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Chris Ritsma @hambicycleguy.bsky.social · 14h

It's always nuts to me when ppl say things like "we live in one of the most dangerous places", are constantly fearful of violence. The stress people must feel at all times is crazy. I walk through downtown Hamilton with very little worry knowing it's one of the safest places on Earth (from violence)

Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 1d

Canada is statistically the second safest country in the world for travel in relation to violent crime, and is the fifth safest country in the world overall. Japan takes the top spot, with Belgium in 3rd. Via @cultmtl.com

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Canada named second safest country in the world from violent crime

Canada has been named the second safest country in the world in relation to violent crime.

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 6d

We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.

My 11-year-old sitting with her pile of Halloween candy, sorting it into a bar graph

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Suzanne Kettley @suzannekettley.bsky.social · 7d

This is a great response to Bill Gates' climate memo.

Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 7d

I wanted to offer some thoughts on the Gates climate memo that has been circulating this week. While I can't directly speak for others, I can say that my own response is one of dismay & deep frustration (and that this view is shared by many climate/Earth scientists). [1/n]

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Robin Stevenson @robinstevenson.bsky.social · 7d

Sickening words and ideas. A deeply disturbing but very important read. I think Canadians need to realize that our country also includes this kind of organized white nationalism and hate, and that we need to be doing all we can to work against it.

Canadian Anti-Hate Network @antihate.ca · 7d

NEW: Whether you measure it by number of supporters, fundraising ability, or by the size of its militant groups, the white nationalist movement in Canada has never been larger or more of a threat.

White Nationalism in Canada: Organized, Emboldened, and Growing

Canada’s white nationalist movement has consolidated into a network that includes three key branches: Diagolon, the propaganda arm; the Dominion Society of Canada, an incorporated political arm; and S...

www.antihate.ca

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Tim Price @timprice.bsky.social · 14d

A moth got into the shelter tonight and it was the event of the season.

Two cats sitting on top of cages and looking at the ceiling

Two cars on the floor staring up at the ceiling

Two young kittens in a cage taking notice

A cat standing on her hind legs to reach for a moth

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Erin Kissane @kissane.myatproto.social · 15d

I wrote about tensions and troubles for Bluesky on @techpolicypress.bsky.social and then I wrote about the TPP piece on wrecka.ge and now I am posting about it the post on Bluesky. Look at this cloud.

www.wrecka.ge/clouded-skie...

Clouded Skies for Open Networks

Last week, I finished an essay about platform design affordances and content moderation expectations and community-level context collapse on Bluesky for Tech Policy Press and set it aside to cool befo...

www.wrecka.ge

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Justin Ling @justinling.ca · 19d

Oh and here's a gift link www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

Justin Ling: Canada needs to make its voice heard around the world. Here’s one clear way to do that.

To create stronger connections internationally, Canada can’t rely on the United States. We need to use our own soft diplomacy tools

www.thestar.com

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Friendly Skeleton @jonathan.eylerwerve.com · 19d

It's big Trump protest day so that means we are mere hours away from my least favorite Bluesky: the Russian disinfo surge.

Here's how it works, and what you can do about it. 🧵

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Andrew Dunham @andrewd.bsky.social · 20d

Oh and here's my missing ")" 🤦‍♂️

Andrew Dunham @andrewd.bsky.social · 20d

Once they add the Bluesky-inspired "Packs" feature (blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/10/our-...), I think it'll be easier to onboard people... though as an admin of my own server, I'll freely admit that my opinion is still fairly coloured by my experience.

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Andrew Dunham @andrewd.bsky.social · 20d

Though, Mastodon is just now fixing two of the larger pain-points for the average person in v4.5.0, IMO: it supports quote posts, and fetches replies from other servers (so you don't have the "some replies to posts on other servers are invisible" issue that trips up so many people.

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Andrew Dunham @andrewd.bsky.social · 20d

Yeah, I think there's a tension right now between "easiest to deploy", which is clearly Mastodon, and "most familiar for the average person", which is ... probably Bluesky? Certainly easier for people that have previously used Twitter, anyway.

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Andrew Dunham @andrewd.bsky.social · 20d

"What social media platform(s) do Canadians use" is a different, and IMO harder question to answer, and frankly I think that Mastodon and Bluesky both have challenges here. Today, I think Mastodon is much more tractable, but who knows how projects like Gander, Northsky, etc change that going forward

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Andrew Dunham @andrewd.bsky.social · 20d

It's not perfect (e.g. migrating between servers loses data), but that's less of an issue for something like an official government account which (presumably) won't migrate servers all that often.

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Andrew Dunham @andrewd.bsky.social · 20d

Not saying it's perfect for every use-case, but IMO Mastodon would be *great* for the 🇨🇦gov. It's easy to self-host the entire stack, it can be read without an account, and you can bridge it to platforms like Bluesky without a ton of work.

(I host, run, and use my own Mastodon server @ ottawa.place)

ottawa.place

Mastodon instance for residents of Ottawa, Gatineau, and surrounding regions. <br/> Instance de Mastodon pour les résidents d'Ottawa, de Gatineau et des régions avoisinantes.

ottawa.place

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