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Timothy King
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Cyber education & emerging tech specialist, writer & teacher. Love a good edge case because I am one!
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Rohit Gupta, the TDSB supervisor, will earn $350,000 a year +$20,000 in expenses to get the board “back on track” despite an auditor finding no evidence of financial mismanagement.

supervisor@tdsb.on.ca
rohit.gupta@tdsb.on.ca

A former Metrolinx advisor getting things back on track is just perfect.
November 12, 2025 at 10:15 AM
"They’re fueled by hype & ebullient valuations. When the heat rises — when capital tightens or customers scrutinize ROI — they go up in seconds."

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"Infrastructure clones in crowded categories — 1 more LLM gateway, 1 more vector database"
#ai #aibubble
The AI Wildfire Is Coming. It's Going to be Very Painful and Incredibly Healthy.
AI won’t crash—it will burn. Like every tech cycle, the fire will clear the brush, redistribute talent, and leave infrastructure to power what comes next. The question is: what kind of plant are you?
open.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Working out migration strategies to Substack this morning...
substack.com/profile/1387...
Timothy King (@tk1ng)
Working out migrations strategies to substack.
substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:16 PM
"As data increasingly drives economic and social power, current models – dominated by a handful of Big Tech platforms – entrench structural inequalities, diminish user control, and undermine public trust."

t20southafrica.org/publications...

#T20Summit #digitalcitizenship #cdnpoli
Catalysing Positive Digital Infrastructure Innovation: G20's Role in Advancing Data Agency
This policy brief calls for a redesign of global digital infrastructure to centre citizen agency, equity, and sustainability.
t20southafrica.org
November 10, 2025 at 2:08 PM
The technical obliviousness I see in #cdned is often seated in science obliviousness. We need this kind of communications focus across all STEM programs.

If you can't explain it so people understand it, you're part of the problem.
#cdnpoli
When science is understandable, we all win. I've started a national petition calling on all institutions of higher education, and their accreditors, to require science communication and public engagement training for all STEM degrees. Share and sign today, it only takes a few seconds: bit.ly/3LbnfHB
November 10, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Xanadu’s $3.6B SPAC, Quantinuum’s 98-Qubit Helios Debut, psiQuantum & Lockheed Martin, Princeton Qubit - The Week in #QuantumComputing, November 3rd, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/quantump...
Xanadu’s $3.6B SPAC, Quantinuum’s 98-Qubit Helios Debut, psiQuantum & Lockheed Martin, Princeton Qubit - The Week in Quantum Computing, November 3rd, 2025
Canadian firm Xanadu’s $3.6 billion goes Nasdaq SPAC (another one!). Also Canada’s 2025 budget earmarks over $210 billion for research and development incentives in strategic sectors, including AI and...
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:32 PM
EU plans hub to tackle disinformation threat from Russia and others

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

We need something similar in #Canada, along with laws with teeth for the treasonous types who happily take foreign money to destabilize our country.
#cdnpoli
EU plans hub to tackle disinformation threat from Russia and others
Move follows ‘escalating hybrid attacks’ by Russia and other foreign powers spreading fake articles across social media
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:09 PM
"Advanced solar panels represent more than just a technological evolution—they symbolize a paradigm shift. From external, visible objects, they will become an integral part of the environments we live in"

quantum2025.org/news-link/ad...

Another quantum mechanically enabled modern device.
Advanced Solar Panels: Toward a New Era of Clean Energy - IYQ 2025
Quantum Mechanics and the Birth of a Revolution Quantum mechanics represents one of the most significant revolutions in the history of modern physics, ushering in a new understanding of nature at the ...
quantum2025.org
November 8, 2025 at 5:06 PM
AI race heats up as Chinese start-up Moonshot launches Kimi K2 Thinking www.siliconrepublic.com/machines/ai-...
AI race heats up as Chinese start-up Moonshot launches Kimi K2 Thinking
Moonshot AI has launched an update to the Kimi 2 model, the Kimi K2 Thinking, which is reportedly an improved agent capable of enhanced reasoning.
www.siliconrepublic.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Canadian #quantum company Photonic Inc. Advances to Stage B of DARPA’s Quantum Benchmarking Initiative

photonic.com/news/photoni...
#cdnpoli
Photonic Inc. Advances to Stage B of DARPA’s Quantum Benchmarking Initiative - Photonic
Photonic Inc., a global leader in distributed quantum computing, announced today it has been selected to  participate in Stage B of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Quantum Benchm...
photonic.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Happy with the final edit:

temkblog.blogspot.com/2025/11/leve...

"You are surrounded by #quantum mechanics. Celebrate this centenary of our discovery of #quantummechanics by recognizing that it isn't coming soon but is something you've been surrounded by your whole life." #cdned #onted #IYQ2025
November 7, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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#Quantum isn't the next big thing, you've been surrounded by quantum engineering for your entire life.

