Tootfinder

In which I write about the pretty-awesome experience of attending the MLS quarter-final game with my son and 53,095 other good friends, and how getting interested in fútbol has had the side-effect that I’ve lost most of my interest in football (as in NFL). https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/20<…

I’m London ON for some family health stuff.
We ended up at The Bombay Vibes thebombayvibes.ca - in a little strip mall next to / inside of an indian grocery store.
I had panj puri for the first time, aloo tikki chaat, samosas, and paneer tikka masala with rice and garlic naan.
Very good! https://bsky.app/…

Boris (@bmann.ca)
I’m London ON for some family health stuff. We ended up at The Bombay Vibes thebombayvibes.ca - in a little strip mall next to / inside of an indian grocery store. I had panj puri for the first time, aloo tikki chaat, samosas, and paneer tikka masala with rice and garlic naan. Very good!

Rice Pudding and Cherry Sauce 🍒 starter incoming!
Which bowl has the almond?!
#danish #christmas #dinner

Good Morning #Canada
You don't have to like numbers to appreciate Statistics Canada, aka StatsCan. Jean Talon could be considered Canada's first official statistician when he arrived in North America in 1665 on a mission for King Louis XIV to conduct Canada's first census in 1666. In 1918, the Statistics Act created the Dominion Bureau of Statistics, a national statistics office that ultimately would become Statistics Canada. Besides conducting the Census of Population and the Census of Agriculture every five years, StatCan has more than 450 active surveys on virtually all aspects of life in Canada. Results are published twice a month and can be accessed via The Daily web page.
One of my favourite web pages is Canada's Population Clock (real-time model). It's fascinating to watch, and our population increased by 11 while I typed this post.
#CanadaIsAwesome #StatsCan
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/71-607-x/71-607-x2018005-eng.htm

From our Johnny G's gig
Kae Murphy: trumpet
Nolan Murphy: tuba
Gary Murphy: banjo
#ChristmasMusic #livejazz #tubasolo

An evening of mirth
A night of indigestion
A morning of peace.
#dailyhaikuprompt - mirth
#haiku
#poem

At the public library.
#Halloween #photography #books

Exactly what happened to me a few years back, a $1000 from Jan to Feb. https://mastodon.social/@FluentInFinance/115268053823388595

Andrew Lokenauth (@FluentInFinance@mastodon.social)
Attached: 1 image A $400,000 mortgage is $2,500 per month today. A $400,000 mortgage was $1,500 per month in 2021. $1,000 more a month for the same house. Wild.

Great to see @evelyn.northsky.team presenting @transrights.northsky.social
Very inspiring! https://bsky.app/profile/bmann.ca/post/3m5ymfjikp22k

the good news is yesterday i got half of our giant hedge trimmed before the battery died on the trimmer (seems to be a theme)
the bad news is, just before the battery died, my back tweaked.
I took some relaxants and it was ok last night, but this morning the muscles are very guarded. Full up on Tylenol back pain and Advil.
#yardwork #life #silentsunday

RE: https://mstdn.social/@Free_Press/115780983944012392
There is no low to which Trump will not sink.

After a rewarding 50-year career in information management, I'm thrilled to guide seniors toward vibrant living. 😊 Life is truly a series of transitions. What career have you transitioned from, or are considering? Share your journey! #CareerJourneys #LifeTransitions #SeniorLiving

#Caturday, World Series edition.

Casper and I watching a little bit of baseball.
#CatsOfMastadon #LetsGoBlueJays

Whirling frost patterns
Such delicate tracery
Now scrape the windshield.
#dailyhaikuprompt - frost
#haiku
#poem

Tonight at the #DromTaberna

The business panel, Rebuilding Value Chains for the Open Web.
Mostly about advertising. In the backchannel “do we want to accept a little poison”?
@rose.bsky.team says, “Trust the builders” https://bsky.app/profile/bmann.ca/post/3m5ykbtpe3s26

It took me way too long to figure out that, to create an output file with DOS-style line endings (as required by the iCalendar specification, for example) in #11ty, you just create a template file that has DOS-style line endings. Sometimes things that should be easy are.

