I hate HP printers. One of the worst purchases.

New: a $60 mod to Meta's Ray-Ban glasses disables the privacy LED light. This is supposed to light when people are filming with the glasses. We bought the mod, verified it works. Now you can never be sure whether someone wearing Meta Ray-Bans is filming you or not www.404media.co/how-to-disab...

Interesting study about effect on food when changing freezer temperature from -18 C to -15 C (and others, but -15C is a sweet spot). Will change my freezers and monitor. 10% energy reduction would be huge if adopted more globally www.nomadfoods.com/wp-content/u... #driveto-15 #sustainability

Friendly reminder that Tidal ($10.99) is now cheaper than Spotify ($11.99), delivers better audio quality, pays its artists 2x as much, and generally doesn't allow AI slop. You can move your entire music library over in a matter of minutes.

The Greenbelt, Wasaga Beach, now protected land in Port Hope. We should all be concerned that our environment is being sacrificed for insider profits. Ontario Greens will keep fighting to protect our farmland and green spaces.

Just updated @f-droid.org.web.brid.gy and saw that #Spotube (cross platform music player) has support for @listenbrainz.org ... Connected that to my @musicbrainz.org account, and am in the process of importing the @last.fm history. Happy to move away from Spotify as a metadata source.

After 13 months, the #bosch dishwasher is having control panel problems. Won't buy another Bosch. It's been terrible since buying it. How are these the highest rated?

People power is how we stopped Ford's Greenbelt scheme and it's what's going to stop Bill 5. Thanks to the @whhgreens.bsky.social for organizing this event.

It's definitely worth people exploring end-to-end encrypted photo storage such as Ente. Kind of crazy how many deeply personal images are shared with companies that have no respect for their users' privacy

This is a fun vid from @climatetown.bsky.social youtu.be/r1bMJekCiBw?...

Yes, it is indeed unimaginable. But we are well beyond words of condemnation @anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social‬. It's time for full economic sanctions on Israel. Add your voice to the call at.... www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...

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I hadn't heard of Futurehome, but I won't be buying Ring or Belkin products. If it can't run local-only, then you never truly own the product.

Israel has been accused of genocide. This is how Canada should respond #Opinion from @justinling.ca

Really annoyed by "natural flavour" as an ingredient in food products. Too easy to hide crap under that positive sounding name.

The global switch to renewable energy has passed a “positive tipping point” In 2024, 74% of new electricity generated & 92.5% of new capacity were from WindWaterSolar; 17 mil EVs sold 3 cheapest electricity sources globally: onshore wind, PV, hydro apnews.com/article/clim...

Looks like one of my IKEA Parasoll sensors has started to have the battery drain issue. Too bad. Otherwise great sensors for #homeassistant sensing door opening. May try #aqara next?

Canadians are being drained of their life savings by scammers. However, investigations by financial institutions all too often end not with accountability, but with banks blaming the very customers who trusted them with protecting their money. ici.radio-canada.ca/rci/en/news/...

A comic about a rat

Farads xkcd.com/3106/

I hear that B-7000 is the stuff to use to re-seal phones, watches, etc (if they weren't originally sealed by tape, in which case use Tema tape). Should keep the water resistance if properly applied. Will give it a try on this battery refresh on a Garmin watch.

What if you funneled Niagara Falls through a straw? Watch the latest What If? video collaboration with @minuteearth.bsky.social! youtu.be/pfbzrrcQZjs

we like to pretend we’re the good guys, but we’re boiling the planet for short-term profit

I live in a world where I am supposed to just accept that this sentence exists

i want my fridge to keep food cold. i do not want it to talk to me.

Bad air quality in the region today due to wildfire smoke. Yesterday was really bad. Will need to get a new MERV 13 filter for the DIY air cleaner: bclung.ca/lung-health/... www.canada.ca/en/health-ca...

I don't know who needs to hear this advice, but: Blow some compressed air into your ear buds. I thought I'd blown out the bass on my airpods, until I read a Reddit comment about how blasting 'em with one of those air duster cans worked magic. True enough, the sound difference is night/day.

Insiders know how crazy tipping setups often are. Phoning in an order, one would assume that no tip is necessary. What often happens is that the person taking your order needs to "tip out" (pay house) a percentage whether you tip or not. There needs to be clear rules on where tips go & to whom

In the Greenbelt scandal, land speculators connected to the Ontario PC Party stood to gain billions when the gov't secretly removed their lands from the Greenbelt—despite the Premier’s promise not to touch it. So why would anyone trust this gov't with the powers it’s giving itself in Bill 5?

Anyone know what's up with Purism and the #librem5 ? It's now a 5 or 6 year old design (depending on how you count). Would really like a refresh on it. Ideally a bit slimmer like the #fairphone or the #murena2 which has replaceable parts in the former and connectivity switches in the latter

another reason not to trust telegram

Stop what you’re doing and watch this immediately. Canadian doctors returned from Gaza and are sharing what they witnessed and lived. They are demanding action from Mark Carney. Their testimony is our failure.

Learning about the science of water and the impact of Microplastics… my students are shocked and worried #cbc www.cbc.ca/documentarie...

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This method is fundamental to how modern displays, including computer monitors, TVs, and smartphone screens, produce color images. By varying the intensity of these three primary colors, screens can create millions of different colors.

Bill 5 puts all of Ontario's nature at risk. Ford and his cabinet will have uncontrolled power to decide which companies get to ignore any and all laws that would keep the people and places we love safe. globalnews.ca/news/1116699...

The Conservatives are basically making an election rigging claim in their most recent fundraising email. Yes, really. CBC News first reported this, and I’ve also independently confirmed it — because the Conservatives sent this email straight to my inbox. Let’s talk about it: youtu.be/RJTeoUtRP-U

Hot take that shouldn’t be a hot take tbh: let’s not target sad teens with ads. I’m already passionate about the need for change in social (for obvious reasons), but the Meta antitrust case is reaaaallly putting it into perspective. LETS GO ATPROTO!!!

McMaster study links ultra-processed food to range of health risks and calls for more affordable whole foods Researchers found that consumption of ultra-processed foods was linked with correlating levels of high blood pressure and cholesterol, and w... #cbc #cbc-top-stories #Canada

💡 TIP: You can share an album link with your friends and ask them to upload their photos from a get-together. 🤝 They don't need an app or an account! 💯 Everything in original quality and end-to-end encrypted 🔐

Someone made a @home-assistant.io app for Pebble that supports the Home Assistant voice assistant ?! 🤯 github.com/skylord123/p... (picture from www.reddit.com/r/homeassist...)

Bill 5 is a disaster. In addition letting corporations ignore environmental regulations, labour laws and Indigenous consultation, Bill 5 will also let them dig up and pave over archeological sites. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

“This is cruelty. This is not war.” www.nytimes.com/2025/05/04/w...

This is a big deal! Good for @sophiamathur.bsky.social & other youth for taking Ontario to court arguing that weakening its climate target leads to dangerously high greenhouse gas emissions that discriminate against young people by forcing them to bear the brunt of future climate impacts.

The city just installed a 510M transmitter for the water meter. Now to figure out how to capture the signal and add it to #homeassistant

Wait, how did a decentralized service like Bluesky go down? techcrunch.com/2025/...

Google is killing software support for early Nest Thermostats. It's also pulling Nest thermostats out of Europe entirely, citing “unique” heating requirements www.theverge.com/news/656332/...

It's clear that more highways will not help address gridlock. It will increase pollution and lock people into long, expensive commutes. If we want to solve gridlock, we need to give people more affordable options to get around, including reliable public transit and safe biking infrastructure.