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Barry McKinnon

@rockyuphill.bsky.social

Old coot, mountain biker, lover of music by Band-Maid (and other music too).

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Considering most construction site work hours are 7AM to 3PM, they have a valid concern.

05.03.2026 16:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Band-Maid and Bill Laswell's Material would be top of my list with hundreds of hours each.

04.03.2026 18:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Helium 3 is harder to transport than a tray full of ice cream cones from the ice cream truck to the porch on a blazing hot summer day. It also creeps out of most containers or just passes through container walls. πŸ€”I'm all for billionaires being sent to the lunar south pole. 😁

04.03.2026 16:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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22K views Β· 264 reactions | BC should've made Standard Time permanent, not Daylight Time. Daylight Time affects the circadian rhythm for sure. The longer light is at night, the less sleep there is. T... BC should've made Standard Time permanent, not Daylight Time. Daylight Time affects the circadian rhythm for sure. The longer light is at night, the less sleep there is. They should've matched solar....

I saw a post on Facebook by Lincoln Ho who did a fine dissection of Canadian time zones and standard time www.facebook.com/reel/1609812...

04.03.2026 15:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I think I see the problem, the deficit in societal reading comprehension have conflated population and popularity so that policy *is* based on popularity polls. Public health is worried about their Yelp reviews and losing a ⭐ for suggesting masks or vaccines. πŸ˜’πŸ™„

04.03.2026 15:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

All the moon and mars ambitions seem to be missing a business plan. What is the plan other than to have another space program that gets its funding dropped after 3-4 years. πŸ€”

04.03.2026 15:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Sunrise on Monday was at 6:52AM and next Monday (9th) it will be at 7:38AM. It will be March 31 before sun rises at 6:52AM again. πŸ₯Ίβ°β˜€οΈI hate that.

04.03.2026 03:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Scene from The Simpsons of Trump and Homer riding down the escalator when Trump announced his president bid from 2015

Scene from The Simpsons of Trump and Homer riding down the escalator when Trump announced his president bid from 2015

It wasn't Obama, even Seth Myers admits it was his jokes at the Correspodent's dinner that tipped it over the edge and made that scene from the Simpson's real.

03.03.2026 15:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A few years ago I picked up a 100% reflective waterproof jacket for cycling, no chance that you're not seen when car headlights hit it. This photo is ambient room light with no flash on the left, versus a flash photo of the jacket on the right. Maybe it could become fashionable.

03.03.2026 15:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I hope there's an increase in sales of winter clothing that isn't dark blue and black. Seems all the morning runners in my neighbourhood like running on the street instead of the sidewalk and often all you can see are little moving reflective spots on their sneakers.😬

03.03.2026 14:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Same, same, I'm partially solar powered and a morning person and I really hate this plunge from first signs of sunrise glow in the east around 6AM back into a month of darkness until the sun starts to show itself around 6AM again. πŸ˜’πŸŒž

03.03.2026 13:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

That is a proper vibe, but aren't there a couple of witches missing?πŸ€” Aren't witches unionized? Having a full shift for spell casting has to be a health and safety issue. 😏

03.03.2026 03:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Yet another protracted Middle Epstein war. Anyone checked on the stock prices of the major arms manufacturers today? Now what about those videos that Iran was going to release?

02.03.2026 22:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Do demons have a religion? πŸ˜ˆπŸ‘ΉπŸ‘ΊπŸ€”

02.03.2026 13:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Let's see... US Oil companies say that Venezuela isn't worth the effort until oil is over $100/barrel. I wonder what the price of oil will be at by mid-March?πŸ€”πŸ€¨

02.03.2026 13:52 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
Kitten covering their ears with the text saying la la la la la I can't hear you.

Kitten covering their ears with the text saying la la la la la I can't hear you.

Things being forgotten: long covid patients along with absolutely every other aspect of the impact of a global respiratory infection pandemic. πŸ€”πŸ€·

02.03.2026 04:35 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The Persian ladies at my local coffee shop were thrilled with the removal of the top of the command chain, they don't know what will happen next, but they feel there's a better chance to have things turn around in the country.

02.03.2026 00:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I live not far from a big power substation, sometimes in the summer, with the windows open, you can hear the squirrel circuit breakers go off just as the power does. πŸ’₯ 🐿️ Indecision on the road is still a larger cause of demise of squirrels.

01.03.2026 21:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Now we're talking. What a great start to March. πŸ˜ŠπŸ‘Œ

01.03.2026 20:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Here's hoping you post them all on Bluesky. πŸ˜πŸ‘

01.03.2026 19:13 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The past 6 years have been exhausting with pandemics and many wars of aggression and attempted occupation, and casual killing of civilians by neo-fascist governments. It sucks the optimism right out of a person.

01.03.2026 02:48 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

In July 2022, one of the authors of The Expanse, Ty Franck, talked about Band-Maid in their podcast "Ty and That Guy" talking about The Expanse, he said he thought they were the ideal band. I had a listen to a couple of tunes on YouTube and I was hooked. James Gunn is also a huge fan of Band-Maid.

28.02.2026 20:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Another Middle Epstein War. Or it's a distraction from the Melania movie performance.

28.02.2026 19:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

In the way Nevil Shute envisioned it in his book "On The Beach" 😬

28.02.2026 19:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Only the ones whose membership cheques cleared.

28.02.2026 16:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Band-Maid, they have a catalog of 150+ songs so 6 hours and no repeats.

28.02.2026 13:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

OpenAI claim to want the same guardrails as Anthropic, but they are also impossibly behind the funding eight ball, I expect the guardrails get really wide for money. We know Elon's Grok is happy to work without guardrails, I imagine he'll get all the military AI biz and he has Terminator bots.

28.02.2026 13:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And when vaccines were first available, they took pains to point out that the virus could still be replicating in your nose and sinus and you could be contagious without becoming ill yourself. All of the ancillary warnings and mitigations have been dropped from messaging.

28.02.2026 02:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I am constantly amazed that people don't take other experiences in their life into account. Flu vaccines are annual (for those that bother), and there's never been a vaccine for colds. And yet somehow many people think all vaccines are like MMR or polio vaccines, once a life is enough. πŸ€¨πŸ˜’

28.02.2026 02:46 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I wonder if she'd vote for overweight people to have limited health care access because of poor choices in lifestyle. πŸ€” They need to climb the ladder a few steps to reach despicable, they are edging in on loathsome and reprehensible currently.

27.02.2026 14:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0