#Trump #GordieHoweBridge What a fucking man child. Says he refuses to allow the opening of the new Gordie Howe Bridge. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

#Work #Mornings Sometimes I hate my job and find out I have to work on junk like this.

#CBC #ICE Come on, CBC. You can do better. You correctly identify the agency as HSI multiple times in your article while using the term ICE in your headlines and promoting quotes from politicians that are inaccurate. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

#LuigiMangione #Billionaires #Epstein #DOJ Wealthy people committing heinous crimes and getting away with it while DOJ does nothing. The world needs a few more Luigi’s. Yeah, I said it.

#CatherineO’Hara I hate this fucking timeline. www.cbc.ca/news/enterta...

#Cycling #E-Bikes #Injuries How come articles about a person being injured/killed in a collision involving a vehicle say: “a driver struck a…” but if a person is injured in an e-bike collision they always say: “an e-bike struck a…” In both cases it’s the driver/rider at fault.

#Alberta #Seperatists #Treason Good to see the CBC has also picked up this story and that it’s going to be talked about when premiers meet. Oh to be a fly on the wall. I wonder how much Smith is squirming? www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

I say let them. When high-ranking government officials attend events like the Olympics they always have a security detail. If they want to use poorly trained ICE agents instead of the Secret Service I say more power to them. Not that anything might happen…😉

#Transgender #Persecution My older daughter has been seeing someone for awhile now. This weekend over dinner she tells me this person is transgender. I was disappointed. Not because she’s seeing someone who’s transgender but because she didn’t tell me sooner. We raised our daughters to reject…

Excuse my language, but these separatists who’ve met with people in the Trump administration are fucking traitors. When are they going to be investigated? www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

It’s terrible when someone dies while walking, cycling or driving. It’s also terrible when people conflate data to try and make a point. The article link talks about the accident and then goes on to claim the F150 is “notorious for its involvement in traffic crashes”. Is the F150 really that bad?

#Oscars #Sinners Congratulations to everyone involved with Ryan Coogler's Sinners as it breaks record with 16 Academy Award nominations. 😀 How long before Republicans complain about this? I can see it now: “When did the Academy turn woke/DEI?” Suck it, racists. www.cbc.ca/news/enterta...

#DougFord #EVs #Boycott Good luck with that. EVs are superior to their gas equivalents in every way possible and when less expensive options show up nobody is going to listen to Ford. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

#Carney #Poilievre #FloorCrossers When Carney returns to Canada how many Conservative MPs are going to cross the floor? Must be tough watching Carney getting things done while you have to threaten your MPs to “keep them in line”.

#Carney #Speech #Poll I was going to make a poll asking people what their favorite quote from the speech Carney made in Davos, but realized people probably don’t want to have to pick from a list of 20+ selections. 😉

Well, since someone “leaked” the 8 week certification from an anonymous source I guess I can repost it without naming my source. 😉 Who’s going to buy a Tesla (or other EV) once they find out that BYD cars could be coming in only a few months? People will take a wait-and-see approach before buying…

My thoughts: 1. Why admit this? Use it to your advantage by continuing to send false intelligence to the US so Russia makes mistakes by following it. 2. When is Congress going to look at the chain of intelligence and take down everyone involved for treason?

#SecondNarrows #Fog #E-Scooter Commuting to work over the Second Narrows on a chilly morning (2C/35F) and snapped a quick shot of the fog over the Second Narrows Train Bridge.

#StarfleetAcademy #StarTrek #Reviews #DEI Watched the first episodes of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy and it’s good. Checked Rotten Tomatoes and it has a rating of 85% (fair) but audience score of only 35%. Looks like more organized review bombing, probably MAGA upset with the content.

I hope they found a bunch of un-redacted Epstein documents and now they’re freaking out wondering how many others they’ve been shared with.

#Snapdragon #Apple Early benchmarks are out for the Snapdragon X2 shown at CES. While they’re fast and more efficient than AMD or Intel, they’re still far behind Apple M Series processors. Some history. Gerard Williams III was the chief architect at Apple and… www.pcmag.com/news/qualcom...