"BSD PF versus Linux nftables for firewalls for us" – Chris Siebenmann
https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/PFvsNftablesForUs

From a Bloomberg newsletter. I guess if enough people believe Btc holds real value, then by definition it does, by analogy with gold. Still makes my skin crawl.
#Bitcoin

Oh my god, the 19th Avenue repaving project is going to be going on through the November 2026 election, when must-pass transit funding is on the ballot. "...will be completed by December 2026." 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️
https://

The best version
https://yac.grumpy-learning.com/@grmpyprogrammer/statuses/01KD9JWRNYAWBSQE64EMYV1HKG

Post by grmpyprogrammer, @grmpyprogrammer@grumpy-learning.com
Annual watching of the Alistair Sim version of A Christmas Carol now complete. Merry Christmas to those who celebrate.

Shocked, I am shocked I say.
#whitesupremacy #backwards
https://sfba.social/@markmetz/115783488468895848

Night before Christmas
When you hardly sleep at all
Dreaming of stockings.
#dailyhaikuprompt - night
#haiku
#poem

When I updated my GMail app on my phone, I was informed that I am now the proud owner of Google Gemini. How can I rid myself of this? ( I need the Gmail account - TL/DR)

Exploring classical music is a transformative journey, providing profound inspiration. Currently, I'm immersed in Handel, Tchaikovsky, and Strauss, which helps guide seniors toward fulfilling lives by enhancing well-being through creativity. Which masterpieces inspire you? Share your favorites! 🎶 #ClassicalMusic #Inspiration #SeniorsWellbeing

#jukeboxfridaynight
#CountingDown
Paul Simon making a list...
https://youtu.be/ABXtWqmArUU?si=LDz96JzkE47C-pz2

Merry Christmas

Good explainer from Khelsilem of the Squamish about the recent Cowichan land decision, the background, and what it really might lead to: https://khelsilem.substack.com/p/setting-the-record-straight-on-the

Setting the Record Straight on the Cowichan Tribes Title Decision
What the Cowichan Decision Really Means — and What It Doesn’t

Fright on the dark stairs
Something crushes underfoot
A surprise toy mouse.
#dailyhaikuprompt - fright
#haiku
#poem

The @… team is hosting an event in London again. Meet at the ARIA offices and hear about building new tools for science.
Ink & Switch is hosting another Social in London on Nov. 11th at the Alan Turing Institute. I'll share some early scientific work in Patchwork, & Marcel will give a peek at the Playbook…

Ink & Switch London: Building new tools for Science · Luma
Ink & Switch's mission is to help computers become better tools for thought. We believe that the promise of computers as "intelligence amplifiers" or "bicycles…

Yes I did…. Chalk (Chuck) it up to bad Sunday decisions. 😆
Bye Chuck 👋
I redirected the domain to the UK Republic party as the most likely vessel to make the change happen.
https://www.republic.org.uk
@…

If someone has blocked me, can I still look up their profile and read their posts? And can that person still look up mine?

#PeePee 's new campaign manager is named Outhouse?
Perfect....
#CanPoli

I found this charming: https://petapixel.com/2025/11/24/pope-francis-one-of-a-kind-leica-sold-for-nearly-100x-its-estimated-value/

Pope Francis' One-of-a-Kind Leica Sold for Nearly 100x Its Estimated Value
The camera and lens sold for about $7 million, one of the highest charitable results ever achieved by a Leica camera.

