David Shipley
@davidshipley.bsky.social
Pack lead at Beauceron Security. Field CISO. Passionate about putting people in control of technology. National expert in #cybersecurity. Ex-journalist. CAF Veteran. Opinions my own. As seen on CTV, Global, CBC, Globe and Mail, National Post and more.
The discombobulator. You just…can’t make this stuff up. Let that sink in @patrick.risky.biz www.ctvnews.ca/world/articl... #pulseenergyweapon
‘The Discombobulator’: Trump says U.S. used secret weapon during Maduro’s capture
U.S. President Donald Trump said the U.S. used a secret weapon he called “The Discombobulator” to disable Venezuelan equipment when the U.S. captured Nicolás Maduro.
www.ctvnews.ca
January 26, 2026 at 6:25 AM
The discombobulator. You just…can’t make this stuff up. Let that sink in @patrick.risky.biz www.ctvnews.ca/world/articl... #pulseenergyweapon
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The Washington Post published a clear video of federal agents removing Alex Pretti's handgun moments before he was fatally shot. There's nothing in the video to suggest Pretti even reached for his weapon.
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January 25, 2026 at 6:11 PM
The Washington Post published a clear video of federal agents removing Alex Pretti's handgun moments before he was fatally shot. There's nothing in the video to suggest Pretti even reached for his weapon.
wapo.st/49Zqv1L
wapo.st/49Zqv1L
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Ubisoft shares tumble after 'Assassin's Creed' creator unveils restructuring, cancels games reut.rs/4t03swr
Ubisoft shares tumble after 'Assassin's Creed' creator unveils restructuring, cancels games
Ubisoft , the French video game publisher behind the "Assassin's Creed" series, on Wednesday announced a sweeping reorganisation and said it would cancel six games, sending its shares to their lowest level in more than a decade on Thursday.
reut.rs
January 22, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Ubisoft shares tumble after 'Assassin's Creed' creator unveils restructuring, cancels games reut.rs/4t03swr
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Also: not even the basic morality of getting government off Elon Musk's X.
Waiting for the future-proofing but getting austerity. Wining and dining techbros with their own Project 2025, weaker government. Letting the right move the goalposts. The suggestion of increased outsourcing for things like drug inspections. A fast train and volunteer forces. What vision.
January 22, 2026 at 12:02 PM
Also: not even the basic morality of getting government off Elon Musk's X.
You're welcome to test that assumption at your convenience.
January 21, 2026 at 3:00 PM
You're welcome to test that assumption at your convenience.
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Would be amazing if European leaders would also start throwing out truth bombs like this. bsky.app/profile/atru...
Carney: "American hegemony in particular helped provide public goods, a stable financial system... this bargain no longer works. Let me be direct. We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition... recently, great powers have begun using economic integration as a weapon. Tariffs as leverage ... "
January 20, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Would be amazing if European leaders would also start throwing out truth bombs like this. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Woof. Given how many of them count on stocks and bonds as part of their wealth, as opposed to physical assets or money in the bank, a number of donors and highly influential supporters going to be maaaaad.
Some perspective: The S&P opened down -1.3% on Trump's Greenland saber-rattling. That's $750 billion of wealth destroyed -- roughly equal to estimates of the value of Greenland.
And so ~in dollar terms~ his shenanigans have already cost the US one Greenland, and we've got nothing to show for it.
And so ~in dollar terms~ his shenanigans have already cost the US one Greenland, and we've got nothing to show for it.
January 21, 2026 at 12:44 AM
Woof. Given how many of them count on stocks and bonds as part of their wealth, as opposed to physical assets or money in the bank, a number of donors and highly influential supporters going to be maaaaad.
The Washington Post's tagline, Democracy Dies in Darkness, was dead wrong. It dies at 2 a.m. in social media screed with Ai imagery. It does not quietly, but obnoxiously loud. It dies not with just tears, but many cheering it on, because they got to "own the" others they disagree with.
January 21, 2026 at 12:24 AM
The Washington Post's tagline, Democracy Dies in Darkness, was dead wrong. It dies at 2 a.m. in social media screed with Ai imagery. It does not quietly, but obnoxiously loud. It dies not with just tears, but many cheering it on, because they got to "own the" others they disagree with.
Can't wait to get @patrick.risky.biz's take on this mess:
www.priv.gc.ca/en/opc-news/...
An investigation by the Privacy Commissioner of Canada into Staples Canada has found that the company did not fully remove users’ personal information from returned laptops that it later resold.
www.priv.gc.ca/en/opc-news/...
