Mangara
@mangara42.bsky.social
Software developer and computer scientist.
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One year, 4,464 calls, 92% required no police intervention. The Alternative Neighbourhood Crisis Response (ANCHOR) in Centretown is sending the right people to help in cases of mental health or substance use crises. It represents the de-tasking of police and it works.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Centretown crisis response team handled thousands of calls in its 1st year, report shows | CBC News
Launched in August 2024, the Alternative Neighbourhood Crisis Response (ANCHOR) team responded to 4,464 calls in its first year, according to numbers in a new city report. The pilot program aims to pr...
www.cbc.ca
November 16, 2025 at 1:43 PM
One year, 4,464 calls, 92% required no police intervention. The Alternative Neighbourhood Crisis Response (ANCHOR) in Centretown is sending the right people to help in cases of mental health or substance use crises. It represents the de-tasking of police and it works.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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AUTHORS!!
Remember that case where a bunch of authors sued AI for stealing their work? And WON?
Well, the settlement money has been announced. Each WORK that got thefted will be compensated $3k (split 50/50 bw publisher + author). So authors will be compensated $1500 per WORK stolen.
More here:
Remember that case where a bunch of authors sued AI for stealing their work? And WON?
Well, the settlement money has been announced. Each WORK that got thefted will be compensated $3k (split 50/50 bw publisher + author). So authors will be compensated $1500 per WORK stolen.
More here:
Homepage | Bartz v Anthropic Settlement Site
www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:30 PM
AUTHORS!!
Remember that case where a bunch of authors sued AI for stealing their work? And WON?
Well, the settlement money has been announced. Each WORK that got thefted will be compensated $3k (split 50/50 bw publisher + author). So authors will be compensated $1500 per WORK stolen.
More here:
Remember that case where a bunch of authors sued AI for stealing their work? And WON?
Well, the settlement money has been announced. Each WORK that got thefted will be compensated $3k (split 50/50 bw publisher + author). So authors will be compensated $1500 per WORK stolen.
More here:
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@gianttourtiere.bsky.social What were you doing at that church Evan
Somerset church tomb collapse exposes 1700s stone crypt
Somerset church tomb collapse exposes 1700s stone crypt
The church says it is currently unclear whether the collapse has damaged any surrounding graves.
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November 9, 2025 at 5:30 PM
@gianttourtiere.bsky.social What were you doing at that church Evan
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Sometimes when people ask me why I’m wearing a mask I say I’m traveling or have some important thing soon and can’t afford to get sick and miss it and that’s pretty much always true but I think it would be nice if it were more normalized to just say “I don’t want to get sick” and leave it at that
November 8, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Sometimes when people ask me why I’m wearing a mask I say I’m traveling or have some important thing soon and can’t afford to get sick and miss it and that’s pretty much always true but I think it would be nice if it were more normalized to just say “I don’t want to get sick” and leave it at that
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It’s really important that #Vancouver’s Downtown Business Association, who were originally against bike-lanes, are now among their most vigourous supporters, because of ACTUAL EVIDENCE that they’re better for downtown business than any street parking they replaced.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
November 8, 2025 at 3:51 AM
It’s really important that #Vancouver’s Downtown Business Association, who were originally against bike-lanes, are now among their most vigourous supporters, because of ACTUAL EVIDENCE that they’re better for downtown business than any street parking they replaced.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
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Another STUNNING image from JWST, this time of the Red Spider Nebula—the vast, wispy, gaseous remains of a now-dead star, the white dwarf core still glowing in the centre.
October 28, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Another STUNNING image from JWST, this time of the Red Spider Nebula—the vast, wispy, gaseous remains of a now-dead star, the white dwarf core still glowing in the centre.
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📣THREAD: It’s surprising to me that so many people were surprised to learn that Signal runs partly on AWS (something we can do because we use encryption to make sure no one but you–not AWS, not Signal, not anyone–can access your comms).
It’s also concerning. 1/
It’s also concerning. 1/
PSA: we're aware that Signal is down for some people. This appears to be related to a major AWS outage. Stand by.
October 27, 2025 at 10:38 AM
📣THREAD: It’s surprising to me that so many people were surprised to learn that Signal runs partly on AWS (something we can do because we use encryption to make sure no one but you–not AWS, not Signal, not anyone–can access your comms).
It’s also concerning. 1/
It’s also concerning. 1/
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Tragically, once you introduce costly signaling, all mathematics is impure.
COMIC ◆ www.smbc-comics.com/comic/signal-4
PATREON ◆ www.patreon.com/ZachWeinersm...
STORE ◆ smbc-store.myshopify.com
COMIC ◆ www.smbc-comics.com/comic/signal-4
PATREON ◆ www.patreon.com/ZachWeinersm...
