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T.C. Folkpunk (and/or Cameronoise) @tcfolkpunk.bsky.social · 18h

Gig reminder, Toronto: Saturday October 3rd, Lighthouse 971 (971 Kingston Road) 12 noon to 3pm This one will be on the set list: www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgYP...

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TC Folkpunk "There's Much Discussion of Leon's Buttons" - live at Sauce on the Danforth, Toronto

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Jeremy @jeremy.nwt.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

Ok fedi-friends, I know it’s been a long time since I’ve posted anything here. Truthfully I haven’t had a lot to say. That’s changing now though as I cheerfully announce that I am running for a seat on #yellowknife city council. I love #democracy, I love the […] [Original post on nwt.social]

A man in a blue jacket and grey toque puts the finishing touches on super slick sign that says Jeremy in big purple letters on a yellow background

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Radio Waterloo CKMS-FM 102.7 @radiowaterloo.ca · 01/10/2026

Meet The Candidate, @radiowaterloo.ca's Municipal Election interview show is now accepting interview requests from all municipal council candidates in WaterlooRegion. Check the calendar at radiowaterloo.ca/mtc/ for an available timeslot! #WRpoli #WaterlooRegion #MunicipalElection2026

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Alexandre Oliva @lxo.snac.lx.oliva.nom.br.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026

Numerous different calendar systems are used in the world. The Christian/Western/Gregorian calendar counts the years from an estimate of the year when Jesus was born, and the year turns when the date changes from Dec 31 to Jan 1. There are lunar and solar calendar systems that have been […]

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Emily Lowan (she/her) @emilylowan.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

With snap election rumours heating up... I spoke to Global News about the BCNDP's "strategy". British Columbians deserve a better option than status quo parties that only care about their own interests. Join the BC Greens and let's believe in better together. bcgreens.ca/join

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Bob Jonkman @bobjonkman.ca · 17/09/2026

I've updated Regional and Mayoral candidates, it seems several had changed their contact info with elections clerks since the candidate lists were certified. More updates coming soon. poliblog.jonkman.ca/Poliblog-Ele... #WRpoli #WaterlooRegion #MunicipalElection #Election2026

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2026 Region of Waterloo Municipal Elections - Candidates for all jurisdictions in Waterloo Region

Datetime: 2026-09-17T01:08:39 2026 Region of Waterloo Municipal Elections - Candidates for all jurisdictions in Waterloo Region

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Ben Zanin @gnomon.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026

@megmac @bobjonkman I see you already have an answer for this specific question, but in the future if you're looking for authoritative sources for timezone/DST policy changes, the first place I always look is the tzdb¹ mailing list² ³. The tzdb project does produce code, but fundamentally it is […]

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Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026

Well, I made it through the environmental education guest lecture on the environmental costs of generative AI and the billionaire space race without crying. Though I got real close at the end when a student asked about how long humans can survive with all of these unhinged-from-reality AI data […]

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Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026

It's going to be a very long, really hard day. I made sure to feed lots of apples and corn stalks to the goats during morning chores. Please enjoy my goats looking like they are singing opera, and my cat who always jumps up on my shoulder when I come in for […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

A whole bunch of goats in a grassy area. A black goat with a white nose and long white ears is staring intensely at the camera, waiting her turn for apples. A hand is feeding a small ground-fall apple to a white goat right next to the black goat.

Multiple goats with apples entirely in their mouths, with their heads back to get the apples to their molars. They all look like they are singing opera. There are lots of other goats in the background, oblivious to the apple-opera. There's green grass and a tall wooden fence in the far background, with a cloudy sky above.

Similar to the previous picture, but only a couple of goats are obviously eating apples. There's also a large yellowish dog in the background in addition to all the goats.

A close-up of the face of a stripey grey cat looking wildly at something right above the camera, while perched on a person's shoulder. There's a curtain over a window in the background.

