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Jean-Francois Mezei

@jfmezei.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy

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Network/IT guy, started work on VAX computers. Author of Petition to Governor in Council to overturn UBB decisions at CRTC. was/is jfmezei on Twitter. From greater […] [bridged from mstdn.ca/@jfmezei on the fediverse by fed.brid.gy ]

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Jean-Francois Mezei @jfmezei.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 10/02/2026

@chaz I just got a "post removed" notice. I can't comment on it since I can't see the full post nor the context. Only allowed to see first line. The system that advises one of such moderation shoud show the offender the full post and allow to show it in context of what it was responding to […]

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Jean-Francois Mezei @jfmezei.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 10/02/2026

USGS has produced a recap of S24E41 that happened an end of January atr Kilauea. S24E42 is expected this or next week. This episode had a lava fountain that behaved differently die to height and wind directly and dropped tephra all over inhabbited places. Nice […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]

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Jean-Francois Mezei @jfmezei.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 10/02/2026

Interview de 37 minutes de un des candidats voulant remplacer Annie Hidalgo comme maire de Paris. Ce candidat veut continuer dans les pas de Mme Hidalgo pour rendre Paris meilleure pour cyclistes et pietons et transport en commun (autobus). À la différence de Montréal, le cyclisme et piétons […]

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Jean-Francois Mezei @jfmezei.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 10/02/2026

RE: mastodon.quebec/@lapresse/116047323… Towards the end of her campaign, she seemed to tone down her anti-bike rethoric. But the new mayor is back to herself and Montréal's progress in weening outrselves from car dependance is at stake, as predicted. Morale: it is the […]

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Jean-Francois Mezei @jfmezei.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 10/02/2026

Heard on the Youtbe machine: Some US skater trained for the Olympics using soundtrack of one of the "Minions" movies. After he was selected to the team, they had to clear the rights to perform "in public", and Universal Pictiures refused. Went to social media and generated enough anger against […]

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Jean-Francois Mezei @jfmezei.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 10/02/2026

Looking at the members of the TRAN committee, there are no NDP members. Feel strange as NDP has had presence in committees for so long. But after they merged with the LIberal party last time around, it isn't surprising they were wiped out. They used to be the go-to people for proper opposition […]

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Jean-Francois Mezei @jfmezei.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 10/02/2026

Heads up: Wednesday fro 16:30 to 18:30 EST Transport Committee, House of Commons www.ourcommons.ca/DocumentViewer/en… Improving VIA Rail's Safety and Customer Service Witnesses Coalition pour le retour des services d'un train de passagers en Gaspésie • […]

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Jean-Francois Mezei @jfmezei.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 10/02/2026

@EdwinG Ottawa only has a grey alert. And they cancel school buses? This is Canada where men are men and not afraid of a measly 10cm. Especially when Env Canada rarely deliver in their promises of much snow.

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Jean-Francois Mezei @jfmezei.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 10/02/2026

@brenttoderian.bsky.social the GM declaration of universal car rights includes the right of every road to aspire to become as wide as the 401. And this also benefits the economy , notably the asphalt and concrete industries who greatly benefit when a road is upgraded to controlled access highway […]

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Jean-Francois Mezei @jfmezei.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 10/02/2026

@EdwinG cancel school buses for 10cm? Really ? So you force parents to drive kids to/from school increasing traffic.

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Jean-Francois Mezei @jfmezei.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 09/02/2026

#Parigo 295 - Bientôt la fin du RER C ? restructuration le la ligne RER-C, incluant une branche sous-terraine où les nouveaux trains sont trop hauts pour le tunnel. Une partie sera renplacée par la ligne Y. 14:39 youtu.be/Akq51f8GeXk

Jean-Francois Mezei @jfmezei.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 09/02/2026

Montréal to Varadero= 1384nm Air Canada uses Airbus 319 with range of: 3750nm (1876 each way) Air Transat uses A321 with range of 3995nm or 1997nm each way So if they check weight and don't waste any time, they could do Montréal Varadero-Montréal without needing fuel in Cuba. Assuming they […]

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Jean-Francois Mezei @jfmezei.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 09/02/2026

The Emperor has affected Canadian,s ability to take vacation in the sun. Statement from Air Canada on Cuba: www.aircanada.com/ca/en/aco//home/b… -free change of date -or credits for value of ticket for futrure travel if you […]

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Jean-Francois Mezei @jfmezei.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 09/02/2026

@brenttoderian.bsky.social Melon Husk pushed Hyper Loop to sabotage California High Speed Rail. When he realised it wasn't realistic, he scaled it down to urban tunnels for cars, built it in Las Vegas and has cars at walking speed and no emergency exits. Trip to Mars was to justify building […]

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Jean-Francois Mezei @jfmezei.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 09/02/2026

This morning Deux Montagnes to Ste Dorothé was closed on REM. Now full network open but reduced frequency due to lack of equipment. Am wondering if this is all about lack of budget to run proper maintenance and operations.

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Jean-Francois Mezei @jfmezei.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 09/02/2026

@Milnoc It’s here !!! Enjoy your Monday Morning™ while it lasts !

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Chad :mstdn: @chad.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 09/02/2026

The irony isn't lost on me here. #epstein #uspol

A screenshot from the US DoJ Epstein Library asking if the reader is of 18 years of age or older.

Jean-Francois Mezei @jfmezei.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 09/02/2026

Some videos are surfacing of the opening day for Toronto's Line 5. They are *Alstom* Flexity vehicles. Alstom did not obtain rights to the "Bombardier" brand and prohibited from using it. (But OK to mention that are of Bombardier heritage). The half underground, half stuck in traffic model is […]

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Jean-Francois Mezei @jfmezei.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 09/02/2026

@justinling.ca For the same Reason Toronto won't give traffic signal priority to the Finch line or any of their downtown trams: affraid it will anger car drivers (voters) who feel it is designed to slow them down. The rich people of Weschester County north of New York and from Long Island used […]

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Jean-Francois Mezei @jfmezei.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 09/02/2026

@jerome Cocos Plate pushes onto the Nporth American Plate near Mexico at speed of 68mm/year. In this case, from the beach ball, it was Mexico rising to release pressure of Cocos plate pushing (and being subduced under Mexico). USGS said 5.7 […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]

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Jean-Francois Mezei @jfmezei.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 08/02/2026

For those old enough ! Mr Newberger has done a Spoof of "It's a Mad Mad World" in a post Trump workd. 12:12 youtu.be/sPWBJxvbpIY

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Jean-Francois Mezei @jfmezei.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 08/02/2026

An annual ritual, update my GPS maps 😞 Eventually the download will magically instatly go from less than a few percent to 100%.

Step 2 of 2: Updating Maps

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Downloading files... Rate: 2.0 MB/s Time Remaining: 118 hours and 27 minutes

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Jean-Francois Mezei @jfmezei.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 08/02/2026

[re: Milano-Cortina 2026: 🇨🇦🇸🇪 game results / Milano-Cortina 2026: Résultat du match 🇨🇦🇸🇪] @EdwinG Although we can't see this in the TV reporting, what matters ore is whether the athletes are happy withtheir performance. A guy who may have done his best ever time but came in 12th would feel […]

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Jean-Francois Mezei @jfmezei.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 08/02/2026

La place Félix Éboué à Paris Critique (positive) de sa pédestrinisation Altis Play: youtu.be/kdHoJOa3_7A Photo 1: Avant, avec les feux de circulation que les piétons devreint traverser ( 6 ;à gauche, 4 à droite). Photo 2: après: (note: l'édicule de métro […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]

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Jean-Francois Mezei @jfmezei.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 08/02/2026

Has the Eglington LRT derailed yet ? 🙃

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Jean-Francois Mezei @jfmezei.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 08/02/2026

@Milnoc OC Transpo has seen overcrowding at uOttawa station with not everyone able to get on the single car trains.

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Jean-Francois Mezei @jfmezei.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 08/02/2026

@EdwinG since when does government operate in reality ? 🙃

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Jean-Francois Mezei @jfmezei.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 08/02/2026

Picture 1, Ottawa train station in 1933. Note the yards to the east of it. Picture 2: same in 1965 as the new station out in the boon dock was being built, and shos MacKenzie King bridge being built over the tracks, a feature which remains today and why the bridge […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]

Jean-Francois Mezei @jfmezei.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 08/02/2026

Listening to OC Transpo technical Briefing on their LRT amusement ride. Question on whether Toronto Finch line will be experiencing same problems since they bought same vehicles. Answer is basically: Remains to be seen whether they will experience same problems, but it is early days and may […]

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

This is still one of my favourite videos ever, perfectly explaining the staggering amount of public money that’s going into NOT solving traffic congestion. “It means you spend a lot of money now for a very short-term benefit." Jevon’s Paradox via Australia’s great show “Utopia.” Please share!

How to Fix Traffic Congestion In Australia | Utopia

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Jean-Francois Mezei @jfmezei.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 08/02/2026

@brenttoderian.bsky.social Utopia and Yes Minister are two TV documentary series that have realistic portrayal of how governments truly work.

