J…Lepp
@j.lepp.ca
Internationally renowned inventor … working from home in 🇨🇦
I don’t know who needs to hear this, but if you’re thinking about buying some Minecraft books, they all suck except the trilogy authored by Max Brooks. Those three are amazing novels to read. Gems hiding on the bookshelf between random branded slop.
November 25, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I don’t know who needs to hear this, but if you’re thinking about buying some Minecraft books, they all suck except the trilogy authored by Max Brooks. Those three are amazing novels to read. Gems hiding on the bookshelf between random branded slop.
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ME: June 2025: no way will the East End light rail be running
OC Today: we hoped to have proved you wrong…. April 1 2026 now.
Call me, Nostradamus
OC Today: we hoped to have proved you wrong…. April 1 2026 now.
Call me, Nostradamus
November 25, 2025 at 3:01 AM
ME: June 2025: no way will the East End light rail be running
OC Today: we hoped to have proved you wrong…. April 1 2026 now.
Call me, Nostradamus
OC Today: we hoped to have proved you wrong…. April 1 2026 now.
Call me, Nostradamus
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Grand opening, grand closing.
X quietly disabled a new feature that showed which country an account was posting from when it revealed that lots of popular right wing MAGA accounts were being run from foreign countries like India and Nigeria.
X quietly disabled a new feature that showed which country an account was posting from when it revealed that lots of popular right wing MAGA accounts were being run from foreign countries like India and Nigeria.
November 22, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Grand opening, grand closing.
X quietly disabled a new feature that showed which country an account was posting from when it revealed that lots of popular right wing MAGA accounts were being run from foreign countries like India and Nigeria.
X quietly disabled a new feature that showed which country an account was posting from when it revealed that lots of popular right wing MAGA accounts were being run from foreign countries like India and Nigeria.
Let’s go!!! 🎅
The Help Santa Toy Parade is set to take off along a new route
The Help Santa Toy Parade is set to take off along a new route
This year’s Help Santa Toy Parade will step out along a new route and feature a brand-new sleigh. CTV’s Kimberley Fowler has the story.
bit.ly
November 22, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Let’s go!!! 🎅
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"The mayor found it necessary to do some form of video release criticizing those who dared to challenge staff’s estimates as dealing in misinformation. The essence of that video release was to accuse the city’s AG of dealing in misinformation. Astounding."
bulldogottawa.com/lansdowne-is...
bulldogottawa.com/lansdowne-is...
Lansdowne Is About Profit: BENN - THE BULLDOG
At a city level, this is not limited to Lansdowne. It was reported that then-mayor Jim Watson acknowledged his back of the napkin doodlings that the proposed
bulldogottawa.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:43 PM
"The mayor found it necessary to do some form of video release criticizing those who dared to challenge staff’s estimates as dealing in misinformation. The essence of that video release was to accuse the city’s AG of dealing in misinformation. Astounding."
bulldogottawa.com/lansdowne-is...
bulldogottawa.com/lansdowne-is...
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In 1982, Carnegie Mellon University professor Scott Fahlman suggested using :-) for humorous comments after his colleagues took a joke about mercury seriously. www.wired.com/story/a-comp...
A Computer Science Professor Invented the Emoticon After a Joke Went Wrong
In 1982, Carnegie Mellon University professor Scott Fahlman suggested using :-) for humorous comments after his colleagues took a joke about mercury seriously.
www.wired.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:07 PM
In 1982, Carnegie Mellon University professor Scott Fahlman suggested using :-) for humorous comments after his colleagues took a joke about mercury seriously. www.wired.com/story/a-comp...
The youth wing of the internet governance community is 🔥🔥🔥. A lot of the grey haired founders of the internet community from the 1900s are aging out and their world is in good hands. @canadianigf.ca
November 13, 2025 at 8:22 PM
The youth wing of the internet governance community is 🔥🔥🔥. A lot of the grey haired founders of the internet community from the 1900s are aging out and their world is in good hands. @canadianigf.ca
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For some reason the media is not mentioning that the reason GTA6 is being delayed is they fired 40 staff over threats of unionization and now the rest of their staff are revolting
November 6, 2025 at 9:21 PM
For some reason the media is not mentioning that the reason GTA6 is being delayed is they fired 40 staff over threats of unionization and now the rest of their staff are revolting
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In 1987, John Cleese delivered a sketch called “The Advantages of Extremism.”
Reuploaded so it can be shared with #MapleMAGA / #MAGA somehow think they, and they alone, are so unique - and not sad attention seeking schizophrenics just repeating history.
Reuploaded so it can be shared with #MapleMAGA / #MAGA somehow think they, and they alone, are so unique - and not sad attention seeking schizophrenics just repeating history.
November 6, 2025 at 11:44 AM
In 1987, John Cleese delivered a sketch called “The Advantages of Extremism.”
Reuploaded so it can be shared with #MapleMAGA / #MAGA somehow think they, and they alone, are so unique - and not sad attention seeking schizophrenics just repeating history.
Reuploaded so it can be shared with #MapleMAGA / #MAGA somehow think they, and they alone, are so unique - and not sad attention seeking schizophrenics just repeating history.
