@datum Canada’s banks could pay off the TMX in two years …

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/markets/currencies/2026/02/27/big-six-banks-exceed-expectations-hit-19-billion-in-q1-profit/

@datum Canadian should demand the 1st pipeline’s $30B debt be paid off before another pipeline is publicly financed.

The pipelines benefit foreign investors, and an ever declining # of Canadian workers.

Or is it the banks in their now risky oil investments our politicians want to support?

https://www.canadian-accountant.com/content/thought-leaders/trans-mountain-pipeline-expansion-taxpayers

https://influencemap.org/briefing/Canada-s-Big-Five-Banks-Fueling-Fossil-Risk-33753

@CStamp Gee look at that, Spain maintains its sensible agreements (including tariff free trade) with Canada

https://www.international.gc.ca/country-pays/spain-espagne/relations.aspx?lang=eng

https://www.canada.ca/en/public-services-procurement/news/2025/09/canada-and-spain-sign-general-security-of-information-agreement-protecting-sensitive-information-and-promoting-economic-prosperity.html

@sundogplanets camera trick for lighting shots during a thunderstorm . Set a camera up with manual exposure settings (on a tripod) with a really long exposure time, small aperture (big f number) long shutter speed, or manually hold shutter open, Then wait for a lightning.

The lighting will be so bright it will illuminate the scene.

Just don’t leave the camera or its operator where it will be struck by lightning

@harrybo my teacher parents gave me a box of batteries wires switches light bulbs metal rods etc and no instructions

I played with this so much (but didn’t become an electrical engineer)

@rez @harrybo

https://www.renpy.org/

https://www.inklestudios.com/ink/

https://twinery.org/