An investigation by the Privacy Commissioner of Canada into Staples Canada has found that the company did not fully remove users’ personal information from returned laptops that it later resold.
a man in a suit and bow tie is clapping his hands and saying `` can t wait '' .
ALT: a man in a suit and bow tie is clapping his hands and saying `` can t wait '' .
media.tenor.com
January 14, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Can't wait to get @patrick.risky.biz's take on this mess:
www.priv.gc.ca/en/opc-news/...
An investigation by the Privacy Commissioner of Canada into Staples Canada has found that the company did not fully remove users’ personal information from returned laptops that it later resold.
www.priv.gc.ca/en/opc-news/...
An investigation by the Privacy Commissioner of Canada into Staples Canada has found that the company did not fully remove users’ personal information from returned laptops that it later resold.
I liked the ending of Stranger Things. Hit the right notes and right in the feels. Going to miss the show. Crazy watching these kids grow up.
January 4, 2026 at 6:54 PM
I liked the ending of Stranger Things. Hit the right notes and right in the feels. Going to miss the show. Crazy watching these kids grow up.
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We’re going into 2026 with some of the world’s biggest social media platforms undressing individuals without consent, sexualizing minors and openly using chatbots that encourage suicide & predatory language.
Not the greatest start.
Not the greatest start.
January 2, 2026 at 12:42 PM
We’re going into 2026 with some of the world’s biggest social media platforms undressing individuals without consent, sexualizing minors and openly using chatbots that encourage suicide & predatory language.
Not the greatest start.
Not the greatest start.
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This Christmas, I have just one wish for you:
Take a moment to really see the older people in your life.
Let them know they’re loved, valued, and never invisible.
Share a smile with an elder you don’t know.
Offer a warm holiday greeting.
Small gestures carry enormous power.
Love,
Lynda 🎄✨
Take a moment to really see the older people in your life.
Let them know they’re loved, valued, and never invisible.
Share a smile with an elder you don’t know.
Offer a warm holiday greeting.
Small gestures carry enormous power.
Love,
Lynda 🎄✨
December 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
This Christmas, I have just one wish for you:
Take a moment to really see the older people in your life.
Let them know they’re loved, valued, and never invisible.
Share a smile with an elder you don’t know.
Offer a warm holiday greeting.
Small gestures carry enormous power.
Love,
Lynda 🎄✨
Take a moment to really see the older people in your life.
Let them know they’re loved, valued, and never invisible.
Share a smile with an elder you don’t know.
Offer a warm holiday greeting.
Small gestures carry enormous power.
Love,
Lynda 🎄✨
Merry Christmas!
December 25, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Merry Christmas!
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2024's word of the year was 'enshittification' was and 2025's is 'slop'. Either next year the word is something like 'encrusted' or we figure out a way to bury the garbage or use it as fuel for something more productive
Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
December 19, 2025 at 7:41 PM
2024's word of the year was 'enshittification' was and 2025's is 'slop'. Either next year the word is something like 'encrusted' or we figure out a way to bury the garbage or use it as fuel for something more productive
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"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
December 19, 2025 at 12:24 PM
"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
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AI got it wrong and a musician paid the price.
Fiddler Ashley MacIsaac says an AI-powered search misidentified him as a criminal sex offender, triggering cancellations and online misinformation.
🎙️ @davidshipley.bsky.social on what this tells us about using AI: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...
Fiddler Ashley MacIsaac says an AI-powered search misidentified him as a criminal sex offender, triggering cancellations and online misinformation.
🎙️ @davidshipley.bsky.social on what this tells us about using AI: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...
AI-induced mistaken identity
Podcast Episode · The Jill Bennett Show · 2025-12-18 · Bonus · 11m
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December 19, 2025 at 1:17 AM
AI got it wrong and a musician paid the price.
Fiddler Ashley MacIsaac says an AI-powered search misidentified him as a criminal sex offender, triggering cancellations and online misinformation.
🎙️ @davidshipley.bsky.social on what this tells us about using AI: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...
Fiddler Ashley MacIsaac says an AI-powered search misidentified him as a criminal sex offender, triggering cancellations and online misinformation.
🎙️ @davidshipley.bsky.social on what this tells us about using AI: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...
Don’t see this everyday. @patrick.risky.biz www.france24.com/en/live-news...
