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garthoid

@garthoid.bsky.social

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Father,Husband,Software Security Architect, Ethical Hacker,Musician,& Karate Geek.OWASP Ottawa Chapter Leader/OWASP Chapter Committee Secretary. Trying to learn Kendo. Devious-Plan.com founder. He/Him 📍🇨🇦

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garthoid @garthoid.bsky.social · Mar 5

#CANADA #CDNPOLI #CANPOLI #boycottUSA

Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · Mar 5

You've been asking yourself "where is the Canadian guy"? But you knew he would show up just when we needed him.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ozb...

We Are Canadian

YouTube video by Jeff Douglas

www.youtube.com

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garthoid @garthoid.bsky.social · 5h

Consider following the work of @bellingcat.com and UofT @citizenlab.ca who work in this space.

garthoid @garthoid.bsky.social · 1d

A national treasure.

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Effin' Birds @effinbirds.com · 1d

I'm Canadian.

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garthoid @garthoid.bsky.social · 1d

When all you have is anger and hate it is inevitable that they turn on each other.

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OWASP Ottawa @owaspottawa.bsky.social · 1d

We are getting setup for today’s workshop.

#

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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 1d

On this day in 1921, Beatrice Worsley was born. She was the first woman to work as a computer scientist in Canada. Her PhD was also the first granted to a woman in the field of computer science. She wrote the first program to run on EDSAC.

A black-and-white photograph of a woman in her 40s with dark wavy hair, wearing a textured sleeveless dress and a necklace, seated at a wooden desk in a mid-20th-century office. She leans forward with her right hand holding a document near a large analog computer console with circular screens, switches, and control panels, while her left hand rests on the arm of a wooden chair. A window with sheer curtains, a small table with a coffee pot, a black box, and a dark hat are visible in the background against light-colored walls.

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 1d

Here is another great fact: AI data centers are a relatively new concept, and nobody has ever built a 1 gigawatt data center campus at speed. Crusoe? Never built an AI data center before. We have less than a year of data on cooling Blackwell.

Hey whatever happened to CoreWeave Denton?

CoreWeave Data Center to Double City's Power Needs as Al Strains US Supply
CoreWeave Inc. is expanding a data center that is projected to double the electricity needs of a city near Dallas, another example of the strains that artificial intelligence workloads are placing on the US power supply.

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Hammer of Ukraine @hammer-of-ukraine.bsky.social · 2d

💔 The German magazine KATAPULT showed what the occupation of Ukraine looks like on a European scale
The area of Ukrainian territories occupied by Russia is compared with similar areas in other European countries to show a scale that many in the West do not realize.
#Europolitics #USAPolitics

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garthoid @garthoid.bsky.social · 2d

@cnn.com Completely misses the point that their current administration (regime) started it. Their mental delusion that they are somehow the victim can be traced back to their incestuous notion of Amerikan exceptionalism.

We do not have to buy from them.

www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/b...

Canada’s ‘boycott America’ movement is hurting innocent bystanders | CNN Business

Virginia Distillery CEO Gareth Moore was bullish on his company’s American single malt whisky sales north of the border when 2025 kicked off.

www.cnn.com

garthoid @garthoid.bsky.social · 2d

Amerika in collapse.

garthoid @garthoid.bsky.social · 3d

Where have I heard the phrase “war zone” before?

Screen cap of September 11 cbc news article of Pierre poilivre news conference where he refers to some communities as war zones

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garthoid @garthoid.bsky.social · 3d

#enshitification

You must read this. Our collective sanity depends upon it.

#doctorow #internet #Shit

garthoid @garthoid.bsky.social · 3d

Congresswoman Van Duyne does not seem to understand that restoring fair and open market access only works when both sides participate.

garthoid @garthoid.bsky.social · 3d

Congresswoman Van Duyne does not seem to understand that restoring fair and open market access only works when both sides participate.

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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · 3d

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garthoid @garthoid.bsky.social · 4d

I remember after the “dot com bomb” people looked at the business plans of failed startups with a “what were they thinking” look on their faces.

We are now there again.

garthoid @garthoid.bsky.social · 4d

I thought that was cat videos.

garthoid @garthoid.bsky.social · 5d

Hopped down to my local independent bookstore to purchase required reading in a post-truth world.

@peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social

#science

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Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 5d

New from @agreenberg.bsky.social and me: For three years, security researchers pointed a satellite at the sky and found highly sensitive data being sent unencrypted

They found: calls and texts on T-Mobile’s network; military info from the US and Mexico; in-flight Wi-Fi browsing, and a lot more

Satellites Are Leaking the World’s Secrets: Calls, Texts, Military and Corporate Data

With just $800 in basic equipment, researchers found a stunning variety of data—including thousands of T-Mobile users’ calls and texts and even US military communications—sent by satellites unencrypte...

www.wired.com

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OWASP Ottawa @owaspottawa.bsky.social · 6d

Last night, OWASP Ottawa had the pleasure of hosting @shehackspurple.bsky.social for her insightful talk, titled "Secure Code Is Critical Infrastructure".

Thank you, Tanya, for this amazing talk, and we look forward to more talks from you in the future.

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OWASP Ottawa @owaspottawa.bsky.social · 6d

Missed this talk? Catch the recorded version of this talk on our YouTube channel.

📹: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckC5...

OWASP Ottawa October 2025 - Secure Code Is Critical Infrastructure with T. Janca

YouTube video by OWASP Ottawa

www.youtube.com

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garthoid @garthoid.bsky.social · 6d

Block

garthoid @garthoid.bsky.social · 6d

#Meta is a dumpster fire of fraud, scams, grift, adverts, and disinformation. On top of that, their UI is designed to make it impossible to see what you want to see and push only their algorithmic content down your eyeballs.

It has been a facilitator to child suicide and the Rohingya genocide.

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Leon Robertson @profleonaz.bsky.social · 8d

The most important book of our time, Mann and Hotez call out the anti-scientists who are endangering our lives and the planet. Learn about our roles in countering the siege. www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/micha...

Science Under Siege

In this “well-researched guide,” two of the world’s most respected scientists reveal the forces behind the dangerous anti-science move...

www.hachettebookgroup.com

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