🇨🇦🇬🇧 Transit / retro gaming / politics / cats Runs mainly on Yorkshire Tea and root beer. Blog: https://heliomass.com Correspondent for @lonrec.bsky.social Creator of @mtltransitstatusen.bsky.social On Mastodon too: https://mastodon.heliomass.com <*>
📖 | Open source project fools AI scrapers with poisoned font
Open source project fools AI scrapers with poisoned fontShieldFont is available today if you've got copy that needs protectingwww.theregister.com📖 | What is Britain’s second city?
What is Britain’s second city?Manchester has the strongest case in the eyes of Britonsyougov.com@longbranchmike.bsky.social Seems positive they’re investing in the existing network in parallel with developing Alto.
𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇THIS JUST IN: In #Canada, federal government announces almost $2B for 45 new battery-diesel Via Rail passenger locomotives The hybrid locos, first in North America, will be built by #Switzerland 's Stadler. 📷 Stadler's EUR9000 hybrid loco www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
📖 | DOOM on regex - find & replace as a computer This is impressive. I’m going to hope the RegEx wasn’t all coded by hand 😅
DOOM on regex - find & replace as a computer4rh1t3ct0r7.github.io📖 | Podcast Apps: A Framework for Dying Slowly with Dignity However this plays out, I’m glad my favourite podcast app is in the hands of someone who thinks so deeply about the medium.
Podcast Apps: A Framework for Dying Slowly with DignityWhy I'm making the decisions I'm making for Castrowww.uncommonapps.nyc📖 | This post title will not show until it is five minutes away. I think I may have discovered my favourite new transit blog. nowletsbeclear.substack.com/p/five-minut... #London #transit
This post title will not show until it is five minutes away.It isn't good enough, but it's being fixed.nowletsbeclear.substack.com📰 | Risk of Parkinson’s disease may increase with prolonged exposure to road traffic noise
Risk of Parkinson’s disease may increase with prolonged exposure to road traffic noisePioneering study linking noise pollution to Parkinson’s finds 3% increase in risk for every 11.5dB rise in noise levelswww.theguardian.com📖 | Chasing new skills, going back to basics and pushing for collective action: how software engineers are adapting to AI Too many sweeping opinions in this article from people who aren’t computer scientists or software engineers. Don’t believe all the hype.
Chasing new skills, going back to basics and pushing for collective action: how software engineers are adapting to AISoftware engineering was one of the best-paying professions in the US in 2022, but the advent of AI has disrupted it, leading to several layoffs and underemploymentwww.theguardian.com📖 | Random: "That Would Be Wonderful" - Count Binface Wants To Reboot London's SegaWorld I’ll be honest, this is a pretty good policy.
Random: "That Would Be Wonderful" - Count Binface Wants To Reboot London's SegaWorld"Sonic The Hedgehog back in his prime"www.timeextension.com📖 | A blueprint for Canada’s food future As Ottawa invests billions in food security, Montreal’s urban farms are emerging as a model for local food production #Montreal
A blueprint for Canada’s food futureAs Ottawa invests billions in food security, Montreal’s urban farms are emerging as a model for local food productionwww.canadianaffairs.news📖 | The Forgotten Kiosk Concept That Physical Media Needs
The Forgotten Kiosk Concept That Physical Media NeedsSony and GTA 6 are killing physical games. But EDOS, a former UK kiosk concept, shows we could still have on-demand disc burning. Bring it back!tedium.co📖 | How to tell if your boss is a narcissist: Scientists discover key new sign | BBC Science Focus Magazine Well, isn’t this interesting! 🤔
How to tell if your boss is a narcissist: Scientists discover key new sign | BBC Science Focus MagazineNarcissists like to be admired in person, so may insist their team work in the office where they can enjoy being admiredwww.sciencefocus.com📖 | Norse by Northwest I think there’s a brand new prime minister who’d be interested in this… #tunnelling #Manchester #Sheffield
Norse by NorthwestWhy I need to build a tunnel under the Pennineslimbostructure.substack.com📰 | "Far too much business as usual": Transport for London fails to install a single cycle lane on its own network last year, damning new report finds #London #cycling
"Far too much business as usual": Transport for London fails to install a single cycle lane on its own network last year, damning new report findsTransport for London did not install a single cycle lane on its own road network last year, instead relying on individual boroughs to build their own infrastructure, a new report shows.London’s Healthy...road.ccJust a little bit of self promotion here, if you’re a Montrealer on Bluesky, we have all your transit updates in one place! @mtltransitstatusen.bsky.social Never get caught out by the REM again! (Également disponible en français ! @mtltransitstatusfr.bsky.social) #Montreal
Montreal Transit Status🚇 Metro ✅ Good service on all lines 🚈 REM 🅰️ Interruption of service across whole network. Planned works 🚉 Exo ✅ No reported disruptions
📺 | Scranton’s Train Set
Scranton's Train Set: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (Bonus Segments)2017. John Oliver notices how obsessed people are with a toy train set on a local news program in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and thinks their devoted audience deserves better.
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From levers and buttons to computer screensTuesday 14th July 2026 Signal boxes are becoming something of an endangered species on the railway, not least on the London Underground, with modern technology enabling trains to be controlled from…busandtrainuser.com📖 | Long time no sea: finding the seahorse emoji ⌘I Get Info
Long time no sea: finding the seahorse emoji ⌘I Get InfoHappy World Emoji Day! 🎉blog.gingerbeardman.com