Not surprised at all that the algorithms are cooked in such a way.
A class action lawsuit accuses Spotify of engaging in “payola” to allow record labels to secretly promote their artists in the streaming service’s Discovery Mode.
Class Action Lawsuit Accuses Spotify of Engaging in 'Payola' in Discovery Mode
bit.ly
November 6, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Not surprised at all that the algorithms are cooked in such a way.
It was fun to watch, but also totally cringe that the team owner and broadcaster are all one company.
November 4, 2025 at 3:03 AM
It was fun to watch, but also totally cringe that the team owner and broadcaster are all one company.
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I believe a guy from McNabb Community, talking about how he pays $7.50 to rent out the field house. And he is currently beating landsdowne hands down on bringing revenue into the city 😂
October 30, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I believe a guy from McNabb Community, talking about how he pays $7.50 to rent out the field house. And he is currently beating landsdowne hands down on bringing revenue into the city 😂
The actual link youtu.be/fOmPUirn-eI
October 27, 2025 at 9:31 PM
The actual link youtu.be/fOmPUirn-eI
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The UN Cybercrime Treaty is fundamentally flawed and threatens human rights worldwide. UN Member States must not legitimize these dangers by signing when the Convention opens for signatures this weekend. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Joint Statement on the UN Cybercrime Convention: EFF and Global
EFF and a coalition of civil society organizations have urged UN Member States not to sign the UN Convention Against Cybercrime. For those that move forward despite these warnings, we urge them to
www.eff.org
October 25, 2025 at 5:34 PM
The UN Cybercrime Treaty is fundamentally flawed and threatens human rights worldwide. UN Member States must not legitimize these dangers by signing when the Convention opens for signatures this weekend. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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This is why we teach our children to never use their real identity online.
BREAKING: A catastrophic breach has impacted Discord user data including selfies and identity documents uploaded as part of the app’s verification process, email addresses, phone numbers, approximately where the user lives, and much more.
🔗 www.404media.co/the-discord-...
🔗 www.404media.co/the-discord-...
The Discord Hack is Every Users’ Worst Nightmare
A hack impacting Discord’s age verification process shows in stark terms the risk of tech companies collecting users’ ID documents. Now the hackers are posting peoples’ IDs and other sensitive informa...
www.404media.co
October 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM
This is why we teach our children to never use their real identity online.
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Once again, speed cameras work.
(This is data from Ottawa, published in 2024.)
(This is data from Ottawa, published in 2024.)
October 7, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Once again, speed cameras work.
(This is data from Ottawa, published in 2024.)
(This is data from Ottawa, published in 2024.)
Beautiful day for @ottawaalliance.bsky.social run 🏃
October 4, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Beautiful day for @ottawaalliance.bsky.social run 🏃
I think we can all put some energy into building a slightly different future than what this guy is talking about.
Larry Ellison envisions a surveillance state in which techbros rule. '“Citizens will be on their best behavior, because we’re constantly recording and reporting everything that is going on,” Ellison said in an hour-long Q&A during Oracle’s Financial Analyst Meeting last week.'
Larry Ellison predicts rise of the modern surveillance state where ‘citizens will be on their best behavior’ | Fortune
Oracle's Larry Ellison believes citizens and police alike will be under constant surveillance of each other.
fortune.com
September 28, 2025 at 12:55 AM
I think we can all put some energy into building a slightly different future than what this guy is talking about.
Let’s talk US government conspiracy theories. On July 1, 2025 the USPTO granted patent number 12,345,677 and later in the day they granted 12,345,679. They missed the magic 12,345,678. Why?
September 25, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Let’s talk US government conspiracy theories. On July 1, 2025 the USPTO granted patent number 12,345,677 and later in the day they granted 12,345,679. They missed the magic 12,345,678. Why?
I worked in Kanata for over 15 years and the roads at Centrum never made any sense at all. Apparently this missing piece of road that was planned and paid for 40 years ago, but delayed 25 years by amalgamation, will finally be built. ottawa.ca/en/city-hall...
Earl Grey Drive extension | City of Ottawa
As identified within the City’s Transportation Master Plan, the Earl Grey Drive Extension Project will improve traffic flow in the Kanata Centrum area and will greatly improve bus service by providing a more direct route to and from Terry Fox Station.
ottawa.ca
September 16, 2025 at 10:48 PM
I worked in Kanata for over 15 years and the roads at Centrum never made any sense at all. Apparently this missing piece of road that was planned and paid for 40 years ago, but delayed 25 years by amalgamation, will finally be built. ottawa.ca/en/city-hall...
Yesterday was Suicide Prevention Day, but any day is good to know about 9-8-8.
A network of helplines across the country answer 9-8-8 calls and texts. Find out more about the amazing organizations behind 9-8-8: 988.ca/about-us #988Canada
September 11, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Yesterday was Suicide Prevention Day, but any day is good to know about 9-8-8.
Found in the garage, some Canadian tech memorabilia. Got this at a Research In Motion job fair so early they didn’t yet own the .com
September 7, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Found in the garage, some Canadian tech memorabilia. Got this at a Research In Motion job fair so early they didn’t yet own the .com