Beachcomber
@leecalvin.xyz
My main social media use is on the Fediverse. You can't trust corporate backed social media, this place will get enshittified sooner or later. Wake me up when a user with a mini-pc or raspberry pi can self host this maybe.
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Beachcomber
@leecalvin.xyz
· Oct 29
Just a PSA about my profile. I am not active on here much. I am much more active on Mastodon/Fediverse (@[email protected]). I will probably get engaged on Blusky again once @gandersocial.bsky.social is up and running as I signed up to be a tester on there.
#fediverse #blusky
#fediverse #blusky
There was no alcohol involved, just dementia coupled with the idea if you're a great leader you don't need a speech writer (obviously a huge mistake). So instead we get rants.
January 25, 2026 at 1:47 AM
There was no alcohol involved, just dementia coupled with the idea if you're a great leader you don't need a speech writer (obviously a huge mistake). So instead we get rants.
Just a PSA about my profile. I am not active on here much. I am much more active on Mastodon/Fediverse (@[email protected]). I will probably get engaged on Blusky again once @gandersocial.bsky.social is up and running as I signed up to be a tester on there.
#fediverse #blusky
#fediverse #blusky
October 29, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Just a PSA about my profile. I am not active on here much. I am much more active on Mastodon/Fediverse (@[email protected]). I will probably get engaged on Blusky again once @gandersocial.bsky.social is up and running as I signed up to be a tester on there.
#fediverse #blusky
#fediverse #blusky
If only the platform was decentralized...
August 22, 2025 at 11:54 PM
If only the platform was decentralized...
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Sobeys, Loblaws, Metro:
All caught by the CBC mislabelling American food as Canadian.
If you're trying to shop local, this matters.
Here's how to fight back.
#BuyCanadian #Never51 #cdnpoli
✅ My newsletter and links → beacons.ai/todmaffin
All caught by the CBC mislabelling American food as Canadian.
If you're trying to shop local, this matters.
Here's how to fight back.
#BuyCanadian #Never51 #cdnpoli
✅ My newsletter and links → beacons.ai/todmaffin
July 24, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Sobeys, Loblaws, Metro:
All caught by the CBC mislabelling American food as Canadian.
If you're trying to shop local, this matters.
Here's how to fight back.
#BuyCanadian #Never51 #cdnpoli
✅ My newsletter and links → beacons.ai/todmaffin
All caught by the CBC mislabelling American food as Canadian.
If you're trying to shop local, this matters.
Here's how to fight back.
#BuyCanadian #Never51 #cdnpoli
✅ My newsletter and links → beacons.ai/todmaffin
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No official list yet exists of the megaprojects to be fast-tracked under C-5. But that doesn't mean we can't make educated guesses.
Using public statements, government sources and business plans, here are our 15 top contenders.
Using public statements, government sources and business plans, here are our 15 top contenders.
July 17, 2025 at 2:24 PM
No official list yet exists of the megaprojects to be fast-tracked under C-5. But that doesn't mean we can't make educated guesses.
Using public statements, government sources and business plans, here are our 15 top contenders.
Using public statements, government sources and business plans, here are our 15 top contenders.
Does anybody else use a bell/horn when approaching tight blind corners? I've been biking almost everyday for a few weeks now and I noticed I am the only one it seems doing so.
#yegbike
#yegbike
July 15, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Does anybody else use a bell/horn when approaching tight blind corners? I've been biking almost everyday for a few weeks now and I noticed I am the only one it seems doing so.
#yegbike
#yegbike
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What’s going on with Edmonton’s bike lanes?
They’ve been making headlines — and not always for the right reasons. The good news: our network is growing, and bike use is surging.
They’ve been making headlines — and not always for the right reasons. The good news: our network is growing, and bike use is surging.
July 13, 2025 at 2:01 PM
What’s going on with Edmonton’s bike lanes?
They’ve been making headlines — and not always for the right reasons. The good news: our network is growing, and bike use is surging.
They’ve been making headlines — and not always for the right reasons. The good news: our network is growing, and bike use is surging.
All the time I see people on scooters going faster than cyclists with no head gear whatsoever, and in my area almost all cyclists have a helmet.
July 6, 2025 at 4:07 AM
All the time I see people on scooters going faster than cyclists with no head gear whatsoever, and in my area almost all cyclists have a helmet.
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One of my worries is that even if there is no violence, Trump and his supporters will generate realistic AI video showing that it did.
Is there a game plan for that?
I’m planning on attending a protest on Saturday, anyway, of course.
Is there a game plan for that?
I’m planning on attending a protest on Saturday, anyway, of course.
June 12, 2025 at 8:42 PM
One of my worries is that even if there is no violence, Trump and his supporters will generate realistic AI video showing that it did.
