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Matt MacIntyre @thinkontheclock.com · 18/09/2026

I generally really like the way the threading feature works in BlueSky. However, there's a beta feature you can turn on that makes it even better: baked-in thread counters. I turned it on in August and it's still really great Settings → Beta Features

A screenshot of a BlueSky thread post showing the first of a 32 post thread.

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Matt MacIntyre @thinkontheclock.com · 28/08/2026

Welcome to BlueSky. Please familiarize yourself with the following accounts to understand the range of opinions it is acceptable to express.

Two white men sit against a brick wall, and a man in a gorilla suit sits between them. The men are wearing green jackets, and the man in the gorilla suit is holding a banana.

They are the Mighty Boosh.

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Matt MacIntyre @thinkontheclock.com · 17/08/2026

There are a handful of actors that show up in this genre more often than others, typically in supporting or cameo roles. My current favourite:

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Matt MacIntyre @thinkontheclock.com · 06/08/2026

No cheating, post your lock screen Purple-cast pic of the Fundy coast cliffs at Five Islands.

A screenshot of an iPhone lock screen with time, some widgets, and a picture of a rocky cliff topped with trees.

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Matt MacIntyre @thinkontheclock.com · 31/07/2026

Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.

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Matt MacIntyre @thinkontheclock.com · 24/07/2026

I doubt that most drivers--this one included--are intimately familiar with this... a fellow cyclist tipped me off to this a few years ago and it still enrages me on the regular. Source: novascotia.ca/tran/roadsaf... My real question is where is the line between parking and standing to unload?

A screenshot of a website reading: Can a car be parked in a bike lane if there is no sign prohibiting parking?

No. Under the new laws, you may not park in bike lanes. However, the law does recognize there are situations, particularly at bus stops, where it is necessary to temporarily stop or stand in a bike lane as part of operations; for example transit buses. Vehicles may temporarily stand or stop in a bike lane while actively engaged in loading or unloading of goods or people. If you must stop in a bike lane to unload/load passengers or goods, you must yield to cyclists already in the bike lane prior to pulling over and stopping.

As a cyclist watch for commercial vehicles or buses that may be stopped in a bike lane. When this occurs, remember to wait and see if it is safe to pass on the left or wait until the vehicle leaves. If it is a bus, and it has a signal on to pull away from the curb, yield to the bus. If the bus is stopped and no signal is present, pass on the left to allow passengers to leave the bus.

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Matt MacIntyre @thinkontheclock.com · 05/07/2026

From ~a week ago, but it’s still like this. Came out with my groceries to find two other cyclists assessing how to lock up without trapping me. We were all thankful of the timing, but it’s next to impossible for more than one person to use this rack at once. Braemar superstore. #bikehfx

An orange bike is wedged between a bike rack and some poorly placed tables full of plants outside a grocery store in an urban setting.

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Matt MacIntyre @thinkontheclock.com · 11/06/2026

Lots of land in Canada that no one has a better use for... all the free parking your heart desires in the muskeg.

a bulldozer is semi-submerged in half-frozen muskeg in the Canadian north.

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Matt MacIntyre @thinkontheclock.com · 01/06/2026

Got some new sunnies with photochromic (transitions, basically) lenses in them recently. Today partner and I took a day off work, took kiddo to daycare, then drove to Wentworth for some trail time. Fun. MTB ride, trail run, road ride… perfect light filtering everywhere. So good.

A view from up high in Wentworth Nova Scotia. Blue sky with some wispy clouds top an idyllic green valley.

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Matt MacIntyre @thinkontheclock.com · 26/05/2026

Yesterday on a bus with ~20 other riders, we waited multiple lights while drivers plowed into the intersection, turning right on red. Driver got frustrated, blocked the intersection with the bus. Is enforcement part of congestion discussion? Unless they mean HRM, transit is not shit everywhere.

A black and white photo of an old streetcar in Australia, featuring a large cowcatcher-style front.

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Matt MacIntyre @thinkontheclock.com · 20/05/2026

#bikehfx #vanity #poll Greetings #bikesky friends - making a decision on some colours today & I'm stuck. First pic is my frame. Second & third pics are available colours from the vendor (HMPL). What do I pick for panniers? I already have some bags in the 1000D Cordura, but I don't need to match.

a photo of an orange mountain bike against a white background.

swatches of ecopak epx 200 fabric in multiple colours against a white background.

swatches of ecopak eplx600 and 1000d cordura fabrics against a white background.

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Matt MacIntyre @thinkontheclock.com · 19/05/2026

You don't *need* a car, but sorry... you definitely need to be able to afford two, or , y'know... have literally been grandfathered into the neighbourhood to live here.

A screenshot of the walk score for Preson Street in Halifax, Nova Scotia, indicating that you can perform most daily tasks without the need of a car.

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Matt MacIntyre @thinkontheclock.com · 16/05/2026

Name your first video game console.

A black plastic video game console and controller against a white background. The Sega Genesis.

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Matt MacIntyre @thinkontheclock.com · 15/05/2026

Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy

A two panel meme of a car salesperson and a customer. The customer asks about cargo space. The salesperson replies “car no do that. Car no fly.”

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Matt MacIntyre @thinkontheclock.com · 28/04/2026

Couple flying things spotted in the back yard over the weekend. There’s a nesting pair of crows in a tree up high, and a Herc flying pretty low in Sunday’s clear blue sky. #birdsky #birds #planes #hercules #c130 #crow #dartmouth #novascotia #birdsky #itsabirditsaplanr

An American crow looks at the camera as I take its picture. It’s sitting on a branch in a tree against a background of trees and blue sky with white clouds

An American crow looks away from the camera as I take its picture. It’s sitting on a branch in a tree against a background of trees and blue sky with white clouds

A Hercules airplane flies against a blue sky.

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Matt MacIntyre @thinkontheclock.com · 26/04/2026

Well, that probably could’ve been optimized, but I think I got em all. Also, the modal filter that bridges the West End to Mumford… 🥰🥰🥰 This felt like a community-minded decentralized alley cat. Would recommend. Rediscovered parts of the city I haven’t been to in a minute. #bikehfx

A screenshot of a strava activity outlining a meandering route across the city of Halifax. The title is Counter Points + gym, and the description is Feelin Good.

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Matt MacIntyre @thinkontheclock.com · 19/04/2026

A few snaps of a downy woodpecker from last time I was up in Antigonish. #birdsky #birds #downywoodpecker #woodpecker

A downy woodpecker hangs upside down from a rust-coloured globe feeder. It has a seed in its bill.

A downy woodpecker gets a seed out of a globe feeder.

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Matt MacIntyre @thinkontheclock.com · 09/04/2026

So far so good! (also tried a colander, metal water bottle, my keys lol) Ours is a Frigidaire Gallery.

Some gloves, an apple, a spoon rest, and a watering can sit on a black induction range.

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Matt MacIntyre @thinkontheclock.com · 25/01/2026

1/2 Been working hard on a semi-offline UX. The iconography needs some work but the good news is the iteration process is pretty dialed in and the feedback loop is short. As someone that builds, uses, and buys software, it always feels counterintuitive to dig into processing or presenting...

A black and white photo of a pen laying on a pad of graph paper.

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Matt MacIntyre @thinkontheclock.com · 12/12/2025

The hostel trail system in the Wentworth valley is some of the best snowshoeing terrain around. We have this photo from a trip there years ago framed in our living room 🥰

Snow capped evergreen trees stand in the foreground of an idyllic snowy valley on a grey winter day in Nova Scotia.

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Matt MacIntyre @thinkontheclock.com · 12/10/2025

My neck hurts a bit from the stargazing... #fundy #stars

A bonfire-lit field of evergreen trees is seen from below against a very starry night sky.

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Matt MacIntyre @thinkontheclock.com · 26/08/2025

It's such a bummer that this used to be one of the most recognizable photos of Andy when he was an MP... the mask is truly off.

A photo of current Halifax Mayor Andy Fillmore, riding a bike on a Halifax street, smiling and waving at the camera.

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Matt MacIntyre @thinkontheclock.com · 02/06/2025

Today I rode from Halifax (Coke Plant) to Graves Island provincial park. While I’ll make some different choices next time, I’m immensely glad I came, and am thoroughly enjoying my time #bikepacking #trackpacking #bikecamping #camping #bikehfx

A bike leans against a wooden fence. There’s a water view on the left, then a road, then a path on which the bike will travel, lined by forest.

A bike leans against a tree on a pine-lined gravel path. There’s dappled sun shining through the canopy.

A bike leans against a picnic table on a wooded campsite.

A squirrel leans on the top tube of a bike, which is leaned against a picnic table. The squirrel is surveying the scene.

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Matt MacIntyre @thinkontheclock.com · 02/06/2025

I am reading this during my first overnight-by-bike to Graves, from Halifax. It’s just lovely here… this is the only pic that matters to me now.

