D.K. MacKinnon 🇨🇦📸🍁

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#Ottawa #photographer who dabbles in #costuming, #bodyart, and #3Dprinting. Former researcher in #3Dimaging, now working as a #patent examiner to pay for my hobby.

Profile picture: Black and white artistic photograph of a long-haired woman in a short back dress posed in front of a camera and tripod, leaning on a small stool and gazing towards a vintage flash attached to the camera.

Pronouns: he/him/il

Formerly @dkmackinnon

Websitehttps://www.dkmackinnon.ca
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D.K. MacKinnon 🇨🇦📸🍁52m ago

Hotels in Newfoundland and Labrador are being trained to recognize human trafficking — criminal activity that officials say despite a lack of cases, is in fact present in the province. 

Source: CBC News Newfoundland

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/human-trafficking-newfoundland-labrador-9.7134949

Officials say human trafficking is underreported in N.L. — here’s what they’re doing about it | CBC News

Hotels in Newfoundland and Labrador are being trained to recognize human trafficking — criminal activity that officials say despite a lack of cases, is in fact present in the province.

CBC
D.K. MacKinnon 🇨🇦📸🍁54m ago

Zanjani's experience, and her reaction, mirrors those of an increasing number of women cited in reports worldwide who have been surreptitiously recorded using Meta's Ray-Ban glasses. Those who study covert filming and its effect on society say it creates a potential physical and psychological threat, from stalkers to increased anxiety, as the law struggles to keep pace with technology.

Source: CBC News Radio

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/meta-glasses-covert-recording-9.7139927

Women are being secretly filmed with smart glasses. Outdated privacy laws make it tough to get videos removed | CBC Radio

Smart glasses make it remarkably easy to film someone without their consent. And those who study covert filming say it can create a physical and psychological threat, from stalkers to increased anxiety, as the law struggles to keep up.

CBC
D.K. MacKinnon 🇨🇦📸🍁15h ago

Ottawa police have arrested a 19-year-old man after a school crossing guard died following a hit-and-run collision near a Barrhaven elementary school on Monday.

Source: CBC News Ottawa

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ottawa-school-crossing-guard-crash-dead-9.7139823

Arrest made in hit and run that killed school crossing guard | CBC News

Ottawa police have arrested a 19-year-old man after a school crossing guard died following a hit-and-run collision near a Barrhaven elementary school on Monday.

CBC
D.K. MacKinnon 🇨🇦📸🍁1d ago
Leea2d ago

Another discussion on biking with a skirt on (and tagged with #solarpunksunday ) brought back a vague memory that my mom had a crocheted skirt guard in her bike when I was little.

So, after some pondering, I of course had to search online is there patterns for skirt guards, or was it just a fashion phase. Turns out there is.

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https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/pimp-your-bike-crocheted-skirt-guards

Pimp your bike, Crocheted Skirt Guards pattern by Meertje

The pattern is also in German and Dutch.

Ravelry
D.K. MacKinnon 🇨🇦📸🍁1d ago
Suzannah2d ago

Appreciation post for mods and admins in the fediverse who make sure that gross crap that is the norm on other social media does not always need to be the norm here

Thanks for all the work ya'll do.

D.K. MacKinnon 🇨🇦📸🍁1d ago
Dr. Lucky Tran1d ago

Pfizer just announced that its Lyme disease vaccine reduced the number of tick-borne infections by over 70% in a phase 3 trial.

Warning: GSK pulled a Lyme vaccine in 2002 despite studies showing it posed no serious safety risks.

Any new Lyme vaccine is going to be a huge target for antivaxxers.

D.K. MacKinnon 🇨🇦📸🍁1d ago
Mia1d ago
Woohoo! 'plug-in [solar] panels that [UK] homeowners can self-install on balconies would be available in supermarkets in the coming months' https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czjw7klkjm2o
Heat pumps for all new homes and plug-in solar in green tech drive

Solar panels that can be plugged in at home could be available to buy in supermarkets in the coming months.

BBC News
D.K. MacKinnon 🇨🇦📸🍁1d ago
Peter GleickJun 15, 2025
Hey all, I'm afraid that if you're on mastodon.social server and were following me, you've been accidently deleted from my list.
If you want to follow me, you'll have to refollow. Thanks. 🚨
Show threadD.K. MacKinnon 🇨🇦📸🍁1d ago
@Jam123 @NMBA I really hope not.
D.K. MacKinnon 🇨🇦📸🍁1d ago

The federal government is on pace to replace its troubled Phoenix pay system with a new platform, but risks including a backlog and rising costs remain, according to a report tabled Monday by Auditor General Karen Hogan. 

Source: CBC News Ottawa

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/phoenix-dayforce-federal-canada-government-pay-9.7138444

Auditor general flags potential risks in transition from Phoenix to Dayforce | CBC News

The federal government is on pace to replace its troubled Phoenix pay system with a new platform, but risks including a backlog and rising costs remain, according to a report tabled Monday by Auditor General Karen Hogan.

CBC