Paddy O'Brien

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Senior Mobile Developer at Shopify. #neurodiverse
All around geek who likes music, cooking, Lego, D&D and climbing things.
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I’ve been working toward this for years, and it finally happened.

Canada now has a parliamentary petition to require secure coding in federal software. If you care about cybersecurity, public safety, and better government tech, please sign:
👉 https://twp.ai/4iwUtE
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Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus from classic sci-fi novel Don't Create The Torment Nexus.

FOSS nerds: the Torment Nexus cannot be ethical until it is Open Source

If you read anything today about the #TumblerRidge shooting, please let it be this. From the mother of a child fighting for her life in BC Children's Hospital:

“Edmonds says she was friends with Strang and used to babysit the shooter — 18-year-old Jesse Van Rootselaar — as a child.

Edmonds told CBC News she weeps for all the people affected by the tragedy that unfolded in Tumbler Ridge, including Strang.

Edmonds says she watched the single mother, who she said worked long shifts at a nearby mine, fight to help her child.

Edmonds says at one point, Van Rootselaar tried to light a mattress on fire "and burn the house down." She said the teen had been hospitalized several times with mental health issues.

"People are trying to politicize what this is about," Edmonds said "It's not about guns. It's not about [being trans] ... It's about mental health. It's about a lack of resources."

"[Strang] really — I truly believe that in her heart — did everything she could to try to help … I know that she struggled."

#Compassion #MentalHealth #Fact #Truth #Community

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/tumbler-ridge-bc-shooting-victim-parents-maya-gebala-9.7087967

Mother of critically injured Tumbler Ridge victim says she feels compassion for shooter’s mother | CBC News

Maya Gebala's parents are by the 12-year-old's side taking strength from well-wishers. They are urging Canadians to support Tumbler Ridge, B.C., shooting victims and to avoid politicizing the tragedy.

CBC

TL:DR; The Salesforce CEO at a company's annual all hands gathering asked international employees to please rise in the audience, then made a "joke" that ICE agents were in the back of the room ready to nab them.

Guillotines for billionaires is the moderate choice at this point

TFW the decentralized social network is down because the centralized service it uses to function is down

@DelilahTech

For anyone else looking this up... I thought it might be a good idea to look up some basic information for anyone wondering the overall structure of what's needed:

https://immigration.ca/claiming-canadian-citizenship-by-descent-under-canadas-new-citizenship-act-bill-c-3/

And, maybe for some of you... maybe this is something to look into. The thing about getting out... it seems impossible until a way is found.

Find a way. Any way you can... find a way.

How to Claim Canadian Citizenship by Descent Under Canada’s New Citizenship Act Bill C-3 - Canada Immigration and Visa Information. Canadian Immigration Services and Free Online Evaluation.

Learn how Canada’s new Bill C-3 restores citizenship by descent, removes the first-generation limit, and allows multigenerational claims for those born abroad.

Canada Immigration and Visa Information. Canadian Immigration Services and Free Online Evaluation.

"i'm mad at firefox, so instead i'm going to give google incrementally more power over the web"

ok. consider: not doing that

"Insurance helpline, how can I help?"

"On my life insurance application there's a question about my child: Are they likely to become a protagonist?"

"Do they have an unusual hair colour, or a special talent?"

"Yes, pink hair, great at bowling, why?"

"That increases the risk of a parent dying."

#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStories

So it's appropriate to arrest a world leader if you consider them criminal? You can just go get them? Just asking questions here.