The Werewolf
@thewerewolf.bsky.social
Ehwoo, eh?
Blissfully retired Software Janitor/Archeologist
I drink coffee.
I know things.
I still tell machines stories.
Blissfully retired Software Janitor/Archeologist
I drink coffee.
I know things.
I still tell machines stories.
I keep wishing I could wake up in a world where everyone finally had had enough of this BS, rounded all these crooks and shysters, put them all on a guarded island somewhere for life and we moved on to live in peace in a world that's only normal level insane.
www.ctvnews.ca/world/israel...
www.ctvnews.ca/world/israel...
Netanyahu requests a pardon during the Israeli prime minister’s ongoing corruption trial
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday asked the country’s president to grant him a pardon from corruption charges — seeking to end a long-running trial that has bitterly divided the nati...
www.ctvnews.ca
November 30, 2025 at 11:56 PM
I keep wishing I could wake up in a world where everyone finally had had enough of this BS, rounded all these crooks and shysters, put them all on a guarded island somewhere for life and we moved on to live in peace in a world that's only normal level insane.
www.ctvnews.ca/world/israel...
www.ctvnews.ca/world/israel...
It's hard to to relate to modern youth when you're 438 years old.
Side note: Did you know that we considered Mozart to be the 1780s equivalent of ABBA?
Side note: Did you know that we considered Mozart to be the 1780s equivalent of ABBA?
November 29, 2025 at 4:37 AM
It's hard to to relate to modern youth when you're 438 years old.
Side note: Did you know that we considered Mozart to be the 1780s equivalent of ABBA?
Side note: Did you know that we considered Mozart to be the 1780s equivalent of ABBA?
Black Friday PSA:
Just remember gang... saving money on something you weren't planning on getting and didn't really need isn't actually saving money, it's still spending money.
Remember there will ALWAYS be another sale.
Just remember gang... saving money on something you weren't planning on getting and didn't really need isn't actually saving money, it's still spending money.
Remember there will ALWAYS be another sale.
November 29, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Black Friday PSA:
Just remember gang... saving money on something you weren't planning on getting and didn't really need isn't actually saving money, it's still spending money.
Remember there will ALWAYS be another sale.
Just remember gang... saving money on something you weren't planning on getting and didn't really need isn't actually saving money, it's still spending money.
Remember there will ALWAYS be another sale.
I have to be honest here: Carney's MOU with the genuinely deranged Alberta Premier Danielle Smith loses a lot of points with a lot of people.
Doing it with no involvement by the BC gov or the BC First Nations has a definite "Trump/Russia deal about Ukraine" feel to it, which is not a good look.
Doing it with no involvement by the BC gov or the BC First Nations has a definite "Trump/Russia deal about Ukraine" feel to it, which is not a good look.
November 28, 2025 at 3:57 AM
I have to be honest here: Carney's MOU with the genuinely deranged Alberta Premier Danielle Smith loses a lot of points with a lot of people.
Doing it with no involvement by the BC gov or the BC First Nations has a definite "Trump/Russia deal about Ukraine" feel to it, which is not a good look.
Doing it with no involvement by the BC gov or the BC First Nations has a definite "Trump/Russia deal about Ukraine" feel to it, which is not a good look.
Any deal between Russia and Ukraine that requires Ukraine to cede territories occupies by Russia is a win for Russia and bullies everywhere.
Russia started this, is getting beaten on every front and if they gain land for it, it says "Try again - maybe more land for Russia?"
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Russia started this, is getting beaten on every front and if they gain land for it, it says "Try again - maybe more land for Russia?"
1/2
November 27, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Any deal between Russia and Ukraine that requires Ukraine to cede territories occupies by Russia is a win for Russia and bullies everywhere.
Russia started this, is getting beaten on every front and if they gain land for it, it says "Try again - maybe more land for Russia?"
1/2
Russia started this, is getting beaten on every front and if they gain land for it, it says "Try again - maybe more land for Russia?"
