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Austin Huang ❤️
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#ComputerScience #masters student + #FOSS contributor + #mastoadmin, from #Shanghai to #Montreal to #NYC. I quibble on #SliceOfLife, #tech, and #policies. Account […]

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Kinda cringe to use old #microsoftoffice #wordart to represent the 70s...

#montreal
Poster says: LA SOCIÉTÉ HISTORIQUE DE SAINT-HENRI PRÉSENTE L'EXPOSITION Les années 70 [in the orange diagonal WordArt] Du 24 octobre au 30 novembre 2025 Au 521 de la Place Saint- Henri (en haut des pompiers) Heures d'ouverture: du vendredi au dimanche de 11 h à 17 h along with two black-and-white pictures of people dancing. The poster is attached to a pole with a "yield to pedestrian" sign on a sidewalk.
November 1, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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My last outing for my (last) week back in #montreal was again at Lola Rosa (except it was not due to dietary restrictions this time, but rather laziness to pick places). There was a loud group of 7~8 people near the windows so my friend and I had to rely on […]

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Chili dish, described on menu as "Ground seitan, mixed beans, tomatoes, onions and peppers, garnished with queso, green onions, garlic sautéed corn mix, coriander and lime, served with basmati rice and corn chips." Corn chips can be seen separately on the table. A poiscamole sauce was ordered; it is next to the chili. A water glass and a can of kombucha can be seen in the background.
October 31, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Went to @foulab watching a friend tinkering with their devices... I was not (nor am I generally) prepared to do anything hands-on in a #hackerspace so I decided to take a few shots of their little #retrocomputing museum.

#montreal #computer #Commodore #photography
Macintosh Plus, with a keyboard and a mouse. Part of the keyboard of a Wang PC. A few floppy disks (in covers) can be seen on top. Part of the keyboard of a Commodore 128. A user manual and a video game software box can be seen in the background. Apple IIe computer, with two Apple disk drives and a monitor branded "Pulser" on top of it.
October 24, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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One recent self-cooked #meal that I liked is rotini #pasta with bell peppers, celery, mushrooms and chicken breast, topped with alfredo sauce and laoganma sauce. The sauces are doing most of the work here: spicy on creamy is... an interesting taste, to be honest. #food
On a pan is a plate of rotini pasta with bell peppers, celery, mushrooms and chicken breast, topped with alfredo sauce.
October 14, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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As an extra: one of my accompanying friends brought a Minecraft turtle #plushie, so we have that looking into a real #turtle in the pond...
In the blurred foreground, a hand holding a Minecraft turtle plushie on its back. The turtle is aimed towards the background, which is a pond with a turtle swimming in it.
October 13, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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Touching grass at the #brooklyn #botanicgarden...

(#alt4me because I don't have a record of flower names)

#silentsunday #photography #newyorkcity #nyc #nature #bee
A bee flying amongst white daisies. A bee flying amongst some purple flowers. Some fluffy purple flower. Red flower in contrast to sun shining the floor behind.
October 12, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Perhaps I should be a bit less greedy with the portion size (and the veggie size)... But the meal is quite succulent, despite the difficulty to, y'know, handle it physically (with chopsticks)...

(This is Ippudo @ East Village.)

#food #ramen
A bowl of ramen with some tonkotsu and plenty of bean stalks on top.
September 27, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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Anyone got any tips to make #curry thicker (like a sauce instead of a soup)? Is it just a matter of adding less water? (For the record I cooked the beef then have the broth + curry slow cooked for 2 hours...)

(Yes, I know putting #pasta in a curry #soup does not […]

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Soup curry with beef, potatoes, broccoli and macaroni.
September 26, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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I also tried taking shots at the destination box from below, aiming towards the sky above (for a nice feel) or the skyline in the background (for a contrast with modernity). Unfortunately I couldn't really get a picture with the subway on the Manhattan Bridge […]