STORE ◆ smbc-store.myshopify.com
October 20, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Tragically, once you introduce costly signaling, all mathematics is impure.
COMIC ◆ www.smbc-comics.com/comic/signal-4
PATREON ◆ www.patreon.com/ZachWeinersm...
STORE ◆ smbc-store.myshopify.com
COMIC ◆ www.smbc-comics.com/comic/signal-4
PATREON ◆ www.patreon.com/ZachWeinersm...
STORE ◆ smbc-store.myshopify.com
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This article does a wonderful job of reminding me why I love Ruby so much. The core language is just so elegant. https://tech.stonecharioteer.com/posts/2025/ruby-blocks/
Ruby Blocks
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tech.stonecharioteer.com
October 18, 2025 at 4:11 PM
This article does a wonderful job of reminding me why I love Ruby so much. The core language is just so elegant. https://tech.stonecharioteer.com/posts/2025/ruby-blocks/
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It’s been ten years since this promise.
Canadians are still waiting for a voting system where every vote truly counts.
It’s time to finish what was started in 2015 and deliver proportional representation.
#cdnpoli
Canadians are still waiting for a voting system where every vote truly counts.
It’s time to finish what was started in 2015 and deliver proportional representation.
#cdnpoli
October 18, 2025 at 6:57 PM
It’s been ten years since this promise.
Canadians are still waiting for a voting system where every vote truly counts.
It’s time to finish what was started in 2015 and deliver proportional representation.
#cdnpoli
Canadians are still waiting for a voting system where every vote truly counts.
It’s time to finish what was started in 2015 and deliver proportional representation.
#cdnpoli
The Iron Cabaret has been putting up fantastic shows! I saw this one opening night and it is the best one yet. If you're in Ottawa and enjoy circus arts, dance, and burlesque, you don't want to miss it.
The Iron Cabaret has been receiving rave reviews and there are 3 shows left! Don't miss this incredible experience. Link in the BIO!
October 13, 2025 at 4:39 PM
The Iron Cabaret has been putting up fantastic shows! I saw this one opening night and it is the best one yet. If you're in Ottawa and enjoy circus arts, dance, and burlesque, you don't want to miss it.
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If I had room, I'd have a tree up year-round...
October 10, 2025 at 6:51 PM
If I had room, I'd have a tree up year-round...
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I tried to explain why I don't believe the recent accusations toward my former teammates, as well as how the Ruby and Rails Infra team at Shopify operates and why it can be trusted.
byroot.github.io/opensource/r...
byroot.github.io/opensource/r...
Dear Rubyists: Shopify Isn’t Your Enemy
I’ve been meaning to write a post about my perspective on Open Source and corporate entities. I already got the rough outline of it; however, I’m suffering from writer’s block, but more importantly, t...
byroot.github.io
October 9, 2025 at 2:15 PM
I tried to explain why I don't believe the recent accusations toward my former teammates, as well as how the Ruby and Rails Infra team at Shopify operates and why it can be trusted.
byroot.github.io/opensource/r...
byroot.github.io/opensource/r...
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Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
October 6, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
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A generational fumble by Ruby Central is now complete.
Anyway, I'm happy that the people who disagreed decided to get up and Do Something By Coding. I love to see that and can 100% get behind it 👍
Anyway, I'm happy that the people who disagreed decided to get up and Do Something By Coding. I love to see that and can 100% get behind it 👍
announcing a new community-focused gem server from the team previously behind rubygems: gem.coop. join us and start using it today!
October 6, 2025 at 5:03 AM
A generational fumble by Ruby Central is now complete.
Anyway, I'm happy that the people who disagreed decided to get up and Do Something By Coding. I love to see that and can 100% get behind it 👍
Anyway, I'm happy that the people who disagreed decided to get up and Do Something By Coding. I love to see that and can 100% get behind it 👍
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We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe. signal.org/blog/pdfs/ge...
signal.org
October 3, 2025 at 4:14 PM
We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe. signal.org/blog/pdfs/ge...
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Ruby community: Look, we can be angry about what's happening, we can raise our complaints, but under no circumstances should anyone _ever_ harass someone's families, coworkers, or friends.
That is completely unacceptable, and wholly against the ethos of the language. We must do better.
That is completely unacceptable, and wholly against the ethos of the language. We must do better.
October 2, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Ruby community: Look, we can be angry about what's happening, we can raise our complaints, but under no circumstances should anyone _ever_ harass someone's families, coworkers, or friends.
That is completely unacceptable, and wholly against the ethos of the language. We must do better.
That is completely unacceptable, and wholly against the ethos of the language. We must do better.
