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

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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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Bob Jonkman @bobjonkman.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 13/09/2026

@f800gecko #TIL a cajon has a snare string. That's a lovely instrument, all the more so because of the repurposed materials. Very #SolarPunk.

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

[re: Spicy Tech Hot Take] @art I would have disagreed with you 10 years ago. Headphone jacks for headphones, microphone jacks for microphones, sockets for power supplies, many USB-A for other things, and an ethernet port. But my new laptop has no ethernet, has one of those combo headset/mic […]

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

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[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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Bob Jonkman @bobjonkman.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 07/09/2026

@screwturn A On B the colour of the glitter blends too much with the colour of the skull. High contrast FTW.

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

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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*.

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

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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.

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

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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

Bob Jonkman @bobjonkman.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 06/09/2026

@tcfolkpunk.bsky.social I just went out to see J.P. Mortier, don't know if I can swing another concert in two weeks... #Alt4you T.C. Folkpunk Book launch party for "17 Songs" * a collection of Folkpunk lyrics & poems Sat. Sep. 19 4-7 pm Sauce on Danforth 1376 Danforth Ave folkpunk.com #FolkPunk

T.C. Folkpunk
Book launch party for
"17 Songs"
* a collection of Folkpunk lyrics & poems

Sat. Sep. 19
4-7 pm
Sauce on Danforth
1376 Danforth Ave
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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 […]

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

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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

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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

J.P. Mortier at the Tranzac Club, just starting the second set. #JPMortier #Tranzac #Toronto

A man wearing a black shirt playing a guitar and singing into a micriphone.

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

JP starts off the soundcheck with an instrumental, "dedicated to the beautiful Lake Ontario!" I have found my happy place. #JPMortier #LakeOntario #NotLakeAmerica

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

I am arrived! At the Tranzac (Club? Lounge? Bar?) to see J.P. Mortier. I may have been one of those grizzled old men on the train, but my taste runs more towards social justice folk/rock than Iron Maiden. Toronto Fedi! Come join me! #JPMortier #Toronto #GoChro

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

My Presto fare card expired in 2018, but still let me in to the subway at Bloor station. I tried to find a staffed ticket booth to see if the card contains enough balance to let me back to get home. But it appears the TTC no longer employs ticket takers or info booth staff. Just security guards […]

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

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Now in Toronto's Union Station. I travelled through here every day for decades, a decade ago. Now I don't recognize anything. I have become one of those weekend travellers, unskilled in the art of train travel. #GoChro #UnionStation #TTC #Toronto

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

OK, all the parents with kids and people wearing bright clothing are leaving the train at the Exhibition station, probably going to the Ex. All the grizzled old men in black T-shirts staying on the train appear to be going to an Iron Maiden concert. #CanadianNationalExhibition #IronMaiden […]