I still take Via Rail whenever I have to go to Toronto, Ottawa or Quebec from Montreal, and it's so convenient and relaxing to go from home to somewhere in another city entirely by rail the whole way. Especially compared to the circus that is flying today. But why does it have to be so dogdamn slooooow. And I wish there were more than a couple viable destinations for someone who doesn't want to drive everywhere.

Interesting map from the report:

I hope they manage to deepen and to leverage more those partnerships.

And it warms my heart to hear about local governments reaching out to cooperate internationally on progressive policies, despite their backwards central governments. Even though I understand the real-world impact of those partnerships can be limited.

The Pact was established in 2019 by four Central European capitals—Bratislava, Budapest, Prague, and Warsaw—to share best practices in urban development and municipal governance, as well as to resist illiberal and populist practices of their respective central governments. Since then, the regional platform has expanded to cover municipalities across Europe, such as Berlin, Paris, Riga, and Vienna, and across North America, including Los Angeles, Boston, Seattle, and Chicago. It currently boasts 45 members. In 2021, the Taiwanese cities of Taipei and Taoyuan became the Pact’s first, and so far only, members from East Asia.

There's a video in the article showing a few, like pitching a tent and then taking it down.

Checking the results of your cat scan

It looks like they're considering using engines from Rolls-Royce:

https://www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/nova-scotia/article/waiting-in-the-wings-ns-company-could-benefit-from-potential-jet-deal/

I'm old enough that the first kind of "web search" that I used were manually compiled website directories. Some are still around, maybe try a few and see if you like them. Come to think of it, it's probably still a fun way of exploring websites around a subject. Here's the current incarnation of one of the most prominent ones:

https://curlie.org/

So far I've loved every tv show Taika Waititi has been involved with, and many of them I've only found out when checking "ok, what else has he done" on wikipedia. Most recently, Reservation Dogs and Our Flag Means Death.

Also, I think there are many canadian tv shows that are really good and deserve a wider global audience: like Heated Rivalry, 19-2 (the original one in French) and Happily Married (C'est comme ça que je t'aime).

I used to half-jokingly say what would really be good would be a Better Call Kim spin-off. This all honestly sounds even better!

Happy birthday! Solid distro indeed. Why does no one remember my guy Aeon exists tho 💀

It's a great show, at least the earlier seasons. And (from my limited perspective as a clueless outsider) seemed to represent native culture and integrate it into the storyline in a very natural and non-otherizing way.

Hey, a fellow Ayreonaut in the wild!

Yeah, how could I forget about him. Anyone who's into science fiction and prog rock should check it out, and his other projects like Star One too.

Humans are beyond the environment

Had the chance to visit last year, really cute city with a great waterfront. But the river was running real fast then (in December), kinda shocking to see it can get so still.

The other teasers were ok-ish, but this one gave me goose bumps as a book reader!

So maybe that's where all the good copper went to, someone was desperately trying to get into Ningal's good graces

Remote functions look great! Glad to see they went a similar route to telefunc, which is what I've been using to fill this gap. It's pretty good already, but of course if I can drop a dependency, that's a win.

Jes, mi ankaŭ estas tie, kvankam mi forgesis pri ĝi post kiam mi aliĝis. Amuze, mi nuntempe legas la ĝustan saman libron, kiun mi tie registris kiel legonta (Solaris de Stanislaŭ Lem). Mi ĝisdatigis ĝin al leganta, dankon pro la rememorigado!

I've watched the first episode, yeah doesn't look like it's gonna be the Inuit version of Reservation Dogs as I would've hoped, but still probably a show I'll enjoy watching.

Ja, ankaŭ bonas havi ne-usonan alternativon por tradukiloj.

Wellington Paranormal is hilarious. Didn't know about this movie though, will add to my watchlist, thank you!