Anthony Floyd
@anthonyfloyd.ca
💬 He/him
🏠 Dad to two, @gwenfloyd.bsky.social's +1
🚲 Safe cycling advocate
📷 Photography
🎲 Board games
✈ Composites
👨💻 Software dev (Python, Fortran)
🎓 PhD
🍁 Vancouver BC
🌐 https://www.anthonyfloyd.ca
🐘 @anthonyfloyd.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
🏠 Dad to two, @gwenfloyd.bsky.social's +1
🚲 Safe cycling advocate
📷 Photography
🎲 Board games
✈ Composites
👨💻 Software dev (Python, Fortran)
🎓 PhD
🍁 Vancouver BC
🌐 https://www.anthonyfloyd.ca
🐘 @anthonyfloyd.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
On Reddit, upvoting @canspice.bsky.social as one does. #NiceDayForAnUpvote
November 26, 2025 at 2:19 AM
On Reddit, upvoting @canspice.bsky.social as one does. #NiceDayForAnUpvote
It was a Weeknd ride home tonight in the cold drizzle. #CantFeelMyFace #bikeyvr
November 26, 2025 at 1:34 AM
It was a Weeknd ride home tonight in the cold drizzle. #CantFeelMyFace #bikeyvr
@bakergeorget.bsky.social What, we didn't get all 8:57 of November Rain? 😬
November 26, 2025 at 1:29 AM
@bakergeorget.bsky.social What, we didn't get all 8:57 of November Rain? 😬
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Vancouver's 2026 draft budget has PASSED.
Approved on a 7-4 vote on party lines, with ABC in favour and councillors Fry/Bligh/Orr/Maloney opposed.
Property tax freeze, $50 million more for VPD, and cuts to Arts, Culture, Planning and Sustainability departments, among others.
Full story to come.
Approved on a 7-4 vote on party lines, with ABC in favour and councillors Fry/Bligh/Orr/Maloney opposed.
Property tax freeze, $50 million more for VPD, and cuts to Arts, Culture, Planning and Sustainability departments, among others.
Full story to come.
November 25, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Vancouver's 2026 draft budget has PASSED.
Approved on a 7-4 vote on party lines, with ABC in favour and councillors Fry/Bligh/Orr/Maloney opposed.
Property tax freeze, $50 million more for VPD, and cuts to Arts, Culture, Planning and Sustainability departments, among others.
Full story to come.
Approved on a 7-4 vote on party lines, with ABC in favour and councillors Fry/Bligh/Orr/Maloney opposed.
Property tax freeze, $50 million more for VPD, and cuts to Arts, Culture, Planning and Sustainability departments, among others.
Full story to come.
Current status: wrangling a 10 year old petulant Fortran compiler.
Addendum: It's winning.
Addendum: It's winning.
November 25, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Current status: wrangling a 10 year old petulant Fortran compiler.
Addendum: It's winning.
Addendum: It's winning.
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Hey Canadian bike friends 🇨🇦-
The following cities have been added to our drop downs:
Abbotsford, BC
Cambridge, ON
Dieppe, NB
Edmonton, AB
Guelph, ON
Halifax, NS
Kitchener, ON
Waterloo, ON
Winnipeg, MB
The following cities have been added to our drop downs:
Abbotsford, BC
Cambridge, ON
Dieppe, NB
Edmonton, AB
Guelph, ON
Halifax, NS
Kitchener, ON
Waterloo, ON
Winnipeg, MB
November 25, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Hey Canadian bike friends 🇨🇦-
The following cities have been added to our drop downs:
Abbotsford, BC
Cambridge, ON
Dieppe, NB
Edmonton, AB
Guelph, ON
Halifax, NS
Kitchener, ON
Waterloo, ON
Winnipeg, MB
The following cities have been added to our drop downs:
Abbotsford, BC
Cambridge, ON
Dieppe, NB
Edmonton, AB
Guelph, ON
Halifax, NS
Kitchener, ON
Waterloo, ON
Winnipeg, MB
Sometimes it's just gyoza for supper.
November 25, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Sometimes it's just gyoza for supper.
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I know a lot of people for whom Rad was their gateway into the magic of bike life. This is sad for them and for the company, who are already in a bad financial situation. I am personally not regretting spending more on quality e-bikes with certified components.
