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Andrew Durnin
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Skiing, hiking, and family, not necessarily in that order. Working in tech and digital government in North Van.
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I.T. people in Canada:
Do your clients a favour (protect them from themselves) and block the domain itod .com from being reached in order to prevent them from transferring the company domain away to a snail mail scammer that relies on people not reading.
July 14, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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A good 70% of the fighting over AI would have been avoided if VC hucksters (and gullible access journalists) hadn't conflated incrementally useful automation with computational sentience to make money
July 11, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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Amazing shot.
April 30, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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We invite you to join us at an informal drop-in session to learn more about updating our Official Community Plan to provide for more than 22,000+ homes mandated by provincial legislation and proposed changes to single family neighbourhoods.

🏘️Learn more: www.dnv.org/community-en...
March 28, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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The new GOV.UK login system is the first step in a radical transformation of the British state (FREE TO READ!)

takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/login-to-a...
The new GOV.UK login system is the first step in a radical transformation of the British state
A British "DOGE" (of sorts) is rearchitecting the government
takes.jamesomalley.co.uk
March 5, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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this haptic display absolutely rocks. basketball is for everyone.
February 6, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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Hang it in the Louvre!
February 5, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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Free Curve to the Point - Accompanying Sound of Geometric Curves (rotated), by Wassily Kandinsky, 1925, 📸 by @redwingdgr
December 23, 2024 at 12:08 PM
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The 2024 Headline of the Year Nominees

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December 22, 2024 at 6:48 PM
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Work-from-home arrangements are making headlines as some employers are pushing people back into the office. Plenty of anecdotes out there, but I wanted to see the bigger picture. Paper out today sets the stage for a conversation.

Let me tell you about WFH across 🇨🇦
www.cdhowe.org/public-polic...
Settling into a New Normal? Working from Home across Canada | C.D. Howe Institute | Canada Economy News | Canadian Government Policy
Study in Brief
www.cdhowe.org
September 25, 2024 at 11:43 AM
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Okay, you get one more #BadActorBingo before bed, this time about a useful tool that can help justify your instincts when you're on the fence about whether that account is real or suspicious: the activity punch card. This is when you graph when an account is active on the site on a chart.
November 30, 2024 at 7:46 AM
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Hey #Vancouver friends.
My #Cheese and #Charcuterie business is up and running.
I make gorgeous grazing tables, and deliver beautiful boxes of truly delicious treats. I need orders! If you know folks in the city, please send em my way!

boardsofvancouver.ca
November 26, 2024 at 10:47 PM
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Analysis: Lekkerimäki can shoot the puck. #Canucks
November 15, 2024 at 3:18 AM
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If you see a lot of folks replying to posts with a 📌 emoji it’s because they’re using this feed. It’s essentially a bookmark! Reply with the emoji and it pulls the post into your own private feed and saves it there for you!

Here:
November 10, 2024 at 3:01 AM