John Concannon
@middleagedspread.bsky.social
He/him. Interested in bikes, woodworking, 3d design, risk, complex systems, analysis and hockey. YEG / Edmonton.
While I use studs, rather than chains, you can recover from a back wheel slide, but not from a front wheel slide, so when I only have one studded tire, it goes on the front.
November 29, 2025 at 6:34 PM
While I use studs, rather than chains, you can recover from a back wheel slide, but not from a front wheel slide, so when I only have one studded tire, it goes on the front.
I’ve been using studded tires for years, but never seen chains on bike tires. Where did you get them, or how did you make them?
November 29, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I’ve been using studded tires for years, but never seen chains on bike tires. Where did you get them, or how did you make them?
I always thought the universes were autogenerated from pseudorandom numbers.
November 5, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I always thought the universes were autogenerated from pseudorandom numbers.
I had no idea. I had the model B disc version. First computer game I was ever addicted to.
November 5, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I had no idea. I had the model B disc version. First computer game I was ever addicted to.
There’s an elite universe editor?!!!!!
November 5, 2025 at 9:01 PM
There’s an elite universe editor?!!!!!
White House reporters?
October 17, 2025 at 3:19 AM
White House reporters?
… the current homeowner. Maybe I am misunderstanding your suggestion? Why would we want to preserve a particular type or style of property, rather than let our communities evolve to serve changing needs?
September 27, 2025 at 3:11 PM
… the current homeowner. Maybe I am misunderstanding your suggestion? Why would we want to preserve a particular type or style of property, rather than let our communities evolve to serve changing needs?
As a person with children living in a mature neighbourhood in sipiwiniwak, it strikes me as a poor use of funds. Loans maybe would be justified, as long as they have socially beneficial purposes, such as improving environmental performance, but under this proposal almost all the benefits accrue to …
September 27, 2025 at 3:11 PM
As a person with children living in a mature neighbourhood in sipiwiniwak, it strikes me as a poor use of funds. Loans maybe would be justified, as long as they have socially beneficial purposes, such as improving environmental performance, but under this proposal almost all the benefits accrue to …
Poor phrasing in the opening of the article implies the victim was terribly clumsy: “a cyclist was killed after falling beneath the wheels of a dump truck”.
Later we learn the dump truck was turned right, across the bike lane. Misguided attempt to avoid implying blame has the opposite effect.
Later we learn the dump truck was turned right, across the bike lane. Misguided attempt to avoid implying blame has the opposite effect.
July 11, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Poor phrasing in the opening of the article implies the victim was terribly clumsy: “a cyclist was killed after falling beneath the wheels of a dump truck”.
Later we learn the dump truck was turned right, across the bike lane. Misguided attempt to avoid implying blame has the opposite effect.
Later we learn the dump truck was turned right, across the bike lane. Misguided attempt to avoid implying blame has the opposite effect.
Did you see his statement blaming admin and the rest of council for his absence?
July 11, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Did you see his statement blaming admin and the rest of council for his absence?
Still misleading clickbait. In the UK, Abortion has been available nationwide under universal healthcare up to 24 weeks for sixty years.
June 18, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Still misleading clickbait. In the UK, Abortion has been available nationwide under universal healthcare up to 24 weeks for sixty years.
Don’t fall for this bollocks. Abortions aren’t only legal in the UK, they’re readily accessible under universal healthcare. This is easily the most misleading headline I’ve seen this year, and it’s a high bar.
June 18, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Don’t fall for this bollocks. Abortions aren’t only legal in the UK, they’re readily accessible under universal healthcare. This is easily the most misleading headline I’ve seen this year, and it’s a high bar.
Last year the oil were unlucky. This year they were outplayed.
June 18, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Last year the oil were unlucky. This year they were outplayed.
It starts with great promise, and I enjoyed the writing, but it’s really clear early on in the second book that there’s no way he can bring it to a conclusion in three books, so I have my doubts about ever seeing that third book.
June 13, 2025 at 1:55 PM
It starts with great promise, and I enjoyed the writing, but it’s really clear early on in the second book that there’s no way he can bring it to a conclusion in three books, so I have my doubts about ever seeing that third book.
I’m not sure if you’ve noticed Sam Bennett, but, in any case
a close up of a man 's face in a car with a woman behind him .
Alt: Tom hardy playing mad max satin “that’s bait”
media.tenor.com
June 13, 2025 at 4:29 AM
I’m not sure if you’ve noticed Sam Bennett, but, in any case
That ship sailed in January with Trumps unprovoked betrayal of Canada. Everything since has merely reinforced the untrustworthiness of the Uintef States.
June 13, 2025 at 3:17 AM
That ship sailed in January with Trumps unprovoked betrayal of Canada. Everything since has merely reinforced the untrustworthiness of the Uintef States.
They have only a passing association with the truth.
June 2, 2025 at 4:58 AM
They have only a passing association with the truth.
It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his livelihood depends upon his not understanding it.
May 22, 2025 at 1:18 AM
It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his livelihood depends upon his not understanding it.
For example:
Pyjamas (Hindi)
Bungalow (Hindi)
Ketchup (Hokkien)
Karaoke (Japanese)
Ballet (French)
Kindergarten (German)
Anorak (Inuit)
Genre (French)
Tornado (Spanish)
Typhoon (Greek)
Blouse (French)
Cigar (Mayan)
Chimpanzee (Bantu)
Dollar (Spanish)
Safari (Swahili)
Cafe (French)
Shampoo (Hindi)
Pyjamas (Hindi)
Bungalow (Hindi)
Ketchup (Hokkien)
Karaoke (Japanese)
Ballet (French)
Kindergarten (German)
Anorak (Inuit)
Genre (French)
Tornado (Spanish)
Typhoon (Greek)
Blouse (French)
Cigar (Mayan)
Chimpanzee (Bantu)
Dollar (Spanish)
Safari (Swahili)
Cafe (French)
Shampoo (Hindi)
May 9, 2025 at 11:41 AM
For example:
Pyjamas (Hindi)
Bungalow (Hindi)
Ketchup (Hokkien)
Karaoke (Japanese)
Ballet (French)
Kindergarten (German)
Anorak (Inuit)
Genre (French)
Tornado (Spanish)
Typhoon (Greek)
Blouse (French)
Cigar (Mayan)
Chimpanzee (Bantu)
Dollar (Spanish)
Safari (Swahili)
Cafe (French)
Shampoo (Hindi)
Pyjamas (Hindi)
Bungalow (Hindi)
Ketchup (Hokkien)
Karaoke (Japanese)
Ballet (French)
Kindergarten (German)
Anorak (Inuit)
Genre (French)
Tornado (Spanish)
Typhoon (Greek)
Blouse (French)
Cigar (Mayan)
Chimpanzee (Bantu)
Dollar (Spanish)
Safari (Swahili)
Cafe (French)
Shampoo (Hindi)
In that case, a significant percentage of the words you use are not English, having been borrowed from other languages.
May 9, 2025 at 10:58 AM
In that case, a significant percentage of the words you use are not English, having been borrowed from other languages.
Except it is already a borrowed word in English:
May 9, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Except it is already a borrowed word in English:
Spidey walks on five of the six surfaces.
May 5, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Spidey walks on five of the six surfaces.
I think it is 40. Unfold the surfaces of the cuboid and it becomes a problem in 2 dimensions. The shortest route becomes a hypotenuse of a triangle length 32 x height 24 (it’s a 3,4,5 triangle times 8).
May 5, 2025 at 5:15 AM
I think it is 40. Unfold the surfaces of the cuboid and it becomes a problem in 2 dimensions. The shortest route becomes a hypotenuse of a triangle length 32 x height 24 (it’s a 3,4,5 triangle times 8).