iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Reposted by Rod Potter

Jim Stanford @jimbostanford.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The myth Alberta 'subsidizes' the rest of Canada is the most powerful meme in the separatist armoury. But it's utterly false. I show that most Albertans get more back from federal programs than they personally pay in federal taxes, for @thetyee.ca: thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026... #abpoli /2

thetyee.ca

No, Alberta Does Not ‘Subsidize’ the Rest of Canada | The Tyee

The vast majority of workers get more from federal programs than they give.

18531269

Rod Potter @yolkregion.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Just checked. It's still Lake Ontario.

020

Rod Potter @yolkregion.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Trump's arch should really be called the "Arc de Honte". Does the world really need another Napoleon wanna be? Not sure what will be more repugnant: the garish architecture iteslf or the questionable history and symbolism of the thing.

000

Rod Potter @yolkregion.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

I'm not too worried about AI slop. Just let your AI agent consume it so you don't have to. The real fun begins after AI begins scraping and regurgitating its own slop. Have a glorious analog day, everyone! You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/17/t...

nytimes.com

AI Slop Is Everywhere. Spotify, LinkedIn and Others Have Had Enough. (Gift Article)

Spotify, LinkedIn and others are trying to dig out of a digital sewage heap full of low-quality content made with artificial intelligence.

010

Rod Potter @yolkregion.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

So now a 50% tariff/tax on goods Americans buy from Canada? Trump wins once again... by scoring on his own net. What a miserable country the U.S. has become.

020

Rod Potter @yolkregion.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

I think I was one of just a few amateurs that tried to capture the "close" asteroid flyby last weekend. Asteroid (152637) 1997 NC1 put on a very brief show. I managed to get 250x10sec images to make this short video. #astrophotography youtu.be/8XPDItIiHZw?...

youtu.be

Asteroid (152637) 1997 NC1 flyby

YouTube video by Rod Potter

1111

Rod Potter @yolkregion.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Some of you may be too young to remember "The Clapper", but Trump remembers it well. The Clapper-in-chief is 100% using this technology to start-stop-start-stop his Iran "excursion". This could be an actual cabinet meeting: youtu.be/sRWtFVFSx5I?... #ClapperInChief

youtu.be

Clap On Clap Off The Clapper (1984)

YouTube video by Retrontario

010

Reposted by Rod Potter

Barney Panofsky's Best Intentions @mynamesnotgordy.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Would you like to see me turn these two bags of Big Macs and Mcnuggets into TWELVE bags of Big Macs and Mcnuggets? I can do it. I'm a doctor.

1822736

Rod Potter @yolkregion.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

I'm not American, but I really needed this today. Jesse Welles is truly keeping the flame alive: youtu.be/xOp4PO0Ek9A?...

youtu.be

Good Morning America

YouTube video by Jesse Welles

000

Rod Potter @yolkregion.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

No need for Canada & Venezuela to join the Union. Trump has already created more states than the U.S. can handle: #51 State of denial #52 State of apathy #53 State of confusion #54 State of disbelief #55 State of lawlessness #56 State of mistrust #57 State of shock I'm sure i forgot a few.

010

Reposted by Rod Potter

Barney Panofsky's Best Intentions @mynamesnotgordy.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Local man asks for help winning war he won seven times last week.

1629162

Rod Potter @yolkregion.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Dept of Just US. Or more accurately, Just Him

000

Rod Potter @yolkregion.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Now he wants to launch a million satellites to produce AI slop? Let's hope Elon's latest disastrous idea never gets off the ground.

