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Mike Conley (:mconley) ⚙️
@mconley.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy
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#Canadian, #Mozillian, Software mechanic. I help to make #firefox fast + smooth.

I mentor folks hacking on #reviewboard.

Also: sound designer/musician, and haunted […]

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I'm very pleased to mention that today's release of #firefox 147 for desktop includes an opt-in feature that automatically opens Picture-in-Picture for videos when the tab playing that video gets backgrounded!

You can enable this in Firefox 147 by visiting […]

[Original post on fosstodon.org]
A section of the about:settings page that shows the following checkboxes: * Enable Picture-in-Picture video controls (followed by a "Learn more" link) * Keep playing videos in Picture-in-Picture when switching tabs
January 13, 2026 at 4:12 PM
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🎵
"Ah-yeah
(Runnin' with the Devil)
Oh God, oh God, I'm runnin', oh yeah
(Runnin' with the Devil)
Ugh, ugh, one more time"
🎵
The Zoom client update dialog is shown, updating the client from version 6.6.2 to version 6.6.6.
November 14, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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SPORTSNET WHY
The loading spinner on Sportsnet Now, during the 9th inning of the World Series Game 7 game.
November 2, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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The Dodgers' pitchers glove kinda makes it look like he's holding a bunch of bananas.

#ladodgers #torontobluejays
A still from the behind-the-mound camera at Game 3 of the World Series game where the Toronto Blue Jays play the LA Dodgers. The Dodgers pitcher has a very yellow glove.
October 28, 2025 at 3:32 AM
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If I was Specsavers, and I'd paid for this behind-the-plate ad... I'd ask for my money back.

#torontobluejays #ladodgers
October 28, 2025 at 3:02 AM
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The Fear and Greed index from CNN at a rating of "29", which is FEAR, which is only one step above EXTREME FEAR, and one step below NEUTRAL.
October 23, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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A piece of found poetry, which I think is called "BUSINESS HOURS".
A sign on a door reads: BUSINESS HOURS WE OPEN most days about 9 or 10. Occasionally as early as 7. But SOME DAYS as late as 12 or 1. WE CLOSE about 5.30 or 6. Occasionally about 4 or 5. But sometimes as late as 11 or 12. SOME DAYS or afternoons, We aren't here at all. And lately I've been here just about all the time. Except when I'm someplace else. But I should be here then, too.
September 15, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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My city has history.

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/forgotten-toronto-inside-the-great-clown-riots-of-1855-and-the-coverup-that-changed-the/article_7a58b68a-7fc4-42d6-9c48-0123701e2ddd.html
A screenshot from a Toronto Star article entirled: "Forgotten Toronto: Inside the great ‘clown riots’ of 1855 — and the coverup that changed the city’s policing forever" with the tagline: "How a normal circus visit turned into a vicious battle between clowns, firefighters and the powers that ran Toronto."
August 29, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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via https://www.toronto.ca/home/311-toronto-at-your-service/make-the-right-call/
A two pane infographic, where the left-pane shows an injured (or possibly dead) raccoon, and the text "CONTACT 311". The right-pane shows an injured human, and the text "CONTACT 911".
August 7, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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We now go live to me opening up my post PTO inbox:
An image of somebody kneeling in a driveway and getting absolutely blasted in the face by a 2L bottle of Diet Coke that presumably just had a single Mentos mint dropped into it.
July 28, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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Another sunset photo from somewhere in Ontario.
July 25, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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A sunset from somewhere in Ontario.
July 25, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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Ruh roh

https://status.cloud.google.com/
Status table from the Google Cloud Service Health page showing issues affecting several products. Google Cloud Dataproc, Storage, and Identity and Access Management are impacted in multiple regions (Americas, Europe, Asia Pacific, Middle East, Africa, and Multi-regions), indicated by orange warning icons. Google Cloud Console and Identity Platform show global outages, indicated by red "X" icons. Green checkmark indicates availability for Access Approval.
June 12, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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Ruh roh

https://status.cloud.google.com/
June 12, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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Over here doing a crash-course on Taskcluster and Taskgraph.
May 22, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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Found this at my parents place. This was a pretty important book to young Mike, who was trying to learn to make computer games.
A text book from Microsoft entitled "Microsoft QuickBASIC Compiler - For IBM Personal Computers and Compatibles"
May 11, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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I guess!
A Firefox confirmation dialog, showing the message "Close 839 tabs?" followed by a cancel button and a "Close tabs" button.
April 16, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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Something big is brewing.
A mug of tea on a desk. The mug has "Something BIG is brewing" printed on it. A maple leaf on a string is hanging over the edge of the mug, presumably attached to a tea bag.
April 11, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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This guy is having a heck of a week.
Someone on a trading floor looking apprehensive.
April 9, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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Is there a Tumblr or something that's collecting all of these pictures of people on various trading floors grimacing?

(Image credit: TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP via Getty Images)
A grimacing trader working on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. They look perturbed.
April 7, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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Celery from the US isn't cool.

Green onions from Mexico are cool.
A photo of some vegetables at a grocery store in Toronto. Green onions from Mexico are almost entirely sold out. Celery from the USA is abundant and just sitting there, unsold, like garbage.
April 6, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-suggests-us-could-join-british-commonwealth-2048679
A still of King George III singing "You'll Be Back" from the musical Hamilton.
March 21, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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Grocery stores trying to make it easier to spot products that they assert are prepared in Canada:
Shelves of condiments in a grocery store. Little labels with maple leaves stick out to indicate which ones are purportedly prepared in Canada.
March 16, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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Credit to @msequeiraphotography. (Mervyn Sequeira) on Instagram.
A bald eagle being a jerk, and a Canada Goose with its elbows up and gloves off.
March 4, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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A page about artificial intelligence from an old book from the 1970's that I found at my parent's place.
It's a page from a book called "The Usborne Book of the Future" about artificial intelligence. Too much text to reproduce here.
February 22, 2025 at 9:09 PM