Kyle Sawatsky

Ottawa: Vanier.
Long-time web dev, urbanism enthusiast.

#ottawa #WebDev

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2025-07-08 17:18:53 UTC

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Can't say I understand why people are going there. It's just yet another instance of delegating some effort in exchange for complete dependency on a corporation.
Medium or Substack or whatever, it's all the same from my position as a reader.
It just reminds me of things like businesses (and even governments!) making Facebook or X their only platform. Like, guess I'm not seeing anything there then. They can also just delete or suspend your account whenever they want with no recourse.
It's usually because it's "fine" until it's very suddenly not.

2025-06-06 17:55:58 UTC

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It's straight up nonsense. He was the guy behind that BS about Carney magically orchestrating bond market sell-offs which was just completely fabricated based on the evidence that he thought it would be cool if it was true.
Going through this article now. It's just repeating what has happened so far in the trade war while fawning over Carney. His main point about "begging" and "secret phone calls" is based solely on this story https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/article/trump-and-carney-are-in-direct-communications-says-canadian-minister/
There are no readouts of these calls so he's once again just inventing what happened on those calls because it makes him feel good.
This Blundell article is so long while saying absolutely nothing new.
Dean Blundell is scum "journalism" on the level of Rebel News but manufactured for the left instead of the right.

2025-06-01 21:04:59 UTC

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Slippers seems normal. The question is are they house shoes or just the same outside shoes?

2025-06-01 17:09:37 UTC

This is one of the wackiest articles I've ever read. Not wearing shoes in the house.
Every paragraph has something to boggle at.
Apparently sliding around on floors. Living in constant fear of boiling water flinging itself onto your feet. The mind-bending decision of where shoes go.
Australians, how common is it to wear shoes in the house constantly?
#australia
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/jun/01/shoes-off-or-on-we-decided-to-become-a-shoeless-house

2025-05-21 18:31:13 UTC

Guy asks if they can "speed up" the secondary bag check at the airport.
Yeah that's going to work.

2025-05-18 00:13:29 UTC

Posting as @npub1jay…80k8 😁
It's cold, and raining, but the wedding is still beautiful!
#BC #Hope
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2025-04-11 19:43:43 UTC

I am begging people to stop reposting that thing about Mark Carney's "brilliant move" of coordinating a global sell-off of American bonds.
I'm now seeing screenshots of facebook posts of tweets of imaginary sources from VoteReggie.ca (which has absolutely nothing on it about this)
Know that the source of all this is a completely fabricated article from Dean Blundell based on nothing but "vibes". Is it possible that something happened? Yes. But there's zero evidence whatsoever that Carney coordinated anything like this.
Idolizing a political figure based on nonsense is not any better because you're doing it from the left. Verify things before you spread them.
#cdnpoli #canpoli

2025-04-10 17:41:04 UTC

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Once again, that is from March 21 so not directly relevant to the bond movement that drove this pause.
Yes of course someone is selling. This provides no evidence at all that Canada is selling, that some EU bloc or Japan is selling, or that there was any agreement to sell.
I'm not saying that it's impossible that it happened, just that I have yet to see any evidence whatsoever that Canada is selling so I will give zero credence to any "Carney the genius" story until any such evidence appears.

2025-04-10 15:57:08 UTC

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That's not the part I mean. His substack article asserts that Canada and others started selling off their US debt holdings based on absolutely nothing.
It references a tweet from Mar 11 (which was wrong https://www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/fact_checking/online-posts-claiming-canada-offloading-400-billion-in-u-s-bonds-are-false/article_4b46bf68-1fa5-5eeb-8e5f-fd8e6b7e80bd.html).
The only real suspicion serious people have is that possibly China is doing a sell-off.
The entirety of Blundell's story is based on "Wouldn't it be cool if this completely fabricated thing is why bond yields went up?"

2025-04-10 15:41:31 UTC

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The messenger matters when the "story" is invented. If no one else is talking about it except a guy known for mindless cheerleading who knows precisely zero about economics, well.

2025-04-09 15:05:45 UTC

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Some packages being stolen a while ago triggered me to start an extremely elaborate process of replacing our battery-powered doorbell with a PoE-powered doorbell from Reolink.
It now records 24/7 to an NVR and sends push notifications to phones if anyone gets anywhere near the door.
This is very unnecessary but fun.

