Digital Canary 💪💪🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱🗽
@adigitalcanary.bsky.social
veritas ex lux, lux ex veritas ☀️
#Resist by any & every means safe, possible & necessary ✊
Peace, order & #GoodGovernment 🇨🇦
#SexMatters in law and society #WORIADS #LWS 🚺
Sounding the digital alarms since 1995 🚨
Choose your own mustard adventure 🌭
#Resist by any & every means safe, possible & necessary ✊
Peace, order & #GoodGovernment 🇨🇦
#SexMatters in law and society #WORIADS #LWS 🚺
Sounding the digital alarms since 1995 🚨
Choose your own mustard adventure 🌭
If only there were some sort of policy — a doctrine, even — that mandated balance and honesty (“fairness”) in such communications.
November 13, 2025 at 1:16 AM
If only there were some sort of policy — a doctrine, even — that mandated balance and honesty (“fairness”) in such communications.
Idiocracy 🤦♂️
November 13, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Idiocracy 🤦♂️
Lux ex veritas, veritas ex lux
November 12, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Lux ex veritas, veritas ex lux
Nut up, Al.
On Meaning & Reality
With h/t to @practicalblasphemy for invariably giving me something to think about daily, whether via prose or poetry (or both).
open.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Nut up, Al.
What?
Police/local governments didn’t consider privacy obligations adequately?
If only there were people who raised these concerns in advance of inappropriately deploying “simple” technology solutions to “solve” complex problems 🤦♂️
Police/local governments didn’t consider privacy obligations adequately?
If only there were people who raised these concerns in advance of inappropriately deploying “simple” technology solutions to “solve” complex problems 🤦♂️
Judge Rules Flock Surveillance Images Are Public Records That Can Be Requested By Anyone
A Washington judge said images taken by Flock cameras are "not exempt from disclosure" in public record requests.
www.404media.co
November 12, 2025 at 4:48 PM
What?
Police/local governments didn’t consider privacy obligations adequately?
If only there were people who raised these concerns in advance of inappropriately deploying “simple” technology solutions to “solve” complex problems 🤦♂️
Police/local governments didn’t consider privacy obligations adequately?
If only there were people who raised these concerns in advance of inappropriately deploying “simple” technology solutions to “solve” complex problems 🤦♂️
Judge Rules Flock Surveillance Images Are Public Records That Can Be Requested By Anyone
A Washington judge said images taken by Flock cameras are "not exempt from disclosure" in public record requests.
www.404media.co
November 12, 2025 at 4:47 PM
What?
Police/local governments didn’t consider privacy obligations adequately?
If only there were people who raised these concerns in advance of inappropriately deploying “simple” technology solutions to “solve” complex problems 🤦♂️
Police/local governments didn’t consider privacy obligations adequately?
If only there were people who raised these concerns in advance of inappropriately deploying “simple” technology solutions to “solve” complex problems 🤦♂️
And so I weep for America, as I can see no relief from the surveillance state that has already been unleashed.
I urge my American friends to be ready to *ACT* for your own safety & in support of the resistance & liberation efforts that are required.
Be safe, but uncowed: the world watches 🙏
💪💪🇨🇦🗽
I urge my American friends to be ready to *ACT* for your own safety & in support of the resistance & liberation efforts that are required.
Be safe, but uncowed: the world watches 🙏
💪💪🇨🇦🗽
The Art of Simple Sabotage
An OSS (CIA) guide to fucking with fascists (non-USG linked)
open.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:35 PM
And so I weep for America, as I can see no relief from the surveillance state that has already been unleashed.
I urge my American friends to be ready to *ACT* for your own safety & in support of the resistance & liberation efforts that are required.
Be safe, but uncowed: the world watches 🙏
💪💪🇨🇦🗽
I urge my American friends to be ready to *ACT* for your own safety & in support of the resistance & liberation efforts that are required.
Be safe, but uncowed: the world watches 🙏
💪💪🇨🇦🗽
*Every* success I’ve had in foiling the illegal & illiberal efforts of such men has stemmed from a willingness to be a whistleblower (only once did I have to do so).
But such an approach requires a functioning, independent judiciary who uphold the fundamental rights of the People.
But such an approach requires a functioning, independent judiciary who uphold the fundamental rights of the People.
