Thomas Wade
@thomasdub.bsky.social
Vancouver | Geophysics, Remote Sensing, Environmental Monitoring | that big red plane that is flying very low
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Star Trek is synonymous with its vociferously nerdy fans and it established numerous timelines of the same characters that are all canon.
Just slap a new Bond in there and get going, nobody will care that he died in the last one. Make it camp and fun (but not racist) again.
Just slap a new Bond in there and get going, nobody will care that he died in the last one. Make it camp and fun (but not racist) again.
James Bond’s death in No Time to Die is causing a nightmare for the next film. Writers are stuck because Bond “was blown to pieces.”
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
November 11, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Star Trek is synonymous with its vociferously nerdy fans and it established numerous timelines of the same characters that are all canon.
Just slap a new Bond in there and get going, nobody will care that he died in the last one. Make it camp and fun (but not racist) again.
Just slap a new Bond in there and get going, nobody will care that he died in the last one. Make it camp and fun (but not racist) again.
Commercial pilots saying fuck it and going VFR is a hell of an outcome.
November 9, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Commercial pilots saying fuck it and going VFR is a hell of an outcome.
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I'm finding it harder and harder to keep an open mind about AI with stories like this. We're using up vast amounts of our precious fresh water resources for what, exactly?
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
My car asked my kids a shocking and inappropriate question. That’s how I realized there are few safe spaces anymore
AI chatbots are the newest frontier in potentially toxic tech.
www.thestar.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:08 PM
I'm finding it harder and harder to keep an open mind about AI with stories like this. We're using up vast amounts of our precious fresh water resources for what, exactly?
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Savage headline
November 7, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Savage headline
Saying the quiet part out loud, only wanted to be an MP again if his party was in power.
November 6, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Saying the quiet part out loud, only wanted to be an MP again if his party was in power.
I saw this in a movie about a bus that had to speed around the city, keeping its speed over fifty, and if its speed dropped, the bus would explode! I think it was called "The Bus That Couldn't Slow Down."
What the hell is this statement from NVIDIA? What am I meant to do with this info?
November 6, 2025 at 5:49 AM
I saw this in a movie about a bus that had to speed around the city, keeping its speed over fifty, and if its speed dropped, the bus would explode! I think it was called "The Bus That Couldn't Slow Down."
I bet all those unpaid air traffic controllers are going to love having to deal with *checks notes* a nuclear detonation over Nevada. What could possibly go wrong?
☢️ President Trump says in Truth Social post tonight that U.S. will resume testing nuclear weapons again.
— The US hasn’t tested nuclear weapons in three decades. This is a major shift in policy.
— The US hasn’t tested nuclear weapons in three decades. This is a major shift in policy.
October 30, 2025 at 2:00 AM
I bet all those unpaid air traffic controllers are going to love having to deal with *checks notes* a nuclear detonation over Nevada. What could possibly go wrong?
When billionaires do illegal things those things get cute innocuous names like "racketeering" or "price-fixing" or "stake-driving"
By proceeding with the demolition of the White House East Wing before seeking approval from federal agencies for a new ballroom, President Donald Trump forced the issue. It's a strategy known as "stake-driving."
How Trump Demolished the White House East Wing
By putting the demolition of the East Wing before the necessary approvals for his ballroom, President Donald Trump borrowed a tactic known as “stake-driving” to force an outcome.
bloom.bg
October 26, 2025 at 4:16 PM
When billionaires do illegal things those things get cute innocuous names like "racketeering" or "price-fixing" or "stake-driving"
Subverting the principles of Ronald Reagan - basically the word of god to many Republicans - is the final stage of appeasement to Trump.
The Reagan Foundation's entire purpose is to preserve Reagan's legacy and share his principles, but now they're backing up the current president who insists that "Ronald Reagan loved tariffs."
Great job defending Reagan's legacy and principles, guys.
Hey, was he a big fan of Russia too?
Great job defending Reagan's legacy and principles, guys.
Hey, was he a big fan of Russia too?
October 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Subverting the principles of Ronald Reagan - basically the word of god to many Republicans - is the final stage of appeasement to Trump.
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Bike mechanics are vital to the shift to greener transportation, but they typically do work that’s precarious, low-pay and not backed up by formal training.
Mechanics want that to change, but they’ve got a bureaucratic hurdle in the way: a dedicated NOC code.
my latest for @pressprogress.ca ⬇️
Mechanics want that to change, but they’ve got a bureaucratic hurdle in the way: a dedicated NOC code.
my latest for @pressprogress.ca ⬇️
Bike mechanics want the government to recognize the job as a distinct profession and skilled trade.
Right now, they're officially grouped with workers who repair accordions, jukeboxes and the safety valves on pipelines.
pressprogress.ca/bike-mechani...
Right now, they're officially grouped with workers who repair accordions, jukeboxes and the safety valves on pipelines.
pressprogress.ca/bike-mechani...
We Don’t Know How Many Bike Mechanics Are in Canada. That’s a Problem.
Workers who service bicycles want the government to recognize the job as a distinct profession and skilled trade
pressprogress.ca
October 24, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Bike mechanics are vital to the shift to greener transportation, but they typically do work that’s precarious, low-pay and not backed up by formal training.
Mechanics want that to change, but they’ve got a bureaucratic hurdle in the way: a dedicated NOC code.
my latest for @pressprogress.ca ⬇️
Mechanics want that to change, but they’ve got a bureaucratic hurdle in the way: a dedicated NOC code.
my latest for @pressprogress.ca ⬇️
October 17, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I mean, if the notoriously lefty rag THE ECONOMIST is saying it ...
The most effective single way to reduce the death, violence and corruption would be to legalise and regulate the production and consumption of cocaine
Brute force is no match for today’s high-tech drug-runners
They are more inventive and adaptable than ever
econ.st
October 17, 2025 at 1:54 PM
I mean, if the notoriously lefty rag THE ECONOMIST is saying it ...
Someone said Gen-Z dresses like Republicans in the 90's and then I saw a youth wearing pleated wide-leg jeans with an oversized blazer
October 5, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Someone said Gen-Z dresses like Republicans in the 90's and then I saw a youth wearing pleated wide-leg jeans with an oversized blazer
Unfortunately I'm missing Pillion at the VIFF but I look forward to furtively watching it on an Air Canada flight in the near future.
October 4, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Unfortunately I'm missing Pillion at the VIFF but I look forward to furtively watching it on an Air Canada flight in the near future.
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End the provincial subsidy of property taxes via the Home Owner Grant. The dumbest tax policy on the books in BC
vancouversun.com/opinion/op-e...
vancouversun.com/opinion/op-e...
Opinion: B.C. has a revenue problem, not a spending problem
Experience from early 2000s shows that underfunding public services and failing to address poverty leads to higher economic and social costs
vancouversun.com
September 29, 2025 at 7:58 PM
End the provincial subsidy of property taxes via the Home Owner Grant. The dumbest tax policy on the books in BC
vancouversun.com/opinion/op-e...
vancouversun.com/opinion/op-e...
Other countries leverage the massive, countrywide infrastructure of their postal service to provide other useful things to the public, like low cost banking, mobile phone plans, and rural transportation.
Late stage capitalism demands we part it out for scrap instead.
Late stage capitalism demands we part it out for scrap instead.
"Canada Post is on track to lose money" Hum. Duh. It cost less than a toonie to send a letter across Canada.
"Canada Post is a service and not a business" was common knowledge until late stage capitalism brain rotted most people into think if it ain't making money for shareholders, it's failing.
"Canada Post is a service and not a business" was common knowledge until late stage capitalism brain rotted most people into think if it ain't making money for shareholders, it's failing.
September 27, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Other countries leverage the massive, countrywide infrastructure of their postal service to provide other useful things to the public, like low cost banking, mobile phone plans, and rural transportation.
Late stage capitalism demands we part it out for scrap instead.
Late stage capitalism demands we part it out for scrap instead.
Favourite travel people watching games:
Homos, bros, or Germans?
Dad and son or daddy and son?
Now with the Rio addition of:
Butt implants or gym?
Homos, bros, or Germans?
Dad and son or daddy and son?
Now with the Rio addition of:
Butt implants or gym?
September 25, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Favourite travel people watching games:
Homos, bros, or Germans?
Dad and son or daddy and son?
Now with the Rio addition of:
Butt implants or gym?
Homos, bros, or Germans?
Dad and son or daddy and son?
Now with the Rio addition of:
Butt implants or gym?
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As America's most pro-business leader in a generation, I will choose one company each week and accuse them of witchcraft
September 22, 2025 at 9:24 PM
As America's most pro-business leader in a generation, I will choose one company each week and accuse them of witchcraft
I once did an aerial survey from Van Horn, Texas, where there was a shooting range right next to the airport taxiway. Gun crazy country.
"Who builds a ballpark next to a gun range?"
Coach airlifted after being shot at youth baseball game in Katy, Texas
"Who builds a ballpark next to a gun range?"
bit.ly
September 22, 2025 at 2:18 PM
I once did an aerial survey from Van Horn, Texas, where there was a shooting range right next to the airport taxiway. Gun crazy country.
This thing is wild. All the nonexistent bases in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba...and you don't get Whidbey Island, WA? Pituffik (Thule), Greenland? That seems like one to highlight.
September 6, 2025 at 2:33 AM
This thing is wild. All the nonexistent bases in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba...and you don't get Whidbey Island, WA? Pituffik (Thule), Greenland? That seems like one to highlight.
Incredible statement from the CEO of a national public utility (Spanish airports) on the bullshit predatory tactics of Ryanair.
Need more public/crown corporation leaders with a backbone this magnificent.
Need more public/crown corporation leaders with a backbone this magnificent.
September 4, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Incredible statement from the CEO of a national public utility (Spanish airports) on the bullshit predatory tactics of Ryanair.
Need more public/crown corporation leaders with a backbone this magnificent.
Need more public/crown corporation leaders with a backbone this magnificent.
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