Andrew Dunham
@andrewd.bsky.social
Canadian, solar/renewable energy enthusiast, security person, software engineer, and general doer-of-things @ @tailscale.com
Also on Mastodon @andrew@ottawa.place (and one of the admins of that server!)
Also on Mastodon @andrew@ottawa.place (and one of the admins of that server!)
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It's always nuts to me when ppl say things like "we live in one of the most dangerous places", are constantly fearful of violence. The stress people must feel at all times is crazy. I walk through downtown Hamilton with very little worry knowing it's one of the safest places on Earth (from violence)
Canada is statistically the second safest country in the world for travel in relation to violent crime, and is the fifth safest country in the world overall. Japan takes the top spot, with Belgium in 3rd. Via @cultmtl.com
Comments?
Comments?
Canada named second safest country in the world from violent crime
Canada has been named the second safest country in the world in relation to violent crime.
cultmtl.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:06 PM
It's always nuts to me when ppl say things like "we live in one of the most dangerous places", are constantly fearful of violence. The stress people must feel at all times is crazy. I walk through downtown Hamilton with very little worry knowing it's one of the safest places on Earth (from violence)
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We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.
November 1, 2025 at 12:31 AM
We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.
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This is a great response to Bill Gates' climate memo.
I wanted to offer some thoughts on the Gates climate memo that has been circulating this week. While I can't directly speak for others, I can say that my own response is one of dismay & deep frustration (and that this view is shared by many climate/Earth scientists). [1/n]
October 30, 2025 at 10:29 PM
This is a great response to Bill Gates' climate memo.
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Sickening words and ideas. A deeply disturbing but very important read. I think Canadians need to realize that our country also includes this kind of organized white nationalism and hate, and that we need to be doing all we can to work against it.
NEW: Whether you measure it by number of supporters, fundraising ability, or by the size of its militant groups, the white nationalist movement in Canada has never been larger or more of a threat.
White Nationalism in Canada: Organized, Emboldened, and Growing
Canada’s white nationalist movement has consolidated into a network that includes three key branches: Diagolon, the propaganda arm; the Dominion Society of Canada, an incorporated political arm; and S...
www.antihate.ca
October 30, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Sickening words and ideas. A deeply disturbing but very important read. I think Canadians need to realize that our country also includes this kind of organized white nationalism and hate, and that we need to be doing all we can to work against it.
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A moth got into the shelter tonight and it was the event of the season.
October 24, 2025 at 1:03 AM
A moth got into the shelter tonight and it was the event of the season.
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I wrote about tensions and troubles for Bluesky on @techpolicypress.bsky.social and then I wrote about the TPP piece on wrecka.ge and now I am posting about it the post on Bluesky. Look at this cloud.
www.wrecka.ge/clouded-skie...
www.wrecka.ge/clouded-skie...
Clouded Skies for Open Networks
Last week, I finished an essay about platform design affordances and content moderation expectations and community-level context collapse on Bluesky for Tech Policy Press and set it aside to cool befo...
www.wrecka.ge
October 22, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I wrote about tensions and troubles for Bluesky on @techpolicypress.bsky.social and then I wrote about the TPP piece on wrecka.ge and now I am posting about it the post on Bluesky. Look at this cloud.
www.wrecka.ge/clouded-skie...
www.wrecka.ge/clouded-skie...
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Oh and here's a gift link www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Justin Ling: Canada needs to make its voice heard around the world. Here’s one clear way to do that.
To create stronger connections internationally, Canada can’t rely on the United States. We need to use our own soft diplomacy tools
www.thestar.com
October 18, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Oh and here's a gift link www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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It's big Trump protest day so that means we are mere hours away from my least favorite Bluesky: the Russian disinfo surge.
Here's how it works, and what you can do about it. 🧵
Here's how it works, and what you can do about it. 🧵
October 18, 2025 at 2:47 PM
It's big Trump protest day so that means we are mere hours away from my least favorite Bluesky: the Russian disinfo surge.
Here's how it works, and what you can do about it. 🧵
Here's how it works, and what you can do about it. 🧵
So, there's been a lot of discussion about Canada Post and it's "profitability". My view on this is pretty straightforward: it's a service that benefits Canadians, not a profit-making enterprise.
However: I made a demo of how it might evolve, and here's why: 🧵
andrew-d.github.io/cp-kiosk/
However: I made a demo of how it might evolve, and here's why: 🧵
andrew-d.github.io/cp-kiosk/
Post Connect / Connexion postale
andrew-d.github.io
October 12, 2025 at 5:28 PM
So, there's been a lot of discussion about Canada Post and it's "profitability". My view on this is pretty straightforward: it's a service that benefits Canadians, not a profit-making enterprise.
