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Product guy, bike riding pinko, x-country socialist, hockey-playing Torontonian. CBC, Globe and Mail, TWG, eCampusOntario, Bad Gateway, PaymentEvolution. Old hipster-> hip oldster.

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Sunlight travels 93 million miles to reach the earth None of them through the Strait of Hormuz

Sunlight travels 93 million miles to reach the earth

None of them through the Strait of Hormuz

billmckibben.substack.com/p/sunlight-t...

06.03.2026 22:59 πŸ‘ 615 πŸ” 196 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 18

bsky.app/profile/rswi...

07.03.2026 13:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Radiohead Perform "Creep" Live on September 14, 1993 | Late Night with Conan O’Brien
Radiohead Perform "Creep" Live on September 14, 1993 | Late Night with Conan O’Brien YouTube video by Conan O'Brien

Early Thom Yorke’s look is so uncannily like Jackie Rogers Jr I’ve long suspected it’s all a homage. youtu.be/J_sH-GrUeUw?...

07.03.2026 02:54 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Time to refresh the accounts you follow by hitting "follow all" on ALL THREE πŸ¦‹ starter packs...follow 300+ product managers in 15 seconds

go.bsky.app/9UvJJ6g

go.bsky.app/GCjK7ya

go.bsky.app/HgZVU3P

05.01.2025 00:22 πŸ‘ 63 πŸ” 28 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 3

#IdeasAtWork

A month in hospital costs: $30,100
Month in prison: $9,400
Month in shelter: $6,800
Supportive housing per month: $3,800
@uhn.ca's Dr. Andrew Boozary

h/t @urbantruth.bsky.social
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

03.03.2026 14:11 πŸ‘ 170 πŸ” 59 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 1

bsky.app/profile/rodg...

28.02.2026 15:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If FIFA did, for some reason, regularly give out a Peace Prize, you’d think #1 on the list of criteria for potential winners would be β€œdo not start a war with another nation in the World Cup, directly before the start of the World Cup”

28.02.2026 13:05 πŸ‘ 1306 πŸ” 272 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 6

cc: bsky.app/profile/worl...

20.02.2026 13:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

athlete: so if triathlon is running, biking and swimming, that must mean biathlon is running and biking?

coach: [taking out skis and a gun] haha yeah you’d think so

08.02.2026 17:58 πŸ‘ 356 πŸ” 67 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 2

The big difference is that solar+battery is fit and forget. Once it's installed, whether from China or anywhere else, it's yours and you are independent. No more payments to anyone.

With fossil fuels you're an addict, dependent on your dealer who can make you dance to their tune.

04.01.2026 11:59 πŸ‘ 84 πŸ” 27 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 1

The book was the best thing I read last year, but all the gen AI clips in the doc really turned me off. Like a shiny new toy that fades fast, it already looks dated and cringy. Awesome interviews though, looking forward to recut.

04.02.2026 13:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Before Black Sabbath: How Psychedelic Rock Became Metal
Before Black Sabbath: How Psychedelic Rock Became Metal YouTube video by Trash Theory

Ha ha! I remember watching their Before Black Sabbath one. The Whale one looks entertaining.

youtu.be/Cuc0V_FRGNE?...

04.02.2026 00:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Should we do away with childhood vaccine mandates? It would be nice if voluntary programs were sufficient, but that’s not the case

In a perfect world, vaccine childhood vaccine mandates wouldn't be necessary. But we live in a world where grifters will sacrifice children for political and financial gain, so we need to protect kids, by @picardonhealth.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/0fc7a92... via @theglobeandmail.com

27.01.2026 22:36 πŸ‘ 55 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2

Same. Not sure if it’s @atrupar.com β€˜s videos but 100% of the time I have this video issue.

10.01.2026 04:06 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Hospital hallways, dining rooms, phsyio spaces turned over to patients during extreme flu season | CBC News An unusually virulent respiratory illness season in northeastern Ontario is pushing hospitals to their limits like never before, and forcing them to put patients in more unconventional spaces.

We need a phrase for when the news headlines are the same every winter yet try to sound like something novel is happening.

