Rich Lafferty
@rich.lafferty.ca
Disaster prevention chihuahua. Reliability at PagerDuty. Living on unceded land in Punamue'katikt, Mi'kma'ki (Dartmouth, NS). May all beings be free from suffering. He/him.
also hachyderm.io/@mendel.
formerly @mendel on twitter.
www.lafferty.ca
also hachyderm.io/@mendel.
formerly @mendel on twitter.
www.lafferty.ca
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Rich Lafferty
@rich.lafferty.ca
· Oct 19
Well this thing seems to be getting popular. Intro post(s) time!
Professionally, I'm a staff reliability engineer (#SRE) at PagerDuty, where my interests lie in #LearningFromIncidents, #HumanFactors and safety.
Personally... (1/2 - cat pictures to follow)
Professionally, I'm a staff reliability engineer (#SRE) at PagerDuty, where my interests lie in #LearningFromIncidents, #HumanFactors and safety.
Personally... (1/2 - cat pictures to follow)
I hate the reddit convention of marking sarcasm with "/s". You're all on a text-based website! Learn to read nuance! Embrace Poe's law!
November 10, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I hate the reddit convention of marking sarcasm with "/s". You're all on a text-based website! Learn to read nuance! Embrace Poe's law!
Reposted by Rich Lafferty
In the pics of SS Edmund Fitzgerald at launch the ship and its lines are visibly so much straighter
October 20, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Reposted by Rich Lafferty
In the last known image of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald, you can see the structural fatigue where she had started sagging in the middle. Freaky!
October 20, 2025 at 6:04 PM
In the last known image of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald, you can see the structural fatigue where she had started sagging in the middle. Freaky!
Reposted by Rich Lafferty
Remembering Indigenous Veterans
Emily Kewageshig ~ Anishinaabe
n.d.
Emily Kewageshig ~ Anishinaabe
n.d.
November 8, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Remembering Indigenous Veterans
Emily Kewageshig ~ Anishinaabe
n.d.
Emily Kewageshig ~ Anishinaabe
n.d.
caaats in the waaaaay
all you are are cats in the waaaaaay
all you are are cats in the waaaaaay
November 9, 2025 at 11:41 PM
caaats in the waaaaay
all you are are cats in the waaaaaay
all you are are cats in the waaaaaay
what did you think i was looking for in that group, facebook
November 9, 2025 at 3:26 AM
what did you think i was looking for in that group, facebook
SOMEONE is extra NEEDY tonight
(the someone is stella)
(the someone is stella)
November 9, 2025 at 3:02 AM
SOMEONE is extra NEEDY tonight
(the someone is stella)
(the someone is stella)
TIL "tunneling"!
Tunneling involves moving planes below normal altitude to relieve pressure on the upper altitude controllers and traffic volume. A bunch of flights from NYC to the Carolinas and Virginia are flying at 6-8000' instead of 30000+ to increase flow, though less efficient fuel burn. (2/2)
Make sense?
Make sense?
November 9, 2025 at 2:26 AM
TIL "tunneling"!
Since it looks like they unstuck the Detroit BIG BOAT STUCK, i'm here to reassure you that the Newfoundland BIG BOAT STUCK, the MSC Baltic III, is still stuck (since Feb 15).
She's in the news today because she took some damage in a recent cyclonic storm. She's going to be salvaged in place.
She's in the news today because she took some damage in a recent cyclonic storm. She's going to be salvaged in place.
November 9, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Since it looks like they unstuck the Detroit BIG BOAT STUCK, i'm here to reassure you that the Newfoundland BIG BOAT STUCK, the MSC Baltic III, is still stuck (since Feb 15).
She's in the news today because she took some damage in a recent cyclonic storm. She's going to be salvaged in place.
She's in the news today because she took some damage in a recent cyclonic storm. She's going to be salvaged in place.
random Oreo Blizzard just showed up on my doorstep with no delivery company packaging that might suggest its intended destination
November 8, 2025 at 9:31 PM
random Oreo Blizzard just showed up on my doorstep with no delivery company packaging that might suggest its intended destination
we're watching the GSOC curling semifinals and @candice.eastcoastcandice.com has decided that freezes are now called snuggles
November 8, 2025 at 7:53 PM
we're watching the GSOC curling semifinals and @candice.eastcoastcandice.com has decided that freezes are now called snuggles
Reposted by Rich Lafferty
Reposted by Rich Lafferty
I mean, look at that cream, look at that custard
Detail from Pie Rows, 1962
Detail from Pie Rows, 1962
November 6, 2025 at 11:23 PM
I mean, look at that cream, look at that custard
Detail from Pie Rows, 1962
Detail from Pie Rows, 1962
this thread (and this idea) is very good
THURSDAY ART SHOW! If you are a working artist (i.e. you depend on income from your art) just respond to this post with your non-pornographic, non-violent, non-Al generated ✨CAT-RELATED✨ art/crafts and I will repost! From now until 10:30 pm EST. Include any relevant links like your website or etsy!