However: I made a demo of how it might evolve, and here's why: 🧵
andrew-d.github.io/cp-kiosk/
However: I made a demo of how it might evolve, and here's why: 🧵
andrew-d.github.io/cp-kiosk/
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What a beautiful proposed amendment to Bill 127, the "Protecting Nova Scotians Act". Unfortunately, the proposed amendment was defeated.
October 6, 2025 at 3:20 PM
What a beautiful proposed amendment to Bill 127, the "Protecting Nova Scotians Act". Unfortunately, the proposed amendment was defeated.
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Forum mods quickly learn who habitual line steppers are and the answer for them is almost always “no” & it’s fine to swiftly suspend and ban them for anything even questionably close to the line.
Wasting your time with semantics is entertainment to them so they should be summarily destroyed imo.
Wasting your time with semantics is entertainment to them so they should be summarily destroyed imo.
Learned in the mystical art of "is this conversation even fucking worth it"
September 26, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Forum mods quickly learn who habitual line steppers are and the answer for them is almost always “no” & it’s fine to swiftly suspend and ban them for anything even questionably close to the line.
Wasting your time with semantics is entertainment to them so they should be summarily destroyed imo.
Wasting your time with semantics is entertainment to them so they should be summarily destroyed imo.
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New jobs on the jobs webbed site! bsky.social/about/join
September 25, 2025 at 6:30 PM
New jobs on the jobs webbed site! bsky.social/about/join
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Hey Canadian friends, let's sign this petition!! It takes less than 2 minutes and is an official thing you can do 💪
For context, Canada's C-2 bill paves the way for the US gov't to access Canada's private civilian data based on "security of the border", and "other security measures". It's bad!
For context, Canada's C-2 bill paves the way for the US gov't to access Canada's private civilian data based on "security of the border", and "other security measures". It's bad!
Canada's C-2 bill is both a gross overreach of govt surveillance into citizen's privacy, as well as extremely anti-immigrant/racist!
please do not forget to sign this petition alongside the others if you are canadian. This bill is bad news, but we can beat it!
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
please do not forget to sign this petition alongside the others if you are canadian. This bill is bad news, but we can beat it!
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
September 13, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Hey Canadian friends, let's sign this petition!! It takes less than 2 minutes and is an official thing you can do 💪
For context, Canada's C-2 bill paves the way for the US gov't to access Canada's private civilian data based on "security of the border", and "other security measures". It's bad!
For context, Canada's C-2 bill paves the way for the US gov't to access Canada's private civilian data based on "security of the border", and "other security measures". It's bad!
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This should go without saying, but the best thing for Canada to do as the United States quickly spirals into fascism and corrupt autocracy, isn’t to try to seem more like the United States.
It’s to quickly double down on being even MORE Canadian.
That’s the big advantage, the big opportunity.
It’s to quickly double down on being even MORE Canadian.
That’s the big advantage, the big opportunity.
August 10, 2025 at 5:04 PM
This should go without saying, but the best thing for Canada to do as the United States quickly spirals into fascism and corrupt autocracy, isn’t to try to seem more like the United States.
It’s to quickly double down on being even MORE Canadian.
That’s the big advantage, the big opportunity.
It’s to quickly double down on being even MORE Canadian.
That’s the big advantage, the big opportunity.
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Hello I’ve been mostly offline the last few months and also wasn’t in Vegas for security summer camp this past week
Please say hi to the reason for my absence, his name is Douglas and he’s the sweetest little potato
He arrived in early June and we’re over the moon 🩵
Please say hi to the reason for my absence, his name is Douglas and he’s the sweetest little potato
He arrived in early June and we’re over the moon 🩵
August 10, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Hello I’ve been mostly offline the last few months and also wasn’t in Vegas for security summer camp this past week
Please say hi to the reason for my absence, his name is Douglas and he’s the sweetest little potato
He arrived in early June and we’re over the moon 🩵
Please say hi to the reason for my absence, his name is Douglas and he’s the sweetest little potato
He arrived in early June and we’re over the moon 🩵
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Public cloud, public social media, public dating apps. It sounds unhinged at first but tbh I think creating alternatives with no profit motive could have extremely positive downstream effects to every aspect of society.
Canada can see the costs of dependence on the US first hand. Trump is bullying us and Silicon Valley used his leverage to kill the digital services tax.
As the Canadian government looks for a new cloud provider, it shouldn’t just prioritize local companies; it should invest in a public cloud.
As the Canadian government looks for a new cloud provider, it shouldn’t just prioritize local companies; it should invest in a public cloud.
Why Canada needs to build a public cloud
Dependence on US tech giants must end if the country is serious about digital sovereignty
www.disconnect.blog
July 17, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Public cloud, public social media, public dating apps. It sounds unhinged at first but tbh I think creating alternatives with no profit motive could have extremely positive downstream effects to every aspect of society.
