Jason Hampton

A wall along a light rail transit platform painted various colours, shapes and textures with a metal blue rail

This art has been at Banff Trail CTrain Station for two years now. It hasn’t been vandalized. I wish the city would use more artists this way.

a group of men in military uniforms are walking on a tarmac Alt: a group of men in pilot uniforms and sunglasses are walking on a tarmac in front of fighter jets, the first two high five each other

😆

I feel seen.

A white private jet with navy blue and red trim lines along the lower fuselage parked on the apron

AirSprint
Cessna Citation CJ3+
Reg. C-FSEF
Springbank Airport (CYBW)
September 29, 2025 🛩️📸

Canon EF 75-300mm on a crop sensor.

PASSIVE AGGRESSION TRANSLATED

A white twin engine airliner at high altitude from directly below

Virgin Atlantic
Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner
Reg. G-VSPY
40,000 ft above Calgary, Alberta
October 5, 2025 🛩️📸

Noticed that. Better for when I'm laying in bed in the dark late at night 😅

Oh no! Restart the app?

I've used a few, but the price was usually too steep to be practical.

Screenshot of Skycards game with What’s New? screen. Version 2.0.11. Text reads: Fuel removed in battle, fuels items converted to free tickets. Lockpick removed, items converted to Catch Anywhere. Streak trophies now show history. Minor improvements and bug fixes.

New update to Skycards game today. They gave up on Fuel Cards and Airport Lockpicks, which I guess weren’t very popular. Those items were converted to other buffs for us. #Skycards

The moon shining behind darkened trees

What a ghastly night.

*Reg. C-GWEJ

A white high wing turboprop airplane with teal tail and WestJet branding taking off in front of the airport terminal

WestJet Encore
De Havilland Canada Dash 8-400
Reg. C-GWEG
📍CYYC
October 2, 2025 🛩️📸

Agreed. Should not have left the scene.

Aw, I see.

Hard to tell if the driver is upset or not, but the troubling part being both the teenager and the driver leaving the scene. Shouldn’t they have called the police to report the incident, etc.?

Screenshot from FlightRadar24

Plus two more British Antarctic Survey Twin Otters over Ecuador.

Screenshot from FlightRadar24 showing two Kenn Borek Air twin otters travelling through Central America

There are currently two Twin Otters en route as well.

@staceyryn.bsky.social @jen-niffer.bsky.social @bnickeson.bsky.social @cageyratfish.bsky.social @marlo.ooo @joaocri.bsky.social @missclare.bsky.social 👇 #Skycards

Screenshot from Skycards game

Morning, Skycardians! White Lnoght Two back up in New Mexico. #Skycards @tacotuesgay.bsky.social @staceyryn.bsky.social @jen-niffer.bsky.social @specter177.bsky.social @bnickeson.bsky.social @cageyratfish.bsky.social @missclare.bsky.social @jen-niffer.bsky.social @marlo.ooo @joaocri.bsky.social

This morning, the following email was individually sent to every MLA in the province of Alberta requesting intervention in the University of Alberta's decision to slash all child care funding for their students, faculty and staff.

The president was CC'd on each one as well.

Useless Etymology: Offbeat Word Origins for Curious Minds Offbeat Word Origins for Curious Minds

Links!

Bookshop . org: tinyurl.com/UselessEty
Amazon: tinyurl.com/UselessEtyAZ
B&N: tinyurl.com/UselessEtyBN

A hand holding a book called useless etymology

📘 Launch day!!

Useless Etymology: Offbeat Word Origins for Curious Minds arrives today.

It’s full of weird word origins, grammar quirks, surprise portmanteaus, fossilized words, and etymological mysteries, scandals, and silliness.

Get it anywhere books or sold (especially your favorite indie)!

A white quad engine airliner with red tail and nose wheels down about to land. The edelweiss flower logo in white and yellow on the tail and wordmark in blue on the fuselage.

The first of Edelweiss’s A340-300’s has been retired (per Airways Magazine.) So long HB-JMG! 🥲

🛩️📸 August 14, 2024
📍Calgary International Airport (YYC)

IATA codes = the invisible connector of global air travel 🌍✈️

From booking to baggage to #aircargo; they make it all work.

Find out how 👇
https://bit.ly/42Zzyg7

"The total private school grant was increased by 10.3 per cent in the 2025 budget. The hike was just 4.5 per cent for public schools, well short of inflation plus population growth. Per-student spending on private schools is expected to grow to $544 million by 2027-28."
#ableg #abpoli #ata

A brown and tan dog running along a gravel road holding an orange ball in her mouth. The Moon rising on the horizon

Moon dog. 🌕🐕

After view of a white biplane on white pontoon floats with a yellow and black striping down the sides of the fuselage. Parked on an apron.

Spot the dingy.

2Solitude
Antonov AN-2 TP
Reg. N62AN
Springbank Airport (CYBW)
September 29, 2025 🛩️📸

scooby doo from the scooby doo cartoon is laughing with the word rehehe written below him . Alt: scooby doo from the scooby doo cartoon is laughing with the word rehehe written below him .

I call the Great Dane the Scooby Doodle and ironically there's no poodle involved.