Heliomass
@heliomass.com
🇨🇦🇬🇧 ex-Londoner in Montreal. It’s an experience.
Transit / retro gaming / politics / cats
Runs mainly on Yorkshire Tea and root beer.
Blog: https://heliomass.com
Correspondent at @lonrec.bsky.social
Creator of @mtltransitstatusen.bsky.social
Transit / retro gaming / politics / cats
Runs mainly on Yorkshire Tea and root beer.
Blog: https://heliomass.com
Correspondent at @lonrec.bsky.social
Creator of @mtltransitstatusen.bsky.social
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As they say: Projects don’t go wrong, they start wrong.
The Toronto Tragedy
多倫多啲電車男係唔係太過份?
substack.com
December 27, 2025 at 4:59 PM
As they say: Projects don’t go wrong, they start wrong.
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Happy 14th anniversary to this youtube video
December 27, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Happy 14th anniversary to this youtube video
“We might finally know what will burst the AI bubble”
We might finally know what will burst the AI bubble | BBC Science Focus Magazine
Many experts and analysts are warning that the AI industry is overvalued and heading for a crash. But why?
www.sciencefocus.com
December 27, 2025 at 3:59 PM
“We might finally know what will burst the AI bubble”
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Christmas Challenge, Toronto Subway and Light Rail Edition:
Chester 🟢
Highway 407 🟡
Royal York 🟢
Islington 🟢
Spadina 🟡 🟢
TMU 🟡
Museum 🟡
Albion ⚪
St George 🟡 🟢
This has only been possible starting this month with the opening of Line 6 Finch and the renaming of Dundas Station to TMU.
Chester 🟢
Highway 407 🟡
Royal York 🟢
Islington 🟢
Spadina 🟡 🟢
TMU 🟡
Museum 🟡
Albion ⚪
St George 🟡 🟢
This has only been possible starting this month with the opening of Line 6 Finch and the renaming of Dundas Station to TMU.
I wondered if this challenge was doable in Montreal, and yes it is… just!
Côte-Sainte-Catherine 🟠
Henri-Bourassa 🟠
Rosemont 🟠
Île-des-Soeurs 🍋🟩
Square-Victoria-OACI 🟠
Terrebonne 1️⃣5️⃣
McGill 🟢
Atwater 🟢
Saint-Laurent 🟢
Côte-Sainte-Catherine 🟠
Henri-Bourassa 🟠
Rosemont 🟠
Île-des-Soeurs 🍋🟩
Square-Victoria-OACI 🟠
Terrebonne 1️⃣5️⃣
McGill 🟢
Atwater 🟢
Saint-Laurent 🟢
🎁🎅🎁
Time for this year's rendition of the Christmas Challenge! This year, we take it to the DLR!
youtu.be/SRAg4kz_F-k
Time for this year's rendition of the Christmas Challenge! This year, we take it to the DLR!
youtu.be/SRAg4kz_F-k
December 26, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Christmas Challenge, Toronto Subway and Light Rail Edition:
Chester 🟢
Highway 407 🟡
Royal York 🟢
Islington 🟢
Spadina 🟡 🟢
TMU 🟡
Museum 🟡
Albion ⚪
St George 🟡 🟢
This has only been possible starting this month with the opening of Line 6 Finch and the renaming of Dundas Station to TMU.
Chester 🟢
Highway 407 🟡
Royal York 🟢
Islington 🟢
Spadina 🟡 🟢
TMU 🟡
Museum 🟡
Albion ⚪
St George 🟡 🟢
This has only been possible starting this month with the opening of Line 6 Finch and the renaming of Dundas Station to TMU.
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Friday Reads for 26 December: londonreconnections....
December 26, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Friday Reads for 26 December: londonreconnections....
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The Bluesky prayer
I wish people who mostly share my values wouldn't make such shit arguments.
December 25, 2025 at 10:44 PM
The Bluesky prayer
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This picture ends the debate.
December 25, 2025 at 12:21 AM
This picture ends the debate.
I wondered if this challenge was doable in Montreal, and yes it is… just!
