Thursday #Workout:
30 minutes of yoga.
26.4 KM of #Cycling (19°C, 92% humidity, and 92 KM/H wind).

Yoga this morning was *hard*, and I keep trying. The ride was good; I pushed hard to get into zone 3 and spent 66% of the ride in Z3 or higher. Feels good to push, even with the 30 humidex when I finished.

I'm contemplating a ride up into the Gatineau hills for some climbing; the other day I looked at the ride from here to Algonquin Park; 276KM and over seven thousand metres of climb.😳🤔

RE: https://fosstodon.org/@shawnhooper/117048835214114951

This becomes my #FirstSong in a while …

Having a song written for me gave me all the bees, so I did a run on the treadmill after work.

My previous 5k best (which technically I've only ever done once) was 34 mins 30.

Today I did it in 29 mins 33.

So. Yes. Wow.
#running

I follow https://mastodon.world/@auschwitzmuseum which regularly posts pictures and stories of Holocaust victims. And each one makes me think: these were PEOPLE. They had jobs and families and friends and lives. And hatred and fascism exterminated them like they were vermin. Simply for how they were born. Nothing they did at all.

And then I remind myself that there's a very large number of people in power in the far right, including the wealthiest person in the world by far, that think such campaigns of extermination of "undesirables" is a good idea actually.

I’m looking for a video and/or audio of a GO Train arriving at a station with that characteristic “bell” sound. That I can use in a video myself.

In case anyone is like me and thinks this is so cool.

#trains #toronto #railfan

Glassholes of the world unite. You have nothing to lose except access to restaurants, pubs and cinemas and possibly a quick smash in the face.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/06/restaurants-pubs-and-theatres-ban-metas-spy-glasses-over-privacy-fears

#Meta #Glassholes #WhatSafeguards #privacy

“One recent activity showed 6.06 miles in 4 hours and 37 minutes. The next night, Mollie logged 5.55 miles in 3 hours and 56 minutes.”

A Physicist Rigged His #Pet #Hamster’s Wheel to Upload to #Strava. It Runs Surprisingly Far Every Night - Runner’s World https://apple.news/AC-fIpujeQXWtYeN1Npb65Q?highlight=

#running

@cira I find it ironic that you talk about "digital sovereignty" when:

o Your CRM system is Salesforce

o Your email is hosted by Microsoft

o Your Website is fronted by Cloudflare

You need to lead by example. Use Canadian or self-hosted open-source products for these things. Otherwise, it's a little hard to take you seriously.

"Japan learned from the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki that the tragedy wrought by nuclear weapons must never be repeated and that humanity and nuclear weapons cannot coexist."

-Daisaku Ikeda (池田大作 1928-2023).

#Hiroshima #HiroshimaPeaceMemorialMuseum #広島 #HiroshimaDay

God's work

https://www.gadgetreview.com/someone-cut-down-every-single-flock-camera-in-this-town-in-a-single-night

New blog-post: "When online commenters 'detect' my art as AI"

→ https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1164/when-online-commenters-detect-my-art-as-ai

SuperDuper! 4 is here, and we were thrilled at the opportunity to redesign its icon. The backup app Mac users have trusted for over 22 years has been rebuilt from tip to tail, including a fresh new icon we’re proud to have crafted. https://www.shirt-pocket.com/superduper4.php

Interested in icon or UI design? email us: design@iconfactory.com

#mac #dev #appdesign

Thanks for the support! Funny thing I wanted to plug here: I've never received comments like that here on the Fediverse :fediverse: , but I get dozens of them, weekly, on the Meta platforms (Facebook/Instagram)...

I'm really grateful for how this community checks artists' work and actually verifies it's real human art before throwing random accusations.

This is my favorite place to share for a reason. 💜

Wednesday #Workout:
10 minutes of yoga.
20 minutes of strength training.
26.2 KM of #Cycling (16°C, 95% humidity, and 4 KM/H wind).

Good workouts, then a wandering ride mainly in zone 3 (~56%) that was pretty good to sneak in before the heat and humidex kicked in (currently 25°C/30 humidex).

My husband tried a new gym and they have a real, human, person sending follow up messages, and if you reply, the real, human, person replies back. MIND BLOWING!

I'd like to tell businesses - this is how, in 2026, you retain a customer.

He loved the *unique* experience (the bar is so low!) and came to show me the messages.

See? No one needs AI chatbots.

Here's the promised ride video of Saturday's 61 KM tour of #Ottawa, with less than 2KM on roads. #Cycling #Biking https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5smERIYWKfg

Friend sent me this and I feel attacked

#books #TBR #Tsundoku

«I don’t need a stair-climbing wheelchair that costs $30,000 and requires a maintenance crew. I need better doorknobs and or a ramp. But a ramp is boring. You can't make investors have a hard on for a ramp that doesn't connect to the cloud. You can’t give a TED Talk about a ramp. You can’t get venture capital funding for a slightly wider doorframe.»

https://sightlessscribbles.com/disability-dongle/

Stolen to add #AltText. https://mastodon.social/@VeroniqueB99/117039167452771735

I'm mad, pissed off about the condo manager.

Again, he wants to cut trees and replace them by grass "because it is going to easier to maintain". 😤

I am tired of having to fight with him on so many different subjects. He is so used to overstep his role!

I am on the Board of Directors and I think that we need a new condo management company. Do you have any suggestion #Ottawa #OttCity ? I am going to look also on Reddit.