CFLange
@cflange.bsky.social
Prof. UAlberta, Mech. Engineering, CFD, openSUSE Linux, Dep.-Director ISSET, Phoenix Mars Lander, AlbertaSat PI
Local journalism is how we win the battle against misinformation. #CBCNews
Big day! CBC News will add 33 local journalists and create 11 new bureaus this year, adding to last year's expansion of 30 journalists in 22 communities across Canada. Many of the new positions are based in Central and Western Canada. My editor's blog: www.cbc.ca/news/editors...
CBC News further expands local journalism, bureaus | CBC News
This year, CBC News will add 33 local journalists and create 11 new bureaus, increasing its Canadian footprint from 66 to 77 locations.
www.cbc.ca
January 15, 2026 at 2:29 AM
Local journalism is how we win the battle against misinformation. #CBCNews
Brilliant musical satire by Gillespie (So much Canadiana!):
In the 1st video the Beaver Army tells the Orange Invader "HANS OFF!" Greenland,
and in the 2nd video it's the Cobra Chickens of the RCAF that come to Greenland's rescue.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7I_n...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cf-J...
In the 1st video the Beaver Army tells the Orange Invader "HANS OFF!" Greenland,
and in the 2nd video it's the Cobra Chickens of the RCAF that come to Greenland's rescue.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7I_n...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cf-J...
Operation: HANS OFF! Canada, France & Denmark Unite Against Trump (A Musical)
YouTube video by Matthew Thomas Gillespie
www.youtube.com
January 13, 2026 at 6:36 AM
Brilliant musical satire by Gillespie (So much Canadiana!):
In the 1st video the Beaver Army tells the Orange Invader "HANS OFF!" Greenland,
and in the 2nd video it's the Cobra Chickens of the RCAF that come to Greenland's rescue.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7I_n...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cf-J...
In the 1st video the Beaver Army tells the Orange Invader "HANS OFF!" Greenland,
and in the 2nd video it's the Cobra Chickens of the RCAF that come to Greenland's rescue.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7I_n...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cf-J...
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Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
www.youtube.com
January 12, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
They never say the truth...
(h/t @jarlov.bsky.social )
(h/t @jarlov.bsky.social )
January 7, 2026 at 3:54 PM
They never say the truth...
(h/t @jarlov.bsky.social )
(h/t @jarlov.bsky.social )
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Please enjoy my cartoon for Tuesday's Toronto Star
January 5, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Please enjoy my cartoon for Tuesday's Toronto Star
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“It will be hard to kill the congestion fee now because it’s been a striking success. Traffic speeds are up. Pollution is down. The fee is generating high revenue for the city’s transit system. And predictions that it would be bad for business have proved completely wrong.” Via @pkrugman.bsky.social
Notes on New York
The Big Apple had a pretty good 2025, but …
paulkrugman.substack.com
January 3, 2026 at 3:46 AM
“It will be hard to kill the congestion fee now because it’s been a striking success. Traffic speeds are up. Pollution is down. The fee is generating high revenue for the city’s transit system. And predictions that it would be bad for business have proved completely wrong.” Via @pkrugman.bsky.social
Cory Doctorow's (@pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy) recipe for a new, open, disenshittified Internet (and Cloud, and Software):
craphound.com/news/2026/01...
Let us all push our lawmakers to enable this open future!
craphound.com/news/2026/01...
Let us all push our lawmakers to enable this open future!
The Post-American Internet (39C3, Hamburg, Dec 28) | Cory Doctorow's craphound.com
craphound.com
January 1, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Cory Doctorow's (@pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy) recipe for a new, open, disenshittified Internet (and Cloud, and Software):
craphound.com/news/2026/01...
Let us all push our lawmakers to enable this open future!
craphound.com/news/2026/01...
Let us all push our lawmakers to enable this open future!
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UN’s Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese:
“I truly hope that people will stay calm, will not panic, and will remember that the international community is made of 193 states, and this is the time to give the US what it has been looking for – isolation!”
“I truly hope that people will stay calm, will not panic, and will remember that the international community is made of 193 states, and this is the time to give the US what it has been looking for – isolation!”
