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ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 8h

A pilot out in Nova Scotia seems to have had some fun yesterday.

www.flightaware.com/live/flight/...

C-GZPT Flight Tracking and History - FlightAware

Flight status, tracking, and historical data for C-GZPT including scheduled, estimated, and actual departure and arrival times.

www.flightaware.com

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Julie Bogdanowicz @jbwicz.bsky.social · 7h

What a great news story! LRT canopy is salvaged for reuse in the community and currently stored at the zoo! 🎉🎉🎉

Jason Paris @jasonparis.bsky.social · 7h

Love this! Visual storytelling that celebrates our not-so-distant past — we really don’t do enough of this. www.metrolinx.com/en/discover/... #Metrolinx #ScarboroughON

Preserving pieces of Scarborough’s transit history

How we are breathing new life into our transit past.

www.metrolinx.com

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Mara Bos @mara.bsky.social · 12h

I'm excited to share what I've been working on with @erikjee.bsky.social: RustNL's #rustlang Maintainers Fund!

Many people and companies contributing to Rust, but there are fewer and fewer paid positions for general maintenance (reviews,cleanups,etc). We need to fix that.

bsky.app/profile/rust...

RustNL @rustnl.bsky.social · 12h

We're excited to announce a new initiative to support the Rust Project, our Rust Maintainers Fund!

We are setting out to employ 6 full-time maintainers and 6 interns in 2026 to make sure #rustlang is well maintained and bugs and contributions get the attention they need.

Read more: rustnl.org/fund

RustNL - Rust Maintainers Fund - Keeping the Rust Project maintained so you can focus on building reliable software

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elias isquith @eliasisquith.blog · 12h

this is extremely smart and should be the checkbox all future D candidates have to clear to be taken seriously

Ritchie Torres, the Bronx Democrat and frequent critic of progressives, said Mamdani is “a once-in-a-generation communicator” who has mastered what he called the “three threes”: A candidate in today’s day and age needs to be able to explain ideas in a 30-second vertical social media video, a three-minute television hit and a three-hour long-form podcast.

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ardalis (Steve Smith) @ardalis.com · 19h

Auditing 47 Failed Startups for why they failed

www.reddit.com/r/Entreprene...

From the Entrepreneur community on Reddit

Explore this post and more from the Entrepreneur community

www.reddit.com

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Doug Saunders @dougsaunders.bsky.social · 19h

It's Ada Lovelace Day, so worth noting that the era during which coders were mainly women (starting with her machine-language explication of the Bernoulli sequence in 1843) lasted about 130 years whereas the male-dominated period has lasted less than half that long

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Andy Greenberg @agreenberg.bsky.social · 1d

Researchers pointed a satellite dish at the sky for 3 years and monitored what unencrypted data it picked up. The results were shocking: They obtained thousands of T-Mobile users' phone calls and texts, military and law enforcement secrets, much more: www.wired.com/story/satell... 🧵👇

Satellites Are Leaking the World’s Secrets: Calls, Texts, Military and Corporate Data

With just $800 in basic equipment, researchers found a stunning variety of data—including thousands of T-Mobile users’ calls and texts and even US military communications—sent by satellites unencrypte...

www.wired.com

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Sarah May @sarahmay1.bsky.social · 19h

Seeing a lot of racist sexist ableist homophobic posts attacking Trump. It's not hard to attack Trump, you don't need to drag in how he looks, his family's ethnicity etc.

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It's Topher Winward! ✌️ @topher.io · 18h

Happy World Standards Day! Which, hilariously, is not actually observed on the same day by all standards organizations

Though World Standards Day is officially 14 October, the date of observance varies by standards organization. The American National Standards Institute celebrated the day on 12 October in 2023 and 14 November in 2024.[6] The World Trade Organization and the Standards Council of Canada observe it 14 October, as intended, though the Standards Council of Canada celebrated on 12 October in 2012.[7]

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SassyMetisChick @sassymetischick.bsky.social · 1d

If you didn’t know, Alaska has been hit by a massive storm, causing severe flooding. Many Indigenous villages have been completely wiped out, with some houses floating away with PEOPLE INSIDE THEM. Please keep posting to spread the info. They need help.

News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 1d

These are mostly indigenous communities in Alaska that have been slammed by the storm.

The local manager of a small airline fleet says he is the only one doing evacuations right now!

Defund FEMA and people are abandoned. Defund public media and no-one knows.

FYI, today is Indigenous Peoples Day.

Flooding seen with water up to the crash barriers of local roads

Sheds and debris lie scattered in the storm

A small blue house has been blown onto its roof

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Kassandra Jo Tomaras @raconteuse.bsky.social · 1d

When a trans woman dies of natural causes, at an age greater than 75, having lived more than half her life as herself, that is cause for celebration, not mourning.

Thank you, Miss Major.

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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 1d

New Zealand will no longer give timely COVID death updates. From July 17, 2025, deaths are only reported via the Mortality Collection – a slower process that lags weeks or months. Official counts will look lower, but the deaths are still happening.

