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Father,Husband,Software Security Architect, Ethical Hacker,Musician,& Karate Geek.OWASP Ottawa Chapter Leader. Trying to learn Kendo. Devious-Plan.com founder. He/Him Mastodon is better @garthoid@infosec.exchange 📍🇨🇦

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garthoid @garthoid.bsky.social · 4h
Let’s hope they don’t realize we have what they need. This is starting to remind me of a Richard Rohmer book.
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Black Cloud Six @blackcloudsix.bsky.social · 7h
I cannot imagine any other democracy forcing young children to stand before a judge and make their own cases in what could literally be a life or death decision. It’s ridiculous and unfathomable. The cruelty knows no bounds.
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garthoid @garthoid.bsky.social · 4h
Except they needed oil from the Caucuses and North Africa, oh and Iron Ore from Sweden, and they tried to get heavy water from Norway and…
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OWASP Ottawa @owaspottawa.bsky.social · 6h
#OWASP #Ottawa is proud to announce that Magno Logan, product security leader, will present at OWASP Ottawa Day 2026. "Nobody's Mining Crypto Anymore: What Attackers Actually Want From Your CI" 📅 October 17 📍 UofO - STEM 117 ℹ️ tinyurl.com/87j33b82 🎟️ tinyurl.com/mr2z6z8r #OWASPOttawa2026 #AppSec
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OWASP Ottawa @owaspottawa.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
#OWASP #Ottawa is proud to announce that Sabrina Lavi , Security Champions Community Lead is speaking at OWASP Ottawa Day 2026. "Scaling AppSec Through Champions, Community, and Culture" 📅 October 17 📍 UofO - STEM 117 ℹ️ tinyurl.com/87j33b82 🎟️ tinyurl.com/mr2z6z8r #OWASPOttawa2026 #AppSec #Cyber
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OWASP Ottawa @owaspottawa.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
#OWASP #Ottawa is proud to announce that Faustin Bouchard, AI Safety Adversarial Evaluation & LLM Security is speaking at OWASP Ottawa Day 2026. "Stop Policing Words. Govern Authorization." 📅 October 17 📍 UofO - STEM 117 ℹ️ tinyurl.com/87j33b82 🎟️ tinyurl.com/mr2z6z8r #OWASPOttawa2026 #AISecurity
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OWASP Ottawa @owaspottawa.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
On behalf of OWASP Ottawa, a huge thank you to Managed Risk Partners for supporting OWASP’s 25th Anniversary event at OWASP Ottawa Day! Thank you for backing OWASP Ottawa and for helping us celebrate 25 years of AppSec 🙏 #owasp #ottawa #appsec #25years #sponsorship
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Strong Towns Ottawa @strongtownsottawa.ca · 7h
Why is a man who is openly campaigning for one of the candidates in the mayoral race the one who is moderating this debate? Could nobody else seriously have been found to fill this position? This is extremely concerning. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
cbc.ca
Industry leaders turn tables on candidates to discuss Ottawa's economy | CBC News
The Ottawa Board of Trade turned the tables on the traditional campaign debate format Tuesday evening, placing local industry leaders behind the microphone and municipal candidates in the audience.
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 13h
It would be great to get clarity on why so many state level supporters pulled out of #Disinfo2026. There's a stink of US meddling about it. I guess US FIMI is the acceptable version of FIMI. bsky.app/profile/robi...
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garthoid @garthoid.bsky.social · 11h
Maps showing size and not population distribution are often used for propaganda purposes
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Doug Johnson 🇨🇦 @smikooman.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Ripe for russia Research team Cipher was originally created to monitor attempts by russian websites and social media accounts to spread disinformation about the invasion of Ukraine. But early this year, researchers noticed those same groups were also targeting narratives related to Alberta. #CdnPoli
theglobeandmail.com
Russian, U.S. interests are targeting Alberta’s separatist debate, Canadian research shows
MAGA influencers are promoting the narrative that the province has no choice but to leave
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Doug Johnson 🇨🇦 @smikooman.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Mitch Sylvestre delivered the Alberta referendum signatures. If you think the moment is driven by COVID convoy conspiracy people... you'd be correct. "I'd known him for less than five minutes when he first implied King Charles might have him killed. He thinks oil spills help trees grow... #CdnPoli 🇨🇦
thestar.com
Richard Warnica: I went home to the heartland of Alberta independence. Even after covering Donald Trump for 10 years, I was still terrified by what I found
Independence movement eerily reminiscent of Trump's America.
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garthoid @garthoid.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Thermostat limbo. How low can you go!?
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OWASP Ottawa @owaspottawa.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
On behalf of OWASP Ottawa, a huge thank you to ForwardJS for supporting OWASP’s 25th Anniversary event at OWASP Ottawa Day! Thank you for backing OWASP Ottawa and for helping us celebrate 25 years of AppSec 🙏 #owasp #ottawa #appsec #25years #sponsorship
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Hon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @lukaszukab.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The threat is real. Alberta separatists are working hand in hand with US Republicans to break our country apart. Not voting is not an option. Canada needs your vote. #ForeverCanadian #ableg #cdnpoli
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garthoid @garthoid.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Possibly but the service includes the coverage which has replaced an igniter. But please. Not everyone is a hvac expert. I only suggested that active maintenance may be a good idea for some and has worked well for us. But you do you.
