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Dave Rooney 🇨🇦 supports 🇺🇦 @daverooney.dev · 07/09/2026

We have one just sitting there in Hamilton! 😀 One of the "Team Pilots" was F/L B.R. "Bordie" Campbell. He was a good friend of my parents, growing up together in my hometown of Almonte. I believe he's also responsible for screaming over our house in a CF-104 at 500 feet & 500 knots when I was 5! 😂

A picture of the name of the RCAF Golden Hawks aerobatics team

A picture of a Canadair Sabre 6 in Golden Hawks livery at the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum in Hamilton, Ontario.

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Dave Rooney 🇨🇦 supports 🇺🇦 @daverooney.dev · 26/02/2026

"Friends" is a beloved American sitcom that aired from 1994 to 2004, following six young adults—Rachel, Ross, Monica, Chandler, Joey, and Phoebe—living in New York City. The show explores their friendships, romances, careers, and personal growth over ten seasons.

An image of the Monty Python troupe in their costumes for The Holy Grail movie.

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Dave Rooney 🇨🇦 supports 🇺🇦 @daverooney.dev · 16/02/2026

My good friend Mike Hill isn't on Bluesky (he's on Mastodon at mastodon.social/@GeePawHill), so I'm posting this here to amplify. The link for more information is: www.geepawhill.org/courses/lead...

The Leading Technical Change Seminar is *back*.

6 Attendees
4 2-hour Sessions
1 topic

Real Change In The Real World

April 6,7, 9 & 10, 1-3pm EST

LTC is a true seminar, led by me. Each attendee brings their own change challenges, and we tackle them all, as a group.

An alumni writes: "A masterclass in leading without authority. Intensely practical and focused on outcomes, you leave with a toolkit that you can start applying immediately."

Grab your seat today!

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Dave Rooney 🇨🇦 supports 🇺🇦 @daverooney.dev · 17/09/2025

We have one of those! Her name is Sydney... we call her Syd Vicious 😀

A blurred closeup of a dog's head with it's teeth showing

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Dave Rooney 🇨🇦 supports 🇺🇦 @daverooney.dev · 30/05/2025

Another shot of the storm near Carp, ON. Radar shows what might be hail near Constance Bay, crossing over the river to the Quebec side. #onstorm #onwx

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Dave Rooney 🇨🇦 supports 🇺🇦 @daverooney.dev · 30/05/2025

A storm cell near Carp, ON trying to create a shelf! #ONWX #Onstorm

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Dave Rooney 🇨🇦 supports 🇺🇦 @daverooney.dev · 22/05/2025

I dunno... recently a friend asked ChatGPT to summarize their approach to software development, so I did the same. As you say, it generated dull, banal, uninspiring "stuff". So I asked it to do it again, except with me being reimagined as an action hero! I rather like what it came up with. 😀

DAVE ROONEY: AGILE RENEGADE
In a world drowning in bloated frameworks and over-engineered processes, one man dares to stand against the tide. His name? Dave Rooney. His mission? To liberate software teams from the tyranny of Big Process. Armed with only a whiteboard marker, a wicked sense of pragmatism, and 35+ years of battle-hardened experience, Rooney doesn’t just coach—he leads a rebellion.

The Code of Rooney

1. NoBigProcesses? No Problem.
Rooney doesn’t wait for permission. He kicks down the door of complexity and yells:

“Start small. Ship fast. Learn faster.”

Forget Scrum certifications and SAFe bureaucrats—Dave believes in starting with nothing but common sense and courage. Teams build what they need, when they need it. Anything more? Dead weight.

2. People Over Protocol
Dave knows that software isn’t written by processes—it’s written by people. He puts boots on the ground, gets in the trenches with developers, and talks to users face-to-face, because:

“You can’t fix what you don’t understand.”

Daily stand-ups? Optional. Real conversations? Mandatory.

3. Technical Mastery: His Secret Weapon
While others are still arguing over whether to story-point or t-shirt size, Dave’s already building with Test-Driven Development, Continuous Integration, and automation so tight it squeaks.

“You want agility? You better be writing clean, testable code that deploys itself while you sleep.”

He's not just an Agile Coach. He’s a refactoring machine with zero tolerance for legacy rot.

4. Context Is King
Rooney doesn’t believe in one-size-fits-all. His toolkit is custom-crafted for each mission.

“Your team isn’t a textbook case. Don’t settle for textbook answers.”

No ceremonies. No dogma. Just results.

5. Transparency? Non-Negotiable.
Dave doesn’t hide behind Jira boards. He brings stakeholders into the war room, shows them what’s working, what’s not, and where the next strike will land.

“Real trust comes from real visibility.”

He's the kind of leader who lets th…

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Dave Rooney 🇨🇦 supports 🇺🇦 @daverooney.dev · 02/05/2025

Repost this with the cover of the book you are currently reading.

