f800gecko, 2 months ago to Volvo

What year is this #Volvo ?

#Stratford #PerthCounty #Ontario #Canada #photography #winter #cars

CLondoner92, 3 months ago to Disneyland

#TfL Freedom of Information release:
New DLR trains
"We currently forecast the new #DLR trains to commence reliability proving in operational hours, and entry into service in the first quarter of 2024/25. We anticipate them being introduced on #Stratford International to #Woolwich services in the first instance. This will be subject to final confirmation in the coming months."
https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/transparency/freedom-of-information/foi-request-detail?referenceId=FOI-3533-2324
#London #Transport #Urbanism #Metro #FOIA

rooftopjaxx, 4 months ago to random

MSG've fully fucked off, finally!
"People living near the proposed development site had reportedly said they were “insulted” after MSG allegedly offered blackout blinds as a way of mitigating the glow from the images emitting from the orb-like structure."
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/jan/09/developer-las-vegas-style-sphere-east-london-withdraws-plans
#Stratford

f800gecko, 4 months ago to Toronto

I spent some time at my old place in Toronto today.

Can’t say I miss that town much, but I can’t complain either; it was pretty good to me over the years: mugged once, a not bad career, relationships. And for people as young as I once was (and their new baby), it’s still got the hotness.

I understand.

There are parts I still enjoy.

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#stratford #toronto #photography #art #mural #city #AltTxt

f800gecko, 5 months ago to ontario

Here’s a small town anecdote for a change of pace.

I live in a community of about 30,000 in farm country. To our north is a sizeable Mennonite population—everything from modern worshippers (large black SUVs in neat rows at weddings & funerals) to old order folk (horses and buggies trundling side roads out in the vast nowhere).

This past summer, a group probably somewhat in between those two polarities happened to be picnicking at a park in town by the river.

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#stratford #ontario #canada

f800gecko, 6 months ago to ontario

More autumn Stratford.

Photo details in #alttext

#Stratford #PerthCounty #Ontario #Canada #photography #rail
#Shakespeare #Festival #Theatre

A red, white and black CN locomotive traverses a hand-thrown switch in the Stratford yard. We’re close, the locomotive fills the frame.
A flock of seabirds settled on the water of Victoria Lake looks like a shoal. The shoreline houses beyond are blanketed by a soft blue sky at end of day.
Pink and blue pastel clouds overlook a lonely country road with a car approaching with lights on as dusk starts to gather.

pluralistic, 6 months ago to random

Today's threads (a thread)

Inside: Big Train managers earn bonuses for greenlighting unsafe cars; and more!

Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2023/11/15/safety-third/

#Pluralistic

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pluralistic, 6 months ago to random

Today's threads (a thread)

Inside: The conservative movement is cracking up; and more!

Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2023/11/14/when-youve-lost-the-fedsoc/

#Pluralistic

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pluralistic, 6 months ago to random

There's just one week until my next novel, The Lost Cause, goes on sale, and I'm hitting the road with it! I hope you can make it out - tell your friends!

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If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/11/08/fiduciaries/#the-lost-cause

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pluralistic, 6 months ago to random

Today's threads (a thread)

Inside: Naomi Alderman's 'The Future'; and more!

Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2023/11/07/preppers-of-the-red-death/

#Pluralistic

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pluralistic, 6 months ago to random

Today's threads (a thread)

Inside: Amazon is a ripoff; and more!

Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2023/11/06/attention-rents/

#Pluralistic

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pluralistic, 6 months ago to random

Today's threads (a thread)

Inside: A link-clump demands a linkdump; and more!

Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2023/11/05/variegated/

#Pluralistic

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pluralistic, 6 months ago to random

Today's threads (a thread)

Inside: Big Tech's "attention rents"; and more!

Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2023/11/03/subprime-attention-rent-crisis/

#Pluralistic

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f800gecko, 6 months ago to cycling

Halfway through my 73 km journey, moments after I set our from a stop at Ontario’s best unknown brew pub—Black Donnelly’s—in a desolate rural wilderness near Fullarton, the clouds opened and the rain came to remind me of a day of wind-driven biblical rain in Scotland.

#cycling #gravelbike #Stratford #PerthCounty #autumn #fall #Ontario #Canada #photography #alttext https://www.black-donnellys.com/

A number of mature trees decked out in fall regalia appear to lean into rain together. In the distance, the modern-day fake gas lantern streetlights near the theatre are already lit at 6:30 pm-something.
We’re at the base of a large mature Great Carolinian Forest tree, of which few remain round these parts; its roots are visible before us, the fat roots of the roots if you imagine looking up from below. This one’s a maple with all its red wine luminescence; in the distance, the tall black walnuts have gone a royal shade of yellow.

BrownKnowser, 6 months ago to photography

Random photo of the day.

