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We are Canadian. Push us at your peril.

Travel, technology, food, some infosec/cybers, a bunch of corgi pics, and a lot of Disney pics.

Vancouver, BC.

If you are a Canucks fan, please see my alt at @viewfromtherog.bsky.social for hockey takes and pics.
On Remembrance Day I think of those who are sent to fight, and those who fought and died in hopes that we who follow them might not have to.

On this Remembrance Day I am once again saddened that the peace that was promised after the price that they paid seems to be falling apart.

Lest we forget.
November 11, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Hey Canadians, they're requiring us to take better pictures when we enter the country and then using facial recognition tools as judge and jury with what seems to be little regard or understanding of the rate of false negative and false positive results of the technology.

No thank you.
New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people

www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
October 29, 2025 at 8:50 PM
I overcooked the chicken for Hazel. She doesn't care, but she knows.

#Corgi #DisapprovingCorgis #ImNotMadImDissapointed
October 28, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Scrolling on my phone and for some reason the algorithm suggested the exact same reel two times in a row.

#Corgi
October 24, 2025 at 2:16 AM
747 veers off the runway in Hong Kong, crashes into vehicle beside the runway, ends up in the sea, killing two people in the ground vehicle.

www.flightradar24.com/blog/flight-...
AirACT 747 veers off runway in Hong Kong, strikes ground vehicle | Flightradar24 Blog
An airACT 747 veered off the runway while landing in Hong Kong, striking a ground vehicle and falling into the sea.
www.flightradar24.com
October 20, 2025 at 2:19 AM
The very thought of President CJ Cregg is amazing.

#TheDiplomat
October 17, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Today I learned about the theory that all the matter in the universe is the result of imperfections in the very early big bang caused by quantum fluctuations.

No big deal. Thanks Jim Al-Khalili.

youtu.be/VvGJ4kwLZGc?...
Everything and Nothing: Part 2, "Nothing" 4k
YouTube video by SpaceRip
youtu.be
October 16, 2025 at 12:10 AM
I would never have imagined this, but there's now a very non-zero chance that Discovery could be lost at sea in the near future.

www.scientificamerican.com/article/movi...
October 15, 2025 at 3:46 AM
I have no idea what kind of mahjong they were playing at the Hollywood Tower Hotel in 1939 but that's not a proper hand by my house rules.

#Disney #TowerofTerror #WDW
October 14, 2025 at 9:46 PM
I accidentally did an IMDB search instead of a LinkedIn search for a work person. Slightly different results.
October 11, 2025 at 5:34 PM
The degree to which American media completely misunderstands or misrepresents Canada astounds me.
October 6, 2025 at 11:01 PM
We had a small #CorgisofBC #Corgi meetup at Spanish Banks today.

#YVRDogs
September 28, 2025 at 11:41 PM
It's Hazel's 9th birthday! Any Iron Moss Ranch littermates on bsky also celebrating a birthday today?!?!

#Corgi @say.hi.2.hazel

www.instagram.com/reel/DPCdAWJ...
September 25, 2025 at 11:05 PM
The only thing keeping me sane right now is the distraction of binging Taskmaster on YouTube.

Laughter is much needed medicine. I'm mainlining it. Highly recommend.

@taskmaster.tv
September 18, 2025 at 6:03 AM
I just used up my last dashi from Tsukiji Market. I guess I have to go back to Tokyo now.
September 13, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Look at this stuff. Isn't it neat? Wouldn't you think my collection's complete?

Ok, not complete but only room for two more without boxes.

#Toyota #FJCruiser #Diecast #Tomica #StanceHunters #BMCreations #JohnnyLightning #HotWheels #Matchbox #Majorette
August 25, 2025 at 10:49 PM
I finally tried a Dubai Chocolate pastry and it really is quite good. This is a Dubai Chocolate mochi doughnut from Paris Baguette in Vancouver.
August 12, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Reposted by Average Traveller
We are saddened by the passing of Jim Lovell, commander of Apollo 13 and a four-time spaceflight veteran.

Lovell's life and work inspired millions. His courage under pressure helped forge our path to the Moon and beyond—a journey that continues today. https://go.nasa.gov/41tbrpq
August 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I both do and don't want to try an airplane slide one day.

#WestJet #YVR
July 13, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I'm new to urban cycling and happy that TransLink has this practice rig at Lonsdale Quay. I was a little nervous that I would fumble putting my new bike on the bus bike rack. It's super easy!
June 6, 2025 at 8:17 PM
I wonder if Paul Reiser will stick around for the screening of Aliens after his set at the Rio Theatre in Vancouver? It would be so cool to say I watched Aliens with Carter Burke.
May 31, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Old Fashioned from Copperpenny Distilling in #NorthVancouver
May 19, 2025 at 8:09 PM
#AvatarInConcert at the Orpheum in Vancouver.
May 4, 2025 at 11:48 PM
"NASA has excised former Space Shuttle manager Wayne Hale's blog from its website in a reminder that nothing is forever."

www.theregister.com/AMP/2025/04/...
'I guess NASA doesn't need or care about my work anymore'
: Former Space Shuttle boss's blog booted from Trump-era agency website
www.theregister.com
May 2, 2025 at 1:32 AM