CPSC Warns Consumers to Immediately Stop Using Batteries for E-Bikes from Rad Power Bikes Due to Fire Hazard; Risk of Serious Injury or Death www.cpsc.gov/Warnings/202...
November 24, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I know a lot of people for whom Rad was their gateway into the magic of bike life. This is sad for them and for the company, who are already in a bad financial situation. I am personally not regretting spending more on quality e-bikes with certified components.
More bad news for Rad Bikes. Read the CPSC warning carefully if you own a Rad
CPSC Warns Consumers to Immediately Stop Using Batteries for E-Bikes from Rad Power Bikes Due to Fire Hazard; Risk of Serious Injury or Death www.cpsc.gov/Warnings/202...
November 24, 2025 at 7:52 PM
More bad news for Rad Bikes. Read the CPSC warning carefully if you own a Rad
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See you in Whamhalla. #Whamageddon2025
November 24, 2025 at 5:14 AM
See you in Whamhalla. #Whamageddon2025
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Update: Google has now made a statement that aligns with what I found reported: you have not been automatically opted-in to letting its AI read your emails as those viral posts claimed
(please do not use this as a reason to reply with everything else you hate about google)
(please do not use this as a reason to reply with everything else you hate about google)
November 22, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Update: Google has now made a statement that aligns with what I found reported: you have not been automatically opted-in to letting its AI read your emails as those viral posts claimed
(please do not use this as a reason to reply with everything else you hate about google)
(please do not use this as a reason to reply with everything else you hate about google)
November 22, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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whenever i encounter people who say they can't understand shakespeare verses I always send them this clip from the 2019 Shakespeare in the Park production of Much Ado About Nothing
June 1, 2025 at 9:31 PM
whenever i encounter people who say they can't understand shakespeare verses I always send them this clip from the 2019 Shakespeare in the Park production of Much Ado About Nothing
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I’m mostly jealous of the Goldeneyes logo because I hate that it’s really good.
November 22, 2025 at 4:19 AM
I’m mostly jealous of the Goldeneyes logo because I hate that it’s really good.
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Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
November 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
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I don’t know for sports. Ive never seen an entire NHL game in my life. I’ve been forced to be a hockey dad by circumstances beyond my control, but I do know this: the culture of woman and girls hockey is excellent, inclusive, supportive and mighty—these players are valkyries. Full house:
November 22, 2025 at 5:02 AM
I don’t know for sports. Ive never seen an entire NHL game in my life. I’ve been forced to be a hockey dad by circumstances beyond my control, but I do know this: the culture of woman and girls hockey is excellent, inclusive, supportive and mighty—these players are valkyries. Full house:
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“Do you think I should feel safe visiting the United States when such notoriously radical organizations from my country as the Girl Guides don’t?”
My Play Made It to NYC! Why I’m Not Going | The Tyee
I should be thrilled. But it’s happening in the right place at the wrong time.
thetyee.ca
November 22, 2025 at 2:06 AM
“Do you think I should feel safe visiting the United States when such notoriously radical organizations from my country as the Girl Guides don’t?”
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Gonna check in on Canada, where politics is more normal... I see there is a convoy headed to Ottawa to avenge a flock of dead ostriches
November 22, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Gonna check in on Canada, where politics is more normal... I see there is a convoy headed to Ottawa to avenge a flock of dead ostriches
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8675309 is prime, and so is 8675311, so if you ever need a middlin'-large pair of adjacent primes to test your cryptographic suite, all you need is a 1980s earworm and a +2 and you're all set.
Man, everything is so bleak, anyone got a fun fact or little bit of trivia they want to share
November 21, 2025 at 3:28 AM
8675309 is prime, and so is 8675311, so if you ever need a middlin'-large pair of adjacent primes to test your cryptographic suite, all you need is a 1980s earworm and a +2 and you're all set.
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Ken Sim will not fulfill his promise to be on Early Edition (again) this week. But @jmcelroy.bsky.social has the numbers.
