Great trailer! As much as I have a few issues with The Rings of Power adaptation (although they nail the look), I am certainly excited for Season 3… youtu.be/maP_Kyy3DCA?si=x10F…
Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster is actually pretty cool… but it doesn't really fly. More on that and other details you may have missed from the demo below…
Musk claims his long-delayed Tesla Roadster "can basically fly like a rocket". @jeffmacarthur deep dive into why that's just not true (even if there are many cool things about the demo), what it'll cost, & how this fits into a Tesla/SpaceX merger in the latest The @AmberMac Show.
Can Musk's Roadster *Really* Fly? Demo details & more…
Elon Musk claims the Tesla Roadster "can basically fly like a rocket". Jeff does a deep dive into why that's not true (even if there are some cool things), what it'll cost, and a Tesla/SpaceX merger.
That's pretty cool!
Great fun trading used guitar picks with Brian May of Queen.
He uses old sixpences, and was kind enough to find one with my birthyear at our concert this weekend. I use hard plastic ones, the mission emblem from my 3rd spaceflight.
(such a fine person, Sir Brian May, PhD astrophysicist & phenomenal musician/human, @DrBrianMay of @QueenWillRock)
Too much investment activity has essentially devolved into straight-up gambling IMHO - numbers detached from reality are going to come back to haunt us all.
See you there after work, Halifax!
The first Third Wednesday meetup of the Fall is after work today, Wed 21 Oct 5-7:30pm in the Cannery Bar at the Atlantica Hotel. Mingle & network with our friends from @DigitalNS & lots of interesting Halifax techies, plus don’t miss our 30-second intro/opportunity spots ~6pm!
Plus hear about how badly Truth Social is shedding users!
Can we predict the jobs robots will do? @jeffmacarthur and I chat about this - and lots more - on the podcast. Check out this week's headlines below (and get the full episode Wednesday at 7am wherever you get your podcasts!).
This week in tech - October 20, 2026
If you don't follow No Context Brits then you are missing out! #PSA
Hope to see some of you at the first Third Wednesday of the Fall - all welcome!
THIS Wednesday is our Halifax Third Wednesday tech/media/marketing meetup - see you after work from 5-7:30pm at the Atlantica Hotel with our friends from @DigitalNS, our 30-second intro/opportunity spots ~6pm, and some great mingling with lots of interesting techies!
Very pleased to see 3x as many Albertans vote against the question of separation than for. Not sure how the morons who are for it think they'd more easily get oil to tidewater - at least Quebec's (also dumb) separation wouldn't leave them landlocked.🧐 Anyway, glad it's so clear.
I may be a bit biased being a bass player, but no other instrument has such an enormous range of evocative sounds IMHO. No pedals, just fingers and a bass.😍
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Hilarious. A 75 per cent defeat is actually a victory.
Before the votes are tallied, I wanted to be clear about something that they're going to try and take from us.
The definition of victory.
If as much as 25% elect for option 2 on the only question that matters... this is not a win for "remain."
It's a victory for independence.
1/4 of the province (of which had doubled in size since this bs immigration scheme) is on board with cutting ties.
That's not 2 crazy dudes in Didsbury. That's every 4th person.
Maybe we won't get to further the process... but we will get to make our point clear: a huge chunk of us are so dissatisfied with the present status quo that we want to walk away from it all.
From this day forth, politicians will see that number on the page and know that it they don't find a way to bring those people into the discussion, they've lost them.
Don't let them redefine victory and marginalize our struggles.
But of course, I want option 2 to pass.
Hope to see you there!
Join us this Wednesday, October 21st, for Halifax’s longest-running tech/media/marketing meetup from 5-7:30pm in the Cannery Bar at the Atlantica Hotel with our friends from @DigitalNS, our 30-second intro/opportunity spots ~6pm, and a lots of fun Halifax tech folks!
Great watch for Canadians trying to figure out what all these digital bills are about!
.@jeffmacarthur spoke with Halifax-based @privacylawyer about new legislation that could reshape our relationship with technology in Canada - from online privacy to government access to your data.
Get the full episode of The AmberMac Show everywhere you get your podcasts.
Canada's Digital Laws Explained
The 12 richest people in the world have more wealth than 50% of the global pop'n. I've got a solution leveraging the agentic AI tech billionaires are pitching as our salvation (something makes me think this isn't what they had in mind). The @AmberMac Show youtu.be/mBBVrhLShLk?si=rZzG…
























