soon

#Toronto

over the next two weeks, watch for the sunset Torontohenge (see ALT text for why)

there are four Torontohenges each year --

Feb 15 (+) sunset
Apr 19 (+) sunrise
Aug 23 (–) sunrise
Oct 25 (–) sunset

(+) good pics for a week or so after
(–) good pics for a week or so before

#Torontohenge

on the GO train, approaching West Harbour station in Hamilton

#OTD October 11 1776, the Battle of Valcour Island, in which Benedict Arnold throws a spike strip across Lake Champlain to stop the British drive to Albany

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6UUXVaxyzk

Neighbours, 2001

#Toronto

FYI -- upcoming book sale dates for U of T

for more information, click this link and then click on one of the college names

www.booksalefinder.com/utgeneral.html

#books #Toronto #UofT

RE: https://mastodon.social/@jockr/117291468458154813

refurbishment will cost $27 billion and take 5 to 7 years

meanwhile, Ontario will burn more methane to make up the lost capacity

say, whatever happened to those wind and solar projects Dougie cancelled immediately after being elected?

#ClimateCrisis #NeverVoteConservative

#OTD September 14 1752

"Give us back our eleven days!"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calendar_(New_Style)_Act_1750

#calendar

you know that big box of halloween chocolates that you can buy two months before halloween?

yeah, mine's gone already too

desolate heron at the Lower Don Lookout

#Toronto #DonValley

the world is yours

#Toronto #DonValley

did you know that Fibonacci numbers (where each number is the sum of the previous two) can convert miles to kilometres?

1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, ...

pick any number in the sequence as your miles, and the next number in the sequence approximates the number of kilometres

this works because the ratio of consecutive Fibonacci numbers converges to 1.6180334 (the golden ratio φ), while the number of kilometres in a mile is 1.609344

to see how close this is, consider the approximation compared to the actual kilometres

miles km actual km

1 2 1.61
2 3 3.22
3 5 4.83
5 8 8.05
8 13 12.87
13 21 20.92
21 34 33.79
34 55 54.71
55 89 88.50
89 144 143.20

#math

#OTD August 24 2001, Air Transat 236, the "Azores Glider," runs out of fuel over the Atlantic, and glides 120 km to a safe landing

because of a fuel leak "caused by the wrong part being fitted"

https://simpleflying.com/air-transat-flight-236-history/

#OTD August 24 1814, at Bladensburg Maryland, a British (nb: not Canadian) force defeats American defenders, who race away in retreat... the British later burn the Capitol, the White House, the Treasury, and the new Library of Congress

#WarOf1812

https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/shaky-stand-at-bladensburg/

this weekend, Gander Social finally made their web interface available, so i registered

however, when i tried to post, i was asked "papers, please"

except i don't gots the papers (an identity app) because i don't have a smartphone which is why i've waited so long for the web interface!!

there are no other options

BUH BYE, GANDER

there are 4 Torontohenge events each year --

Feb 15 (+) sunset
Apr 19 (+) sunrise
Aug 23 (–) sunrise
Oct 25 (–) sunset

(+) good pics in days after
(–) good pics in days before

see ALT text for explanation of days leading up to Aug 23 event

#TorontoHenge

#OTD August 17 1970, the launch of Soviet Union's Venera 7, first spacecraft to soft* land on another planet and transmit data back to Earth

atmosphere 97% CO₂, pressure 1300 psi, temp 475° C, definitively confirming that humans cannot survive on the surface of Venus

* 59 km/h

#space

in Toronto, all week until Sunday Aug 23, weather permitting, you can see a phenomenon known as TorontoHenge

the rising sun will shine along every street aligned on Toronto's east-west grid, a bit lower each day, until the 23rd, when it seems to rise out of the street

#TorontoHenge

too soon

seal

#pareidolia