Rich Lafferty
@rich.lafferty.ca
Disaster prevention chihuahua. Reliability at PagerDuty. Living on unceded land in Punamue'katikt, Mi'kma'ki (Dartmouth, NS). May all beings be free from suffering. He/him.
also hachyderm.io/@mendel.
formerly @mendel on twitter.
www.lafferty.ca
also hachyderm.io/@mendel.
formerly @mendel on twitter.
www.lafferty.ca
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Rich Lafferty
@rich.lafferty.ca
· Oct 19
Well this thing seems to be getting popular. Intro post(s) time!
Professionally, I'm a staff reliability engineer (#SRE) at PagerDuty, where my interests lie in #LearningFromIncidents, #HumanFactors and safety.
Personally... (1/2 - cat pictures to follow)
Professionally, I'm a staff reliability engineer (#SRE) at PagerDuty, where my interests lie in #LearningFromIncidents, #HumanFactors and safety.
Personally... (1/2 - cat pictures to follow)
Kelly's Bake Shoppe is in Burlington, ON. Mabel's is in Toronto. JP's is in North Carolina. Joanie's is in London, ON.
December 3, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Kelly's Bake Shoppe is in Burlington, ON. Mabel's is in Toronto. JP's is in North Carolina. Joanie's is in London, ON.
canada no
thinking maybe i won't drive anywhere late thursday
thinking maybe i won't drive anywhere late thursday
December 3, 2025 at 3:49 AM
canada no
thinking maybe i won't drive anywhere late thursday
thinking maybe i won't drive anywhere late thursday
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fuck it, for the people in the back:
the jeff bezos owned washington post is the outlet responsible for making sure the primary complaint about AI was water. this may have been in part because jeff knew it was bullshit, so when amzn gets blowback they can easily prove their water footprint is small
the jeff bezos owned washington post is the outlet responsible for making sure the primary complaint about AI was water. this may have been in part because jeff knew it was bullshit, so when amzn gets blowback they can easily prove their water footprint is small
not to be conspiratorial but the outlet that successfully pushed this line and made it the primary complaint was wapo
December 1, 2025 at 1:44 AM
fuck it, for the people in the back:
the jeff bezos owned washington post is the outlet responsible for making sure the primary complaint about AI was water. this may have been in part because jeff knew it was bullshit, so when amzn gets blowback they can easily prove their water footprint is small
the jeff bezos owned washington post is the outlet responsible for making sure the primary complaint about AI was water. this may have been in part because jeff knew it was bullshit, so when amzn gets blowback they can easily prove their water footprint is small
this is a hyperrealistic painting (oil on masonite)
November 30, 2025 at 8:48 PM
this is a hyperrealistic painting (oil on masonite)
back at the Curling #Trials2025 before my last Patch shift!
November 29, 2025 at 6:45 PM
back at the Curling #Trials2025 before my last Patch shift!
i understand financially why SailGP holds races in Abu Dhabi but THERE IS NO WIND. THERE IS NEVER WIND.
(no spoilers plz, watching the recording now)
(no spoilers plz, watching the recording now)
November 29, 2025 at 2:01 PM
i understand financially why SailGP holds races in Abu Dhabi but THERE IS NO WIND. THERE IS NEVER WIND.
(no spoilers plz, watching the recording now)
(no spoilers plz, watching the recording now)
SGR/Brunswick #BikeHFX sign update! In the other direction there is no dismount sign, only a yield to ped sign.
… how tall do they think cyclists are, anyway
… how tall do they think cyclists are, anyway
November 29, 2025 at 1:47 AM
SGR/Brunswick #BikeHFX sign update! In the other direction there is no dismount sign, only a yield to ped sign.
… how tall do they think cyclists are, anyway
… how tall do they think cyclists are, anyway
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Art.
Pure curling art.
Pure curling art.
November 28, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Art.
Pure curling art.
Pure curling art.
back at it cheering on NS’s own #TeamBlack at the Curling #Trials2025 finals before heading over to work the Patch!
November 28, 2025 at 6:03 PM
back at it cheering on NS’s own #TeamBlack at the Curling #Trials2025 finals before heading over to work the Patch!
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thinking of this classic tweet on thanksgiving day
November 28, 2025 at 1:10 AM
thinking of this classic tweet on thanksgiving day
woo, got Megadeth/Anthrax/Exodus tickets for Halifax in March! I was especially a huge Anthrax fan in high school, so I'm breaking both my "don't see the bands of your youth, but old" and "don't go to arena shows" rules on this one. It's a small arena at least.
