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Ed Wiebe @edwiebe.scribili.masto.host.ap.brid.gy · 1h

A few fruits from my strawberry tree (arbutus unido).

Five strange spike orange yellow fruits in my hand.

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Ed Wiebe @edwiebe.scribili.masto.host.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026

A few new vertically oriented things from black locust. #Woodturning #VictoriaBC

A wooden vase, stained to a dark brown-black colour.

A wooden pencil or spoon holder that's gently rounded inward at the top and the bottom.

A wooden pencil or spoon holder with straight sides.

A wooden vase with straight sides, wider at the bottom.

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Ed Wiebe @edwiebe.scribili.masto.host.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

It's the drivers in #BritishColumbia who are the cause of death and injury on our shared roads. We don't have to continue to tolerate this. Tell the candidates for the upcoming municipal and provincial elections that you want this to change […] [Original post on scribili.masto.host]

A table listing the amounts of death and injury in BC in 2026 with an estimate cost for health care of $440 million.

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Ed Wiebe @edwiebe.scribili.masto.host.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

It has been dry this summer. This is reflected in the stored water volume of the Sooke Reservoir (our drinking water supply). Normally I'd say don't worry, the rainy season will fill it. Indeed, it would be very surprising if the wet season we rely on to […] [Original post on scribili.masto.host]

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Ed Wiebe @edwiebe.scribili.masto.host.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

I observed 37 mm of rain at #UVic in September over seven days (versus and average of 36 mm). Most of the rain fell at the end of the month. No surprises here.

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Ed Wiebe @edwiebe.scribili.masto.host.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

September here at #UVic was pretty average with respect to temperature. Daily average temperatures following expected values, with a few, mostly cool, deviations. There was a good share of warm sunny days.

A time-series chart of daily average temperatures. A red curve for this year is superimposed on a blue curve of averages. This year's curve is more wiggly than the averages.

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Ed Wiebe @edwiebe.scribili.masto.host.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

My September, 2026 Month in a Minute timelapse video is here. This is the view on each day of the month, looking north from #UVic in #VictoriaBC.

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Ed Wiebe @edwiebe.scribili.masto.host.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026

I was cycling home and did a double take. A goose I’ve never seen before! Looking it up later, it’s a flock (family I’m guessing) of greater white-white fronted gooses. I guess I am becoming a bird watcher. #birds #geese #YYJ

A flock of fat grey geese. Some a noticeably smaller than the large adults.

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Ed Wiebe @edwiebe.scribili.masto.host.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

I found a slime mold. I think it’s funny.

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Ed Wiebe @edwiebe.scribili.masto.host.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

Summer is really over now #VictoriaBC. Today's rain marks the end of a 24-day 'drought'. We'll see more dry spells this year, but they won't last this long. The chart shows the record of droughts and wets in the region. #UVic

A chart that shows dry and wet periods since 1900 with two colours. Dry periods dominate the summer months, wet periods predominate in the fall. Spring is mixed.

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Ed Wiebe @edwiebe.scribili.masto.host.ap.brid.gy · 08/09/2026

PISA 2025: Students’ reading and mathematics performance declined sharply across the OECD Overall reading scores saw particularly steep declines in the past three years, including in skills that matter most in the AI age: evaluating information, making […] [Original post on scribili.masto.host]

A times series chart showing measurements of student performance in science, reading, and mathematics. Scores in math and reading are 105 lower today than in 2000.

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Ed Wiebe @edwiebe.scribili.masto.host.ap.brid.gy · 02/09/2026

August 2026 was very dry at #UVic. I observed only 5.8 mm of rain over four days. The average for the month is 16 mm (and five days). Interestingly, it has only rained once on 18 August in my records (since 2002). #VictoriaBC

Three different bar graphs giving information about rain: August totals since 2002; amounts for each day of the month with this year and averages and occurences; and the number of days with rain for each August since 2002.

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Ed Wiebe @edwiebe.scribili.masto.host.ap.brid.gy · 02/09/2026

August was an average month with respect to temperature. This month's average temperature was 17.93 °C. The long-term (24-year record) average is 18.0 °C. #UVic #VictoriaBC

An observed daily average temperature time-series overlain on a series for historical daily averages. They align quite well.

