The Final E.
@theros.ca
they/them - Occasional convention-goer and Metro Vancouverite.
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AKA:
https://theros.ca
https://mastodon.social/@theros
https://www.tumblr.com/ramblingsfromthenorth
Have I mentioned how fun it is to pay $9 an hour for parking at specialist appointments that are nowhere near transit?
December 4, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Have I mentioned how fun it is to pay $9 an hour for parking at specialist appointments that are nowhere near transit?
I'm in a zoom-based strata SGM about replacing the enterphone and the owners keep asking if we can install cameras that do facial recognition and require everyone to provide photos to get a fob...
December 3, 2025 at 3:18 AM
I'm in a zoom-based strata SGM about replacing the enterphone and the owners keep asking if we can install cameras that do facial recognition and require everyone to provide photos to get a fob...
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My phone is doing all the same things from 2015 with only minimal benefits. The only reason we have to upgrade is increased software bloat.
We should actually just have phones that last 15 years now.
We should actually just have phones that last 15 years now.
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/h... "please, buy new phone. the economy is dying" is an incredible gaslight
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it's costing economy
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever before, and while it may be consumer smart, it comes at a cost to work productivity and the U.S. economy.
www.cnbc.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:58 PM
My phone is doing all the same things from 2015 with only minimal benefits. The only reason we have to upgrade is increased software bloat.
We should actually just have phones that last 15 years now.
We should actually just have phones that last 15 years now.
Yes, I am in the process of switching to Fedora 43 right now. So far almost everything works with few gaps with particular outliers being Apple Music/Apple TV & Autodesk Maya (but that is only officially supported on RHEL and Rocky)
November 23, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Yes, I am in the process of switching to Fedora 43 right now. So far almost everything works with few gaps with particular outliers being Apple Music/Apple TV & Autodesk Maya (but that is only officially supported on RHEL and Rocky)
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My new favorite kind of meme is "here are detailed instructions on how to turn off AI". 🔨
November 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
My new favorite kind of meme is "here are detailed instructions on how to turn off AI". 🔨
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"Microsoft warns that Windows 11's agentic AI could install malware on your PC: 'Only enable this feature if you understand the security implications.'"
bro what--
what are we doing here, exactly, how can you--anyone be okay with this?
bro what--
what are we doing here, exactly, how can you--anyone be okay with this?
November 18, 2025 at 3:42 PM
"Microsoft warns that Windows 11's agentic AI could install malware on your PC: 'Only enable this feature if you understand the security implications.'"
bro what--
what are we doing here, exactly, how can you--anyone be okay with this?
bro what--
what are we doing here, exactly, how can you--anyone be okay with this?
I had to stop taking a GLP-1 today for a routine colonoscopy in two weeks and the ravenous hunger is not it. 🫠
November 10, 2025 at 5:45 AM
I had to stop taking a GLP-1 today for a routine colonoscopy in two weeks and the ravenous hunger is not it. 🫠
We seriously need to strike down the notwithstanding clause at this point.
As we watch Trump & the GOP ignore the Constitution & the concept of human rights in the United States, consider what’s been happening in Canada with right-wing Premiers and Poilievre normalizing the common abuse of the Notwithstanding Clause to make Canada’s Charter of Rights & Freedoms irrelevant.
November 8, 2025 at 9:56 PM
We seriously need to strike down the notwithstanding clause at this point.
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The truly maddening thing is that, unlike when I was a young man in science and the materials and engineering just weren’t there yet, the future is *right there.* The problem is *solved*. What’s holding us back is not just greed, but this bizarre nostalgia, an obsession with petro- masculinity.
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 2:08 PM
The truly maddening thing is that, unlike when I was a young man in science and the materials and engineering just weren’t there yet, the future is *right there.* The problem is *solved*. What’s holding us back is not just greed, but this bizarre nostalgia, an obsession with petro- masculinity.
Well I guess I should get ready for the election campaign spam.
The proposed cuts in this budget will decimate the public sector. They want to lay off 1 of every 8 public servants in the next three years, and do away with climate action.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
The proposed cuts in this budget will decimate the public sector. They want to lay off 1 of every 8 public servants in the next three years, and do away with climate action.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Carney's 1st budget calls for billions in new spending to prop up tariff-hit economy | CBC News
Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne presented his first federal budget Tuesday and it includes big-ticket items to prop up an economy grappling with major economic disruptions but also cuts t...
www.cbc.ca
November 4, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Well I guess I should get ready for the election campaign spam.
The proposed cuts in this budget will decimate the public sector. They want to lay off 1 of every 8 public servants in the next three years, and do away with climate action.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
The proposed cuts in this budget will decimate the public sector. They want to lay off 1 of every 8 public servants in the next three years, and do away with climate action.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
One the one hand: yay new system and features!
On the other hand: the initial Compass rollout was a disaster and they started with an end of life system, so I do hope they have learned from those mistakes.
dailyhive.com/vancouver/tr...