A bicycle stands against a picnic table, and a squirrel is leaning on the top tube surveying the scene.

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Matt MacIntyre @thinkontheclock.com · 17/02/2025

After loaning it to a friend nearly two decades ago and not receiving it back, I put Douglas Coupland’s Microserfs on a wish list a while ago and received a new copy as a gift. Just last night, I started reading it and am finding myself just as engaged by the story as the first time I read it.

A white man’s hand holds a book in the centre of the frame. The photo is portrait style with the book in sharp focus and the remainder of the photo in soft blur.

The background of the photo is a bed and a closet, washed in reddish light.

The spine of the book reads “microserfs Douglas coupland”. The cover of the book is a pattern of pixel art people in white briefs.

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Matt MacIntyre @thinkontheclock.com · 09/01/2025

The new coffee carafe has arrived. Such a huge quality of life upgrade for me. No more chopsticks balancing on a French press 😅

A white desk with a coffee mug and black coffee carafe sit in the foreground.

In the background are some desk accoutrements, notebooks, and a bicycle on a wall/bulkhead in the background.

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Matt MacIntyre @thinkontheclock.com · 06/01/2025

You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who is coming to save you?

A black man—Andre Braugher as Detective Frank Pembleton—sits at a desk with a pen in his right hand. He’s wearing a lightly coloured shirt, a dark tie, and is wearing a gun harness. In the background are three people, occupied with newspapers and paperwork.

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Matt MacIntyre @thinkontheclock.com · 30/12/2024

About a month off due to illness, travel, holidays, etc. Feels good to be back. I’m absolutely gassed after a few tough climbs but I haven’t lost any grades so pretty happy about that. This is the way.

A point of view of a man sitting in a bouldering gym. His feet are outstretched in front of him, with black and white climbing shoes on his feet. The gym floor and mats stretch out in front, and in the background is the climbing wall with holds and problems of differing difficulty.

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Matt MacIntyre @thinkontheclock.com · 30/12/2024

I smashed my range server by accident and this is my interim pourover coffee setup. 😅 It works, but feels pretty clunky. Excited to get a new carafe.

A pourover coffee maker sits precariously atop a pair of chopsticks, which are in turn on top of an orange cast iron French Press.

The whole assembly sits on a bamboo cutting board on a grey kitchen counter.

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Matt MacIntyre @thinkontheclock.com · 29/11/2024

A real bright spot this week: the lovely selection of books we received as a draw prize from the season end of #KidicalMassHfx. A is really into books right now - the biggest hit is Go, Bikes, Go!, by Addie Boswell. Big thanks to this whole group and to @bikehfxlobby.bsky.social for the delivery!

The view is from above and slightly behind. A man sits cross legged with a small child sitting in his lap. The child has a red crayon clutched point up in her right hand. An array of books in front of them on a black and grey damask rug.

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Matt MacIntyre @thinkontheclock.com · 01/11/2024

Strange how the mind has trouble placing what's missing when a building is demolished. Resorted to Google Maps to see the building that was recently taken down on Creighton. Fairly nondescript, except this beautiful wall. If you happen to have photos of this wall Halifax Halisky please share them.

The wall of a 2 storey office building is filled with vibrant graffiti. The art appears to span multiple styles and times, and is very well done. There are two vehicles parked near the wall.

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Matt MacIntyre @thinkontheclock.com · 01/11/2024

My favourite note-taking pen right now is a $1.75 Japanese classic, the Mitsubishi Boxy 100. I'm using a modded Uni Jetstream D1 refill (a bit of tape to simulate the flange on the just-ok S-7S refill that the pen comes with) in black ink. Rhodia dot grid journal. ✍️

A black pen with the text Boxy 100 rests on an off-white page from a dot grid notebook. The ribbon bookmark from the notebook is strewn between the pen and the page.

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Matt MacIntyre @thinkontheclock.com · 30/10/2024

Not sure if your app supports them, but there depending on where you are there may also be a PWSWeather station you can get data from. There's one on the peninsula and a handful in Dartmouth. Maybe closer than the Stanfield or Shearwater stations the app is likely pulling from.

A map of a section of the Halifax Regional Municipality, including Dartmouth and the Halifax peninsula. There are four pins showing PWSWeather stations.

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Matt MacIntyre @thinkontheclock.com · 20/10/2024

Great time at the last #KidicalMassHFX of the season this morning. Huge thanks to the organizers, volunteers, and participants that make these rides so much fun! A won a prize 🎉

A white family (mother, father, daughter) is on bikes as part of a larger group in an urban setting. The daughter is in a bike trailer.