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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Dog, Boy, and St. John River Alex Colville 1958
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garthoid @garthoid.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Actually I have been with this company for 25 years and the value for the cost which includes replacement parts has more than paid for itself.
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garthoid @garthoid.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Every fall I have the company who did the installation inspection and service it.
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garthoid @garthoid.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Given Russia’s history during their occupation of Eastern Europe during the Cold War many may feel death is better than a second occupation.
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garthoid @garthoid.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Sounds like a solution in search of a problem. Or a dogma in search of a religion.
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 28/09/2026
Alberta Separatists unveil development slogan: “Come Invest in our unstable breakaway republic!”
thebeaverton.com
Alberta Separatists unveil development slogan “Come Invest in our unstable breakaway republic!”
CALGARY - With the Alberta Separatism referendum fast approaching, pro-separatist groups have launched a new campaign to entice investment dollars to their chaotic barely-planned idea for a country.
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Occasionally Spooky Transpo @occtranspo.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Ever since freedom crowd rolled into Ottawa, we started to catch wind that their financials were out of town heavily supported by US and some international (see Russian) influence. Using charities and corporate public entities to move money.
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garthoid @garthoid.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
its moronic to gibber on about lower taxes on a political platform when he gave 500 million of our city's budget to his real estate developer friends at Lansdowne while the city infrastructure crumbles.
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garthoid @garthoid.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Define wealth. In the city's case its based on property value. A senior who could afford their property when they were younger cannot support paying taxes on a property they lived in all their life while on a fixed income. I am not against your statement just how cities generate income.
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 03/10/2026
Oh wow In May, I reported Alberta separatists were using an app developed by GOP operatives with ties to US ambassador Pete Hoekstra @theglobeandmail.com now reports the same operatives flew to Calgary on a private jet for a secret meeting with separatist leaders: pressprogress.ca/alberta-sepa...
The pitch began with a prayer.
On an afternoon in late January, Mitch Sylvestre, the leader of Alberta's most prominent separatist organization, gathered with three of his lieutenants in a boardroom not far from the executive hangars at the Calgary International Airport, where private jets shuttle in and out of the city away from prying eyes.
It was a few hours before thousands of Albertans would gather near the city centre at a rally to launch the separatist campaign. But this meeting, convened behind closed doors a half-hour drive away, was invite only.
The Alberta Prosperity Project chose the location to accommodate its guests, Republican political strategists from Michigan who helped Donald Trump win the state in the 2024 U.S. presidential election.
The American delegation travelled to Calgary to sell them on software developed for Republicans to get out the vote - and how it could be used to wrench Alberta from Confederation.
"They were young Christians. Capable, intelligent people," Mr. Sylvestre said. "We prayed before we started the meeting.""There is no secrecy'
One of the key figures behind the Michigan software company has expressed strong views on Alberta.
On July 1, Mr. Born wrote on social media: "On this Canada Day, I hope this is the last year Alberta is part of Canada." He has also called for U.S. annexation of the province.
A hunter, outdoorsman and commercial real estate agent in Grand Rapids, Mr. Born is the stepson of J.C. Huizenga, a wealthy Republican donor and founder of National Heritage Academies, a network of conservative charter schools in the U.S.
Mr. Wierda is the nephew of Erik Prince, who founded and ran the private military contractor Blackwater before it was sold to investors in 2010, and Betsy DeVos, the education secretary during Mr. Trump's first term.
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garthoid @garthoid.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This is for use in their official capacity. Not for their campaigns. There is a difference. Will his campaign give this information to vendors and (ahem) real estate developers who contribute to his campaign. This is a misuse of public resources for their own benefit. @lukelebrun.ca
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OWASP Ottawa @owaspottawa.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
#OWASP #Ottawa is proud to announce Farshad Abasi founder of Forward Security will be speaking at #OWASPOttawa2026. "Your Threat Model is Lying to You: Why Modeling the design Isn't Enough in 2026" 📅 Oct 17 📍 UofO- STEM 117 ℹ️ tinyurl.com/87j33b82 🎟️ tinyurl.com/mr2z6z8r #ThreatModeling #DevSecOps
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garthoid @garthoid.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Perhaps if @mark-sutcliffe.bsky.social was truly concerned about taxes he would have not pushed for a $500 million gift (grift?) to real estate developers for Lansdowne. #Ottawa #Ottawa2026 #OttVote #OttCity #ItStartsHere
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garthoid @garthoid.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
What I find particularly disturbing about the @mark-sutcliffe.bsky.social campaign is that they use the cynical approach of lower taxes as we watch the city crumble around us. We need to invest in the city, not live with bars on our windows. #Ottawa #Ottawa2026 #OttVote #OttCity #ItStartsHere
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garthoid @garthoid.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Can someone please tell me how @mark-sutcliffe.bsky.social re-election campaign was able to acquire my Wife and Son's phone number to text them a campaign message about higher taxes? #Ottawa #Ottawa2026 #OttVote #OttCity #ItStartsHere
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
When is the right time to compare US politics to the Nazi era? This expert on Christian nationalism says: now www.theguardian.com/books/2026/o...
theguardian.com
When is the right time to compare US politics to the Nazi era? This expert on Christian nationalism says: now
Robert P Jones argues that declining white Christian influence has fuelled an alliance with Trump, and warns it is reshaping US democracy
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WIRED @wired.com · 02/10/2026
See what it’s like to travel in the occupied West Bank, for the nearly 3.5 million Palestinians who live there. 🔗 www.wired.com/story/experi...