November 8, 2025 at 2:19 AM
this thread (and this idea) is very good
booked an hour of practice time at the curling club, GREATLY underestimated how tiring throwing rock after rock would be, took all 16 rocks down and back and called it a day after 45 minutes. I guess that's why they book practice time in 30min increments!
"let's do an hour of nonstop lunges" -- me
"let's do an hour of nonstop lunges" -- me
November 7, 2025 at 10:10 PM
booked an hour of practice time at the curling club, GREATLY underestimated how tiring throwing rock after rock would be, took all 16 rocks down and back and called it a day after 45 minutes. I guess that's why they book practice time in 30min increments!
"let's do an hour of nonstop lunges" -- me
"let's do an hour of nonstop lunges" -- me
Reposted by Rich Lafferty
So this Tim Houston “it’s come to my attention” statement on Poppies in Courtrooms did happen…. In Saskatchewan, but nowhere in his statement does he disclose this leading it to be manipulatively framed as if it happened in Nova Scotia, scoring him cheap political points.
Smh
Smh
Saskatoon prosecutor upset she is not allowed to wear a poppy in court | CBC News
A Saskatoon prosecutor says she should be allowed to honour veterans by wearing a poppy in court. Lana Morelli was told that she cannot.
www.cbc.ca
November 7, 2025 at 3:37 PM
So this Tim Houston “it’s come to my attention” statement on Poppies in Courtrooms did happen…. In Saskatchewan, but nowhere in his statement does he disclose this leading it to be manipulatively framed as if it happened in Nova Scotia, scoring him cheap political points.
Smh
Smh
ok Buldak hot chicken ramen lives up to its name and is a little too much for me 🥵
November 7, 2025 at 5:24 PM
ok Buldak hot chicken ramen lives up to its name and is a little too much for me 🥵
wow, rude
If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.
November 6, 2025 at 11:26 PM
wow, rude
Halifax folks! I am selling winter tires from a car I no longer have. Bridgestone Blizzak WS90 195/65R15, 9/32" tread left, date code 0223, used two winters, mounted on 5x114.3 rims that are about ten years old. Asking $350.
www.facebook.com/marketplace/...
www.facebook.com/marketplace/...
November 6, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Halifax folks! I am selling winter tires from a car I no longer have. Bridgestone Blizzak WS90 195/65R15, 9/32" tread left, date code 0223, used two winters, mounted on 5x114.3 rims that are about ten years old. Asking $350.
www.facebook.com/marketplace/...
www.facebook.com/marketplace/...
this reminds me of how men's deodorant is named after concepts instead of things
Fresh. Clean. Swagger. Captain. Adventure. Naval diplomacy. Arctic. Infinite. Sport.
Fresh. Clean. Swagger. Captain. Adventure. Naval diplomacy. Arctic. Infinite. Sport.
After like 30 years of wishing women’s deodorant didn’t smell like lavender, baby powder, berries, or other such things - Secret makes a scent called Mountain Air that smells more like men’s deodorant. I dig it.
November 5, 2025 at 12:30 AM
this reminds me of how men's deodorant is named after concepts instead of things
Fresh. Clean. Swagger. Captain. Adventure. Naval diplomacy. Arctic. Infinite. Sport.
Fresh. Clean. Swagger. Captain. Adventure. Naval diplomacy. Arctic. Infinite. Sport.
I found the perfect curling pants but they're sold out in my size :(
November 5, 2025 at 12:12 AM
I found the perfect curling pants but they're sold out in my size :(
frickin' wimdy, b'y
Powles Head Lightstation near Trepassey peak wind gust of 170.6 km/h through 7:50pm. Yikes.
Cape Pine Lightstation peak wind gust is 156.1 km/h.
#NLwx
Cape Pine Lightstation peak wind gust is 156.1 km/h.
#NLwx
November 4, 2025 at 11:34 PM
frickin' wimdy, b'y
incidentally my favourite blocklist i'm on is an "anti-woke" one that was accidentally created as a curation list instead of a moderation list
November 4, 2025 at 3:05 AM
incidentally my favourite blocklist i'm on is an "anti-woke" one that was accidentally created as a curation list instead of a moderation list