Ken Schafer 🇨🇦
@schafer.com
Endlessly curious about what happens next.
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Anna's Archive backed up Spotify: 86 million songs in 300TB representing roughly 99.6% of listens, the metadata alone is 4TB compressed https://annas-archive.org/blog...
Backing up Spotify
We backed up Spotify (metadata and music files). It’s distributed in bulk torrents (~300TB). It’s the world’s first “preservation archive” for music which is fully open (meaning it can easily be mirrored by anyone with enough disk space), with 86 million music files, representing around 99.6% of listens.
annas-archive.org
December 21, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Anna's Archive backed up Spotify: 86 million songs in 300TB representing roughly 99.6% of listens, the metadata alone is 4TB compressed https://annas-archive.org/blog...
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In 2023, seismologists detected a “global hum” originating in Greenland that lasted for 9 days. A rockslide triggered a 200m-high tsunami that sloshed back & forth in a fjord every 90 seconds, slamming into the fjord’s walls “like a beating heart”. [youtube.com]
How climate change triggered a landslide tsunami in a Greenland fjord, vibrating Earth for 9 days
Climate change is increasingly exposing polar regions to large landslides. Tsunamigenic landslides have occurred recently in Greenland, but none have been reported from the eastern fjords. In September 2023, we detected the start of a 9-day-long global 10.88 mHz (92 s) monochromatic very-long period
www.youtube.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:06 PM
In 2023, seismologists detected a “global hum” originating in Greenland that lasted for 9 days. A rockslide triggered a 200m-high tsunami that sloshed back & forth in a fjord every 90 seconds, slamming into the fjord’s walls “like a beating heart”. [youtube.com]
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Today, we remember the fourteen young women whose lives were stolen at Polytechnique Montréal 36 years ago.
Their names are a solemn reminder of the devastating toll of gender-based violence — and the responsibility that comes with our remembrance.
Their names are a solemn reminder of the devastating toll of gender-based violence — and the responsibility that comes with our remembrance.
December 6, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Today, we remember the fourteen young women whose lives were stolen at Polytechnique Montréal 36 years ago.
Their names are a solemn reminder of the devastating toll of gender-based violence — and the responsibility that comes with our remembrance.
Their names are a solemn reminder of the devastating toll of gender-based violence — and the responsibility that comes with our remembrance.
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I was chatting to someone today about the film Weapons and they said at heart it’s like a Roald Dahl story, and I thought IT IS. And that’s why it’s so great.
November 23, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I was chatting to someone today about the film Weapons and they said at heart it’s like a Roald Dahl story, and I thought IT IS. And that’s why it’s so great.
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☄️ 40 000 near-Earth asteroids discovered!
Thankfully, none of them are cause for concern for the foreseeable future, but ESA's planetary defence teams are keeping a watchful eye on the skies.
www.esa.int/Space_Safety...
Thankfully, none of them are cause for concern for the foreseeable future, but ESA's planetary defence teams are keeping a watchful eye on the skies.
www.esa.int/Space_Safety...
November 20, 2025 at 9:16 AM
☄️ 40 000 near-Earth asteroids discovered!
Thankfully, none of them are cause for concern for the foreseeable future, but ESA's planetary defence teams are keeping a watchful eye on the skies.
www.esa.int/Space_Safety...
Thankfully, none of them are cause for concern for the foreseeable future, but ESA's planetary defence teams are keeping a watchful eye on the skies.
www.esa.int/Space_Safety...
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I'm proud to have contributed a migration-governance strategy to this important plan for building new economic and political relations between Canada and the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean in the absence of the United States. Some details...
www.ccacanada.com
www.ccacanada.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I'm proud to have contributed a migration-governance strategy to this important plan for building new economic and political relations between Canada and the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean in the absence of the United States. Some details...
www.ccacanada.com
www.ccacanada.com
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The World Bank’s latest data shows a quiet global triumph: 93% of people aged 15 to 24 can now read and write. In many regions youth literacy has reached or neared universal levels, marking one of the most successful, least reported stories in development. buff.ly/vnsUhLo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
World Bank Open Data
Free and open access to global development data
buff.ly
November 5, 2025 at 1:50 PM
The World Bank’s latest data shows a quiet global triumph: 93% of people aged 15 to 24 can now read and write. In many regions youth literacy has reached or neared universal levels, marking one of the most successful, least reported stories in development. buff.ly/vnsUhLo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
<Me, sitting in a primary school desk in the corner>
15min earlier:
15min earlier:
Instead of a kids' table and an adults' table (especially after the kids are grown), big family gatherings should have a loud people's table and a quiet people's table.
October 30, 2025 at 2:41 PM
<Me, sitting in a primary school desk in the corner>
15min earlier:
15min earlier:
October 21, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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While looking up something for class I stumbled upon this figurine representation of Abe no Seimei's shikigami rituals (created for an exhibition on onmyōji at Rekihaku in 2023). It's kind of amazing and I want it badly??
October 13, 2025 at 2:10 PM
While looking up something for class I stumbled upon this figurine representation of Abe no Seimei's shikigami rituals (created for an exhibition on onmyōji at Rekihaku in 2023). It's kind of amazing and I want it badly??
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Perhaps as a counterargument to all the awful shit flying around this week, TASKMASTER comes back later today.
Taskmaster Season 20, Episode 1 - '9x7.' | Full Episode
YouTube video by Taskmaster
youtu.be
September 11, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Perhaps as a counterargument to all the awful shit flying around this week, TASKMASTER comes back later today.
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Canadian residents made just 1.7 million return trips by motor vehicle back into their country from the U.S. in July, a nearly 37% decline over the same month in 2024, according to Statistics Canada.