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OWASP Ottawa @owaspottawa.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
#OWASP #Ottawa is proud to partner with Tech2Step Ottawa for our OWASP Ottawa Day 2026 event. Keep the conversations going after OWASP Ottawa Day at the UofO with a Tech2Step Walk & Connect to share and learn. 📅 October 17, 2026, Tech2Step 5:00-6:00 pm ℹ️ tinyurl.com/mrcyx43j 📍 UofO-STEM 117
luma.com
Tech2Step CyberConnect Ottawa · Luma
Tech2Step CyberConnect Ottawa Ask Cybersecurity Professionals Anything: Careers, Communities & Connections Keep the conversations going after OWASP Day at the…
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garthoid @garthoid.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This appears to be worthy of a human rights complaint or perhaps a hate speech complaint against the national post.
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garthoid @garthoid.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
bsky.app/profile/elio...
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garthoid @garthoid.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
So where will the steel for new ships come from? How can we build Canada strong without Canadian made steel? Why was this critical industry allowed to be sold to America?
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garthoid @garthoid.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
#Stelco ‘s C$3.4-billion sale to American Cleveland-Cliffs was approved by the #Liberal government of Justin Trudeau. Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne formally approved the acquisition subject to binding 5-year employment commitments. www.canada.ca/en/innovatio...
canada.ca
Ministerial statement on the Investment Canada Act review of Cleveland-Cliffs acquisition of Stelco - Canada.ca
Today, the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, made the following statement:
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garthoid @garthoid.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Thanks for warning. Immediate block.
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OWASP Ottawa @owaspottawa.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
We are pleased to announce that Kayode Olabisi will be speaking at #OWASP #Ottawa Day 2026 with: "Your LLM App Passed the Checklist. Now What?" 📅 October 17, 2026 ℹ️ Information: github.com/OWASP-Ottawa... 🎟️ Tickets (free): buytickets.at/owaspottawac... #OWASPOttawa2026 #LLMSecurity #AISecurity
Speaker Poster for  for Kayode Olabisi who will be speaking at #OWASP #Ottawa Day 2026 with: 


"Your LLM App Passed the Checklist. Now What?"


If the OWASP Top 10 for LLMs provides risks this talk focuses on where controls belong. Using prompt injection, sensitive data disclosure, and supply chain risk as examples, it maps each to practical enforcement points across the application, policy layer, and model provider.
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garthoid @garthoid.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Why was it allowed to be sold in the first place?
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Tyler Watt @tylerwatt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The FAO says Ontario will be $2 billion short just to maintain CURRENT health care services. I asked Minister Jones a simple question: yes or no, will there be service cuts? She deflected. I asked again. She never answered. #onpoli
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garthoid @garthoid.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
That’s because they are designing public healthcare to fail to they can bring their private healthcare friends in to “save” the day. Then they get positions on the board after politics. Like Mike Harris did with elder care. Healthcare is a human right.
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garthoid @garthoid.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
For us in the rest of the world they need to mocked and ignored. We need to move on and remove the US from our companies, our media, and our platforms.
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 29/09/2026
you’re going to want to read jeremy’s book on the extreme-right wing premier fucking not just with alberta, but all of canada
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garthoid @garthoid.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
When will charges be laid against the UCP members who murdered these people?
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garthoid @garthoid.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Doug Ford has done nothing but harm communities in Ontario since he was elected. From stopping the almost complete UBI study to making roads more dangerous. He and his party is a menace to civilized society.
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OWASP Ottawa @owaspottawa.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#OWASP #Ottawa is pleased to announce that Alexander Rudolph, PhD presenting @ OWASP Ottawa Day 2026 on: "Canadian Digital Sovereignty in a Zero-Trust World" 📅 October 17, 2026 ℹ️ Information: github.com/OWASP-Ottawa... #DigitalSovereignty #CyberSecurity #Canada #OWASPOttawa2026 #AppSec
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OWASP Ottawa @owaspottawa.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
On behalf of #OWASP #Ottawa, a huge thank you to Mark Cimon and the Cimon Real Estate Team for supporting OWASP’s 25th Anniversary event at OWASP Ottawa Day! Information and tickets: github.com/OWASP-Ottawa... #OWASP #Ottawa #OWASPOttawa2026 #AppSec #Cybersecurity #Community
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Black Cloud Six @blackcloudsix.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Tell me again how Canada’s importing a small number of Chinese car imperils US national security.
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