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Matt MacIntyre @thinkontheclock.com · 22/08/2024

Related - are there details on the (what appears to be bike) infrastructure in the upper right of this photo? There’s a caged / roofed structure that I’m sure I’ve seen holding bikes. I don’t see it mentioned in literature and I can’t find a labeled architectural diagram on my phone, apparently.

An aerial view of the Halifax Commons Aquatic Centre. It’s a multi structure facility with a pool top left, a splash pad bottom left, and entry / exit points to the right. To the top of the frame is an adjacent street.

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Matt MacIntyre @thinkontheclock.com · 11/08/2024

First of many Kidical Mass rides today! A slept through the last half of the ride and the first half of the post-ride social time, but overall a great success. Was nice to see everyone and meet a few folks in person. We'll be back! 🚲 KidcalMassHfx BikeHfx KidicalMass HaliSky

3 people facing the camera on a sunny day. From left to right they are a man, a woman, and a small child. They are wearing bike helmets and smiling for the camera and standing on a residential street.

A large group of citizens of the city of Halifax, Nova Scotia are on bikes on a city street. There are many children among them. The sun is coming through the trees.

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Matt MacIntyre @thinkontheclock.com · 24/07/2024

Two of my north end favourites from the recent mural festival here in Halifax. Love seeing such beautiful art in my daily life.

2 large murals on the side of a 2 storey greyish-blue building, viewed from the adjacent alley. The sky is blue. The mural on the left has a black background with multicoloured text at the top that reads "I'm so glad you're here", and flowers on the bottom in the same colours as the text. The mural on the right is puffins against an illustrated background with shades of blue and a pink circle.

A mural on the side of a building viewed from across the street. It appears as a large window on the side of the building, revealing a woman inside looking at something on a table in front of her. The window is framed with shades of green and citrus trees, and covers the entire side of the 2-storey building.

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Matt MacIntyre @thinkontheclock.com · 24/07/2024

Haven't played a platformer as challenging or satisfying as Celeste is since You Have to Win The Game. Really enjoying the fact that gamepass works on an iPad with a controller 👌

A photo of a room dimly lit with reddish light. In the foreground is an Xbox controller in front of an iPad. On the screen of the iPad is the video game Celeste.

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Matt MacIntyre @thinkontheclock.com · 20/07/2024

One of my favourite app discoveries in recent memory is one called Literature Clock. It's what it says on the tin: literary passages that denote the current time... or as close to current as the database allows for. Which is perfect.

A screenshot of an iOS widget provided by an app called Literature Clock.

The text says "This is the evening. This is the night. It's is New Year's Eve. In about twenty-eight minutes it will be midnight. I still have twenty-eight minutes left. I have to recollect my thoughts. At twelve o'clock I should be done thinking."

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Matt MacIntyre @thinkontheclock.com · 15/07/2024

Ten to Nine and it's already hot and humid out there. Seek the shade and stay hydrated today, Halifax.

A screenshot of the app Carrot (a weather app various Apple operating systems).

It reads: Partly cloudy for the hour. Temperature 21 degrees. Feels like 28 degrees. Wet bulb 19 degrees. Precipitation chance 0. Precipitation past hour 0. Wind speed 5km/h southerly. Wind gusts 0km/h. UV Index 1. Humidity 88%. Dew point 19 degrees. Pressure 101kPa. Cloud cover 40%.

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Matt MacIntyre @thinkontheclock.com · 09/07/2024

Me, searching Brazil nuts after eating 4 of them and eyeing up a fifth... 👀

A screenshot of a web search about Brazil nuts that reads:

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Matt MacIntyre @thinkontheclock.com · 05/07/2024

Most TT helmets look like something out of a sci-fi movie, but this year's Team Visma helmets are just something else...

A professional cyclist dressed all in yellow against a yellow background wearing a futuristic looking helmet.

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Matt MacIntyre @thinkontheclock.com · 05/06/2024

This sucks. I've had my share of road rage encounters, but I've also spoken candidly with a number of drivers that just get genuinely nervous and think that a honk is a good indication that they're about to overtake. It's--shockingly--actually recommended by the RMV handbook.

A screenshot of the Nova Scotia registry of motor vehicles driver handbook, illustrating various methods by which a driver should signal their intention.

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Matt MacIntyre @thinkontheclock.com · 09/05/2024

Let the birdposting continue. Some ducks at the Halifax Public Gardens today. 🦉🦆 birds

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