a dawn walker
@dcwalker.ca
researcher+designer. tech coops, local, infrastructure, community and alternative network/s/ing
In another place: @dcwalk@post.lurk.org
In another place: @dcwalk@post.lurk.org
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Toronto (Friday Sept 26)
@subvert.fm 🤝 @newfeelingcoop.bsky.social
This event brings together Subvert and New Feeling for a conversation about the future of worker and artist ownership in music.
Join us. RSVP: luma.com/subvert
@subvert.fm 🤝 @newfeelingcoop.bsky.social
This event brings together Subvert and New Feeling for a conversation about the future of worker and artist ownership in music.
Join us. RSVP: luma.com/subvert
September 17, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Toronto (Friday Sept 26)
@subvert.fm 🤝 @newfeelingcoop.bsky.social
This event brings together Subvert and New Feeling for a conversation about the future of worker and artist ownership in music.
Join us. RSVP: luma.com/subvert
@subvert.fm 🤝 @newfeelingcoop.bsky.social
This event brings together Subvert and New Feeling for a conversation about the future of worker and artist ownership in music.
Join us. RSVP: luma.com/subvert
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That's a step increase in employment of 20-30% for building trades employment. Sean Strickland from @cdntrades.bsky.social sums it up perfectly: "Canada’s transition to a cleaner economy represents one of the most significant job creation opportunities in our country’s history." #canlab /4
September 17, 2025 at 2:44 PM
That's a step increase in employment of 20-30% for building trades employment. Sean Strickland from @cdntrades.bsky.social sums it up perfectly: "Canada’s transition to a cleaner economy represents one of the most significant job creation opportunities in our country’s history." #canlab /4
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A report by EDGI “found that under the current Trump administration, the EPA is at or below its lowest historical staffing levels [from the 1980s]. The authors estimated that the entire agency’s staff might be reduced by 25-33% by the end of the fiscal year.”
www.wbur.org/news/2025/09...
www.wbur.org/news/2025/09...
Fear and low morale at New England EPA office as it loses a quarter of its staff under Trump
The regional branch of the EPA has lost more than 150 employees since the start of the Trump administration's efforts to reduce the agency’s workforce, according to union leaders. Current and former employees said drastic changes in staffing and shifting federal priorities are hurting morale and productivity at the agency.
www.wbur.org
September 17, 2025 at 2:58 PM
A report by EDGI “found that under the current Trump administration, the EPA is at or below its lowest historical staffing levels [from the 1980s]. The authors estimated that the entire agency’s staff might be reduced by 25-33% by the end of the fiscal year.”
www.wbur.org/news/2025/09...
www.wbur.org/news/2025/09...
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Moderators from Bluesky, Mastodon, Nostr, Discord, Reddit - we want your input. The Social Web Needs Assessment is open - any platform, any protocol:
Annual Needs Assessment
Our work is directed by the needs of the communities we serve, and we conduct an open survey of administrators, moderators, and community managers to ascertain their needs and priorities. Current A…
about.iftas.org
September 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Moderators from Bluesky, Mastodon, Nostr, Discord, Reddit - we want your input. The Social Web Needs Assessment is open - any platform, any protocol:
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In our latest for The Breach, Jared and I do a deep dive on how continued tax haven abuse is not just despite our government policy - it's because of our government policy.
Canada loses an astonishing $15 billion every year to tax havens.
Jared Walker & @silasxuereb.bsky.social argue that this money could fund public services, but successive governments have let corporations shift profits offshore—while regular Canadians pay the price.
breachmedia.ca/canadas-hidd...
Jared Walker & @silasxuereb.bsky.social argue that this money could fund public services, but successive governments have let corporations shift profits offshore—while regular Canadians pay the price.
breachmedia.ca/canadas-hidd...
Canada’s hidden tax crisis is stripping $15 billion from the economy every year ⋆ The Breach
For decades, Liberal and Conservative governments alike have incentivized corporations and wealthy individuals to shift profits overseas.
breachmedia.ca
September 5, 2025 at 3:30 PM
In our latest for The Breach, Jared and I do a deep dive on how continued tax haven abuse is not just despite our government policy - it's because of our government policy.
