AstroGuy

Astronomy, physics and mathematics educator. Video game enthusiast. My tweets are my own. Think like a proton, always positive.

[AstroGuy @TNT_Lenhardt]

@wudijo @maxrollgg Apparently Hellfire Torch is possible as a charm and Annihilus as a seal according to datamine info. Finally, some real chase items in D4 - definitely something the game was missing!

[Shazi @ShaziGoalie]

A 99% doesn’t mean much if you can’t pass first-year calculus.

This is the part of Canada’s education crisis nobody wants to confront.

We’ve inflated grades, reduced testing and lowered the bar. Students leave high school believing they’re exceptional, then arrive at Waterloo without the prerequisite math skills.

That isn’t helping students. It’s setting them up to fail.

When everyone gets an A, eventually the A means nothing.

[Winnipeg Sports Talk @SportsTalkWPG]

PTI did not hold back on Connor Hellebuyck’s trade request.

Mike Wilbon and Frank Isola ripped the Jets goaltender for wanting out of Winnipeg with five years remaining on his contract.

[AstroGuy @TNT_Lenhardt]

She is delusional.

[Scott Robertson @sarobertson_]

Danielle Smith: "For Ontarians and Quebecers to maybe understand why Albertans are so angry, just think about how angry you are right now that Donald Trump is taking an attack on the economy and trying to shut down key industries. Well, that's what Justin Trudeau did to Alberta for 10 years, with the help of Steven Guilbeault and the federal NDP."

[Morgan Cameron Ross @Morgan_C_Ross]

The White House put out a tweet today of a photo of an Eagle dominating a Canada goose. The problem? The goose ended up winning that actual fight. 🇨🇦🔥

[AstroGuy @TNT_Lenhardt]

IMO, he needs to wait another year before WPG should entertain his request. I get he is being upfront and forthcoming, but he signed a 7 year deal with a limited No-Trade Clause in 2027-28. WPG should not cave & need to maximize a return for him - this is business.

[Ray Petkau @RayPetkau]

Statement from Connor Hellebuyck:

[Scott Robertson @sarobertson_]

Wab Kinew: "Canada is showing the rest of the world right now that you don't have to take a knee, you don't have to bow down, you can be proud, you can have backbone, and you can stand up for your own economy and your own jobs."

[John Brennan @jmbprime]

Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe can send a strong message of unity to Canadians by removing U.S. alcohol from store shelves. I don't include Premier Smith because she is clearly a Trump supporter.

[AstroGuy @TNT_Lenhardt]

When CUSMA dies, the thought of energy being weaponized will come up despite everything she says. She is one person, & the amount of anger from Canadians EVERYWHERE will outdo her. I'd like to see Moe pull US liquor off the shelves in Saskatchewan before then though. #cdnpoli

[The Breakdown @TheBreakdownAB]

Short version...

"Wow Ontario, sucks to be you! Rest of Canada too! I would like some more pipelines now though and BTW theres NO way I am going to allow for oil and gas to be a part of the negotiating leverage"

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

[Ab @Abdnys]

Robert De Niro stands with Canada. 🇨🇦✊
When Trump attacks our neighbors, silence is not the answer. Stand up for Canada. Stand up for democracy.

[AstroGuy @TNT_Lenhardt]

@BlizzardCS It's outrageous that first you disable older MacOS from running Hearthstone. Now iOS/iPadOS won't launch unless I brute force it 4 times or so???? I guess maybe this is the end - Marvel Snap has become a little more generous, but at least it works!

[David Eby @Dave_Eby]

British Columbians will always stand with Canada. 

Our politeness should never be mistaken for weakness.

We’ll always defend ourselves. 

We didn’t ask for this, but we’ll keep fighting for as long as it takes.

[Mark Carney @MarkJCarney]

My statement on Canada-U.S. trade negotiations:

[AstroGuy @TNT_Lenhardt]

@imik_plays I was criticized on Reddit for saying the cost of these things is getting out of hand and that there needs to be more conversation internally about it. I too used to buy everything but now I'll protest with my wallet.

[imik @imik_plays]

THE NEW DFT is $169 FOR A LITERAL FUCKING RESKIN OF A MYTHIC SKIN FOR ONE FUCKING CLASS...

HOW DOES THAT EVEN MAKE ANY FUCKING SENSE?!!!

I don't usually care about this stuff, but this got me really fucking mad...

[ً @UntoldFragments]

Old timers, which of these game consoles have you played? 🎮

[Scott Van Vliet @scottvanvliet]

Earlier today, many players began experiencing issues with sign in, enumerating their game libraries and playing games. The team has worked hard throughout the day to fix the issue, and we've restored service as of 2:30 PM PDT. Nonetheless, this is an unacceptable situation, and we must do better to support you.

Over the coming weeks, you'll hear more from me about our services, our platform, and the work we're doing to make XBOX better. And that starts with some transparency about this incident.

What happened. Late last night, a licensing service that sits outside of XBOX, but which XBOX depends upon, began failing. This caused some sign-in scenarios to fail, and it caused many scenarios that require an entitlement check to also fail, such as listing out your Full Library and launching games that you own. It also affected several of our publishing and store partners who depend on those same systems which is why some of you saw issues in specific games and not others.

What we did. Our on-call teams caught the first signals overnight through automated monitoring and declared a major incident. Once we isolated the failing infrastructure, we shifted traffic onto the healthy parts of the system while the team continued to work towards a root cause. Service came back unevenly across regions which is why some of you recovered hours before others.

What's next. We're running a full post-incident review. I care less about the one-line root cause and more about the real questions: why a failure in one service was able to take down this much, why recovery took as long as it did, and what we change so a single point of failure can't ruin your night again. That means hardening the dependencies underneath sign in and game launch, improving how we detect and contain this class of failure, and being faster and clearer with you when something breaks.

Thank you for your patience, and for the reports that genuinely helped us narrow this down. We'll do better.

[Teddy @iCrazyTeddy]

PSN and XBOX SERVERS DOWN this week

We used to get Free Games + Membership

Here’s exactly how much PlayStation and Xbox have given users in compensation:

NOTHING in 2026 despite multiple server issues

ToS updates are needed for proper compensation when servers are offline

[AstroGuy @TNT_Lenhardt]

Gov't & regulators need to see this blatant attack on consumers. We need the ability to play game "licenses" offline for when there are server outages OR for the end of life support for a game. Consumers should start lobbing lawsuits against these companies. /End

[AstroGuy @TNT_Lenhardt]

@XBOX @XboxCanada @XBOXSupport It is outrageous that after @PlayStation announced the end of supporting physical discs that both companies have outages that stop paying customers from their entertainment. Prices are high & services are low. /1