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!
🇨🇦 Raised the new flag
Watched: Neil Peart: No One’s Disciple is a great tribute. Fun to see the four drummers enjoying themselves so much with Geddy and Alex 🍿
First time I’ve used a winch to winterize a dock. Seems to have worked. Guess we’ll find out in the Spring
We had a great thanksgiving weekend with family. Our first of many family gatherings at the new cottage
🔗 When the Watch Makes the Call - Steve Magness
We’re all entering an era where we get to decide what level of automation we want for just about anything. Do we want the free flowing unmediated experience of just running and feeling it all. Do we want feedback, agency, or even at the extreme, the work done for us? It’s all possible now, unlike at any point in history.
Second only to note-taking apps, my phone is full of fitness trackers. Magness makes the important point that we have a choice to make about our own agency in fitness.
I’m deciding to not take this any further than using these analytical outputs for seeing the broad rhythms of my training. My main motivation for even doing these things is to be active and healthy. In part, this surely has to be staying aware of my perceived fitness and capacity for training. My watch can provide some perspective, but I won’t cede control to it.
(via The Morning Shakeout)
Finished my quarterly review. I appreciate the opportunity to reflect on how things went, recognize the achievements, learn from the challenges, and prepare for the next few months. Always time well spent.
🎵 Song of the week for my daughter — Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right by Bob Dylan from The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan. We had to get to Dylan eventually. Hard to pick one song
Watched: Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 4 is a lot of fun. Maybe one too many novelty episodes, but I did like each of them individually 📺
Next up in the reading queue. Sure to be thought provoking 🇨🇦📚
Finished reading: The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett is great. An interesting mystery in a compelling fantasy world 📚
🎵 Song of the week for my daughter — Deer Creek Canyon by Sera Cahoone from Deer Creek Canyon. A good song about nostalgia for where you’re from.
Finished reading: Two Wheels Good by Jody Rosen is a fun read. Looking forward to my ride to work tomorrow 📚
The new place has nice sunsets
George is content
Finished reading: Other Minds: The Octopus and the Evolution of Intelligent Life by Peter Godfrey-Smith is fascinating. Cephalopods are such strange creatures and a useful contrast to us when thinking about consciousness 📚
🎵 Song of the week for my daughter — Salesmen, Cheats and Liars by Lowest of the Low from Shakespeare My Butt…. Great Canadian indie rock
🎧 A reliable signal of Fall: a new season of Quirks and Quarks
Build Canada has a useful resource for the upcoming municipal elections in Toronto
Got some wood guitar picks from Tree Picks. Sound good and feel nice
A large coffee kind of day
I like the new Recaps feature in Everlog. It uses on-device AI models to create monthly and annual summaries of journal entries. Works well and the mechanics are carefully explained to provide comfort about privacy implications
🎶🚴 Cheap Beer by FIDLAR got me through a tough interval on the bike this morning