Retired from IT, thank God! Into photography, writing, fountain pens and music. Fighting and losing the eternal battle against typos.
Ugly old married dude.
At an age where I get all the aches and pains, but none of the senior's discounts.
I boost a lot.
Avatar is a black and white photograph of an at best nondescript older guy.
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Last Notes npub16tnzzsat7g6lupqhcw6hnlq2wzd9rrucjmxae0rz0e2hwtskqxeqpqddxl John Meadows #SilentSunday npub16tnzzsat7g6lupqhcw6hnlq2wzd9rrucjmxae0rz0e2hwtskqxeqpqddxl John Meadows #SilentSunday npub16tnzzsat7g6lupqhcw6hnlq2wzd9rrucjmxae0rz0e2hwtskqxeqpqddxl John Meadows #SilentSunday npub16tnzzsat7g6lupqhcw6hnlq2wzd9rrucjmxae0rz0e2hwtskqxeqpqddxl John Meadows #SilentSunday npub16tnzzsat7g6lupqhcw6hnlq2wzd9rrucjmxae0rz0e2hwtskqxeqpqddxl John Meadows #silentsunday npub16tnzzsat7g6lupqhcw6hnlq2wzd9rrucjmxae0rz0e2hwtskqxeqpqddxl John Meadows #SilentSunday npub16tnzzsat7g6lupqhcw6hnlq2wzd9rrucjmxae0rz0e2hwtskqxeqpqddxl John Meadows #SilentSunday npub16tnzzsat7g6lupqhcw6hnlq2wzd9rrucjmxae0rz0e2hwtskqxeqpqddxl John Meadows Seen in Presqu'ile Point Park in Ontario this weekend. #BlackAndWhite #Photography npub16tnzzsat7g6lupqhcw6hnlq2wzd9rrucjmxae0rz0e2hwtskqxeqpqddxl John Meadows Apparently all precautions were taken before the burn, as well as doing this in conjunction with conservation and native Canadian groups (who were present at the park, and participated). npub16tnzzsat7g6lupqhcw6hnlq2wzd9rrucjmxae0rz0e2hwtskqxeqpqddxl John Meadows Yesterday morning there was a prescribed burn in High Park in Toronto. #photography #BlackAndWhite npub16tnzzsat7g6lupqhcw6hnlq2wzd9rrucjmxae0rz0e2hwtskqxeqpqddxl John Meadows I installed MX Linux on my 2012-vintage Macbook Air (i7, 16gb) yesterday and it works quite well. IT is back to being a very usable machine. npub16tnzzsat7g6lupqhcw6hnlq2wzd9rrucjmxae0rz0e2hwtskqxeqpqddxl John Meadows I wonder if Smith is trying to rile up other Canadians into saying something intemperate, so she can say "see Alberta? Everyone else in Canada hates all of use! Only Trump and the O & G industries like you!" npub16tnzzsat7g6lupqhcw6hnlq2wzd9rrucjmxae0rz0e2hwtskqxeqpqddxl John Meadows #SilentSunday npub16tnzzsat7g6lupqhcw6hnlq2wzd9rrucjmxae0rz0e2hwtskqxeqpqddxl John Meadows Three towers in north Toronto yesterday morning. #Photography #BlackAndWhite npub16tnzzsat7g6lupqhcw6hnlq2wzd9rrucjmxae0rz0e2hwtskqxeqpqddxl John Meadows Lovely work!! npub16tnzzsat7g6lupqhcw6hnlq2wzd9rrucjmxae0rz0e2hwtskqxeqpqddxl John Meadows #silentSunday npub16tnzzsat7g6lupqhcw6hnlq2wzd9rrucjmxae0rz0e2hwtskqxeqpqddxl John Meadows very happy to have not spent a dime today, especially the way events unfolded. npub16tnzzsat7g6lupqhcw6hnlq2wzd9rrucjmxae0rz0e2hwtskqxeqpqddxl John Meadows At Sugar Beach in #Toronto last Sunday morning. It never feels beach-like to me, especially with snow on the ground. #photography npub16tnzzsat7g6lupqhcw6hnlq2wzd9rrucjmxae0rz0e2hwtskqxeqpqddxl John Meadows same here, but it happens all the time; Climate change? Equal time for fringe pseudo-scientists and O & G-backed deniers. Evolution or Book banning? Equal time for religious fanatics. Etc, etc., etc. npub16tnzzsat7g6lupqhcw6hnlq2wzd9rrucjmxae0rz0e2hwtskqxeqpqddxl John Meadows I also wonder if they will try really hard to have 50/50 “balance” instead of reflecting the true numbers. npub16tnzzsat7g6lupqhcw6hnlq2wzd9rrucjmxae0rz0e2hwtskqxeqpqddxl John Meadows Thinking to myself, if Canada linked up with the EU, and the resulting organization agreed to implement UBI, funded by fair taxation of the rich, the billionaires would threaten to leave