Finished reading: The Tyranny of Faith by Richard Swan is a good continuation of the series. I’m looking forward to the third book of the trilogy 📚
Microposts
Watched: Dark Matter Season 2 has some nice moments and explores some implications of the multiverse. Not nearly as compelling as season one though 📺
🏃♂️🎶 Pretty Little Fantasy by Brennan Wedl gave me a nice push on today’s run
Having said I wouldn’t be using the Zwift Plus features, I will say these new video routes are nice
A well done video on how, as we lose glaciers, we also lose our blue lakes
Losing Blue, Leanne Allison, provided by the National Film Board of Canada
I am puzzled by AI bots posting replies across the fediverse. The latest example responded to a book I read by asking what I might read next; the wording felt unusual, so I reviewed the account. Although it is presented as an app, it has only shared dozens of comparable replies with oddly phrased follow-up questions. I assume the goal is to draw engagement, prompt me to notice the app, and encourage a subscription. Instead, I blocked the account.
Cambridge Memorial Hospital. 📍
Nice euphemism
🎃 George is very perplexed by all of the Halloween visitors
🎵 Song of the week for my daughter — Peter and the Wolf by Patrick Watson from Uh Oh. A slightly strange and spooky one for Halloween
🏃♂️ Still in shorts, but added gloves, for this frosty run
Seems appropriate to recommend Making It So again. Patrick Stewart was much more than the actor that played Captain Picard
Saddened to hear about the passing of Patrick Stewart. A brilliant actor and a genuinely wonderful human being. Make it so, one last time.
Box of tea to keep us going 🫖
🔗 DC Rainmaker has a good description of the new Zwift Plus. Some intriguing additions that I don’t think I’ll use. 🚴
I packed my work clothes in the dark this morning and only now realize that the shirt and pants aren’t even close to matching
My morning bike commute is getting cold and dark
Finished reading: The daughters’ war by Christopher Buehlman is an amazing story about a terrible world📚
🎵 Song of the week for my daughter — My Moon My Man by Feist from The Reminder. A fun song from a great Canadian artist
🗳️ Voted for the municipal elections. Although I’m not particularly excited by any of the candidates, still important to make a choice
Finished reading: Breaking Free of Neoliberalism: Canada’s Challenge by Alex Himelfarb is a fascinating exploration of neoliberalism: what it is, how it has gone wrong, and some alternatives. I can see some glimmers of hope with discussions of universal basic income and a return to government ownership. Many potential pitfalls though 📚
Finished reading: Look to Windward by Iain M. Banks is a great story about revenge, regret, and forgiveness with a dazzling sci-fi background 📚
Jen Gerson: Can we put separatist madness to bed, now?
Albertans sent a strong message to Edmonton, Ottawa, and the entire world last night; they’re ready to put this incredibly embarrassing chapter in our shared political history to an end.
I’m glad this was such a strong result. This was very much a waste of time and effort, when we have much more important things to take care of
Recovering from today’s shenanigans starts with some Collingwood whisky 🥃
The Spartan Super 10k in Blue Mountain was fun and difficult. I’m a bit beaten up now, but grateful I can do these sorts of things
I’m excited to see Bruce Cockburn tonight at Massey Hall 🎶
Poor management of my library holds resulted in three books arriving simultaneously. I’ll do what I can 📚
Finished reading: The Wall by Marlen Haushofer is hard to describe. Very little happens and, yet, it is a compelling story. I’m glad to have read it 📚
I really like the new blog audit feature on Micro.blog. After twenty years of posts, it found many broken links, missing images, and other detritus. Even better, it fixed almost all of it!
A quality of life improvement I’d like to see in the next iOS update is that Safari Reading List remembers that I want to see unread only by default. I have to change this every time!