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It's actually more stupid than this. A small sliver of BC (east of Glacier National Park, and not shown on this map) has decided to stay on the same time zone as Alberta.

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Derek Ryder @ryderda.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The wisdom of Saskatchewan people is not lost on me.

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Derek Ryder @ryderda.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

We need to stop calling it “Daylight Time”. Manitoba is moving to Eastern Standard Time.

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Derek Ryder @ryderda.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I managed to get 7 swimming together this year. There were more around, but this flotilla was fun.

On a lake filled with ripples, a flotilla of 7 brightly coloured male Harlequin Ducks paddle by.

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Derek Ryder @ryderda.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Today's lunch view while out volunteering.

On a crisp, chilly fall day, a broad river flows out of the mountains. Some mountains in the background are snow capped. Foliage along the blue water is pale greens and golds of willows and grasses, in contrast to the dark green conifers on the mountains. The sky is rich blue with a few puffy white clouds.

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Derek Ryder @ryderda.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

How to lose the senior vote.

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Derek Ryder @ryderda.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Its dumb to engage with bots, since their sole purpose is rage bait. In this case, I’ll make an exception for an anonymous account with practically no followers. Politics is about compromise. Sorry for the need to teach a bot the basics of governing.

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Derek Ryder @ryderda.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The PSAs after each ad talking about gambling addiction are especially annoying.

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Derek Ryder @ryderda.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

No, he’s a practicalist. There are windows of opportunity for everything, and like all windows, they open and close. He’s making choices. That’s what he’s paid to do. Do I agree with all his choices? No. But right now, his focus is where I think it should be in the face of trade threats and actions

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Derek Ryder @ryderda.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Yeah. Discovered that when I moved to a forest of white spruce. I prefer sweeping up deciduous leaves. Needles are a pain, get everywhere, don't break down and clog my eavestroughs.

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Derek Ryder @ryderda.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Stupid. MST should have stayed. Why switch to Central Standard Time (which is what DST is for us)?

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Derek Ryder @ryderda.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Today's lunch view while out volunteering.

Looking across an alpine lake (into the sun) at mountains rising in the distance, under a blue sky with some puffy clouds.

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Derek Ryder @ryderda.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

It's not "daylight". It's moving a timezone east. Alberta moves to Central Standard Time. Braindead stupid, but I would expect nothing less from Danni.

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Derek Ryder @ryderda.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Apple has been moving over time towards greater repairability, with battery replacement being one. Until they mark a product as vintage, they'll still service it. I could have gone to an Apple Store and paid for a battery replacement. I chose the guys who came to my house, and paid slightly less.

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Derek Ryder @ryderda.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

And there are lots of companies that replace iPhone batteries in Saskatoon (I looked). Next time.

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Derek Ryder @ryderda.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Letters are good. Form letters not so good. When I worked in the gov't, form letters saying the exact same thing were regarded like petitions: 1,000 signatures is one letter. 1,000 form letters is one letter. But every unique letter written by individuals without cut and paste were each 1 letter.

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Derek Ryder @ryderda.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I found a company that replaced iPhone batteries by coming to my house and doing it in their car in my driveway. $100 for 3 more years of life seems like a good investment to me.

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Derek Ryder @ryderda.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Today's lunch view while out volunteering.

A clear mountain river flows over gravel in the foreground. Yellow willows and aspens line the far river bank. In the distance, rugged rocky mountains rise, with conifer forests leading up to treeline, and the sheer rock cliffs above. And all of this is under a stunning, cloudless blue sky.

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Derek Ryder @ryderda.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

You understand, I hope, how geeky this post is.

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Derek Ryder @ryderda.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I personally solved that dichotomy by using just a Champagne flute instead of the bottle.

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Derek Ryder @ryderda.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Buffaloberry season ended in mid August this year. There haven't been any saskatoons for over a month, either. Chokecherries, Pin cherries & Dogwood berriers are on the current menu for Black Bears in valleys. But every grizzly I know is in the alpine digging up roots and ground squirrels.

Grizzly digs in an alpine meadow. In this case, digging up the roots of Silverweed, a potentilla sapecies.

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Derek Ryder @ryderda.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I love the smell of P-Tex in the morning. It smells like... ski season.

