Alex Freeman
@northernnerd.bsky.social
Toronto Area Housing & Construction.
Gaming & Photography, Bike Data.
Did I mention I like Disc Golf.
Gaming & Photography, Bike Data.
Did I mention I like Disc Golf.
Ok this story is FUCKED.
December 10, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Ok this story is FUCKED.
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Time for my "almost" nightly #Moon shot!
#SantaBarbara #MoonPhotography #MoonPhotos #MoonShots #Photography
Camera settings:
Canon T5i
Sigma 150mm x 600mm
Focal length: 600mm
F-stop: f/8
Exposure time: 1/640
ISO: 800
Moon phase: Waning 66%
#SantaBarbara #MoonPhotography #MoonPhotos #MoonShots #Photography
Camera settings:
Canon T5i
Sigma 150mm x 600mm
Focal length: 600mm
F-stop: f/8
Exposure time: 1/640
ISO: 800
Moon phase: Waning 66%
December 10, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Time for my "almost" nightly #Moon shot!
#SantaBarbara #MoonPhotography #MoonPhotos #MoonShots #Photography
Camera settings:
Canon T5i
Sigma 150mm x 600mm
Focal length: 600mm
F-stop: f/8
Exposure time: 1/640
ISO: 800
Moon phase: Waning 66%
#SantaBarbara #MoonPhotography #MoonPhotos #MoonShots #Photography
Camera settings:
Canon T5i
Sigma 150mm x 600mm
Focal length: 600mm
F-stop: f/8
Exposure time: 1/640
ISO: 800
Moon phase: Waning 66%
A wikipedia only e-paper tablet seems like a genuinely amazing idea.
I genuinely think the way to get kids off social media isn't to ban it, it's to only let under-18s use e-paper phones.
They still have access to everything, the entire internet is at their fingertips, but it just kinda sucks to look at. That's gotta reduce the dopamine delivery by at least 90%.
They still have access to everything, the entire internet is at their fingertips, but it just kinda sucks to look at. That's gotta reduce the dopamine delivery by at least 90%.
Should the UK follow Australia’s under-16s social media ban? It could do more harm than good
Children may be put off telling adults about something harmful they’re not supposed to have seen.
theconversation.com
December 9, 2025 at 11:16 PM
A wikipedia only e-paper tablet seems like a genuinely amazing idea.
The second reckoning is when you figure out the ones that seem the most confident very often know the least...
When you’re a kid you think the adults have it all figured out, then you get older and realize no one knows what the hell’s going on. It’s a real moment.
December 9, 2025 at 10:51 PM
The second reckoning is when you figure out the ones that seem the most confident very often know the least...
There's two kinds of excel users, those that don't use it when they should, and those that use it for everything they shouldn't.
Excel is the devil. The devil is Excel. How anyone works with spreadsheets is beyond me. 😬
December 9, 2025 at 10:37 PM
There's two kinds of excel users, those that don't use it when they should, and those that use it for everything they shouldn't.
Hey... Lay off.
Man in his thirties having trouble finding friends because he actually sucks
Man in his thirties having trouble finding friends because he actually sucks
Local Pub, Everywhere - Local man Fred Marston has realized how tough it is making friends in your thirties, especially when you’re kind of terrible.
www.thebeaverton.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Hey... Lay off.
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Herbert F. Johnson House, Frank Lloyd Wright, Wind Point, USA, 1939
December 9, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Herbert F. Johnson House, Frank Lloyd Wright, Wind Point, USA, 1939
This is what happens when your donors have massive stakes in commercial real estate.
Better prop up those property values and rents with unnatural demand, even if the jobs have no actual benefit from being physically present.
Better prop up those property values and rents with unnatural demand, even if the jobs have no actual benefit from being physically present.
I've said it before and I'll say it again, if the health of your downtown requires that employees be forced back to work your downtown has bigger problems
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
Carney says return-to-office plan for public servants coming soon
Seniority and workplace capacity to be considered, Prime Minister says
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 9, 2025 at 9:41 PM
This is what happens when your donors have massive stakes in commercial real estate.
Better prop up those property values and rents with unnatural demand, even if the jobs have no actual benefit from being physically present.
Better prop up those property values and rents with unnatural demand, even if the jobs have no actual benefit from being physically present.