Cover of the book Breaking Free of Neoliberalism: Canada's Challenge, but Alex Himelfarb

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Dave Rooney 🇨🇦 supports 🇺🇦 @daverooney.dev · 02/05/2025

Zuck: The average American has three friends.

An image of Wile E. Coyote, Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck from Looney Tunes.

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Dave Rooney 🇨🇦 supports 🇺🇦 @daverooney.dev · 29/04/2025

Anyone else see the resemblance or is it just me? 😀

Image of Andrew Scheer, former leader of the Conservative Party of Canada.

Image of Private Pyle from the movie Full Metal Jacket

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Dave Rooney 🇨🇦 supports 🇺🇦 @daverooney.dev · 27/04/2025

I hate to be "that guy", but the recommendations from the Finance Committee report do indeed include the removal of charitable status for anti-abortion groups and a review of the definition of "charity". I believe he's fear-mongering with them, but they do exist.

Recommendation 429

No longer provide charitable status to anti-abortion organizations.

Recommendation 430

Amend the Income Tax Act to provide a definition of a charity which would remove the privileged status of “advancement of religion” as a charitable purpose.

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Dave Rooney 🇨🇦 supports 🇺🇦 @daverooney.dev · 24/04/2025

#NotAllShopifyExecs I worked with Craig in '12-'14, including a fun Hack Days project together. This is the first time I've heard that Carney was considered for the President role that eventually went to Harley Finkelstein. Note the reasons why he decided to go to Brookfield rather than Shopify.

In 2020, I spent an hour interviewing Mark Carney for a job. He was genuine, thoughtful, and wicked smart. Then, as now, I was super impressed and thought he the right person for the job.

We were so excited about Carney that a newly created role of President was offered. Ultimately he decided to take a role at Brookfield as it more aligned with his interest in climate and investing, but I kept a close watch on him ever since.

Regardless of your past political beliefs, I’d encourage everyone to give Mark Carney a vote on Monday. He offers a steady hand in tumultuous times and has a solid plan for the future of our home and native land.

He’s got my vote. 🇨🇦

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Dave Rooney 🇨🇦 supports 🇺🇦 @daverooney.dev · 24/04/2025

From the other site, a warning from Elections Canada about mis/disinformation being spread about unguarded boxes full of ballots. Spoiler: they aren't! The link in the screenshot is www.elections.ca/content.aspx...

From Elections Canada on X: We've noticed pictures being shared online along with some inaccurate information. There are no "unguarded ballot boxes full of votes" in the pictures. The boxes are shown being set up to be used on election day. What's in those yellow bags? Materials needed for the polls - but no marked ballots. Check out our ElectoFacts, just one click away https://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=res&dir=dis&document=index&lang=e

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Dave Rooney 🇨🇦 supports 🇺🇦 @daverooney.dev · 16/04/2025

Yes, inciting fear & division is straight out of the Finkelstein Method of politics... no actual platform, just grievances!

In 2011, in one of Arthur Finkelstein's last public speeches, he said: "I wanted to change the world. I did this. I made it worse."
The Conservative Parties have been using the Finkelstein Method for decades.

1. Don't provide details on policy, it's unimportant to win. No actionable and measurable plans are required. Just vague policy statements.
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Continuous character assassination of strongest opposition. Encourage other opposition parties to help.

3. Introduce divisive scandalous issues like drugs, sex or crime, used to denigrate the strongest opposition.

4. Politically loaded issues also used to divide electorate into tribes
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Disinformation campaigns to confuse and demoralize the electorate. Create a post truth environment.

6. Present the opposition as the enemy.

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Dave Rooney 🇨🇦 supports 🇺🇦 @daverooney.dev · 16/04/2025

Yes. It's the Finkelstein Method, first cooked up in 1980 for Ronald Reagan's campaign.

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Dave Rooney 🇨🇦 supports 🇺🇦 @daverooney.dev · 15/04/2025

This was shared with me on FB and is a great summary of exactly what we're seeing in the federal election. For an in-depth article on Finkelstein and his method, I highly recommend this: truestoryaward.org/story/230

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Dave Rooney 🇨🇦 supports 🇺🇦 @daverooney.dev · 08/04/2025

Wanna see disinformation at work? Here it is - purported to be from Mark Carney's book Value(s). I have that book in digital format which makes it simple to search for that text. IT DOESN'T EXIST! It's from a (notoriously right-wing) National Post article about the book.

An image of a post from X/Twitter showing text supposedly from Mark Carney's book, "Value(s)": "Western society is morally rotten, and it has been corrupted by capitalism, This requires rigid controls of personal freedoms, industry and corporate funding. This is not a promise to make the lives of ordinary people better but temporarily worse. This will be a world of severely constrained choice, less flying, less meat, more inconvenience and temporarily more poverty Assets will be stranded, Gasoline cars will be unsellable and inefficient properties will be un-rentable".