2025-02-28 16:22:59 UTC

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Put another way
PC: 64.5% of seats with 42.97% of the vote
NDP: 21.7% of seats with 18.55% of the vote
Libs: 11.3% of seats with 29.95% (!!) of the vote
Greens: 1.61% of seats with 4.83% of the vote
This system is particularly disastrous for the Liberals.
It shouldn't be a majority government and it's not even the correct party being the official opposition.
It's no wonder that people feel their vote is useless.

2025-02-19 17:03:01 UTC

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Speaking of Apple things, I was due for a new laptop at work (once every 3 years) and the consumer price for the specced out MBP M4 etc. was ~$6000 lol.
That's crazy.

2025-01-27 16:24:22 UTC

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Yep, I get the .ca page, the .org page, and your account as the top 3.

2025-01-23 19:59:56 UTC

LMFAO
https://www.reddit.com/r/Conservative/comments/1i86h0e/reddit_has_finally_become_nearly_unusable_due_to/
Believe me, this is glorious to read.

2025-01-11 02:55:44 UTC

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Should be good. I'll double check tomorrow

2025-01-09 21:10:34 UTC

So this guy is running for leader of the Liberals. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandra_Arya
He is obviously horrendous and I don't know why he isn't in the CPC.
BUT.
He does want to abolish the monarchy and turn Canada into a republic. That's it, that's his one good idea.
#CanPoli

2025-01-07 18:59:54 UTC

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I want to hear more about searing in a microwave.

2024-12-22 18:05:44 UTC

https://globalnews.ca/news/10928309/justin-trudeau-resignation-future-anthony-housefather/
>> A new leader could help the Liberals offer “a more centrist vision” than the progressive agenda led by Trudeau, allowing the party to offer change at a time when Canadians desire it, Housefather added.
🤮

2024-12-13 16:54:57 UTC

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Dang, only got the gestation period wrong.

2024-12-03 15:04:03 UTC

It would appear that the president of South Korea is executing what I would describe as a coup to assume control of the country because he doesn't like that his party does not have control of the National Assembly
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/south-korea-martial-law-1.7399501

2024-11-21 16:19:09 UTC

Quick calculations say that the "Working Canadians Rebate" and GST vacation will cost something like 8 billion dollars.
So many recipients do not need this money (like us) and it would be so much better spent on building government-run rental buildings. You can build a pretty decent amount of housing for 8 billion.
This government is flailing on its way down and out.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-gst-vacation-christmas-1.7389206
#Canada

2024-11-20 22:50:50 UTC

For convoluted reasons, a work slack discussion brought up that time that Justin Trudeau fell down the stairs on TV to demonstrate it being his 'party trick'.
It made me look for more context on it since you usually see a very short clip only (less than a minute).
Behold, the longest extract I have been able to find which includes a ridiculous story about him doing the falling trick in a hotel.
https://youtu.be/bJMa7n7nPi4?si=o2fqGRU-2KBFGjC8
#Trudeau

2024-11-12 19:44:53 UTC

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I've never seen one with a complete plywood interior.
They're ready for a full-on storm.

2024-11-07 18:45:53 UTC

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This is driving me crazy. People keep posting analysis on voting numbers when it's not even close to having all the results yet.
California alone has over 8 MILLION votes uncounted still. https://www.verifythis.com/article/news/verify/elections-verify/unaccounted-2024-votes-20-million-18-million-fact-check/536-4a6cb71e-fb8d-4616-a848-f22c53ccf3b2
The Democrats certainly lost part of their base, but someone posting specific percentages like 18% 2 DAYS after the voting closes is completely ludicrous.
Like the numbers in this screenshot are already out-of-date and wrong.
I am losing it I tell ya.

2024-11-05 20:54:26 UTC

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Nah, it's just someone messing about in their own fork.
I don't know if this is the latest statement, but it's the latest in the trail from that issue. https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/pull/30091#issuecomment-2231106261
Basically "No we won't do this...for reasons". Personally I find the reasoning there incredibly weak.
Having been on an instance that supports posting over 2000 characters for quite a while now, I have no idea what their issue is. It already collapses long posts.
This situation seems ridiculous.

