Norman Wilson (a banh mi is a munition) 🔵
@oclsc.bsky.social
Programmer, UNIX old fart, friend of cats, once and maybe future cyclist, non-motorist, rail passenger (>766000 miles), amateur^2 photographer, iconoclast, cynic, observer of odd things, revolve top insights (11). Cis he/they. Also @oclsc@mstdn.ca.
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Looking at the many comments from the glacial operation on the Finch "LRT" I cannot help thinking that the TTC has a lot of explaining to do about why they "accepted" this from Mlx or if they are responsible for the way it's running.
December 7, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Looking at the many comments from the glacial operation on the Finch "LRT" I cannot help thinking that the TTC has a lot of explaining to do about why they "accepted" this from Mlx or if they are responsible for the way it's running.
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New delays just dropped.
Line 6 Finch West: Delays westbound at Milvan Rumike station while we fix a mechanical problem.
December 7, 2025 at 2:31 PM
New delays just dropped.
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People who put little antlers on their cars: we aren’t stupid, we can still tell they are cars
December 7, 2025 at 5:24 AM
People who put little antlers on their cars: we aren’t stupid, we can still tell they are cars
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The heated rivalry between the two students finally came to a head, and the swordmaster reluctantly agreed to let them duel, to first blood.
It did not end as expected.
"Next time," the swordmaster said at last, "I want you to wipe your swords and sheathe them before you start kissing."
It did not end as expected.
"Next time," the swordmaster said at last, "I want you to wipe your swords and sheathe them before you start kissing."
December 7, 2025 at 1:28 PM
The heated rivalry between the two students finally came to a head, and the swordmaster reluctantly agreed to let them duel, to first blood.
It did not end as expected.
"Next time," the swordmaster said at last, "I want you to wipe your swords and sheathe them before you start kissing."
It did not end as expected.
"Next time," the swordmaster said at last, "I want you to wipe your swords and sheathe them before you start kissing."
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December 7, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com
December 7, 2025 at 8:56 AM
My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com
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Scoop by me: "During the federal shutdown, the current leadership of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health changed Admiral Levine's photo to remove her current legal name and use a prior name.”
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
HHS changed the name of transgender health leader on her official portrait
Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered.
www.npr.org
December 5, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Scoop by me: "During the federal shutdown, the current leadership of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health changed Admiral Levine's photo to remove her current legal name and use a prior name.”
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
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After much research and development I have made an offline version of ChatGPT.
Now you can save water and electricity while navel-gazing, and carry one of the world's most powerfully annoying AI chatbots in your pocket.
Now you can save water and electricity while navel-gazing, and carry one of the world's most powerfully annoying AI chatbots in your pocket.
December 5, 2025 at 4:03 PM
After much research and development I have made an offline version of ChatGPT.
Now you can save water and electricity while navel-gazing, and carry one of the world's most powerfully annoying AI chatbots in your pocket.
Now you can save water and electricity while navel-gazing, and carry one of the world's most powerfully annoying AI chatbots in your pocket.
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“In 2023, cars and their drivers killed 8,820 American pedestrians and bicyclists — 7,314 pedestrians and 1,166 cyclists. They injured another 136,281, an increase of over 5,300 injuries from 2022.”
Put the responsibility where it belongs.
Via @jalopnik.bsky.social
Put the responsibility where it belongs.
Via @jalopnik.bsky.social
No, Defensive Walking Isn't The Solution For Road Deaths - Jalopnik
It's victim-blaming, it's bull, and it's not the solution we need.
www.jalopnik.com
December 6, 2025 at 12:26 AM
“In 2023, cars and their drivers killed 8,820 American pedestrians and bicyclists — 7,314 pedestrians and 1,166 cyclists. They injured another 136,281, an increase of over 5,300 injuries from 2022.”
Put the responsibility where it belongs.
Via @jalopnik.bsky.social
Put the responsibility where it belongs.
Via @jalopnik.bsky.social
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The LinkedIn visionaries have come up with a solution to their AI datacenter cooling problem. It involves putting them in the coldest place they know: space. Which is extremely funny if you know like any physics at all.
December 6, 2025 at 9:40 PM
The LinkedIn visionaries have come up with a solution to their AI datacenter cooling problem. It involves putting them in the coldest place they know: space. Which is extremely funny if you know like any physics at all.
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The double attack on the boat is troubling. More so should be the single attacks on all the other boats. There doesn't seem to be a good rationale to call them anything but murders.
December 6, 2025 at 11:54 PM
The double attack on the boat is troubling. More so should be the single attacks on all the other boats. There doesn't seem to be a good rationale to call them anything but murders.
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Kyiv tomorrow:
rolling power outages –
7 hours without electricity,
3.5 hours with it.
Then repeat.
Just a reminder for the world of what russia does.
rolling power outages –
7 hours without electricity,
3.5 hours with it.
