Voting has opened for which movie we're watching on Tuesday, Apr 28th! Submit your votes now at http://cinema.tion.ca and check back after 5pm on Tuesday to join in. Pre-drinking will start before 6, and we'll start the movie around 7pm Eastern. #cinema_tion_ca

But we need government to do its part. This video was shared on American social media network YouTube. Why? We have video networks at home. We have the CBC. We have government Web sites. This is a post by our government, for our citizens. It should be hosted here.

By way of contrast, have a quick read through this Discourse write-up of an incident that only ever affected a non-user-facing back end service performance metric: https://blog.discourse.org/2026/04/how-jennifer-aniston-and-friends-cost-us-377gb-and-broke-ext4-hardlinks/ (ht […]

The key signposts that I look for in an incident write-up are: 1. What actually happened, based on full information organized post facto 2. How the investigation process proceeded, before full knowledge of the issue was earned 3. What actions were taken to restore service 4. A list of […]

RE: https://disabled.social/@MikeImBack/116420391595617233 I'd like to share a few fun facts about this $30M private jet. . . . it would require a 50% runway length extension to takeoff from Toronto City Center Island Airport. It can't operate on the gravel runways in Northern communities like […]

Voting has opened for which movie we're watching on Tuesday, Mar 24th! Submit your votes now at http://cinema.tion.ca and check back after 5pm on Tuesday to join in. Pre-drinking will start before 6, and we'll start the movie around 7pm Eastern. #cinema_tion_ca

Celebrating Women of Aviation Worldwide Week!

Voting has opened for which movie we're watching on Tuesday, Feb 24th! Submit your votes now at http://cinema.tion.ca and check back after 5pm on Tuesday to join in. Pre-drinking will start before 6, and we'll start the movie around 7pm Eastern. #cinema_tion_ca

If other democracies want to help democracy in America right now, they can start selling our treasuries. That seems to be the only thing that gets Republicans to take action against Trump.

Remember "don't print this email" in signatures that was a bit cringe? It doesn't feel that cringe anymore in retrospect. I'm doing an experiment now with this new email signature :D Anyone doing something similar? Could it catch on?

The shops that should hire @mhoye need a deep problem (check, lots of those out there), moderately deep pockets (for better or worse that's not uncommon), and (1/2) at least one senior leader with hiring authority who (2/2) will put their own skin in the game to give him room and time to operate […]

Attending an online public meeting about the Ontario Line, and it’s instructive to note how much faith Metrolinx has squandered on this project. The individuals are trying to support the community so I don’t blame them, but the overall system result is a community that rejects everything they […]

Voting has opened for which movie we're watching on Tuesday, Jan 13th! Submit your votes now at http://cinema.tion.ca and check back after 5pm on Tuesday to join in. Pre-drinking will start before 6, and we'll start the movie around 7pm Eastern. #cinema_tion_ca

Has your family gotten the hints yet that you'd like the gift of flight for Christmas? Sharing this post is the best way to keep them reminded: https://www.sosaglidingclub.com/introductory-flights

Hey #canadians: we support each other, we stand up for each other, and we show up for each other. Here is how we do that right now, today: https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-7027 Even if you only read the petition, learning about what the Saskatchewan and […]

Ran into a problem in prod? Just generate a fake cloudflare error page and blame it on them - gives you time to fix. #foss #devops #cloudflare #infosec

I finished and released a new video on the state of electric aviation! It’s been a labor of love for the past 4 months, and I hope you all enjoy it! https://youtu.be/95JWx3O5sGE If you’d like read this rather than watch a 24 minute video, I have the transcript up at […]

Riding the first Line 6 train was entertaining. Being part of the first Line 6 short-turn was historic too. A new line, one with a lot of policy-related potential not requiring any construction changes, is an exciting thing to celebrate. But it's difficult to be too happy. It's not the line […]

Voting has opened for which movie we're watching on Tuesday, Dec 9th! Submit your votes now at http://cinema.tion.ca and check back after 5pm on Tuesday to join in. Pre-drinking will start before 6, and we'll start the movie around 7pm Eastern. #cinema_tion_ca

Can’t wait for next season!

Congratulations to our student pilots who achieved solo and license this year and to all our members for their individual accomplishments.