Musings on Defence Export Controls from a Dirty 🇨🇦 Foreign National
[2025/03/28: In light of Signalgate, and 🇨🇦PM Carney’s & 🇫🇷 PM Macron’s bold statements of 2025/03/27, I believe this post to have added importance.
open.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:35 PM
*Every* success I’ve had in foiling the illegal & illiberal efforts of such men has stemmed from a willingness to be a whistleblower (only once did I have to do so).
But such an approach requires a functioning, independent judiciary who uphold the fundamental rights of the People.
But such an approach requires a functioning, independent judiciary who uphold the fundamental rights of the People.
Those like me who value the privacy & regulatory obligations as *equally* important with public safety duties find ourselves labelled as troublemakers, obstacles, neurotics, etc., and efforts are usually made by the “men of action” 🤮 to restrict involvement.
They succeed when Legal turns its back.
They succeed when Legal turns its back.
November 11, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Those like me who value the privacy & regulatory obligations as *equally* important with public safety duties find ourselves labelled as troublemakers, obstacles, neurotics, etc., and efforts are usually made by the “men of action” 🤮 to restrict involvement.
They succeed when Legal turns its back.
They succeed when Legal turns its back.
That is, the panopticon is *already* here — the genie is out of the bottle and can’t be stuffed back in by increments.
So now it is time to start *demanding* answers to the age-old question:
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
(Who watches the watchers?)
The answer: usually no one — by design, or not.
So now it is time to start *demanding* answers to the age-old question:
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
(Who watches the watchers?)
The answer: usually no one — by design, or not.
November 11, 2025 at 4:35 PM
That is, the panopticon is *already* here — the genie is out of the bottle and can’t be stuffed back in by increments.
So now it is time to start *demanding* answers to the age-old question:
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
(Who watches the watchers?)
The answer: usually no one — by design, or not.
So now it is time to start *demanding* answers to the age-old question:
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
(Who watches the watchers?)
The answer: usually no one — by design, or not.
Between these two realities, the inflection point we are experiencing (A”I”, facial recognition, mobile/autonomous/fixed wireless PTZ IP cameras, techbroligarch platform & law enforcement data scraping & consolidation) the fetters both privacy- & regulatory-related have been completely bypassed.
November 11, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Between these two realities, the inflection point we are experiencing (A”I”, facial recognition, mobile/autonomous/fixed wireless PTZ IP cameras, techbroligarch platform & law enforcement data scraping & consolidation) the fetters both privacy- & regulatory-related have been completely bypassed.
- for the last 2 decades, the “unassailable virtue” of protecting public safety has always a battleground upon which privacy & legal considerations are pitted against what technology can do, *especially* when such CIR plans are inadequately documented (i.e., undocumented & unconsidered scope creep)
November 11, 2025 at 4:35 PM
- for the last 2 decades, the “unassailable virtue” of protecting public safety has always a battleground upon which privacy & legal considerations are pitted against what technology can do, *especially* when such CIR plans are inadequately documented (i.e., undocumented & unconsidered scope creep)
As someone who’s been directly I nvolved from the InfoSec and comtech side of defence industry, university, and local government, my perspective is both complex and clear:
- it’s a good thing for any organization tasked with public safety to have well-documented and tested critical incident response
- it’s a good thing for any organization tasked with public safety to have well-documented and tested critical incident response
November 11, 2025 at 4:35 PM
As someone who’s been directly I nvolved from the InfoSec and comtech side of defence industry, university, and local government, my perspective is both complex and clear:
- it’s a good thing for any organization tasked with public safety to have well-documented and tested critical incident response
- it’s a good thing for any organization tasked with public safety to have well-documented and tested critical incident response
TY Tinman — you were always my favourite.
I’m hoping that there are enough QAnons + GOPers with a conscience, a sense of patriotic duty, or a long view of how supporting a CR w/o ACA:SNAP relief will affect their futures …
But I’m not holding my breath either: some of those can be bought off 🤬
I’m hoping that there are enough QAnons + GOPers with a conscience, a sense of patriotic duty, or a long view of how supporting a CR w/o ACA:SNAP relief will affect their futures …
But I’m not holding my breath either: some of those can be bought off 🤬
November 10, 2025 at 6:08 PM
TY Tinman — you were always my favourite.