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Fair Vote Canada 🗳️🍁 @fairvote.ca · 15/09/2026

Decisions about privatising public assets should require broad majority consensus, not unilateral action by parties without majority support. Proportional representation ensures major decisions reflect genuine consensus, not the whims of whichever party wins key swing ridings.

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Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 @chris.mstdn.chrisalemany.ca.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026

“The new regime cuts Canada’s marginal effective tax rate on new business investment by more than half, from 13 per cent to 6.4 per cent. The government says that is the lowest rate of any major advanced economy.” Great! Less revenue! Less services! More taxes on the rest of us! Go Liberal […]

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Meg @megmac.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026

Ok can someone remind me or fill me in on how Alberta procedurally switched away from time switching and on to permanent daylight savings time? I remember the government saying they were considering it earlier this year, but I don't remember anything about legislation being passed or even an […]

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Mick 🇨🇦 @mick.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy · 13/09/2026

@evan is it a rupture? A war? Really? What are we even doing here? We can invite the world to help us build pipelines, poison the atmosphere, reneg on our commitments to #climatejustice , shred our social safety net to pay for weapons in order to assert our independence from the US, but we […]

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Kyle Memoir 🍉🐧 @f800gecko.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 12/09/2026

A pal asked if I could turn a two-bottle LCBO gift box into a mini-cajon. The results were pleasing. I bought a snare wire for $20, a strip of cedar for the sound board, and some 3/8 quarter round to reinforce the box. The thin plywood bottle separator […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

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Stephen Sekula @steve.mastodon.cooleysekula.net.ap.brid.gy · 11/09/2026

Dear Fediverse, The Super Cryogenic Dark Matter Search, or SuperCDMS, experiment is bridged into the #fediverse from Bluesky. They’ve suddenly become very active again today, and I promised when this happened I would advertise them to the […] [Original post on mastodon.cooleysekula.net]

The SuperCDMS experiment after completing construction and heading into operations in 2026.

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Radio Waterloo CKMS-FM 102.7 @radiowaterloo.ca · 11/09/2026

At 10am on Saturday 12 September @RadioWaterloo.ca will be doing a Live-To-Air broadcast at the Walk For Parkinson's at Kiwanis Park in Kitchener. Join us on the radio at CKMS-FM 102.7, online at radiowaterloo.ca/listen/ or meet us IRL at the park! radiowaterloo.ca/live-to-air-... #WalkForPD #PSSO

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arthur.pizza @art.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 09/09/2026

[Spicy Tech Hot Take] All you need is USB-C on devices these days. If it's PD and USB4 compatible you can connect anything to it. Dongles are not terribe. I can use the same dongles on ALL my devices. All my mics and headphones work over USB (or Bluetooth) and it's flawless.

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T.C. Folkpunk (and/or Cameronoise) @tcfolkpunk.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

No worries Bob! It would be great to see you, but no pressure. Thanks for the reskeet and the alt text suggestion. I was rushing out the door when I posted that and didn't have time to type out the alt.

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Aza @describingunity.blahaj.zone.ap.brid.gy · 04/09/2026

New video: Forest Squat A Las Barricadas Youtube Invidious Solidarity with the @Bannybleibt@chaos.social forest squat that was evicted yesterday!! 🌳🖤 I wish all those captured by the state a good recovery, and much power to future protests!! I'm very glad you're all already free! Devastatingly […]

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Meg @megmac.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy · 06/09/2026

There's also bike lanes *everywhere*.

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Meg @megmac.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy · 06/09/2026

There's a little public square a few blocks from my hotel in Montreal that's got a little food+bar stand, a stage, and a bunch of places to sit and it's been vibrantly active both days I've been here so far and that's so cool. There's also a pedestrian-only street (might be temporary?) to the […]

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John Schrag @jvschrag.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 05/09/2026

Went for a bike ride up the Don Valley this afternoon. The aftermath of Wednesday’s big storm is still visible, with whole fields of low bushes flattened all towards the south. Lots of tree branches down too, of course. We stopped at the future West Don […] [Original post on hachyderm.io]

Photo of a bushy field beside a bike trail. All of the low bushes have been flattened to the ground, pointing to the right. Trees seem unaffected.

