Retired from IT, thank God! Into photography, writing, fountain pens and choral singing. Fighting and losing the eternal battle against typos.
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Last Notes npub1tvr6skfc82y8ps7pyvcmkq95lgudc00rt2pv6yz62cl40jqqvl5qdy3des John Meadows @npub1f2y…m58m So glad I’m out of corporate life. The corporate world today is like being stuck in the lower intestines of a Brontosaurus. npub1tvr6skfc82y8ps7pyvcmkq95lgudc00rt2pv6yz62cl40jqqvl5qdy3des John Meadows @npub1wyn…mlxy very sorry to hear about your loss! npub1tvr6skfc82y8ps7pyvcmkq95lgudc00rt2pv6yz62cl40jqqvl5qdy3des John Meadows @npub14ka…um78 Indeed. And the journey from fear to hatred is a very short trip, with the economic elite working ceaselessly to make sure the wrong people are the object of hatred. npub1tvr6skfc82y8ps7pyvcmkq95lgudc00rt2pv6yz62cl40jqqvl5qdy3des John Meadows It’s impossible to deny that in Canada Conservatives are more often than not nothing more than climate change denialists who are happy and eager to be the little bitches of the Fossil Fuel industry. #cdnpoli #ClimateChange npub1tvr6skfc82y8ps7pyvcmkq95lgudc00rt2pv6yz62cl40jqqvl5qdy3des John Meadows It's so adorable to see articles like this that try to call Trump and the GOP out on their brazen falsehoods. The fact is there are tens of millions of utter fuckwits in the US who seemingly enjoy being lied to, and don't care what the facts are. https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/12/politics/fact-check-trump-johnson-elections/index.html npub1tvr6skfc82y8ps7pyvcmkq95lgudc00rt2pv6yz62cl40jqqvl5qdy3des John Meadows @npub13vv…0sze For so many companies, in so many industries, ignorance is a natural resource to be nurtured and exploited. npub1tvr6skfc82y8ps7pyvcmkq95lgudc00rt2pv6yz62cl40jqqvl5qdy3des John Meadows People think COVID and climate change are a hoax, or th ewrld is flat so I guess believing in pet psychics is not a surprise. Stupid is the current reality. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/pet-psychics-1.7143025?cmp=rss npub1tvr6skfc82y8ps7pyvcmkq95lgudc00rt2pv6yz62cl40jqqvl5qdy3des John Meadows Cute dog seen yesterday morning. Photographed with Tintype app on iPhone. #photography npub1tvr6skfc82y8ps7pyvcmkq95lgudc00rt2pv6yz62cl40jqqvl5qdy3des John Meadows There is something surrealistic about doomscrolling while listening to peaceful classical music on my headphones. Like enjoying a string quartet while the Titanic slowly (or not so slowly) continues to sink. npub1tvr6skfc82y8ps7pyvcmkq95lgudc00rt2pv6yz62cl40jqqvl5qdy3des John Meadows @npub1mmf…eknq I saw an ad for the same outfit yesterday. This is not the Canada I grew up in. npub1tvr6skfc82y8ps7pyvcmkq95lgudc00rt2pv6yz62cl40jqqvl5qdy3des John Meadows @npub16kg…hh7t I don't want to minimize for a second what you guys are facing in that regard, and I hve nothing but praise and admiration for you and others who are doing their best to fight back. Good luck!! npub1tvr6skfc82y8ps7pyvcmkq95lgudc00rt2pv6yz62cl40jqqvl5qdy3des John Meadows @npub16kg…hh7t I think we agree on something. 🙂 npub1tvr6skfc82y8ps7pyvcmkq95lgudc00rt2pv6yz62cl40jqqvl5qdy3des John Meadows @npub16kg…hh7t Expressing a wish for more participation is not the same as voter blaming. As for what else can be done besides using the ballet box, what do you suggest? I don't have much confidence in Trump being held accountable by the justice system in the long run. npub1tvr6skfc82y8ps7pyvcmkq95lgudc00rt2pv6yz62cl40jqqvl5qdy3des John Meadows @npub16kg…hh7t Please don't go straight to surrender. npub1tvr6skfc82y8ps7pyvcmkq95lgudc00rt2pv6yz62cl40jqqvl5qdy3des John Meadows @npub16kg…hh7t I wish more of them would at least try to vote. npub1tvr6skfc82y8ps7pyvcmkq95lgudc00rt2pv6yz62cl40jqqvl5qdy3des John Meadows @npub16kg…hh7t