Heliomass

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🇬🇧🇨🇦(❤️🇪🇺)

🌐 https://heliomass.com

I mainly post about:
• #transit and #urbanism
• #retrocomputing and #retrogaming
• #Apple (#iPhone and #Mac) things
• Life in #Montreal (often from the perspective of a #Brit)
• U.K. and Canadian politics (sorry)
• Photos of my #cats

Wishes life were more like an episode of QI.

Website / Bloghttps://heliomass.com
GitHubhttps://github.com/heliomass
LocationMontreal, Canada 🇨🇦
HeliomassMay 21, 2023
Hello, I will be migrating my account to @heliomass. If all goes well, no one following me should need to do anything.
HeliomassMay 21, 2023
(moving) APODMay 21, 2023

Tardigrade in Moss

Image Credit & Copyright: Nicole Ottawa & Oliver Meckes / Eye of Science / Science Source Images

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230521.html #APOD

APOD: 2023 May 21 – Tardigrade in Moss

A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.

HeliomassMay 21, 2023
📖 “How Tokyo Became an Anti-Car Paradise” https://heatmap.news/economy/tokyo-anti-car-pedestrian-paradise /via @lonrec #LongRead #transit #Japan
How Tokyo Became an Anti-Car Paradise

The world’s biggest, most functional city might also be the most pedestrian-friendly. That’s not a coincidence.

Heatmap News
HeliomassMay 21, 2023
Rachael Ava 💁🏻‍♀️May 21, 2023

 Did you know that the word "trans" is Latin for "across"? So when you say that you're transgender, you're saying that "you've changed across gender", and I think that's a beautiful way to look at it. 

#LGBTQ #Trans #Transgender #Latin

HeliomassMay 21, 2023
Stuart May 21, 2023
Train stations in the UK each have 3 letter codes. For instance Kings Cross is KGX and Leeds is LDS. What's the best journey you can do in 3 letter codes?

HIP ➡️ HOP (Highams Park to Hope, Derbyshire)
SKI ➡️ SEA (Skipton to Seaham)
BUY ➡️ HAT (Burley Park to Hatfield)
EGG ➡️ HEN (Eggesford to Hendon)
TIP ➡️ TOP (Tipton to Topsham)
TOO ➡️ HOT (Tooting to Henley-on-Thames)
TAT ➡️ TOO (Tattenham Corner to Tooting)
HeliomassMay 21, 2023
Michael StancliftDec 21, 2022
To everyone who landed at mastodon.cloud because it was a cool TLD, and now realized you’re on an unmoderated instance funded by a cryptobro, our signups are now open. http://vmst.io
vmst·io

Mastodon for respectful technologists, geeks and nerds of every type and stripe.

Mastodon hosted on vmst.io
HeliomassMay 21, 2023
Wolfgang MarcosMay 16, 2023
My Mastodon instance is misbehaving today, lots of internal server errors (500).
HeliomassMay 21, 2023
Show threadWolfgang MarcosMay 21, 2023
Finally pinpointed it: it seems that any interaction with users/toots from Mastodon.social causes errors. I believe my server admin blocked this instance (spam issues), but it’s weird how their content still show up to me.
HeliomassMay 20, 2023
Frankie ✅May 20, 2023

Let It Go: Austrian town that looks just like Frozen builds fence to stop selfie-taking tourists

https://www.euronews.com/travel/2023/05/19/let-it-go-austrian-town-that-looks-just-like-frozen-builds-fence-to-stop-selfie-taking-tou

Let It Go: This Austrian town built a fence to block tourists' selfies

Hallstatt’s Mayor told the Austrian press that the town’s residents just want to be left alone.

euronews
HeliomassMay 20, 2023
Mr.Mark "The Sharpie King"May 19, 2023

I just talked to my tax guy today and learn something that blew my mind and also made me gnash my teeth.

You know all those giant pick-up trucks on the road and huge SUVs that people drive to pick up a quart of milk with?

Well, if the drivers are business owners, they are incentivized to buy the larger vehicles. Trucks with 6-foot beds, or full-size SUVs are 100% deductible, while smaller vehicles are not.

This just adds insult to injury to the fact that we are subsidizing fossil fuels to the tune of $11 million dollars a minute around the world.