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Kevin Smith @smithkm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026

It only needs to work, it doesn't need to work correctly.

Kevin Smith @smithkm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2026

I think the mechs, particularly the Hunchback could maybe use a few more details picked out. I'm considering painting the missiles but with the SRM/LRM carriers that's a lot of missles. #taurianconcordat #battletech #miniaturepainting

Battletech miniatures, both mechs and tanks, front on to the camera. Painted metallic greet with red highlights and dark metal and camo green technical details.

Battletech miniatures, both mechs and tanks, facing away from the camera. Painted metallic greet with red highlights and dark metal and camo green technical details.

Battletech miniatures, both mechs and tanks, side on to the camera. Painted metallic greet with red highlights and dark metal and camo green technical details.

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Kevin Smith @smithkm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/09/2026

Been ages since I baked anything. A loaf of no knead dutch oven bread. Browning was a bit uneven. #bread #baking

A round loaf of bread in a wire cooling rack. the browning of the crust is rather uneven.

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Kevin Smith @smithkm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/08/2026

Really good video by David Fraser covering the enormous changes to privacy before parliament right now. How the government is dealing with the US is important but it's also a great distraction during which they can slip through some seriously dangerous legislation […]

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Our Wonderful Green Future @owgf.mastodon.world.ap.brid.gy · 13/08/2026

Cities aren't LOUD CARS ARE LOUD #Urbanism #BikeTooter #Cycling #TheWarOnCars Great video by u/MiserNYC- on Reddit

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Kevin Smith @smithkm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/08/2026

A few photos from the #snowbirds show. Didn't take many because I wanted to actually watch it. I chose a good spot as they did a low pass directly overhead, as did a small flock of geese who didn't want to be left out.

Seven planes in formation, white top surface visible, against a blue sky

9 planes in formation, red undersides visible, against a blue sky

Near the top of a loop with smoke trails

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Kevin Smith @smithkm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/07/2026

Does anyone else get the impression that bill C-36 is not only designed to take away our privacy, but to do so in a very "rules for thee but not for me" way? MPs and their rich friends will probably find that it's "in the public interest" to protect their privacy while the rest of us will be […]

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Kevin Smith @smithkm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/07/2026

Another day, another crossing of Craigflower at Lampson, another driver who refuses to stop despite my being well into the crossing across with the pretty amber flashing lights going. #RFB crossings are a joke and dead cyclists and pedestrians are the punchline. #VictoriaBC #BikeYYJ #Biketooter

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Kevin Smith @smithkm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/06/2026

Test run of using the navigability and bridgability scores as guides for manually placing cities and roads. The trace tool in #QGIS works really well for this although there are times I wish I could quickly switch the offset between positive, negative, and 0 […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Fantasy map showing rivers, cities, roads, and country borders.

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Kevin Smith @smithkm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/06/2026

Made some refinements to river shape (Avoiding junctions with many tributaries at the same point and at very sharp angles) and watersheds (Hiding the voronoi cells and breaking major tributaries into separate watersheds). I've also added crude navigability […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Fantasy land mass with rivers and watershed boundaries.

Fantasy land mass with rivers colour coded to show navigability.

Fantasy land mass with rivers colour coded to show bridge cost.

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Kevin Smith @smithkm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/06/2026

A bit more work on the river generator. Many tweaks and refinements to the lake/estuary placement. Many more parameters can now be set via the config file instead of hard coded. It can now do partial runs to just fractalize the coastline and divides so you […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Fictional landmass with rivers and lakes and coloured watersheds.

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Tyler Smith 🫐🫒 @plantarum.ottawa.place.ap.brid.gy · 21/06/2026

This is the thing I find so frustrating about #MarkCarney. He talks like he's a hard-nosed realist positioning Canada to revolutionize the world order, but what he actually does is just status quo neoliberal nonsense. He's going to protect our #DigitalSovereignty by replacing the civil service […]

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Kevin Smith @smithkm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/06/2026

I'm still new to growing currants and these looked ripe to me, but very much weren't. I thought I had bought a redcurrant but even unripe they are clearly blackcurrants. #balconygarden #blackcurrant

Two spherical purple/black berries in my hand.

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Kevin Smith @smithkm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/06/2026

Many adjustments. It now reads and writes GeoPackage features to get a template for the coastline and divides, and output the rivers, lakes, densified coastline, and some debugging info. It also takes rasters to set precipitation, fractalness, and density […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Fantasy map showing three landmasses with rivers and lakes. The shapes of the coastlines vary from smooth to extremely dense and crinkley.