Sad to learn Yves Veggies Cuisine is discontinued via insta comment, ouch. It is/was a (not always great) staple of being vegetarian and vegan in Canada. Especially in rural grocery stores: dailyhive.com/vancouver/yv...
brb actually considering how to start a nationwide plant protein cooperative
brb actually considering how to start a nationwide plant protein cooperative
Canadian plant-based food brand Yves has been discontinued | Food & Drink
Yves Veggie Cuisine, one of Canada's longest-running plant-based food makers, has quietly announced that it is being discontinued.
dailyhive.com
August 28, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Sad to learn Yves Veggies Cuisine is discontinued via insta comment, ouch. It is/was a (not always great) staple of being vegetarian and vegan in Canada. Especially in rural grocery stores: dailyhive.com/vancouver/yv...
brb actually considering how to start a nationwide plant protein cooperative
brb actually considering how to start a nationwide plant protein cooperative
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Young people in Canada face the toughest job market in decades.
We’re collecting stories on the struggle to find decent work to help push for a Youth Climate Corps, creating green jobs with fair pay, benefits, and training.
📢 Learn more & share your story:
www.goodgreenjobsforall.ca/unemployment
We’re collecting stories on the struggle to find decent work to help push for a Youth Climate Corps, creating green jobs with fair pay, benefits, and training.
📢 Learn more & share your story:
www.goodgreenjobsforall.ca/unemployment
August 11, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Young people in Canada face the toughest job market in decades.
We’re collecting stories on the struggle to find decent work to help push for a Youth Climate Corps, creating green jobs with fair pay, benefits, and training.
📢 Learn more & share your story:
www.goodgreenjobsforall.ca/unemployment
We’re collecting stories on the struggle to find decent work to help push for a Youth Climate Corps, creating green jobs with fair pay, benefits, and training.
📢 Learn more & share your story:
www.goodgreenjobsforall.ca/unemployment
so ready to do some strollplaying on my evening walk!
Orientation is being released today! oliverbates.itch.io/orientation
It's a game/zine about learning to map in a world where the map apps we took for granted are no longer accessible.
#indiegames #zines #rpg
It's a game/zine about learning to map in a world where the map apps we took for granted are no longer accessible.
#indiegames #zines #rpg
Orientation by oliver bates
What would you do if all the big-tech map apps became inaccessible?
oliverbates.itch.io
July 30, 2025 at 6:18 PM
so ready to do some strollplaying on my evening walk!
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Don't miss the 3rd edition of Unrigged's 📢PROGRESSIVE PUBLICS📢 symposium this Saturday in Calgary w/ @pressprogress.ca @briarpatchmag.bsky.social @theprogressreport.ca and more + a special live @albertaadvantage.bsky.social show on Friday!
RSVP at
www.eventbrite.ca/e/progressiv... 🔶️
RSVP at
www.eventbrite.ca/e/progressiv... 🔶️
June 12, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Don't miss the 3rd edition of Unrigged's 📢PROGRESSIVE PUBLICS📢 symposium this Saturday in Calgary w/ @pressprogress.ca @briarpatchmag.bsky.social @theprogressreport.ca and more + a special live @albertaadvantage.bsky.social show on Friday!
RSVP at
www.eventbrite.ca/e/progressiv... 🔶️
RSVP at
www.eventbrite.ca/e/progressiv... 🔶️
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BREAKING: Today, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB), which manages over $714 billion of Canadians’ retirement savings, quietly abandoned its commitment to net-zero by 2050. This is a shocking failure of responsibility from one of the world’s largest public investors.
May 21, 2025 at 8:05 PM
BREAKING: Today, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB), which manages over $714 billion of Canadians’ retirement savings, quietly abandoned its commitment to net-zero by 2050. This is a shocking failure of responsibility from one of the world’s largest public investors.
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This is horrible. I don't even know what to say. Some of our most key polar data.
"As a result, the level of services for affected products below will be reduced to Basic—meaning they will remain accessible but may not be actively maintained, updated, or fully supported."
nsidc.org/data/user-re...
