Rob Russell (@oration.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy)

@oration.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy Oct 10, 2026, 1:40 PM

I already considered AI to be a fuckton of bullshit, I suppose it makes sense for it to be a metric fuckton of bullshit now that they're using SI.

@thetnholler.bsky.social Oct 6, 2026, 4:13 PMReposted by @oration.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

JON STEWART: “So in the FUTURE we WILL use A.I. to cure diseases… but right now it’s mostly murder, surveillance, and surge pricing for the McRib — What a trade! I’m getting the sense you guys might be full of shit.”

@oration.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy Oct 6, 2026, 4:34 PM

@nev Because that is the size of the palm rest on a proper vintage stinkpad!

@raganwald.social.bau-ha.us.ap.brid.gy Oct 5, 2026, 10:06 PMReposted by @oration.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

Some shots a fellow @SOSAGlidingClub member (and extremely patient volunteer instructor) took during Friday afternoon’s winch session. That’s Toronto gleaming in the not-too-distant-distance.

We have fall intro flights available. My own journey began with […]

[Original post on social.bau-ha.us]

A wide landscape photograph captures a sunset over a dark expanse of land under a blue sky. The sun is positioned low on the horizon, casting a bright, golden light and a vertical flare downwards. Scattered, small clouds are spread across the sky, illuminated with orange and golden hues. The sky transitions from a light orange near the horizon to a pale blue at the top. Below the horizon, the landscape consists of dark, indistinct patches of fields and trees.

An aerial view of a vast, flat landscape under a sky colored with pale orange, yellow, and light blue. Low-lying, wispy clouds are scattered across the sky, catching the light. On the distant left horizon, a cluster of bright, glowing yellow lights is visible, while a dark, flat treeline extends across the right horizon. The landscape below is a patchwork of brown and green fields interspersed with dense clusters of trees. Small, white and dark structures are scattered among the trees in the foreground and middle ground.

An aerial view of a vast landscape under a sky transitioning from light blue to orange and pink hues near the horizon. The horizon is a straight line, with wispy clouds visible on the right side of the sky. Below the horizon, the landscape consists of patches of green fields and dense dark green forests. In the foreground, there is a large area with winding, light-colored paths through green grass, and a straight road runs vertically through the right side of the frame. At the bottom right corner, corner, a cluster of white structures and silos is visible.

@nev.status.nevillepark.ca.ap.brid.gy Oct 3, 2026, 12:24 AMReposted by @oration.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

Lmao some Karen is like "what are you going to do about the Phoenix [an iconic nightclub] moving to the Parkdale Hall? We just got the area cleaned up" (she actually mentioned "hookers and crackheads"). Two of the younger women candidates were just like "oh sick I can't wait to go to the shows" […]

@oration.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy Oct 2, 2026, 8:42 PM

@nev Remind me what models of stinkpad you're rocking?

@oration.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy Oct 2, 2026, 7:22 PM

@nev I happen to have picked up my spare Shinobi this morning (I have a noisy one for home and a silent one that I use when I have an office job), would you like to try a trial loaner?

@oration.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy Oct 2, 2026, 5:28 PM

@nev if you wanted something less portable, I have and love my Tek Shinobi.

@oration.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy Oct 2, 2026, 4:50 PM

@nev This post reminded me that I was planning to recommend you consider a specific bluetooth keyboard for yourself - https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005012720449303.html

@oration.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy Sep 11, 2026, 8:08 PM

For those enroute to drink in a park (Christie Pits) with me this evening, live location tracking is now operational on the invitation link: https://celebra.tion.ca/

@oration.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy Sep 9, 2026, 6:16 PM

@mhoye Excel is absolutely an under-recognized source of financial risk in finance: https://www.accountingweb.co.uk/tech/excel/were-spreadsheets-a-vehicle-for-the-societe-generale-fraud

@mhoye.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy Sep 8, 2026, 2:50 AMReposted by @oration.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

My fellow aging white men I am begging you to understand that when you are saying out loud that things were better back when you lived in comfortable ignorance, all anyone else can hear is that you are definitely still doing that.

@oration.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy Sep 8, 2026, 9:18 PM

RE: https://mas.to/@sosaglidingbot/117230469604204286

A good 226km flight yesterday, successfully completing all 3 #ProvingGrounds tasks in a single flight! Some very unfortunate employment circumstances kept me from getting in much solo flying this summer, let's hope for more good days in 2026 […]

@raganwald.social.bau-ha.us.ap.brid.gy Sep 2, 2026, 5:29 PMReposted by @oration.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

“I am dreading our LLM-written incident report future” from @norootcause nails it:

https://surfingcomplexity.blog/2026/06/19/i-am-dreading-our-llm-written-incident-report-future/