mastodon 4.6.4Greetings from Vancouver Island. After 46 years as a small town lawyer, I am now retired. I have lived in Qualicum Beach on the east coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia for more than 40 years. The avatar is my great great grandfather James Charles William Walker (b. Glasgow 1820, d. South Tilley NB 1889)
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Mission Statement of Tech Reclaimers:
You have the right to control your data, devices, and services. We coordinate, develop and foster communities of Reclaimers who want digital independence. Together, let's reclaim the right to a technical future of data sovereignty, digital autonomy, responsible governance, and collective care online for all.
The U.S. isn’t happy about Canada’s quest for digital sovereignty
Michael Geist
U.S. released its annual report on trade barriers and for the first time, Canada was listed alongside dozens of other countries for seeking greater control over its own data. The message is clear: When countries enact laws that restrict where data is stored and who can access that information, the U.S. treats them as a trade threat.
Unless Americans screw things up yet again, we are 9 months from the start Trump's lame duck exit phase without both houses of Congress.
Trump invades a sovereign country for a contrived reason expecting it to fall in days, fails and then decides destroying the power grid to punish the civilian population is his new plan. I wonder who he got that idea from.
GWYNNE DYER: Why the 'angry toad' Orbán will likely finally lose a Hungarian election
Populist leader Viktor Orbán has won four consecutive elections in Hungary but is now poised to lose the April 12 vote
https://www.saltwire.com/newfoundland-labrador/gwynne-dyer-orban-hungary-election
EFF has an excellent resource about managing #Signal groups.
https://ssd.eff.org/module/creating-and-managing-signal-groups
@Remittancegirl@mstdn.social When I first followed you I thought that your expressed preference for replies over boosts/likes was interesting but I was a bit sceptical. My scepticism is gone. Your own thoughts and those you have brought forward have been a very positive influence on my fediverse experience and your strategy has magnified that benefit. Thanks!
Canada and Mexico must work together to help Cuba survive its dire humanitarian crisis
There is a former elementary school in Qualicum Beach that has thrived for several years as community facility known as Qualicum Commons. It is in danger of closing. https://qualicumcommons.ca
GWYNNE DYER: How the war with Iran is a series of Trump's miscalculations
Trump initially believed the US could get in and out quickly, but Iran has posed a more complicated threat than he realized
By Gwynne Dyer
The options Trump has left: "None come to mind right now except ‘Boots on the Ground’ or a small nuclear weapon (both highly undesirable)."
https://www.saltwire.com/newfoundland-labrador/gwynne-dyer-trump-iran-miscalculations
How Canada‑Cuba relations must navigate the dangers of the U.S. embargo
by Luiz Leomi
. . to handle Trump, I say this: the only answer may be to wait him out
Simon Jenkins, The Guardian
. . it is so clearly the creation of one man driven by personal vanity, who wishes to force the world to dance to his tune. He is joined in his quest for global disorder by a like-minded soul, Vladimir Putin. . . We can only know that without them, these wars probably would not have begun. The world must react with due realism and proportion.
The Rachman Review: Chrystia Freeland on how to negotiate with autocrats — and allies
Episode webpage: https://shows.acast.com/therachmanreview/episodes/chrystia-freeland-on-how-to-negotiate-with-autocrats-and-all
Media file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/therachmanreview/e/6995fedc4c238f5dca061163/media.mp3
Growing the open social web
A position statement for FediForum's unworkshop
Ben Werdmuller
https://werd.io/growing-the-open-social-web-2/