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There’s a lesson here for Canada, if the good people at the CBC want to learn it.
Turns out that NPR and PBS' pandering to the right still didn't save their funding. Maybe there's a lesson here for media that think that tilting to the right will spare them from accusations of "liberal bias."
The rescission bill has passed the Senate. Once it passes the House, as expected, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting's budget will be zeroed out for the first time since 1967, back when TV stations still broadcast in black and white.
July 17, 2025 at 1:30 PM
There’s a lesson here for Canada, if the good people at the CBC want to learn it.
I also worked at Stripe reasonably early on, and did well there (not "can retire", but "bought a house"), and am 🇨🇦. I really like this article from @avibryant.com, and wholeheartedly endorse this message.
“I like to pay taxes. With them, I buy civilization”–Oliver Holmes
macleans.ca/politics/tax...
“I like to pay taxes. With them, I buy civilization”–Oliver Holmes
macleans.ca/politics/tax...
I’m a Millionaire. Tax Me More, Please. - Macleans.ca
Wealthy Canadians like me can afford to pay extra for the greater good
macleans.ca
July 2, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I also worked at Stripe reasonably early on, and did well there (not "can retire", but "bought a house"), and am 🇨🇦. I really like this article from @avibryant.com, and wholeheartedly endorse this message.
“I like to pay taxes. With them, I buy civilization”–Oliver Holmes
macleans.ca/politics/tax...
“I like to pay taxes. With them, I buy civilization”–Oliver Holmes
macleans.ca/politics/tax...
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If your law is good when there are good people in office, but dangerous when there are bad people in office, your law is bad.
Separately and notably, GLAAD — which dropped its opposition to KOSA last year after changes to the bill, easing its path to Democratic support — told me it now wants lawmakers to review the bill in light of "changes in the FTC and other government leadership." www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
June 24, 2025 at 1:54 PM
If your law is good when there are good people in office, but dangerous when there are bad people in office, your law is bad.
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It's amusing that Point Nemo is 1) the location of the city of R'lyeh and 2) the point where we aim for our deorbited junk to crash into the ocean. So we've been bombarding R'lyeh from orbit for decades now and sooner or later something down there is going to get cross.
June 23, 2025 at 8:18 PM
It's amusing that Point Nemo is 1) the location of the city of R'lyeh and 2) the point where we aim for our deorbited junk to crash into the ocean. So we've been bombarding R'lyeh from orbit for decades now and sooner or later something down there is going to get cross.
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I worry that escalating war with Iran will be used to whip up more fear and hate for non-white immigrants, particularly those of Arab descent, and be used for unjust deportations.
June 22, 2025 at 3:33 AM
I worry that escalating war with Iran will be used to whip up more fear and hate for non-white immigrants, particularly those of Arab descent, and be used for unjust deportations.
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Adam and Eve had no stuff, and were happy.
And so, Satan invented stuff. This caused greed, and envy—and worst of all, "needing to remember where you put the stuff."
But our parents could still see their stuff, and inventory it. They weren't totally miserable.
And so, Satan invented data.
And so, Satan invented stuff. This caused greed, and envy—and worst of all, "needing to remember where you put the stuff."
But our parents could still see their stuff, and inventory it. They weren't totally miserable.
And so, Satan invented data.
June 20, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Adam and Eve had no stuff, and were happy.
And so, Satan invented stuff. This caused greed, and envy—and worst of all, "needing to remember where you put the stuff."
But our parents could still see their stuff, and inventory it. They weren't totally miserable.
And so, Satan invented data.
And so, Satan invented stuff. This caused greed, and envy—and worst of all, "needing to remember where you put the stuff."
But our parents could still see their stuff, and inventory it. They weren't totally miserable.
And so, Satan invented data.
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The biggest mistake made by cyberpunk media of the 80s and 90s is that they didn’t anticipate the power of NIMBYs.
June 20, 2025 at 4:06 AM
The biggest mistake made by cyberpunk media of the 80s and 90s is that they didn’t anticipate the power of NIMBYs.
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On the other site I said Visa and Mastercard are the unwilling de facto rulers of the adult industry.
In this thread, we’ll dig into adult industry’s most exciting layer: financial plumbing! and explore weird content banned not by law, but by interpretation of card rules. 🧵
In this thread, we’ll dig into adult industry’s most exciting layer: financial plumbing! and explore weird content banned not by law, but by interpretation of card rules. 🧵
June 16, 2025 at 5:54 PM
On the other site I said Visa and Mastercard are the unwilling de facto rulers of the adult industry.
In this thread, we’ll dig into adult industry’s most exciting layer: financial plumbing! and explore weird content banned not by law, but by interpretation of card rules. 🧵
In this thread, we’ll dig into adult industry’s most exciting layer: financial plumbing! and explore weird content banned not by law, but by interpretation of card rules. 🧵