"As a result, the level of services for affected products below will be reduced to Basic—meaning they will remain accessible but may not be actively maintained, updated, or fully supported."
nsidc.org/data/user-re...
May 6, 2025 at 8:08 PM
This is horrible. I don't even know what to say. Some of our most key polar data.
"As a result, the level of services for affected products below will be reduced to Basic—meaning they will remain accessible but may not be actively maintained, updated, or fully supported."
nsidc.org/data/user-re...
"As a result, the level of services for affected products below will be reduced to Basic—meaning they will remain accessible but may not be actively maintained, updated, or fully supported."
nsidc.org/data/user-re...
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March 19, 2025 at 5:15 AM
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“if every Canadian household redirected $25 a week from foreign products to Canadian ones, it would boost GDP by 0.7 per cent and create 60,000 jobs” www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/pe...
Buy Canadian movement starts to take a sizable bite out of U.S. business
U.S. tour operators and American distilleries hit hard by surge in patriotism among Canadian shoppers
www.theglobeandmail.com
March 19, 2025 at 2:14 AM
“if every Canadian household redirected $25 a week from foreign products to Canadian ones, it would boost GDP by 0.7 per cent and create 60,000 jobs” www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/pe...
Looking forward to this workshop on March 27! Come join me and @rachaelashe.com and bring a friend!
Why it's time to move off Big Tech Social Media - a workshop for artists, creatives, and other makers hosted by @dcwalker.ca and me! (With a guest appearance by @bmann.ca)
Hosted at @z-space.ca in Vancouver on Thursday, March 27th, 6pm-9pm.
Details on eventbrite: www.eventbrite.ca/e/1268174286...
Hosted at @z-space.ca in Vancouver on Thursday, March 27th, 6pm-9pm.
Details on eventbrite: www.eventbrite.ca/e/1268174286...
Workshop for artists: Why it’s time to move off big tech social media
In this workshop for artists & creatives, we will guide you through the latest social media options better aligned with your values.
www.eventbrite.ca
March 6, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Looking forward to this workshop on March 27! Come join me and @rachaelashe.com and bring a friend!
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📡 at very long last, today is the big day! my beloved book, OTHER NETWORKS: A RADICAL TECHNOLOGY SOURCEBOOK, is officially available for pre-order! 1/5 #othernetworks shop.mexicansummer.com/merch/495898...
Lori Emerson - Other Networks: A Radical Technology Sourcebook. Mexican Summer & Anthology.
Buy Other Networks: A Radical Technology Sourcebook by Lori Emerson on Mexican Summer & Anthology.
shop.mexicansummer.com
February 18, 2025 at 5:50 PM
📡 at very long last, today is the big day! my beloved book, OTHER NETWORKS: A RADICAL TECHNOLOGY SOURCEBOOK, is officially available for pre-order! 1/5 #othernetworks shop.mexicansummer.com/merch/495898...
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Look at this great bibliography!
January 21, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Look at this great bibliography!
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I attended this last year, and it was 🌟. Given the toxicity + cowardice of FAANG, we need to imagine smaller, lower-tech, less evil tools + systems!
Now seeking proposals (due Jan 26!) for wrkshps, performances + art at this year's event, March 13-14, keynoted by the great @loriemerson.net!
Now seeking proposals (due Jan 26!) for wrkshps, performances + art at this year's event, March 13-14, keynoted by the great @loriemerson.net!
January 21, 2025 at 5:59 AM
I attended this last year, and it was 🌟. Given the toxicity + cowardice of FAANG, we need to imagine smaller, lower-tech, less evil tools + systems!
Now seeking proposals (due Jan 26!) for wrkshps, performances + art at this year's event, March 13-14, keynoted by the great @loriemerson.net!
Now seeking proposals (due Jan 26!) for wrkshps, performances + art at this year's event, March 13-14, keynoted by the great @loriemerson.net!
Access to space! A community of peers! Starting locally! This incubator looks like it has all the best things 🤲🏼
🚀 Announcing the 1RG Incubator: A 12-week program for community-minded technologists. No equity, no fees—just mentorship, community, and space to build.
