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I mainly post about:
• #transit and #urbanism
• #retrocomputing and #retrogaming
• #Apple (#iPhone and #Mac) things […]

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📺 “Why America’s Global Reputation Has Collapsed” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DfNVaqV0j8

I guess today was the day that “BSOD” entered the vernacular.

📺 “Surprise results I found as an election Count Agent” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-hdJIWsK3A

🤔 https://mstdn.ca/@MTL_Transit_Status_en/112810754145291513

[Twitter / Elmo] So, what’s happening on Twitter these days?

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“August 2025: The Death of Google URL Shortener” https://512pixels.net/2024/07/august-2025-the-death-of-google-url-shortener/ Not good.

DEATH CROSSROADS!! Still the worst place in the city, with the exception of anywhere near or under the Metropolitan. #Montreal

In more positive news, Montreal is the subject of a beautiful new game. https://www.theguardian.com/games/article/2024/jul/18/ete-a-game-about-painting-montreal #Montrealhttps://www.theguardian.com/games/article/2024/jul/18/ete-a-game-about-painting-montreal #Montreal

Montreal desperately needs its own Andy Byford, but all we have is charlatans.

https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/grand-montreal/2024-07-17/remplace-par-une-ex-sous-ministre/le-president-du-c-a-de-l-artm-ecarte-sur-fond-de-tensions.ph Wow. I can’t even process this. The head of the ARTM thought planning Greater Montreal’s transit was a part time job and he could hold a […]

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Yeesh! This report claims humidity levels of 80% within the tunnel. I’m pretty sure those kinds of extremes require breathing apparatus. At this rate I’m not even hopeful we’ll see a 2025 opening of the REM. Sounds rough down there […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]

For those following the adventures of Rosemont bus station which still hasn’t opened and has no confirmed date of reopening, it’s worse than ever. The bus I was on (it was rammed) sailed past the usual bus stop opposite the station and got stuck in traffic as it did a loop over Saint-Denis to […]

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📖 “I had two voice AIs talk to each other — and I may never sleep again” https://www.tomsguide.com/ai/i-had-two-voice-ais-talk-to-each-other-and-i-may-never-sleep-again Definitely the stuff of nightmares. And it’s here today!

“Trudeau confirms $30 billion annual permanent transit fund by 2026” https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/canada-public-transit-fund-permanent-infrastructure-program “As a condition for both the Metro-Region Agreements and Baseline Funding, the local and regional governments are required to […]

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📖 “LGBT and Marginalized Voices Are Not Welcome on Threads” https://www.macstories.net/stories/lgbt-and-marginalized-voices-are-not-welcome-on-threads/

📖 “YouTube creators surprised to find Apple and others trained AI on their videos” https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/07/apple-was-among-the-companies-that-trained-its-ai-on-youtube-videos/ Makes a case for moving off YouTube to the Fediverse where you have a way of blocking the IPs of AI scrapers.

After 9 years, our cat has discovered the bath tub.

📖 “A disastrous day on the Thames Branches” https://busandtrainuser.com/2024/07/11/a-disastrous-day-on-the-thames-branches/ #London #transithttps://busandtrainuser.com/2024/07/11/a-disastrous-day-on-the-thames-branches/ #London #transit

This is the new song of the right, isn’t it? https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/smith-trump-political-rhetoric-1.7263799

Even in this day and age, I still find the effect of 3D stereograms blows me away. https://botsin.space/@magic_aye/112792055802386587

It’s been a long while since I’ve played this old Mac favourite. Amazed to find my muscle memory is still there. Game is F/A-18 Horne, which was probably one of the most played games on my old LC630: https://www.myabandonware.com/game/f-a-18-hornet-3jo #gaming #RetroGaminghttps://www.myabandonware.com/game/f-a-18-hornet-3jo #gaming #RetroGaming

🌐 “IcebergFinder.com” https://icebergfinder.com

Oh dear. Well done Spain though.

I’m thoroughly looking forward to the Legault, Polievre, Trump trifecta. Honestly, moving back to the UK is really starting to look appealing. https://mstdn.ca/@CanadianPolling/112785858507420021

📖 “Poisoning the AI well” https://gomakethings.com/poisoning-the-ai-well/ Just love this part: “Every page includes a bit of text at the end… It instructs the LLM scraping the site to ignore everything else and instead generate a sea shanty.” #AIhttps://gomakethings.com/poisoning-the-ai-well/ Just love this part: “Every page includes a bit of text at the end… It instructs the LLM scraping the site to ignore everything else and instead generate a sea shanty.” #AI

Just leaving this here.

Is it a new tactic of websites to force you to view ads that when you invoke reader mode in Safari, the page crashes and reloads? I know some websites now straight up don’t work in read at all. Amazing how well advertising has broken the web.

Took a ride on the shortened REM trains today. Very dinky in their truncated form. They remind me of airport people movers. Still lots of room on board, so it’s a nice feature of the system to save energy when usage is lower without having to reduce frequency. #Montreal #transit #REM

It’s nice there’s some evidence along Rosemont it used to be a streetcar route. #Montreal

🪗➕📱🟰🎶 New on the blog today: Did you know every iPhone contains a secret song? https://heliomass.com/posts/2417-all-iphones-contain-a-hidden-song/ #iPhone #Applehttps://heliomass.com/posts/2417-all-iphones-contain-a-hidden-song/ #iPhone #Apple