Phelonius Friar
@pheloniusfriar.bsky.social
Scientist, electronics and software dev, inventor, social activist, teacher, student, amateur cook, and variety Twitch streamer. https://www.twitch.tv/oldmanphelonius
This pretty much sums up the current "Liberal" government and our Prime Minister. More conservative than the Progressive Conservatives of yore (still to the left of the rabid monster loony current Conservative party though, but so was Mussolini). Satire has a hard time one-upping reality.
Carney urges Canadians to make holiday donations to struggling shareholders
Carney urges Canadians to make holiday donations to struggling shareholders
OTTAWA - In light of economic difficulties facing the nation, Prime Minister Mark Carney reminded Canadians to pause their own holiday celebrations and give generously to billionaire shareholders whos...
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December 22, 2025 at 8:26 PM
This pretty much sums up the current "Liberal" government and our Prime Minister. More conservative than the Progressive Conservatives of yore (still to the left of the rabid monster loony current Conservative party though, but so was Mussolini). Satire has a hard time one-upping reality.
I am so profoundly overwhelmed, burned out, and swamped with tasks that have non-negotiable deadlines. I need to rest, I need to do fun things, but every milligram of my existence is swallowed by processing world events in real time and trying to motivate myself to do meaningful work day to day.
December 16, 2025 at 7:15 AM
I am so profoundly overwhelmed, burned out, and swamped with tasks that have non-negotiable deadlines. I need to rest, I need to do fun things, but every milligram of my existence is swallowed by processing world events in real time and trying to motivate myself to do meaningful work day to day.
Done teaching four post-secondary classes this semester — ranging from introductory computer skills at a college to a fourth year university course teaching VHDL and FPGA SERDES development. I need to finish marking this weekend, but I am so utterly burned out from everything life has thrown at me.
December 13, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Done teaching four post-secondary classes this semester — ranging from introductory computer skills at a college to a fourth year university course teaching VHDL and FPGA SERDES development. I need to finish marking this weekend, but I am so utterly burned out from everything life has thrown at me.
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HELLO??? Where are my snacks?!
join the @kitchengladiators.bsky.social in making me LAMINATED snacks this month by going to labyrinth.food
even if you dont want to make me snacks, you can look at my snacks 💢
i expect to see something deliciously layered!
join the @kitchengladiators.bsky.social in making me LAMINATED snacks this month by going to labyrinth.food
even if you dont want to make me snacks, you can look at my snacks 💢
i expect to see something deliciously layered!
December 13, 2025 at 3:47 AM
HELLO??? Where are my snacks?!
join the @kitchengladiators.bsky.social in making me LAMINATED snacks this month by going to labyrinth.food
even if you dont want to make me snacks, you can look at my snacks 💢
i expect to see something deliciously layered!
join the @kitchengladiators.bsky.social in making me LAMINATED snacks this month by going to labyrinth.food
even if you dont want to make me snacks, you can look at my snacks 💢
i expect to see something deliciously layered!
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I was too exhausted to video my making it, but I did take a photo of my submission to the November Kitchen Gladiators challenge: maple syrup. I made poutine with double fried russet potatoes, fresh cheese curds, and a maple syrup (1/2 cup) and seasoned roast lamb gravy (1 cup).
youtu.be/glhdnOQTts4
youtu.be/glhdnOQTts4
Kitchen Gladiators cook&bake with "Maple"
YouTube video by Kitchen Gladiators
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December 7, 2025 at 1:45 AM
I was too exhausted to video my making it, but I did take a photo of my submission to the November Kitchen Gladiators challenge: maple syrup. I made poutine with double fried russet potatoes, fresh cheese curds, and a maple syrup (1/2 cup) and seasoned roast lamb gravy (1 cup).
