Notices by Mick 🇨🇦 (mick@cosocial.ca)

@evan this is one of those secret Netflix categories I’m sure of it

@kgw what lists am I on Ken? WHAT LISTS?

RE: https://mastodon.social/@benroyce/115603348131424771

Because friends don’t let friends post unattributed quotes on the Internet: https://www.government.se/statements/2025/11/joint-statement-by-the-leaders-of-the-nordic-baltic-eight/

@cadusilva just pg_dump via cron?

A question for the #MastoAdmin community:

What's your PostgreSQL backup strategy?

How much data would you expect to lose if your primary DB died suddenly?

Seconds? Hours? Days?

#Mastodon #PostgreSQL

Great conversation between Jesse Brown of Canadaland and @pluralistic about Canada’s moment in the #enshittocene and what we might do about it.

#cdnpoli #ElbowsUp

https://www.canadaland.com/podcast/1256-how-to-unshttify-canada-with-cory-doctorow/

@evan thinking of updating my metaphysics to allow for the possibility of eternal torment in some select cases.

By way of #introduction , I’m Mick, and I am old enough to remember when the Internet was made up of small communities built and supported by their members - before the phrases “attention economy” and “surveillance advertising” were a thing.

I have been missing the fun, chaos and collaborative spirit of that early ‘Net, and I think #Mastodon is a way to reclaim the space that was taken from us.

Volunteer member of #CoSocialTechOps hoping to be at least a little bit useful around here.

You ever think to yourself “but I am just one person, what can I do to make a difference?”

It turns out that “wear an inflatable frog costume and go downtown” is actually a really reasonable answer.

#portland #portlandfrog #uspol

@cwebber omg there’s more https://youtu.be/rMGyTU2nDPg

@anildash you get up to something with your blog today? My RSS reader just fed me a stack of old posts as unread.

Among all the advertising, privacy invasion, AI slop and algorithmic manipulation endemic to the modern Web, it is still the sort of place where someone will take it upon themselves to curate a bunch of excellent photos of owls in towels.

For all its problems, the Web is still worth fighting for.

https://owlsintowels.org/

@owlsintowels

@codinghorror @Daojoan understanding that we’re all in a very real sense totally fucked by the circumstances of our birth is the basis of compassion. This allows us to relate with each other from a place of shared experience and humanity.

When a fascist Nazi is making fascist Nazi noises you incorporate the understanding that they didn’t choose to be a Nazi any more than you chose to be the sort of person who think Nazis should get a punch in the face.

@codinghorror @Daojoan with this frame of reference, you then consider how this is true for literally every human being alive - and whoever has lived.

The degree to which our minds, opinions, and the actions that we undertake are driven by who we are at this fundamental, unchosen level proves to be a useful framework for understanding how others experince and respond to the world.

@codinghorror @Daojoan well…

The first step is recognizing with deep humility that you and I did not choose who we are at all.

You did not choose your parents, where you were born, and consequently you had no say in how you would experience the world as your ideas about it were formed.

Having recognized your tremendous luck in the genetic lottery, you start to consider the gazillion ways things might have turned out differently for you.

"Cultivating an impression of working-class relatability is key to Poilievre’s political brand.

However, DeSmog’s map shows that the Conservative leader and his party are linked to a constellation of corporate lobbyists and industries far removed from the day-to-day interests of ordinary Canadians."

Interesting one that jumped out for me: Koch Industries is a client of a lobbying firm associated with Steven Harper.

#CanPoli

https://www.desmog.com/2025/03/25/poilievre-mapped-his-inner-circle-of-lobbyists-and-right-wing-activists/

2nd amendment: inviolable

1st amendment: 🤷

Got it.

#uspol

@evan holy shit Evan I’m glad you’re on our side. ✊

Parents, talk to your kids about the importance of not being a stooge for a billionaire Nazi.

“I would regard Mr. Musk as a problem," said Ward Elcock, who headed CSIS for a decade including during the 9/11 attacks and also served as national security adviser. "I think that's on a number of fronts."
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trump-annexation-destabilizing-canada-1.7479890

“We do not know what led to this crash, but we have some very strong ideas and opinions, and I think we’ll state those opinions now,” is a statement that really captures the essence of the moment.