THE DIODES
Released
1979 Canada pressing

An incredible, KILLER album.
Super under-appreciated, high-energy and catchy as fuck.

From Toronto, Canada, Diodes put out a handful of great albums during their initial run of 1977-1982.

Here, things get off to a great start with the classic “Red Rubber Ball”, a KILLER take on the classic The Cyrkle song. And it doesn’t let up a single bit from there.

The other classic gem here is Side B’s opener, “Tired Of Waking Up Tired”.

Absolute Canadian punk legends, and just a great fucking album.

#vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #vinylcollection #retro #vintage #art #music #Toronto #canada #punk #alternative #indie #1970s #70s #70smusic #diodes

THE DIODES
Released
1979 Canada pressing

An incredible, KILLER album.
Super under-appreciated, high-energy and catchy as fuck.

From Toronto, Canada, Diodes put out a handful of great albums during their initial run of 1977-1982.

Here, things get off to a great start with the classic “Red Rubber Ball”, a KILLER take on the classic The Cyrkle song. And it doesn’t let up a single bit from there.

The other classic gem here is Side B’s opener, “Tired Of Waking Up Tired”.

Absolute Canadian punk legends, and just a great fucking album.

#vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #vinylcollection #retro #vintage #art #music #Toronto #canada #punk #alternative #indie #1970s #70s #70smusic #diodes

Is anyone in the #Canadian #sysadmin or #accounting communities having discussions about how QuickBooks Online is compromised by the CLOUD Act, and identifying real alternatives?

Even alt providers in #Canada are still mostly using AWS, Google, Azure to host their cloud stack, which doesn't really solve the problem.

I'm genuinely curious if anyone else has come to any conclusions here. I'm happy to discuss in private convo, feel free to hit me up on Signal (contact info attached).

@infobeautiful The Iran map is using a Mercator projection, which preserves angles but distorts area. A projection that preserves area would communicate better (more beautifully)

Your source shows a relatively accurate size comparison (projection on a projection). Presentng it in Mercator makes it more dramatic, but inescapably misleads the viewer as to relative area within the map. eg. this Florida - Florida map from your source.

#map #size #comparison #USA #Canada #Florida #Iran

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZxbaCNIwg8

WOW! @pluralistic - I read the transcript but now I can watch the talk! Great!

@ElbowsUpforDigitalSovereignty

#Canada #DigitalSovereignty #MastoCanadaGOV

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZxbaCNIwg8

WOW! @pluralistic - I read the transcript but now I can watch the talk! Great!

@ElbowsUpforDigitalSovereignty

#Canada #DigitalSovereignty #MastoCanadaGOV

🤔 #Alberta separatists only need around 178,000 credible signatures to force a referendum, but they are confident that they will obtain 1,000,000 signatures! 😳 There are approximately 5 million people in Alberta!

Update: Corrected pop stat

'We don't need Canada 🇨🇦, #Canada 🇨🇦 needs us' | Jeffery Rath speaks on the Alberta Separatist movement https://youtu.be/wCZSC1kGwWM

If successful, they will ask for a $500 billion credit loan from the #UnitedStates 🇺🇸, which I am sure #Americia 🇺🇸 will approve of.

A Bald eagle photographed today on the coast of Vancouver Island. I looked for 'active' nests but found only old ones. It looks like they are not fixing old ones or building new ones yet. However they were lots of mature eagles and they were vocal. Mating is about to start.

#photography #nature #wildlife #birds #VancouverIsland #BritishColumbia #Canada #VancouverIslandWildlife

A Bald eagle photographed today on the coast of Vancouver Island. I looked for 'active' nests but found only old ones. It looks like they are not fixing old ones or building new ones yet. However they were lots of mature eagles and they were vocal. Mating is about to start.

#photography #nature #wildlife #birds #VancouverIsland #BritishColumbia #Canada #VancouverIslandWildlife

Despite 'elbows up,' Canada on track to be net lender to U.S. for ninth straight year.

https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/despite-elbows-canada-track-net-212017530.html

#canada #cdnpoli

Non-profit run by Canadian military officer was supported by investment fund hoping to make big profits off Ukraine.

https://ottawacitizen.com/public-service/defence-watch/investment-fund-ukraine

#canada #cdnpoli

What are pretendians and descendians? Laakkuluk Williamson writes for The Walrus about people who falsely claim Indigenous heritage, and how this contrasts with the lived experiences of Indigenous people.

https://flip.it/FyItVs

#Culture #Canada #Pretendians #Indigenous

What are pretendians and descendians? Laakkuluk Williamson writes for The Walrus about people who falsely claim Indigenous heritage, and how this contrasts with the lived experiences of Indigenous people.

https://flip.it/FyItVs

#Culture #Canada #Pretendians #Indigenous

Toronto’s police budget has reached $1.43 billion.

https://torontolife.com/city/torontos-police-budget-has-reached-1-43-billion/

#canada #cdnpoli #toronto

My BSDCan submission has been approved!

It will be wonderful to be back in Ottawa, meet again all the "old" (and new) friends from the BSD world and, this time, present something that has saved me more than once... and it’s based on NetBSD!

#BSDCan #BSDCon #NetBSD #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #DragonFlyBSD #RunBSD #BSDCan2026 #Ottawa #Canada #BSD

The latest FOSS Academic post is: New Nextcloud with Possible Digital Sovereignty

https://fossacademic.tech/2026/02/01/new-nc.html

I discuss setting up a new Nextcloud instance on Canadian public infrastructure, moving away from my previous US-based host. I talk about the "how" of that migration (it was pretty easy, actually) and the "why" (I no longer will send Canadian money to a US firm). But how "sovereign" is the Digital Research Alliance?
#FOSSacademic #Canada #digitalsovereignty

Heated Rivalry's plot arc is also a permission structure for desire. In my latest for @flaminghydra, I talk about queer fulfillment (the opposite of queerbaiting!), and how Letterkenny fandom pulled me into the gay hockey show. #heatedrivalry #queer #Canada https://flaminghydra.com/issue-489/