Michael Hughes
@serveleadchange.bsky.social
Building relationships across technology, leadership & learning to advance inclusion, accessibility and kindness. Biz director for @ReadSpeaker in Canada. Posts/opinions are my own.
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Should US mega-corporations of whatever stripe control the social media of the world? Hmm... here's a Canadian alternative getting going: Gander.
gandersocial.ca/blog/the-goo...
From today's thestar.com: www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
gandersocial.ca/blog/the-goo...
From today's thestar.com: www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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Mark Graham has helped preserve 1 trillion pages & counting. 🌐
The #WaybackMachine director discusses the past, present, & future of our digital memory on Future Knowledge #podcast.
🎧 Listen & subscribe ⤵️
futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes/way...
#Wayback1T
The #WaybackMachine director discusses the past, present, & future of our digital memory on Future Knowledge #podcast.
🎧 Listen & subscribe ⤵️
futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes/way...
#Wayback1T
October 29, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Mark Graham has helped preserve 1 trillion pages & counting. 🌐
The #WaybackMachine director discusses the past, present, & future of our digital memory on Future Knowledge #podcast.
🎧 Listen & subscribe ⤵️
futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes/way...
#Wayback1T
The #WaybackMachine director discusses the past, present, & future of our digital memory on Future Knowledge #podcast.
🎧 Listen & subscribe ⤵️
futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes/way...
#Wayback1T
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Join our Early Access Program to participate in co-design sessions, be the first to see feature previews, and get first dibs on beta invites by opting in to help us test the platform.
Closed Beta Intake form coming soon!
gandersocial.ca#early-access
Closed Beta Intake form coming soon!
gandersocial.ca#early-access
Gander: The Social Media You Want, Built for Canada
Fun, private, and ethical. We're changing the way social media is done around here, all without your personal data taking an unexpected trip down south.
gandersocial.ca
September 19, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Join our Early Access Program to participate in co-design sessions, be the first to see feature previews, and get first dibs on beta invites by opting in to help us test the platform.
Closed Beta Intake form coming soon!
gandersocial.ca#early-access
Closed Beta Intake form coming soon!
gandersocial.ca#early-access
Should US mega-corporations of whatever stripe control the social media of the world? Hmm... here's a Canadian alternative getting going: Gander.
gandersocial.ca/blog/the-goo...
From today's thestar.com: www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
gandersocial.ca/blog/the-goo...
From today's thestar.com: www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
September 18, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Should US mega-corporations of whatever stripe control the social media of the world? Hmm... here's a Canadian alternative getting going: Gander.
gandersocial.ca/blog/the-goo...
From today's thestar.com: www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
gandersocial.ca/blog/the-goo...
From today's thestar.com: www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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Not scanning? Still streaming! 📡
Our #livestream runs around the clock. After microfiche scanning hours (Mon–Fri, 7:30 AM–midnight PT / GMT+8), enjoy a curated mix of vintage footage, films, and more from the #InternetArchive.
Tune in ➡️ www.youtube.com/live/aPg2V5R...
Our #livestream runs around the clock. After microfiche scanning hours (Mon–Fri, 7:30 AM–midnight PT / GMT+8), enjoy a curated mix of vintage footage, films, and more from the #InternetArchive.
Tune in ➡️ www.youtube.com/live/aPg2V5R...
lofi Archive radio 🎞️ beats to scan/read microfiche to
Off Hours? Watch a 2hr stream at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gibUecoF1bEEver wonder how government documents, locked away on tiny sheets of microfiche, b...
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June 28, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Not scanning? Still streaming! 📡
Our #livestream runs around the clock. After microfiche scanning hours (Mon–Fri, 7:30 AM–midnight PT / GMT+8), enjoy a curated mix of vintage footage, films, and more from the #InternetArchive.
Tune in ➡️ www.youtube.com/live/aPg2V5R...
Our #livestream runs around the clock. After microfiche scanning hours (Mon–Fri, 7:30 AM–midnight PT / GMT+8), enjoy a curated mix of vintage footage, films, and more from the #InternetArchive.
Tune in ➡️ www.youtube.com/live/aPg2V5R...
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Please share this information with parents you know who are worried. The MMR vaccine is approved for 6-12 mos. You just have to ask and then you have to get back on the traditional cycle when they hit 12 mos.
