Laura Payton
@laurapayton.bsky.social
Lover of plain language and clean writing. Baking, cooking, parenting. Also maybe cyber security. Beginner runner all over again. Former owner of a blue checkmark.
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Tomorrow, their Majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla are visiting #OttCity!
Expect traffic and transit delays in certain parts of Ottawa. Check out our interactive traffic map for live updates: traffic.ottawa.ca/map
Planned impacts: bit.ly/4ka1QLG
Expect traffic and transit delays in certain parts of Ottawa. Check out our interactive traffic map for live updates: traffic.ottawa.ca/map
Planned impacts: bit.ly/4ka1QLG
May 25, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Tomorrow, their Majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla are visiting #OttCity!
Expect traffic and transit delays in certain parts of Ottawa. Check out our interactive traffic map for live updates: traffic.ottawa.ca/map
Planned impacts: bit.ly/4ka1QLG
Expect traffic and transit delays in certain parts of Ottawa. Check out our interactive traffic map for live updates: traffic.ottawa.ca/map
Planned impacts: bit.ly/4ka1QLG
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‼️ FYI to friends & colleagues ‼️
Alliance Canada Hong Kong ACHK's archive was updated- linktr.ee/alliancecana...
All of our past reports, issue briefs, training materials and other submissions were uploaded for public access. I hope you find these resources helpful 💛 in solidarity
Alliance Canada Hong Kong ACHK's archive was updated- linktr.ee/alliancecana...
All of our past reports, issue briefs, training materials and other submissions were uploaded for public access. I hope you find these resources helpful 💛 in solidarity
Alliance Canada Hong Kong | Instagram, Facebook | Linktree
alliancecanadahk.com
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May 25, 2025 at 1:20 PM
‼️ FYI to friends & colleagues ‼️
Alliance Canada Hong Kong ACHK's archive was updated- linktr.ee/alliancecana...
All of our past reports, issue briefs, training materials and other submissions were uploaded for public access. I hope you find these resources helpful 💛 in solidarity
Alliance Canada Hong Kong ACHK's archive was updated- linktr.ee/alliancecana...
All of our past reports, issue briefs, training materials and other submissions were uploaded for public access. I hope you find these resources helpful 💛 in solidarity
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Back to back dingers from Robert Deniro and Liev Schreiber in the area of Hollywood tough guys shrugging their shoulders going “yeah why wouldn’t I love my child?”
Liev Schreiber recalls moment trans daughter Kai, 16, asked him to use she/her pronouns: ‘Didn’t feel like that big of a deal’
Liev Schreiber recalls moment trans daughter Kai, 16, asked him to use she/her pronouns: ‘Didn’t feel like that big of a deal’
"Kai was always who Kai is," the actor, 57, said in a new interview.
pagesix.com
May 8, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Back to back dingers from Robert Deniro and Liev Schreiber in the area of Hollywood tough guys shrugging their shoulders going “yeah why wouldn’t I love my child?”
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This memorandum drives home how the "censorship" narrative has ALWAYS been a project to "prove" Trump's Big Lie in 2020. For researchers, platforms, and gov folks caught up in censorship accusations, no amount of ducking & covering was ever going to stop them. www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...
Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Addresses Risks from Chris Krebs and Government Censorship
RESTORING TRUST IN GOVERNMENT: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed a Presidential Memorandum revoking any active security clearance held by Chris
www.whitehouse.gov
April 9, 2025 at 10:58 PM
This memorandum drives home how the "censorship" narrative has ALWAYS been a project to "prove" Trump's Big Lie in 2020. For researchers, platforms, and gov folks caught up in censorship accusations, no amount of ducking & covering was ever going to stop them. www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...
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Librarians changed my life. So I’m so glad we can honour them.
Here’s Toronto librarian Frances Trotter leading story time at a branch in 1935.
Here’s Toronto librarian Frances Trotter leading story time at a branch in 1935.
April 9, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Librarians changed my life. So I’m so glad we can honour them.
Here’s Toronto librarian Frances Trotter leading story time at a branch in 1935.
Here’s Toronto librarian Frances Trotter leading story time at a branch in 1935.
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U.S. tariffs could utterly destroy the terms Canada thought it was getting when it agreed to buy 88 F-35 fighter jets.
thelogic.co/news/trump-t...
thelogic.co/news/trump-t...
Trump's tariff mania shoots holes in economic case for buying F-35s - The Logic
Competing bid from Sweden would bring production, engineering and maintenance of fighter jets to Canada—if it's still on the table.
thelogic.co
April 2, 2025 at 1:44 PM
U.S. tariffs could utterly destroy the terms Canada thought it was getting when it agreed to buy 88 F-35 fighter jets.
thelogic.co/news/trump-t...
thelogic.co/news/trump-t...