Building a better Toronto through tech starts locally 🌱
Apply by Feb 15 ✨ incubator.1rg.space
#toronto #civictech
Building a better Toronto through tech starts locally 🌱
Apply by Feb 15 ✨ incubator.1rg.space
#toronto #civictech
1RG Incubator
The 1RG incubator is a 12-week mentorship program for individuals who are developing projects at the intersection of technology and community impact.
incubator.1rg.space
January 13, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Access to space! A community of peers! Starting locally! This incubator looks like it has all the best things 🤲🏼
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It has been over 30 years since the murder of 14 young women at Polytechnique Montréal (December 6, 1989) just for studying engineering as women
Remember their names: Geneviève Bergeron, Hélène Colgan, Nathalie Croteau, Barbara Daigneault, Anne-Marie Edward, Maud Haviernick, Maryse Laganière, Maryse Leclair, Anne-Marie Lemay, Sonia Pelletier, Michèle Richard, Annie St-Arneault, Annie Turcotte, and Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz.
December 6, 2024 at 3:13 PM
It has been over 30 years since the murder of 14 young women at Polytechnique Montréal (December 6, 1989) just for studying engineering as women
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Loookatthis phot-- brand new issue!!!
Issue 20: MEMORY is out now!
🎨 by : @therewasnosound.bsky.social
newfeeling.ca/issue-20-mem...
Loookatthis phot-- brand new issue!!!
Issue 20: MEMORY is out now!
🎨 by : @therewasnosound.bsky.social
newfeeling.ca/issue-20-mem...
ISSUE 20: MEMORY
Our 20th issue is here! Ft: inherited record collections! archiving the spontaneous sounds of a city! a forgotten early 00s indigenous alt rock classic! the challenge of institutional memory and more!
newfeeling.ca
December 4, 2024 at 3:03 PM
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Loookatthis phot-- brand new issue!!!
Issue 20: MEMORY is out now!
🎨 by : @therewasnosound.bsky.social
newfeeling.ca/issue-20-mem...
Loookatthis phot-- brand new issue!!!
Issue 20: MEMORY is out now!
🎨 by : @therewasnosound.bsky.social
newfeeling.ca/issue-20-mem...
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I made a tiny protest game about the terrifying reality of biking in Toronto without bike lanes
marieflanagan.com/loserlane
marieflanagan.com/loserlane
November 21, 2024 at 5:15 PM
I made a tiny protest game about the terrifying reality of biking in Toronto without bike lanes
marieflanagan.com/loserlane
marieflanagan.com/loserlane
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This is an amazing post asking r/sysadmin for recommendations about legacy system modernization www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/c...
Reddit - Dive into anything
A reddit dedicated to the profession of Computer System Administration.
www.reddit.com
November 16, 2024 at 4:02 AM
This is an amazing post asking r/sysadmin for recommendations about legacy system modernization www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/c...
Just chatted with a friend about the lack of real membership orgs in our lives and how sad canvassing to mobilize can feel. This article sets up what is at stake: “not just the democracy of elections—the democracy of everyday life, where we routinely and communally participate in power”
Hah, my editor at The Nation just let me know that they ran a piece *this very same morning* that makes an eerily similar pitch. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
The US Is a Civic Desert. To Survive, the Democratic Party Needs to Transform Itself.
The Democratic Party should jettison its consultant class and move toward a local-membership model that would help to rejuvenate civic life across the country.
www.thenation.com
November 11, 2024 at 9:08 PM
Just chatted with a friend about the lack of real membership orgs in our lives and how sad canvassing to mobilize can feel. This article sets up what is at stake: “not just the democracy of elections—the democracy of everyday life, where we routinely and communally participate in power”
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Here’s my pitch: the Democrats should take a few million dollars and fund free childcare centers and bowling nights in swing districts resnikoff.beehiiv.com/p/the-party-...
The Party Should Throw Them a Party
A proposal for how to build a more durable Democratic coalition
resnikoff.beehiiv.com
November 11, 2024 at 2:45 PM
Here’s my pitch: the Democrats should take a few million dollars and fund free childcare centers and bowling nights in swing districts resnikoff.beehiiv.com/p/the-party-...