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I just published a new long piece on the @ptbocurrents.bsky.social website!
The Ptbo police budget keeps rising - but why? What are the factors contributing to its growth? Is it reducing crime? And are the other options we could be funding to keep us safe? peterboroughcurrents.ca/in-depth/pol...
The Ptbo police budget keeps rising - but why? What are the factors contributing to its growth? Is it reducing crime? And are the other options we could be funding to keep us safe? peterboroughcurrents.ca/in-depth/pol...
The police budget has grown almost 50 per cent in four years. Does that make sense?
What goes into a police budget? And is it the best way to improve public safety?
peterboroughcurrents.ca
November 14, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I just published a new long piece on the @ptbocurrents.bsky.social website!
The Ptbo police budget keeps rising - but why? What are the factors contributing to its growth? Is it reducing crime? And are the other options we could be funding to keep us safe? peterboroughcurrents.ca/in-depth/pol...
The Ptbo police budget keeps rising - but why? What are the factors contributing to its growth? Is it reducing crime? And are the other options we could be funding to keep us safe? peterboroughcurrents.ca/in-depth/pol...
Read the latest post on Over the Walled Garden. Find out about alternate ways to get apps onto your phone (and how Google is about to ruin it all). gabeisyourgod.substack.com/p/de-googlin...
November 9, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Read the latest post on Over the Walled Garden. Find out about alternate ways to get apps onto your phone (and how Google is about to ruin it all). gabeisyourgod.substack.com/p/de-googlin...
I just published my first full article on the Peterborough Currents website as co editor! peterboroughcurrents.ca/in-depth/cur...
Uncovering the history of the Curve Lake Day School
New book reveals a pattern of abuse, cultural erasure, and systemic neglect by the Canadian government
peterboroughcurrents.ca
October 17, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I just published my first full article on the Peterborough Currents website as co editor! peterboroughcurrents.ca/in-depth/cur...
Excited to announce that Dave Tough and I are the new co-editors of @ptbocurrents.bsky.social! I’ve admired Currents from afar (and been a monthly donor) for years, and I’m honoured that Will + the Currents/PALN team are trusting us with their baby.
peterboroughcurrents.ca/announcement...
peterboroughcurrents.ca/announcement...
Introducing the new Peterborough Currents editorial team
Gabe Pollock and David Tough are eager to continue Currents' committed local journalism
peterboroughcurrents.ca
October 2, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Excited to announce that Dave Tough and I are the new co-editors of @ptbocurrents.bsky.social! I’ve admired Currents from afar (and been a monthly donor) for years, and I’m honoured that Will + the Currents/PALN team are trusting us with their baby.
peterboroughcurrents.ca/announcement...
peterboroughcurrents.ca/announcement...
New post is up on my newsletter, Over the Walled Garden. We're talking cookies and the other ways your activity on the internet gets tracked. gabeisyourgod.substack.com/p/the-devil-...
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September 28, 2025 at 10:32 PM
New post is up on my newsletter, Over the Walled Garden. We're talking cookies and the other ways your activity on the internet gets tracked. gabeisyourgod.substack.com/p/the-devil-...
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New post on Over the Walled Garden! It's the second (and final) half of my exploration is American tech companies in China, as Facebook gives it a go (and Google tries again). gabeisyourgod.substack.com/p/the-proble...
September 14, 2025 at 6:25 PM
New post on Over the Walled Garden! It's the second (and final) half of my exploration is American tech companies in China, as Facebook gives it a go (and Google tries again). gabeisyourgod.substack.com/p/the-proble...
Read my latest post on Over the Walled Garden, on Google's misadventures in China, and how a company breaks its own values. gabeisyourgod.substack.com/p/the-proble...
September 7, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Read my latest post on Over the Walled Garden, on Google's misadventures in China, and how a company breaks its own values. gabeisyourgod.substack.com/p/the-proble...
Do I trust Google more or less than the collective wisdom of internet strangers?
Read the latest post on my newsletter, Over the Walled Garden. gabeisyourgod.substack.com/p/de-googlin...
Read the latest post on my newsletter, Over the Walled Garden. gabeisyourgod.substack.com/p/de-googlin...
September 1, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Do I trust Google more or less than the collective wisdom of internet strangers?
Read the latest post on my newsletter, Over the Walled Garden. gabeisyourgod.substack.com/p/de-googlin...
Read the latest post on my newsletter, Over the Walled Garden. gabeisyourgod.substack.com/p/de-googlin...
I failed to mention this in my Over the Walled Garden post about alternative search engines, but it's recently been brought to my attention that the DuckDuckGo logo puts on little hats depending on what you search for.
(Thank you Trailmixen for this essential info.)
(Thank you Trailmixen for this essential info.)
August 18, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I failed to mention this in my Over the Walled Garden post about alternative search engines, but it's recently been brought to my attention that the DuckDuckGo logo puts on little hats depending on what you search for.
(Thank you Trailmixen for this essential info.)
(Thank you Trailmixen for this essential info.)
Did you hear? We've re-invented feudalism!
Read the latest post on my newsletter, Over the Walled Garden. gabeisyourgod.substack.com/p/on-middlem...
Read the latest post on my newsletter, Over the Walled Garden. gabeisyourgod.substack.com/p/on-middlem...
August 17, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Did you hear? We've re-invented feudalism!
Read the latest post on my newsletter, Over the Walled Garden. gabeisyourgod.substack.com/p/on-middlem...
Read the latest post on my newsletter, Over the Walled Garden. gabeisyourgod.substack.com/p/on-middlem...
Thank you to thee @garbageface.bsky.social for giving Over the Walled Garden a shout in his excellent monthly newsletter Under the Full Moon! 🖤🖤🖤🖤
August 12, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Thank you to thee @garbageface.bsky.social for giving Over the Walled Garden a shout in his excellent monthly newsletter Under the Full Moon! 🖤🖤🖤🖤
Sometimes I'll scoop up my cat and hold her tight. She lets it happen (at least for a little bit), but while I'm holding her, she'll often be licking my arm. So both of us are showing affection to the other one, in a way the other one finds annoying.
We’re both annoying!
We’re both annoying!
August 11, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Sometimes I'll scoop up my cat and hold her tight. She lets it happen (at least for a little bit), but while I'm holding her, she'll often be licking my arm. So both of us are showing affection to the other one, in a way the other one finds annoying.
We’re both annoying!
We’re both annoying!
Why can I run Doom on a refrigerator, but I can't get FaceTime on my Android?
My latest post on Over the Walled Garden is about hackers, DRM, malware, and a three-decade effort to keep a computer game alive. gabeisyourgod.substack.com/p/can-it-run...
My latest post on Over the Walled Garden is about hackers, DRM, malware, and a three-decade effort to keep a computer game alive. gabeisyourgod.substack.com/p/can-it-run...
August 11, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Why can I run Doom on a refrigerator, but I can't get FaceTime on my Android?
My latest post on Over the Walled Garden is about hackers, DRM, malware, and a three-decade effort to keep a computer game alive. gabeisyourgod.substack.com/p/can-it-run...
My latest post on Over the Walled Garden is about hackers, DRM, malware, and a three-decade effort to keep a computer game alive. gabeisyourgod.substack.com/p/can-it-run...
Sometimes technology is marvelous, sometimes it's creepy - and sometimes it's both at once.
Read my latest post on Over the Walled Garden, and subscribe to get future posts in your email inbox. open.substack.com/pub/gabeisyo...
Read my latest post on Over the Walled Garden, and subscribe to get future posts in your email inbox. open.substack.com/pub/gabeisyo...
July 27, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Sometimes technology is marvelous, sometimes it's creepy - and sometimes it's both at once.
Read my latest post on Over the Walled Garden, and subscribe to get future posts in your email inbox. open.substack.com/pub/gabeisyo...
Read my latest post on Over the Walled Garden, and subscribe to get future posts in your email inbox. open.substack.com/pub/gabeisyo...
New post up on my newsletter, Over the Walled Garden. On getting my data out of America, and realizing just how hard it's going to be to extricate myself from Google Drive. gabeisyourgod.substack.com/p/de-googlin...
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July 20, 2025 at 4:13 PM
New post up on my newsletter, Over the Walled Garden. On getting my data out of America, and realizing just how hard it's going to be to extricate myself from Google Drive. gabeisyourgod.substack.com/p/de-googlin...
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New post is up on my newsletter, Over the Walled Garden.
On the origins of the free software movement, and what happens when engineers try to talk to real people. gabeisyourgod.substack.com/p/libre-not-...
On the origins of the free software movement, and what happens when engineers try to talk to real people. gabeisyourgod.substack.com/p/libre-not-...
"LIBRE not GRATIS"
On the origins of the free software movement, and what happens when engineers try to talk to real people
gabeisyourgod.substack.com
July 13, 2025 at 4:13 PM
New post is up on my newsletter, Over the Walled Garden.