000

Reposted by Rod Potter

MJ 🇨🇦🇳🇿 @panaetius.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

*Beloved teacher killed as man with no criminal history flees untrained, masked federal military force intent on kidnapping him followed by deportation to an unknown country, or unlawful imprisonment in a concentration camp. Man with no criminal history now unfairly accused of homicide.* Fixed it

317233

Rod Potter @yolkregion.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Mancuso's picado technique still looks and sounds like magic to me. Great stuff! youtu.be/8bL3fTbOq6M?...

youtu.be

Matteo Mancuso & Joscho Stephan Trio // Blues For Matteo

YouTube video by Joscho Stephan

010

Rod Potter @yolkregion.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

When you zoom in on the Elephant's Trunk nebula, it looks more like the Elephant's dragon. I tried to map 29 hours of Ha, SII & OIII to a SHO palette using Seti Astro Suite Pro. A pretty cool bit of space, no matter how you colour it! #astrophotography

$Elephant Trunk Nebula. 29 hours of mono imaging with SII, Ha and OIII filters. Captured with 115mm refractor at F7 and QHY Minicam8M camera. Processed with Seti Astro Suite pro and minor Photohop denoising.$

0285

Rod Potter @yolkregion.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

A one hour stack of C/2025 A6 Lemmon images stacked and processed with Seti Astro Suite Pro. Very comety! #Astrophotography

$Comet 2025/C A6 Lemmon 60 x 30 sec subs ASI 533 MC 115mm refractor at F5.8$

37616

Rod Potter @yolkregion.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

I'm new to mono processing -- this was my first attempt with the QHY Minicam8 and narrowband filters. Imaged at Starfest 2025 in Ontario. Just 1 hour of integration each with Ha, OIII and SII filters. Processed with Siril & Seti Astro Suite. #Astrophotography

Helix Nebula imaged with QHY Minicam8M with narrowband filters.
Astro-tech 115mm scope with .8 reducer
30 x 120 - Ha
30 x 120 - OIII
30 x 120 - SII

2432

Rod Potter @yolkregion.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

Ha-OIII dual narrowband view of the North American and Pelican Nebulas. Most of the processing was done with Siril, but I used Seti Astro Suite to remove some nasty star halos (looking at you Deneb!). Hoping for a few more nights with this project to add RGB stars for colour. #Astrophotography

Wide view of North American and Pelican Nebulas
* 3 hours integration
* Skywatch 72ED with .7 reducer (F5)
* PlayerOne Poseidon-C camera 2x2 binning
* Optolong L-extreme Ha/OIII filter
* processed with Siril, Seti Astro Suite and Photoshop

1171

Rod Potter @yolkregion.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

The supernova in the galactic core of NGC7331 was still shining bright on July 22 & 23. #Astrophotography

SN2025rbs captured at F5.6 with 30x120s subs.

0576

Rod Potter @yolkregion.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Our last trip to a darker Ontario sky started with this thick layer of forest fire smoke. The first night was so-so but by the second night things improved a lot. I focused on this wide field view of the Bubble nebula, M52 and a few other treasures. #astrophotography

Ontario fire smoke near Rice Lake, July 14th, 2025.

0281

Rod Potter @yolkregion.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

The Messier 3 globular cluster. Stacked with Siril 1.4 beta 1, but processed mostly with Seti Astro Suite and some final Photoshop tweaks (old habits 😄). Hoping to add more integration, improve the star color & maybe show some blue straggler stars. #astrophotography

Messier 3, globular cluster. Imaged with Celestron Edge HD800 at F7 and ZWO ASI 294MCPro camera. 2.5 hours integration.

3404

Rod Potter @yolkregion.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

I'm hoping to get better at this, but I restacked and processed some old M51 (last year's) data with the new Siril 1.4 beta version. It truly is a pleasure to use! #Astrophotography #Siril

M51 3.5 hours of integration. Processed with Siril 1.4 and some final sharpening with Photoshop.

0755

Rod Potter @yolkregion.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Congress must take away Trump's #tariff authority because Trump has proven over and over that he can't be trusted. Nations deserve to make honorable and lawful deals with other NATIONS, not with wannabe dictators. Stop the stupidity and take your democracy back, America.

010

Rod Potter @yolkregion.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

The early voting line in Richmond Hill was steady, but not too busy. Most voters i saw were in their 60's or older. C' mon you youngsters, vote! #cdnpoli #Canada #votes

020

Rod Potter @yolkregion.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

A year already and so much has changed - gulp! Anyhow, here's a short YouTube clip of what we saw on that incredible day! #Astrophotography #SolarEclipse youtu.be/rdmw3gV35n8?...

youtu.be

2024 Solar Eclipse - Hemmingford, Quebec

YouTube video by Rod Potter

071

Reposted by Rod Potter

Randi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Can we stop calling these atrocities "deportations." These people sold to El Salvadorian prisons were not deported. Deportation is a process that did not take place. They were rounded up and removed with no process. They were kidnapped, not deported.

