Ryan, who is also a director for the Canadian branch of the Center for Risk Communication, said the inability to share news on platforms owned by Meta shows how American tech firms are "limiting what our policies can do."
#fediverse #mastodon #AlternativeSocialMedia
Okay PEOPLE there is an alternative!!!!
Last week of a lovely camping vacation in #Yukon Territory. Very unplugged. Just finished Among Others by Jo Walton. #Libraries and #librarians do well in this book. Shout-out to all the folks who make Interlibrary Loans work.
Written in 2010. Set in the future which is eerily the present, down to the Naked Librarian look and colleges and universities closing #libraries “so what in the hell was this girl even referencing”
Super Sad True Love Story #GaryShteyngart
(Joking about the naked librarian look?)
These photos with the extreme heat stories ARE bizarre. Why not this?
We're at the stage of Roman history where the emperor accuses the media of sneeking over to his reflecting pool to sabotage the paint.
RE: https://flipboard.com/@ctvnews/calgary-aeo79tt4z/-/a-tuyCuqqCRQadCEYj1Khh5w%3Aa%3A2823982346-%2F0
“The premier says this particular citizen initiated petition is complicated, with land rights that need to be considered.”
But separating is easy-peasy? Jesus!
Today I’m at the BRIC conference in #Edmonton https://bric-conference.ca/.
I heard a question about Twitter and altmetrics. What could we do to capture altmetrics in the #fediverse? I didn’t have an answer.
Is there an answer? @evan
“That’s why it’s not enough to simply beat the separatists. They have to be routed, their leaders humiliated, their cause scattered to the political winds. And that can’t happen unless we destroy the intellectual scaffolding that they’ve been using to build their movement for years now. That work falls largely to the Conservative politicians and pundits who helped erect it in the first place.”
I’ve lived in Alberta for 7 years. And I wonder of Albertans, what the fuck are you complaining about?
December 2023. Near Hershey, Cuba. My thoughts are with the brave, warm, resourceful people of #Cuba
They won because I wore the toque! #HNOM #montrealcanadiens
Today was cleaning up the rooftop patio day. My watch says I did 46 flights of stairs. I’m on the couch at the moment. There’s no I’m going back up to take a picture!
Move Slowly and Build Bridges: Mastodon, the Fediverse, and the Struggle for Democratic Social Media: Book Talk and Panel
On February 11, 2026 we had @rwg @django and @chad join us at MacEwan University for a book discussion and panel. Apologies for how long it took for me to get the recording ready. But here it is!
@coywolf: What would a LinkedIn alternative look like on the open web? https://coywolf.com/news/social-media/what-would-a-linkedin-alternative-look-like-on-the-open-web/
“The wording of the bill proposes giving an inspector appointed by the ministry the broad power to look at “any matter relating to the management, administration or operation of a public library,” and have access to records they deem relevant. It then would give the minister the authority to make “any order that the minister considers appropriate.”
Apologies - I’m out of articles to gift.
https://libguides.macewan.ca/displays/genocide for more information.
Our display is live! April is Genocide Remembrance, Condemnation and Prevention Month. #MacEwanUniversity #Library #genocide
If you’re near #Edmonton come check it out.
Watching the moon coverage today has reminded me of 1969 (I was 5) and my dad setting up a camera in the living room to take a picture of our B&W TV. That’s a lot of technology change in one lifetime. (Although, I bet I’m not the only one that has taken a picture of my tv screen in the last year).
I scanned this from my dad’s slides.
From a few weeks ago, but worth another look, considering that we’re moving on to moving out books from the public libraries in #Alberta.
“Attention, government of Alberta, do you know what students can access on their phones?”
