Darren Kirby
@dragonbyte.ca
Rural Canadian. Formerly urban Canadian. Stuck in a pothole at the intersection of writing, photography, birds, bees, computer programming, and data science.
I DID manage to make it to midnight last night, and I shit you not, the neighbor's rooster started crowing exactly then.
January 1, 2026 at 6:28 PM
I DID manage to make it to midnight last night, and I shit you not, the neighbor's rooster started crowing exactly then.
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Happy New Year everyone! Wishing you all the best for 2026 🥰 I’d love you to watch my 35 minute narrated video “Best of 2025” if you have time 😄 and also read my New Year blog post! I’d really appreciate your support! Thank you, Kate 🥰❤️🇨🇦
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December 31, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Happy New Year everyone! Wishing you all the best for 2026 🥰 I’d love you to watch my 35 minute narrated video “Best of 2025” if you have time 😄 and also read my New Year blog post! I’d really appreciate your support! Thank you, Kate 🥰❤️🇨🇦
www.patreon.com/posts/147106...
www.patreon.com/posts/147106...
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A Ural Owl keeping an eye on a Raven flying by. One of the most memorable encounters for me this year in the Finnish nature.
Happy New Year 2026! 🪶🦉
#BirdsSeenIn2025 🇫🇮
#NaturePhotography
Happy New Year 2026! 🪶🦉
#BirdsSeenIn2025 🇫🇮
#NaturePhotography
December 31, 2025 at 8:09 PM
A Ural Owl keeping an eye on a Raven flying by. One of the most memorable encounters for me this year in the Finnish nature.
Happy New Year 2026! 🪶🦉
#BirdsSeenIn2025 🇫🇮
#NaturePhotography
Happy New Year 2026! 🪶🦉
#BirdsSeenIn2025 🇫🇮
#NaturePhotography
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A nice flock of Bohemian waxwings for the Rock Creek Christmas bird count with @dragonbyte.ca.
December 28, 2025 at 11:56 PM
A nice flock of Bohemian waxwings for the Rock Creek Christmas bird count with @dragonbyte.ca.
I'd go a bit further than this and say that Americans should just shut the fuck up about the governance of any other country altogether.
Americans lecturing Australians on gun control and Canadians on healthcare is the ultimate in shut the fuckupness.
December 27, 2025 at 10:33 PM
I'd go a bit further than this and say that Americans should just shut the fuck up about the governance of any other country altogether.
My babe knows how to Christmas shop for me...
December 26, 2025 at 11:29 PM
My babe knows how to Christmas shop for me...
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In the Fraser river valley near Harrison BC 🇨🇦with a beautiful varied thrush (bald eagle in the trees above) what a beautiful bird! Christmas Day 25 Dec 2025 ✨🎄✨
December 26, 2025 at 1:33 AM
In the Fraser river valley near Harrison BC 🇨🇦with a beautiful varied thrush (bald eagle in the trees above) what a beautiful bird! Christmas Day 25 Dec 2025 ✨🎄✨
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Merry Christmas from me, @dragonbyte.ca and MoMo (the neighbour's cat).
December 24, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Merry Christmas from me, @dragonbyte.ca and MoMo (the neighbour's cat).
This is what happens when you get AI to author your signage. This is in Amarillo, Texas.
December 23, 2025 at 1:48 AM
This is what happens when you get AI to author your signage. This is in Amarillo, Texas.
The Bohemians have shown up! 25 or so of them elbowing against the Robins for the last of the berries on our Ash.
72 species on the yard list now.
72 species on the yard list now.
December 22, 2025 at 5:28 PM
The Bohemians have shown up! 25 or so of them elbowing against the Robins for the last of the berries on our Ash.
72 species on the yard list now.
72 species on the yard list now.
$3,000! So one black cartridge and one CMY cartridge?
Man steals $3,000 worth of printer ink from Salmon Arm Staples #SalmonArm
Man steals $3,000 worth of printer ink from Salmon Arm Staples - Salmon Arm News
Mounties are turning to the public to help identify a man who they believe stole thousands of dollars worth of printer ink from Staples in Salmon Arm.
www.castanetkamloops.net
December 20, 2025 at 1:34 AM
$3,000! So one black cartridge and one CMY cartridge?
I was so excited to solve the Advent of Code puzzles in real time this year, but I've already screwed it up. I was expecting the first puzzle tonight, but it was released last night 😐
So I guess I'll do it now and get ready for puzzle 2 tonight.
#aoc
So I guess I'll do it now and get ready for puzzle 2 tonight.
#aoc
December 1, 2025 at 8:26 PM
I was so excited to solve the Advent of Code puzzles in real time this year, but I've already screwed it up. I was expecting the first puzzle tonight, but it was released last night 😐
So I guess I'll do it now and get ready for puzzle 2 tonight.
#aoc
So I guess I'll do it now and get ready for puzzle 2 tonight.
#aoc
By 'help' she means driving and occasionally mumbling awkwardly at people addressing the table when she went to the washroom.
I had a lovely time at the Greenwood Christmas market with many thanks to @dragonbyte.ca for his help and support.
December 1, 2025 at 12:20 AM
By 'help' she means driving and occasionally mumbling awkwardly at people addressing the table when she went to the washroom.
I'm more likely to encounter Jimmy Hoffa than one of these in the town where I live, but if I were to visit a city, and met one on a sidewalk, if it did not yield to me it would be swiftly kicked into traffic.
Just as you thought food delivery companies couldn't inflict any more misery on society:
Instead of using lowly-paid gig economy contractors to deliver groceries, they're replacing humans with robots, who, in turn, force humans off the pavement into road traffic.
Instead of using lowly-paid gig economy contractors to deliver groceries, they're replacing humans with robots, who, in turn, force humans off the pavement into road traffic.
November 28, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I'm more likely to encounter Jimmy Hoffa than one of these in the town where I live, but if I were to visit a city, and met one on a sidewalk, if it did not yield to me it would be swiftly kicked into traffic.
Lots of ppl talking about how this is 4d chess, and just a way to get concessions from AB and let the failure of any pipeline fall solely on Smith's shoulders. Even if that's true, and that's a mighty big if, we need to talk about how shitty and unseemly it is for our PM to play games like this.
Mark Carney managed to trade a pipeline that will never get built for meaningful progress on industrial carbon pricing and electricity interties — both of which will get more wind and solar built.
Remember when people thought he wasn't good at politics? www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/o...
Remember when people thought he wasn't good at politics? www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/o...
The method to Mark Carney’s madness
The memorandum of understanding with Alberta might look like surrender. Look closer
www.nationalobserver.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Lots of ppl talking about how this is 4d chess, and just a way to get concessions from AB and let the failure of any pipeline fall solely on Smith's shoulders. Even if that's true, and that's a mighty big if, we need to talk about how shitty and unseemly it is for our PM to play games like this.
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@dragonbyte.ca made some very good dumplings!
November 27, 2025 at 2:24 AM
@dragonbyte.ca made some very good dumplings!
I guess that's a good idea if you want large numbers of people to not vote anymore. What the actual fuck are these clowns thinking?
BC's democratic and electoral reform committee recommends requiring Elections BC to share voters' contact info (email, phone numbers) with political parties and candidates "under strict privacy guidelines"
To that I say: Ew 👎👎👎
I 1000% do not trust partisans with my personal contact info #bcpoli
To that I say: Ew 👎👎👎
I 1000% do not trust partisans with my personal contact info #bcpoli
November 27, 2025 at 2:06 AM
I guess that's a good idea if you want large numbers of people to not vote anymore. What the actual fuck are these clowns thinking?
And there it is. Just a couple cm, but it's warmed up a bit and has already started melting.
November 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
And there it is. Just a couple cm, but it's warmed up a bit and has already started melting.