12134351712227

Reposted by Rod Potter

Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

In years to come, the people who did this will be the ones who will go to jail.

2250382069241

Rod Potter @yolkregion.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Let's pretend #Trump's "plan" actually works. #Tariffs shut down Canada's auto sector & many other industries. The U.S. builds new factories & makes an extra 2 million cars a year. Canada faces recession & high unemployment. So who buys those 2,000,000 U.S. cars? Just asking. #cdnpoli

121

Reposted by Rod Potter

Karen Yourish @karenyourish.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

As President Trump seeks to purge the federal government of “woke” initiatives, agencies have flagged hundreds of words to limit or avoid. An analysis by The New York Times reveals how these words are being removed from government websites. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

nytimes.com

The Words Federal Agencies Are Removing From Their Sites Under Trump

Federal agencies have issued guidance to employees on hundreds of terms to limit or avoid using. An analysis of government websites shows many of the same words being removed.

62286171

Reposted by Rod Potter

Astro Attorney ⚖️ @astroattorney.com · 05/03/2025

I should add that when he does lift the tariffs all of his buddies will make billions over billions from the inside information

011

Rod Potter @yolkregion.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

So if the U.S. brings Canadian auto plants to the U.S. and throws Canada into a recession, who is going to buy those extra 2 million vehicles? They sure won't be bought by us Canadians. America First means America Alone. #uspoli #cdnpoli #tariffs

050

Reposted by Rod Potter

David Frum @davidfrum.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Trump and Vance are not selling out Ukraine because of anything Zelenskyy said to them. Trump and Vance are selling out Ukraine because of things Putin and Musk said to them.

20268471751

Reposted by Rod Potter

News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Zelenskyy flew to Washington and got a meeting with the Kremlin. A day of national shame.

A photo taken during the row in the Oval Office. Zelenskyy h his palms laid out whilst Trump berates him and points at him

702173495

Reposted by Rod Potter

PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Ambassador Bob Rae 🇨🇦 👇👇👇 #cdnpoli #peipoli

46891422

Reposted by Rod Potter

Informed1 @informed1.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

America was sold to Elon for approximately $250M in campaign donations.

44713

Rod Potter @yolkregion.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

American businesses, farmers, oil refiners, banks, states and the people are all against Trump's #tariffs. But #Trump and the inner circle want to remake the U.S. economy like it's the 19th century. They need to choose between a free economy or pay the price for a Trump casino economy. #cdnpoli

010

Rod Potter @yolkregion.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Thoughts on boycotting US streaming services, newspapers, Amazon, Microsoft, etc during Trump's #tariff war? Cancelling some of these will become a necessity for many of us in any case. #cdnpoli #onpoli

120

Reposted by Rod Potter

Astropotamus 🔭🦛 @astropotamus.com · 26/01/2025

This is some insane #Astrophotography and makes me very jealous of all my "down undah" astro friends!

2606

Rod Potter @yolkregion.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

A cosmic photobomb. Messier 46, an open cluster of blue and older red stars is about 5000 ly away in the constellation Puppis. The planetary nebula NGC 2438 sits in front, just 1370 ly distant. Captured on a -20C winter night. #Astrophotography

$Messier 46 open star cluster with a small planetary nebula, NGC2438 13 minutes exposure with 115mm refractor and ASI294MCpro camera$

0330

Rod Potter @yolkregion.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

If Trump hits Canada with a 25% tariff on Feb 1, I may be forced to cancel most or all of my U.S. subscriptions and services: Netflix, Adobe, Microsoft, newspapers, etc. Anyone up for a cross-border boycott? #cdnpoli

1122

Rod Potter @yolkregion.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

We spent quite a while watching this Snowy Owl perching on a digital TV antenna. I wonder if the homeowner was also looking at a "snowy" screen? #birds

Snowy Owl on TV antenna. Holland Marsh, Ontario. Digiscoped with camera and binoculars.

070