December 25, 2025 at 8:20 PM
UN’s Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese:
“I truly hope that people will stay calm, will not panic, and will remember that the international community is made of 193 states, and this is the time to give the US what it has been looking for – isolation!”
“I truly hope that people will stay calm, will not panic, and will remember that the international community is made of 193 states, and this is the time to give the US what it has been looking for – isolation!”
"The Word was God. And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth."
Happy Christmas in Christ!
Happy Christmas in Christ!
December 24, 2025 at 11:29 PM
"The Word was God. And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth."
Happy Christmas in Christ!
Happy Christmas in Christ!
"O Verbo era Deus. E o Verbo se fez carne, e habitou entre nós, cheio de graça e verdade, e vimos a sua glória, glória como do unigênito do Pai."
Feliz Natal de Cristo!
Feliz Natal de Cristo!
December 24, 2025 at 11:28 PM
"O Verbo era Deus. E o Verbo se fez carne, e habitou entre nós, cheio de graça e verdade, e vimos a sua glória, glória como do unigênito do Pai."
Feliz Natal de Cristo!
Feliz Natal de Cristo!
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OTD in 2021 Russian Embassy on Londonograd reported that US & UK were manipulating false claims of a Russian invasion & occupation of Ukraine to spread panic.
Which is why you can believe us now we say we want peace.
Which is why you can believe us now we say we want peace.
November 30, 2025 at 1:29 PM
OTD in 2021 Russian Embassy on Londonograd reported that US & UK were manipulating false claims of a Russian invasion & occupation of Ukraine to spread panic.
Which is why you can believe us now we say we want peace.
Which is why you can believe us now we say we want peace.
The great Vinheteiro outdid himself again with his rubber chicken instrument! 🐥
youtube.com/shorts/g6uxM...
youtube.com/shorts/g6uxM...
Take on Me on Rubber Chickens
YouTube video by Vinheteiro
youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:55 PM
The great Vinheteiro outdid himself again with his rubber chicken instrument! 🐥
youtube.com/shorts/g6uxM...
youtube.com/shorts/g6uxM...
Why Is This Mega-City In the Middle Of Nowhere?
YouTube video by imperatur
youtu.be
November 12, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The British feline ruler (Number 10 Cat) is one wise cat.
October 29, 2025 at 11:59 PM
The British feline ruler (Number 10 Cat) is one wise cat.
Learn all about space exploration at the UAlberta, from student rockets and satellites to terraforming Mars, tomorrow and Friday.
Get your free tickets at www.isset.ca/ses
Get your free tickets at www.isset.ca/ses
October 16, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Learn all about space exploration at the UAlberta, from student rockets and satellites to terraforming Mars, tomorrow and Friday.
Get your free tickets at www.isset.ca/ses
Get your free tickets at www.isset.ca/ses
Do you feel cancelled or cut off from your group?, asks Pastor Jan.
Jesus can relate, and He restores us to communion with Him, forgiving us, and welcoming us into His family.
www.riverbendlutheran.com/podcast/epis...
Jesus can relate, and He restores us to communion with Him, forgiving us, and welcoming us into His family.
www.riverbendlutheran.com/podcast/epis...
Podcast | Riverbend Lutheran Church
Weekly sermons by Reverend Sye Van Maanen, Riverbend Lutheran Church, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Pastor Sye is an engaging and compelling preacher, delivering sermons consistent with the Lutheran teac...
www.riverbendlutheran.com
October 13, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Do you feel cancelled or cut off from your group?, asks Pastor Jan.
Jesus can relate, and He restores us to communion with Him, forgiving us, and welcoming us into His family.
www.riverbendlutheran.com/podcast/epis...
Jesus can relate, and He restores us to communion with Him, forgiving us, and welcoming us into His family.
www.riverbendlutheran.com/podcast/epis...
Have you ever thought about skiing down the largest mountain in the solar system? Well on Thursday the 16th of October you can learn whether that ever will or should be possible! Get your FREE tickets here: www.isset.ca/ses
October 11, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Have you ever thought about skiing down the largest mountain in the solar system? Well on Thursday the 16th of October you can learn whether that ever will or should be possible! Get your FREE tickets here: www.isset.ca/ses
Lots of changes in the new Leap 16 from @opensuse.org. I will need to change all my installation scripts. But it now has 2 full years of support. Yay!