A good way to end the 100th anniversary of quantum mechanics during #IYQ2025? #cdned #onted

temkblog.blogspot.com/2025/11/leve...
Leveraging Our Quantum Mechanical Advantage
a history of transistors from a quantum mechanical perspective, how quantum technologies are all around us, digital is quantum, centenary of quantum
temkblog.blogspot.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:16 AM
"For the first time, the #technology for building a global-scale #quantum internet is within reach" 

phys.org/news/2025-11...

Another interesting use case for rare earth minerals that one country on the planet has a monopoly on.
Breakthrough could connect quantum computers at 200X the distance
Quantum computers are powerful, lightning-fast and notoriously difficult to connect to one another over long distances.
phys.org
November 7, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Carl was right, no one is bothered.
November 6, 2025 at 7:53 PM
"We are thinking about how to use entanglement to do things like encrypted communications or more sensitive measurements- we use these tools to characterize complex phases of matter and their entanglement structure"
www.caltech.edu/about/news/c...
Caltech's Pioneering Quantum Hub Celebrates 25 Years
John Preskill reflects on the history and impact of IQIM
www.caltech.edu
November 6, 2025 at 6:11 PM
"Today, we launched Helios, a technological marvel redefining the possible. Helios is the most accurate #quantumcomputer in the world, with 98 of the highest fidelity physical qubits ever released, and 48 error-corrected logical qubits."

quantinuum.com/blog/introdu...
Introducing Helios: The Most Accurate Quantum Computer in the World
quantinuum.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:04 PM
"Combine Google's free hand to engage in vertical acquisitions and its invisible empire of portfolio companies, and you have a world-spanning entity with damned few checks on its power."
pluralistic.net/2025/11/06/v...
Pluralistic: The 40-year economic mistake that let Google conquer (and enshittify) the world (06 Nov 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.net
November 6, 2025 at 1:48 PM
#Quantum isn't the next big thing, you've been surrounded by quantum engineering for your entire life.

A good way to end the 100th anniversary of quantum mechanics during #IYQ2025? #cdned #onted

temkblog.blogspot.com/2025/11/leve...
Leveraging Our Quantum Mechanical Advantage
a history of transistors from a quantum mechanical perspective, how quantum technologies are all around us, digital is quantum, centenary of quantum
temkblog.blogspot.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:16 AM
A TSU is a type of probabilistic computer that is programmed to sample from probability distributions. The inputs to a TSU are a set of parameters that define the shape of some probability distribution, and the outputs are samples from the defined distribution.

extropic.ai/writing/tsu-...
TSU 101: An Entirely New Type of Computing Hardware | Extropic
Building thermodynamic computing hardware that is radically more energy efficient than GPUs.
extropic.ai
November 6, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Why China’s critical mineral strategy goes beyond geopolitics www.weforum.org/stories/2024...

Why isn't #Canada mentioned?

Could it be our slow & inconsistent policy development and implementation of REM extraction and processing?

#cdnpoli nimbyism will make it nearly impossible to engage.
China’s strategy on critical minerals surpasses geopolitics
China leads in exporting critical minerals but faces supply challenges requiring a balanced approach towards resolution, involving geopolitical tensions.
www.weforum.org
November 5, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Jim Balsillie asked at the 8th Annual IP Data & Research Conference: "I've been trying to engage #cdned with learning opportunities about IP & how it works in business, and was told to get lost. How do we engage #education to provide these resources?"

ised-isde.canada.ca/site/canadia...
November 5, 2025 at 4:51 PM
"In 2025, we saw consolidation in the use of #generativeAI among young people aged 13-18. 66.5% reporting using it, a drop from 77.1% in 2024. However, more reported using it regularly (~weekly) compared with 2024 (45.6% vs 31.1%)."
literacytrust.org.uk/research-ser...
#AIeducation #cdned
Young people and teachers’ use of generative AI to support literacy in 2025 | National Literacy Trust
These reports share findings on young people and teachers' use of generative AI to support literacy in 2025.
literacytrust.org.uk
November 5, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Shouldn't building #Canada strong start with Canadian kids?

"Programs like CanCode have enabled youth & educators to learn develop the ability to use emerging technologies responsibly. These are foundational skills for our future economy."
actua.ca/news-views/f...
#cdnpoli
Actua's Reaction to the 2025 Federal Budget - Actua
actua.ca
November 5, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Digital #Technology Size Comparison - 3D Animation youtu.be/gfOD-Qpl6eg?...

In case you're unaware of how small our engineering goes these days...
Technology Size Comparison 🤯🤯 3D Animation
YouTube video by Branch Education
youtu.be
November 5, 2025 at 1:49 PM
"People For Education is launching a new, ambitious national focus, which includes a survey of schools across #Canada to better understand the effects of government policy and promote country-wide strategies for change."
iask.ca/news/3b4278c...
Wouldn't it be something if we had a #cdned?
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November 5, 2025 at 1:16 PM