3 Днем #вишиванки! Happy #happyvyshyvankaday

RE: https://mastodon.social/@Bwacton/116607982722295553 This is very much needed in our neighbourhood. There are way too many Angry White Men With Loud Mufflers around here.

Well, that was awesome. Senators and MPs and their staffers, learning about space debris and satellite pollution from 3 Canadian professors. I hope it makes some difference in saving the night sky (and the atmosphere, and being able to continue using Low Earth Orbit...) Thank you @Paulatics for […]

We need this in #bc where the cites are in galleries that just reflect the noise. One asshole on a motorcycle, a jerk with load pipes, Ram with modified exhaust can disturb 100s of people and they think it’s fun […]

Woohoo another win, it’s nice to see the #canadian press doing their job. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/entropy-live-shutting-down-fifth-estate-9.7201125

Here’s the solution to #alberta #separation as part of the upcoming #trade negotiations we pay the #usa in separatist. They want something upfront in the trade deal let’s give them these folks. They’re white, males just what the #us wants. How should Canada handle Alberta separatism? […]

This is great we need to get #privatejet landing fees up across all airports in the world. Make it based on carbon footprint https://fortune.com/2026/05/16/new-york-private-jet-tax-mamdani-teterboro-port-authority-elevate-aviation/

Hey I need #icecubes help. Awhile back my local and federated just disappeared. I’ve tried logging out and logging back in but no luck. Thanks

Love this storey. https://electrek.co/2026/05/16/fisker-ocean-open-source-ev-story-after-bankruptcy/ #cars #ev #enshittification #opensource

But hey, thats just one woman who refuses to support nazis opinion

Trump is a misogynist and our world is steeped in misogyny. Being exposed to it is part of "normal" life for women. But re: this display by Trump, Id say, it was normalized right around the time everyone found out he bragged about grabbing women by their genitals and abusing them.

I have no idea how Hantavirus will play out, but I am going to remember the most important lesson I learned from the COVID lockdowns and run out and get a haircut tomorrow. Then I'll pick up toilet paper.

What the student did was write the paper, and then asked ChatGPT for comments on it. And, of course, some of the comments were wrong. Which the student caught. This might be the most useful way to incorporate genAI into courses I've seen. No my idea - the student did this on their own!

Ok well at least it is a #canadian venture, but Kamloops doesn’t have atone of water, there needs to be new technologies to reduce the cooling requirements for data centres. Plan unveiled for 'sovereign AI data centre' cluster in Kamloops, Vancouver https://flip.it/krkKWD

No, not “maybe later”. Never. I do not want notifications from your app, and I am completely confident that I never, ever, will in the future. Also, it’s not about me, it’s about you, app. You’re creepy and controlling.

Interview 2 went much better (which is good, Saskatoon is where it's most likely that pieces would be found, if there are any pieces) and I remembered to say the email address I want people to send possible space junk finds to! AND I got a better camera setup and actually brushed my hair. But […]

Baby goat highway! For whatever reason every generation of baby goats finds this tiny ledge of concrete and plays on it, and it's hilarious every year.

I am starting a petition to no longer refer to AI "art" as AI art, but instead as Computer-Rendered Artificial Pictures (CRAP). Pass it on. 😉 #aislop

Hey can anyone help me with getting back my mastodon.social feed? I’m using IceCubes and it has disappeared. I found it useful for find new folks to follow. Thanks

The struggle is real.

excited to announce that Wizard Zines is now shipping Canadian orders from Canada! now shipping is cheaper & there's no risk of being hit with duties get your zines at https://wizardzines.com

I recognize that this is not a *new* idea, but it occurred to me that if Google wanted to start pushing “51st State" propaganda (or any other disgusting ideas) to a whole generation of children in #Canada , we don't really have a viable alternative to Google Classroom and Chromebooks. This is […]

Train in Blizzard, Philadelphia, PA, 2010. All the pixels, but look both ways before crossing them, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/4347814086 #photography

When are we going to stop appeasing the bully? The midterms are coming up, let's use that to our advantage. Targeted sanctions that hit the republicans where it hurts. Europe has done it before, we can do it again […]

Ah, now that you've repeated yourself in ALL CAPS and added some gratuitous insults, I am persuaded by your argument.

