"Align Your Solution with Law Enforcement Requirements" cybersecurecatalyst.ca/lema/ An emphasis on legal & privacy best practices seems appropriate, no? Wouldn't sell as well. sls.eff.org

Barring last-minute nuclear deal, US and Russia teeter on brink of new arms race www.reuters.com/business/aer...

If you use a Microsoft account and let Windows back up BitLocker keys to the cloud, you should assume those keys could be disclosed to foreign authorities www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/wi...

Step into a nationwide virtual challenge that brings together aspiring cyber defenders, seasoned professionals, and curious newcomers—all ready to sharpen their skills in a fun, competitive environment.  resources.hackthebox.com/the-great-ca... #Canada #cybersecurity

A data center in Sweden has cut its energy bills by a million dollars a year using seawater to cool its servers, though jellyfish are an occasional hazard. www.networkworld.com/article/6737...

Nice chat with Cory at the @onlibraryassoc.bsky.social #OLASC! 'Seize the means' indeed. Time to take back control of #tech in our lives.

Library Land! Can you believe it’s already Day 3 of the 2026 OLA Super Conference?! Here's a quick look at today’s schedule: 7:15 AM: Yoga 9:15 AM, 10:45 AM & 2:15 PM: Spotlights 3:45 PM: Closing Keynote: Amanda Jones 5 PM: Farewell Reception Together, we persist. Olasuperconference.ca

Canadian youth once again catching the negative consequences of our labour market, #AI or not: www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/36-28... #cdnpoli

Ministry: we will not give you enough money to keep up with inflation, and if you run a deficit we’ll take you over. School Boards: I guess we need to lay people off so we can balance the budget. Ministry: lay people off? That’s it. We’re taking you over. #OntEd www.newsbeep.com/ca/440721/

ixmaps.ca/map.php Boomerang data routes. Your inter-canadian data (even Toronto to Montreal!) is pulled onto US infrastructure. East West is all through the US. Hit 'map all' if you're in Canada and revel in your data sovereignty.

Standing room only for one of the only #cybersecurity & #privacy talks this year: Chasing Shadows: Cyber Espionage, Subversion & the Global Fight for Democracy with Ron Deibert of UofT's Citizen Lab, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy #olasc

"the problem with AI is that it smushes together the statistical average of everyone into a homogeneous gloop in a computerised blender" If you're looking for average responses, that's literally what LLMs do. Will AI replace you? Depends on how average you are.

If you have never ending content generated, is that the same thing as personalized learning? Does a badge for parsing this stuff mean you learned something? If you're learning how to make this noise, does that make you 'future ready'? Where does your 'personal assessment' info go? Good thread!

"we’re focusing on key skills for those in small and medium-sized enterprises, where AI adoption lags behind larger organisations". Does it? All of them? Well, I'm a Fractional CTO who specialises in SMEs, so this should be very useful for me then... Let's go! aiskillshub.org.uk/aiskillsboos...

Standing room only at the #OLASC Ontario Library Association AGM. Democracy in action!

Digital stewardship works best when we work together. Explore how the 4 Rights for Digital Libraries support collaboration, long-term preservation, and equitable digital access. Part of Our Digital Past, Presence, and Future at OLA Superconference. 📅 Jan 30, 9:15–10:30 #Archives #Libraries #OLASC26

This isn’t just “owning the libs” — this is the highest office in the nation using technology to lie to the entire world. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

"Analysis of 28k threat detections across 74k agent interactions reveals evolving attack patterns including the emergence of inter-agent attacks as a new threat category." #AI #cybersecurity raxe.ai/threat-intel... The reddit comments are telling: "the race for AI is the race to get compromised"

#OntEd michaela.education/home/seconda... "all pupils read the classic Greek myths, Homer’s The Odyssey and Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. By the end of KS4, pupils will have studied four Shakespeare plays in-depth and a selection of classic texts"

When the human writing is lifeless, turn to AI! Replacing life with lifelessness since 2022!

"allied leaders have revealed their true colors. They are turning tail to pursue their nations’ own short-term interests with the PRC, while having the audacity to frame America as “the main enemy.”" open.substack.com/pub/policyar... What we're up against. It's *our* fault! #cdnpoli 🥲

www.wired.com/story/donald... "Trump’s Mad King rantings about Greenland have accelerated into something far more stunning and alarming: A superpower is choosing to self-immolate and torch its remaining global trust and friendships" When it isn't murdering its own citizens.

"Known for helping people find, evaluate & use information effectively, librarians have seen their work grow to include guiding people to navigate complex digital environments & misinformation — #AI literacy is a natural extension of that" www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... @cdnschoollibrary.bsky.social

-20 actual, no wind... beautiful ice crystal formation in SW Ontario just as the sun breaks over the horizon.