1/2
If you want a happier life, whenever you see "might" or "could" in an article that seems unreasonably negative OR positive, either ignore it entirely, or at least ask these two questions:
1. How likely is it that it will ACTUALLY happen?
2. What are the REAL consequences if it happens?
1. How likely is it that it will ACTUALLY happen?
2. What are the REAL consequences if it happens?
November 27, 2025 at 2:54 AM
If you want a happier life, whenever you see "might" or "could" in an article that seems unreasonably negative OR positive, either ignore it entirely, or at least ask these two questions:
1. How likely is it that it will ACTUALLY happen?
2. What are the REAL consequences if it happens?
1. How likely is it that it will ACTUALLY happen?
2. What are the REAL consequences if it happens?
Gah.. It's #werewolfwednesday and I have nothing to show...
Fine... a real oldie...
Done in Illustrator on a Mac of all things, using software I wrote to help people with motion limiting disabilities who use a switch rather than a mouse.
Fine... a real oldie...
Done in Illustrator on a Mac of all things, using software I wrote to help people with motion limiting disabilities who use a switch rather than a mouse.
November 27, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Gah.. It's #werewolfwednesday and I have nothing to show...
Fine... a real oldie...
Done in Illustrator on a Mac of all things, using software I wrote to help people with motion limiting disabilities who use a switch rather than a mouse.
Fine... a real oldie...
Done in Illustrator on a Mac of all things, using software I wrote to help people with motion limiting disabilities who use a switch rather than a mouse.
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Brother I have fucked with all manner of compter shite for decades and never once did misusing the software make me kill myself and I installed Windows 3.1 on a 286.
OpenAI has responded to a landmark wrongful death lawsuit, claiming that a teen who died by suicide after talking to ChatGPT misused the software. More:
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Family Suing OpenAI Over Teen's Suicide Blasts 'Disturbing' Response From Company
OpenAI has responded to a landmark wrongful death lawsuit, claiming that a teen who died by suicide after talking to ChatGPT misused the software.
www.rollingstone.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Brother I have fucked with all manner of compter shite for decades and never once did misusing the software make me kill myself and I installed Windows 3.1 on a 286.
Thought for the day:
Western capitalism is based on economy of scale. The more you make, the cheaper each one is. So the "ultraprocessed" food thing plays nicely into preferring handmade and local over processed and industrial.
It sells well because at some level, we assume handmade is better...
Western capitalism is based on economy of scale. The more you make, the cheaper each one is. So the "ultraprocessed" food thing plays nicely into preferring handmade and local over processed and industrial.
It sells well because at some level, we assume handmade is better...
November 27, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Thought for the day:
Western capitalism is based on economy of scale. The more you make, the cheaper each one is. So the "ultraprocessed" food thing plays nicely into preferring handmade and local over processed and industrial.
It sells well because at some level, we assume handmade is better...
Western capitalism is based on economy of scale. The more you make, the cheaper each one is. So the "ultraprocessed" food thing plays nicely into preferring handmade and local over processed and industrial.
It sells well because at some level, we assume handmade is better...
The Paradox of Two Dimensions
Listening to left pundits is beyond frustrating because of systemic misunderstandings and outright errors they champion, often in the smarmiest of tones...
So then I listen to the right and it's like that but 10x worse.
I need a perpendicular option to the L/R line.
Listening to left pundits is beyond frustrating because of systemic misunderstandings and outright errors they champion, often in the smarmiest of tones...
So then I listen to the right and it's like that but 10x worse.
I need a perpendicular option to the L/R line.
November 26, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The Paradox of Two Dimensions
Listening to left pundits is beyond frustrating because of systemic misunderstandings and outright errors they champion, often in the smarmiest of tones...
So then I listen to the right and it's like that but 10x worse.
I need a perpendicular option to the L/R line.
Listening to left pundits is beyond frustrating because of systemic misunderstandings and outright errors they champion, often in the smarmiest of tones...
