Oh. Asana is being wobbly. #Asana

Oh, to be a fly on the wall of the Conservative caucus meeting tomorrow at 10 am... #cdnpoli

In my latest bit of #Linux mischief... a colleague of mine (cleaning supervisor at work) complained that his ten year old personal laptop is taking 10, 15 minutes to load Windows 10. I handed him a Linux Mint installation media to swap out the operating system. #LinuxMint

I miss the tan suit. #uspoli

Thinking about this survey tonight, via @albertateachers.bsky.social: "Teaching on empty: Alberta teachers among the world’s most stressed and overextended, OECD report": teachers.ab.ca/news/teachin... #abed #ableg

So, last week I took Monday off to get folks out to the polls. It's fun, it was with a great campaign with good people, and for a city that I love. ... and only 39.04% voted. The lowest in two decades. #yyccc #yyc

Dear new City Council, pls persuade Calgary Transit to use Bluesky, Threads and/or Facebook in addition to Twitter for sharing information and doing customer service, ty. #Calgary #yyccc

Just hit send on an email newsletter to 350 neighbours in the Downtown Core. #yyc #yycdowntown #yycCore Read it here: us6.campaign-archive.com?u=ffbc9c7ebc...

This got missed in all of the #yyccc election hubbub, but this is a really good move by Calgary Transit. Vincent needs his morning coffee. Looking forward to these activations of LRT spaces for the benefit of commuters. #yyctransit #yyc calgaryherald.com/news/local-n...

Got really annoyed at work last week, and installed Linux on 12 laptops. They're now in the classroom again, and not in a bin going to the local landfill. #Linux 🐧 #LinuxMint

I am now allowed to retire this meme. Thank you, @djkelly.ca. #yyccc #yyc @yycgael.bsky.social

Last night, I was a losing candidate in the Ward 8 Calgary municipal election. To Nathaniel Schmidt a heartfelt congratulations. It will be a true honour to have you as my municipal councillor. Thank you again, Calgary. It’s been an honour to put my name forward. -Kent

Might watch this a couple thousand times

One hour left until polls close in Calgary’s municipal election. If you are in line before 8pm, Elections Calgary says you will be able to cast a ballot.

Hello friends. Be sure to remember to vote today. #yyccc #yegcc #yycvotes

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Advance voting opens for 2025 Calgary municipal election globalnews.ca/video/114672...

I support Kent Hehr to be elected for councilor of Ward 8. Advanced polls have opened today for voting. You can find your polling station here: www.electionscalgary.ca/for-voters/w... #YycCc

Who has two thumbs and just voted? Me! Get your vote on, Calgary! Advance voting for this municipal election just started today: get more info at electionscalgary.ca. #yycvotes #yyc #yyccc

Oh boy. Found this editorial cartoon from 2013 in my files, published by the student paper of record at my university. It was when I held a position as a student rep. Was bummed? Yeah, it was an cartoon of me as Honey Boo Boo. Satire is harsh, but l'm proud of my work despite the drama.

Down with the flu today. 🤧 I have the window open, and I'm listening to the teachers rally at McDougall this afternoon. #ableg #Teachers

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Tomorrow! Free tickets still available. Will be an interesting evening. #yyc

#yyc #calgary #alberta

This Saturday:

The Downtown Core Neighbourhood Association in #yyc is co-presenting a free evening of Indigenous storytelling, with screening on Saturday of two films, and a conversation with the director. You can find out more details and RSVP at the link here. downtowncoreneighbourhood.ca/event/free-t...

Every time I have to navigate around a chat bot or an AI agent to get tech support, I want to move to another vendor. Every. Single. Time. I loathe bots and AI agents for tech tasks: they're slow, they're just rehashing a set of messages, or copy-pasting documentation. This new reality sucks.

Hey! On October 4th, the group I volunteer with is co-presenting "An Evening of Indigenous Storytelling: A Film Screening and Dialogue with Damian Abrahams", a free film event. RSVP and check the details: downtowncoreneighbourhood.ca/free-truth-a...

Next weekend! #yyc

'Office frogging' enthusiasts might just be big knitting fans.

Good morning, Calgary! #yyc

Hey #yyc! The Downtown Core Neighbourhood Association is co-presenting "An Evening of Indigenous Storytelling: A Film Screening and Dialogue with Damian Abrahams", a free film event on October 4, downtown. See details & RSVP here: downtowncoreneighbourhood.ca/event/free-t...

I want to live in precedented times. I wish to be whelmed. May events be parallel. Ceptional would be excellent. Velty, not novelty.

Latest Gianmarco Soresi special, now available on YouTube, made me laugh so hard I farted. #ThiefOfJoy #Comedy #GianmarcoSoresi @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social

Always happy to knock doors to chat municipal politics and get a sign request for Kent Hehr. @kenthehryyc.bsky.social #yyccc

Oh, hi @prozdishere.bsky.social. Good to follow you here on BlueSky. I'm sorry about the nonsense that's taking place... on the other place. #TwitterNonsense

Just watched the latest episode of South Park. ... I am now scared of Labubu. #Labubu #SouthPark

Topic request for @zainvelji.bsky.social / @carterab.bsky.social / @thestrategists.ca: WeAreChorus and supporting social media ecosystems and independent media. Sub-topics: - Why an ecosystem matters. - How to do it (poorly). - Canadians are uninterested in paying for news. Less interested in this.

Swung by the Stephen Lewis Foundation's #CalgaryPride kickoff event. Good to see old friends from other causes, and make new friends at this cause! Even got to hear from Mayor Jyoti Gondek. #yycpride #yycfierte #PartnersInPride #yyc #yyccc

Reflecting on this Hill article this evening. If all entry-level roles are being made redundant, this article highlights university-backed coop ("work-based learning") experiences are the way to go. #Jobs #EntryLevel thehill.com/opinion/educ...

It has been 55 hours since my last cigarette. #VSPQuits 🚭

Cool job alert. My old job (with the good people at Calgary Alliance for the Common Good) is being recruited for. #yycjobs #yyc #yyccc Check it out: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

It has been 68 hours since my last cigarette. #VSPQuits🚭

I learned a new word today. It's "mankeeping." Firstly, my mental image of this term was significant others keeping their man in a purse, much like they'd carry a small dog (think chihuahua). It was a very humorous image, which was soon replaced with a deep sadness: of what a world we live in.

I pray that MeatCanyon never: - Starts making political ads (they would be *very* popular for the male, 18-35 demo), - Makes a satire on brands / peeps I care about, - Mentions my sorry buttox.

I just spent six hours this weekend trying to fix a BitLocker issue on my colleague's laptop. This is in addition to another laptop, with another BitLocker issue. The fact that roughly a third of Microsoft's code repositories are AI generated is really, really beginning to show. #Enshittification

Let it be noted that this Canadian politely declines this invitation. #TrumpTariffs #TariffsAreTaxes To my friends, family, and comrades south of the border... please collect your man.

Just watched the latest South Park episode (S27E01). I am wheezing. Could've done without the last two minutes (oh boy). Nobody needed to see that. ... but everything up to that was the highest acerbic satire, of both the crass variety (expected) and touching the moment. #SouthPark

I received the strangest compliment this week. "Vincent, you're like a Chat-GPT for politics." ... I'm going to reflect on the remark, as I'm still trying to figure out what they meant. I will admit, though, when *I* hallucinate answers it's more entertaining. #AI