This text does not appear anywhere in the book.

Screenshots of the Kindle app showing Mark Carney's book "Value(s)" and a search for the text "Western society", and that no matches are found.

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Dave Rooney 🇨🇦 supports 🇺🇦 @daverooney.dev · 06/04/2025

Well, well, well... have a look at this! These are the results from the June 24, 2024 by-election in Toronto-St. Paul's riding. Look at the names of the "independent" candidates - you'll find most of them now running in Carleton. 😡 Source: www.elections.ca/res/rep/off/...

An image showing the list of candidates for the June 24, 2024 federal by-election in Toronto-St. Paul's riding, in which there were numerous independent candidates registered as a protest against electoral reform.

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Dave Rooney 🇨🇦 supports 🇺🇦 @daverooney.dev · 06/04/2025

Not the first time Tomas Szuchewycz's name has been associated with this scheme.

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Dave Rooney 🇨🇦 supports 🇺🇦 @daverooney.dev · 26/03/2025

Here are the 2025 tax rates at the federal level & provincial for Ontario. From the 3rd tier on there's certainly room for increasing the rates. I'd advocate for another tier beyond $253K/$220K at maybe $400K with a rate near 50% for that portion.

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Dave Rooney 🇨🇦 supports 🇺🇦 @daverooney.dev · 20/03/2025

I KNEW it!! The New Zealand gov't is currently the National Party, described as "centre-right". Just guess what international group they're affiliated with?

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Dave Rooney 🇨🇦 supports 🇺🇦 @daverooney.dev · 18/03/2025

I absolutely LOVED Jean Chrétien's takedown of Vassy Kapelos at the Liberal Convention:

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Dave Rooney 🇨🇦 supports 🇺🇦 @daverooney.dev · 11/03/2025

Kim Campbell became PM after Brian Mulroney retired. She actually governed for a few months & made significant changes to the public service before calling the 1993 election. There was no big uproar. 🤷‍♂️ From Wikipedia:

She [Kim Campbell] defeated Jean Charest at the Progressive Conservative leadership convention that June, and Governor General Ray Hnatyshyn appointed her prime minister on June 25. As a concession to Charest, Campbell appointed him to the posts of deputy prime minister and minister of industry, science, and technology—the first largely symbolic, and the second a significant cabinet portfolio position.

After becoming party leader and prime minister, Campbell set about reorganizing the cabinet. She cut it from 35 to 23 ministers; she consolidated ministries by creating three new ministries: Health, Canadian Heritage, and Public Security. Campbell extensively campaigned during the summer, touring the nation and attending barbecues and other events. In August 1993, a Gallup Canada poll showed Campbell as having a 51% approval rating, which placed her as Canada's most popular prime minister in 30 years.[21][22] By the end of the summer, her personal popularity had increased greatly, far surpassing that of Liberal Party leader Jean Chrétien.[23] Support for the Progressive Conservative Party had also increased to within a few points of the Liberals, while the Reform Party had been reduced to single digits.

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Dave Rooney 🇨🇦 supports 🇺🇦 @daverooney.dev · 04/03/2025

I was looking at my weather radar app earlier and was reminded that it's only a short drive from Fort Drum, home of the 10th Mountain Division, to Ottawa. 1/

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Dave Rooney 🇨🇦 supports 🇺🇦 @daverooney.dev · 02/03/2025

When you click on Technical Details this is what's displayed. The "Correlation ID" isn't an error code but instead the ID of the search request. An admin looks for that ID in the logs to find out what happened. I'd bet money that it's a permissions issue after someone was "terminated" last week.

A screenshot of the expanded error message received when attempting to perform a search of the NTSB accident database.

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Dave Rooney 🇨🇦 supports 🇺🇦 @daverooney.dev · 02/03/2025

The interesting thing about all this is that there are many reports of Mike Myers being a complete a$$hole & equally many of Wayne Gretzky being a great guy. And yet one stands proudly for Canada and the other ducks the opportunity to do so. 🤷‍♂️

An image of the Canadian actor Mike Myers showing his t-shirt with a Canadian flag and the text "Canada is not for sale"

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Dave Rooney 🇨🇦 supports 🇺🇦 @daverooney.dev · 23/02/2025

1st - that's a great thread with many thoughtful points with which I agree. 2nd - the image in this post from C-SPAN show how it had been portrayed as "Trump's Proposal", which is unacceptable to many. Words matter! 3rd - I've seen mentioned that Kevin O'Leary will be on the show, although...

An image of a waving Canadian flag as part of an advertisement for a joint CBC/C-SPAN broadcast about US President Trump's assertions that Canada should become the 51st state.

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Dave Rooney 🇨🇦 supports 🇺🇦 @daverooney.dev · 17/02/2025

31 cm on our deck in Carp, ON. It's shielded from the wind, so not affected by drifting.

A measuring tape showing a snow depth of 31 centimetres

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