Is there a game plan for that?
I’m planning on attending a protest on Saturday, anyway, of course.
Is there a game plan for that?
I’m planning on attending a protest on Saturday, anyway, of course.
Yeah except he keeps "joking" he's going to run a 3rd time, and you know his jokes...
June 13, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Yeah except he keeps "joking" he's going to run a 3rd time, and you know his jokes...
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A recent story about staying in touch with friends inspired Stephanie Bai to ask readers to share their own methods. In the Sunday Daily, she rounded up some of their replies about how they maintain their friendships. https://theatln.tc/vuCosxHJ
May 20, 2025 at 1:45 AM
A recent story about staying in touch with friends inspired Stephanie Bai to ask readers to share their own methods. In the Sunday Daily, she rounded up some of their replies about how they maintain their friendships. https://theatln.tc/vuCosxHJ
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Canada’s mainstream media wanted a disinformation-spewing rage-baiter to become our next prime minister. Legacy media chose not to call Pierre Poilievre out on his lies this election. And he still lost.
Canada’s mainstream media has a Conservative bias
Canada’s mainstream media has a Conservative bias
Canada’s mainstream media has a Conservative bias
Canada’s mainstream media has a Conservative bias.
cultmtl.com
April 30, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Canada’s mainstream media wanted a disinformation-spewing rage-baiter to become our next prime minister. Legacy media chose not to call Pierre Poilievre out on his lies this election. And he still lost.
Canada’s mainstream media has a Conservative bias
Canada’s mainstream media has a Conservative bias
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Can we start a bicyclist union in Edmonton? #yegbike #yeg
Protest bike rallys and raising funds for bike projects!
www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/...
Protest bike rallys and raising funds for bike projects!
www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/...
How Amsterdam became the bicycle capital of the world
In the 1960s, Dutch cities were increasingly in thrall to motorists, with the car seen as the transport of the future. It took the intolerable toll of child traffic deaths – and fierce activism – to t...
www.theguardian.com
April 26, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Can we start a bicyclist union in Edmonton? #yegbike #yeg
Protest bike rallys and raising funds for bike projects!
www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/...
Protest bike rallys and raising funds for bike projects!
www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/...
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Be smart Canadians, don't follow the path of Americans. Heed the warning signs that have been here all along! For our country, for our democracy!🇨🇦
#VoteMarkCarney
#VoteMarkCarney
April 12, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Be smart Canadians, don't follow the path of Americans. Heed the warning signs that have been here all along! For our country, for our democracy!🇨🇦
#VoteMarkCarney
#VoteMarkCarney
The Eulogy episode of #BlackMirror was emotionally devastating. That one is going to stick with me for a long time.
April 13, 2025 at 2:52 PM
The Eulogy episode of #BlackMirror was emotionally devastating. That one is going to stick with me for a long time.
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Reupping, from Inauguration Day www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Everyone Who Was Supposed to Protect You From This Failed Miserably
Donald Trump will now be the president again. A colossal failure by every Republican, Democratic, legal, corporate, and media institution got us here.
www.rollingstone.com
April 8, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Reupping, from Inauguration Day www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
One of my dreams is to travel by rail, but it will never happen with these ridiculous prices.
April 8, 2025 at 12:58 AM
One of my dreams is to travel by rail, but it will never happen with these ridiculous prices.
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Here's the brownshirts.
How long before they're used as muscle, not security?
This is literally the Schutzstaffel.
Just remember, it was private NSDAP security before it became the SS we all know.
How long before they're used as muscle, not security?
This is literally the Schutzstaffel.
Just remember, it was private NSDAP security before it became the SS we all know.
'Enormous risk': Experts alarmed as Musk's private security force deputized by US Marshals
Tech billionaire Elon Musk's private security detail was deputized by the Marshals Service, alarming experts, according to Mother Jones."The Marshals Service regularly deputizes people outside the age...
www.rawstory.com
April 7, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Here's the brownshirts.
How long before they're used as muscle, not security?
This is literally the Schutzstaffel.
Just remember, it was private NSDAP security before it became the SS we all know.
How long before they're used as muscle, not security?
This is literally the Schutzstaffel.
Just remember, it was private NSDAP security before it became the SS we all know.
I think I remember down in the States women tended to vote Democrat and men Republican, I could be wrong. First thought that came to mind is how this mirrors US voting patterns.
April 1, 2025 at 3:17 AM
I think I remember down in the States women tended to vote Democrat and men Republican, I could be wrong. First thought that came to mind is how this mirrors US voting patterns.
Too many people think a platform or a tool should be and do everything instead of having it do fewer things really well.
February 28, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Too many people think a platform or a tool should be and do everything instead of having it do fewer things really well.