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New: The 19-year-old technologist who has become one of the best known members of Elon Musk’s US DOGE Service was providing digital infrastructure to a cybercrime ring as recently as two years ago.
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
Exclusive: DOGE staffer, 'Big Balls', provided tech support to cybercrime ring, records show
The best-known member of Elon Musk's U.S. DOGE Service team of technologists once provided support to a cybercrime gang that bragged about trafficking in stolen data and cyberstalking an FBI agent, according to digital records reviewed by Reuters.
www.reuters.com
March 26, 2025 at 2:02 PM
New: The 19-year-old technologist who has become one of the best known members of Elon Musk’s US DOGE Service was providing digital infrastructure to a cybercrime ring as recently as two years ago.
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
Ottawa’s English-language public school board is holding a virtual consultation tonight on a major change to elementary schools, except without any capacity for parents to provide feedback. So calling a Q&A a consultation. And have referred a couple of times to amendments coming Friday.
March 24, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Ottawa’s English-language public school board is holding a virtual consultation tonight on a major change to elementary schools, except without any capacity for parents to provide feedback. So calling a Q&A a consultation. And have referred a couple of times to amendments coming Friday.
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"why does the American public not understand what's happening in their own country" I shout over the hedge fund dessicated corpse of local journalism
March 21, 2025 at 2:19 PM
"why does the American public not understand what's happening in their own country" I shout over the hedge fund dessicated corpse of local journalism
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The U.S. Army and Defense Department removed a mention of the Navajo code talkers from its website.
They are a group of Navajo U.S. marines who were essential during the Second World War for developing a code using their native language.
They are a group of Navajo U.S. marines who were essential during the Second World War for developing a code using their native language.
Mention of Navajo code talkers removed from U.S. Army website | APTN News
YouTube video by APTN News
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March 20, 2025 at 12:03 AM
The U.S. Army and Defense Department removed a mention of the Navajo code talkers from its website.
They are a group of Navajo U.S. marines who were essential during the Second World War for developing a code using their native language.
They are a group of Navajo U.S. marines who were essential during the Second World War for developing a code using their native language.
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Health officials highlight accelerated #MMR vaccine guidance in response to #measles outbreak areas of Ontario, by @kkirkup.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com #pediatrics #vaccination
Health officials highlight accelerated MMR vaccine guidance in measles outbreak areas of Ontario
New recommendations from Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer of Health apply to individuals who live, work, travel, worship or spend time in the areas covered by the Grand Erie and Southwestern public hea...
www.theglobeandmail.com
March 20, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Health officials highlight accelerated #MMR vaccine guidance in response to #measles outbreak areas of Ontario, by @kkirkup.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com #pediatrics #vaccination
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The Prime Minister and the President highlighted the launch of a new bilateral partnership on intelligence and security. The partnership will focus on enhancing cybersecurity and intelligence sharing on significant threats.
LES DEUX YEUX 👀
www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/read...
LES DEUX YEUX 👀
www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/read...
Prime Minister Carney meets with President of France Emmanuel Macron
Prime Minister Carney and President Macron discussed their intention to build stronger economies and defence and commercial ties between Canada and France – including in the areas of responsible and s...
www.pm.gc.ca
March 17, 2025 at 8:21 PM
The Prime Minister and the President highlighted the launch of a new bilateral partnership on intelligence and security. The partnership will focus on enhancing cybersecurity and intelligence sharing on significant threats.
LES DEUX YEUX 👀
www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/read...
LES DEUX YEUX 👀
www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/read...
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“If she wants to know something specific, but doesn’t want people to notice her asking questions, she should simply make incorrect statements while in the company of experts. Her companions will correct her, especially if they're men.”
- Advice for female agents in WW2, provided during SOE training
- Advice for female agents in WW2, provided during SOE training
March 17, 2025 at 11:52 AM
“If she wants to know something specific, but doesn’t want people to notice her asking questions, she should simply make incorrect statements while in the company of experts. Her companions will correct her, especially if they're men.”