We've just started getting our first snow of the year. Very light so far. If it stays like this through the night, I doubt there will be much more than a couple cm.
November 26, 2025 at 1:59 AM
We've just started getting our first snow of the year. Very light so far. If it stays like this through the night, I doubt there will be much more than a couple cm.
This spreadsheet could have been an email.
Please enjoy this list of ways that the NY Times crossword puzzle has clued the word SEXT, it's my sexy gift to you.
November 24, 2025 at 8:25 PM
This spreadsheet could have been an email.
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The weather will be turning next week and if you have somewhere warm and safe to go, don't take that for granted. So many people in our community are not so fortunate. The money I'm raising will ensure Bissell can continue to offer services and supplies to those in need.
Please donate if you can!
Please donate if you can!
November 22, 2025 at 2:45 AM
The weather will be turning next week and if you have somewhere warm and safe to go, don't take that for granted. So many people in our community are not so fortunate. The money I'm raising will ensure Bissell can continue to offer services and supplies to those in need.
Please donate if you can!
Please donate if you can!
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Fact check: No, U.S. oil tankers do not pass through the Hecate Strait. Elizabeth May shows exactly why the tanker ban exists, and why protecting it matters.
November 21, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Fact check: No, U.S. oil tankers do not pass through the Hecate Strait. Elizabeth May shows exactly why the tanker ban exists, and why protecting it matters.
I'm not going to shame the person who posted this meme (without alt text), but rather, offer a counterpoint:
They don't extort money, they ask politely for it. Maybe if some of you cheap bastards who've been using Wikipedia for 15+ years sent them some, they wouldn't have to....
They don't extort money, they ask politely for it. Maybe if some of you cheap bastards who've been using Wikipedia for 15+ years sent them some, they wouldn't have to....
November 17, 2025 at 2:58 AM
I'm not going to shame the person who posted this meme (without alt text), but rather, offer a counterpoint:
They don't extort money, they ask politely for it. Maybe if some of you cheap bastards who've been using Wikipedia for 15+ years sent them some, they wouldn't have to....
They don't extort money, they ask politely for it. Maybe if some of you cheap bastards who've been using Wikipedia for 15+ years sent them some, they wouldn't have to....
Or we could buy defective-by-design F35s with remote kill switches from fascists. I guess Carney will need to ponder the options a bit longer.
Sweden keeps sweetening the deal!! #Canada
The Swedish manufacturer of the Gripen fighter jet, SAAB, says 10,000 manufacturing and research jobs could land in Canada if Ottawa adds the aircraft to its military fleet.
www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
The Swedish manufacturer of the Gripen fighter jet, SAAB, says 10,000 manufacturing and research jobs could land in Canada if Ottawa adds the aircraft to its military fleet.
www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
Swedish manufacturer says 10,000 new jobs could soon come to Canada
The Swedish manufacturer of the Gripen fighter jet, SAAB, says ten thousand manufacturing and research jobs could land in Canada if Ottawa adds the aircraft to its military fleet.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 14, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Or we could buy defective-by-design F35s with remote kill switches from fascists. I guess Carney will need to ponder the options a bit longer.
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@davidebybc.bsky.social
We don’t want this coming through our province. This sounds a bit like Carney and Smith are going to walk all over BC.
We don’t want this coming through our province. This sounds a bit like Carney and Smith are going to walk all over BC.
Carney tells business crowd a new pipeline project is 'going to happen' (Alberta)
Carney tells business crowd a new pipeline project is 'going to happen' - Alberta News
Prime Minister Mark Carney came close to telling a Bay Street audience today that he will secure a new pipeline for Alberta, offering his strongest endorsement yet of the idea.
www.castanet.net
November 7, 2025 at 8:34 PM
@davidebybc.bsky.social
We don’t want this coming through our province. This sounds a bit like Carney and Smith are going to walk all over BC.
We don’t want this coming through our province. This sounds a bit like Carney and Smith are going to walk all over BC.