So then I listen to the right and it's like that but 10x worse.
I need a perpendicular option to the L/R line.
So.. tried 3 phones and 3 tablets for WiFi (no transceiver) to the
@djiglobal.bsky.social
Neo 2 over same urban track.
Pixel Fold - 153m
Samsung A35 - 144m
Pixel 7 - 107m
Samsung A7 Lite - fail - app did not work correctly.
Samsung S6 Lite - 149m
Samsung S9 FE+ - 153m
Fold w/transceiver - 206m
@djiglobal.bsky.social
Neo 2 over same urban track.
Pixel Fold - 153m
Samsung A35 - 144m
Pixel 7 - 107m
Samsung A7 Lite - fail - app did not work correctly.
Samsung S6 Lite - 149m
Samsung S9 FE+ - 153m
Fold w/transceiver - 206m
November 24, 2025 at 1:53 AM
So.. tried 3 phones and 3 tablets for WiFi (no transceiver) to the
@djiglobal.bsky.social
Neo 2 over same urban track.
Pixel Fold - 153m
Samsung A35 - 144m
Pixel 7 - 107m
Samsung A7 Lite - fail - app did not work correctly.
Samsung S6 Lite - 149m
Samsung S9 FE+ - 153m
Fold w/transceiver - 206m
@djiglobal.bsky.social
Neo 2 over same urban track.
Pixel Fold - 153m
Samsung A35 - 144m
Pixel 7 - 107m
Samsung A7 Lite - fail - app did not work correctly.
Samsung S6 Lite - 149m
Samsung S9 FE+ - 153m
Fold w/transceiver - 206m
First to be clear: yes, foreign children legally adopted by Canadian citizens should be considered Canadian citizens, or at the very least have a short path to it.
However "lost citizens" is an entirely different issue and conflating them is unfair to both.
www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...
However "lost citizens" is an entirely different issue and conflating them is unfair to both.
www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...
‘Utterly cruel’: Canadian parents say new citizenship rules hurt kids adopted from abroad
Tens of thousands of children born abroad in the past decade and a half, known as “Lost Canadians,” will now be eligible to become Canadian citizens after a new bill passed the Senate Wednesday and re...
www.ctvnews.ca
November 24, 2025 at 1:35 AM
First to be clear: yes, foreign children legally adopted by Canadian citizens should be considered Canadian citizens, or at the very least have a short path to it.
However "lost citizens" is an entirely different issue and conflating them is unfair to both.
www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...
However "lost citizens" is an entirely different issue and conflating them is unfair to both.
www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...
Dear @democrats.org
Idea.
How about canvassing people from all walks of life and political positions, ask them what's really important in their lives.
Then get some smart people like @rbreich.bsky.social or @sanders.senate.gov to look at it and find a set of compatible goals...
Idea.
How about canvassing people from all walks of life and political positions, ask them what's really important in their lives.
Then get some smart people like @rbreich.bsky.social or @sanders.senate.gov to look at it and find a set of compatible goals...
November 20, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Dear @democrats.org
Idea.
How about canvassing people from all walks of life and political positions, ask them what's really important in their lives.
Then get some smart people like @rbreich.bsky.social or @sanders.senate.gov to look at it and find a set of compatible goals...
Idea.
How about canvassing people from all walks of life and political positions, ask them what's really important in their lives.
Then get some smart people like @rbreich.bsky.social or @sanders.senate.gov to look at it and find a set of compatible goals...
Dear @microsoft.com
Maybe instead of badgering, forcing or trying to bribe us into using your products...
Make products WE want, rather than products you think we want or want us to want - and make them good by OUR standards, not yours.
Then we'll just buy them.
www.neowin.net/news/microso...
Maybe instead of badgering, forcing or trying to bribe us into using your products...
Make products WE want, rather than products you think we want or want us to want - and make them good by OUR standards, not yours.
Then we'll just buy them.
www.neowin.net/news/microso...
