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Lionello🇨🇦 @lunesu.com · 3d

Shit. I like the new Taylor Swift album. Does that make me a Swiftie?!

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Adam Ragusea @aragusea.bsky.social · 20d

No joke, this may be the most effective advertisement I’ve ever seen. I don’t even need the product and I almost bought one just because Antoine Dodson comes across as the most likable human alive. youtu.be/4w8r3oPFoJM?...

You Don't Need To Hide Yo Wife No More. Never Wonder What Happened to Antoine Dodson.

YouTube video by Wyze

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 21d

OBAMA: It's fair to say that 80% of the world's problems involve old men hanging on who are afraid of death and insignificance, and they won't let go. They build pyramids, and they put their names on everything. They get very anxious about it.

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Lionello🇨🇦 @lunesu.com · 20d

IIRC in the Netherlands only a fraction of the speed cameras have an actual camera in it.

Lionello🇨🇦 @lunesu.com · 22d

Aaaaand I’m back in Montreal, for All In 2025 as part of Team BC!

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Lionello🇨🇦 @lunesu.com · 24d

The main reason I take LLM generated code with a huge grain of salt is that I know for a fact that most code that I (and LLMs) stumble upon online is toy-quality, not meant to be run in production. Most "getting started" guides make too many shortcuts for it to be useful in prod.

Lionello🇨🇦 @lunesu.com · 29d

This map is not very fair to the amazing Sardinian food.

Lionello🇨🇦 @lunesu.com · Sep 15

Broadway is the most depressing road in Vancouver. Nothing survives there. Another one bites the dust: fav lunch place closed down. Only cars survive here, going 10-20kmh over the speed limit. What a shithole. @seanorr.bsky.social @lucymaloney.bsky.social help.

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𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇 @taras-grescoe.com · Sep 14

High-speed rail is coming to #Canada!

This week, federal government fast-tracked the Alto project.

Will link #Quebec City- #Montreal - #Ottawa - #Toronto , a corridor with half Canada's population.

Projected to carry 30 million passengers a year—twice US Northeast Corridor—on 300 km/h trains.

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Lionello🇨🇦 @lunesu.com · Sep 14

I call this In-Situ Hummus: can of chickpeas, add tahini, garlic, paprika powder, cumin, olive oil, some lemon juice and water. Blend with immersion blender. No dishes to clean (apart from the blender)

An opened can of chickpeas with added tahini, paprika powder, cumin and garlic.

Lionello🇨🇦 @lunesu.com · Sep 5

Isn't ironic that searching for "antivirus" immediately brings up the most suspicious-looking sites on the internet?

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Scott Hanselman 🌮 @scott.hanselman.com · Sep 3

Microsoft’s 6502 BASIC is now Open Source opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2025/09...

Microsoft Releases Historic 6502 BASIC - Microsoft Open Source Blog

Explore the original 6502 BASIC—now open source! Dive into retro code, history, and emulators. Fork it, run it, and relive computing's roots.

opensource.microsoft.com

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Jason Thorne @jasonthorne.bsky.social · Sep 3

Great short video by TransLink explaining “the empty bus lane myth”

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Official Commodore® @commodoreofficial.bsky.social · Sep 4

The Commodore.net factory in China got an inspection visitor today, as CEO/Head Chef Peri Fractic installed the first power switch to power up Commodore! #WeAreCommodore #C64 #Commodore64 #RetroGaming #RetroComputing

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · Sep 3

enshittification | noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits

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Stir Arts & Culture Vancouver @createastir.ca · Jul 14

This summer, the Audain Art Museum presents Gathered Leaves: Discoveries from the Drawings Vault, a landmark travelling exhibition offering a rare glimpse into the hidden art treasures of the National Gallery of Canada.

More details in story:

www.createastir.ca/articles/aud...

Audain Art Museum exhibits rare drawings from the National Gallery of Canada vault to October 13 — Stir

Gathered Leaves: Discoveries from the Drawings Vault features works by Edgar Degas, Pablo Picasso, Elisabetta Sirani, and more

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · May 19

“It's not my duty as Mayor to make sure you have a parking spot. For me it's the same as if you bought a cow, or a refrigerator, and then asked me where you're going to put them.” — Mayor of Pontevedra, Spain (re-elected 6 times)

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Lionello🇨🇦 @lunesu.com · Aug 31

Win 8.0 had no start button when it launched

Lionello🇨🇦 @lunesu.com · Aug 31

“radicalization is the end of a pipeline, and it is preceded not just by finding people who offer seductive and misleading solutions to real problems — it is preceded by the problems themselves.” - Cory Doctorow, The Internet Con

Lionello🇨🇦 @lunesu.com · Aug 24

Homemade 西多士 Hong Kong style peanut butter French toast with maple syrup and HK milktea.

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Lionello🇨🇦 @lunesu.com · Aug 21

Finally, somebody calls it what it is: “open-weight models”. It’s not open source if you can’t see the training data. You can just see the numbers. It’s even less useful than a compiled executable. #bcfoundersday

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Lionello🇨🇦 @lunesu.com · Aug 21

I thought it was to protect the lens, so it’s never flush with the surface the phone rests on?

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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · Aug 20

Table For One Please.

side of a building with a billboard that says smoking tables next to non-smoking tables used to be normal too and picture of child biking beside a truck on painted bike lane

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Lionello🇨🇦 @lunesu.com · Aug 19

They listen to their customers but not their users. Their customer is the office of CxO.

Lionello🇨🇦 @lunesu.com · Aug 19

First time making my own pasta was a success! I used 180gr of whole wheat and 60gr of all purpose flour plus two eggs, salt. Knead into a ball and let it rest for 30 minutes. Was about three portions worth. Pasta machine paid itself back after one meal. Why hadn’t I tried this sooner?

Homemade whole wheat pasta cooking in a pot

A plate of homemade whole wheat pasta with tomato sauce and cheese on top

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