https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZxbaCNIwg8
WOW! @pluralistic - I read the transcript but now I can watch the talk! Great!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZxbaCNIwg8
WOW! @pluralistic - I read the transcript but now I can watch the talk! Great!
Some important reporting this week from @thetyee regarding the challenge for our government to achieve #DigitalSovereignty. The will appears to exist but there's very little doing. Europe is ahead of Canada at this point with multiple municipalities implementing Linux, LibreOffice and local cloud providers. It's time our government started taking concrete action.
It's like eating an elephant. Take it one small bite at a time.
#MastoCanadaGOV #MastodonCanada
https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2026/01/29/Big-Tech-Spearheads-US-Threat-Canada/
Some important reporting this week from @thetyee regarding the challenge for our government to achieve #DigitalSovereignty. The will appears to exist but there's very little doing. Europe is ahead of Canada at this point with multiple municipalities implementing Linux, LibreOffice and local cloud providers. It's time our government started taking concrete action.
It's like eating an elephant. Take it one small bite at a time.
#MastoCanadaGOV #MastodonCanada
https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2026/01/29/Big-Tech-Spearheads-US-Threat-Canada/
Inspired by the movement & website from @leavex - a team of passionate & talented Canadians have gotten together with a similar goal:
Pictured below is a showcase of our politician tracker tool! You can view Federal, Provincial, and even Municipal politicians - copy their emails!
We are trying to get people to join the #Fediverse, that begins with us lobbying our politicians who want our votes!
#Canada #DigitalSovereignty #MastoCanadaGOV #cdnpoli #Mastodon
I wrote a little post for Own Your Digital (a Canadian project to help folks move to the fedi). It's called "The Canadian Network Effect":
https://ownyourdigital.ca/news/the-canadian-network-effect/
Basically, I'm addressing something I hear all the time about the fediverse, whether it's #Mastodon or other systems: I'd move there but all my friends are on [name a corporate social media site].
We gotta start somewhere. One by one, as people move, the Canadian fediverse gets better.
I couldn’t be happier or prouder, and it's all thanks to a spare-time open-source project.
Someone just shared that they created their own version of Leave X - Protect Democracy, mapping Canadian politicians on the Fediverse. 🇨🇦✨
After restarting the project a few days ago and adding statistics about European politicians on X, I was surprised when someone contributed data from the Netherlands 🇳🇱 in less than 24 hours.
A few days later, an anonymous contributor used the power of open data to send data from Austria 🇦🇹. Recently, someone from Sweden 🇸🇪 has joined in as well.
This is what open source looks like: distributed, collaborative, and driven by shared values.
This weekend, I'll be at FODESM, where I hope to speak with politicians and tell them, loud and clear:
Ditch the autocrats’ propaganda.
Leave X. Now.
#MastoCanadaGOV #Canada #LeaveX #Europe #EUPol #Democracy #FOSDEM #OpenSource #Fediverse #Mastodon
I couldn’t be happier or prouder, and it's all thanks to a spare-time open-source project.
Someone just shared that they created their own version of Leave X - Protect Democracy, mapping Canadian politicians on the Fediverse. 🇨🇦✨
After restarting the project a few days ago and adding statistics about European politicians on X, I was surprised when someone contributed data from the Netherlands 🇳🇱 in less than 24 hours.
A few days later, an anonymous contributor used the power of open data to send data from Austria 🇦🇹. Recently, someone from Sweden 🇸🇪 has joined in as well.
This is what open source looks like: distributed, collaborative, and driven by shared values.
This weekend, I'll be at FODESM, where I hope to speak with politicians and tell them, loud and clear:
Ditch the autocrats’ propaganda.
Leave X. Now.
#MastoCanadaGOV #Canada #LeaveX #Europe #EUPol #Democracy #FOSDEM #OpenSource #Fediverse #Mastodon
Inspired by the movement & website from @leavex - a team of passionate & talented Canadians have gotten together with a similar goal:
Pictured below is a showcase of our politician tracker tool! You can view Federal, Provincial, and even Municipal politicians - copy their emails!
We are trying to get people to join the #Fediverse, that begins with us lobbying our politicians who want our votes!
#Canada #DigitalSovereignty #MastoCanadaGOV #cdnpoli #Mastodon
Anyone interested in #DigitalSovereignty is likely already following @pluralistic and if you're not - why the hell not.
Recently Cory spoke with the top nerds at the Canadian government - CIOs, CTOs and senior technical personnel at Canadian federal ministries. After chastising them for the planned pursuit of AI, he educated them on how to really make money AND free us from U.S. technology control.
Read it - it's long but worth it.
#MastoCanadaGOV
https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/29/post-american-canada/#ottawa
I wrote a little post for Own Your Digital (a Canadian project to help folks move to the fedi). It's called "The Canadian Network Effect":
https://ownyourdigital.ca/news/the-canadian-network-effect/
Basically, I'm addressing something I hear all the time about the fediverse, whether it's #Mastodon or other systems: I'd move there but all my friends are on [name a corporate social media site].
We gotta start somewhere. One by one, as people move, the Canadian fediverse gets better.
Anyone interested in #DigitalSovereignty is likely already following @pluralistic and if you're not - why the hell not.
Recently Cory spoke with the top nerds at the Canadian government - CIOs, CTOs and senior technical personnel at Canadian federal ministries. After chastising them for the planned pursuit of AI, he educated them on how to really make money AND free us from U.S. technology control.
Read it - it's long but worth it.
#MastoCanadaGOV
https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/29/post-american-canada/#ottawa
Yesterday I met with a bunch of folks who plan on advocating for politicians, municipalities, journalists, and others to set up accounts on the #fediverse. The focus is on Canada. I'm totally on board for it, because I've long advocated for folks to leave corporate social media, and let's face it... that's an area dominated by US corporations.
Democratic deliberation in Canada is far too important to trust to US corporations.
Yesterday I met with a bunch of folks who plan on advocating for politicians, municipalities, journalists, and others to set up accounts on the #fediverse. The focus is on Canada. I'm totally on board for it, because I've long advocated for folks to leave corporate social media, and let's face it... that's an area dominated by US corporations.
Democratic deliberation in Canada is far too important to trust to US corporations.