If you want to understand Musk, give this a listen. Great podcast limited series from the CBC: https://www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-podcasts/1353-the-naked-emperor

The Making of Musk: Understood | CBC Podcasts | CBC Listen
Understood takes you deep inside the seismic shifts reshaping our world right now. From online porn and crypto chaos to the rise of tech oligarchs, deepfake AI, and the broken promises of the internet — we explore the stories that define our digital age with hosts and characters embedded in the heart of the action. We value your input! Fill out our listener survey here [https://cbc.ca/UnderstoodSurvey]. Season 1 - The Naked Emperor: the rise and fall of bitcoin king Sam Bankman-Fried. Seas…

The signpost read HALT
As if for a bus or train
So there he waited.
#dailyhaikuprompt - halt
#haiku
#poem

As someone immersed in the depths of financial planning, I'm curious: would you choose to A) Retire earlier with less financial security, or B) Retire later with more? 🤔
There's no right or wrong answer, just a reflection of what you value. Share your choice so we can explore these priorities together! 📊 #RetirementWisdom #FuturePlanning

What's with all the #Voyager I posts today? V'ger won't be one light-day away until NEXT November!
Sister bot @… tells me One moves out about 8 light-seconds per earth day, roughly 7 times the distance to our Moon.

The Bonfire team have met their first “maintenance” fundraising goal. The next stretch goal is designing and shipping federated groups.
There is lots of good writing in this post about the needs of different types of groups.
https://bonfirenetworks.org/posts/why-<…

Why Community Matters: Groups as the Next Step for the Fediverse
Federated groups in Bonfire will be spaces where communities gather to organise, care, and coordinate across the fediverse. They'll live next to your personal feed, but each group having a specific purpose: a study circle, a lab team, an activist collective, a local mutual aid crew, a project team. Inside you’ll find posts, conversations, calendars, shared resources, and more. Crucially, groups will be portable and interoperable.

#jukeboxfridaynight
#Obsessions
Sometimes, obsession leads you to a dark place. A masterpiece by Colter Wall.
Kate McCannon by Colter Wall
https://youtu.be/B7E8n7I6IHw?si=uLN2FaCcONlU1eyE

Reflected ripples
Dapple the cottage ceiling
On a fall weekend.
#dailyhaikuprompt - dapple
#haiku
#poem

Wow, this means the shelves at the liquor and cannabis stores can be re-filled. 😉
But seriously, good news, and congrats to the negotiators on both sides.
https://mastodon.social/@Maxfieldripken/115442407123016124

@… — #Cameronhouse — post-game-2 trad jazz monster mash.
Be there or be square 🎃

ok, I lasted like a week before manually add ll="ls -lah --color" to my .zprofile.
Yes, I know, dotfiles.
Anyone have a dotfiles approach that I'll actually use? MacOS primary, don't really care about syncing it elsewhere, I use homebrew.
I'd be open to some new shell thingie.
#dotfiles

Yup
https://mastodon.social/@counternotions/115607078621499587

When your racist uncle is President of the United States….
https://flipboard.com/@ctvnews/world-ga9dq8i9z/-/a-tcyuTWuETQ-WtqqB5WN5Ew:a:2823982346-/0

He likes presents too.
#atlas #catsodon #catsofmastodon

Financial security is a strategic choice at any age. I met a couple in their 60s who turned their savings shortfall into an opportunity by starting a part-time online business! 🌐 Now they're exploring the world and funding their grandkids' education. Want to know how they did it? Message me! 😊

Got mine Friday. Had my usual complete exhaustion yesterday and all good today.
https://mspsocial.net/@t54r4n1/115441402143395669

On stage now @mathewlowry.bsky.social talking through additional tooling of custom feeds to collaborate on sharing content across organizations.
#EuroSkyLive https://bsky.app/profile/bmann.ca/post

May you always crush the skulls. Big ones, little ones, beaky ones, mousey ones, all types, and may you always catch the flying things so you never go hungry.
— cat blessing

24 more people in Canada as of right now.

Trump big mad again cuz Ford used Reagan’s words.
Hilarious.
The weirdest thing about all this is this is all fighting amongst varying shades of right wing capitalists…
My question is… where are the social democrat alternatives to all this? I hear it amongst real people… but it is basically absent from mainstream politics.
Maybe the people need to change that.
#canpoli #cdnpoli #theAmericanFascist

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@molly0xfff/115611262294196579
Molly’s gloriously-outsider take on “crypto treasury” companies is excellent. For an insider take on the same issue, see Matt Levine, who in the same column covers sports betting, various colorful fra…