#photography #random #photooftheday #POTD #dailyphoto #OttawaPhotographer #smalltown #travel #Ontario #SouthernOntario #Stratford #townhall

br00t4c, 7 months ago to random

Private sector won't do it so governments have to build housing - CCPA

#build #time

https://rabble.ca/economy/private-sector-wont-do-it-so-governments-have-to-build-housing-ccpa/

f800gecko, 7 months ago to literature

Found this little gem in a book lend this morning.

#edwood #literature #Stratford #Ontario #canada #books

Back flap of same paperback with photo of a youthful Ed Wood on one knee outdoors somewhere urban in short sleeves with a cigarette in one hand, the other hand resting on his trouser leg. The accompanying notes read: "TO ME, ED WOOD WAS A CRAZY GENIUS. HE COULD WRITE BETTER DRUNK THAN MOST WRITERS COULD SOBER." - BERNIE_BLOOM, MAGAZINE PUBLISHER A RENEGADE BY ANY ESTIMATION, EDWARD D. WOOD, JR. WAS THE DIRECTOR, PRODUCER, AND SCREENWRITER BEHIND BRIDE OF THE MONSTER, PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE (FAMOUSLY CALLED "ONE OF THE UNBEST FILMS EVER MADE"), AND OTHER CAMP CLASSICS. THE AUTHOR OF ORGY OF THE DEAD, KILLER IN DRAG, DEVIL GIRLS, DEATH OF A TRANSVESTITE, AND MANY OTHER NOVELS AND SHORT STORIES, HE ENLISTED IN THE MARINES AFTER THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR, AND PURPORTEDLY LATER STATED THAT HE FEARED BEING WOUNDED MORE THAN KILLED BECAUSE HE WORE A BRA AND PANTIES UNDER HIS UNIFORM. HE WAS AWARDED A SILVER STAR FOR HIS ACTIONS AT THE BATTLE OF TARAWA. HE DIED IN 1978 AT AGE 54. OR BOOKS WWW.ORBOOKS.COM COVER DESIGN: BATHCAT LTD.

f800gecko, 7 months ago to cycling

Soy to the left of me
Cob stalks to the right—here I am
Stuck in the middle with you

#cycling #gravelbike #Stratford #PerthCounty #Ontario #Canada #photography #farming #corn #soy

f800gecko, 8 months ago to ontario

Geezers and their radio-controlled boats at Victoria Lake, Stratford, Ontario.

Details in the alt text. Where you can type a ton, by the way.

#Stratford #Ontario #Canada #photography #RC #boats #ships #fishing #trawlers #saltwater #highseas #alttext

f800gecko, 8 months ago to environment

Riddle me this: we have a #garlic festival coming up here in #stratford the weekend after Labour Day, and yet in the #Sobeys, my only choices are GHG ghouls from China, Egypt or Spain.

How is it we can’t get local produce into our ‘supermarket’ when we all know the world is melting from shipping stuff like this thousands of miles from from at least two authoritarian regimes?

#grocery #environment #climatechange #climatecrisis

f800gecko, 9 months ago to ontario

Been a while since I posted some Stratford shots. Here we have:

1. Fishpond, Festival Theatre gardens, west of the main entrance.
2. Stratford railway station.
3. Tom Patterson Island.
4. Tom Patterson Island and Victoria Lake footpath.

More details in the alt text.

#Stratford #Ontario #Canada #photography #Shakespeare #Festival #Theatre

A shot from shoe-level, trackside of the Stratford Railway Station which sits reflected neatly in a puddle from recent rains and festooned with pots of fuchsia hung from its eaves. To the left, the sky and its reflection a soft blue textured with white puffs of fair weather cumulus.
A view of Tom Patterson Island and the arched bridge connecting it to the Stratford mainland. It is dusk, the sky is amber, there are a few strings of lights in the shadows on the island and in the dar foreground a long dragon boat sits moored, awaiting its next crew. The monochromatic amber, the still water reflecting the island and sky, and the boat give the scene a somewhat Oriental feel.
A view of Tom Patterson Island through the willows lining the footpath along the shore of Victoria Lake. The sun is about to set, its disc still blazing in the foliage for a few more minutes. There is a lovely blend of yellow and green and the trees somehow seem especially tall in this light.

f800gecko, 9 months ago to ontario

#Summer #garden

#Stratford #Ontario #Canada #photography

f800gecko, 9 months ago to steam

A restored #steam-powered #tractor seen near #Uniondale. I’m guessing the #boiler would have been #oil-fired versus #coal - otherwise a ‘fireman’ would have been needed to shovel fuel while the #farmer drove…

#cycling #gravelbike #Stratford #Ontario #Canada #photography #steampunk #farming

ai6yr, 10 months ago to random

AP: Nearly half of US honeybee colonies died last year. #bees #honeybees #beekeeping https://apnews.com/article/honeybees-pollinator-extinct-disease-death-climate-change-f60297706e19c7346ff1881587b5aced