Microsoft really wants partners to use the new Outlook, offers free service for transition
Even though many Microsoft customers think that the new Outlook app is "hot garbage", the company wants partners to turn the tide.
www.neowin.net
November 20, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Dear @microsoft.com
Maybe instead of badgering, forcing or trying to bribe us into using your products...
Make products WE want, rather than products you think we want or want us to want - and make them good by OUR standards, not yours.
Then we'll just buy them.
www.neowin.net/news/microso...
Maybe instead of badgering, forcing or trying to bribe us into using your products...
Make products WE want, rather than products you think we want or want us to want - and make them good by OUR standards, not yours.
Then we'll just buy them.
www.neowin.net/news/microso...
Dear @djiglobal.bsky.social
Make a USB-C O4 digital transceiver for cell phones that uses the Fly app, rather than making us use a controller. Or just make it possible to plug the existing one into a phone.
Then the Neo/Flip line will be truly portable AND powerful.
Make a USB-C O4 digital transceiver for cell phones that uses the Fly app, rather than making us use a controller. Or just make it possible to plug the existing one into a phone.
Then the Neo/Flip line will be truly portable AND powerful.
November 19, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Dear @djiglobal.bsky.social
Make a USB-C O4 digital transceiver for cell phones that uses the Fly app, rather than making us use a controller. Or just make it possible to plug the existing one into a phone.
Then the Neo/Flip line will be truly portable AND powerful.
Make a USB-C O4 digital transceiver for cell phones that uses the Fly app, rather than making us use a controller. Or just make it possible to plug the existing one into a phone.
Then the Neo/Flip line will be truly portable AND powerful.
Everyone wants to help... as long as it's not near them...
Problem is - it's always going to be near *someone*...
Still, at least they're still supporting using public parks for private venues... /s
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Problem is - it's always going to be near *someone*...
Still, at least they're still supporting using public parks for private venues... /s
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Surrey city council votes to block supportive, complex-care housing | CBC News
City councillors have ordered staff to reassess a housing project meant to include supportive and complex-care units, saying they heard enough opposition from community members with safety concerns.
www.cbc.ca
November 19, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Everyone wants to help... as long as it's not near them...
Problem is - it's always going to be near *someone*...
Still, at least they're still supporting using public parks for private venues... /s
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Problem is - it's always going to be near *someone*...
Still, at least they're still supporting using public parks for private venues... /s
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
WOW that was fast. They can't fix health care or protect personal rights - but this they can get done in one day.
www.ctvnews.ca/world/articl...
www.ctvnews.ca/world/articl...
U.S. House, Senate approve release of Epstein files, sending bill to Trump
Both the U.S. House and U.S. Senate acted decisively Tuesday to pass a bill to force the U.S. Justice Department to publicly release its files on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 19, 2025 at 12:43 AM
WOW that was fast. They can't fix health care or protect personal rights - but this they can get done in one day.
www.ctvnews.ca/world/articl...
www.ctvnews.ca/world/articl...
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A Government of cowards.
Rather than tackle inequality - they've gone for pensioners, disabled people and now it's people fleeing war and persecution.
They can't get away with this.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Rather than tackle inequality - they've gone for pensioners, disabled people and now it's people fleeing war and persecution.
They can't get away with this.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
November 17, 2025 at 11:16 PM
A Government of cowards.
Rather than tackle inequality - they've gone for pensioners, disabled people and now it's people fleeing war and persecution.
They can't get away with this.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Rather than tackle inequality - they've gone for pensioners, disabled people and now it's people fleeing war and persecution.
They can't get away with this.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
One of the most frustrating things about drone enthusiasts on YouTube (and this isn't a criticism, more just frustration on my part), that they're all about taking picture of themselves running or climbing or doing some kind of sport.
So that's the focus of all the feature analysis.
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So that's the focus of all the feature analysis.
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November 18, 2025 at 10:00 PM
One of the most frustrating things about drone enthusiasts on YouTube (and this isn't a criticism, more just frustration on my part), that they're all about taking picture of themselves running or climbing or doing some kind of sport.
So that's the focus of all the feature analysis.
1/3
So that's the focus of all the feature analysis.
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Ok.. First Microsoft and now Google.
Basic rule of UI design: A change that adds more clicks to do something is a sign you're designing it wrong.
If something used to take one click and now it takes three - you failed.
Sub-rule: Popups are evil. Avoid if possible.
Basic rule of UI design: A change that adds more clicks to do something is a sign you're designing it wrong.
If something used to take one click and now it takes three - you failed.
Sub-rule: Popups are evil. Avoid if possible.
November 17, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Ok.. First Microsoft and now Google.
Basic rule of UI design: A change that adds more clicks to do something is a sign you're designing it wrong.
If something used to take one click and now it takes three - you failed.
Sub-rule: Popups are evil. Avoid if possible.
Basic rule of UI design: A change that adds more clicks to do something is a sign you're designing it wrong.
If something used to take one click and now it takes three - you failed.
Sub-rule: Popups are evil. Avoid if possible.
The best takedown of the rubbish GOP types say about the ACA and the state of American health care.
(Warning: some profanity)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xj7_...
(Warning: some profanity)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xj7_...
WTF Have YOU Done?
YouTube video by PoliticsGirl
www.youtube.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:59 PM
The best takedown of the rubbish GOP types say about the ACA and the state of American health care.
(Warning: some profanity)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xj7_...
(Warning: some profanity)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xj7_...
Test flying my new @djiglobal.bsky.social Neo 2 and it's almost perfect - huge step up from the Neo 1...
But it needs 3 things:
1. Optional bigger battery (you have 75g more space)
2. Panoramic shots (I BELIEVE you can do it :)
3. A better way to connect the O4 dongle without using screws
But it needs 3 things:
1. Optional bigger battery (you have 75g more space)
2. Panoramic shots (I BELIEVE you can do it :)
3. A better way to connect the O4 dongle without using screws
November 15, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Test flying my new @djiglobal.bsky.social Neo 2 and it's almost perfect - huge step up from the Neo 1...
But it needs 3 things:
1. Optional bigger battery (you have 75g more space)
2. Panoramic shots (I BELIEVE you can do it :)
3. A better way to connect the O4 dongle without using screws
But it needs 3 things:
1. Optional bigger battery (you have 75g more space)
2. Panoramic shots (I BELIEVE you can do it :)
3. A better way to connect the O4 dongle without using screws
Basic rule of life: If everyone has a problem with the way you do something, then either you're a true, misunderstood genius, or you're the problem.
(Hint: it's almost always the latter...)
Took me way too long to get this about myself.
(Hint: it's almost always the latter...)
Took me way too long to get this about myself.
November 14, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Basic rule of life: If everyone has a problem with the way you do something, then either you're a true, misunderstood genius, or you're the problem.
(Hint: it's almost always the latter...)
Took me way too long to get this about myself.
(Hint: it's almost always the latter...)
Took me way too long to get this about myself.
Breaking news: Fast food CEOs discover that no, most people actually aren't rich enough to afford their products - try anything but actually lowering prices, like offering smaller, less appealing options.
CEO: "Let them eat cake!"
Public: "We can't afford that."
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
CEO: "Let them eat cake!"
Public: "We can't afford that."
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
Gen Z diners are changing the fast-food industry's approach | CBC News
Fast-food chains like Chipotle and McDonald’s are lowering their sales forecasts for next year and luring people in with value meals as they foresee a pullback in spending from low-income and younger ...
www.cbc.ca
November 14, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Breaking news: Fast food CEOs discover that no, most people actually aren't rich enough to afford their products - try anything but actually lowering prices, like offering smaller, less appealing options.
CEO: "Let them eat cake!"
Public: "We can't afford that."
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
CEO: "Let them eat cake!"
Public: "We can't afford that."
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...