Adam :CApride:
@adam.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy
Priest in the Anglican Church of Canada and The Episcopal Church, living in Vancouver BC with my husband and our beagle, Daniel. #YVR 🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://mstdn.ca/@adam, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
"The people holding up the internet" A good-looking but somewhat depressing exposé about the people holding up current digital infrastructure as a hobby. https://sheets.works/data-viz/holding-up-the-internet
The people holding up the internet
Four billion phones ask one text file what time it is. One lecturer keeps it in his spare time. We counted the rest.
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I’ve used Evernote for almost a decade, mostly for organizing work projects. But the winning combination of ever increasing subscription costs, reduced features (fewer devices synced, limits on number of notes), and the cramming of unwanted AI into the software has meant that I’ve finally jumped […]
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We recently updated our bot policy on toot.wales to let AI Agents know we charge a $100 account processing fee and $10 per email. Here's an email I got from one of them. Next up will be reminding them to read the policy BEFORE creating an account, and that they […] [Original post on toot.wales]
For those looking at ways they can participate in digital sovereignty, the Toronto Internet Exchange runs a publicly available NTP pool that you can use for your devices, network hardware, etc... https://www.torix.ca/community-projects/ #DigitalSovereignty #ElbowsUp #TORIX #NTP
## Stratum 1 NTP Cluster TorIX hosts a stratum 1 NTP cluster which is globally reachable and handles 500,000 queries per minute, mostly from within North America. Our servers are reachable at ntp.torix.ca using IPv4 or IPv6 and we are listed as part of NTP Pool Project. We run multiple separate time sources for redundancy. **ntp1.torix.ca** (206.108.0.131 or 2602:fde5:2a::11) **ntp2.torix.ca**(206.108.0.132 or 2602:fde5:2a::12) **ntp3.torix.ca** (206.108.0.133 or 2602:fde5:2a::13) You are free to use our NTP servers if you wish. We recommend you use hostnames, if possible, rather than hard-coding the IPv4 or IPV6 addresses. The hostname **ntp.torix.ca** will return the above IP addresses in a round-robin fashion and this is the preferred hostname to use. If you are using ntpd for NTP, please consider using “pool ntp.torix.ca” rather than “server ntp.torix.ca” as the pool syntax will accept multiple IP’s from a DNS query and refresh occasionally as well, so any IP changes will not impact your NTP servers. ## AS112 Project We run an AS112 Project node to help reduce the load on the global domain name system. ## NLNOG RING Node We participate in the NLNOG RING which is exclusive to network operators and allows them to trouble-shoot and debug network issues across the world.
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Finished reading a great new book, The Iron Garden Sutra, by A.D. Sui, courtesy of the Vancouver Public Library. About to return it in case anyone else wants a good sci-fi read. #VancouverPublicLibrary #bookstodon
It's been on my to-do list for a while, but the events of the last week have pushed it to the front burner. I'm looking to move away from Backblaze for my NAS backup needs to a Canadian S3 storage provider. Right now I'm considering stormdevelopments.ca and objectstore.ca. Anyone have […]
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Interesting read from Dean Blundell about one particular aspect of the Canada/US trade collapse, and the financial implications for the US. https://deanblundell.substack.com/p/breaking-trump-tried-to-slip-a-snapback
BREAKING: Trump Tried To Slip A “Snapback” Provision Into Canada Deal. Carney Caught It. Told Trump To F*** Off. Now Trump Is Threatening Military Force.
Canada put a bullet in trade relations with Trump Yesterday after a last minute change that would allow Trump to tariff us anytime. Carney is poised to retaliate BIGLY Trump wants to go to war.
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While up in Whitehorse, I came across this abandoned structure on the top of the Whitehorse escarpment, overlooking the city below, not far from the airport. It has a rich patina of graffiti now, and is being used as a shelter, but I’m curious as to what it was […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]
The stickers are ready to be handed out at Vancouver Pride later this morning! #VancouverPride #Pride #Vancouver #Anglican
On my last night in Whitehorse, I hiked up the Black Street Steps to the top of the Whitehorse escarpment. #Whitehorse
A great examination of the challenges facing the postal system in the US. And while it is specific to the USPS, it rhymes with what is happening at Canada Post and other postal systems around the world. https://www.npr.org/2026/03/25/nx-s1-5760859/the-plight-of-the-u-s-postal-service […]
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Why does the bed feel so good if we are meant to get out of it?
If this world ever ceases to take my breath away, then I will have lived too long. A summer evening view of the Yukon landscape on the final approach into Whitehorse. #Whitehorse #Yukon #Canada
I find it appalling that a Canadian company, NovaRed, would hire Kristi Noem, after everything we know about her from her time as the head of Homeland Security. And they seem to be proud of it […]
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For our first Canada Day as Canadian citizens, we’re having friends over and serving up some traditional Canadian dishes. I present the butter tarts for dessert. #CanadaDay #ButterTarts
I started a sourdough recipe yesterday and set the dough up for its bulk rise, and then proceeded to forget about it. Upon waking this morning, I remembered what I had done and found it nearly overflowing its bowl in the microwave where I had left it. Seeing now if I can salvage it… #sourdough
Daniel was unimpressed by the glaciers, but he held the minority opinion. #ColumbiaIceField #JasperNationalPark #beagle #DogsOfMastodon