This is super useful! I'd love to see this added to gem by default.
While working on the Ruby extension for @zed.dev, I needed to check gem deps often. Didn't find a `gem why` like `yarn why`, so I made one! Check it out: github.com/vitallium/ge...
October 2, 2025 at 6:03 PM
This is super useful! I'd love to see this added to gem by default.
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My goodness, this poem. A beautiful, savage, blunt explanation of why we study war and conflict and also why military history is not and should not be just 'for the boys.'
The poem is moving in its unwillingness to whitewash the many tombs of war, as we should too should be unwilling.
The poem is moving in its unwillingness to whitewash the many tombs of war, as we should too should be unwilling.
I tend to think every nerdy trans woman should read Margaret Atwood's The Loneliness of the Military Historian and sit with it for a moment no matter what it is exactly she's nerdy about, but that goes double for you www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47788/...
The Loneliness of the Military Historian
This is why few people ask me to dinner, though Lord knows I don’t go out of my way to be scary. If I roll my eyes and mutter, if I clutch at my heart and scream in horror like a third-rate actress ch...
www.poetryfoundation.org
October 2, 2025 at 5:28 PM
My goodness, this poem. A beautiful, savage, blunt explanation of why we study war and conflict and also why military history is not and should not be just 'for the boys.'
The poem is moving in its unwillingness to whitewash the many tombs of war, as we should too should be unwilling.
The poem is moving in its unwillingness to whitewash the many tombs of war, as we should too should be unwilling.
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The more I think about this, the more I wonder if the best way forward is to transfer rubygems/bundler ownership to the Ruby org.
Then keep responsibility of rubygems.org.
After all, rubygems is the only default gem that isn't owned by ruby itself: github.com/ruby/ruby/bl...
Then keep responsibility of rubygems.org.
After all, rubygems is the only default gem that isn't owned by ruby itself: github.com/ruby/ruby/bl...
If you're Ruby Central, where do you go from here?
October 1, 2025 at 8:18 AM
The more I think about this, the more I wonder if the best way forward is to transfer rubygems/bundler ownership to the Ruby org.
Then keep responsibility of rubygems.org.
After all, rubygems is the only default gem that isn't owned by ruby itself: github.com/ruby/ruby/bl...
Then keep responsibility of rubygems.org.
After all, rubygems is the only default gem that isn't owned by ruby itself: github.com/ruby/ruby/bl...
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New: the world of Ruby has gone completely off the rails over the past few weeks. Developers suddenly locked out, corporate pressure, and claims of a "hostile takeover" of one of the most critical pieces of infrastructure for the internet we all rely on everyday
www.404media.co/how-ruby-wen...
www.404media.co/how-ruby-wen...
How Ruby Went Off the Rails
What happened to RubyGems, Bundler, and the Open Source drama that controls the internet infrastructure.
www.404media.co
September 29, 2025 at 1:04 PM
New: the world of Ruby has gone completely off the rails over the past few weeks. Developers suddenly locked out, corporate pressure, and claims of a "hostile takeover" of one of the most critical pieces of infrastructure for the internet we all rely on everyday
www.404media.co/how-ruby-wen...
www.404media.co/how-ruby-wen...
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I prefer to think of open source as open cooperation.
A pooling of resources between parties with converging needs, where everybody contributes according to their ability, and everybody get strictly more than they put in.
A pooling of resources between parties with converging needs, where everybody contributes according to their ability, and everybody get strictly more than they put in.
September 29, 2025 at 7:12 AM
I prefer to think of open source as open cooperation.
A pooling of resources between parties with converging needs, where everybody contributes according to their ability, and everybody get strictly more than they put in.
A pooling of resources between parties with converging needs, where everybody contributes according to their ability, and everybody get strictly more than they put in.
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A Handy Guide [1/4]
September 23, 2025 at 12:29 AM
A Handy Guide [1/4]
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Good morning.
Immigration is good. Trade is good.
There are nuances but they are narrow enough that free and open movement of people and goods should be the default.
Immigration is good. Trade is good.
There are nuances but they are narrow enough that free and open movement of people and goods should be the default.
September 22, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Good morning.
Immigration is good. Trade is good.
There are nuances but they are narrow enough that free and open movement of people and goods should be the default.
Immigration is good. Trade is good.
There are nuances but they are narrow enough that free and open movement of people and goods should be the default.
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The Disney brand, and the USA brand, sinking together. Parody from Dutch TV
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vRX...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vRX...
Jimmy Kimmel’s show has been cancelled | The New Disney | LUBACH
YouTube video by LUBACH
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September 20, 2025 at 8:39 PM
The Disney brand, and the USA brand, sinking together. Parody from Dutch TV
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vRX...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vRX...