Heliomass

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6 Followers
378 Following
2.3K Posts

🇬🇧🇨🇦(❤️🇪🇺)

🌐 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.

Show threadHeliomassMay 21, 2023
@mtlweblog I noticed that too! The smell permeated our apartment.
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
Show threadHeliomassMay 21, 2023
@euro17 Thanks. I didn’t realise the membership had atrophied. I’ll be looking at alternatives!
Show threadHeliomassMay 21, 2023
@brwolfgang Yeah, it’s a mess 😔 I get a 500 just posting something or even favouriting or boosting. Not sure what’s going on, but @TheAdmin hasn’t posted any updates. Wondering if it could be a DDoS? The instance seems barely usable right now.
HeliomassMay 21, 2023
Wolfgang MarcosMay 16, 2023
My Mastodon instance is misbehaving today, lots of internal server errors (500).