Benoit Ferland

[Thomas Gerbet @ThomasGerbet]

Voici à quoi ressemble le réservoir Caniapiscau ce matin, le + gros réservoir d’Hydro-Québec (4 fois le lac Saint-Jean) est aux trois quarts vide à cause du manque de pluie dans le nord depuis 3 ans. Au total, les stocks d’énergie sont au + bas en 21 ans. https://t.co/oSH4igmxe9

[Neil Stone @DrNeilStone]

Well..it's now June 2026

Apparently 7 billion of us who got vaccinated are now meant to be dead

Anyone out there who is vaccinated and still alive?

✋

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

Open Letter
To the President of the Russian Federation
From the President of Ukraine

When you came to power in Russia more than 26 years ago, many people in Ukraine viewed you positively. That is how it was. But that is now in the past.
Now, the overwhelming majority of Ukrainians view it positively that our long-range drones paid a visit to the opening of your forum in St. Petersburg, covering a distance of more than 1,000 kilometers. As you know very well, that distance is not the limit of our capabilities.

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

Our long-range sanctions carried out by the warriors of the Security Service of Ukraine, the Unmanned Systems Forces, the Special Operations Forces, the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine, and the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine have yielded good results. Important facilities on Russian territory were hit last night.

Among them was the Petersburg Oil Terminal. The distance from Ukraine’s state border to this facility of Russia’s oil industry, which serves the war, is about 1,100 kilometers. Purely military targets at the Kronstadt base were also hit.

Another target was an enterprise in the Tambov region involved in the production of Russian weapons. The distance from the frontline is almost 600 kilometers.

I thank our warriors for their precision. Ukraine’s plan for long-range sanctions is being implemented exactly as needed to bring peace closer. Glory to Ukraine!

[Katerina Horbunova @blue_eyedKeti]

...another morning in Ukraine, and once again, it is neither peaceful nor bright. Once again, we wake up exhausted, learning the names of the Ukrainians who were killed. What else is left for us, the civilians of this country, but to hide at night when cities face mass attacks… In Kyiv, during air raid alerts, crowds of people, along with their children and pets-seek refuge in metro stations that serve as bomb shelters. But in other cities like mine, you simply stay in your apartment, hoping for the best.

Some people underground are watching the events above ground through their phones, others are seeing the destruction from their windows. But morning has finally arrived, and it's impossible not to be grateful for it-it's just heartbreaking that this morning hasn't arrived for everyone. Is there any point in repeating "fucking russia" for the millionth time, does it even make any sense anymore...

[Stoke Space @stoke_space]

Sound🔊on: epic fly-by footage of the ongoing Zenith engine testing and Stage 1 structural qualifications happening at our test site in Moses Lake. 🤘🚀

[NordSpace 🇨🇦 @Nord_Space]

🚀 We are pleased to announce a new $8 million project to industrialize Canada’s first hybrid additive-subtractive manufacturing line for the production of high-performance turbopumps for space launch, including $3.2 million in support from Next Generation Manufacturing Canada (@NGen_Canada) under the Advanced Manufacturing Technology Program. The project directly advances the sovereign industrial objectives of Canada’s new Defence Industrial Strategy, and links sovereign launch with sovereign manufacturing.

The consortium, led by NordSpace Corp., includes Miltera Machining Research Corp., Pegmatis Inc., and Prime Powders Inc., in partnership with Indigenous-owned Bear Paw Manufacturing, all 100% Canadian-owned companies. Together, the consortium will be delivering a domestically owned capability for producing rocket propulsion hardware at the cost, cadence, and quality required for routine sovereign access to space.

The project integrates large-format metal additive manufacturing at NordSpace's Advanced Manufacturing for Aerospace Lab (AMA Lab), AI-driven in-situ quality control, precision 5-axis machining, and a resilient Canadian materials supply chain, forming a cohesive production system owned and operated by Canadian SMEs.

For more details in English and in French, please see the comments below for links to the official news release.

“The Government of Canada’s investment in this project helps advance the country’s sovereign space capabilities and is an example of putting the Defence Industrial Strategy into action. Through this initiative, NGen is harnessing Canadian ingenuity and Canada’s world-class workforce to build a robust, sovereign supply chain, enabling our manufacturers to compete globally, strengthen our defence economy and ensure the economic benefits of innovation reach communities across our country.” – The Honourable Mélanie Joly (@melaniejoly), Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions

“This investment from NGen marks a significant step forward in building sovereign Canadian advanced manufacturing capability for space propulsion. By combining AI-powered hybrid additive-subtractive technologies with strong ecosystem participation, this project delivers both immediate results and long-term strategic value, strengthening Canada’s defence and space industrial base while creating transferable capabilities across high-value sectors.” – Jayson Myers, CEO, NGen

@ISED_CA @NationalDefence @DRDC_RDDC

[Protect Kamala Harris ✊ @DisavowTrump20]

RETWEET if you stand with Stephen Colbert against Donald Trump!

[Stoke Space @stoke_space]

The coolest "silo" in Eastern WA... is a Stage 1 rocket structure.🤘

Enjoy this footage of all the testing happening in Moses Lake, from structural qualification to engine hot fires.

[Le libraire @robear54]

Le dessin du jour.

Serge Chapleau, La Presse, Montréal, 16 mai 2026.

[Mark Carney @MarkJCarney]

The Artemis II team is inspiring young Canadians to think bigger, aim higher, and explore further.

[Ryan Caton @dpoddolphinpro]

It's been well over a month since splashdown and the magnitude of what this Artemis II crew did is still sinking in... and I think it'll continue sinking in for a long time to come.

📷 @NASA

[Everyday Astronaut @Erdayastronaut]

In case you're wondering why I haven't published my latest video... you can thank @DistroKid for STILL not white-listing my channel from MY OWN MUSIC despite asking them to fix it for MONTHS. After 6 months of work, I'm sorry, but I need the ad revenue to make a living.

[de Adder Canada @deAdderCanada]

Judge overturns Elections Alberta’s approval of separation referendum petition

[NordSpace 🇨🇦 @Nord_Space]

We're excited to share the first glimpse of Chronos, headed to orbit later this year aboard our Terra Nova satellite. Chronos is NordSpace's own imaging payload developed in-house for edge-AI real-time intelligence in low earth orbit (LEO), initially trained for wildfire and arctic monitoring, and to practice wide-field-of-view space domain awareness. Chronos will be in-orbit later this year aboard NordSpace’s first Terra Nova satellite built to test real-time operations in LEO, launching with SpaceX’s Transporter-18 mission.

Chronos features a NVIDIA GPU and 3 cameras: high-resolution visible band, multispectral, and situational awareness. This pathfinder mission is fully privately funded and managed by NordSpace in our Space Systems Lab (SSL). In addition to Chronos, Terra Nova is flying Zephyr-EP, a small electric thruster developed to test in-space propulsion applications such as station-keeping, RPOD, and de-orbiting. This mission is both a demonstration of key technologies NordSpace will leverage for our upcoming constellation and hosted payload offering, and an experience building activity for in-space operations as part of NordSpace’s goal to develop an end-to-end space missions capability in Canada.

The Terra-Nova platform will be scaled to larger satellites for hosted payload missions starting later this year, with the goal to boost satellite output in Canada while generating significant internalized demand for NordSpace's own orbital launch vehicle program. If you are looking to fly your payload to space or are looking to develop small constellations, reach out to our team for the fastest and most reliable way to complete your mission.

@NationalDefence @DRDC_RDDC @csa_asc

[Ryan Caton @dpoddolphinpro]

Confirmed flight test objectives:
- Super Heavy water splashdown
- Raptor Relight
- Payload Deploy demonstration, including 2 working satellites which will transmit imagery
- Starship Landing Burn down-selecting to just 1 engine

[Michael de Adder @deAdder]

Monty Python inspired cartoon.