I’m hoping that there are enough QAnons + GOPers with a conscience, a sense of patriotic duty, or a long view of how supporting a CR w/o ACA:SNAP relief will affect their futures …
But I’m not holding my breath either: some of those can be bought off 🤬
I’m hoping that there are enough QAnons + GOPers with a conscience, a sense of patriotic duty, or a long view of how supporting a CR w/o ACA:SNAP relief will affect their futures …
But I’m not holding my breath either: some of those can be bought off 🤬
Too few elected Dems are free of the oligarch class’ tentacles.
That means there’s probably a sufficiently large uniparty to make oligarchic nightmares come true.
Which fucking sucks for you folks & for the rest of the world.
Fight on, fight hard, fight dirty.
But don’t stop fighting.
💪💪🇨🇦🗽
That means there’s probably a sufficiently large uniparty to make oligarchic nightmares come true.
Which fucking sucks for you folks & for the rest of the world.
Fight on, fight hard, fight dirty.
But don’t stop fighting.
💪💪🇨🇦🗽
The Art of Simple Sabotage
An OSS (CIA) guide to fucking with fascists (non-USG linked)
digitalcanary.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Too few elected Dems are free of the oligarch class’ tentacles.
That means there’s probably a sufficiently large uniparty to make oligarchic nightmares come true.
Which fucking sucks for you folks & for the rest of the world.
Fight on, fight hard, fight dirty.
But don’t stop fighting.
💪💪🇨🇦🗽
That means there’s probably a sufficiently large uniparty to make oligarchic nightmares come true.
Which fucking sucks for you folks & for the rest of the world.
Fight on, fight hard, fight dirty.
But don’t stop fighting.
💪💪🇨🇦🗽
November 10, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Be very very afraid.
November 10, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Be very very afraid.
And the House may yet hold firm.
November 10, 2025 at 5:16 PM
And the House may yet hold firm.
We’re like Bills fans.
Except our players also shovel the snow.
& we get to see the good side of the Falls.
& we have public healthcare if we get frost bitten.
& we don’t have a tyrant in charge, nor a compromised Supreme Court, nor a government shutdown.
Otherwise, just like Bills fans …
💪💪🇨🇦🗽
Except our players also shovel the snow.
& we get to see the good side of the Falls.
& we have public healthcare if we get frost bitten.
& we don’t have a tyrant in charge, nor a compromised Supreme Court, nor a government shutdown.
Otherwise, just like Bills fans …
💪💪🇨🇦🗽
November 10, 2025 at 5:16 PM
We’re like Bills fans.
Except our players also shovel the snow.
& we get to see the good side of the Falls.
& we have public healthcare if we get frost bitten.
& we don’t have a tyrant in charge, nor a compromised Supreme Court, nor a government shutdown.
Otherwise, just like Bills fans …
💪💪🇨🇦🗽
Except our players also shovel the snow.
& we get to see the good side of the Falls.
& we have public healthcare if we get frost bitten.
& we don’t have a tyrant in charge, nor a compromised Supreme Court, nor a government shutdown.
Otherwise, just like Bills fans …
💪💪🇨🇦🗽
What really happens?
1. Local citizens will foot the bill for vastly increasing local water supply capabilities: new pipelines, new water & sewage treatment plants
+
2. Additional warmer, dirtier water is released back into the Great Lakes watershed: more algal blooms = fewer fish = economic hit.
1. Local citizens will foot the bill for vastly increasing local water supply capabilities: new pipelines, new water & sewage treatment plants
+
2. Additional warmer, dirtier water is released back into the Great Lakes watershed: more algal blooms = fewer fish = economic hit.
November 10, 2025 at 4:40 PM
What really happens?
1. Local citizens will foot the bill for vastly increasing local water supply capabilities: new pipelines, new water & sewage treatment plants
+
2. Additional warmer, dirtier water is released back into the Great Lakes watershed: more algal blooms = fewer fish = economic hit.
1. Local citizens will foot the bill for vastly increasing local water supply capabilities: new pipelines, new water & sewage treatment plants
+
2. Additional warmer, dirtier water is released back into the Great Lakes watershed: more algal blooms = fewer fish = economic hit.
The beauty of physics, captured by your eye for the Poetry of Nature
@rdfrs.bsky.social
@rdfrs.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 1:45 PM
The beauty of physics, captured by your eye for the Poetry of Nature
@rdfrs.bsky.social
@rdfrs.bsky.social