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The top-left corner of the front of Fifth Avenue Coach Company bus #3100, showing part of its destination box (midway between "M42 Westbound" and "M42 Eastbound") and one of the rear-view mirrors. The bus has a green & yellow livery. In the background is one of the towers of the Manhattan Bridge, as well as the glass walls of One Manhattan Square. The top of the front of NYCTA bus #5227, showing its destination box ("M42 Crosstown"). The shot aims towards the sky (with some clouds). The foot of one of Brooklyn Bridge's stone towers is pictured on the right. The top of the front of Betsy, a double decker bus originally also operated by the Fifth Avenue Coach Company. The top level is painted yellow while the middle is painted dark green. The destination box says "New York Transit Museum". The bus is parked against a brick wall of the Tobacco Warehouse, while the shot is also aimed towards the sky. A slanted shot of NYCTA bus #9098. Focusing on the right rear-view mirror, this shows the mint green paint of the bus, as well as bus #3100 and various DUMBO buildings in the background.
September 23, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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It's @nytransitmuseum.bsky.social 's #bus festival! It looks more natural when they're being driven on the road than being stationary at the plaza (with tons of people)...

#publictransport #nyc #newyorkcity #photography #streetphotography
NYCTA bus #5227 (a GM New Look - the last bus to not have a wheelchair lift; white with a blue stripe as the old MTA livery) passes in front of the tobacco warehouse. A woman and a child sits in one of the carved out windows on the brick wall. Interior of NYCTA bus #5227. People sitting on the long seats in the front half of the bus. NYCTA bus #9098 (first NYC bus with sliding windows; mint green and dark green with a red stripe) passes through the streets of DUMBO. Front pictured. Fifth Avenue Coach Company bus #3100 (first bus with A/C in the US) passes in the foreground of the brick walls of the Tobacco Warehouse. Pedestrians (as if they're waiting for the bus) are seen on the other side of the bus. The bus has a green & yellow livery with the words "Go the Motor Coach Way - Air Conditioned" on the side of the roof.
September 22, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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Bit of a slop meal, tastes good though. #groundbeef with tofu, mushroom, shrimp & veggies, plus sriracha sauce (which is probably doing a lot of work here). #food
A bowl of ground beef with tofu, mushroom, shrimp & veggies (bell pepper, squash, etc.) placed on a table towel with flowery patterns.
September 15, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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Favourite notification of https://mstdn.party/@austin/115027005835864755 , which the avatars focused. One is gavi's miku-style squidward, the other is a normal squidward.
August 16, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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Extra irony for sending this on a #monday... but here's a sign outside a #bar.
A square, yellow sign with a person walking to someone dancing and surprised, with a bar table (with drinks) behind them. The sign is standing from the sidewalk.
August 11, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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A small green #rubberduck above an exit sign at Borough Hall station in #brooklyn.

#silentsunday #nyc #newyorkcity
A green rubber duck placed above a typical New York City Subway sign; its small build clearly contrasted by the large font size.
August 10, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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There was a "maximum 3 noeuds" sign on Rue (Promenade) Wellington in Verdun. Is it supposed to mean "knots"? I mean 3 knots is approximately 5.5 km/h so it makes sense? But it isn't really a place known for sailing or anything...
A sign standing on the asphalt on a street (closed to traffic as it is a pedestrian street in summer), depicting a floating beacon? that appears similar to a construction cone (typical in Montreal) and the words "maximim 3 noeuds."
August 9, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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Later that day I met one of my undergrad classmates (plus their friends) and visited the two DARKFIELD immersive experience containers on exhibit at Old Port: one is FLIGHT, which tries to demonstrate the "quantum physics theory" of observing what's inside the […]

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Before the performance starts, the scene is illuminated. FLIGHT takes place in a standard passenger airplane scene.
August 5, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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On another day I tried Lola Rosa (545 rue Milton) for the first time (despite proximity to McGill and me graduating from there, I have never tried it while on campus) while catching up with another group of semi-online friends. I'm not that well-versed in nerding […]

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Braised tofu. Some white sauce over the tofu, with some broccoli and bell peppers around, on a black-ish plate on a wooden table.
August 4, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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Had lunch with @RapidKebab once (and despite shared attributes it's our first encounter). I had breakfast #poutine because he said the portion is big (while I was again overwhelmed by the abundance of choices on the menu), which was pretty good. Had some […]

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Breakfast poutine. Egg (sunny side up) over melted cheese which is over baked potatoes and bacon.
August 3, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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A shot of an Apple advert, at Lionel-Groulx metro station in Montreal, showing the South Street Seaport in NYC. (There's no way you can draw that by hand on an iPad.)

