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Adam Hunt 🇨🇦
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XC skier, sailor, cyclist, Linux reviewer for Full Circle Magazine
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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gander22h.bsky.social
Not a surprise:

"Construction on the next phase of #Lansdowne Park's redevelopment will begin next week, the City of Ottawa announced Friday."

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

#CBC #news #Ottawa #Ottcity
Lansdowne 2.0 construction to begin next week | CBC News
Construction on the next phase of Lansdowne Park's redevelopment will begin next week, the City of Ottawa announced Friday.
www.cbc.ca
November 29, 2025 at 8:38 PM
gander22h.bsky.social
My review of #Kubuntu 25.10 in #FullCircleMagazine issue 223:

fullcirclemagazine.org/magazines/is...

#Linux #FullCircle
Kubuntu 25.10 with the Dolphin file manager
November 29, 2025 at 3:33 PM
gander22h.bsky.social
"The future of the International Space Station is in question after an incident on the launch pad at #Baikonur Cosmodrome in #Kazakhstan on Thursday."

avbrief.com/launch-pad-d...

#AVbrief #space #news #rocket #accident #ISS
Launch Pad Damage Jeopardizes ISS Program - AvBrief.com
Only Soyuz launch facility out of commission.
avbrief.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:48 PM
gander22h.bsky.social
" #Airbus says about 6,000 A320s need to be pulled from service briefly for software changes to counter a bug that makes their flight control systems vulnerable to intense solar radiation."

avbrief.com/a320s/

#AVbrief #aviation #news #aircraft #accident #A320
A320s Grounded by Solar Radiation Vulnerability - AvBrief.com
About half the worldwide fleet of A320s will be briefly grounded for a software fix.
avbrief.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:45 PM
gander22h.bsky.social
Be warned! Yep just another "pig butchering scheme":

www.cnn.com/2025/11/29/u...

#CNN #news #scam #scammers
A stranger messaged him on Facebook. It was the start of a nightmare that cost him $280,000 | CNN
Joe Novak’s Facebook pinged last year with a friendly message from a stranger. Little did he know it was the start of an ordeal that would tear his life apart.
www.cnn.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:33 PM
gander22h.bsky.social
"A proposal to expand the #Navan #landfill has come as a surprise to an east end city councillor, who says residents were promised years ago the site would eventually be decommissioned."

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

#CBC #news #Ottawa #ottcity #dump
Possible expansion of east-end landfill rankles councillor and residents | CBC News
The city councillor for Orleans says she is surprised by a proposal to expand the Navan landfill, saying that residents were promised years ago that the site would eventually be decommissioned.
www.cbc.ca
November 29, 2025 at 2:25 PM
gander22h.bsky.social
"There are “lots of ideas out there" about the causes ... One of the most convincing, he says, is affordability. The rising costs of living and inflation have made nightlife — paying cover charges, buying drinks, eating out — significantly more expensive.

www.cbc.ca/radio/costof...

#CBC #news
People nowadays are reluctant to stay out late. Is it killing nightlife? | CBC Radio
With people socializing differently, prioritizing health and watching their spending, nighttime businesses and advocates say they’re trying to bring new energy to the after-dark economy.
www.cbc.ca
November 29, 2025 at 2:20 PM
gander22h.bsky.social
"Now, astronomer and professor Tomonori Totani from the department of astronomy at the University of Tokyo says he has captured an image of #darkmatter using data from the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope."

www.cbc.ca/news/science...

#CBC #news #astronomy #astrophysics
Is this actually the first image of dark matter? | CBC News
What we see in our universe only accounts for roughly five per cent of what’s out there. The remaining 95 per cent is invisible. But now, a researcher at the University of Tokyo says he's seen at leas...
www.cbc.ca
November 28, 2025 at 11:25 PM
gander22h.bsky.social
"The company said the planes need an "immediate #software change" to ensure flight control is sound."

www.cbc.ca/news/world/l...

#CBC #news #aviation #news #aircraft #Airbus #A320
Airbus recalls half its A320 fleet weeks after pilots briefly lose control in flight | CBC
www.cbc.ca
November 28, 2025 at 10:49 PM
gander22h.bsky.social
Some scenes from a hike today on The #Osgoode Link Pathway. Temperature was -3°C and wind gusting to 50 km/h, so a bit cool and breezy.

We found the city's observation deck has really fallen into disrepair and has now be taped with caution tape. Hopefully it will be rebuilt in 2026.

1/2
The Osgoode Link Pathway Observation Deck, now closed off, hopefully to be rebuilt in 2026. I did check with 311 on its status and they submitted a ticket on it. The Osgoode Link Pathway at Flag Station Road. Me and Kathryn, dressed for cold and wind. Me. There was a windchill!
November 28, 2025 at 10:19 PM
gander22h.bsky.social
“We don’t try to trick people,” said MacIntyre, who's also an editor. “I promise I wrote that line thinking this is the silliest #joke I can write and people will obviously think it’s a joke."

www.cbc.ca/news/world/b...

#Canada #TheBeaverton #satire @thebeaverton.com
'Made-up quote' in Canadian satire site The Beaverton fools Time Magazine | CBC News
In a recent article about the United States' strained relationships with other countries, Time Magazine included a made-up quote from Canadian satire site The Beaverton — seemingly as fact.
www.cbc.ca
November 28, 2025 at 7:07 PM
gander22h.bsky.social
"Amelia Earhart, or a reasonable facsimile of her, will be back in her place at Harbour Grace, Newfoundland and Labrador, next spring but whether the $18,000 USD reward for her return will ever be claimed remains a mystery."

avbrief.com/woman-claimi...