Photo of a huge bridge support under construction. Yellow and green cranes stand to its left. Other construction machinery is on the ground in front. The top of the support is covered with a wood structure resembling a pagoda.

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Stephen Sekula @steve.mastodon.cooleysekula.net.ap.brid.gy · 05/09/2026

Had a nice hike through a local park today.

The sun and partly cloudy skies over a forested area

A lake is visible through leafy tree branches

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Bob Jonkman @bobjonkman.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 03/09/2026

RE: mastodon.social/@bikeottawa/1172078… BikeNite Potential Question: There are municipal elections in Ontario, and cycling advocacy orgs are doing "Rides with the Candidates". Have you done a "Ride with a Candidate"? Does it do any good? That is, are candidates who go on […]

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😀🚲 @enobacon.urbanists.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/09/2026

RE: haunted.computer/@Dio9sys/117204850… Whose cursor doesn't get big when you wiggle it a lot?

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Dr. Victoria Grinberg @vicgrinberg.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/08/2026

Not quite some #VisibleMending, but definitely #mending: my olive linen pants definitely would not have survived more than another wear, so I added some thin, soft denim-like material and fixes it with Sashiko-like (I know, not real Sashiko) stitches. One […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Inner legs of a pair or olive linen pants covered in stitches holding blue material that shines through the threadbare material of the pants.

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Bob Jonkman @bobjonkman.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 29/08/2026

Travelling on GO Transit on a Saturday. There must be something going on in Toronto. The train is as crowded as it was when I was commuting daily. But now with weekend travellers, unskilled in the art of train travel. #GOTransit

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Bob Jonkman @bobjonkman.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 29/08/2026

At the GO Transit railway station. What kind of dystopian SciFi future have I arrived in? #GOTransit #SciFi #Dystopia #IHateThisTimeline

Two B&W posters on the train station windows: "A safer Ontario means building new jails" and "A safer Ontario means a bail system that keeps our neighbourhoods safe"

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Bob Jonkman @bobjonkman.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 29/08/2026

I am doing plumbing. I am in cranky mood. Yes, it is now 1:20 in the a.m.

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Mark T. Tomczak @mark.mastodon.fixermark.com.ap.brid.gy · 24/08/2026

Thinking about the era of technology where the easiest way to display images was to take all the air out of a tube and point a death ray at your face. It's fine though. There was a thin screen between you and the death ray that caught all the death and turned it into pretty colors.

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Bob Jonkman @bobjonkman.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 25/08/2026

Hoping to see J.P. Mortier at the #Tranzac Club on Saturday 29 August 2026. Gotta figure out #GOTransit. Haven't been on the GO in ten years, and it seems my Presto card has expired. #Toronto #LiveMusic

J.P. Mortier
Solo performance
Saturday, August 29, 2026
5 to 7 p.m.
Tranzac Southern Cross
292 Brunswick, Toronto, ON M5S 2M7
www.jpmortier.com
www.jpmortiermusic.com
www.subvert.fm/jp-mortier

(indistinct almost-silhouette of J.P. Mortier playing guitar at a microphone)

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Johanna, CanCon variety @johannab.ca · 25/08/2026

Waterloo, I am disappoint. Spent the morning with the 2026 MFC cohort watching all their proposals for closing the gender gap in urban cycling. I had a few stops on my ride home on the Laurel, for train and street crossings. Got home to find some jerk took the opportunity to toss their takeout […]

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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 24/08/2026

"I wouldn't have to do crime, and steal to eat." Quote by someone released from incarceration who was polled about the idea of unconditional basic income. And here's another quote you may already know. It's a line from Bertolt Brecht's Threepenny Opera: "First comes food. Then comes morality."