"On the bright side, the distro is Y2038-ready, so no worries about that timestamp overflow problem." #linux
news.itsfoss.com/opensuse-lea...
"On the bright side, the distro is Y2038-ready, so no worries about that timestamp overflow problem." #linux
news.itsfoss.com/opensuse-lea...
openSUSE Leap 16 Released with 24 Months of Free Support and Major Modernization
A new openSUSE Leap release with major changes.
news.itsfoss.com
October 9, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Lots of changes in the new Leap 16 from @opensuse.org. I will need to change all my installation scripts. But it now has 2 full years of support. Yay!
"On the bright side, the distro is Y2038-ready, so no worries about that timestamp overflow problem." #linux
news.itsfoss.com/opensuse-lea...
"On the bright side, the distro is Y2038-ready, so no worries about that timestamp overflow problem." #linux
news.itsfoss.com/opensuse-lea...
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Join us for a special community ride honouring Dr. Markland’s passion for people, cycling, and giving back.
We will visit some of his favourite #yegbike places and drop donations off at the Bissell Centre.
📅 Sunday, Oct 12 from 11-1:30
📍Coronation Park next to TWOSE
🎟️ Details:
We will visit some of his favourite #yegbike places and drop donations off at the Bissell Centre.
📅 Sunday, Oct 12 from 11-1:30
📍Coronation Park next to TWOSE
🎟️ Details:
Cranksgiving Ride — A Tribute to Dr. Darren Markland
Join us for a Cranksgiving Ride honouring the legendary Dr. Darren Markland!
buff.ly
October 6, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Join us for a special community ride honouring Dr. Markland’s passion for people, cycling, and giving back.
We will visit some of his favourite #yegbike places and drop donations off at the Bissell Centre.
📅 Sunday, Oct 12 from 11-1:30
📍Coronation Park next to TWOSE
🎟️ Details:
We will visit some of his favourite #yegbike places and drop donations off at the Bissell Centre.
📅 Sunday, Oct 12 from 11-1:30
📍Coronation Park next to TWOSE
🎟️ Details:
If you are not tired of the parallels between the 2020's and the 1930's, try to recognize the characters skilfully described by Dorothy Thompson at this house party 84 years ago in her "Who goes Nazi?" artice in Harper's.
Every few months now I re-read this "Who Goes Nazi?" piece from 1941 and am blown away by how it captures the people we are dealing with 80 years later.
harpers.org/archive/1941...
harpers.org/archive/1941...
Who Goes Nazi?, by Dorothy Thompson
harpers.org
October 2, 2025 at 3:21 AM
If you are not tired of the parallels between the 2020's and the 1930's, try to recognize the characters skilfully described by Dorothy Thompson at this house party 84 years ago in her "Who goes Nazi?" artice in Harper's.
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Every few months now I re-read this "Who Goes Nazi?" piece from 1941 and am blown away by how it captures the people we are dealing with 80 years later.
harpers.org/archive/1941...
harpers.org/archive/1941...
Who Goes Nazi?, by Dorothy Thompson
harpers.org
October 1, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Every few months now I re-read this "Who Goes Nazi?" piece from 1941 and am blown away by how it captures the people we are dealing with 80 years later.
harpers.org/archive/1941...
harpers.org/archive/1941...
We’ve lost Dr. Darren Markland — Dr. Dagly. A true hero! (@drdagly.bsky.social ) 💔
terryreith.substack.com/p/rememberin...
terryreith.substack.com/p/rememberin...
Remembering Dr. Dagly
You had fans in places you never imagined. You Sir, were an inspiration.
terryreith.substack.com
September 25, 2025 at 2:15 PM
We’ve lost Dr. Darren Markland — Dr. Dagly. A true hero! (@drdagly.bsky.social ) 💔
terryreith.substack.com/p/rememberin...
terryreith.substack.com/p/rememberin...
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“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
It costs a lot less to house people.
It costs a lot less to house people.
Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
thebetter.news
September 21, 2025 at 6:24 AM
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
It costs a lot less to house people.
It costs a lot less to house people.