Côte-Sainte-Catherine 🟠
Henri-Bourassa 🟠
Rosemont 🟠
Île-des-Soeurs 🍋🟩
Square-Victoria-OACI 🟠
Terrebonne 1️⃣5️⃣
McGill 🟢
Atwater 🟢
Saint-Laurent 🟢
Côte-Sainte-Catherine 🟠
Henri-Bourassa 🟠
Rosemont 🟠
Île-des-Soeurs 🍋🟩
Square-Victoria-OACI 🟠
Terrebonne 1️⃣5️⃣
McGill 🟢
Atwater 🟢
Saint-Laurent 🟢
🎁🎅🎁
Time for this year's rendition of the Christmas Challenge! This year, we take it to the DLR!
youtu.be/SRAg4kz_F-k
Time for this year's rendition of the Christmas Challenge! This year, we take it to the DLR!
youtu.be/SRAg4kz_F-k
The DLR Christmas Challenge
YouTube video by Nick Badley
youtu.be
December 25, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I wondered if this challenge was doable in Montreal, and yes it is… just!
Côte-Sainte-Catherine 🟠
Henri-Bourassa 🟠
Rosemont 🟠
Île-des-Soeurs 🍋🟩
Square-Victoria-OACI 🟠
Terrebonne 1️⃣5️⃣
McGill 🟢
Atwater 🟢
Saint-Laurent 🟢
Côte-Sainte-Catherine 🟠
Henri-Bourassa 🟠
Rosemont 🟠
Île-des-Soeurs 🍋🟩
Square-Victoria-OACI 🟠
Terrebonne 1️⃣5️⃣
McGill 🟢
Atwater 🟢
Saint-Laurent 🟢
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A light-hearted short Christmas post for you. The first item in this YouTube video from a stand-up comedian looks at British rail punctuality:
TfL punctuality from a Japanese Perspective
A light-hearted short Christmas post for you. The first item in this YouTube video from a stand-up comedian looks at British rail punctuality.
londonreconnections.com
December 25, 2025 at 3:31 PM
A light-hearted short Christmas post for you. The first item in this YouTube video from a stand-up comedian looks at British rail punctuality:
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Japanese posters are so much more organized than Americans lmao: @catclub.bsky.social, which runs the #blueskyねこ部 hashtag, requires users to register their cat's name and birth date before receiving a virtual membership card that allows their cat photos to be seen by the broader audience lol
🐈 #Blueskyねこ部 🐈⬛
からのお知らせ🐟
ねこ部には3つのフィードがあります
①ねこ画像部員フィード
掲載必須ワードは2つです
1️⃣#Blueskyねこ部
2️⃣部員No.◯
00m.in/DvCXc
⚠️部員No.はお申込みが必要です
②ねこ画像フィード
掲載必須ワードは1つです
1️⃣#Blueskyねこ部
00m.in/ZJDmj
③お知らせフィード
🐾リポスト(引用)🐾
リポスト&ベストショットをご希望されない場合は【ねこ部の付くタグ】【部員No.】をお外しください。この2つの条件のないポストはリポストや引用を控えますのでご安心ください🪴
よろしくお願いします🤲
からのお知らせ🐟
ねこ部には3つのフィードがあります
①ねこ画像部員フィード
掲載必須ワードは2つです
1️⃣#Blueskyねこ部
2️⃣部員No.◯
00m.in/DvCXc
⚠️部員No.はお申込みが必要です
②ねこ画像フィード
掲載必須ワードは1つです
1️⃣#Blueskyねこ部
00m.in/ZJDmj
③お知らせフィード
🐾リポスト(引用)🐾
リポスト&ベストショットをご希望されない場合は【ねこ部の付くタグ】【部員No.】をお外しください。この2つの条件のないポストはリポストや引用を控えますのでご安心ください🪴
よろしくお願いします🤲
December 25, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Japanese posters are so much more organized than Americans lmao: @catclub.bsky.social, which runs the #blueskyねこ部 hashtag, requires users to register their cat's name and birth date before receiving a virtual membership card that allows their cat photos to be seen by the broader audience lol
Mince pies for breakfast? Don’t mind if I do!
December 24, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Mince pies for breakfast? Don’t mind if I do!
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Dammit!
I forgot to wish everyone who observes, Happy Festivus!
May this day of the airing of grievances be all you wished for!
I forgot to wish everyone who observes, Happy Festivus!
May this day of the airing of grievances be all you wished for!
a group of men are sitting at a table in a diner
Alt: a group of men are sitting at a table in a diner when two others come in saying Happy Festivus
media.tenor.com
December 23, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Dammit!
I forgot to wish everyone who observes, Happy Festivus!
May this day of the airing of grievances be all you wished for!
I forgot to wish everyone who observes, Happy Festivus!
May this day of the airing of grievances be all you wished for!
This timeline sucks. Urgences-santé saved us when we were new parents.
Not only are the emergency wards overwhelmed with flu cases, so is Urgences‑santé.... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=134490
December 24, 2025 at 12:01 AM
This timeline sucks. Urgences-santé saved us when we were new parents.