True enough; but rght now only Americans can fx the issue; the rest of us don't run their justice system nor can we vote in their elections. npub1tvr6skfc82y8ps7pyvcmkq95lgudc00rt2pv6yz62cl40jqqvl5qdy3des John Meadows If I were an American I'd be really worried about how the next few days will play out. I suspect Trump will get a last minute infusion of strings-attached miracle money to pay the hundreds of millions he owes for the bond. Trump is willing to sell your future, and the future of your children to the highest bidder, who will get an alarming amount of influence in exchange. In Trump's universe every American except him is expendable; only Trump matters. #uspoli https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/20/opinions/trump-bond-financial-problems-ghitis/index.html npub1tvr6skfc82y8ps7pyvcmkq95lgudc00rt2pv6yz62cl40jqqvl5qdy3des John Meadows An image from an outing to a canal in Southern Ontario earlier this week. I shot using a fisheye lens and jacked up the contrast in post. #photography #BlackAndWhite #fisheye npub1tvr6skfc82y8ps7pyvcmkq95lgudc00rt2pv6yz62cl40jqqvl5qdy3des John Meadows @npub1mmf…eknq "The rich deserve to be rich, and the poor deserve to be poor" is sadly believed by so many people, including many who are one piece of bad luck away from being poor themselves. This is the most important piece of propaganda from the 1%, and any hint of UBI will have them coming out swinging, with their bought and paid for media obediently amplifying the message. npub1tvr6skfc82y8ps7pyvcmkq95lgudc00rt2pv6yz62cl40jqqvl5qdy3des John Meadows I wish there were a classic Pink Floyd album dedicated to Doug Ford called "Wish You Weren't Here." #onpoli npub1tvr6skfc82y8ps7pyvcmkq95lgudc00rt2pv6yz62cl40jqqvl5qdy3des John Meadows @npub1k4q…3lsq Ouch! I hope it clears up soon! npub1tvr6skfc82y8ps7pyvcmkq95lgudc00rt2pv6yz62cl40jqqvl5qdy3des John Meadows @npub14ka…um78 Myth is all that matters today. npub1tvr6skfc82y8ps7pyvcmkq95lgudc00rt2pv6yz62cl40jqqvl5qdy3des John Meadows @npub1960…w6j3 That’s acorn-y joke! npub1tvr6skfc82y8ps7pyvcmkq95lgudc00rt2pv6yz62cl40jqqvl5qdy3des John Meadows @npub1mmf…eknq The average Canadian politician is immune to shame. npub1tvr6skfc82y8ps7pyvcmkq95lgudc00rt2pv6yz62cl40jqqvl5qdy3des John Meadows @npub14ka…um78 @npub1kcs…eu4j It bugs me that North Americans will pass judgement on foreign dietary habits (like eating dogs, insects etc.) while remaining oblivious to the fact that some of our culinary practices are similarly revolting to some non-Westerners. (And of course there is the environmental impact of our food choices.) npub1tvr6skfc82y8ps7pyvcmkq95lgudc00rt2pv6yz62cl40jqqvl5qdy3des John Meadows @npub1hvz…mle9 Hope things improve! npub1tvr6skfc82y8ps7pyvcmkq95lgudc00rt2pv6yz62cl40jqqvl5qdy3des John Meadows Firmly in the boring old fart part of my life, I didn't party last night, so doing my annual rejoicing in not being hungover and starting a new year feeling like crud. npub1tvr6skfc82y8ps7pyvcmkq95lgudc00rt2pv6yz62cl40jqqvl5qdy3des John Meadows @npub1960…w6j3 I love Christmas choral and classical music, but I don't ever need to hear (or sing) Carol of the Bells ever again, thank you very much! :-) npub1tvr6skfc82y8ps7pyvcmkq95lgudc00rt2pv6yz62cl40jqqvl5qdy3des John Meadows @npub1k4q…3lsq Proper QA costs money; cheaper to make customers do it. npub1tvr6skfc82y8ps7pyvcmkq95lgudc00rt2pv6yz62cl40jqqvl5qdy3des John Meadows @npub1960…w6j3 I’d love to see that!!! npub1tvr6skfc82y8ps7pyvcmkq95lgudc00rt2pv6yz62cl40jqqvl5qdy3des John Meadows I got suspended from commenting on the Globe and Mail site for 24 hours for saying that there isn't a right wing politician in Canada who isn't busy fellating the O & G industry. I guess they didn't like the metaphor... npub1tvr6skfc82y8ps7pyvcmkq95lgudc00rt2pv6yz62cl40jqqvl5qdy3des