Then repeat.
Just a reminder for the world of what russia does.
December 6, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Kyiv tomorrow:
rolling power outages –
7 hours without electricity,
3.5 hours with it.
Then repeat.
Just a reminder for the world of what russia does.
rolling power outages –
7 hours without electricity,
3.5 hours with it.
Then repeat.
Just a reminder for the world of what russia does.
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How to buy yourself a needy malignant narcissist? Just offer him a phony, made up "Peace Prize" & he's all your's!!!
No need for a formal ceremony as he'll snatch from the box & put it on all by himself. Both laughably pathetic AND pathetically laughable. 🤡 🫣
No need for a formal ceremony as he'll snatch from the box & put it on all by himself. Both laughably pathetic AND pathetically laughable. 🤡 🫣
December 6, 2025 at 7:57 PM
How to buy yourself a needy malignant narcissist? Just offer him a phony, made up "Peace Prize" & he's all your's!!!
No need for a formal ceremony as he'll snatch from the box & put it on all by himself. Both laughably pathetic AND pathetically laughable. 🤡 🫣
No need for a formal ceremony as he'll snatch from the box & put it on all by himself. Both laughably pathetic AND pathetically laughable. 🤡 🫣
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The fact that Netflix could afford to buy warner brothers means they could've afforded to let us share passwords.
December 6, 2025 at 3:19 PM
The fact that Netflix could afford to buy warner brothers means they could've afforded to let us share passwords.
Hey, vendors, it makes you look stupid when you repeatedly e-mail me exciting offers to buy a monitor or a computer that I have already bought. In exactly the same model. Bought direct from you. Within the past few months. Or are you telling me your products aren't expected to keep working?
December 6, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Hey, vendors, it makes you look stupid when you repeatedly e-mail me exciting offers to buy a monitor or a computer that I have already bought. In exactly the same model. Bought direct from you. Within the past few months. Or are you telling me your products aren't expected to keep working?
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Discover the inside story of the recent Michigan train incident on Thanksgiving night. Our Director of Community Engagement & Organizing shares firsthand details and pressing questions for those in charge.
For more: www.railpassengers.o...
For more: www.railpassengers.o...
December 6, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Discover the inside story of the recent Michigan train incident on Thanksgiving night. Our Director of Community Engagement & Organizing shares firsthand details and pressing questions for those in charge.
For more: www.railpassengers.o...
For more: www.railpassengers.o...
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And/or borrow them from your local library! 📚📖
The Internet is becoming increasingly unreliable. Buy books and read them.
December 6, 2025 at 11:36 AM
And/or borrow them from your local library! 📚📖
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Biden never slept through meetings but Jake Tapper wrote a whole book about how he was too old.
December 5, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Biden never slept through meetings but Jake Tapper wrote a whole book about how he was too old.
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It’s the anniversary of the 1917 Halifax Explosion. A still and somber morning to visit sites in my neighborhood: a fragment of anchor shank from Mont Blanc, the grave of telegraph operator Vince Coleman, and the field where unidentified dead were buried.
December 6, 2025 at 3:02 PM
It’s the anniversary of the 1917 Halifax Explosion. A still and somber morning to visit sites in my neighborhood: a fragment of anchor shank from Mont Blanc, the grave of telegraph operator Vince Coleman, and the field where unidentified dead were buried.
Q-Pass complete, ready for Donation 199 in an hour and a half.
December 6, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Q-Pass complete, ready for Donation 199 in an hour and a half.
`Periods of light snow' last night and this morning seems, so far, to mean little if any and none of it sticking. This is not a disappointment; really don't feel like shovelling walks today.
December 6, 2025 at 1:18 PM
`Periods of light snow' last night and this morning seems, so far, to mean little if any and none of it sticking. This is not a disappointment; really don't feel like shovelling walks today.
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You've heard of elf on a shelf. Now get ready for...
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December 6, 2025 at 12:44 AM
You've heard of elf on a shelf. Now get ready for...
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I demand that I be awarded the Unix Peace Prize!
December 6, 2025 at 2:40 AM
I demand that I be awarded the Unix Peace Prize!
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In terms of what’s understood to be socially acceptable behavior, normalizing the filming/taking pictures of people in public who are minding their own business (and putting it online) is one of the worst developments of the past 15 years.
Woman Hailed as Hero for Smashing Man's Meta Smart Glasses on Subway
A New York subway rider has accused a woman of breaking his Meta smart glasses. She was later hailed as a hero.
futurism.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:52 PM
In terms of what’s understood to be socially acceptable behavior, normalizing the filming/taking pictures of people in public who are minding their own business (and putting it online) is one of the worst developments of the past 15 years.
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wtf is a FIFA peace prize? that's like being an NFL laureate in physics
December 5, 2025 at 7:21 PM
wtf is a FIFA peace prize? that's like being an NFL laureate in physics