and "take their wealth to the US." But if EU/Canada/others are not buying US products, how big of a threat is that? npub16tnzzsat7g6lupqhcw6hnlq2wzd9rrucjmxae0rz0e2hwtskqxeqpqddxl John Meadows Sigh. There are times I want to slap my gender around. npub16tnzzsat7g6lupqhcw6hnlq2wzd9rrucjmxae0rz0e2hwtskqxeqpqddxl John Meadows I'm surprised the American-owned National Post would publish this. Oh well, they'll be publishing vile "why it makes sense to be American" tripe likely soon enough. npub16tnzzsat7g6lupqhcw6hnlq2wzd9rrucjmxae0rz0e2hwtskqxeqpqddxl John Meadows Great news!! npub16tnzzsat7g6lupqhcw6hnlq2wzd9rrucjmxae0rz0e2hwtskqxeqpqddxl John Meadows Seeing the boycott US vibe spreading in Europe now as well as Canada. I am also thinking this is a worldwide opportunity for us all to rethink our spending habits, and try to move away from mindless consumerism, which destroys our bank balances, our planet, and our souls. #boycottusa npub16tnzzsat7g6lupqhcw6hnlq2wzd9rrucjmxae0rz0e2hwtskqxeqpqddxl John Meadows another company to boycott!! npub16tnzzsat7g6lupqhcw6hnlq2wzd9rrucjmxae0rz0e2hwtskqxeqpqddxl John Meadows How can one person be so full of shit? It's like he is a Tardis, but full of feces. npub16tnzzsat7g6lupqhcw6hnlq2wzd9rrucjmxae0rz0e2hwtskqxeqpqddxl John Meadows Europe has expressed interest in Canadian Aluminum, so time for Canada to sell as much as possible into that market and tell the US to get in line. #fuckTump npub16tnzzsat7g6lupqhcw6hnlq2wzd9rrucjmxae0rz0e2hwtskqxeqpqddxl John Meadows One thing I don’t hear much about in the press: With Trump/Musk destroying federal oversight and data reporting for all manner of activities, will US food exports even be safe to eat? npub16tnzzsat7g6lupqhcw6hnlq2wzd9rrucjmxae0rz0e2hwtskqxeqpqddxl John Meadows In a month Canada will have to do the tariff thing with the orange toddler all over again...it's like software you have to subscribe to... npub16tnzzsat7g6lupqhcw6hnlq2wzd9rrucjmxae0rz0e2hwtskqxeqpqddxl John Meadows Spot on! npub16tnzzsat7g6lupqhcw6hnlq2wzd9rrucjmxae0rz0e2hwtskqxeqpqddxl John Meadows Watching with increasing horror what is going on in the US. I am convinced the upcoming election in Canada is existential; keeping Poilievre out of power is the only way to show that despite what is happening in the US, fascism and autocracy are not inevitable for Canadians as well. Along with Mexico, we will need to be beacons of Freedom in North America. I hope to god we are up to the challenge. #cdnpoli npub16tnzzsat7g6lupqhcw6hnlq2wzd9rrucjmxae0rz0e2hwtskqxeqpqddxl John Meadows One of our cats is sitting on my exercise book so I guess I will just have to relax and not exercise for a while!! npub16tnzzsat7g6lupqhcw6hnlq2wzd9rrucjmxae0rz0e2hwtskqxeqpqddxl John Meadows IBM technology helped enable the Holocaust. npub16tnzzsat7g6lupqhcw6hnlq2wzd9rrucjmxae0rz0e2hwtskqxeqpqddxl John Meadows I can't find the attribution yet, but this cartoon is perfect! npub16tnzzsat7g6lupqhcw6hnlq2wzd9rrucjmxae0rz0e2hwtskqxeqpqddxl John Meadows On Sunday night I had to go to Emergency and it required an ambulance and paramedics. Here in Ontario I had to pay $45 for the ambulance but that was it. Everything else was covered. npub16tnzzsat7g6lupqhcw6hnlq2wzd9rrucjmxae0rz0e2hwtskqxeqpqddxl John Meadows Nothing insurance companies like more than a reliable “Dr. No”. npub16tnzzsat7g6lupqhcw6hnlq2wzd9rrucjmxae0rz0e2hwtskqxeqpqddxl John Meadows One would hope, but these mouth breathers are easily mislead. npub16tnzzsat7g6lupqhcw6hnlq2wzd9rrucjmxae0rz0e2hwtskqxeqpqddxl John Meadows Bingo. The goal is rage, the target is secondary. npub16tnzzsat7g6lupqhcw6hnlq2wzd9rrucjmxae0rz0e2hwtskqxeqpqddxl