Is “Resonant Computing” malleable software with a positive ideology applied?
I still haven’t found an umbrella term that captures Causal Islands, Ink & Switch, and similar vibes.
Shades of DWeb principles too.
I’ll keep hosting events that point us in this direction.
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Boris (@bmann.ca)
Is “Resonant Computing” malleable software with a positive ideology applied? I still haven’t found an umbrella term that captures Causal Islands, Ink & Switch, and similar vibes. Shades of DWeb principles too. I’ll keep hosting events that point us in this direction. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

My wife and I are looking to upgrade our vehicle, a 10 year old Mazda CX-3. Not sure if it will be another new vehicle or used but I've been looking at car reviews on YouTube and reading up on what I can expect. So I was interested when the YouTube algorithm served up an exciting review of the newly announced CX-30 Hybrid. But it was complete AI bullcrap. No such vehicle exists. Gotta love the times we live in.

Bio-based film matches traditional plastic packaging in blocking moisture and oxygen
https://phys.org/news/2025-11-bio-based-traditional-plastic-packaging.html

Dear Canada Liberals and BC NDP
#canpoli #cdnpoli #climateEmergency
https://mstdn.social/@Nigel_Purchase/115601699541128354

RE: https://flipboard.com/@associatedpress/health-l59qepnvz/-/a-OHlE21szQRCCXJYoHuGtxQ:a:3199720-/0
Louis Armstrong called it his "antidote for racism" — might that explain the rise in use?

Watching empires fall
Following figures in flames
It's fireplace TV.
#dailyhaikuprompt - fireplace
#haiku
#poem

Best wishes! https://boris.bandcamp.com/track/last-christmas

DER GOLEM is clearly the first AI Goes Rogue movie
https://youtube.com/watch?v=FSTH0lGYqJ0&si=N5ZK0uSjbTdXqmIy

Now it's Christmas Eve
One more sleep 'til Santa comes
Time to hit the hay.
#dailyhaikuprompt - hay
#haiku
#poem

Good Morning #Canada
No nonsense news or fun facts this morning. I'm taking a few days off due to a busy schedule and a compressed family gathering. My oldest daughter has scheduled radiation treatments this morning and early on Boxing Day, so we're having a Christmas Eve dinner and exchanging gifts early tomorrow. I might post if something snark-worthy pops up but otherwise look for the next Good Morning post on the 26th.
I hope all Canadians have a safe and happy holidays.
#CanadaIsAwesome #MerryChristmas

The ultimate all-in-one PC: Raspberry Pi 500 on sale now at $200 - but … do we get hardware accelerated graphics yet?
https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/the-ultimate-all-in-one-pc-raspberry-pi-500-plus-on-sale-now-at-200/

I cannot conceive
Attempting this endeavour
Unless it has 'u'.
#dailyhaikuprompt - endeavor
#haiku
#poem

Whose papers have an edge at Science? In unusual study, journal looks in the mirror…
https://www.science.org/content/article/whose-papers-have-edge-em-science-em-unusual-study-journal-looks-mirror

Good Morning #Canada
In 1882, Lieutenant-Governor Dewdney acquired land adjacent to the route of the future CPR line at a site known as Pile-of-Bones. He then announced that this featureless site, distinguished only by collections of bison bones, would be the new capital of the North West Territories in western Canada. Thus, Regina was born out of a national scandal and conflict of interest. It became the provincial capital when Saskatchewan officially joined Canada in 1905. The North West Mounted Police were headquartered in Regina, starting in 1885, and the city remains as a training centre for the RCMP. Regina survived a cyclone in 1916 and a great depression riot in 1935. Recently, they recovered from a marketing faux pas when they canceled their tourism slogan, "Regina: The City That Rhymes With Fun."
#CanadaIsAwesome #CanadianCapitals
https://youtu.be/L8eHaVi1yfE?si=Oc2NsqG6tnB4Zqnn

Another great panel (I am often down on panels). Catherine Tait from @newpublic.org very much saying traditional media & public broadcasters “are over”.
I think bringing a static website to a network battle doesn’t work. People don’t “live” on public broadcaster websites. https://bsky.app/profile/bmann.ca/post

