Peter MacDougall
@pmacdougall.bsky.social
Husband, father, son, scientist, illustrator, writer, educator, DIYer, book hoarder, jack of all trades, Star Trek fan, and Canadian.
Pinned
default - Harmony Square
Can you destroy Harmony Square with disinformation? A serious game designed to expose techniques used to mislead and exploit media.
www.harmonysquare.game
At the top of my posts I have pinned the Breaking Harmony Square online game. I encourage you to play it. It is about how “trolls”—people who deliberately start fights—work to destroy cooperative groups.
www.harmonysquare.game/en
www.harmonysquare.game/en
I revised my posts on CO2 and Natural Gas and put it up as a single post on Medium.
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CO2 is Shit.
CO2 is shit. It is literally human excrement. 🏭💩☁️ ⚠️☠️🤮🪦
medium.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I revised my posts on CO2 and Natural Gas and put it up as a single post on Medium.
medium.com/@macdougallp...
medium.com/@macdougallp...
I like EVs.
It cheers me up to see that EVs make up a rising percentage of vehicles on the road in the same way I like to see more solar panels on buildings.
We are moving toward a better Star Trek inspired future.
And EVs don't stink.
It cheers me up to see that EVs make up a rising percentage of vehicles on the road in the same way I like to see more solar panels on buildings.
We are moving toward a better Star Trek inspired future.
And EVs don't stink.
August 10, 2025 at 7:53 PM
I like EVs.
It cheers me up to see that EVs make up a rising percentage of vehicles on the road in the same way I like to see more solar panels on buildings.
We are moving toward a better Star Trek inspired future.
And EVs don't stink.
It cheers me up to see that EVs make up a rising percentage of vehicles on the road in the same way I like to see more solar panels on buildings.
We are moving toward a better Star Trek inspired future.
And EVs don't stink.
Here is a free book on how to handle disinformation in a way that does not curtail your rights or freedoms. #FakeYou #CDNPoli
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#FakeYou An Activist’s Guide to Defeating Disinformation
#FakeYou, a Guide to Defeating Disinformation - Don’t blame the people; don’t blame the internet. Blame the power.
xnet-x.net
August 3, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Here is a free book on how to handle disinformation in a way that does not curtail your rights or freedoms. #FakeYou #CDNPoli
xnet-x.net/en/fakeyou-d...
xnet-x.net/en/fakeyou-d...
The new immortality is to be the original source for AI slop.
June 10, 2025 at 5:15 AM
The new immortality is to be the original source for AI slop.
Reposted by Peter MacDougall
Just passing along some friendly advice on how to approach potential changes to the Australian health care system @drruthmitchell.bsky.social
May 5, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Just passing along some friendly advice on how to approach potential changes to the Australian health care system @drruthmitchell.bsky.social
Reposted by Peter MacDougall
And remember, you can listen to - and WATCH The Early Edition.
Listen here: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
Watch here: www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
And on CBC Gem!
Listen here: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
Watch here: www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
And on CBC Gem!
May 8, 2025 at 1:02 PM
And remember, you can listen to - and WATCH The Early Edition.
Listen here: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
Watch here: www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
And on CBC Gem!
Listen here: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
Watch here: www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
And on CBC Gem!
Honourable Premier Danielle Smith
I want you to stop wasting our time and our money promoting and pursuing the separation of Alberta from Canada. There are more important and valuable issues to address.
I want you to stop wasting our time and our money promoting and pursuing the separation of Alberta from Canada. There are more important and valuable issues to address.
May 8, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Honourable Premier Danielle Smith
I want you to stop wasting our time and our money promoting and pursuing the separation of Alberta from Canada. There are more important and valuable issues to address.
I want you to stop wasting our time and our money promoting and pursuing the separation of Alberta from Canada. There are more important and valuable issues to address.