On the origins of the free software movement, and what happens when engineers try to talk to real people. gabeisyourgod.substack.com/p/libre-not-...
On the origins of the free software movement, and what happens when engineers try to talk to real people. gabeisyourgod.substack.com/p/libre-not-...
I'm reading this book about the internet, and mostly it's good, but every once in a while, it will drop the most old-man shit I've ever heard.
Here, the author describes popular online entertainment during the 2020 COVID lockdowns:
Here, the author describes popular online entertainment during the 2020 COVID lockdowns:
July 7, 2025 at 2:02 AM
I'm reading this book about the internet, and mostly it's good, but every once in a while, it will drop the most old-man shit I've ever heard.
Here, the author describes popular online entertainment during the 2020 COVID lockdowns:
Here, the author describes popular online entertainment during the 2020 COVID lockdowns:
New post is up on my newsletter, Over the Walled Garden!
This week, we're delving into alternative search engines. As it turns out, there's a whole world of choices. open.substack.com/pub/gabeisyo...
This week, we're delving into alternative search engines. As it turns out, there's a whole world of choices. open.substack.com/pub/gabeisyo...
July 6, 2025 at 6:42 PM
New post is up on my newsletter, Over the Walled Garden!
This week, we're delving into alternative search engines. As it turns out, there's a whole world of choices. open.substack.com/pub/gabeisyo...
This week, we're delving into alternative search engines. As it turns out, there's a whole world of choices. open.substack.com/pub/gabeisyo...
is it wrong to fact-check a library book?
July 5, 2025 at 1:14 AM
is it wrong to fact-check a library book?
New post up on my newsletter, Over the Walled Garden. A brief history of Google Search, and how an internet institution collapsed under its own weight. open.substack.com/pub/gabeisyo...
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June 29, 2025 at 5:51 PM
New post up on my newsletter, Over the Walled Garden. A brief history of Google Search, and how an internet institution collapsed under its own weight. open.substack.com/pub/gabeisyo...
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In my latest post on Over the Walled Garden, I use the word "Google" 76 times. I say "Google" more than "the."
I'm kinda proud of that.
I'm kinda proud of that.
June 24, 2025 at 5:13 AM
In my latest post on Over the Walled Garden, I use the word "Google" 76 times. I say "Google" more than "the."
I'm kinda proud of that.
I'm kinda proud of that.
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Food for thought from @gabeisyourgod.bsky.social. The list is a little shocking when you see how many apps keep us tied to Google. I have weaned myself off a lot of the Google, but gmail and maps are hard to let go.
Mapping the walls of the garden
How tech companies invite us in, then lock the gates. Plus: taking stock of my own reliance on Google.
gabeisyourgod.substack.com
June 23, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Food for thought from @gabeisyourgod.bsky.social. The list is a little shocking when you see how many apps keep us tied to Google. I have weaned myself off a lot of the Google, but gmail and maps are hard to let go.
Read the latest post on my newsletter, Over the Walled Garden.
How tech companies invite us in, then lock the gates. Plus: taking stock of my own reliance on Google. open.substack.com/pub/gabeisyo...
How tech companies invite us in, then lock the gates. Plus: taking stock of my own reliance on Google. open.substack.com/pub/gabeisyo...
Mapping the walls of the garden
How tech companies invite us in, then lock the gates. Plus: taking stock of my own reliance on Google.
open.substack.com
June 22, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Read the latest post on my newsletter, Over the Walled Garden.
How tech companies invite us in, then lock the gates. Plus: taking stock of my own reliance on Google. open.substack.com/pub/gabeisyo...
How tech companies invite us in, then lock the gates. Plus: taking stock of my own reliance on Google. open.substack.com/pub/gabeisyo...
This year I decided to remove Google from my life. Now I’m writing about it in a new #subatack newsletter, Over the Walled Garden.
Join me as I examine my relationship to big American tech, explore alternatives, and discover the strange world of the open internet. gabeisyourgod.substack.com
Join me as I examine my relationship to big American tech, explore alternatives, and discover the strange world of the open internet. gabeisyourgod.substack.com
June 19, 2025 at 9:14 PM
This year I decided to remove Google from my life. Now I’m writing about it in a new #subatack newsletter, Over the Walled Garden.
Join me as I examine my relationship to big American tech, explore alternatives, and discover the strange world of the open internet. gabeisyourgod.substack.com
Join me as I examine my relationship to big American tech, explore alternatives, and discover the strange world of the open internet. gabeisyourgod.substack.com
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June 11, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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