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Dave Thompson 🇨🇦 @davethompsonvic.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Galloping Goose and Lochside trails are about to get wider! Construction starts this summer/fall. More about the project, to be discussed at our CRD meeting tomorrow: davethompsonvictoria.ca/regional-tra.... #yyj #safety #yyjbike

Image of mobility scooter, people on bicycles, stroller etc on galloping goose

Image of map referenced in blog post linked

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Kevin Smith @smithkm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/05/2026

Shipment form #tealyra arrived. Besides replenishing my supply of Black Beauty and Jasmine Oolong, I ordered some #Wakoucha, and a Pu-Erh, neither of which I've had before. The Wakoucha is very mild and delicate. It seems like a particularly good tea for if I want a black tea without milk. It […]

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Kevin Smith @smithkm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/05/2026

So 8th gear has been a bit noisy since the last time I tried to adjust the derailleur and my rear brakes were feeling a bit squishy and in need of tightening and I'd tightened it as far as I dared with the barrel adjuster. 8th gear is if anything slightly worse, but I think the brakes are […]

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Kevin Smith @smithkm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/05/2026

Improved the lake generation so it's less "blobby". Before I started at a point and picked a "size" (based on flow) and worked my way upstream by at the size number of segments, reducing backtracking randomly more so on lower flow tributaries. Then dissolve […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Steffani Cameron 🇨🇦 @snarkysteff.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

LOL. Victoria problems. Some person parked their shiny Mercedes in Cook Street Village & a peacock saw its reflection & attacked. So now someone has posted on a local Facebook page that, no, you weren’t keyed, a peacock hated their reflection. It’s scratched to all heck now! 🤷‍♀️ #yyj

If you parked your black Mercedes in Cook St. Village and came back to some fresh scratches... you weren't keyed. I regret to inform you that a peacock saw your car, saw his reflection in your car, and decided that guy needed to be dealt with. The good news: your paint job was apparently flawless enough to be mistaken for a mirror. The bad news: the peacock had absolutely no chill.
He is considered extremely handsome and dangerously territorial. Park at your own risk.
***For the record, I did not take these photos, and I've been told people tried to gently shoo it away, but it would come right back to the car for more. This post is in no way meant to drum up hate against the beloved peacocks
Photo credit: VictoriaDogPhotography
#victoriabc #cookstreetvillage #yyj #bc

Wide showing the peacock alongside the car

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Kevin Smith @smithkm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/05/2026

I dug out some code I wrote 10 years ago for generating fictional river networks, and cleaned up the bit rot, and did a bit more work on it. I cleaned up the fractal densification function and made a PR to #JTS with it. #fantasymaps #proceduralgeneration

Map of a generated fictional landmass with rivers and lakes

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Flipboard Science Desk @sciencedesk.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/05/2026

This might sound crazy but imagine if the name you gave your newborn affected the shape of your offspring’s face over time. After all, George Orwell once famously said “At 50, everyone has the face he deserves.” Research supports Orwell’s observation. But do names play a role? Read more from […]

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Kevin Smith @smithkm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/04/2026

Extreme close pass by a #VictoriaTaxi on Gorge Road West near Tillicum. Thankfully they weren't also speeding which is rare on Gorge Road. My camera was dead but I got the license plate and reported it to the Saanich Police. Probably won't amount to anything but it at least adds to statistics […]

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Kevin Smith @smithkm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/04/2026

I have trouble finding #shoes that fit, so when I find a model I like, I stick with it.. For more than a decade, that's been the #NewBalance 840. My current pair are falling apart but I didn't want a US brand so I tried something new. A pair of #ecco Biom Energia Walking Shoes. It's really hard […]

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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Some very wealthy corporations and people want you to think the idea of “15-Minute Cities” is a scary conspiracy. But it’s really just common sense. More things nearby without always needing a car. But have you heard of the “1-Hour City Conspiracy?” Stay tuned. #1HourCityConspiracy #UrbanTruth

Text saying “CONSPIRACY: Turns out the REAL conspiracy was right under their noses the whole time.”

Subtext says “ 1 Hour Cities are the Conspiracy. 15 Minute Cities are the Truth.”

Via the Urban Truth Collective

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Kevin Smith @smithkm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/04/2026

One thing that has annoyed me about my #Beyerdynamic headphones is the plastic sliders that break once every year or two rendering them unusable until I shell out 20+ CAD for a few small pieces of plastic. The replacement part was discontinued but a new one was introduced which is compatible […]

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Kevin Smith @smithkm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/03/2026

Has anyone ever thought that it's ironic that pigeons are known for their ability to navigate and peace (Though the latter only when we call them "doves"). But Mr. Pigeon (Who Caries the Smeared One) is known for precisely the opposite reasons? #pigeons

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Kevin Smith @smithkm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/02/2026

Dry bushing and washing the trunk and roots. The texture is from scratching the epoxy putty with a life while it was still soft plus the twisted florist wire showing through. I'll put some sort of detail in the hole under the roots but haven't decided what […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Based tree armature with the roots and trunk painted a mottled grey and dark brown

Tree armature with the roots and trunk painted a mottled grey and dark brown. There's a gap under one of the roots.