[Definitely kind of bragging, but funny] I just wrote this sentence in a document where I needed to demonstrate my credibility as an expert, and I keep giggling about it "I am an astronomy professor, and thanks to Saskatchewan's beautifully dark skies and a couple of very unfortunately placed […]

#canada is it time to bring back the digital tax? https://apnews.com/article/australia-tax-meta-google-tiktok-journalism-8022cacf561f2fc254999b04346eac87

I guess if I take enough pictures of the baby goat snuggle pile, eventually one will be sorted by colour. Cute!

Lately I have been trying to tell manplainers and sea lions what they're doing before blocking them, to give them a shot at apologizing. But it almost always results in angry dudes saying obnoxious things, not apologizing, and that doesn't make anyone feel better. This is just a reminder to […]

One more baby! #babygoatcountdown

I have mixed feelings about these cold war relics. On the one hand, they're artifacts of what was perhaps humanity's most dangerous folly to date, locking the world in a deadly game where the stakes only went up with each round. This doesn't seem like something to commemorate or celebrate. On […]

For those of you suffering the endless winter of the prairies here’s your chance to move to the Okanagan https://saltfowler.com/recip.html/listing.10379548-7697-baker-hogg-road-vernon-v1b-3s3.108234002

Maybe I could be "nicer" or "less arrogant" or whatever. But frankly, I'm not here to cater to everyone else's needs. Fuck it. I am who I am.

One thing that is very clear is that I rub a small but still non-trivial number of people here the wrong way. I honestly don't know what it is. I could approach this in a coupe different ways. One is deep introspection, try to find what it is about me that some people react negatively to, and […]

To be clear, I appreciate, and have learned much from, people who share stuff they know. I am on team know-it-all!

Someone just announced that they're blocking me for "acting like a know-it-all". (a) If you don't like reading what I post - for any reason or no reason - blocking me is a great solution. Seriously, I don't mind! (b) If you expect me to apologize for knowing stuff, see (a), above.

hey is there any #hackers out there that can shut down these Dutch terrorist? They are trying to destroy #canada by posting lies about the support for #alberta separatism. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/alberta-separatist-youtube-channels-netherlands-9.7174719

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@mekkaokereke/116460492250651385 And if you don't want to donate via a donor advised fund, you won't want to know that their federal tax ID is 63-0598743

Gosh, I think if you support a war of choice, you should enlist. Otherwise, watcha doin big guy

What's funny to me is the maga neighborhood near me is where the rich are. my working class neighborhood, no one supports Trump. Not that I know of. But the richies in the mcmansions near the lakes and golf courses? Maga!

Sending peace.

I know it's easier to post on American social media services. But Canadians have been doing a lot of things that are harder just to support Canadian businesses and keep our dollars on this side of the border. Government can do things that are a little harder, too.

It has been brought to my attention that I've used the vulgar and offensive term "motherfuckers" in two recent posts to describe various classes of people. And that is, of course, because I'm a stickler for both clarity and precision when referring to techbros and transphobes. Which means I […]

Once again for the back of the room: blocking a person does not ‘silence’ them or impede their free speech. It is a simple action of self-determination, like hanging up the phone, or getting up and moving to a different table, or telling a person they aren’t welcome in your home. The […]

I’ve discovered that I can tell when things are going badly on other social platforms because suddenly there will be a wave of argumentative numpties barging into our Masto-livingrooms insisting that we owe them our time and attention. I don’t mean that I don’t want to meet or chat with new […]

Heh. There’s a app delivery driver who’s dropped off here several times named “Mad Killer”. With some trepidation, I just met them outside to get my food. Turned out to be a sweet looking elderly lady. Still definitely not going to mess with her.