At the top of my posts I have pinned the Breaking Harmony Square online game. I encourage you to play it. It is about how “trolls”—people who deliberately start fights—work to destroy cooperative groups.
www.harmonysquare.game/en
www.harmonysquare.game/en
default - Harmony Square
Can you destroy Harmony Square with disinformation? A serious game designed to expose techniques used to mislead and exploit media.
www.harmonysquare.game
May 8, 2025 at 6:13 PM
At the top of my posts I have pinned the Breaking Harmony Square online game. I encourage you to play it. It is about how “trolls”—people who deliberately start fights—work to destroy cooperative groups.
www.harmonysquare.game/en
www.harmonysquare.game/en
High five's all around to everyone who voted in the federal election!
Extra fist bumps to everyone who looked at party policy and voted for their own interests rather than against them!
Good job!
#cndpoli
Extra fist bumps to everyone who looked at party policy and voted for their own interests rather than against them!
Good job!
#cndpoli
May 8, 2025 at 6:11 PM
High five's all around to everyone who voted in the federal election!
Extra fist bumps to everyone who looked at party policy and voted for their own interests rather than against them!
Good job!
#cndpoli
Extra fist bumps to everyone who looked at party policy and voted for their own interests rather than against them!
Good job!
#cndpoli
There are a lot of things to worry about: affordability of housing and necessities, attacks on individual human right to be themselves, natural disasters due to climate change...
Good news for Canadians, on April 28, there is an opportunity to make a big impact on these problems. #cdnpoli
Good news for Canadians, on April 28, there is an opportunity to make a big impact on these problems. #cdnpoli
April 27, 2025 at 6:26 AM
There are a lot of things to worry about: affordability of housing and necessities, attacks on individual human right to be themselves, natural disasters due to climate change...
Good news for Canadians, on April 28, there is an opportunity to make a big impact on these problems. #cdnpoli
Good news for Canadians, on April 28, there is an opportunity to make a big impact on these problems. #cdnpoli
Even if the candidate you want to vote for will not win due to the choices of your neighbours, it is still important to vote. The parties do not get to know who you voted for, but they do get to know you voted.
April 19, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Even if the candidate you want to vote for will not win due to the choices of your neighbours, it is still important to vote. The parties do not get to know who you voted for, but they do get to know you voted.
As Canada has a First Past The Post election system, it can be useful to know how votes are shaping up in your area.
338canada.com
Several candidates may be acceptable to you and others are not. Being strategic in your vote is sometimes the best way to protect your interests.
338canada.com
Several candidates may be acceptable to you and others are not. Being strategic in your vote is sometimes the best way to protect your interests.
Welcome to 338Canada
338canada.com
April 19, 2025 at 8:28 AM
As Canada has a First Past The Post election system, it can be useful to know how votes are shaping up in your area.
338canada.com
Several candidates may be acceptable to you and others are not. Being strategic in your vote is sometimes the best way to protect your interests.
338canada.com
Several candidates may be acceptable to you and others are not. Being strategic in your vote is sometimes the best way to protect your interests.
Advance Polls for the Canadian federal election started April 18 and Canadians can vote from 9AM to 9PM April 18, 19, 20, & 21. There are more ways to vote in advance and all the details about how to vote are at www.elections.ca
Elections Canada On-line - Élections Canada en ligne
Elections Canada is the independent, non-partisan agency responsible for conducting federal elections and referendums.
www.elections.ca
April 19, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Advance Polls for the Canadian federal election started April 18 and Canadians can vote from 9AM to 9PM April 18, 19, 20, & 21. There are more ways to vote in advance and all the details about how to vote are at www.elections.ca
On a related note about abandoning Meta for your sake and the country you live in....
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Pluralistic: Zuckerberg in the dock (11 Apr 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
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April 14, 2025 at 12:19 AM
On a related note about abandoning Meta for your sake and the country you live in....
pluralistic.net/2025/04/11/i...
pluralistic.net/2025/04/11/i...
If anyone here is still using Facebook (and Messenger, Whatsapp, Instagram, Threads, Oculus, and Meta app...) and feels trapped in their network effect, I am here to remind you that just because all your friends are in hell doesn't mean you should stay there with them.
You can lead them out.
You can lead them out.
April 13, 2025 at 9:17 AM
If anyone here is still using Facebook (and Messenger, Whatsapp, Instagram, Threads, Oculus, and Meta app...) and feels trapped in their network effect, I am here to remind you that just because all your friends are in hell doesn't mean you should stay there with them.