Tree armature with the roots and trunk painted a mottled grey and dark brown.

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Kevin Smith @smithkm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/02/2026

Making a tree armature from scratch. Florist wire, milliput, mod podge, fender washers, sea foam, and lots of PVA and CA glue. Painted with a grey-brown spray primer/base. Needs some dry brushing and washing and obviously foliage. I'd like to do something […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Kevin Smith @smithkm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/02/2026

Liking the new #KMFDM album, especially "Oubliette". #KmfdmEnemy

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Kevin Smith @smithkm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/02/2026

New Headphone Ear Pads Day isn't quite New Glasses Day, but it is nice. #headphones

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Sonja @tokipona.org · 31/01/2026

Bahasa Polandi Pełeysari is the official zonal interlang to finally reunite the Indonesians and Poles, so their new flag can be entirely red or entirely white, to be determined later, inszyalah. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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Bahasa Polandi Pełeysari

1. AboutBahasa Polandi Pełeysari is the official zonal interlang to finally reunite the Indonesians and Poles, so their new flag can be entirely red or entirely white, to be determined later, inszya...

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Kevin Smith @smithkm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/01/2026

RE: flipboard.com/@cbcnews/technology-s… Have the researchers checked to make sure that the sea lions don't have access "alternative parenting" Facebook groups?

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Kevin Smith @smithkm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/01/2026

So something went wrong with the hard drive I was using for my media storage. (A Toshiba N300) I was using it to export a ridiculously bloated Windows VM image to as I was running low on space on my main drive and got an odd error at the end. When I tried to look at the file, It didn't work […]

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Kevin Smith @smithkm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/01/2026

My first time patching an inner tube. This is from my trailer rather than my bike itself. It was a small pinhole that leaked slowly. Hopefully I didn't damage it while getting the wheel reassembled; especially as I had to do it twice since I put the tire on […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

A very small inner tube with a small patch applied.

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Andrew Hunter @rexbron.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 12/01/2026

About Here putting a great explainer video about elevators and why North America doesn't have as many as we should. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Or1_qVdekYM #accessibility #Urbanism #Codes

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Kevin Smith @smithkm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/01/2026

RE: mastodon.com.br/@xkcd/1158555306858… Roughly this idea has occurred to me before, but this sums it up perfectly.

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Kevin Smith @smithkm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/01/2026

Holiday #boardgame 7 was 2 games of #zombiedice. Admittedly not so much a 'board' game. No picture since it doesn't have much state. The first game was 'Santa Clause Meets the Zombies' and the second was 'Direct to Video Sequel' with Hunk, Hottie, and Santa all in play. The second game also […]

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Kevin Smith @smithkm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/01/2026

Usually we make it through two puzzles over the holidays but this #discworld one took a solid week. It's gorgeous though. #jigsawpuzzle

Completed "The Mended Drum" jigsaw puzzle.

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Kevin Smith @smithkm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/01/2026

Holiday #boardgame 6 was #Carcassonne with The River and Traders and Builders.

Finishing final scoring for a game of Carcassonne. Green 104, black 81, yellow 73, red 58.

farmers and pigs for the final field (included in those scores) are still out, 4 black, 3 green, both with pigs scoring 7 cities.

There is also a completed 21 tile city with 1 shield, 3 wine, 3 cloth, and 2 wheat.

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Kevin Smith @smithkm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 31/12/2025

If you flip a dice tray inside out it makes a decent hill for #alphastrike. Ideally it would be a bit shorter and a more natural colour. A way of securing the corners either way (magnets instead of snaps) would allow for two different colours from each hill […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Kevin Smith @smithkm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/12/2025

Holiday #BoardGame 3 was #TicketToRide, because it wouldn't be the holidays without Ticket to Ride. Our last two times were Europe and India so we did North America this time.

final state for Ticket to Ride with green 124, black 122, blue 107, red 86, black had longest train.

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Kevin Smith @smithkm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/12/2025

Holiday #boardgame two, our first time playing #Azul. We were very much figuring things out as we played but still a fun game. Surprisingly cutthroat.

An Azul Mini game board before the final wall tiling with six of the same tile in the floor.

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Kevin Smith @smithkm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/12/2025

First #boardgame of the holidays was #marvellegendary. We managed to stop the Supreme Intelligence’s Kree Skull War with only a few cards left in the villain deck (which would have been a draw). We did forget to give the mastermind a shard each time a villain […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

End state of a game of Marvel Legendary.

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