youtu.be/glhdnOQTts4
youtu.be/glhdnOQTts4
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36 years ago today, 14 women, most of whom were studying engineering, were killed by an anti-feminist gun man at École Polytechnique in Montreal. I was a young graduate student studying physics at the time and I will never forget. #MontrealMassacre #NeverForget 🧪 👩🔬 ⚛️ 🎢 #AcademicSky 🇨🇦
December 6, 2025 at 7:02 PM
36 years ago today, 14 women, most of whom were studying engineering, were killed by an anti-feminist gun man at École Polytechnique in Montreal. I was a young graduate student studying physics at the time and I will never forget. #MontrealMassacre #NeverForget 🧪 👩🔬 ⚛️ 🎢 #AcademicSky 🇨🇦
There is nothing better in this world than drinking a glass of warm apple juice after brushing your teeth. Oh wait, I meant to say anything in this world is better than drinking a glass of warm apple juice after brushing your teeth... 😬
December 5, 2025 at 5:04 AM
There is nothing better in this world than drinking a glass of warm apple juice after brushing your teeth. Oh wait, I meant to say anything in this world is better than drinking a glass of warm apple juice after brushing your teeth... 😬
My rescue cat, Honey, aka Honey Dumpling, and often just Honey Dumps continues to become more comfortable here over time. She hardly went downstairs, and skittishly at that, but I bought her a heating pad and set it up and over time she has "warmed up" to the living room and is overall more relaxed.
November 30, 2025 at 11:26 PM
My rescue cat, Honey, aka Honey Dumpling, and often just Honey Dumps continues to become more comfortable here over time. She hardly went downstairs, and skittishly at that, but I bought her a heating pad and set it up and over time she has "warmed up" to the living room and is overall more relaxed.
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my algorithm keeps serving me ads for wire-free “comfort bras” and I cannot overstate how much I want wires in there. I want the structural support beams they use in bridge construction. I want to see my tits at the bottom of my vision like I have them equipped in Skyrim.
November 29, 2025 at 11:59 PM
my algorithm keeps serving me ads for wire-free “comfort bras” and I cannot overstate how much I want wires in there. I want the structural support beams they use in bridge construction. I want to see my tits at the bottom of my vision like I have them equipped in Skyrim.
I only have to survive for two more weeks of academic hell and I can sleep again. On the plus side, going to see a concert this coming Wednesday (Alanna Sterling aka MermaidUnicorn, and Princess Unlucky). Do I have time to? No. Will I anyway? Hell yeah.
November 28, 2025 at 5:00 AM
I only have to survive for two more weeks of academic hell and I can sleep again. On the plus side, going to see a concert this coming Wednesday (Alanna Sterling aka MermaidUnicorn, and Princess Unlucky). Do I have time to? No. Will I anyway? Hell yeah.
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Stocking stuffer ideas for your retro collector:
-Amtech flux
-Solder braid
-Sharp tweezers
-Flush cutter
-Machined dip sockets 8 up to 40pin
-Ceramic capacitor assortment up to 10uF
-Eye loupes
-Magic erasers
-kynar wire
-DeoxIT with needle dispenser
-Polypropylene safety cap assortment up to 1uf
-Amtech flux
-Solder braid
-Sharp tweezers
-Flush cutter
-Machined dip sockets 8 up to 40pin
-Ceramic capacitor assortment up to 10uF
-Eye loupes
-Magic erasers
-kynar wire
-DeoxIT with needle dispenser
-Polypropylene safety cap assortment up to 1uf
November 23, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Stocking stuffer ideas for your retro collector:
-Amtech flux
-Solder braid
-Sharp tweezers
-Flush cutter
-Machined dip sockets 8 up to 40pin
-Ceramic capacitor assortment up to 10uF
-Eye loupes
-Magic erasers
-kynar wire
-DeoxIT with needle dispenser
-Polypropylene safety cap assortment up to 1uf
-Amtech flux
-Solder braid
-Sharp tweezers
-Flush cutter
-Machined dip sockets 8 up to 40pin
-Ceramic capacitor assortment up to 10uF
-Eye loupes
-Magic erasers
-kynar wire
-DeoxIT with needle dispenser
-Polypropylene safety cap assortment up to 1uf
Made a big pot of pea soup with ham this evening. Celery, carrots, onions, homemade stock, split yellow peas, fresh thyme, leftover ham (that I had stored in freezer). Had a bowl for a late dinner with some bread and a glass of red wine. Super tasty and nutritious! My body was like: heck, yeah!
