rexdalish.bsky.social

Apropos of all that's going on: O Lord Our God, arise And scatter our enemies Frustrate their politics Confound their knavish tricks God save the King And yeah, I know he's an oddball, but better a constitutional monarch than an unconstitutional tyrant.

Yup that's us all right. We can passive-aggressive with the best of 'em. I had forgotten about the red carpet! Brilliant.

How very, very apropos. Not just Sec. Hegseth; the whole mess of this shoddy excuse for a US administration bear responsibility, top to bottom.

These are excellent articles - both the Atlantic and the substack - dealing with what can charitably be called unintended consequences of US exceptionalism and insensitivity to other countries and cultures. If it causes friction with CDA, it can only be worse elsewhere.

This is a really vital piece explaining the incredibly complexity of running a range. Before people start chasing scapegoats, they need to consider this. Including comments from fire pros who attest to just how quickly grassfires can move. substack.com/@blackclouds...

This article is accurate about the meaning of the US Security Strategy. Basically, it insists that all of North and South America should be vassals. This cannot be accepted. CDA daily resembles antebellum UKR more and more... markhamhislop.substack.com/p/trump-want...

Finally. We have to start somewhere in order to have credible sovereignty deterrence Now for cruise and ballistic missiles and ton of GMLRS trucks.....why? No reason. Just because......Low fanfare is fine. The people who need to get the message will be told.

Not something that's a problem in Southern Ontario - yet. But I wouldn't have thought the British Isles were fire territory, and that's where the OP lives. So take good and experienced advice when offered....

Andrew Coyne condenses what most Canadians have felt for a year or more. Trump and his regime cannot be placated or reasoned with. No 'deal' can be made. They are, at bottom, extortioners. Anything they do should be treated as enemy action in a liminal conflict state.

Hate to say it, but that's a straight yellow to Embolo. He embellished with malice aforethought. I agree he had been poorly protected by the ref, but that was not a good idea at all.

I made a sourdough fougasse (Foccacia from the South of France). Even used fresh lavender in the dough.

That Mexico goal looked waaaaaaay offside. Why no clip from VAR?

This is worth a read. It is a very frank and honest piece of diplomacy. One that shows more charity than I could personally muster in the circumstances. But also fairly remind the dictator that when Russia gets fatigued, change happens. Usually unpleasantly....

I wonder what a similar study might show here in Canada, seeing as how much of the country is hard igneous rock with, in a few areas, some sedimentary overlay....

This is an amazing feat of endurance and wisdom earned from living on ancestral land. The Canadian Rangers are simply outstanding, and the rest of the country has much to learn from them.

All Canadians should pay attention to this. The Putin playbook that led to the Ukraine War is being run against us, not just by Russia, but by the US regime. I hate to say it, but the BC Premier's use of the word 'treason' was accurate. This is foreign incitement. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

The Economist has really been on a tear lately with their covers....

Now this is a cool photo. All credit to the photographer who was able to capture the comet as it passed nearby a trio of galaxies.

Per my previous post. This is what we are up against. This woman - iirc a US citizen - was dragged from her car by cosplaying blackshirts for the crime of looking brown. Canadians can never give in to this perfidy.

It is good to see that some rational Conservatives still exist in Canada, and Mr. Stratton's article here raises many pertinent concerns. The key issue is time. We just may not have much of it.

Looks like the Economist is in a pretty foul mood about That Man's shenanigans....

This is really an epochal speech. It lays out a path for the 'rest of the world' away from hegemonic schemes. There is a glimmer of hope here. But words are easy. Action, persistence and resilience are hard. But you have to start somewhere, and this is as good a place as any.

I, too, have learned a new concept today....however reluctantly. The sad truth is that it totally fits current reality.

A tidy summary of the current paroxysm of imperialist lunacy coming out of the US.

This is a true statement!

Watching CDA Juniors. Olympic ice is the way the game should be played. You really see the speed and creativity of the players in a way the congested NHL rinks don't allow. This is what the game should look like!

Apparently, someone is trying to reenact the cyanogen panic from 1910's pass from Halley's comet; just this time in relation to 3I/ATLAS. It's utter nonsense now, same way it was nonsense then.

Stepping outside last night about 7pm when something swooped upward into the maple tree. It was an owl! First time seeing one around the house in 24 years! Likely a Barred Owl. Stood around looking handsome for a minute or so, then flew off as soon as a photo was tried....

Behold. The new US National Security Strategy condensed to, by my count, 17 words.

Checked the Spotify year end thingy. Apparently I am 87 years old. I guess when you average out Vivaldi and Corelli, plus Sidney Bechet, Artie Shaw, and Billie Holiday, that's kind of where you end up.

I am tempted to make these myself just to see if anyone recognizes it. Kudos to whoever came up with it!

Double star program completed last night. Caught HD 9336 in Cetus at culmination, and just before clouds rolled in! 18 months of persistence to complete. The RASC Double star is a marvel, and I encourage all visual astronomers - wherever you live - to give it a shot!

This is the definitive explanation of the loss of this storied ship. It's really more like a magazine article, for it covers everything from meteorology to metal. Outstanding work, and what the bookmark function was designed for!

There it is....actually, not for the first time.

Of all the many pun posts sparked by this accident, I like this one the most.

Honestly, I love the whimsy of the Condor livery. Everyone else is trying to be all sophisticated and arty...but Condor asks "what if stripes and colours?" I see this aircraft and the mustard one frequently around Toronto. Always makes me smile.

I am always amazed that humans build and send robots to other worlds, and they take pictures like THIS!

Another polished aluminum beauty. Who cares that it's basically a toy that flies when it looks this good! The alt text is right - it does have Ryan vibes, and maybe a bit of Chipmunk with a dollop of interwar fighter.....

RASC Double Star program update - now at 109 of 110! Did 2 in Cetus (78 Cet and HD3125). Last one (HD9336) stubbornly refused to emerge from behind my apple tree before I quit at 1 am. Also did M103 on Messier Program and observed Saturn and (maybe?) Neptune....

Just a robot on Mars taking pictures that look like something by Ansel Adams. Other than that, nothing special....

I have never heard of this light aircraft before, but what a beautiful marvel of design it is!

One more observation done in the RASC double star program, this time HR 313 (77 Psc). Just 3 more to go, all in Cetus, so likely in October. Also did 4 Williamson moon observations, 3 around Imbrium/Copernicus, and then Longomontanus.

Here is a thing i have always wondered about. I am amazed at the research that shows we have - and in theory can use - pulsars as a natuarally-occurring space GPS. Marvelous work....

I find this oddly beautiful in its synchronicity. Kudos to the team that designed the drone footage!

This is absolutely awesome- in all senses of that word! Excellent work by all involved.

Photo of the close approach of Mars and the Moon. June 29, 21:53. Photo taken by cellphone at 3x in nightmode, cropped. Moon overexposed in order to show the planet

Finished the spring section of the RASC double star program with HR5397 and HR5816 in Libra. Bit tough with smoke still about. Now, just 4 left to go, but will have to wait until Fall. Also logged M29 in Cygnus. Remarkably, its nickname "Cooling tower cluster" is quite apt!

Edmonton 5-4 in sudden death overtime. That's playoff hockey! What a game! Coming back from 3-0 down in the first period to claw back and win. All the drama and tension you can handle, and then some....