#AVbrief #aviation #news #AmeliaEarhart
Amelia Earhart statue
November 28, 2025 at 12:55 PM
gander22h.bsky.social
"a replica homebuilt Super Cub flipped while making a precautionary landing in a howling wind ... The METAR says the wind was at 240° at 27 knots, gusting to 43 knots, almost straight down the runway heading of 280."

avbrief.com/super-cub-re...

#AVbrief #aviation #news #aircraft #accident
This does not look right!
November 28, 2025 at 12:52 PM
gander22h.bsky.social
"An odd-looking #prototype of an #aircraft without control surfaces is taking shape in a #Boeing facility in Bridgeport, West Virginia, and is scheduled to fly in 2027."

avbrief.com/aircraft-wit...

#AVbrief #aviation #news
Aircraft With No Control Surfaces Taking Shape - AvBrief.com
Puffs of air disrupt airflow to create control inputs.
avbrief.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:49 PM
gander22h.bsky.social
"A Chinese company has developed a relatively inexpensive small #turboprop engine designed to replace existing high-performance piston engines used in light aircraft and drones."

avbrief.com/chinese-deve...

#AVbrief #aviation #news #aircraft #drone #drones #China
Chinese Develop GA Turboprop - AvBrief.com
320-horsepower engine sells for $170,000.
avbrief.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:48 PM
gander22h.bsky.social
" #TransportCanada has granted a rare regulatory exemption that will allow continuation of celebratory and memorial flybys for special events."

avbrief.com/reg-exemptio...

#AVbrief #aviation #news #aircraft #Canada
Reg Exemption Allows Flyovers in Canada - AvBrief.com
Community-based flying tributes allowed without a lot of red tape.
avbrief.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:47 PM
gander22h.bsky.social
Some new #biking infrastructure in south #Ottawa. These fresh #bike markings are newly painted at the intersection of Bank St and Daze/Cahill.

#bicycle #cycling #cycle #ottbike
New bike lane markings in green, too
November 28, 2025 at 12:34 PM
gander22h.bsky.social
No #skating yet, still waiting in #Ottawa ....

#winter
A neighbourhood ice skating rink in south Ottawa, all set to got, just needs ice ...
November 28, 2025 at 12:32 PM
gander22h.bsky.social
"Mayor Mark Sutcliffe says the city will move forward with its bid to buy a private #landfill site in southeast #Ottawa for an undisclosed price."

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

#CBC #news #ottcity #garbage
Bid to buy east end landfill site moves forward after closed-door council meeting | CBC News
Mayor Mark Sutcliffe says bidding process will continue for private landfill site in southeast Ottawa as price remains undisclosed.
www.cbc.ca
November 26, 2025 at 8:11 PM
gander22h.bsky.social
"Environment and Climate Change Canada has changed its weather warning system across the country.

General watches and warnings are being replaced with a colour-coded, risk-tiered system..."

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

#weather #meteorology #EnvironmentCanada
Canada’s weather warning system has changed. Here’s how | CBC News
Canada's weather warnings have changed to a new colour-coded, risk-tiered system implemented by Environment and Climate Change Canada. The three alert levels — yellow, orange and red — are based on th...
www.cbc.ca
November 26, 2025 at 7:58 PM
gander22h.bsky.social
#Ottawa this morning in the #drizzle and #fog. It has been a 200 ft ceiling and 1/2 sm vis much of the day!

#weather #meteorology
Apartment buildings in the fog
November 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
gander22h.bsky.social
Not a surprise: (but watch out for VPNs, etc)

"Some of the accounts featuring pleas from families who said they were in #Gaza, asking for donations to feed their starving families, were listed as being located in other countries like #India."

www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

#CBC #news #X #Twitter
New location feature on X sheds light on accounts — but also has errors | CBC News
Canadian researchers who track online misinformation and foreign interference are welcoming a new feature that reveals the location of an X account but warn that it still has glitches and its results ...
www.cbc.ca
November 26, 2025 at 1:25 PM
gander22h.bsky.social
"It was the latest in a series of precision strikes against high-value assets inside #Russia."

avbrief.com/ukraine-take...

#AVbrief #aviation #news #aircraft #Ukraine #drone #drones
Ukraine Takes Out Russian Research Aircraft - AvBrief.com
Beriev Aircraft factory and research center also damaged.
avbrief.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:10 PM
gander22h.bsky.social
"The #DEI purge was part of a government-wide program to end the promotion of opportunities for women, minorities and other groups that are underrepresented in some occupations."

avbrief.com/mechanic-tra...

#AVbrief #aviation #news #aircraft #A&P #USA
Mechanic Training Stalls In DEI Grant Application Rewrite - AvBrief.com
Schools had to wait for new forms to apply for grants
avbrief.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:09 PM
gander22h.bsky.social
"China launched an emergency rocket to its #Tiangong Space Station on Tuesday after three #astronauts spent 11 days without a ride home if something had gone wrong on the station."

avbrief.com/china-launch...

#AVbrief #aviation #news #space
China Launches Emergency Mission To Space Station - AvBrief.com
Spacecraft to replace vehicle damaged by space debris
avbrief.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM