This was a nicely written good read from The New Yorker: "What Canadians Heard—and Americans Didn’t"
https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/what-canadians-heard-and-americans-didnt
Take a moment to sign a petition to help defend the Internet Archive from a $700m #RIAA lawsuit. The world needs the #internetarchive and #waybackmachine to preserve digital history, and this lawsuit is described as an existential threat.
26.4.2025 07:17Take a moment to sign a petition to help defend the Internet Archive from a $700m #RIAA lawsuit. The world needs the #internetarchive and...Poilievre, don't worry about it man, #Canada doesn't care if you're gay. Your base may care quite a bit, but the majority of us just want you to be you. #canpoli #gaypride
18.4.2025 01:15Poilievre, don't worry about it man, #Canada doesn't care if you're gay. Your base may care quite a bit, but the majority of us..."If Canada wants closer European ties, we need European privacy standards..." I couldn't agree more.
9.4.2025 02:19"If Canada wants closer European ties, we need European privacy standards..." I couldn't agree...The #UN Open Source Principles:
1. Open by default: Making Open Source the standard approach for projects.
2. Contribute back: Encouraging active participation in the Open Source ecosystem.
3. Secure by design: Making security a priority in all software projects.
4. Foster inclusive participation and community building: Enabling and facilitating diverse and inclusive contributions.
5. Design for reusability: Designing projects to be interoperable across various platforms and ecosystems.
6. Provide documentation: Providing thorough documentation for end-users, integrators and developers.
7. RISE (recognize, incentivize, support and empower): Empowering individuals and communities to actively participate.
8. Sustain and scale: Supporting the development of solutions that meet the evolving needs of the UN system and beyond.
https://unite.un.org/news/sixteen-organizations-endorse-un-open-source-principles
#opensource #goodbusinesssense
31.3.2025 10:41The #UN Open Source Principles:1. Open by default: Making Open Source the standard approach for projects.2. Contribute back: Encouraging...Just a friendly reminder that today is the day Amazon Alexa privacy features are being removed. The devices will now be doing all audio processing on Amazon's servers, meaning your most sensitive data—what you talk about in the privacy of your home—is accessible by Amazon. My best advice... sorry, but don't use them. If you're wondering what else to do, check out Home Assistant.
#amazon #alexa #alexastopspyingonme #privacymatters
As someone who has recently started using the em dash—awesome to see this today.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/em-dash-en-dash-how-to-use
28.3.2025 00:46As someone who has recently started using the em dash—awesome to see this...ICYMI: A really good read on "Why Canada Is Giving Mark Carney a Shot" from Time Magazine: https://time.com/7266178/canada-mark-carney-election-prime-minister/
#CanadaStrong #canpoli #canada
On behalf of the future generations of humans who will burn, drown, and starve because of greedy, selfish, spineless, decisions like this... #shameonyou (the other thoughts, I'll keep to myself). "BP shuns renewables in return to oil and gas"
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3374ekd11po
#environment #renewableenergy #oilgarchy
26.2.2025 11:41On behalf of the future generations of humans who will burn, drown, and starve because of greedy, selfish, spineless, decisions like this......I'm an instant fan of BritCSS, which "fixes CSS to use non-bastardised spellings." https://github.com/DeclanChidlow/BritCSS
21.2.2025 03:20I'm an instant fan of BritCSS, which "fixes CSS to use non-bastardised spellings."...Cool article by @Em0nM4stodon (I believe) is front page on Hacker News right now: No, Privacy is Not Dead: Beware the All-or-Nothing Mindset
https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/02/17/privacy-is-not-dead/
This is the real reason for the internet, for initiatives like this to be possible: "Announcing the Data.gov Archive" https://lil.law.harvard.edu/blog/2025/02/06/announcing-data-gov-archive/
As an extra bonus, they've open sourced all associated software and documentation so that others can replicate their important work. Thank you #Harvard and thank you Library Innovation Lab Team.
#democracy #university #opensource #library #backitup
Really interesting to read "Government of Canada releases Canada’s Sensitive Technology List" that was released today. The list is mostly "oh, that makes sense," but Distributed Ledger Technology made me raise my eyebrow.
Canada's Sensitive Technology List:
https://www.canada.ca/en/services/defence/nationalsecurity/sensitive-technology-list.html
Dear fellow #Canadians, I know you're feeling angry and hurt right now, but please don't boo at an American national anthem. It's very likely that the people attending the event you're at are not one of the few who deserve to feel the shame. Be the bigger person.
4.2.2025 11:27Dear fellow #Canadians, I know you're feeling angry and hurt right now, but please don't boo at an American national anthem....It has been many years since I've used Fedora, and I'm happy to report: DAMN Fedora 41 is polished off nice! What a great experience and such a nice OS. Wow. We were both impressed.
1.2.2025 03:13It has been many years since I've used Fedora, and I'm happy to report: DAMN Fedora 41 is polished off nice! What a great experience...What am I doing on a Friday night? Oh, you know, just helping my son install #linux (#Fedora specifically) on his computer for the first time. ❤️ #happydad #prouddad
1.2.2025 01:30What am I doing on a Friday night? Oh, you know, just helping my son install #linux (#Fedora specifically) on his computer for the first...Interesting write up on a method used to potentially narrow down the geographic region of a Signal (or most any) user. I hope some thought goes into this @signalapp
"Unique 0-click deanonymization attack targeting Signal, Discord and hundreds of platform"
https://gist.github.com/hackermondev/45a3cdfa52246f1d1201c1e8cdef6117
22.1.2025 03:07Interesting write up on a method used to potentially narrow down the geographic region of a Signal (or most any) user. I hope some thought...I am trying to determine how much energy I should put into the fact that I just received a "Remote Engine Start Failure" email notification (legit) from my car, when I did not attempt a remote start. Ug. Someone's having some hacking fun this afternoon. #carsecurity #idontcare #itsalease
8.1.2025 20:52I am trying to determine how much energy I should put into the fact that I just received a "Remote Engine Start Failure" email...Thank you, Justin Trudeau, for your many years of dedication and service to #Canada through such extraordinary times. We appreciate you and what you’ve done for our country. Good luck with your next chapter, whatever that may be. @justintrudeau #justintrudeau
6.1.2025 17:03Thank you, Justin Trudeau, for your many years of dedication and service to #Canada through such extraordinary times. We appreciate you and...I still fucking miss Anthony Bourdain. It still makes me sad when I think about it. I love his quality and appreciation of culture, people, and food. #anthonybourdian #goodchaos #lifeshard #stayhappy
5.1.2025 01:57I still fucking miss Anthony Bourdain. It still makes me sad when I think about it. I love his quality and appreciation of culture, people,...⬆️
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