On the other hand: the initial Compass rollout was a disaster and they started with an end of life system, so I do hope they have learned from those mistakes.
dailyhive.com/vancouver/tr...
TransLink seeks bids for brand new and improved Compass system | Urbanized
TransLink has launched the bidding process seeking a company to design, install, and operate a new Compass fare system, with new fare gates.
dailyhive.com
November 3, 2025 at 11:49 PM
One the one hand: yay new system and features!
On the other hand: the initial Compass rollout was a disaster and they started with an end of life system, so I do hope they have learned from those mistakes.
dailyhive.com/vancouver/tr...
On the other hand: the initial Compass rollout was a disaster and they started with an end of life system, so I do hope they have learned from those mistakes.
dailyhive.com/vancouver/tr...
Another Monday in the office starting with campus security forcibly removing an unhoused person. What a friendly place to work. 🤦
November 3, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Another Monday in the office starting with campus security forcibly removing an unhoused person. What a friendly place to work. 🤦
Sigh. I _was_ trying to play Outer Worlds 2, but oops, it's got game-breaking bugs preventing me from doing the main storyline quest on the second planet.
Shelving that for six months.|
Shelving that for six months.|
November 2, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Sigh. I _was_ trying to play Outer Worlds 2, but oops, it's got game-breaking bugs preventing me from doing the main storyline quest on the second planet.
Shelving that for six months.|
Shelving that for six months.|
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It's the weekend, baby
October 31, 2025 at 10:21 PM
It's the weekend, baby
At this point I am really wondering why Canada hasn’t persona non grata’d Hoekstra. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
U.S. ambassador to Canada goes on expletive-laced tirade at Ontario’s trade representative, witnesses say | CBC News
The U.S. ambassador to Canada delivered an expletive-laced tirade at Ontario's trade representative at an event in Ottawa on Monday, multiple witnesses tell CBC News
www.cbc.ca
October 29, 2025 at 4:02 AM
At this point I am really wondering why Canada hasn’t persona non grata’d Hoekstra. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Using the notwithstanding clause to stop legal challenge to back-to-work legislation is a nuclear event for all unions. Will it lead to a general strike in Alberta? It certainly should lead to the Supreme Court establishing Constitutional limits to the clause, or else we have no rights and freedoms.
At 2 a.m., the Alberta legislature passed a bill that will force 51,000 teachers back to work, impose a four-year contract and use the notwithstanding clause to stave off a legal challenge and suspend teacher bargaining at the local level. It includes fines for Ts and the ATA if they defy it. #AbLeg
Striking Alberta teachers forced back to work by fast-tracked legislation, notwithstanding clause | CBC News
Bill 2 passed early Tuesday morning after a long night for lawmakers in the provincial legislature. Premier Danielle Smith’s government introduced the legislation the day before.
www.cbc.ca
October 28, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Using the notwithstanding clause to stop legal challenge to back-to-work legislation is a nuclear event for all unions. Will it lead to a general strike in Alberta? It certainly should lead to the Supreme Court establishing Constitutional limits to the clause, or else we have no rights and freedoms.
Since I did a nearly 100% run of Cyberpunk that unlocked every possible ending I thought I would switch to Destiny 2 again. Expansions on sale? Cool! Except the Xbox cannot apparently manage to reinstall the game correctly.
it’s now blown up my data cap for the month and stuck at “finishing up…”
it’s now blown up my data cap for the month and stuck at “finishing up…”
October 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Since I did a nearly 100% run of Cyberpunk that unlocked every possible ending I thought I would switch to Destiny 2 again. Expansions on sale? Cool! Except the Xbox cannot apparently manage to reinstall the game correctly.
it’s now blown up my data cap for the month and stuck at “finishing up…”
it’s now blown up my data cap for the month and stuck at “finishing up…”
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Health Experts Recommend Standing Up At Desk, Leaving Office, Never Coming Back https://theonion.com/health-experts-recommend-standing-up-at-desk-leaving-o-1819577456/
October 7, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Health Experts Recommend Standing Up At Desk, Leaving Office, Never Coming Back https://theonion.com/health-experts-recommend-standing-up-at-desk-leaving-o-1819577456/
Inside you are two wolves
September 19, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Inside you are two wolves
Nothing quite like a long weekend to do all the household chores.
Yes I know PAX is now too. I’m old.
Yes I know PAX is now too. I’m old.
August 31, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Nothing quite like a long weekend to do all the household chores.
Yes I know PAX is now too. I’m old.
Yes I know PAX is now too. I’m old.
Likewise. That my second purchase was On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness… 🙃
August 15, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Likewise. That my second purchase was On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness… 🙃
Heavy winds this afternoon and metro Vancouver is going to be experiencing the smoke from the Mount Underwood fire very shortly. Aloft for now but time to button up the home :s
August 13, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Heavy winds this afternoon and metro Vancouver is going to be experiencing the smoke from the Mount Underwood fire very shortly. Aloft for now but time to button up the home :s