John Meadows Given how central a role violence plays in US history and mythos, it's funny to see the amount of pearl-clutching going on when someone uses violence to fight back against a corrupt elite. Whether they like it or not, it's as American as apple pie. npub16tnzzsat7g6lupqhcw6hnlq2wzd9rrucjmxae0rz0e2hwtskqxeqpqddxl John Meadows But the O & G executives (who own the Con politicians) will make off like bandits, and to the right wing elite that is all that matters. #cdnpoli npub16tnzzsat7g6lupqhcw6hnlq2wzd9rrucjmxae0rz0e2hwtskqxeqpqddxl John Meadows #SilentSunday npub16tnzzsat7g6lupqhcw6hnlq2wzd9rrucjmxae0rz0e2hwtskqxeqpqddxl John Meadows What i always find ironic is when people say "I'd move to Canada but the climate is too severe," despite the fact that the US gets more tornados, more hurricanes (more powerful earthquakes; not climate of course but I am throwing it in.) Yes it can get cold in most of Canada during the winter, but this is predictable; get a coat! npub16tnzzsat7g6lupqhcw6hnlq2wzd9rrucjmxae0rz0e2hwtskqxeqpqddxl John Meadows This past Sunday morning in Ashbridges Bay, #Toronto. #Photography #BlackAndWhite npub16tnzzsat7g6lupqhcw6hnlq2wzd9rrucjmxae0rz0e2hwtskqxeqpqddxl John Meadows Tech bro's would say this is not a bug, but a feature. npub16tnzzsat7g6lupqhcw6hnlq2wzd9rrucjmxae0rz0e2hwtskqxeqpqddxl John Meadows Over 40 years ago I spent a lot of time and quarters playing Galaxians. Anyone else remember the arcade at Yonge and Dundas in #toronto back in the early 80’s? npub16tnzzsat7g6lupqhcw6hnlq2wzd9rrucjmxae0rz0e2hwtskqxeqpqddxl John Meadows Ford and other right wing politicians know that facts and data regarding bikes and traffic don't matter to their base; anecdotes and emotions are all that matter. npub16tnzzsat7g6lupqhcw6hnlq2wzd9rrucjmxae0rz0e2hwtskqxeqpqddxl John Meadows Like hell statements like her don't reflect the Conservative Party; this kind of racism is positively mainstream on the right, who feel they don't need to dog whistle any more. The fact this racist is only 23 votes behind also does not reflect well on the riding. npub16tnzzsat7g6lupqhcw6hnlq2wzd9rrucjmxae0rz0e2hwtskqxeqpqddxl John Meadows And here in Canada governments at every level are minimizing (or flat-out denying) climate change, and the need to act, for fear of :<li><p>Losing votes from entitled toddleresque Canadian voters who feel their lifestyles shouldn't have to change</p></li><li><p>losing out on juicy campaign contributions from the fossil fuel industry.</p></li> npub16tnzzsat7g6lupqhcw6hnlq2wzd9rrucjmxae0rz0e2hwtskqxeqpqddxl John Meadows Black and white, darkened sky and exaggerated contrasts. It seems most of my photography these days feels dystopian. #photography #BlackandWhite npub16tnzzsat7g6lupqhcw6hnlq2wzd9rrucjmxae0rz0e2hwtskqxeqpqddxl John Meadows In the right place at the right for this image this morning. #BlackandWhite #Photography npub16tnzzsat7g6lupqhcw6hnlq2wzd9rrucjmxae0rz0e2hwtskqxeqpqddxl John Meadows How could a scientifically accurate description of the climate change situation not sound alarmist to the average citizen who just wants to stick their head un the sand, blame someone else, continue driving their SUV, etc.? https://www.nationalobserver.com/2024/10/10/opinion/climate-alarmism-cbc #climatechange npub16tnzzsat7g6lupqhcw6hnlq2wzd9rrucjmxae0rz0e2hwtskqxeqpqddxl John Meadows Amazing how ignorance and racism are so often closely coupled. npub16tnzzsat7g6lupqhcw6hnlq2wzd9rrucjmxae0rz0e2hwtskqxeqpqddxl John Meadows Imagining #polievre meekly going cap in hand to Trump, giving away as much of Canada as he is ordered to