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@randallhawes.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy
Early Canadian Boomer. I don't say much, but I read a lot. LONG time at Twitter, which is now a past memory.

From a musical family: some are Country, some are Rock. I […]

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She got new toys this mornonf filled with catnip. Now I think she's sleeping it off.
#catsofmastodon #merrychristmas
December 25, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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When an entire class of technology states on the packaging that it was made in China but intended "for overseas use only," this should really give you pause before plugging it into your network.

You will find this verbiage on a lot of Android TV streaming […]

[Original post on infosec.exchange]
December 23, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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I suggest that you avoid purchasing any products or services from #adobe.
I base this on my recent experience with Adobe, buyng an upgrade — that fails to run on my computer. There is (apparently) no way for a customer to talk or correspond with a human being at Adobe. Because I have no record […]
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mstdn.science
December 22, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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Deirdre has a great analysis yet again.

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"I realize that our sovereignty remains under grave threat and that Danielle Smith, as the pickme girl who wants to be the first domino to fall to a hostile foreign power, doesn’t care for the rights and freedoms granted to Canadians by our Charter […]
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December 8, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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It was the biggest man-made explosion in history, a record held until the atomic bomb.

It killed almost 2,000 people, injured 10,000 more.

On this day in 1917, two vessels collided in Halifax Harbour, Nova Scotia, one laden with high explosives, the other, coal.

At 9:04 AM the Halifax […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
December 6, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Look who is hanging out with me today instead of following her Mummy around the house. I am so priviledged. #catsofmastodon #caterday
December 6, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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Meta’s Chatbot Will Provide AI-Powered

Live News via CNN, Fox News
Meet your new news anchor, Meta AI.

https://gizmodo.com/metas-chatbot-will-provide-ai-powered-live-news-via-cnn-fox-news-2000696248
We once again have to hear the nine most terrifying words in the English language: “We’re Facebook, and we’re here to fix the news.” This time, the solution from the social media giant is to deliver breaking news via chatbot. On Friday, Meta announced that it has partnered with several new organizations, including CNN and Fox News, to provide real-time headlines and information via Meta AI. The full list of partners for the new initiative, which will see the company’s chatbot and other AI products able to serve up information on breaking news stories, will also include Fox Sports, French publisher Le Monde Group, the People Inc. portfolio of media brands (which includes People, Food and Wine, Travel and Leisure, and Entertainment Weekly, among others), The Daily Caller, The Washington Examiner, and USA Today. It’s a full-spectrum selection of down-the-middle-ish outlets and straight-up right-wing activist publications, so basically exactly what you would expect out of the platform run by a Trump-aligned CEO. According to Meta, if you ask its Meta AI about current events, it’ll now be able to receive information from recently published news stories and links to read more timely content from “more diverse content sources.” The company says its goal is to eventually “provide something for everyone by continuing to add new content sources and topics.” At this point, Meta has a long and storied history of bringing users the news in new ways that ultimately end up making everything worse. Back in 2016, when the company had its now long-dead “Trending news” module, it came out that the company wasn’t neutrally serving up algorithmically chosen stories as many may have thought and was instead curating stories behind the scenes. Once that came to light, the company did get rid of humans and immediately unleashed a spate of misinformation amplified by the algorithm that couldn’t discern fact from fiction. Shortly after that, in an attempt to boost its video platform, the company started shoveling money into publishers’ pockets to push them to create video content, leading to the great “Pivot to Video” era of the digital news industry. Then they pulled the plug on that plan, and all that money that publishers banked on eventually dried up and took down their operations. That doesn’t even start to touch on all of the publishers who found a huge audience on Facebook only to have it evaporate entirely as a result of an unannounced and unexplained change in the algorithm that deprioritized them, or the massive amount of misinformation and propaganda that has run wild on the platform in its post-fact-check era. But surely just feeding information into the black box of a chatbot for it to sort out will end well. And there’s no way that publishers regret letting their information get aggregated in real-time, as if Google’s AI Overviews haven’t provided a clear example of how that type of content kills click-throughs to the site so people actually read the article. This is going to be the time Meta finally solves news. Or kills it. What’s the difference, really?
gizmodo.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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Winter solstice for northern Hemisphere will be on
December 21 at 15:03 UTC

I've prepared a table of sunrise/sunset and the time of day where sun will be higest (solar noon and elevation above horizon).

At time of solstice, the sun will be directly overhead of a […]

[Original post on mstdn.ca]
December 3, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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Oh, I forgot about my 3rd anniversary here on Mastodon. November 19th. I thought that I'd only been here for 2 years, but no, it's been 3 years. Time flies when you're having fun. 😎 #mastodon
November 26, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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1/n Yesterday on @chris I commented (https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/@chris/115612771113881465) about the #postsecondary review announced by the #BCNDP.

Today, on #socialbc I want to do a summary thread on this 145 page “State of Post Secondary in Canada 2025” […]

[Original post on socialbc.ca]
November 26, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Everybody go read "Termination Shock" by Neal Stephenson, because apparently that whole scenario is actually about to start happening: https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/11/21/stardust-geoengineering-janos-pasztor-regulations-00646414
November 24, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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Only in Canada . . .
November 23, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Warned my wife not to walk away and leave her treasure trunk open. Knew this was going to happen!
#caturday #catsofmastodon
November 22, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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How far will it go this time?
This post from #mastodon can reach the whole #fediverse, #bluesky & more.
That's #sharkey, #misskey, #pixelfed, #mbin, #lemmy, #friendica, #hometown, #Akkoma…

If you see it, please share it.

#socialmedia !fediverse@piefed.social
November 21, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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On the 11th hour of the 11th day on the 11th month.

That's when Armistice silenced battlefields during the First World War.
Today, we gather to remember all those that fought for what we have today, across all the conflicts.

May we never forget them […]

[Original post on mstdn.moimeme.ca]
November 11, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Remembering my half Great Uncle Frederick William Hawes (Private) killed by shrapnel from an exploding artillery shell in France on the first day of the 100 Days To Victory, WW1. #remembranceday
November 11, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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If you’re in the United States, watch this. If you’re in Canada, definitely watch this. Actually just watch this, wherever you are. And then share it. #Canada
THINGS ARE PRETTY GOOD HERE 🇨🇦
PeaceLoveCanada.ca
November 8, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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According to this ranking, Canada’s reputation has improved since 2024. We are now the 2nd most reputable country in the world.

The United States has dropped from 30th to 48th in that same year, the biggest drop of any nation BY FAR. Its reputation-peers are now Kuwait, Algeria, Kazakhstan…
November 6, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Remember Remember The 5th Of November

https://youtu.be/lSA7mAHolAw?si=aZgjEOVjaEJ9JNRs

#resist
November 5, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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