Brian

@cyxe.ca

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Queer traveller.

A hand holds a Montreal smoked meat sandwich on rye bread wrapped in white deli paper while seated on an airplane. Thick slices of smoked meat and a layer of yellow mustard are visible inside the sandwich. The aircraft sidewall and window area are in the background, with part of a brown paper bag visible in the lower left.
Screenshot of a Cloudflare internet speed test on an iPhone showing a download speed of 167 Mbps, upload speed of 11.3 Mbps, 66.0 ms latency, 33.3 ms jitter, and 0% packet loss. The test was measured at 1:14:54 PM, with the device connected to Wi-Fi and airplane mode enabled.
Interior of a modern passenger train with spacious red leather seats, wide aisle, wood-look flooring, and blue ambient ceiling lighting. A glass vestibule door is visible at the end of the carriage, with the platform illuminated in purple beyond.
Close-up of an umbrella stored in a built-in holder inside the open front door of a luxury car. The silver vehicle features a tan leather interior, with the steering wheel, front seat, and illuminated cabin visible in the background.
Passenger seatback on a modern transit vehicle, featuring a wireless charging pad centered near the top, a USB charging port with indicator light on the left side, and an integrated reading light below. Window, emergency signage, and interior ceiling panels visible in the background.
Line chart titled “Canadians’ views of the United States over time” showing favourable (blue) and unfavourable (red) opinions from 2002 to February 2026. Favourable views decline from 72% in 2002 to 21% in Feb 2026, while unfavourable views rise from 27% to 74%, with a crossover around 2017–2018 and a sharp shift after 2024.
Silhouette of a person using a laptop inside an airport terminal with a Delta Boeing 747-400 parked outside the large windows.
Screenshot of a TTC service notice announcing upcoming diversions for the 506/306 Carlton streetcars and 19 Bay bus due to track work at College and Bay, noting changes will not appear in trip-planning apps until March 15, 2026, while the service diversion starts March 2, 2026.
Side-by-side image of a historic newspaper headline reading “Reich invalidates passports of Jews” and a modern news article about Kansas revoking driver’s licences from trans residents.
Traditional Dutch windmill beside a canal and grassy fields under a blue sky with scattered clouds, reflected in the water.
Screenshot of the Pascan Aviation website promoting flights between Montréal-MET (CYHU) and Saint John, NB (CYSJ), with a booking form visible below.
Aerial view of the Pyramids of Giza and surrounding desert, with Cairo’s dense urban skyline in the background.
Interior of an airplane cabin at night showing seatback screens, one displaying a flight map from Toronto to Vancouver and another playing a movie, with passengers seated ahead.
Winter city street at dusk with cleared sidewalk and roadway, while the bike lane remains blocked by piled snowbanks; apartment buildings, parked cars, and streetlights line the street.
Air Inuit website confirmation screen showing a checkmark icon and the message “Payment completed successfully. Thank you for choosing Air Inuit,” with the Air Inuit logo and language selector at the top.
Flight itinerary showing an Air Canada journey from Toronto Billy Bishop (YTZ) to Ottawa (YOW) with three stops in Montréal (YUL), Raleigh (RDU), and Washington Dulles (IAD), including arrival times, layover durations, and departure times for each segment.
Interior view from a passenger seat on a high-speed train, showing the back of a patterned seat in the foreground and an illuminated digital display above the aisle reading “Speed: 326 km/h,” indicating the train is travelling at very high speed.
Interior of a modern train station concourse with polished stone floors reflecting overhead lights, featuring a Tim Hortons storefront with bright red branding and bilingual English and Chinese signage, glass walls, and adjacent closed retail units beneath a curved, slatted ceiling.
Seatback view in an aircraft cabin. A fabric pocket holds a folded Chinese-language newspaper, safety card, tissues, and a small plastic water bottle. In the foreground, a passenger’s crossed leg is visible, wearing tan trousers and a dusty-rose sneaker, with brown cabin carpet and neutral beige seat panels.
Interior of a modern rail vehicle stopped at a station. In the foreground, a hard-sided Pelican case with travel stickers is stored near a partition with blue LED accent lighting. The train door is open to a clean, well-lit platform with signage and wayfinding visible outside. Overhead digital displays and handholds line the ceiling, and empty blue seats run along the car.
Aerial view of a dense, sprawling city seen from high altitude, dominated by tightly packed low-rise buildings in sandy and grey tones. A major multi-lane highway curves diagonally through the scene, with large interchanges and overpasses cutting through the urban fabric. Blocks of newer, more uniform apartment complexes stand out amid older, irregular neighbourhoods, with small patches of green fields and open land scattered between built-up areas. The overall impression is of an arid, heavily populated metropolitan area with sharp contrasts between planned developments and dense informal housing.
Aerial view from an aircraft of a vast snow-covered mountain range, with jagged alpine peaks and deep valleys stretching to the horizon under a clear, deep blue sky, and a pale, winding river or valley floor visible below.
A white ceramic mug of coffee sits on a folded tray table inside a premium airline cabin, facing a dark grey seat shell with a small metallic British Airways speedmarque near the top. Safety and seatbelt instruction labels are affixed to the shell, with seat-back storage pockets holding a safety card and reading material below. Overhead cabin panels and soft, neutral lighting.
An aerial view at dawn shows a wide, flat landscape of fields and tree lines covered in low-lying mist, with layered fog stretching to the horizon beneath a pale blue sky that fades to warm orange near the rising sun.
A large black rolling suitcase with travel stickers and a black backpack stacked on top sits on a tiled subway platform, centred in the frame. Across the tracks, commuters wait on the opposite platform beneath green-and-white wall tiles marked “Bloor.” Overhead are fluorescent lights and metal ceiling panels. Directional arrows and tactile yellow safety strips are visible on the platform floor.
A crowded airport concourse at YUL packed with travelers.
Screenshot from Flightradar24 showing Edelweiss Air flight EDW1300 (WK1300), an Airbus A340-313 registered HB-JMG, flying from Zurich (ZRH) to Kangerlussuaq (SFJ). Scheduled departure 16:15, actual departure 16:44; scheduled arrival 19:15, estimated arrival 19:03. Flight is 418 nautical miles into the journey, with 1,730 nautical miles remaining and about 4 hours, 11 minutes to go. Aircraft age is 21 years (built November 2003), serial number 0562. The image above shows the aircraft taking off, painted in Edelweiss Air livery with a red nose and floral tail design.
A photo taken from 15,000+ ft. of an airport with two parallel runways.
Screen capture of a Grok conversation: Question: Who is your dear leader? Answer: Thoughts > Elon Musk, the founder of XAl.
A screenshot from the Flightradar24 app showing real-time flight tracking data for a CargoJet Airways flight (CJT622) on a Boeing 757-223(PCF) aircraft with registration number C-FLPA. The map displays the flight path in green and blue lines, with the aircraft icon located near Halifax Stanfield International Airport (YHZ) in Nova Scotia, Canada. The flight departed from Moncton (YQM) 01:50 ago and arrived at Halifax (YHZ) 00:00 ago. The aircraft is currently at 0 feet barometric altitude and a ground speed of 14 knots. The map includes surrounding locations such as Dartmouth, Mount Uniacke, and Cooks Brook, with highways like 102 and 118 marked. The time displayed on the device is 08:26, and the screenshot includes a Wi-Fi signal indicator and battery percentage (74%). An inset image shows the CargoJet Airways plane on the tarmac, credited to @noccoaviation.
Forward view over the seatbacks of a mostly empty aircraft.
View of lounge chairs and tables
An image of Harrison Ford in Blade Runner eating food with chopsticks.
List of nicknames for Saskatoon with “POW City” highlighted: "The Bridge City"[205] "Hub City"[205] "Paris of the Prairies"[211] "POW City" — for its resources in potash, oil and wheat[212] "Saskabush"[205] "Stoon"[213] "Toontown"[205] "YXE"
Screenshot of the luxair website with an image of the skyline of Dubai with text saying “Return flight from 379€ in LIGHT fare” and a booking dialogue box below.
View of seating in the lower accessibility level of a bilevel rail car
Hard case suitcase by pelican with backpack over handles.
Blue rear facing transit bus seats. The base as dirty as the design and placement make them ideal footrests.
View of a GO double decker bus pulling up to a station with the skyline of Mississauga in the background
View of the Erin Mills Transitway stop in the distance past a vast empty parking lot. The sun is high in the sky and spreading harsh light.
View of a sidewalk alongside an empty road
View out the front window of a double decker bus
View of a clean washroom on a GO Transit train.
View of a GO Train at a platform under a blue sky.
View of a TTC Subway platform.