#COVID19NZ

Note: Due to a change in the underlying IT systems, deaths attributed to COVID-19 will no longer be reported with the same recency, and COVID-19 attributed deaths will now be reported from the Mortality Collections only. This ensures that deaths have undergone systemic checks and include coronial inquest findings, which is in line with the reporting of deaths from other diseases, including other scheduled Notifiable Diseases. From the 17th of July 2025 only deaths recorded in the Mortality Collection will be reported as COVID-19 attributed. The most recent data in the Mortality Collection is for 2022 which is preliminary - more information can be found on the Mortality Collection webpage(external link)

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bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 1d

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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Kate Gregory @gregcons.bsky.social · 1d

Lots of people believe that. But by teaching C++ as C++, rather than starting with C then a delta, I can do a SIGNIFICANT part of the language in just 6 or 8 hrs of teaching time. 39 hrs in a term? SO MUCH. People just don't know how to. 10 yrs old but still relevant: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnWh...

CppCon 2015: Kate Gregory “Stop Teaching C"

YouTube video by CppCon

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 1d

do you guys ever think about how in a better world José Andres could just like. have some restaurants. and instead he’s consistently doing the work we’re supposed to have governments for

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 1d

Government workers 👇🏾

Lunch is on the house:

Being in the heart of downtown DC, we love that so many of our Federal employees stop by during lunch for a Donburi at China Chilcano or a Fútbol Club at Jaleo. And just because the government is shut down doesn't mean you have to miss out on your favorite lunch spot- because this time, its on us!
Join us for lunch from 11:30 AM to 3:00 PM at any of our participating restaurants and enjoy a free lunch item when you present your government ID-you heard that right! Dine in with us Monday through Friday and choose your favorite: a sandwich at Jaleo, a donburi at China Chilcano, a wrap or pita at Zaytinya, or a torta at Oyamel.
We've always believed in serving our community with open arms and good food-no shutdown can stop that.

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Mathieu Ropert @matropert.bsky.social · 1d

I'll be speaking at C++ London in two weeks about my recent adventures with graphics programming.
Come over if you're in town!
www.meetup.com/cpplondon/ev...

Graphics Programming with C++, Wed, Oct 29, 2025, 7:00 PM | Meetup

This month we welcome visiting speaker Mathieu Ropert who will talk to us about lessons from his journey mixing graphics programming with C++ (and C). Staying on the theme

www.meetup.com

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Kevin Wilbraham @kpw1453.bsky.social · 1d

The vaulted undercroft at Fountains Abbey in North Yorkshire. The abbey was originally established by Benedictine monks from St Mary's Abbey in York in 1132 and became one of the largest Cistercian houses in England. 📸 My own. #MedievalMonday #FountainsAbbey #Yorkshire

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 1d

One of the things I love about London is how inconquerable it is. There's just too much of it to ever believe you'll discover it all. I first stumbled on this mosaic a few months ago, about a minute's walk from the flat I've lived in for 8 years.

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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 1d

On this day in 1812, the Battle of Queenston Heights was fought.
Despite being heavily outnumbered, the British and Canadian troops, along with their Mohawk allies, defeated the American invaders. Major General Isaac Brock was killed in the battle.

Color painting depicting a chaotic battle scene with soldiers in red uniforms clashing with opponents in a grassy landscape, featuring smoke, flags, and a backdrop of hills and trees under a cloudy sky.

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Kate Gregory @gregcons.bsky.social · 2d

Pumpkin pie and decaf coffee as a bedtime snack, enough time having elapsed since the turkey, stuffing, gravy, cranberry sauce, roasted [potatoes, onions, parsnips, squash], sauteed brussels sprouts, frozen [peas, corn carrots] for the little ones and two kinds of dinner rolls. Yum!

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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 2d

Did you know the first thanksgiving celebrated by Europeans in North America happened in Canada?
Or that the Indigenous celebrated autumn harvests long before Europeans arrived?
Why do we celebrate Thanksgiving a month earlier than the United States?
This is the story.

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A festive Thanksgiving dinner table featuring a roasted turkey as the centerpiece, surrounded by an array of dishes including green beans, stuffing, sliced ham, and a pumpkin pie. The table is decorated with pumpkins, sunflowers, candles, and autumnal flowers, with wine glasses and plates set for a meal.

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City of Toronto @toronto.ca · 2d

⚾️💥 #GoJaysGo!

Join the excitement and watch our @BlueJays in the ALCS live on the big screen!
➡️ Bring your crew
➡️ Wear your blue
➡️ Make some noise!
Info: https://www.toronto.ca/explore-enjoy/festivals-events/festivals-events-calendar/#search=Toronto%20Blue%20Jays%20Viewing%20Party
#WANTITALL

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SwedenCpp @swedencpp.bsky.social · 2d

🆕 on the #Cpp conference video radar:

🎦 from cppnorth:
📺 Daniel Nikpayuk - A universal data structure for compile time use

🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAmyfaXpPiA

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Chris Terry-Enescu @cjterry.bsky.social · 2d

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Steven Bodzin, sandwich bearer @stevenbodzin.bsky.social · 2d

I think about all the people who have worked so hard to protect darkness. The Jackson Hole airport replacing its runway lights. The bike path in Singapore that has no illumination so that wildlife can migrate. And then some tech bro can ruin it for everyone.

Dr Space Junk (Alice Gorman) @drspacejunk.bsky.social · 4d

Do we really want 250,000 mirrored satellites in Low Earth Orbit? Hasn't the Starlink megaconstellation already done enough damage?
🧪 @mjibrown.bsky.social

A US startup plans to deliver ‘sunlight on demand’ after dark. Can it work – and would we want it to?

Satellites beaming sunlight down to Earth sound like science fiction – and they have astronomers very worried.

theconversation.com

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