- Advice for female agents in WW2, provided during SOE training
- Advice for female agents in WW2, provided during SOE training
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Canada's cyber intelligence agency is warning that countries including China, Russia and Iran will "very likely" lean on artificial intelligence to try and interfere in the upcoming federal election and mislead voters.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
China, Russia will 'very likely' use AI to target Canadian voters: Intelligence agency | CBC News
Canada's cyber intelligence agency is warning that countries including China, Russia and Iran will "very likely" lean on artificial intelligence to try and interfere in the upcoming federal election a...
www.cbc.ca
March 6, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Canada's cyber intelligence agency is warning that countries including China, Russia and Iran will "very likely" lean on artificial intelligence to try and interfere in the upcoming federal election and mislead voters.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Ah, yes, here is our daily ritual of my son telling me he has no clean underwear and me telling him to check the pile of clean laundry that we still haven’t folded
February 26, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Ah, yes, here is our daily ritual of my son telling me he has no clean underwear and me telling him to check the pile of clean laundry that we still haven’t folded
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Governments of the United States’ chief adversaries in cyberspace, especially Russia, have increasingly been relying on cybercriminals and their tools to advance their goals, according to a Google report published Tuesday. via @timstarks.bsky.social cyberscoop.com/u-s-adversar...
U.S. adversaries increasingly turning to cybercriminals and their malware for help
A Google Threat Intelligence Group report notes that Russia in particular has been doing this since the Ukraine war began.
cyberscoop.com
February 12, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Governments of the United States’ chief adversaries in cyberspace, especially Russia, have increasingly been relying on cybercriminals and their tools to advance their goals, according to a Google report published Tuesday. via @timstarks.bsky.social cyberscoop.com/u-s-adversar...
Camp registrations, constant news-related stress and 40cm of snow coming as of tomorrow night. That primal scream you hear in Ottawa is all the parents realizing that they now have to add swimming registration tonight, on top of everything else
February 12, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Camp registrations, constant news-related stress and 40cm of snow coming as of tomorrow night. That primal scream you hear in Ottawa is all the parents realizing that they now have to add swimming registration tonight, on top of everything else
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A Brief History of Kids Today Are Too Rude
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February 11, 2025 at 11:26 PM
A Brief History of Kids Today Are Too Rude
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SCOOP: Shopify support staff were told to give “no comment” and to end online chats if customers asked about the company’s technology being used by the musician Kanye West to sell a T-shirt bearing a Nazi swastika.
thelogic.co/news/exclusi...
thelogic.co/news/exclusi...
Shopify tells support staff to give ‘no comment’ on Kanye West Nazi T-shirt - The Logic
One former Shopify employee told The Logic it was ‘heartbreaking to see your life’s work perverted by full-on friggin’ Nazis’
thelogic.co
February 10, 2025 at 11:30 PM
SCOOP: Shopify support staff were told to give “no comment” and to end online chats if customers asked about the company’s technology being used by the musician Kanye West to sell a T-shirt bearing a Nazi swastika.
thelogic.co/news/exclusi...
thelogic.co/news/exclusi...
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i want to be a bookstore cat in my next life
December 29, 2024 at 1:26 PM
i want to be a bookstore cat in my next life
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All of this 👇
theconversation.com/beyond-birth...
theconversation.com/beyond-birth...
Beyond birth statistics: Why measuring caesarean rates misses the mark
As a standalone statistic, the rate of ‘low risk’ caesarean births lacks the nuance needed to inform and improve individual care. Childbirth metrics must adopt a broader, patient-centred perspective.
theconversation.com
December 28, 2024 at 10:38 PM
All of this 👇
theconversation.com/beyond-birth...
theconversation.com/beyond-birth...
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THREAD: How to check if the screenshot of a social media post is real or fake?
Fake screnshots of online posts regularly mislead people. So, here's a simple guide on how you can quickly check if a screenshot of a post attributed to an account is genuine or fake before falling for or sharing it.
Fake screnshots of online posts regularly mislead people. So, here's a simple guide on how you can quickly check if a screenshot of a post attributed to an account is genuine or fake before falling for or sharing it.
December 4, 2024 at 6:13 PM
THREAD: How to check if the screenshot of a social media post is real or fake?
Fake screnshots of online posts regularly mislead people. So, here's a simple guide on how you can quickly check if a screenshot of a post attributed to an account is genuine or fake before falling for or sharing it.
Fake screnshots of online posts regularly mislead people. So, here's a simple guide on how you can quickly check if a screenshot of a post attributed to an account is genuine or fake before falling for or sharing it.
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This is a big deal: The National Counterintelligence and Security Center, FBI, and four other US agencies are jointly warning US defense companies to bolster security precautions in anticipation of possible Russian sabotage.
Not an alarm to hit snooze on.
Not an alarm to hit snooze on.
November 21, 2024 at 9:29 PM
This is a big deal: The National Counterintelligence and Security Center, FBI, and four other US agencies are jointly warning US defense companies to bolster security precautions in anticipation of possible Russian sabotage.
Not an alarm to hit snooze on.
Not an alarm to hit snooze on.