SOSA had a fantastic 2025 season, racking up over 3500 flights!

Wherein PM Mark Carney explains his idea of affordable housing to Toronto Life Magazine Source: https://torontolife.com/deep-dives/prime-minister-mark-carney-texting-trump-housing-crisis-ai/

Our Black Friday deal is the best on the internet today, you can get your loved one the best possible gift: flight! https://www.sosaglidingclub.com/introductory-flights

With 50cm of snow hitting us for Black Friday, the best way to get your holiday shopping done will just be to buy everyone a soaring flight gift certificate from the comfort of home, so everyone can daydream of an unforgettable summer day to come soon! […] [Original post on aircrew.rocks]

Some say that incident retrospectives should be blameless, but there are always exceptions https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/9-year-old-was-working-bc-carnival-ride-when-drunk-patron-fell-out-breaking-bones-regulator/

Voting has opened for which movie we're watching on Tuesday, Nov 11th! Submit your votes now at http://cinema.tion.ca and check back after 5pm on Tuesday to join in. Pre-drinking will start before 6, and we'll start the movie around 7pm Eastern. #cinema_tion_ca

“Remember, remember! The fifth of November, The Gunpowder treason and plot; I know of no reason Why the Gunpowder treason Should ever be forgot!”

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In case you also missed this announcement when it came out -- there's a new 2025 Halloween Bootie Mashup album, and also a new 2025 Cyberpunk album available now! https://bootiemashup.com/mix-tapes/

I'm in a #github internal group for high-profile FOSS projects (due to @leaflet having a few kilo-stars), and the second most-wanted feature is "plz allow us to disable copilot reviews", with the most-wanted feature being "plz allow us to block issues/PRs […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Me when a monster tries to jumpscare me

Regarding Canada Post and the postal workers strike:

Voting has opened for which movie we're watching on Tuesday, Oct 14th! Submit your votes now at http://cinema.tion.ca and check back after 5pm on Tuesday to join in. Pre-drinking will start before 6, and we'll start the movie around 7pm Eastern. #cinema_tion_ca

A generic gripe about the weather https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hcb6ADuwaZM

This is essentially the state religion. Canada’s media is advising elites to invest in oligopolies—and laugh all the way to the bank ⋆ The Breach https://breachmedia.ca/canadas-media-is-advising-elites-to-invest-in-oligoplies-and-laugh-all-the-way-to-the-bank/

Attention Gen Xers and boomers with registered domain names 🚨 If you, like me, put a fictitious organization in your domain name registration 25 years ago because NetSol or ICANN did not allow you to leave that field blank, recent policy changes will make that organization name the *legal […]

Voting has opened for which movie we're watching on Tuesday, Sep 9th! Submit your votes now at http://cinema.tion.ca and check back after 5pm on Tuesday to join in. Pre-drinking will start before 6, and we'll start the movie around 7pm Eastern. #cinema_tion_ca

I don't know who needs to hear this, but if you're currently eligible to open a new FHSA then you should put in at least $1 in the next three months. (this is advice for people in Canada, more detailed advice available on request)

Voting has opened for which movie we're watching on Tuesday, Aug 12th! Submit your votes now at http://cinema.tion.ca and check back after 5pm on Tuesday to join in. Pre-drinking will start before 6, and we'll start the movie around 7pm Eastern. #cinema_tion_ca

Voting has opened for which movie we're watching on Tuesday, July 15th! Submit your votes then at http://cinema.tion.ca and check back after 5pm on Tuesday to join in. Pre-drinking will start before 6, and we'll start the movie around 7pm Eastern. #cinema_tion_ca

This Friday, 2025-07-11, the #cinema_tion_ca weirdos are going to the Drive-In movies (Oakville). If you are reading these words, then you and yours are invited. Put it in your calendar already, jeez. Voting, details, and planning progress tracked as posted at http://cinema.tion.ca/drive-in

Does everyone get a free airtag hidden like an Easter egg when buying a used car, or just me?

In March of 2025, an unknown number of people in Ontario were sent letters with the name, address, bank account number, and medical diagnosis, of a complete stranger… printed on the back of their own letter. What were supposed to be single-sided letters were unintentionally printed double-sided […]