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Radio Waterloo CKMS-FM 102.7 @radiowaterloo.ca · 24/08/2026

At 3pm on CKMS #CommunityConnections Robin Arnott joins Bob Jonkman to talk about the Walk for Parkinson's on 12 and 13 September. Listen to @RadioWaterloo on CKMS-FM 102.7, online at radiowaterloo.ca/listen, and YouTube Live: youtu.be/Z8bBCV7kcKU #CommunityRadio #WaterlooRegion

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Stephen Sekula @steve.mastodon.cooleysekula.net.ap.brid.gy · 20/08/2026

… After a reboot-and-try-to-dock cycle, the robot was still unable to get up the ramp to dock. It seemed frustrated, as if something was preventing it from making the climb. I began to suspect something was trapped under the robot, but with only one camera view there was no way to know. So I […]

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Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/08/2026

RE: mastodon.ie/@psneeze/11711744454624… Also while I was frantically running between telescopes and students and photographers, the physics department head showed me on his phone that the cover article for Scientific American this month is "The Battle for the Night Sky" without […]

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Radio Waterloo CKMS-FM 102.7 @radiowaterloo.ca · 17/08/2026

At 3pm on CKMS #CommunityConnection Bob Jonkman talks with Jahanvi, Noor, Manahil, and Luma from Youth Food Systems. Listen to @RadioWaterloo at CKMS-FM 102.7, online at radiowaterloo.ca/listen/, or YouTube Live: youtu.be/StX91C-DSu0 #CommunityRadio #WaterlooRegion #YouthInFoodSystems

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Darren @dplattsf.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/08/2026

Sunday #linux #sysadmin blues.. That sinking feeling when you've typed shutdown -h now been kicked off the server and yet the service running on the host seems to be inexplicably still working fine and then you realized you typed the command in the wrong window...

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Darcy Casselman @flyingsquirrel.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/08/2026

Watching probably too many man-on-the-street interviews from the #Clacton by-election, I've come to the conclusion that the phrase "He tells it like it is" is just code for "He's a racist who gives me license to be a racist."

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Bob Jonkman @bobjonkman.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 15/08/2026

Hey Fedi: Is there any demand for "Mechanics Illustrated" magazine from 1979 to the mid 1980s? I just found someone's stash, and they're about to go in recycling... #AskFedi #LazyWeb

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Johanna, CanCon variety @johannab.ca · 11/08/2026

Because my brain should be elsewhere, but I'm tired and the world is on fire, I'm pondering mobility futures - my own, specifically. I'm already struggling with externalities of cycling - storage, stowing and deploying, and my potential loss of ability to power it - but forsee a near future […]

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Radio Waterloo CKMS-FM 102.7 @radiowaterloo.ca · 10/08/2026

At 3pm on CKMS #CommunityConnections we talk with Lulia and Marcia of #Run4OfficeWR about running for office in the 2026 municipal election. Listen to @RadioWaterloo.ca at CKMS-FM 102.7, online at radiowaterloo.ca/listen, and YouTube Live: youtu.be/Vpmqw1VhA2I #CommunityRadio #WaterlooRegion

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CM Harrington @octothorpe.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 03/08/2026

Sometimes I just put a big spoonful of peanut butter in a mug and throw in dark chocolate chips and eat it as a treat. I can do this because I’m an adult.

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Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/07/2026

Ok... so a couple of things I've learned from people's responses: These aren't formal code review requests. People are just asking me to look at a thing they made with AI-generated code and tell them if it seems scientifically accurate (which... I don't think is possible for me to do). Also […]

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Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/07/2026

I'll add that I think 2 of the requests were extremely well-intentioned. They just wanted to get an expert to check before sharing widely. I'm sure they didn't think about how much work it would be to actually review their code up to the standards of science (likely impossible). If I think of […]

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Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/07/2026

RE: mastodon.social/@hannorein/11699373… So... after naively asking @hannorein earlier in the week for advice on someone for the first time asking me for vibe-coding review (because it relates to a paper we're working on that's *almost done*), I've now been asked two more times […]

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