You can lead them out.
You can lead them out.
I don't know Mr. Poilievre but I think the leader of our country should be following the wishes and acting in the interest of all Canadians. Since the majority of Canadians see the value in the CBC and want to keep it, I think it shows poor leadership, unsuitable for a would-be prime minister.
April 6, 2025 at 5:00 AM
I don't know Mr. Poilievre but I think the leader of our country should be following the wishes and acting in the interest of all Canadians. Since the majority of Canadians see the value in the CBC and want to keep it, I think it shows poor leadership, unsuitable for a would-be prime minister.
As long form writing doesn't work well with a microblogging site, I have put an essay about the CBC on Medium.
medium.com/@macdougallp...
medium.com/@macdougallp...
The CBC: The Public Protector
The CBC is a Canadian Institution. It is a real institution in that it is a social service paid for by the public in support of the public…
medium.com
April 6, 2025 at 4:48 AM
As long form writing doesn't work well with a microblogging site, I have put an essay about the CBC on Medium.
medium.com/@macdougallp...
medium.com/@macdougallp...
As we race to an election, here is another game to play about divison, media, and politics.
Harmony Square!
harmonysquare.game
Harmony Square!
harmonysquare.game
Harmony Square
Harmony Square is a game about disinformation, designed to expose the tactics and manipulation techniques that bad actors use to mislead their audience, build a following, and exploit societal tension...
harmonysquare.game
March 31, 2025 at 6:39 AM
As we race to an election, here is another game to play about divison, media, and politics.
Harmony Square!
harmonysquare.game
Harmony Square!
harmonysquare.game
Buying Canadian means listening, watching, and supporting the CBC.
March 29, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Buying Canadian means listening, watching, and supporting the CBC.
The price of eggs in the US is up due to culling egg-laying hens because of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza. The US administration is trying to lower egg prices by importing eggs. Canada is not one of the countries they have approached. Nor is Mexico.
#eggs
#eggs
March 21, 2025 at 7:38 PM
The price of eggs in the US is up due to culling egg-laying hens because of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza. The US administration is trying to lower egg prices by importing eggs. Canada is not one of the countries they have approached. Nor is Mexico.
#eggs
#eggs
It is Women's Day!
International Women's Day!
It is Women's Day everywhere in the known universe.
And it is good!
For everyone!
International Women's Day!
It is Women's Day everywhere in the known universe.
And it is good!
For everyone!
March 9, 2025 at 6:02 AM
It is Women's Day!
International Women's Day!
It is Women's Day everywhere in the known universe.
And it is good!
For everyone!
International Women's Day!
It is Women's Day everywhere in the known universe.
And it is good!
For everyone!
For those who want to explore political labeling and polarization for themselves, there is The Political Compass. You can try it out at www.politicalcompass.org.
The Political Compass
A typology of political opinions plotted on 2 dimensions: economic and social.
www.politicalcompass.org
February 11, 2025 at 8:00 AM
For those who want to explore political labeling and polarization for themselves, there is The Political Compass. You can try it out at www.politicalcompass.org.
Some further thoughts.
I would like to revise what I have written but writing here is like using a permanent marker on a post-it note. It's not good for reflection or nuance. A grain of salt and spoonful of sugar may be necessary to appreciate what is written. No insult is intended. I mean #unity.
I would like to revise what I have written but writing here is like using a permanent marker on a post-it note. It's not good for reflection or nuance. A grain of salt and spoonful of sugar may be necessary to appreciate what is written. No insult is intended. I mean #unity.
February 11, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Some further thoughts.
I would like to revise what I have written but writing here is like using a permanent marker on a post-it note. It's not good for reflection or nuance. A grain of salt and spoonful of sugar may be necessary to appreciate what is written. No insult is intended. I mean #unity.
I would like to revise what I have written but writing here is like using a permanent marker on a post-it note. It's not good for reflection or nuance. A grain of salt and spoonful of sugar may be necessary to appreciate what is written. No insult is intended. I mean #unity.