@ojars@rolle@saramontour@threads We've got a pretty good hockey group going on here. NHL, PWHL some CHL and NCAA talk as well. We usually post with the hash tag #HNOM :NHL: :Jets: :zamboni:
I really do get why people are on #BlueSky, there's a critical mass occurring there.
But please, please, please don't pontificate about how you're striking a blow for social justice by being on #BlueSky. It's literally the same bad actors funding it.
Big sports day tomorrow. The #NHLJets play at 12:00 pm PST and then the Bombers play the Riders in the CFL west final at 3:30 pm PST. Get ready couch we're going to be plated on you all day! #HNOM#CFLOM :Jets: :Bombers: :NHL: :cfl:
I think that everyone now needs to think about what they say on public networks through the lens of how it might someday be used against you in an adversarial and perhaps even legal environment. This is especially true on systems controlled by corporate and government entities.
I also think any personal communication needs to be kept on encrypted and if possible on self hosted networks.
There has been a political sea change. Plan accordingly.
I think it's important to restate this morning that our instance at https://thecanadian.social is 100% privately and securely hosted in Canada 🇨🇦. We can physically lay hands on the equipment 24/7, and know exactly where it's located. Data sovereignty has always been a top priority.
@mike@flipboard.social@jay.bsky.team It might be the old curmudgeon in me but I can't really get behind Bluesky as a federation protocol. It all just seems too centrally guided and somewhat closed off. I understand Jay is an exceptionally gifted forward thinker and tech executive but I remain apprehensive. I very much wish Bluesky would've just become a leader in the activity pub world, or at the very least offered a native bridge.
@mshallop@tchambers The tech in those is actually a miracle. It's a glimpse of a product that could be as much of a game changer as the smart phone. I'm just glad it exists..
@whitehouse@potus@tchambers I always thought that this was the great underreported virtue of universal health care in Canada. If I didn't have universal health care available to me and had to rely on an employer to cover me I would probably have never quit my job to start our company. It's also an expense I don't have to worry about as an employer.
Although not active on Mastodon I somehow always think of Mellisa Martin @Doubleemmartin as one of us. She is one if the finest writers of our age and from Manitoba.
As Donald Trump launches a vicious self serving attack on Haitian immigrants, Melissa connects the dots to her own visit to #Haiti and describes what she found. I'd encourage you to read her latest.
If I'm Joe Biden, I'm sitting back on the south lawn every day with few old fashions and having the White House chef prepare different flavours of wings every couple of hours.
Huge news! Now not only can you follow #Threads users from #Mastodon but your replies to their posts can now be seen by them as well. It opens up some pretty huge possibilities.
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