by Harper and the rest of his owners, and blaming it all on previous governments... npub16tnzzsat7g6lupqhcw6hnlq2wzd9rrucjmxae0rz0e2hwtskqxeqpqddxl John Meadows Wow those Conservatives do like activities that involve killing and destruction of resources in order to prove manhood! npub16tnzzsat7g6lupqhcw6hnlq2wzd9rrucjmxae0rz0e2hwtskqxeqpqddxl John Meadows Trees in High Park, ##Toronto this morning #photography npub16tnzzsat7g6lupqhcw6hnlq2wzd9rrucjmxae0rz0e2hwtskqxeqpqddxl John Meadows The US media by and large is pretty ignorant when it comes to Canada (and most other non-US countries to be fair). npub16tnzzsat7g6lupqhcw6hnlq2wzd9rrucjmxae0rz0e2hwtskqxeqpqddxl John Meadows If only facts mattered. :-( npub16tnzzsat7g6lupqhcw6hnlq2wzd9rrucjmxae0rz0e2hwtskqxeqpqddxl John Meadows Union station Skywalk here in Toronto yesterday morning. #photography #BlackAndWhite npub16tnzzsat7g6lupqhcw6hnlq2wzd9rrucjmxae0rz0e2hwtskqxeqpqddxl John Meadows Another reason I like walking as a form of transportation: There has been a ton of road work in our neighbourhood lately: lots of street closures, lane reductions, etc. And none of this work has slowed down my walking, made me late for anything etc. To me that is freedom, not an SUV stuck in never-ending traffic. #transportation npub16tnzzsat7g6lupqhcw6hnlq2wzd9rrucjmxae0rz0e2hwtskqxeqpqddxl John Meadows India is just one more country #Poilievre would bend the knee to, if ordered to by his master Stephen Harper. #cdnpoli npub16tnzzsat7g6lupqhcw6hnlq2wzd9rrucjmxae0rz0e2hwtskqxeqpqddxl John Meadows At the Brickworks in Toronto late in the afternoon the other day. #photography #blackandwhite npub16tnzzsat7g6lupqhcw6hnlq2wzd9rrucjmxae0rz0e2hwtskqxeqpqddxl John Meadows Trump is floundering, lie after lie. In a sane world that would be enough to doom his campaign. But we are not in a sane world. npub16tnzzsat7g6lupqhcw6hnlq2wzd9rrucjmxae0rz0e2hwtskqxeqpqddxl John Meadows I've got it! Publically funded helicopters for the 1% (the only people who really matter in Doug Ford's Ontario)! ?sarcasm #onpoli npub16tnzzsat7g6lupqhcw6hnlq2wzd9rrucjmxae0rz0e2hwtskqxeqpqddxl John Meadows The metrics used to judge the two candidates are so wildly different! npub16tnzzsat7g6lupqhcw6hnlq2wzd9rrucjmxae0rz0e2hwtskqxeqpqddxl John Meadows PP says he won't introduce new anti-abortion. legislation and I am sure he can be trusted on that file. /sarcasm npub16tnzzsat7g6lupqhcw6hnlq2wzd9rrucjmxae0rz0e2hwtskqxeqpqddxl John Meadows Conservative politician’s“logic” Any climate spending/tax initiatives that don’t instantly solve the climate crisis are failures and a waste of money. Lucky for the conservative politicans is the average Con voter (and more than a few in the Liberal camp) are easily fooled, and want to be lied to. https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/climate-change-wildfire-jasper-flood-1.7296881 #climatechange #cdnpoli npub16tnzzsat7g6lupqhcw6hnlq2wzd9rrucjmxae0rz0e2hwtskqxeqpqddxl John Meadows #SilentSunday npub16tnzzsat7g6lupqhcw6hnlq2wzd9rrucjmxae0rz0e2hwtskqxeqpqddxl John Meadows Thinking about the right wing anti-immigrant riots in the UK, and what strikes me as really ironic is the people who claim that English culture etc. are under threat by an influx of foreigners don’t seem to understand that English culture as it is today is nothing more than the product of successive waves of cultural, linguistic and military “invasion” by the Romans, Angles, Saxons, Vikings, Normans etc. npub16tnzzsat7g6lupqhcw6hnlq2wzd9rrucjmxae0rz0e2hwtskqxeqpqddxl John Meadows Good news but I can;t help but wonder if he managed to siphon off assets/cash in advance...