Yeah, I've been back in NYC for like a week now, yet I still haven't fully recounted things […]

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An ad on a concrete wall, showing a view of the South Street Seaport (east side of FiDi) of NYC, with some cartoon-ish characters drawn over the buildings, as if the characters, are amongst and as tall as the buildings. On the side is the caption "captured on iPhone, drawn on iPad" in French. Below is a black ribbon with the orange dot depicting the orange line and the word "Lionel-Groulx" in all caps, indicating the station.
August 2, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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By the way, somehow this "Watch for the doors" sticker for the elevators (NOT for the trains) ended up on the floor of an Azur train... How did this happen?

#montreal
A large yellow sticker, with "Attention aux Portes" in larger font and "Watch for the Doors" in smaller font (both in all caps) and a graphic with hand stuck on door, on the ground of an Azur train. The vertical handrail is seen next to it.
July 29, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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Another #tree in the #montreal #metro network is the Tree of Life at Lionel-Groulx. A rather simple to understand, yet still powerful #sculpture. The steel mural is said to "reflect passengers' movements below" but I interpreted as the up-and-down movement (given […]

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The Tree of Life sculpture depicts three (of five?) faces as wood branches from a single tree root. stm.info description: "A ringing call for mutual understanding, this work represents the people of the five continents springing from a common root." Yves Roy's steel mural placed between floors, containing some diagonal lines going up & down among straight flat lines on a metal board. stm.info description: "For this transfer station between the green and orange lines, the architect created two murals of equal size whose polished metal panels, set at different angles, reflect passengers’ movements below."
July 25, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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Now onto #sculpture's on this little stroll in the #montreal #metro. There's this concrete tree, Un arbre dans le parc, rooted on the platform at Georges-Vanier, and there's some blue trapezoidal forms and circular tiles on the platform. The metro loves exposed […]

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The main sculpture of the station: Un arbre dans le parc. Taken from the overpass, it shows the top part of this concrete sculpture, with light fixtures at the end of each branch, taking a very regular shape. The western end of the eastbound (Montmorency-bound) platform, showing one of the blue trapezoidal form and a circular tile on the wall. An Azur train is seen leaving the platform.
July 24, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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Last #stainedglass #artwork on this #montreal #metro trip: the colourful windows for the ventilation shaft at Charlevoix. By the way, you can hear the rain hitting the bottom of the shaft on the platform, it produces a very soothing sound, on top of bringing the […]

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Close-up of the artwork, showing small colourful pieces being split in a vertical brick-like dividers. stm.info description: "These two stained-glass windows, chiefly in blue with red and yellow accents, enhance the natural light they admit into this deep station." An overview of the artwork, taken from the escalator in the foreground. (Some blur is remedied through contrast equalizer.) View of the ventilation shaft from the upper (Angrignon-bound) platform. In the foreground shadow is exposed concrete with a stair leading down to the lower (Honoré-Beaugrand-bound) platform and two rolled-up roller shutters, along with a ladder on the ground. The background, also walled with exposed concrete, is shined upon by the sun. Plain window above the ticketing booth, facing the ventilation shaft. Behind that is another window surrounded by exposed concrete; the back of the other stained glass artwork (outside the fare-paid area) can be seen.
July 23, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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Some #montreal #metro stations are boring. Place d'Armes, uncomfortably embedded under the Palais des Congrès, unfortunately falls into that pile. This #stainedglass #artwork - added in 2017 - is the only decoration in the station (other than the unlit […]

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Stained glasses of three square color plots, presumably in the magma colour scale, indicate a high-value (red-white) circle in the centre on a low-value (black-purple) background. In the foreground is a set of stairs going down, as well as suspended station signage and fluorescent lighting.
July 21, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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Well, there are certainly simpler (and less political...) artworks in the #montreal #metro. Here's the #stainedglass decorating the station building at Champ-de-Mars (bringing in skylight to underground stations does seem to be a popular choice here) […]

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Looking towards the south-east side of the station from the platforms, with the overpass and a pillar obscuring part of the artwork, and lighting in cement slots in the ceiling. Part of the stained glass artwork - blue, green, red coloured round shapes on the windows - above the train tracks, with an Azur train leaving the platform, its rear end right under the artwork. Quote from stm.info: "Visible from both inside and outside the station, this huge, abstract stained glass catches the eye at once. The fluid shapes create a moving dance of colours, with forms of red, yellow, blue, violet, and green seeming to come to life."
July 20, 2025 at 12:02 PM