PartTimeGrue

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Father, husband, Bluenose, Maritimer, Canadian. Born, raised, proud, flag waving and not uncritical patriotic. Strive for better. Omnivore, runner, cyclist, heretic, writer, reducer, reuser, recycler, repairer, evil mutant.

#TTRPG #DSL #Python

Have been making a DSL for OpenD6 spells in Python for months, now. Things are moving forward nicely.

What's important right now is 76 static type-hint errors.

Some are pesky, fussy bits. Some are fairly serious "did I really mean that?" design questions. And some are "Yep, that's actually a bug without a solid unit test case."

It's a game of chicken. Which ends first?
Will I run out of coffee? Will I run out of errors?

"Most major tech companies in Canada are U.S. owned and controlled and subject to U.S. laws. Sixty per cent of cloud capacity is owned by three hyperscalers (large-scale cloud service providers that operate massive data centres to offer vast computing power, storage and networking capabilities to large customers): Amazon Web Services or AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud."

https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2026/01/29/Big-Tech-Spearheads-US-Threat-Canada/

#Canada

How Big Tech Spearheads the US Threat to Canada | The Tyee

American digital giants are deeply entrenched here, making the building of Carney’s ‘sovereign cloud’ near impossible.

The Tyee

The Golden Age: Canada's Golden Hawks

Before the Snowbirds, the Golden Hawks ruled the skies. Formed in 1959 for the RCAF's 35th anniversary, they flew frontline F-86 Sabre jets—not trainers. Their striking gold-and-red paint scheme and daring low-level shows made them legends. Their controversial disbandment in 1964 was met with public outcry, solidifying their place as one of Canada's most revered air teams. #Canada #GoldenHawks #RCAF #Aviation 🇨🇦

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Hawks

Data breach at Canada Computers & Electronics leaks personal customer information
Canada Computers & Electronics says a data breach has leaked information about some of its customers, though several say they are unhappy with the scant details the retailer has provided — including how many of them were affected, and when the breach occurred.
#databreach #customerinformation #Canada
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/canada-computers-data-breach-website-9.7067138?cmp=rss
Think you're buying Canadian? That grocery item may actually be from the U.S. | CBC News

The push to buy Canadian is loud and clear, but are those local-looking products the real deal? CBC Marketplace exposes how some popular foods that seem Canadian are actually made in the U.S. Experts say some patriotic packaging may confuse shoppers, a practice called "maple washing."

CBC

🕵️ TOMORROW! Crack open the case as newly liberated books, films & music enter the #publicdomain.

From Betty Boop & Pluto’s debut to “Georgia on My Mind” & King of Jazz, join us online for talks, clips & conversation with artists, librarians & scholars.

📅 Weds Jan 21
🕙 10:00 AM PT / 🕐 1 PM ET
📍VIRTUAL
🎟️ FREE ⤵️ https://blog.archive.org/event/the-case-of-the-disappearing-copyright-virtual-public-domain-day-2026/

#PublicDomainDay

It’s like a cancer.

Communities like this one, once relatively immune, are seeing an exponential increase in farmland loss to Ford's mafioso developer/donor pals.

He couldn't give away the Greenbelt, so...

Easier in places like this, too, where council was a few years ago voted 'least transparent in Canada' and the family of the ex-acting deputy chief of police is known locally as 'the Stratford mafia.'

See alttext for more details.

#stratford #canada #environment #alttext

Working on finishing touches and mistakes correction for this #killteam of Navis Breachers. Only discovered #KillTeamIntoTheDark when the new rules were announced and none of the expansions were available. Nevertheless it makes a good #RogueTrader team in a Lord-Captain’s retinue. #minipainting