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Anthony Floyd

@anthonyfloyd.ca

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💬 He/him 🏠 Dad to two, @gwenfloyd.bsky.social's +1 🚲 Safe cycling advocate 📷 Photography 🎲 Board games ✈ Composites 👨‍💻 Software dev (Python, Fortran) 🎓 PhD 🍁 Vancouver BC 🌐 https://www.anthonyfloyd.ca 🐘 @anthonyfloyd.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

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Anthony Floyd @anthonyfloyd.ca · 8h

a man in a suit and tie with a pink flower pin on his pocket square

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HUB Vancouver-UBC LC @hubvancouverubc.bsky.social · 9h

Vision Zero Vancouver (@visionzerovancouver.ca) saying the quiet part out loud. 👏👏 #bikeyvr

Mihai Cirstea @mihai-cirstea.bsky.social · 12h

New billboard in town 👀

Billboard reads: "There will never be a bell loud enough, a helmet strong enough, or clothing bright enough to make up for poor infrastructure. Join us in fighting for safer streets. Vision Zero Vancouver and Rovelo Creative." Beside the text, a picture of a child riding a bike in a painted bike lane.

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Mihai Cirstea @mihai-cirstea.bsky.social · 12h

New billboard in town 👀

Billboard reads: "There will never be a bell loud enough, a helmet strong enough, or clothing bright enough to make up for poor infrastructure. Join us in fighting for safer streets. Vision Zero Vancouver and Rovelo Creative." Beside the text, a picture of a child riding a bike in a painted bike lane.

Anthony Floyd @anthonyfloyd.ca · 10h

I feel particularly proud of this one. Please clap.

Anthony Floyd @anthonyfloyd.ca · 10h

It's not "tyranny" unless it's from the Tyre region of ... uh, Lebanon? Instead, it's "sparking authoritarianism"

Anthony Floyd @anthonyfloyd.ca · 10h

Oooh, this is a bad year for a New Westie to admit to lacrosse intolerance. Your mayor is going to be very, very disappointed in you.

Anthony Floyd @anthonyfloyd.ca · 10h

I'd like to say it was out of spite, but more out of financial necessity I went to one of the local universities instead (Dalhousie)

Anthony Floyd @anthonyfloyd.ca · 10h

That was pretty much my experience on the East Coast too. Fill in a form, submit your transcripts, wait. Due to the differences in curriculum, I was particularly irritated by the rejection letters from a few Ontario unis along side scholarship offers from other Ontario unis.

Anthony Floyd @anthonyfloyd.ca · 10h

It's not "tyranny" unless it's from the Tyre region of ... uh, Lebanon? Instead, it's "sparking authoritarianism"

Anthony Floyd @anthonyfloyd.ca · 10h

You only need to pull the video you specifically want off the camera, so there's not much juggling of video. It doesn't have GPS built-in but if you record your rides with Strava or something that gives you a gpx/tcx, you can merge the track in.

Anthony Floyd @anthonyfloyd.ca · 11h

Nah, I'm still recording every ride. My threshold for posting to the internet has gone up, however.

I use a Cycliq Fly 12. It's a good camera with an integrated bike light. It works essentially like a dashcam in that it continuously overwrites older videos. Great battery life too. Highly recommend.

Anthony Floyd @anthonyfloyd.ca · 11h

At some point, I expect them to get a lecture from the Leopards Eating Peoples Faces voters.

Anthony Floyd @anthonyfloyd.ca · 11h

As far as I can tell, they're supporting their local tyrant.

Anthony Floyd @anthonyfloyd.ca · 11h

Making being "anti-fascist" un-American was something else but now saying "having a King is what the Founders wanted" is right off the wall.

Anthony Floyd @anthonyfloyd.ca · 11h

Seeing American politicians argue that tyranny is not only not so bad, but also *required* if you expect to draw a paycheck in the future is just wild.

Anthony Floyd @anthonyfloyd.ca · 11h

And, honestly, it also echoes of "Live Free or Die".

What's wrong with "Wild Rose Country" anyway? Probably too environmental for her.

Anthony Floyd @anthonyfloyd.ca · 11h

Putting "Strong and Free" on your provincial license plate is just so cringe.

1) Nationalistic slogan for a nation you're threatening to leave
2) There's nothing "True North" about Alberta but I guess that's why it was left out
3) It has echoes of "Alberta Proud" or "Alberta Strong" movements 🤮

Anthony Floyd @anthonyfloyd.ca · 11h

We went through it 3 years ago with my eldest, and are on round 2 now. TBH the most challenging thing is to get the kid comfortable tooting his own horn and saying nice things about himself rather than the application processes.

Anthony Floyd @anthonyfloyd.ca · 11h

But, again, it varies. Applying to, say, Langara is a very different experience than applying to UBC.

Anthony Floyd @anthonyfloyd.ca · 11h

It varies. UBC in particular takes a much more holistic approach to admissions than, say, some high-profile Ontario schools.

It's a bit of a more involved process, but it tries to address a lot of the grade-inflation problems and it also makes admissions a bit more equitable. A bit.

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Jen St. Denis @jenstden.bsky.social · 13h

So glad I took the time to write this explainer last year because Poilievre adores saying the Nazis = socialists #cdnpoli thetyee.ca/News/2024/11...

Anthony Floyd @anthonyfloyd.ca · 17h

I mean, the kid submits the same reference letter for different applications. If you're applying for, say, a dozen different things, it's not realistic to expect your referees to write a dozen reference letters.

Anthony Floyd @anthonyfloyd.ca · 17h

Some choose to, some don't. For both my kids, there have been a lot of applications, and it's not unusual to re-use (with permission) the same reference letter for different applications. Typically in those cases, the kids (and sometimes the parents) see them.

Anthony Floyd @anthonyfloyd.ca · 17h

*cereal bus

Anthony Floyd @anthonyfloyd.ca · 17h

It's university and scholarship application season, and consequentially, reference letter season.

Reading the things that adults have to say about my kid (kids, really) makes me super proud and somehow makes any room I'm in super dusty.

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Anthony Floyd @anthonyfloyd.ca · 20h

Did that work? Doesn't seem to work for me.