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my festive spirit amidst our grimly stupid reality (2025)
December 23, 2025 at 9:34 PM
my festive spirit amidst our grimly stupid reality (2025)
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The *best* writing advice I can give is that if you think "this is OK" while writing, your audience will think it's just OK.
If you think "oh my God I can't wait for them to see this, this is my best work ever" *or* "this is torture and the worst writing I've ever done" the audience will love it.
If you think "oh my God I can't wait for them to see this, this is my best work ever" *or* "this is torture and the worst writing I've ever done" the audience will love it.
December 23, 2025 at 6:42 PM
The *best* writing advice I can give is that if you think "this is OK" while writing, your audience will think it's just OK.
If you think "oh my God I can't wait for them to see this, this is my best work ever" *or* "this is torture and the worst writing I've ever done" the audience will love it.
If you think "oh my God I can't wait for them to see this, this is my best work ever" *or* "this is torture and the worst writing I've ever done" the audience will love it.
Hey Montreal, about installing platform screen doors on the metro which is apparently really difficult…
This op-ed from a Line 2 train operator leads off with the Itaewon crush disaster, which killed 159 people on Halloween 2022: www.ohmynews.com/NWS_Web/View...
Another instance of mass casualty event influencing subway safety politics, as I have written before: www.substack-bahn.net/p/how-seoul-...
Another instance of mass casualty event influencing subway safety politics, as I have written before: www.substack-bahn.net/p/how-seoul-...
How Seoul Metro Installed Platform Screen Doors Everywhere
The political history of a safety equipment
www.substack-bahn.net
December 23, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Hey Montreal, about installing platform screen doors on the metro which is apparently really difficult…
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Knew it. It absolutely sucks this is going to drive up the price of consumer goods with RAM chips. No one asked for this.
AI's Insatiable Hunger For RAM Is Going To Play Havoc With The Emulation Handheld Industry In 2026
Retroid is the first to feel the pinch
www.timeextension.com
December 23, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Knew it. It absolutely sucks this is going to drive up the price of consumer goods with RAM chips. No one asked for this.
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how the fuck do the Flintstones know about Christmas
December 21, 2025 at 8:46 AM
how the fuck do the Flintstones know about Christmas
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to inaugurate the new blog, i've written about a local and contentious topic that's been on my mind for years. at its heart, it's about understanding the information that transit riders need.
the case for splitting TTC Line 1:
the case for splitting TTC Line 1:
Line 1 is not one line
In the long term, treating Toronto’s Line 1 as two different lines would eliminate more confusion than it would create.
fernkhahn.medium.com
December 22, 2025 at 7:54 PM
to inaugurate the new blog, i've written about a local and contentious topic that's been on my mind for years. at its heart, it's about understanding the information that transit riders need.
the case for splitting TTC Line 1:
the case for splitting TTC Line 1:
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If this doesn't motivate you to vote in the Midterms, nothing will.
December 22, 2025 at 8:36 PM
If this doesn't motivate you to vote in the Midterms, nothing will.
First time I’ve been published on @lonrec.bsky.social, which is quite the honour! Give it a read if you’re wondering what fate has in store for one of England’s oddest transit systems.
New on London Reconnections, we prepare to bid farewell to the Stansted Airport's Tracked Transit System:
Farewell to the Stansted People Mover - London Reconnections
The leading source for independent news and analysis about transport in London and beyond. Award-winning coverage of transport infrastructure and politics alongside stories about the history of the Capital's transport networks.
www.londonreconnections.com
December 22, 2025 at 7:47 PM
First time I’ve been published on @lonrec.bsky.social, which is quite the honour! Give it a read if you’re wondering what fate has in store for one of England’s oddest transit systems.
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#TheBeautyOfTransport is looking at the newly unveiled GBR branding - not just what it is, but how we ended up with it, and how far it will actually spread. It's a long article this time, so plenty to keep you going over the holidays. Season's Greetings!
Union Flag Blues: the Branding of Great British Railways
In a blaze of publicity, the branding for Great British Railways, state-owned future operator of some of the privatised British railway network, was unexpectedly launched earlier this month, a mere four years after Great British Railways was first announced. In typical British transport policy tradition, the government almost immediately undermined its own efforts to create a unifying visual identity for the English railway network, having long since ceded the battle to brand the British railway network.
thebeautyoftransport.com
December 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
#TheBeautyOfTransport is looking at the newly unveiled GBR branding - not just what it is, but how we ended up with it, and how far it will actually spread. It's a long article this time, so plenty to keep you going over the holidays. Season's Greetings!