PGConf.dev is where Postgres hackers and ecosystem builders come to share real work and build together. CFP closes Jan 16. On the fence? Get creative, submit your talk, and engage with the community.

This is, I think, the crux of it: www.thehandbasket.co/p/trump-vene...

This was once Park Avenue. Bring it back:

Hi, I'm an open aluminum fish boat, a bottle of vodka and a 19 year olds executive function.

Tech is in an interesting place where some of the most accomplished engineers in the industry now say their job is now just telling AI to write all the code, debug it and fix the bugs. Some of this is marketing hype from people who are selling AI tools (Boris works on Claude Code) but it rings true

“An isolated bike lane is a toy; a useful network of bike and roll lanes is core infrastructure.” I love this commentary on how empowering it is to have choices in your community. It’s also invigorating to know many communities in the region are contributing to a useful network of transportation ♥️

A thread of tech/investment trends I’ve been wrong about and what each thought me.

I would like to recommend this article on the topic: marcochitti.substack.com/p/getting-bu...

if you're a conference organizer, an inn or BnB owner, a retail operation that caters to tourists, a museum, restaurant or theme park that does the same or if you own resorts or hotel chains, i think the operative words here are: "good luck with that" www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

Hey scientists and academics, anyone interested in moving to Canada? The Canada Impact+ Research Chairs program is a one-time initiative designed to support Canadian institutions in attracting world-leading researchers whose work addresses critical national and global challenges. 🧪 ⚛️ #AcademicSky

A spaceman’s work is never done.

Public Transit has a marketing problem in Canada. Not to customers (who love it) but to senior governments (who are apparently not even aware it exists). May I propose: "Transit. It's like a pipeline, but for people!"

I'm going to be talking about cartography in QGIS at PostGIS Day next week! It's easy to connect a PostGIS database to QGIS for data so learn some tips for doing good data viz. Free. Online. Level up. #gischat www.snowflake.com/postgis-day-...

Not AI slop, 100% real fish, right off the Ross Bay sea wall.

CFP for PGConf.dev 2026 is open until Jan 16 🐘 Tips for strong proposals: • Share what you discovered. Not just what you built. • Be specific • Discuss bigger Postgres picture • Failures welcome Be specific, connect to Postgres internals, and don’t hide the messy bits.

I'm doing a version of my Hand Drawn Maps workshop (as a double talk session) at FOSS4G North America on Wednesday 11/5 1:30-2:00! Bring some paper and stuff to write with and we'll draw some maps! #gischat Register: www.foss4gna.org

It's almost time for #foss4gna and I have yet to promote my talk. Need inspiration for that next conversation from proprietary to open source GIS, come check me out on Wednesday! #postgres #mapbox #maplibre #docker

Any #foss4gna friends making dinner plans for tonight?

How do you manage your ear buds?

My favourite podcasts @TheWarOnCars and Volts by @volts.wtf made a crossover episode. Both podcasts handle the biggest issues I see in the world currently. The War on Cars https://thewaroncars.org is about our over-reliance on personal cars. Volts https://www.volts.wtf is all about energy. How […]

Andrej Karpathy’s take on AI coding agents feels grounded. The industry’s chasing full autonomy when models still hallucinate too much. Agents that churn out a thousand lines of code leave you either blindly trusting them or slogging through reviews. These tools should embrace their fallibility.

This may seem cute but if you do this too much the cyclists may become reliant on cars feeding them, disrupting the delicate roadway ecosystem

I really don’t understand this decision from the Sora team. Why prioritize AI slop videos from my friends? It isn’t videos about them or their lives, why should I care about my high school friend’s deepfaked video of drinking a beer with Tupac & JFK over that of an influencer?

The province is supporting a high-density student housing build for the University of Victoria, which aims to alleviate affordability and availability challenges for students that often lead to long commutes and less time spent on campus.

Macron remarks are notable- some quotes: "We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks that are controlled either by large American entrepreneurs or large Chinese companies, whose interests are not at all the survival or proper functioning of our democracies."

@pwramsey.bsky.social and I are hosting PostGIS Day again this year! The call for papers and registration is open now. Join us! www.snowflake.com/postgis-day-...

UVic receives $5M investment from the Mastercard Foundation to strengthen education initiatives for indigenous youth. 🔗 Learn more about this investment: news.uvic.ca/media-releas...

Sad FOSS4G news, Darrell Fuhriman, who organized the 2014 event in Portland, and has been a giving and supportive open source person forever, is in a bad way. If you can help in any way, please do. www.gofundme.com/f/help-darre...

This is a nice BC Ferries story. #SunshineCoast #BCFerries vancouversun.com/news/kindnes...

Cool! New Half Mile of Bike Lane Funnels Cyclists Straight into Portal to Hell: tinyurl.com/79pnj5fu

important new signage

Make a band a food: Tragically Dip

Assuming Washington D.C. still exists and only if it is safe for you to come to America to spend your business dollars without being arbitrarily detained, please attend my talk where I discuss being nerd sniped by @pwramsey.bsky.social into writing the stupidest geospatial format possible. #foss4g

This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.

Is that a PhD level expert in your pocket, or are you just glad to see me?

Everyone in the #yyjbike community needs to hop on their bikes and ride up Lochside to say ‘hi’ to the new little piglets! They are adorable (making the cutest little grunting sounds). I just noticed them on my way home last night and literally slammed on my brakes to stop for a visit. 😍🚲 🐖

In the abstract there's no inherent connection between crypto and being a malevolent, transgressive asshole. But the two things run together with remarkable consistency.

Orcas in Victoria Harbour! Four! You can see the baby closest to camera #Orcas #yyj #Victoria #Harbour

Bad Map Projection: Interrupted Spheres xkcd.com/3122/

I still say Battleshots has the potential to turn very bad very quickly.

Updated to a M8.7

What governs whether the next big Cascadia earthquake will rupture the entire margin or stop partway? In our @weareseismica.bsky.social paper led by Jonatan Glehman, with Thomas Ulrich, Marlon Ramos, Yihe Huang, & Eric Lindsey, we link geodetic slip deficit models to 3D dynamic rupture simulations..

A story in two acts:

reasonably sure this is the first time a regional government agency has launched a new service with an elaborate broadway musical parody