VPD's budget over the past three years: grew by $98.5 Million
Amount of $ VPD requests denied: $17.5 million
VPD's budget over the past three years: grew by $98.5 Million
Amount of $ VPD requests denied: $17.5 million
Fact-checking Ken Sim's interview about the 2026 budget and the Vancouver Police Department | CBC News
The City of Vancouver's budget is scheduled to be voted on next week, and Mayor Ken Sim has been doing a number of interviews championing its $50 million bump to the Vancouver Police Department’s budg...
www.cbc.ca
November 21, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Ken Sim will not fulfill his promise to be on Early Edition (again) this week. But @jmcelroy.bsky.social has the numbers.
VPD's budget over the past three years: grew by $98.5 Million
Amount of $ VPD requests denied: $17.5 million
VPD's budget over the past three years: grew by $98.5 Million
Amount of $ VPD requests denied: $17.5 million
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two other quick points:
1) if people are setting plastic change tables on fire, perhaps replace them with metal ones.
2) $28,000 per year in repairs is around 0.05% of the $50 million annual budget increase requested by the VPD, and more cops will not address the root causes of vandalism
1) if people are setting plastic change tables on fire, perhaps replace them with metal ones.
2) $28,000 per year in repairs is around 0.05% of the $50 million annual budget increase requested by the VPD, and more cops will not address the root causes of vandalism
November 21, 2025 at 4:20 AM
two other quick points:
1) if people are setting plastic change tables on fire, perhaps replace them with metal ones.
2) $28,000 per year in repairs is around 0.05% of the $50 million annual budget increase requested by the VPD, and more cops will not address the root causes of vandalism
1) if people are setting plastic change tables on fire, perhaps replace them with metal ones.
2) $28,000 per year in repairs is around 0.05% of the $50 million annual budget increase requested by the VPD, and more cops will not address the root causes of vandalism
I'd say the Liberals would lose my vote if they repeal the tanker ban off the BC coast, but honestly I haven't voted for them in quite some time.
November 20, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I'd say the Liberals would lose my vote if they repeal the tanker ban off the BC coast, but honestly I haven't voted for them in quite some time.
The photos of the airplane on takeoff from this NTSB preliminary report on the Nov 4th UPS MD-11 crash are astonishing, and probably pretty disturbing to some.
www.ntsb.gov/investigatio...
www.ntsb.gov/investigatio...
November 20, 2025 at 7:52 PM
The photos of the airplane on takeoff from this NTSB preliminary report on the Nov 4th UPS MD-11 crash are astonishing, and probably pretty disturbing to some.
www.ntsb.gov/investigatio...
www.ntsb.gov/investigatio...
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@melwoods.me: We must not overcomplicate what’s going on here.
This is the Alberta government saying the rights of trans kids to receive life-saving health care, go by their own pronouns at school or play on sport teams don’t matter as much as the Smith government’s right to dictate their lives.
This is the Alberta government saying the rights of trans kids to receive life-saving health care, go by their own pronouns at school or play on sport teams don’t matter as much as the Smith government’s right to dictate their lives.
Danielle Smith Goes Nuclear on Trans Rights | The Tyee
Alberta’s premier is overriding Charter protections. Here’s a fact check on her claims.
thetyee.ca
November 20, 2025 at 3:02 PM
@melwoods.me: We must not overcomplicate what’s going on here.
This is the Alberta government saying the rights of trans kids to receive life-saving health care, go by their own pronouns at school or play on sport teams don’t matter as much as the Smith government’s right to dictate their lives.
This is the Alberta government saying the rights of trans kids to receive life-saving health care, go by their own pronouns at school or play on sport teams don’t matter as much as the Smith government’s right to dictate their lives.
If your human rights can be stripped away by the "notwithstanding clause" then they weren't rights to begin with.
The notwithstanding clause should be dropped or modified so that it cannot be used to suppress human rights.
Electeds should not be able to decide you are less of a person.
The notwithstanding clause should be dropped or modified so that it cannot be used to suppress human rights.
Electeds should not be able to decide you are less of a person.
November 20, 2025 at 4:13 AM
If your human rights can be stripped away by the "notwithstanding clause" then they weren't rights to begin with.
The notwithstanding clause should be dropped or modified so that it cannot be used to suppress human rights.
Electeds should not be able to decide you are less of a person.
The notwithstanding clause should be dropped or modified so that it cannot be used to suppress human rights.
Electeds should not be able to decide you are less of a person.