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My @thestar.com column this week: Bike Share Toronto is riding high but a new growth plan risks putting a proverbial stick in the spokes, with a big focus on extracting more revenue from users.
Let's not let enshittification ruin this ride.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Let's not let enshittification ruin this ride.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Matt Elliott: Why dark clouds loom over Bike Share Toronto, despite its undeniable success
Adding more e-bikes certainly sounds like an admirable goal, but it comes with a downside.
www.thestar.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:24 PM
My @thestar.com column this week: Bike Share Toronto is riding high but a new growth plan risks putting a proverbial stick in the spokes, with a big focus on extracting more revenue from users.
Let's not let enshittification ruin this ride.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Let's not let enshittification ruin this ride.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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Just once I’d like an athlete to say “hail Satan” at the beginning of a post game interview, is that too much to ask
December 9, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Just once I’d like an athlete to say “hail Satan” at the beginning of a post game interview, is that too much to ask
The transit priority false flag.
One of the big barriers to effective transit signal priority in Toronto seems to be that the transportation department believes: a) that they’ve already basically implemented it in a lot of places; and b) that it’s not actually that effective. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
City, TTC taking steps to improve service speed of Finch West LRT, says Chow | CBC News
The newly opened Finch West LRT is moving at an expected pace despite complaints from riders, according to transit officials, but some experts say changes to traffic signals could help it move faster.
www.cbc.ca
December 9, 2025 at 7:59 PM
The transit priority false flag.
"American corn alone, uses nearly eighty times more water annually than all of the worlds AI servers combined."
@hankgreen.bsky.social
@hankgreen.bsky.social
Why is Everyone So Wrong About AI Water Use??
YouTube video by Hank Green
youtu.be
December 9, 2025 at 8:54 AM
"American corn alone, uses nearly eighty times more water annually than all of the worlds AI servers combined."
@hankgreen.bsky.social
@hankgreen.bsky.social
The Australians have declared war, I'd like to see whatever twisted individual dreamed this up and attributed it to us tried in the Hague.
December 9, 2025 at 6:51 AM
The Australians have declared war, I'd like to see whatever twisted individual dreamed this up and attributed it to us tried in the Hague.
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It's not just cutting traffic, it’s cleaning the air. A new Cornell study found that in the first six months of NYC's congestion pricing:
💨 Air pollution dropped by 22% in the core Manhattan zone.
🌳 The benefits spread to all five boroughs AND the suburbs!
news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...
💨 Air pollution dropped by 22% in the core Manhattan zone.
🌳 The benefits spread to all five boroughs AND the suburbs!
news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...
Congestion pricing improved air quality in NYC and suburbs | Cornell Chronicle
Cornell researchers tallied the environmental benefits of New York City’s congestion pricing program and found air pollution dropped by 22% in Manhattan, with additional declines across the city’s fiv...
news.cornell.edu
December 9, 2025 at 3:42 AM
It's not just cutting traffic, it’s cleaning the air. A new Cornell study found that in the first six months of NYC's congestion pricing:
💨 Air pollution dropped by 22% in the core Manhattan zone.
🌳 The benefits spread to all five boroughs AND the suburbs!
news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...
💨 Air pollution dropped by 22% in the core Manhattan zone.
🌳 The benefits spread to all five boroughs AND the suburbs!
news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...
Reposted by Alex Freeman
Plex Submits $35 Bid For Warner Bros.
Plex Submits $35 Bid For Warner Bros.
LOS GATOS, CA—In an attempt to fend off growing competition from Paramount and Netflix, Plex CEO Keith Valory announced Monday that the streaming platform had submitted a $35 bid for Warner Bros. Disc...
theonion.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Plex Submits $35 Bid For Warner Bros.
All I can see is wasted walls, gutters, a bunch of independent inefficient plumbing drainage.
Even in North America we build these suburbs with the adjacency of towns and multiplexes but none of the efficiency.
Even in North America we build these suburbs with the adjacency of towns and multiplexes but none of the efficiency.
We have a real problem in Australia where our environmental standards allow worst practice at both extremes of housing spectrum;
Sprawl; cramped, black roofed, poor materials, no landscape
Towers; all tinted glass that cut out all winter sun while futile in summer, pathetic ‘windows’
Reform needed!
Sprawl; cramped, black roofed, poor materials, no landscape
Towers; all tinted glass that cut out all winter sun while futile in summer, pathetic ‘windows’
Reform needed!