Bats are one of the few animals that I genuinely don't enjoy being around.... but I still want them to thrive!
This is really great news that a Canadian researcher might have found a treatment for white-nose syndrome!
" B.C.-based scientist Cori Lausen, nicknamed Bat Lady by her peers, believes a probiotic formula may be capable of saving them. This cocktail is a blend of four bacterial strains that suppress the fungus. These bacteria are naturally found in some bats, but not all. ”
#Bats #health #nature
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bats-white-nose-syndrome-probiotic-9.6948885

I recently had a glimpse of a facsimile of Copernicus's De revolutionibus orbium coelestium (On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres). It's HUGE!
How was it even possible Kepler and Galileo could hide a thing that size from authorities? 😳

Casper enjoying a patch of late afternoon sun.
#CatsOfMastadon

35 years ago today.
https://www.tumblr.com/teledyn/795765110542090240/teledyn-workingclasshistory-on-this-day-26

As above, so below.
#Photography #Autumn

My man cave is continuing its transformation. New double doors installed today. My wife thinks I spent too much.... and she's probably correct.
The garage at the new house was useless for vehicles. Very skinny, not quite 11 feet wide, and not aligned to the driveway. Being tucked slightly behind the house made it impossible to either pull in or back up to the space unless you owned a Smartcar. So I was forced to repurpose the space for a golf simulator.
#Golf

#jukeboxfridaynight
#takeittothestreets
Two more Canadian tunes from the 80s. Uplifting messages and in the videos, they take their music to the streets.
Rise Up by The Parachute Club
https://youtu.be/qNwuB76pBcc?si=-XsiQPm0c3zTCDIo
Closer Together by The Box
https://youtu.be/AFT1l50CgHo?si=NdYY5_ds4lIxy6xg

this
https://mas.to/@btschumy/115605394539475908

The #EuroSkyLive name badges have a QR code that opens in Flashes.app and links you to a starter pack of attendees.
This is great! Going to steal this idea for #ATmosphereConf

My Mac is running hot, apparently because “WindowServer” is locked on 47% of one CPU permanently. Known bug?
[Update: Turned out to be a random open-source app.]
#macos

Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) #GlobalTV #CanPoli #MayISpeakWithTheManagerPlease
https://youtube.com/watch?v=gieTx_P6INQ&si=yiazSFGEMAvyY5l3

#jukeboxfridaynight
#takeittothestreets
Some Canadian content from Bruce Cockburn, his political protest song about Guatemalan refugee camps in Mexico.
If I Had a Rocket Launcher by Bruce Cockburn.
https://youtu.be/fmQJ82NIR4w?si=IPd7KJv5OR26pF9C4

RE: #bcgreens leader looking strong.

A Saskatchewan premier using a nautical reference always makes me giggle.
It's too bad that's the only funny thing about Scott Moe and his government's long and destructive grip on power in that province.
#SaskPoli #CanPoli #CdnPoli
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/scott-moe-sask-2025-choppy-waters-year-end-9.7019581

1/2 I was in the garden at night, thought the flowers looked sort of ghostly and dreamy, tried to take a picture with my phone and it came out black. So I tried the Android “Night Vision” thing…
Which was OK. But then I wondered if the first apparently-all-black version had actually captured anything.
So…
#photography

oh ffs
a whole bunch of convoyers are currently driving by. 👎
no idea what this is about.
#convoy #altright #dumb

Franz Kafka’s It’s a Wonderful Life (1993)
#christmasmovies
https://youtube.com/watch?v=0rTkpxz_l7M&si=EUJmise0P-ObtjQ4

@… Merry Christmas!

Software people will laugh while scrolling this. They won’t admit it’s to keep them from crying: https://immich.app/cursed-knowledge

Cursed Knowledge | Immich
Cursed knowledge we have learned as a result of building Immich that we wish we never knew.

#EMACS the extensible, customizable self-documenting display editor | #ACM SIGOA Newsletter April 1981
#howitallbegan
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1159890.806466

Slow Horses screen grab, gotta love it.
#XML #SlowHorses