Eric S. Smith

Well, this can’t be more useless than my Google Buzz account. Or can it? Let’s find out.

@[email protected]

[Dar Tanner @dartanner]

My favourite shot from the tornado warned storms in Saskatchewan this weekend.

There are alpacas rolling in the dust on the road🤣🤣 #Skstorm
@treetanner

[Chris Selley @cselley]

The probable next premier of Quebec categorically rejects high-speed rail. Superb stuff.

https://t.co/HCfG3Ww6Hk

[Eric S. Smith @smiteri]

(They’re probably in the phone book.)

[Eric S. Smith @smiteri]

“…a corporate partnership between Canadian and Ukrainian drone makers that could see drones made in Canada deployed to Ukraine…Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova says the world should know the address of that drone facility.” https://t.co/IGSmn9xyUT

[Eric S. Smith @smiteri]

@redmwp01 @cselley It’s not fraudulent to change your mind about what you want.

[Eric S. Smith @smiteri]

Has it ever been this hard to give someone half of a bridge for free? https://t.co/ZoPsXWGmco

[だにえる｜D.Daniel @d_daniel_film]

こちらは44種類のカラーフィルムを並べたものです。

「フィルムを交換する」ことは「デジタルカメラのセンサー部分を丸ごと取り替える」ことと同義なのかもしれません。

同じカメラでもフィルムを変えることで全く異なる画作りをすることができます。

今では一本1000円以上するようになりましたが、センサーをその値段で交換できると考えたら逆にお得なのかも...？

[U.S. Central Command @CENTCOM]

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces began launching self-defense strikes against Iran at 5 p.m. ET today at the Commander in Chief’s direction, in response to yesterday’s downing of a U.S. Army Apache helicopter. The mission is a proportional response to unjustified Iranian aggression.

[Facts On Rwanda @FactsOnRwanda]

RWANDA SPACE AGENCY (RSA) JOINS AFRICA’S SATELLITE NAVIGATION PROGRAMME

The Rwanda Space Agency (RSA) has officially joined the African Navigation Augmentation (ANGA) programme, a major continental initiative designed to enhance satellite-based navigation services across Africa.

Under the agreement, Rwanda will host an ANGA Mission Control Centre in Kigali, becoming part of the programme’s operational backbone responsible for processing GPS and Galileo navigation data and generating correction signals.

This will improve positioning accuracy, strengthen aviation safety, enable precision aircraft landings, and support applications in agriculture, transport, mapping, and disaster management.

Rwanda’s participation further reinforces its growing role as a regional hub for space and satellite technologies while contributing to Africa’s goal of achieving a sovereign and integrated satellite navigation system by 2030. #FactsOnRwanda

[Eric S. Smith @smiteri]

One of the big moments: the sinkhole swallowed the First Choice Locksmith van. https://t.co/Iotb6TKlO6

[Eric S. Smith @smiteri]

Ten years ago: the Rideau Sinkhole.

[Eric S. Smith @smiteri]

Everybody loves the sinkhole. “What did I miss?” a fellow asks, rejoining his friends.

[Eric S. Smith @smiteri]

“Researchers have uncovered the existence of a monumental geological structure buried two miles beneath the frigid ice of Antarctica,” At the Mountains of Madness, one might say. https://t.co/RYdoU1AunF

[Eric S. Smith @smiteri]

@cselley Kemi Badenoch coming awfully close to saying that Black Lives Matter invented racism, I see.

[Bundesrat • Conseil fédéral • Consiglio federale @BR_Sprecher]

#BREntscheid Ab dem 15.7.26 gelten neue Regeln und Gebühren für die Nutzung der Statistiken des Bundes. Veröffentlichte Daten können künftig frei und kostenlos kommerziell genutzt werden (Open Government Data): https://t.co/6w1cP7QG8S @StatDataCH @EDI_DFI

[International Space Station @Space_Station]

NASA provides update on space station leak... https://t.co/PhMdgYS1YO

[Eric S. Smith @smiteri]

@georgebell @cselley Yes, water taxi service to the islands seems to run fine with these, so that part of the feasibility study got done for free.

[Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières @MSF_canada]

#Ebola : Pour parvenir à contrôler – même partiellement – la situation, il est indispensable d’accroître immédiatement les capacités de dépistage.

Alors que l’#OMS est sur place, MSF appelle à une action rapide pour endiguer l’épidémie.

https://t.co/uQhels6c8w

[Eric S. Smith @smiteri]

@RudyAmbiento @TomPark1n Sure, numbered floors help me decide if I’m taking the stairs or waiting for the elevator. After that, Zone 3♣ is as easy to find as Zone 3D.

[Bethany Stevens @NASASpox]

Roscosmos has paused Friday’s structural repair efforts inside the Zvezda service module transfer tunnel, known as PrK, as more measurements and data is assessed. Given this development, NASA has instructed the crew members inside the Dragon spacecraft to end the safe haven procedures and return to planned operations aboard the International Space Station. We look forward to working with Roscosmos on a collaborative approach to address the leaks.

[Eric S. Smith @smiteri]

@RudyAmbiento @TomPark1n It depends on the application. If you’re going to mark the quadrants of a parking lot, I’m not sure that counting gets you much.