May 28, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Please share this information with parents you know who are worried. The MMR vaccine is approved for 6-12 mos. You just have to ask and then you have to get back on the traditional cycle when they hit 12 mos.
Great to be here for @ReadSpeaker supporting the Moodle community this week at Moodle Moot Canada in Montréal! Please do drop by and say hello!
It's so, so easy to give your learners gighlighted audio of content, documents, quizzes & more right in @Moodle! Let's chat!
#a11y #elearning #Moodle
It's so, so easy to give your learners gighlighted audio of content, documents, quizzes & more right in @Moodle! Let's chat!
#a11y #elearning #Moodle
May 14, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Great to be here for @ReadSpeaker supporting the Moodle community this week at Moodle Moot Canada in Montréal! Please do drop by and say hello!
It's so, so easy to give your learners gighlighted audio of content, documents, quizzes & more right in @Moodle! Let's chat!
#a11y #elearning #Moodle
It's so, so easy to give your learners gighlighted audio of content, documents, quizzes & more right in @Moodle! Let's chat!
#a11y #elearning #Moodle
Great to be here at #D2LConnection in downtown Toronto for @readspeaker.com
Built-in beautifully right inside and across #D2LBrightSpace. Just license and switch it on! #UDL #a11y #learning
Built-in beautifully right inside and across #D2LBrightSpace. Just license and switch it on! #UDL #a11y #learning
May 9, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Great to be here at #D2LConnection in downtown Toronto for @readspeaker.com
Built-in beautifully right inside and across #D2LBrightSpace. Just license and switch it on! #UDL #a11y #learning
Built-in beautifully right inside and across #D2LBrightSpace. Just license and switch it on! #UDL #a11y #learning
Easy access, very professionally done. And the GiveBlood app is well done and makes it easier. Try it out!
May 3, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Easy access, very professionally done. And the GiveBlood app is well done and makes it easier. Try it out!
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Lighthizer will be interviewed by Mark Mulroney, Scotiabank vice-chair, & son of the late former PM Mulroney. Mr. Mulroney & his sister, Caroline Mulroney, are backing Mr. Poilievre’s Conservatives. The session, however, will be closed to the media.
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
Advocate of Trump tariff playbook to speak at Canadian conservative think tank taking place during election campaign
Media banned from covering event with ex-U.S. trade chief Robert Lighthizer
www.theglobeandmail.com
April 8, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Lighthizer will be interviewed by Mark Mulroney, Scotiabank vice-chair, & son of the late former PM Mulroney. Mr. Mulroney & his sister, Caroline Mulroney, are backing Mr. Poilievre’s Conservatives. The session, however, will be closed to the media.
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
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Danielle Smith asked the Trump administration to influence our elections to help elect Pierre Poilievre, because he would be better aligned with a country trying to destroy us. It's dumb politics, but it's more than that: It's a genuinely dangerous moment for Canada. www.thestar.com/politics/pol...
Bruce Arthur: Trump administration is Canada’s enemy, even if Alberta’s premier sees it as a friend
Danielle Smith might argue that the United States is not the biggest threat to Canada’s existence in its recent history, but the rest of us must have a clearer view
www.thestar.com
March 24, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Danielle Smith asked the Trump administration to influence our elections to help elect Pierre Poilievre, because he would be better aligned with a country trying to destroy us. It's dumb politics, but it's more than that: It's a genuinely dangerous moment for Canada. www.thestar.com/politics/pol...
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March 13, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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How is misinformation about the Russia-Ukraine war making its way to the White House and social media feeds? @spaikin.bsky.social talks to Erin Kelly (Advanced Symbolics) about how information flows.
Full interview:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILVk...
Full interview:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILVk...
What Does AI Say About Misinformation on Ukraine? | The Agenda
YouTube video by TVO Today
www.youtube.com
March 7, 2025 at 7:04 PM
How is misinformation about the Russia-Ukraine war making its way to the White House and social media feeds? @spaikin.bsky.social talks to Erin Kelly (Advanced Symbolics) about how information flows.
Full interview:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILVk...
Full interview:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILVk...
Quick and easy and professional here in York Region this morning.
March 8, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Quick and easy and professional here in York Region this morning.
She worked at Subway for more than a decade—then found out her boss had been breaking labor laws the whole time - Fast Company
March 7, 2025 at 1:47 PM
She worked at Subway for more than a decade—then found out her boss had been breaking labor laws the whole time - Fast Company
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Does "Polly" want an election? @spaikin.bsky.social asks @erinkelly.bsky.social (Advanced Symbolics ) what sentiment her AI pollster is gathering from the public in response to Premier Ford’s snap election call, tonight at 8/11pm #onpoli
January 30, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Does "Polly" want an election? @spaikin.bsky.social asks @erinkelly.bsky.social (Advanced Symbolics ) what sentiment her AI pollster is gathering from the public in response to Premier Ford’s snap election call, tonight at 8/11pm #onpoli
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A casualty of the #usaid funding freeze: my role as Deputy Director, Centre for Humanitarian Leadership has just been made redundant.
Shitty times for many ... most profoundly, those in need of humanitarian assistance.
If anyone feels I could add value on any work initiatives, please reach out.
Shitty times for many ... most profoundly, those in need of humanitarian assistance.
If anyone feels I could add value on any work initiatives, please reach out.
March 3, 2025 at 5:09 AM
A casualty of the #usaid funding freeze: my role as Deputy Director, Centre for Humanitarian Leadership has just been made redundant.
Shitty times for many ... most profoundly, those in need of humanitarian assistance.
If anyone feels I could add value on any work initiatives, please reach out.
Shitty times for many ... most profoundly, those in need of humanitarian assistance.
If anyone feels I could add value on any work initiatives, please reach out.
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"Our memories are so warped by denial, suppression and sublimation that Covid revisionism no longer even qualifies as news." 100 damned per cent. So many started forgetting immediately, but more, rejecting the pandemic and what was needed. A lot of people are still trying to bury it.
Must read. Basically says the pandemic was as terrible as the 'alarmists' predicted but "our memories are so warped by denial, suppression and sublimation that Covid revisionism no longer even qualifies as news."
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/o...
Opinion | The Fifth Anniversary of the Covid Pandemic Reveals New Lessons (Gift Article)
Five years since a novel virus spread everywhere, it’s hard to remember what the beginning was like.
www.nytimes.com
February 28, 2025 at 12:47 AM
"Our memories are so warped by denial, suppression and sublimation that Covid revisionism no longer even qualifies as news." 100 damned per cent. So many started forgetting immediately, but more, rejecting the pandemic and what was needed. A lot of people are still trying to bury it.
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When students know HOW to think rather than WHAT to think, then they have capacity to deal with misinformation, propaganda and more. Focus on the thinking… #edchat @tomwhitby.bsky.social @aggieashley.bsky.social
February 26, 2025 at 12:10 AM
When students know HOW to think rather than WHAT to think, then they have capacity to deal with misinformation, propaganda and more. Focus on the thinking… #edchat @tomwhitby.bsky.social @aggieashley.bsky.social
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Assessing the credibility of online information can be DIFFICULT, COMPLICATED and TIME CONSUMING… plus, algorithms of some software often exacerbate things. What to do? #edchat @tomwhitby.bsky.social @aggieashley.bsky.social
February 26, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Assessing the credibility of online information can be DIFFICULT, COMPLICATED and TIME CONSUMING… plus, algorithms of some software often exacerbate things. What to do? #edchat @tomwhitby.bsky.social @aggieashley.bsky.social
I just signed a petition asking the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry block X/Twitter in Canada before the federal election. The threats & misinformation of X’s owner amplified on X should not be influencing Canadians’ voting!
you.leadnow.ca/petitions/ba... you.leadnow.ca/petitions/ba...
you.leadnow.ca/petitions/ba... you.leadnow.ca/petitions/ba...
Ban X/Twitter in Canada
I just signed a petition demanding the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry Ban X/Twitter in Canada. Join me in signing here: https://you.leadnow.ca/petitions/ban-x-twitter-in-canada/?source=f...
you.leadnow.ca
February 25, 2025 at 3:13 AM
I just signed a petition asking the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry block X/Twitter in Canada before the federal election. The threats & misinformation of X’s owner amplified on X should not be influencing Canadians’ voting!
you.leadnow.ca/petitions/ba... you.leadnow.ca/petitions/ba...
you.leadnow.ca/petitions/ba... you.leadnow.ca/petitions/ba...