Far fewer Canadians are visiting the U.S. this year, new numbers show
Canadian residents made just 1.7 million return trips by motor vehicle back into their country from the U.S. in July, a nearly 37% decline over the same month in 2024, according to Statistics Canada.
n.pr
August 23, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Canadian residents made just 1.7 million return trips by motor vehicle back into their country from the U.S. in July, a nearly 37% decline over the same month in 2024, according to Statistics Canada.
Mandated age verification is a terrible idea and I hope that all services simply block visits from jurisdictions imposing them.
Yes it places a burden on end users from those locations but hopefully it will force the overturn of these ill-considered laws.
Yes it places a burden on end users from those locations but hopefully it will force the overturn of these ill-considered laws.
Unfortunately, Bluesky is unavailable in Mississippi right now, due to a new state law that requires age verification for all users.
While intended for child safety, we think this law poses broader challenges & creates significant barriers that limit free speech & harm smaller platforms like ours.
While intended for child safety, we think this law poses broader challenges & creates significant barriers that limit free speech & harm smaller platforms like ours.
August 22, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Mandated age verification is a terrible idea and I hope that all services simply block visits from jurisdictions imposing them.
Yes it places a burden on end users from those locations but hopefully it will force the overturn of these ill-considered laws.
Yes it places a burden on end users from those locations but hopefully it will force the overturn of these ill-considered laws.
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Some extremely damning (non-Nazi!) stuff about Substack in here from @speterdavis.com (yes it's a Substack link)
speterdavis.substack.com/p/substack-i...
speterdavis.substack.com/p/substack-i...
Substack Is Your Boss, and He's Dissatisfied With Your Performance
Enshittification has arrived, inevitably, and on schedule
speterdavis.substack.com
August 12, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Some extremely damning (non-Nazi!) stuff about Substack in here from @speterdavis.com (yes it's a Substack link)
speterdavis.substack.com/p/substack-i...
speterdavis.substack.com/p/substack-i...
My key takeaway from watching the Final Destination movies is the appalling state of American infrastructure.
August 9, 2025 at 12:59 AM
My key takeaway from watching the Final Destination movies is the appalling state of American infrastructure.
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More and more this seems like the book of the year both because it's wonderful and because its message is so crystal clear. bookshop.org/p/books/one-...
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
Check out One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This - <b><i>NEW YORK TIMES </i>BESTSELLER • SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2025 PALESTINE BOOK AWARDS • From award-winning nove...
bookshop.org
July 28, 2025 at 1:59 PM
More and more this seems like the book of the year both because it's wonderful and because its message is so crystal clear. bookshop.org/p/books/one-...
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A niche source request! Do you, or someone you know, have a personal weather station in their backyard and live in the general Toronto area? I want to talk to you/them for a story! Email is (always) open at [email protected]
July 23, 2025 at 8:16 PM
A niche source request! Do you, or someone you know, have a personal weather station in their backyard and live in the general Toronto area? I want to talk to you/them for a story! Email is (always) open at [email protected]
I tried using a generic non-heated mug for my coffee this morning. I have no idea how I ever survived this in the past! I hadn’t realized how much better my Ember experience was until I went back to the old way.
July 8, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I tried using a generic non-heated mug for my coffee this morning. I have no idea how I ever survived this in the past! I hadn’t realized how much better my Ember experience was until I went back to the old way.
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If you were too young in 2003 here is what Bush told the American people:
1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long
All lies.
1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long
All lies.
June 22, 2025 at 2:47 AM
If you were too young in 2003 here is what Bush told the American people:
1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long
All lies.
1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long
All lies.
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50 years ago today ‼️
Talking Heads supporting The Ramones make their stage debut at CBGB, New York City, June 20, 1975
#punk #punks #punkrock #talkingheads #cbgb #newyorkcity #history #punkrockhistory #otd
Talking Heads supporting The Ramones make their stage debut at CBGB, New York City, June 20, 1975
#punk #punks #punkrock #talkingheads #cbgb #newyorkcity #history #punkrockhistory #otd
June 20, 2025 at 3:54 AM
50 years ago today ‼️
Talking Heads supporting The Ramones make their stage debut at CBGB, New York City, June 20, 1975
#punk #punks #punkrock #talkingheads #cbgb #newyorkcity #history #punkrockhistory #otd
Talking Heads supporting The Ramones make their stage debut at CBGB, New York City, June 20, 1975
#punk #punks #punkrock #talkingheads #cbgb #newyorkcity #history #punkrockhistory #otd
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I've always said that the Jaws franchise has the highest of highs and the lowest of lows, and I challenge anyone to find a franchise that has the same gap between the best and the worst.
(requirement: actual films released in theaters, not direct to video/dvd/tv/streaming)
(requirement: actual films released in theaters, not direct to video/dvd/tv/streaming)
June 20, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I've always said that the Jaws franchise has the highest of highs and the lowest of lows, and I challenge anyone to find a franchise that has the same gap between the best and the worst.
(requirement: actual films released in theaters, not direct to video/dvd/tv/streaming)
(requirement: actual films released in theaters, not direct to video/dvd/tv/streaming)
I’m happy that British people will have the right to end their lives with some dignity if they choose.
My mother opted to use MAID to avoid a drawn out death at the age of 96. She’d lead a good life and saw no value in prolonging the inevitable.
My mother opted to use MAID to avoid a drawn out death at the age of 96. She’d lead a good life and saw no value in prolonging the inevitable.
June 20, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I’m happy that British people will have the right to end their lives with some dignity if they choose.
My mother opted to use MAID to avoid a drawn out death at the age of 96. She’d lead a good life and saw no value in prolonging the inevitable.
My mother opted to use MAID to avoid a drawn out death at the age of 96. She’d lead a good life and saw no value in prolonging the inevitable.