November 20, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Made a big pot of pea soup with ham this evening. Celery, carrots, onions, homemade stock, split yellow peas, fresh thyme, leftover ham (that I had stored in freezer). Had a bowl for a late dinner with some bread and a glass of red wine. Super tasty and nutritious! My body was like: heck, yeah!
Funny enough, I did donate to Wikipedia for the first time a month or so ago ($25 CAD to make up for some of the years I didn't). I am anxiously awaiting my call from Sweden and the Vatican pope (I have many friends that are POPEs elsewhere, fnord!). 🤣
Modern Mother Teresa? This woman donated to Wikipedia
Modern Mother Teresa? This woman donated to Wikipedia
PICKERING, ON - Budding philanthropist Krista Murphy inspired onlookers last week when she responded to Wikipedia's call for donation not with apathy, but with a one-time contribution of the minimum l...
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November 17, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Funny enough, I did donate to Wikipedia for the first time a month or so ago ($25 CAD to make up for some of the years I didn't). I am anxiously awaiting my call from Sweden and the Vatican pope (I have many friends that are POPEs elsewhere, fnord!). 🤣
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did you know that you can find free Cortex M0 development boards at the side of the road? folks call them disposable vapes but they're hackable, and i've reverse engineered a bunch of them! see github.com/schlae/VapeRE/
November 16, 2025 at 10:16 PM
did you know that you can find free Cortex M0 development boards at the side of the road? folks call them disposable vapes but they're hackable, and i've reverse engineered a bunch of them! see github.com/schlae/VapeRE/
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American PSA: don't do drugs, kids, they're bad for you!
Canadian PSA: we locked the most insane people we know in a room with a sheet of acid and a box of puppets, here's all the worst deaths they could think of
Canadian PSA: we locked the most insane people we know in a room with a sheet of acid and a box of puppets, here's all the worst deaths they could think of
November 12, 2025 at 3:08 AM
American PSA: don't do drugs, kids, they're bad for you!
Canadian PSA: we locked the most insane people we know in a room with a sheet of acid and a box of puppets, here's all the worst deaths they could think of
Canadian PSA: we locked the most insane people we know in a room with a sheet of acid and a box of puppets, here's all the worst deaths they could think of
I finished and made my presentation in class last Wednesday, it sucked farts. The basic idea was good, but there were no details to back up its feasibility. The prof had given everyone until Friday to incorporate feedback, and I managed to get it into passable shape yesterday to submit (on time).
November 9, 2025 at 4:07 AM
I finished and made my presentation in class last Wednesday, it sucked farts. The basic idea was good, but there were no details to back up its feasibility. The prof had given everyone until Friday to incorporate feedback, and I managed to get it into passable shape yesterday to submit (on time).
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Carrie Everson, US inventor, patented processes for extracting valuable minerals from ore using froth flotation. The Mining Journal noted in 1916 that "as a metallurgist she was a quarter of a century in advance of her profession". d. #OTD 3 Nov 1914 #WomenInSTEM en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrie_...
November 3, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Carrie Everson, US inventor, patented processes for extracting valuable minerals from ore using froth flotation. The Mining Journal noted in 1916 that "as a metallurgist she was a quarter of a century in advance of her profession". d. #OTD 3 Nov 1914 #WomenInSTEM en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrie_...
I finished my homework (Micro Electro-Mechanical Systems, MEMS, basically microscopic machines built on silicon chips) yesterday around noon. My next assignment is a presentation on a full MEMS display system I need to design from scratch. It is due tomorrow at 11:30AM. I have not started.
November 4, 2025 at 4:34 PM
I finished my homework (Micro Electro-Mechanical Systems, MEMS, basically microscopic machines built on silicon chips) yesterday around noon. My next assignment is a presentation on a full MEMS display system I need to design from scratch. It is due tomorrow at 11:30AM. I have not started.