On a new 👁️‍🗨️ @redeyeradio.bsky.social 👁️‍🗨️ @thenarwhal.ca editor in chief Carol Linnett talks about journalist @amberbracken.bsky.social's 2021 arrest on Wet’suwet’en territory and why they're taking the RCMP to court to defend press freedom beginning this week. www.listennotes.com/podcasts/red... 🔶

ICE is using hexachloroethane gas on protesters. It is banned as a lethal chemical asphyxiation agent by the Geneva Convention, but the trump administration has been using it on civilians and argued that a “foreign convention” doesn’t apply to US citizens.

The murder of Renee Good by ICE is an atrocity that must face justice. Thankfully, accurate and clear video footage shows that this was a cold-blooded murder. This iteration of the print pays homage to that.

I'm mostly with Ed when it comes to the AI hype. However, as someone who likes designing software more than I like writing it, I have to admit that vibe-coding has been pretty good for me 🤷 www.wheresyoured.at

The cooperative technology community has gotten me taking another look at the Fediverse. Been skeptical for a while about ActivityPub for lack of moderation mechanisms, but that's a consequence of decentralization. Having an identity tied to one server seems to contradict the principle, though 🤨

Today at @civictechto.bsky.social I learned about the positive impact that structured web data can have on the promotion of the arts: www.artsdata.ca/en/news/impa...

I've been networking with the folks from Co-op Cloud and asked about their operational model. They sent me this resource, which I'm just checking out tv.lumbung.space/w/7CzzFRNNfC...

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Someone was accusing me of "stealing" content by doing web scraping for my events calendar, so I decided to own it. I updated my profile to say "Big Tech data theft @ KW Events Radar" 😏

Missing the schadenfreude heydays when Luigi fanfare was all over your feeds? Maybe try this

Interested in how the co-op model works for creative studios? Check out this free webinar coming up Jan 20: buff.ly/zrNMYnA

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Mark Carney and the premiers are offering ownership stakes to Indigenous communities to make mining and oil projects more attractive. @janellelapointe.bsky.social explains that it’s just modern-day beads and trinkets to buy off resistance to destructive resource projects.

Every story you read about Cambridge city council leaves the impression that there is a gap of several light years between their level of competency and that of city councils in Kitchener/Waterloo. That, and a willful ignorance of the challenges facing our region and their role in helping end them.

I was recently put in touch with Jennie via @coopzone.bsky.social. Support indie gamers! Follow the @babyghosts.fund for more updates.

Isn't the first stage of enshitification so much nicer 😄 But seriously, @bsky.app, have you considered a pivot to community ownership? Like making this app Platform Cooperative?

Okay, I was never a fan of Twitter, so I've been resisting adoption here, but I'm sick of not being able to post news on Facebook, and my engagement has been 💩 there too. Let's see if this is any better...