2024-11-01 17:41:55 UTC

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This reminds me of another one that drives me crazy, yet another 'business' word.
The phrase "to table something". Logically (and etymologically) this means to put something on the table for discussion. Derived from UK parliamentary language.
And yet in the US this means to delay discussion about the item.
Canada's Commonwealth heritage combined with US proximity means I never have any idea what this means.

2024-11-01 00:05:42 UTC

A sampling of the more 'interesting' things we saw in #France
A very manly sword hilt.
Some horses going a little too wild.
The mysterious forbidden lawn.
The lounging lady in the Nice graveyard.
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2024-10-31 00:24:11 UTC

It took me a long time to get through France photos! I think this is a selection of 4 interesting ones. Or maybe 1 for each city? (bonus for Paris)
#France #Photography
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2024-10-06 17:28:44 UTC

Some more from the Biodome!
These penguins always look like they're fake stuffed animals or something.
#Montreal #Photography
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2024-10-06 17:25:52 UTC

2024-10-01 21:24:43 UTC

The lady that lived in our house before us really did not care about updating her address with anything at all.
Bank stuff, credit, multiple government institutions, pension documents. It's crazy.
We could have stolen her identity like 10x over by now.
Just got another bank one today.

2024-09-30 19:48:04 UTC

The #Montreal Biodome isn't huge but it was really nice. These macaws were right at the entrance to the tropical area.
#Photography
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2024-09-30 15:13:45 UTC

Like everywhere else in #Montreal the Stade olympique was under construction :D
Still looks pretty cool though
#Photography
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2024-09-28 00:59:52 UTC

Going to slowly get through some shots from our Montreal trip :)
The boat sightseeing had some great views (who would have guessed?)
#Montreal #Photography
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2024-09-17 14:04:46 UTC

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I see this as a common misunderstanding all the time. Cops are not 'bad guys' because there are individual bad cops. There are many nice people that are cops. ACAB is a thing because it is literally not possible to be a 'good' cop given the entire purpose of their existence is enforcing unjust laws that have been created by a corrupt and racist system.
They are a force to apply state-sanctioned violence against the least powerful of the state's own people. How can someone possibly be a 'good' member of such a force? This is despite any good things any individual member may do.

2024-08-31 20:09:09 UTC

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2024-08-31 20:07:01 UTC

Went to Mer Bleue with @npub1jay…80k8
There were a lot of mosquitoes!
Saw a few nice animals. There was a tiny snake at one point but he was too fast to capture.
#Photography
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2024-08-30 23:49:29 UTC

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#SKYard
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2024-08-30 14:03:54 UTC

Another one from the NIMBY file. https://ottawa.citynews.ca/2024/08/28/residents-harbour-concerns-about-26-and-35-storey-towers-in-barrhaven/
These people just throw random shit at the wall to see what sticks.
"Some people had concerns over the height of the building including what happens in a fire.
Carol Throop, a Barrhaven resident, was worried about if elevators aren’t working.
“I don’t want to run down 36 flights of stairs,” she said.
You don't live in the building Carol! Do you think this is the first tower to ever be built in the history of civilization that has more than 5 floors?
That said, the newspaper itself is probably the most NIMBY thing in this story. They run their headline about "concerns" but there's barely anything in the story about that. Most people are in favour of it and just want to ensure there's bike parking?
#Ottawa #housing #nimby

2024-08-25 21:57:29 UTC

A selection of shots from #Ottawa #Pride 2024.
It was hot as hell but still a great time!
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2024-08-23 21:36:20 UTC

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Fascinating. Reading up more on this Rustad guy now.
First thing I saw was that he was kicked out of the Liberals for denying the climate change effects of carbon dioxide emissions?
I see some of the wilder claims are from his candidates but he brushed aside the 5G genocide by complaining about "cancel culture" apparently lol and still stands behind that candidate even though she's completely bonkers.
BC is in trouble.

2024-08-21 16:00:37 UTC

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No match in terms of what?

2024-08-12 00:41:06 UTC

Experimented more with other modes/settings! At the end I heard a very strange bird call and turned around to see a pair of pileated woodpeckers in the maple behind us. Plenty of dead branches for them to dig into :)
#SKYard #birdphotography
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2024-08-10 00:44:53 UTC

A series of wet birds.
#SKYard #BirdPhotography
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