Jean-Francois Mezei @jfmezei.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 08/02/2026

Since this is #caturday, here is a cat video on Youtube 😉 2001 A Cat Odyssey youtu.be/Ue-v39IaCkg

Jean-Francois Mezei @jfmezei.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 07/02/2026

I have moved inside the deep rabbit hole in which I fell ! Behold, the Dominion Land Survey. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominion_Land… The Dominion Land Survey (DLS; French: arpentage des terres fédérales, ATF) is the method used to divide most of Western Canada into one-square-mile […]

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Jean-Francois Mezei @jfmezei.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 07/02/2026

With all of what is going on in the world this video of à otter rescue shows there is still some good. Warning: cuteness overload. youtu.be/VjwnJfJwXiA

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Jean-Francois Mezei @jfmezei.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 06/02/2026

@chris When the winner was minutes ahead of the others, you didn't really care about precision clothing or equipment. But when winners are now decided on a few hundreths of a second (or mm/cm) depending on sport, rules have been setup to ensure they measure the person and not the equipment. For […]

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Jean-Francois Mezei @jfmezei.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 06/02/2026

Much more information on the changes to lines is abailable at: www.stm.info/fr/a-propos/grands-pro… If you scroll to the very bottom "Document synthese" is a large PDF document with explamnation on changes. PDF: français […]

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Jean-Francois Mezei @jfmezei.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 06/02/2026

Got some answers on the STM simulator: The 211 has different route depending on time of day. So prior to taking the bus you need to do archeological search on the STM web site to see if the next bus will take one route or the other. (apparently one is peak only […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]

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Jean-Francois Mezei @jfmezei.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 06/02/2026

@Milnoc Be patient! Only a couple of days before Monday Morning™. 🙃

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Jean-Francois Mezei @jfmezei.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 06/02/2026

@chad FYI, I got this a while back, and I kept clicking on the red X to acknowledge it and make it turn into a green check mark, but nothing happened 😞

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Jean-Francois Mezei @jfmezei.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 06/02/2026

So I was quite puzzled on why the 211 terminates on west side of Jean Yves in the shiopping mall instead of using all the park space they destroyed to build the station? It turns out they built a secondary overpass at lower level than platforms to reach the west […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]

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Jean-Francois Mezei @jfmezei.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 06/02/2026

The "Kirkland" REM station has been moved a few times. At the time of "network drawn on back of a napkin" for approval, the station was on west side of St-Charles and the tracks at same height as st-Charles overpass of highway 40 necessitating a level crossing on a […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]

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Jean-Francois Mezei @jfmezei.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 06/02/2026

@mpjgregoire Until your leader admits it was a mistake to suypport the anti-vax convoy and all those conspiracies and tried to generate culture wars, I cannot consider him. First impressions endure. Itis sad that the party denies using Trump tactics because until they admit it, they can't make […]

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Jean-Francois Mezei @jfmezei.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 05/02/2026

Breaking: Greenland is open to tourism from the South Pole. Report on the first tourists arriving 🙂 Why isn't Nunavut doing the same to attract tourists from the south pole? 😉 youtu.be/zKSU-sJLQmw

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Jens Zalzala @anakin78z.mograph.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/02/2026

@chris I really think rebates are the wrong approach. Car companies will always adjust for it and then complain when the rebates go away. My simple solution: Don't allow advertising of ice cars. If a car company wants to advertise, they'll have to advertise their EVs. Just watch how quickly […]

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Jean-Francois Mezei @jfmezei.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 05/02/2026

@chris Yeah, but have you ever heard norwegians speak? this is what having them woke electric cars has done to them. They speak all weird 😉 Does Norway have car assembly plants that generate huge number of jobs in a politically sensitive area of the country? If not, then it is a lot easier to […]

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Jean-Francois Mezei @jfmezei.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 05/02/2026

The 200 vs 203 routes to the fairview REM station from the south. It likely adds 10 minutes to do that detour in traffic with all the traffic lights wheras the 200 takes the on-ramp to the trans canada highway but stays on service road to the station.

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Jean-Francois Mezei @jfmezei.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 05/02/2026

@EdwinG Un peu déçu que la station REM Mont Royal n'a pas été aménagée avec arrets bus intégrés et que la 165 arrête encore en retrait de la station. le danger ici est qu'on s'attends à ce que la demande de la 165 diminue à cause du monde qui prendront le REM de McGill à Mont Royal. Je suis pas […]

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Jean-Francois Mezei @jfmezei.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 05/02/2026

@EdwinG Pour ce qui est de la 165, ma spéculation est un changement de fréquence car ils font le retrait de la 465 express donc probablement augmentation de fréquence de 165 pour compenser.

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Jean-Francois Mezei @jfmezei.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 05/02/2026

@EdwinG La 212 historique est des minibus qui débute du terninus autobus McDonald College/John Abbot et traversent le village Ste Anne, arrêt à gare train et arrête à hôpiptal des Vétérans. la 212 aujoiurd'hui n'a rien en commun. ET les gens qui descendent du 211/411/405/200 aujourd'hui n'ont […]

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Jean-Francois Mezei @jfmezei.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 05/02/2026

@justinling.ca Trump is a Ferengi businessman who was elected to do business. There is absolutely nothing wrong with hil sel;ling his pardon services. And his propularity is measured in how much people are willing to pay for pardons. Though heard a good one yesterday: Maduro may offer more than […]

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