Hospitals are overcrowded... so during flu season they become catastrophically so.

Who could have predicted that doing nothing to fix this would lead to the same bad outcome?

07.01.2026 13:52 πŸ‘ 63 πŸ” 24 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
tweet from Joyce Carol Oates @Joyce CarolOates
not complaining but who among us asked to live in a world in which, on your phone, composing some message vaguely meant to be witty, you struggle several times to type out the word SWEEPSTAKES but each time the word vanishes & a wee little icon resembling a broom takes its place.
7:24 PM β€’ 12/30/25 β€’ 56K Views

tweet from Joyce Carol Oates @Joyce CarolOates not complaining but who among us asked to live in a world in which, on your phone, composing some message vaguely meant to be witty, you struggle several times to type out the word SWEEPSTAKES but each time the word vanishes & a wee little icon resembling a broom takes its place. 7:24 PM β€’ 12/30/25 β€’ 56K Views

i’d die for her

31.12.2025 22:28 πŸ‘ 2866 πŸ” 290 πŸ’¬ 22 πŸ“Œ 15
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Christ on a bike, this is brilliant.
And disgustingly historically accurate. 10/10

24.12.2025 19:10 πŸ‘ 2604 πŸ” 1097 πŸ’¬ 37 πŸ“Œ 86
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Peak Geminids Meteor shower this past Saturday night captured over Stonehenge.

Photo credit: Sandra.Davies6869

16.12.2025 15:57 πŸ‘ 5610 πŸ” 916 πŸ’¬ 135 πŸ“Œ 57

Solar+storage costs continuing to fall faster than the most aggressive forecasts, as it’s done for a decade.

Examples abound of countries putting the equivalent of 1 or 2 nuclear plants online *every year* for a fraction of the cost of nuclear generation.

All we need is courage in government.

15.12.2025 13:19 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s true.

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A flow chart shows 17.4 million leave voters in 2016, vs 16.1m remain. In 2025, 5 million of those people have died, and 3 million new voters have come of age.

The result (plus some people changing their mind) is 19.8 million voters now back rejoin, versus just 11.7 million wanting to stay out.

A flow chart shows 17.4 million leave voters in 2016, vs 16.1m remain. In 2025, 5 million of those people have died, and 3 million new voters have come of age. The result (plus some people changing their mind) is 19.8 million voters now back rejoin, versus just 11.7 million wanting to stay out.

Absolutely amazing chart from @peterkellner.bsky.social's piece in @thenewworldmag.bsky.social today:
www.thenewworld.co.uk/peter-kellne...

09.12.2025 21:58 πŸ‘ 1596 πŸ” 623 πŸ’¬ 61 πŸ“Œ 104

That they poop NFT’s is just πŸ‘ŒοΏΌοΏΌ

05.12.2025 14:04 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Uh-huh. So you’re creating new incentives for differences of opinion. Because why should politicians be the only ones to exploit that.

04.12.2025 12:57 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

alas

03.12.2025 13:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Don’t @me but try asking ChatGPT? It’s often very good at this type of question.

03.12.2025 13:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence πŸ”₯

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How Jaywalking Became a Crime  |  Under the Influence with Terry O'Reilly
How Jaywalking Became a Crime | Under the Influence with Terry O'Reilly YouTube video by Apostrophe Podcast Network

Did you know that the term β€˜jaywalking’ was invented by marketing companies hired by car manufacturers in the early 1900’s to shame pedestrians when cars started killing them? I didn’t. youtube.com/shorts/N8Xwk...

@terryoinfluence.bsky.social #VisionZero

30.11.2025 17:38 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Game repects game

30.11.2025 14:06 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Colin Powell holds up a vial he said could contain anthrax as he presents evidence of Iraq's alleged weapons programs to the United Nations Security Council. | Elise Amendola/AP Photo

Colin Powell holds up a vial he said could contain anthrax as he presents evidence of Iraq's alleged weapons programs to the United Nations Security Council. | Elise Amendola/AP Photo

29.11.2025 16:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh sorry, that last image showing Venezuela having the worldβ€˜s largest reserves of oil is TOTALLY UNRELATED

29.11.2025 16:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0