France probes 'foreign interference' after passenger ship hit by remote-control malware
France is investigating whether an organised group linked to a “foreign power” may have been involved in the malware infection of a passenger ship that would allow it to be controlled remotely. The ma...
www.france24.com
December 17, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Don’t see this everyday. @patrick.risky.biz www.france24.com/en/live-news...
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In 2019, we @citizenlab.ca published an investigation into a disinfo / influence operation we called "Endless Mayfly", and which we attributed at the time to an "Iran-aligned entity"
citizenlab.ca/2019/05/burn...
Now, Meta's latest adversarial threat report showing we were spot on 👇
citizenlab.ca/2019/05/burn...
Now, Meta's latest adversarial threat report showing we were spot on 👇
December 11, 2025 at 10:38 PM
In 2019, we @citizenlab.ca published an investigation into a disinfo / influence operation we called "Endless Mayfly", and which we attributed at the time to an "Iran-aligned entity"
citizenlab.ca/2019/05/burn...
Now, Meta's latest adversarial threat report showing we were spot on 👇
citizenlab.ca/2019/05/burn...
Now, Meta's latest adversarial threat report showing we were spot on 👇
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Breaking News: Do Kwon, who pleaded guilty to fraud after cryptocurrencies he created crashed and wiped out investors, was sentenced to 15 years in prison.
Do Kwon, Crypto Entrepreneur Who Caused 2022 Crash, Sentenced to 15 Years
Do Kwon, who designed the virtual currencies Luna and TerraUSD, which plunged in 2022, had pleaded guilty to fraud.
nyti.ms
December 11, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Breaking News: Do Kwon, who pleaded guilty to fraud after cryptocurrencies he created crashed and wiped out investors, was sentenced to 15 years in prison.
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OpenAI sued for allegedly enabling murder-suicide reut.rs/44nZbZ3
OpenAI sued for allegedly enabling murder-suicide
OpenAI and its largest financial backer, Microsoft , were sued in California state court on Thursday over claims that OpenAI's popular chatbot ChatGPT encouraged a mentally ill man to kill his mother and himself.
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December 11, 2025 at 9:10 PM
OpenAI sued for allegedly enabling murder-suicide reut.rs/44nZbZ3
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Cryptocurrency, and stablecoins in particular, are very useful for illicit actors to evade sanctions, finance terrorism, and launder money. And there is increasingly little reasonable prospect of effective regulation.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/t...
How a Cryptocurrency Helps Criminals Launder Money and Evade Sanctions
www.nytimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Cryptocurrency, and stablecoins in particular, are very useful for illicit actors to evade sanctions, finance terrorism, and launder money. And there is increasingly little reasonable prospect of effective regulation.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/t...
I smell another @poitrasj.bsky.social book brewing. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
Second-generation McCain family feud rocks multibillion-dollar French fry empire
Eleanor McCain has demanded her relatives buy her out of one of the country’s largest privately owned companies
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 6, 2025 at 3:04 PM
I smell another @poitrasj.bsky.social book brewing. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
So unbelievably frustrated this morning. Came into an office filled with the smell of smoke because two drug-using unhoused decided to smoke crack (have the video) and start a fire next to our building.
December 4, 2025 at 1:33 PM
So unbelievably frustrated this morning. Came into an office filled with the smell of smoke because two drug-using unhoused decided to smoke crack (have the video) and start a fire next to our building.
In other news, rain is wet.
BREAKING: Pentagon watchdog finds Hegseth's use of Signal to share details of airstrike posed risk to U.S. personnel, AP sources say.
Pentagon watchdog finds Hegseth’s use of Signal posed risk to US personnel, AP sources say
The Pentagon’s watchdog has found that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth put U.S. personnel and mission at risk when he used the Signal messaging app to convey sensitive information about a military strike against Houthi militants in Yemen.
bit.ly
December 4, 2025 at 8:12 AM
In other news, rain is wet.
That was murder, plain and simple. Probably was illegal the first time.
Survivors of U.S. military strike in Caribbean were legitimate targets for second attack, admiral to tell lawmakers reut.rs/4pNxXD5
Survivors of U.S. military strike in Caribbean were legitimate targets for second attack, admiral to tell lawmakers
A U.S. military commander is expected tell lawmakers on Thursday that survivors of a military strike in the Caribbean were legitimate targets for a second attack because their vessel was still believed to contain illegal narcotics, a U.S. official told Reuters.
reut.rs
December 4, 2025 at 8:11 AM
That was murder, plain and simple. Probably was illegal the first time.