Disrupting the first reported AI-orchestrated cyber espionage campaign www.anthropic.com/news/disrupt... "The threat actor was a Chinese state-sponsored group—manipulated our Claude Code tool into attempting infiltration into roughly thirty global targets"

"X eventually changed its policy so that now only paying users can generate nonconsensual images. So sexual abuse is a Premium feature." app.cyberimpact.com/newsletter-v...

What is boomerang routing, and what does it mean for Canadian network sovereignty? www.ixmaps.ca/learn/issues... #cdnpoli

"The last time Americans said that Russia is not their enemy was in the 19th century... Now they say the EU and international corporations are their enemies... Everything is coming apart at the seams!”

A series of graphics reveals how the Trump administration has sought historic cuts to the science and research workforce. www.nature.com/immersive/d4... Lots of talk about the loss of soft power, but this is astonishing and will cripple future US development.

Schools Do Not Have a #Technology Problem. They Have an Intentionality Problem. by James O’Hagan medium.com/chalkdust-si... " #AI entered the discussion without being framed as destiny, disruption, or brand opportunity. In the current political climate, that alone felt… unfamiliar." #edtech

"During this period (<3) it is best to avoid screen media as much as possible, including purportedly “educational” media (from which children this age get no benefit.)" mediasmarts.ca/sites/defaul... Because they can't differentiate between what's on the screen & IRL. Many adults suffer this too.

www.cpac.ca/headline-pol... Time to take the signs down. Worth a listen. Rather than chasing all the opinions, form your own. #cdnpoli

In an era of great power rivalry, Canada is choosing to be principled and pragmatic. To name reality, to act together, and to build what we claim to believe in.

De Gustibus Et Coloribus youtu.be/Z7hrxOvnzm8?... A cure for the winter riding blues.

GPS Spoofing & Jamming Map Making GPS interference visible in real-time. gpswise.aero/map For an illegal activity this map sure has a lot of action.

"On Thursday, Mandiant said it had released an NTLMv1 rainbow table that will allow defenders and researchers (and, of course, malicious hackers, too) to recover passwords in under 12 hours using consumer hardware" arstechnica.com/security/202...

“We can continue reacting every winter — accepting mass illness, overwhelmed hospitals, and preventable deaths — or we can interrupt the engine itself. We don’t need school closures to do that. We need clean air in schools.” tactnowinfo.substack.com/p/the-school...

Do you study disinformation or want to start working in that area? Come to the DSI June 15-18th with @cailinmeister.bsky.social, @katestarbird.bsky.social, @jevinwest.bsky.social, @rcalo.bsky.social, @naomioreskes.bsky.social, @emmaspiro.bsky.social, and many more. disinfoinstitute.org

Hundreds of Millions of Audio Devices Need a Patch to Prevent Wireless Hacking & Tracking share.google/KwOeZyJxAYfx... "applying those updates requires installing a manufacturer app on a phone or computer—a step most users never take & often aren’t even aware is necessary"

COVID-19 was associated with a 49% increased risk of new-onset autoimmune-related diseases. 😲 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41452424/

"friends going down the road of entrepreneurship are all leaving to the States...  I worked 2 U.S. co-ops. I did notice a big disparity in terms of pay and what I was able to get for offers" www.ctvnews.ca/kitchener/ar... #cdned isn't the issue the gap to employment is. #cdnpoli

We’re forging a new strategic partnership with China — focused on trade, energy, agriculture, and other areas where we can make big gains for Canadian workers.

Use of #edtech in schools: Children should not have to swap their #privacy for an #education | Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario www.ipc.on.ca/en/media-cen... What a mess. #onted "missing key privacy & security provisions in agreements with PowerSchool"

"Chinese officials are concerned the #cybersecurity software could collect sensitive data and transmit it overseas" www.ynetnews.com/tech-and-dig... They've been doing it for years so they would know.

Windows 11 users coin “Microslop” as AI backlash grows, and even a browser extension that renames Microsoft to Microslop share.google/KwT4qB4Fbt22... My favorite part is when Office tells me to use copilot but it's not included at the level of subscription I have.

www.weforum.org/publications... #disinformation & cyber insecurity will impact #cdned students (top 10 short & long term) - yet neither are given space to develop into interdisciplinary critical skills in #cdned. The #digitaldivide is widening in #Canada and the impact to #cdnpoli is devastating.

"scholarship provides $4,000 for each year of a student’s undergraduate program at the UofT. Previous scholarship recipients have pursued diverse programs, including political science, art history, biology, biomedical physics & business." www.i-thinktogether.org/rjs-scholars... #cdned #onted

www.waterlooedc.ca/blog/canadas... " #Canada ’s tech workforce increased by 1.9% in 2024 to reach an estimated 1.44M workers. In comparison, the United States’ net tech employment decreased by 0.1%, with 5,610 fewer workers employed in technology." #cdnpoli #cdned

Beyond the SDGs: A New Year’s call for listening to countries’ experiences. world-education-blog.org/2026/01/08/n... Listening more to comments made from the friction where policy meets reality is something we should be doing in #education everywhere. #cdned #onted