November 28, 2025 at 3:02 AM
woo, got Megadeth/Anthrax/Exodus tickets for Halifax in March! I was especially a huge Anthrax fan in high school, so I'm breaking both my "don't see the bands of your youth, but old" and "don't go to arena shows" rules on this one. It's a small arena at least.
ah cool i have some practice ice scheduled at the curling club today, on the sheet between the practice ice scheduled by team jacobs and the practice ice scheduled by team dunstone, that won't be weird at all lol
November 27, 2025 at 3:09 PM
ah cool i have some practice ice scheduled at the curling club today, on the sheet between the practice ice scheduled by team jacobs and the practice ice scheduled by team dunstone, that won't be weird at all lol
getting in half a draw at the Canadian Curling Trials here in Halifax before my shift at the Patch! mostly watching Gushue/Jacobs 🥌
November 26, 2025 at 11:28 PM
getting in half a draw at the Canadian Curling Trials here in Halifax before my shift at the Patch! mostly watching Gushue/Jacobs 🥌
Megadeth/Anthrax/Exodus are playing at the Scotiabank Centre on March 3!! where are my halifax metalheads, i don't know any metalheads
November 25, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Megadeth/Anthrax/Exodus are playing at the Scotiabank Centre on March 3!! where are my halifax metalheads, i don't know any metalheads
yoinked from a social slack I'm on:
"nominative determinism"
"nominative determinism"
November 24, 2025 at 6:31 PM
yoinked from a social slack I'm on:
"nominative determinism"
"nominative determinism"
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If you’re a member of the Halifax tech community don’t miss out on your chance to contribute to our annual report! 👀
It only takes a few minutes to fill out, and is completely anonymous: www.halihax.com/r/survey-202...
It only takes a few minutes to fill out, and is completely anonymous: www.halihax.com/r/survey-202...
Halihax
Halihax, a wordplay on Halifax and Hacking, is a community of tech-minded individuals in Halifax, NS. Join our Slack community to chat about careers, programming, startups, design and more.
www.halihax.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:05 PM
If you’re a member of the Halifax tech community don’t miss out on your chance to contribute to our annual report! 👀
It only takes a few minutes to fill out, and is completely anonymous: www.halihax.com/r/survey-202...
It only takes a few minutes to fill out, and is completely anonymous: www.halihax.com/r/survey-202...
A win for the hometown favourites, Team Black! 🥌🥌🥌
And well done Team Skrlik - I'm happy to have Team Homan end up our Canadian Olympic women's team, which is how the odds are looking, but at the same time I am glad they're not going to sweep the trials.
And well done Team Skrlik - I'm happy to have Team Homan end up our Canadian Olympic women's team, which is how the odds are looking, but at the same time I am glad they're not going to sweep the trials.
November 24, 2025 at 2:29 AM
A win for the hometown favourites, Team Black! 🥌🥌🥌
And well done Team Skrlik - I'm happy to have Team Homan end up our Canadian Olympic women's team, which is how the odds are looking, but at the same time I am glad they're not going to sweep the trials.
And well done Team Skrlik - I'm happy to have Team Homan end up our Canadian Olympic women's team, which is how the odds are looking, but at the same time I am glad they're not going to sweep the trials.
if you can reboot, reflash or otherwise reset your broken device it is not bricked! a bricked device is unrecoverable! i will die on this hill
November 23, 2025 at 9:12 PM
if you can reboot, reflash or otherwise reset your broken device it is not bricked! a bricked device is unrecoverable! i will die on this hill
My first shift (9-1) at The Patch at the Canadian Olympic curling trials tonight! This should be fine, I hear the late shift on a Sat night on the first day of the trials is a quiet one anyway right
(Rankin MacInnes is on at 10, and the Patch is open to the public if you feel like a free show!)
(Rankin MacInnes is on at 10, and the Patch is open to the public if you feel like a free show!)
November 22, 2025 at 9:04 PM
My first shift (9-1) at The Patch at the Canadian Olympic curling trials tonight! This should be fine, I hear the late shift on a Sat night on the first day of the trials is a quiet one anyway right
(Rankin MacInnes is on at 10, and the Patch is open to the public if you feel like a free show!)
(Rankin MacInnes is on at 10, and the Patch is open to the public if you feel like a free show!)
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What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
November 13, 2025 at 1:37 AM
What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
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Keys are hard. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/w...
Cryptographers Held an Election. They Can’t Decrypt the Results.
www.nytimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Keys are hard. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/w...
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In Canada, we learned about computers from Bits and Bytes youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Bits and Bytes: Complete Episodes (1983) - YouTube
This is the complete set of episodes from the original 1983 TVOntario series, Bits and Bytes. As this series is no longer available for sale, it has been mad...
youtube.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:39 AM
In Canada, we learned about computers from Bits and Bytes youtube.com/playlist?lis...
was watching old curling highlights and wow, i've never seen ergonomic brooms before!
November 22, 2025 at 2:47 AM
was watching old curling highlights and wow, i've never seen ergonomic brooms before!