It's time to delete your TikTok accounts!

Happy Solstice, Happy Yalda! May light triumph darkness!

“Tech billionaires are on a mission to make the stories of science fiction a reality: space colonization, human/machine bio organisms, and living forever in a state of unhindered bliss. This version of a far future utopia may come of as a "billionaire boys and their toys" but experts warn such a dismissive attitude is naïve and dangerous. *This episode originally aired on Jan. 22, 2025.” https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/ideas/id151485663?i=1000741440831

Last Thursday, I got my Flu and COVID-19 (Moderna) shots. My symptoms were super mild; I didn't have to take a day off, and yesterday I went for a 5k walk. If your work requires physical strength, you may want to take it easy for the first 24 hours. Also, OTC painkillers before and after the shots kept my mind clear.

It's time for Canada to invest in digital sovereignty. We need Canadian cloud companies, ai, and payment processors with better privacy laws than the US. We also need social media sovereignty by building our own distribute social media platforms that support ActivityPub and AT protocols.

Being against fascism is now a crime in the 🇺🇸

“Antifa describes a decentralized anti-fascist movement with local groups and unaffiliated activists all over the world.” https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/front-burner/id1439621628?i=1000730777515

After Donald Trump was elected for a second time, historian Timothy Snyder wrote this in the New Yorker: “Trump has always been a presence, not an absence: the presence of fascism.” https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/front-burner/id1439621628?i=1000729856620