Inside a messy garage, a single Nordica Enforcer downhill ski sits on a work bench. Short, well used P-Tex candles, used to repair the ski's base, sit on the messy bench. A ski iron and ski wax are on the bench as well. Shaved off wax and P-Tex are on the floor and workbench.

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Derek Ryder @ryderda.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Today’s lunch view while out volunteering was in the same place as yesterday. So I tried for a different perspective.

Under a stunning blue sky, in the foreground, aspens are changing in fall colours to yellows. Behind them, rolling conifer covered hills give way to rugged gray mountains in the distance

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Derek Ryder @ryderda.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I'm late. Yesterday's lunch view while out volunteering.

Under a stunningly blue, cloudless sky, some fall colours are starting to show in the aspen forest in the foreground valley, while a sea of conifer-covered rolling hills lead to dramatic rocky mountain peaks in the background.

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Derek Ryder @ryderda.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

On the bright side, the period is well documented. There are pictures.

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Derek Ryder @ryderda.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

The same way she ignored the Forever Canada petition, she’ll find a way to twist this one, too, no matter the results.

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Derek Ryder @ryderda.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I’m not disagreeing with anything you said. The trailer is effective. It shows her to be creepy in a very weird way. That’s a story worth seeing.

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Derek Ryder @ryderda.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

She probably wasn’t invited.

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Derek Ryder @ryderda.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Trump’s a moron. He’s good at one thing: distracting people from the Epstine Files. Your comment fuels that distraction.

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Derek Ryder @ryderda.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

That would be a treat, and I will do that for sure. But won't be for at least 868 days. logwork.com/countdown-h5o4

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Derek Ryder @ryderda.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

The food trucks are always there. And so are the birds (though not for the food trucks ). And I never mis Kanaha, either.

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Derek Ryder @ryderda.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Every time I’m on Maui, I go to Ke’alia. But i also go to the ponds behind the Kihei Longs Drugs….

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Derek Ryder @ryderda.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Today's lunch view while out volunteering.

Looking out across a fireguard cutblock in a forest. On the other side of the valley, mountains rise, their tops enshrouded in clouds. The sky is overcast, and it happens to be drizzling, too.

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Derek Ryder @ryderda.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Today's lunch view while out volunteering was in the exact same place as yesterday, but with radically different weather: cold, windy, overcast and some drizzle.

Rolling hills covered with conifers lead to rugged grey mountains in the distance, most of which are engulfed with puffy grey clouds, all under an overcast sky.

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Derek Ryder @ryderda.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

And here's a movie of a Pika I saw not long after lunch.

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Derek Ryder @ryderda.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Today's lunch view while out volunteering. Stay tuned, though, for post #2 (multiple media typed are not supported).

Trees (mostly conifers) cover the rolling hills in front of towering, rugged mountains in the distance, under a mostly blue sky with some high cirrus clouds.

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Derek Ryder @ryderda.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Strange things I saw while out volunteering today: a 70 year old radio sitting on a tree stump in the wilderness. Feel free to Google "Hammarlund Model SP-600" to find out about it. I did; it's kinda interesting.

A rusted out, 70 year old radio receiver sitting on a cut off tree in the middle of nowhere. The manufacturer's name (Hammerland Model SP-600) is clearly visible.

The insides of said radio look... interesting.

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Derek Ryder @ryderda.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Today's lunch view while out volunteering.

In the foreground, a large meadow with plants regrowing after tree clearing for forest fire protection. Beyond the meadow lies a conifer forest. In the background, rugged mountains rise, partially obscured by a bit of forest fire smoke haze. The blue sky is full of puffy white clouds.

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Derek Ryder @ryderda.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Today's lunch view while out volunteering. It's possible you know where this is. I consider myself very privileged to be able to go here. I do not take the ability for granted, and am thankful to the folks who let me do so.

Sitting on the top of a high alpine ridge meadow, looking across to incredibly rugged mountains rising in the distance.

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Derek Ryder @ryderda.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I saw at least four different ones.

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Derek Ryder @ryderda.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Today's lunch view while out volunteering, and a cute thing I saw along the way.

Beyond the shade of a conifer tree is a muddy mountain lake. On the other side of the lake, a rugged mountain rises majestically, all under a sunny blue sky.

A Snowshoe Hare, still in its brown summer colour, munches on grass in the middle of a trail.

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