John Meadows I wish hatred, ignorance and violence weren't so profitable and useful for the 1%. npub1tvr6skfc82y8ps7pyvcmkq95lgudc00rt2pv6yz62cl40jqqvl5qdy3des John Meadows Inside the Art Gallery of Ontario this morning. #photography npub1tvr6skfc82y8ps7pyvcmkq95lgudc00rt2pv6yz62cl40jqqvl5qdy3des John Meadows @npub18vw…nujp Great composition!! npub1tvr6skfc82y8ps7pyvcmkq95lgudc00rt2pv6yz62cl40jqqvl5qdy3des John Meadows @npub1960…w6j3 Iv'e never had much luck oil painting with my Kindle; the text gets obscured underneath the paint... npub1tvr6skfc82y8ps7pyvcmkq95lgudc00rt2pv6yz62cl40jqqvl5qdy3des John Meadows @npub1hvz…mle9 @npub1w60…sszm Amazon needs to have its feet held to the fire; their QA process is woeful. npub1tvr6skfc82y8ps7pyvcmkq95lgudc00rt2pv6yz62cl40jqqvl5qdy3des John Meadows @npub1k4q…3lsq The kind of meme that makes me happy to be retired from corporate life. npub1tvr6skfc82y8ps7pyvcmkq95lgudc00rt2pv6yz62cl40jqqvl5qdy3des John Meadows #SilentSunday npub1tvr6skfc82y8ps7pyvcmkq95lgudc00rt2pv6yz62cl40jqqvl5qdy3des John Meadows @npub163s…ph5u Love this image! npub1tvr6skfc82y8ps7pyvcmkq95lgudc00rt2pv6yz62cl40jqqvl5qdy3des John Meadows @npub1k4q…3lsq Agree 100%! (CBC is being arrogant expecting people to install dedicated apps just for their content. I’m surprised they still have an RSS feed.) npub1tvr6skfc82y8ps7pyvcmkq95lgudc00rt2pv6yz62cl40jqqvl5qdy3des John Meadows Downtown on the University of Toronto campus yesterday. #BlackAndWhite #Photography #Toronto npub1tvr6skfc82y8ps7pyvcmkq95lgudc00rt2pv6yz62cl40jqqvl5qdy3des John Meadows @npub1xyc…a7zm @npub1r5j…ky3p There are still people who don’t realize the PC party is not the party of Bill Davis anymore, or they feel that voting PC is the best way to validate their hostility towards Toronto. npub1tvr6skfc82y8ps7pyvcmkq95lgudc00rt2pv6yz62cl40jqqvl5qdy3des John Meadows I understand there are people whose disabilities make walking/biking/taking transit difficult. And people who need service vehicles for their livelihood. But when I hear these arguments from able-bodied people who live in urban areas and work at a desk using these arguments to defend their need for an oversized Tonka Toy …. Argh! npub1tvr6skfc82y8ps7pyvcmkq95lgudc00rt2pv6yz62cl40jqqvl5qdy3des John Meadows @npub1qr6…uqac For as much as I wasn’t a fan of Mulroney back in the day, the PC’s were nothing like today’s CPC. There were some sane people in the PC party, even if you disagreed with them. Today’s CPC reads like a comments section; nothing but hatred, demand for privilege, and an utter disconnect from reality. #cndpoli npub1tvr6skfc82y8ps7pyvcmkq95lgudc00rt2pv6yz62cl40jqqvl5qdy3des John Meadows Inside one of the original Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) Gloucester subway cars in the Streetcar Museum near Guelph. They are kept indoors and the lighting gives the sense of being in a subway tunnel. I remember these cars, and being back in one felt like a subway ride that would never end, time stopping. npub1tvr6skfc82y8ps7pyvcmkq95lgudc00rt2pv6yz62cl40jqqvl5qdy3des John Meadows Is anyone surprised that wherever you look, rightwingers show they believe rules never apply to them? https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-65952298?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA npub1tvr6skfc82y8ps7pyvcmkq95lgudc00rt2pv6yz62cl40jqqvl5qdy3des John Meadows @npub1mwl…3htl I’d love to get one, but here in Toronto bike theft is a big problem; If it used it for errands (meaning locking it up in public) it would likely be gone within the space of a few weeks. I know people who bought one and and it stolen within the first few days. :-( My approach to bike security in Toronto is using a rusty old beater that the thieves don’t want to waste time on.
