Phalanx

@armouredphalanx.bsky.social

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No one particularly important. Geek, nerd, urbanist, software developer, Haligonian, lefty, supporter of Ukraine. He/Him

Rendering for new development on Quinpool Rd.
Two pickup trucks parked side-by-side; an older model and a newer model that's almost twice the size as a real visual demonstration of car bloat.
Australian Country of Origin labeling example that uses a bar graph to show domestic content with a text explanation.
Chiba Urban Monorail tracks
A visual demonstration of how much road space is required to move 60 people with 1 bus versus 60 people in 60 cars.
Suspended monorail arriving at a station in Chiba, Japan.
GM Bison concept semi truck from 1964.
A screenshot from the movie 'Stripes' showing the 'EM-50 Urban Assault Vehicle', which appears to be the same or similar model to the RV in the Facebook Marketplace listing.
Chiba Urban Monorail suspended monorail arriving at a station.
Now outdated 2021 proposed site plan for rebuilt Halifax Forum
A map showing Halifax's rapid transit plan.
An interview with Canadian Vice-Admiral Topshee in CDR magazine re MCDV: CDR: The Navy has announced it is starting to pay off the MCDV fleet. What do you want to see as a replacement of the MCDV? VAdm Topshee: The Kingston class has been fantastic since its introduction into service in the 1990s. They’ve deployed to places no one ever thought they would go. The name gives it away: Maritime Coastal Defence Vessel. They were not supposed to ever go to Hawaii or repeatedly cross the Atlantic. They’ve proven to be remarkably flexible in what they’ve done. The problem I face as we look at building the River Class Destroyers to take over the response capability of the main surface combatant from the Halifax class, and we recognize that we’ve got the Harry DeWolf class that can go up in the north, is there’s a gap between those two. We need something that can deal with most threats that isn’t going to provide air defence or protection to anyone else, but can defend itself in a fight, and is not afraid of ice. So not an icebreaker, but can go to the ice edge and can rip about at speed near ice. That should be consistent with a hull form that still allows it to have a sonar and still allows it to move with enough speed to be relevant as a combatant. It’s basically the same capability set that’s currently in the Halifax class, shrunk down to a smaller package with an ice edge capability, roughly a Polar Class 6. So that’s what we’re talking about as a Continental Defence Corvette, and we’re working to develop the high-level mandatory requirements for what exactly that would look like. We deliberately chose the name Corvette because we’re trying to indicate that it’s a tier of combatant — it definitely can fight, but it’s not the thing that’s the heart of the fleet.
A chart of the more prominent Superman emblems from the 1930s to 2020s
An image of 90s vintage Kingdom Come Superman with an emblem resembling that of the one used for the 2025 Superman film.
A screenshot of a scam text message claiming to be from Access Nova Scotia.
A yellow alert for snowfall in Annapolis, Kings, Hants, Colchester, Pictou, Antigonish, and Cumberland counties from Environment Canada.
A small, completely harmless keychain multi-tool.
Profile image of a Telo MT1 pickup.
Products produced at Cadbury's Toronto factory. Products include Crunchie, Wunderbar, Mr. Big, Caramilk, Mini Eggs, Dairy Milk, Cream Eggs, and Crispy Crunch.
355th Hazardous Communication Support Program The 355th FGS hazardous materials program (HAZMAT) program suffered from insufficient manning and frequent supervision changes at times relevant to the mishap (Tab V-9.5). Airmen and non-commissioned officers were frequently swapped into the program and, at the time of the mishap, there was not a primary HAZMAT program manager assigned (Tab V-9.5). Additionally, HACOM program managers did not lock the barrels, observe servicing of hydraulic cart to ensure maintainers were properly servicing hydraulic or oil hand carts, nor log what hydraulic or oil servicing carts were filled from the barrels (Tab V-10.3, 10.4). Moreover, the hydraulic pump that sits on top of the barrel had no Teflon thread sealer, which could permit water to contaminate the hydraulic fluid if the barrel was not stored properly (Tab Z-3, 4, 12).
A 1755 map of Nova Scotia before the partition of New Brunswick from the NS archives. https://archives.novascotia.ca/maps/archives/?ID=85
Andy Fillmore cosplaying as an 'avid cyclist'.
Updated render for the proposed St. Pat's Crossing development.
An image of a human cannonball in flight.
A bottle of 'Squeeze Squeeze' chunky orange juice.
A view of the heavily used and very popular Shibuya Scramble
Screenshot from the Halifax 2024 Road Safety Annual Report showing a 50% drop in ticketing between 2018 and 2023.
Canadian federal polling results over the last 3 years showing a very sharp spike in favour of the Liberal Party following Trump's inauguration.
Wrestler Bret Hart walks toward the ring carrying a Canadian flag.
Bond franchise villain Blofeld as played by Donald Pleasence.
Bus shelter filled with snow in Bayers Lake
Canadian flag pattern
TimeGuessr map locations and score (46,282/50,000).
Screenshot from a Collider article detailing the differences between the movie and real events. https://collider.com/argo-movie-accuracy/
Image of a Russian T-90M tank showing the shape of the turret.
Aerial view of new outdoor aquatic area and Central Common upgrades as proposed in the Halifax Common Master Plan
"We need to talk about your flair..." - Office Space (1999)