Adam Hunt 🇨🇦

a smokey sunset

There was quite a smokey #sunset last night over the #Ottawa River. We arrived back at the dock just before dark.

#weather #meteorology

Eagle 38 sailboat sails away into the sunset

An Eagle 38 #sailboat sails away into the #sunset over the #Ottawa River last evening.

#sail #sailing #boat #boating #weather #meteorology

A Waszp hydrofoil sailboat zips away into the the rather dramatic #sunset over the Ottawa River last evening.

A #Waszp #hydrofoil #sailboat zips away into the the rather dramatic #sunset over the #Ottawa River last evening.

#sail #sailing #boat #boating #weather #meteorology

Waszp hydrofoil sailboat

Seen on the #Ottawa River last evening, a #Waszp #hydrofoil #sailboat. It was zipping about in the great winds of about 10 gusting 16 knots that we had.

#sail #sailing #boat #boating

Eagle 38 sailboat

Seen on the #Ottawa River last evening, an Eagle 38 #sailboat. This is a really gorgeous design!

#sail #sailing #boat #boating

Kathryn

Alexis

My crew on #Vesper for our #sail last evening on the #Ottawa River! @kathrynbarr.bsky.social and Alexis.

#sailboat #sailing #boat #boating

Local greenhouses here in Ottawa are in fact being expanded!

Well that is good news (other than the caster). I know most of us worry when loved ones are out there travelling.

Ottawa air quality 151 (unhealthy)

Once again today: #Ottawa #weather #meteorology

Data www.iqair.com/ca/canada/on...

Glad that you liked that. I thought it was a nice story and aerospace as well.

Hope he made it home okay!

Girl Guides of Canada to suspend U.S. trips over Trump administration policies | CBC News Girl Guides of Canada is suspending upcoming trips to the United States over concerns the Trump administration's changes at the border could affect some of its members.

"Stories of U.S. officials searching travellers' smart phones, quizzing Canadians about their allegiance to the U.S., detaining legal residents, including Canadians ... have contributed to the boycott."

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

#CBC #news #GirlGuides

Air Canada flight attendants could strike next week. Here's what you need to know | CBC News Air Canada flight attendants could walk off the job as early as next week after voting overwhelmingly to approve a strike mandate. With both parties back at the bargaining table Friday, here's what yo...

"Members of the Air Canada component of the Canadian Union of Public Employees #CUPE voted 99.7 per cent in favour of a #strike mandate on Tuesday."

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

#CBC #news #aviation #airline #AirCanada

Pop!_OS 20.04 LTS with GNOME Files file manager

Pop!_OS 20.04 LTS with gedit text editor

Pop!_OS 20.04 LTS

Pop!_OS 20.04 LTS with activities menu

This is #Pop!_OS 20.04 LTS with an early version of the #COSMIC desktop. It was released on 30 April 2020.

• This is part of a #Linux history project I am doing at commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Categor...
• Website: system76.com/cosmic/

It is going to be Sat-Tues here!

Heat warning for Ottawa

#Ottawa #weather #meteorology

Open data from weather.gc.ca/en/location/...

Wow, you must really, really want Pierre Poilievre as PM!

As a former serving military peacekeeper, thank you.

'Starsailor' rocket to lift off from Cree territory — Canada's first space launch in more than 25 years. | CBC News A Concordia University student team is preparing to launch the first Canadian rocket to enter space in over two decades — right from Cree territory near Mistissini, Quebec.

"The "Starsailor" #rocket will take off from a trapline in northern #Quebec, marking the first time in more than 25 years that a Canadian-made rocket will reach space."

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

#CBC #news #rocketry #Canada #aerospace

Smoked out here today!

Ottawa Air Quality = 153

Getting worse so far today:

Environment Canada has no warning for Ottawa either today, but:

www.iqair.com/ca/canada/on...

Ottawa air quality 152

Now 152 in Ottawa.

LOL, well, not this summer!

Barrie is fairing a bit better than Ottawa:

www.iqair.com/ca/canada/on...

They do get along in a symbiotic way. It is just one's social role is "lunch".

Apparently humans are now no longer smart enough to own pets.

Every time I watch Mac users struggling with how bad that interface is, particularly the file system, I think of this meme. MacOS is so dumbed down it is dysfunctional.

Forget Vegas and Florida. Canadians are skipping the U.S. for other international spots | CBC News Since the start of the recent trade war, some Canadians have been shunning travel to the United States. Many are opting for trips within Canada instead, but there is new data showing Canadians are tur...

"I just don't really want to support them right now. If they're going to do that to us, I don't want to give any money to them," Bergquist said."

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

#CBC #news #Canada #USA

Russia built a massive drone factory to pump out Iranian-designed drones. Now it’s leaving Tehran out in the cold | CNN “Finally, something no one else has,” a Russian journalist says during a TV documentary on the country’s largest drone factory. “Such mass production of two-stroke engines doesn’t exist anywhere else ...

"a Western intelligence source says the expansion and the complete Russian integration of the #Shahed-136, have effectively marginalized #Iran, revealing a rift between Moscow and Tehran."

www.cnn.com/2025/08/08/e...

#CNN #aviation #news #aircraft #drone #drones #Russia

Ottawa air quality now 135 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups)

Now: