Michael Bennett

I am a great big jerk face. I like computers, science, and general nerdery. Views are my own.

[Michael Bennett @Bennett000]

This is Canada, just getting to an airport can cost a couple hundred dollars and a few hours of driving…

[Michael Bennett @Bennett000]

When those of us stranded by #aircanadastrike press @AirCanada for compensation through legal channels we want an impartial judge

I get that it’s a tough situation but AC is not handling it well at all; it’s a bad look for them and @PattyHajdu

[CUPE National @cupenat]

In an almost unthinkable display of conflict-of-interest, a former Air Canada legal counsel, Maryse Tremblay, will rule on whether to end job action by striking Air Canada flight attendants at the Canada Industrial Relations Board.

[Michael Bennett @Bennett000]

I get that the flight attendants were ordered back to work and refused, but that is a separate issue from Air Canada’s response:

- ‘our employees actions are outside of our control’
- you can apply for a refund
- we will not rebook you
- here’s a $15CAD meal voucher

[Michael Bennett @Bennett000]

wow, #canada is in a situation where the government can’t even bribe the citizens effectively

this bribe is a nightmare for retailers and small businesses. I guess it will make a lot of billable hours for accountants

https://t.co/Ha7A4XxLLs

[Michael Bennett @Bennett000]

I would live to see this image on a t-shirt

[Michael Bennett @Bennett000]

i hope @forestbike_uk develops a user management system not everyone enjoys moving 30kg of dead weight out of the way

[Michael Bennett @Bennett000]

@LinksysCares @Linksys thanks very happy to know you still have configurability

the router was ISP provided i just needed to confirm a few settings for my own hardware

next time i am shopping for network gear i’ll definitely keep you in mind, thanks!

[Michael Bennett @Bennett000]

I am using this ISP provided router like Internet Explorer, an undesirable tool used to install a friendly tool

What happened @Linksys? 15 years ago you made amazing products, now i have a toy router that requires a mobile app and permissions on my first born to configure

[Michael Bennett @Bennett000]

Post 1950’s Canadian towns: built for cars, not people

[Michael Bennett @Bennett000]

my twitter icon is now an X

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This continues to be the most entertaining corporate takeover i’ve ever seen

[Michael Bennett @Bennett000]

last few minutes in canada and i am wondering why i keep seeing these weird “elon will save canada” adverts on non-elon owned media

[Michael Bennett @Bennett000]

When compared to a station wagon do SUVs even offer “extra space” or is the primary function of the SUV suburbanite ego and auto industry profits? https://t.co/rcDQPgnC9l

[Michael Bennett @Bennett000]

Canadian Grocers: “we excel at squeezing Canadians”

Canadian Telcos: “please hold our beer” https://t.co/eJSRgv64O9

[Michael Bennett @Bennett000]

There’s also the abundance of relatively inexpensive highly palatable foods and a fad based nutrition industry that effectively work against public health

Plus our species and cultures are adapted to a scarcity of food. Think “feast day”

it’s hard to get fit

[Michael Bennett @Bennett000]

The fitness industry’s need to over sell and up sell confuses the average North American into thinking they need more equipment than a good pair of walking shoes and some inexpensive dumbells to work on developing an above average physique https://t.co/zJhOGAPeLH

[Michael Bennett @Bennett000]

UK’s sense of spice is weird. You can go to nandos and get maximum “heat” and it’s basically strong paprika

elsewhere, if you get a “medium strength” english mustard, your sinuses get set on fire and you wonder what “hot” mustard is like

[Michael Bennett @Bennett000]

3/3 canadian telco cartel apologists will talk a lot about population density and legal service requirements and completely omit the fact that regulations are effectively set by the canadian telco cartel

The theatrics of the recent Bill C11 show how the cartel dominates

[Michael Bennett @Bennett000]

1/3 Understatement by @CBCNews , Canada’s telco cartel has prices so high that it is significantly less expensive for me to roam in Canada using my 🇬🇧 phone than use my 🇨🇦 phone in 🇨🇦 https://t.co/NtYPydvsxD

[Michael Bennett @Bennett000]

2/3 I pay less than £40/month ($65CAD) for unlimited everything, i used my 5G as home internet for two years, i have no extra roaming packages and it’s dramatically more cost efficient for me to use my UK line in Canada than my canadian line see screenshot

[ℳatt (matttomic.bsky.social) @matttomic]

Normally on Jan 1 I post all the works that just entered into the public domain in Canada, and if you're looking for that: surprise, we get none! Our government quietly changed our copyright law from 50 years to 70 years in June. We get no new public domain works until 2043.