December 9, 2025 at 3:36 AM
All I can see is wasted walls, gutters, a bunch of independent inefficient plumbing drainage.
Even in North America we build these suburbs with the adjacency of towns and multiplexes but none of the efficiency.
Even in North America we build these suburbs with the adjacency of towns and multiplexes but none of the efficiency.
My read on this is that Penn didn't necessarily reject the core kernel of libertarianism but the gaggle of idiots that inevitably comes to any label that picks up steam.
Ideological absolutism is toxic wherever it comes up. It happens time and time again, regardless of what core wisdom existed.
Ideological absolutism is toxic wherever it comes up. It happens time and time again, regardless of what core wisdom existed.
Glad to see people talking about Penn Jillette. The 2024 interview was done by me. I found him to be a refreshingly reflective, self-critical individual who has remained curious and willing to evolve.
December 8, 2025 at 9:21 AM
My read on this is that Penn didn't necessarily reject the core kernel of libertarianism but the gaggle of idiots that inevitably comes to any label that picks up steam.
Ideological absolutism is toxic wherever it comes up. It happens time and time again, regardless of what core wisdom existed.
Ideological absolutism is toxic wherever it comes up. It happens time and time again, regardless of what core wisdom existed.
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
December 8, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
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December 7, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I'm beginning to get the sense that the majority of the negative sentiment towards the usefulness of LLMs is driven by the absolute trash AI overviews from Google.
December 7, 2025 at 7:49 AM
I'm beginning to get the sense that the majority of the negative sentiment towards the usefulness of LLMs is driven by the absolute trash AI overviews from Google.
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Because BirdingToronto, isn't here on BlueSky.
High Park Hawk Watch 2025 Report (.pdf)
Compiled by Sean Fraser
Toronto Ornithological Club
#Birds #Toronto #Ontario #Wildlife 🦅🌿🦉
cdn.wildapricot.com/188723/resou...
High Park Hawk Watch 2025 Report (.pdf)
Compiled by Sean Fraser
Toronto Ornithological Club
#Birds #Toronto #Ontario #Wildlife 🦅🌿🦉
cdn.wildapricot.com/188723/resou...
December 6, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Because BirdingToronto, isn't here on BlueSky.
High Park Hawk Watch 2025 Report (.pdf)
Compiled by Sean Fraser
Toronto Ornithological Club
#Birds #Toronto #Ontario #Wildlife 🦅🌿🦉
cdn.wildapricot.com/188723/resou...
High Park Hawk Watch 2025 Report (.pdf)
Compiled by Sean Fraser
Toronto Ornithological Club
#Birds #Toronto #Ontario #Wildlife 🦅🌿🦉
cdn.wildapricot.com/188723/resou...
Anytime I'm asked what music I'm into I struggle to answer, wrapped always confirms that feeling isn't without reason.
December 4, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Anytime I'm asked what music I'm into I struggle to answer, wrapped always confirms that feeling isn't without reason.
Nooooo, they speak of E. coli counts but this thing just looks like an extension of the marina.
It was swamped with garbage. Now, there's swimmers in this Toronto water basin
YouTube video by CBC News Toronto
youtu.be
December 3, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Nooooo, they speak of E. coli counts but this thing just looks like an extension of the marina.
As usual, the answer to the headline question is usually no.
I switched to Spotify because the app was solid, and the seamless device switching has always been a personal favourite.
Unless Spotify does something truly idiotic or there's an app degradation I don't see myself moving.
I switched to Spotify because the app was solid, and the seamless device switching has always been a personal favourite.
Unless Spotify does something truly idiotic or there's an app degradation I don't see myself moving.
As controversies pile up, is Spotify losing the streaming wars? | CBC News
The popular listening platform Spotify has dominated the streaming industry for years. But there have been recent calls to boycott the platform over controversies surrounding issues like artist compen...
www.cbc.ca
November 29, 2025 at 1:35 PM
As usual, the answer to the headline question is usually no.
I switched to Spotify because the app was solid, and the seamless device switching has always been a personal favourite.
Unless Spotify does something truly idiotic or there's an app degradation I don't see myself moving.
I switched to Spotify because the app was solid, and the seamless device switching has always been a personal favourite.
Unless Spotify does something truly idiotic or there's an app degradation I don't see myself moving.