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Ed Wiebe @edwiebe.scribili.masto.host.ap.brid.gy · 02/09/2026

@SarahFrumento @edwiebe it’s recognizably a cantaloupe but not exceptional. 6/10

A small melon sliced in half with a loonie for scale.

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Ed Wiebe @edwiebe.scribili.masto.host.ap.brid.gy · 02/09/2026

Here's my August Month in a Minute at #UVic #TimeLapse video.

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Ed Wiebe @edwiebe.scribili.masto.host.ap.brid.gy · 24/08/2026

I found a great time and date visualiser. sunclock.net I monkeyed with it a bit and here's what Jan 4, the day families with small children will be returning to school Greater #VictoriaBC, will be like. Local schools start their day at 08:45 […] [Original post on scribili.masto.host]

A clock face that shows the 24 hours of the day, marked in colours to show when it will be dark and when it will be light.

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Ed Wiebe @edwiebe.scribili.masto.host.ap.brid.gy · 21/08/2026

This is the view looking north from #UVic during July 2026. Each panel is one day. (There are two days with incorrect colours from a camera error.) #timelapse #clouds #meteorlogy

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Ed Wiebe @edwiebe.scribili.masto.host.ap.brid.gy · 21/08/2026

Here's a fallstreak hole forming early in the morning on 2026-08-19. The cloud is composed of supercooled water droplets. A disturbance, probably a jet flying by or through, causes the water to freeze. Freezing then spreads rapidly. Ice crystals grow too […] [Original post on scribili.masto.host]

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Ed Wiebe @edwiebe.scribili.masto.host.ap.brid.gy · 19/08/2026

Mid-august is, sadly, when daily average temperatures in Greater #VictoriaBC begin to cool. Here's the month so far, from temperatures observed at #UVic. Blue is the long-term (24 year) record, red is this year.

A time-series chart of temperature showing daily observations and daily range.

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Ed Wiebe @edwiebe.scribili.masto.host.ap.brid.gy · 16/08/2026

My wife and I made a bowl together. She asked for a bowl with an indented rim. I made it from oak. She filled it with oddments and poured resin over it. scribili.ca/wt/look/bowl/732 #woodturning

A dark brown wooden bowl with vivid grain. The wide indented rim is filled with small stones, shells, and pieces of wood. Over that is poured a transparent pool of resin, giving the impression all is submerged in water.

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Ed Wiebe @edwiebe.scribili.masto.host.ap.brid.gy · 16/08/2026

My clafoutis for Everyone Bakes the Same Cake day. Delicious! It’s very light and custardy. #EBTSC

A cake dusted with powdered sugar. There are cherries peeking through here and there.

A look inside the cake. The yellow custard and cherries are delicious looking.

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Ed Wiebe @edwiebe.scribili.masto.host.ap.brid.gy · 09/08/2026

@deborahh @nxskok Environment Canada and the meteorological service report an index called the humidex. The humidex takes into account the way people cool by evaporation (sweat). The index is in essence an effective experiential temperature for people […] [Original post on scribili.masto.host]

Screen image from the WeatherCAN app with the dew point temperature circled in red.

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Ed Wiebe @edwiebe.scribili.masto.host.ap.brid.gy · 06/08/2026

I turned away from the Quanta site and back to “The AI Con” by @emilymbender and Alex Hanna where I encountered Clever Hans.

A text excerpt discussing the Clever Hans effect, highlighting how a horse named Clever Hans was trained to respond to his owner’s subtle cues so to appear to answer arithmetic questions by tapping his hoof.

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Ed Wiebe @edwiebe.scribili.masto.host.ap.brid.gy · 04/08/2026

#Niagara region keeps electing genuinely awful right wing politicians. The MP for #NiagaraFalls #NiagaraOnTheLake, Tony Baldinelli, voted to oppose funding for #ClimateChange adaptation. Voting record […] [Original post on scribili.masto.host]

A screen image showing Tony Baldinelli voted to oppose funding for climate change adaptation.

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Ed Wiebe @edwiebe.scribili.masto.host.ap.brid.gy · 26/07/2026

Three new bowls, two from salvaged honey locust, and one arbutus. #woodturning #VictoriaBC

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