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John Kenney

@johnrkenney.bsky.social
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Digital governance, music, footy, Halisky, stuttering pride

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Boston Parks Department @parks.boston.gov · 18/11/2025
Tree for Boston has arrived! 🎄 Every year, Nova Scotia gifts Boston a tree in gratitude of our support after the 1917 Halifax Explosion. This 54 year tradition was extra special this year as @mayorwu.boston.gov helped cut down the tree in Nova Scotia. Join us Dec 5: boston.gov/holiday-lights
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Woody The Xmas Tree @woodyxmastree.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
I’m back, birches.
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Matt Stickland @landofsticks.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
If you go to a ceremony today, please remember why you're there.
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Remembering to forget
Editor’s Note: Matt Stickland has been in the military for 10 years and deployed to Libya in 2011 on HMCS CHARLOTTETOWN.     On November 11, as a country we will gather and remember…
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Dan Hon @danhon.com · 29/04/2025
There is no such thing as neutral technology because technology by definition exists in the context of humans, and humans are not neutral by any means. As soon as there is a desire for other people to use a technology - which is pretty much given in our economic state - neutrality is impossible.
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The Athletic | Football @theathleticfc.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Crystal Palace secure their place in this season's FA Cup final, beating Aston Villa 3-0 at Wembley.
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Dan Hon @danhon.com · 08/02/2025
"Government should be run like a business" okay fine, let's be specific then. Do you mean the kind of business that: - has hidden fees, like airlines, so the price they advertise is way less than what you actually pay? - makes you jump through hoops to unsubscribe? - denies most of your claims?
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Cyd Harrell @cydharrell.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
one of my biggest beliefs about tech in government is that it simultaneously needs to - stop being sidelined - stop being idolized it is currently both, & we now have a stunning example how vulnerable this makes governments to bad technology actors - but less dire vulnerability is there every day
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Dan Hon @danhon.com · 05/02/2025
1/ Here's my take on what's happening with DOGE. I've got fed experience through contracting with Health & Human Safety, Head Start, The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and DOD. I get brought in when people need to get shit done. Other people here have way more experience than me.
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 02/02/2025
There's such a tone of sadness to the CBC reporting right now. Adrienne Arsenault says, “I feel like the whole country, all of us, are getting both a history lesson and a politics lesson and an economics lesson and a lesson in heartache.”
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Code for Canada @codeforcanada.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
🗞️ Our latest @theglobeandmail.com opinion piece: Will artificial intelligence really fix Ottawa’s troubled Phoenix pay? www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/46b24b2...
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Opinion: Will artificial intelligence really fix Ottawa’s troubled Phoenix pay?
Public Services and Procurement Canada has been testing a virtual assistant tool that uses AI to speed up the backlog-clearing process for Phoenix pay
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Laura Yarrow @laurayarrow.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
This week I sat down and wrote some thoughts down on the Blueprint for Modern Digital Government. Tldr? : Exciting, bold, and hugely ambitious. Bring it on. www.laurayarrow.net/blog/theres-a-lot-to-be-excited-about-in-the-blueprint-for-modern-digital-government
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There’s a lot to be excited about in the blueprint for modern digital government — Laura Yarrow
Last week was quite the ride. We kicked the week off with our Secretary of State (SoS), Peter Kyle, announcing the new Digital Centre, and blueprint for modern digital gov at the GDS office in Londo...
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Tal Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Today's column is a loving ode to the smoked meat sandwich of Montreal, and their literary bard, the Canadian-Jewish novelist Mordecai Richler: buttondown.com/theswordandt...
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Notable Sandwiches #121: Montreal Smoked Meat
Welcome back to Notable Sandwiches, the feature where I, alongside my intrepid editor David Swanson, move through the fragrant boughs of the variegated grove...
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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
ICYMI: "Almost without exception, Survivors talked about the places they were born and raised. They described the Land that nurtured them and their relationships with Land." - Crystal Gail Fraser and @jdunkin.bsky.social niche-canada.org/2025/01/09/h... #envhist #cdnhist #indigenous
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How I Survived: Land and Northern Histories of Residential and Day Schooling
In spite of the distance from familiar people and places and the structured and colonial world of residential and day schools, institutionalized children found ways to sustain relationships with Land,...
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Luis Alberto Montezuma 路易斯·阿尔贝托·蒙特祖玛 @montezumachavez.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
DHS Unveils Playbook for the Deployment of Artificial Intelligence by the Public Sector. See www.dhs.gov/news/2025/01...
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DHS Unveils Playbook for the Deployment of Artificial Intelligence by the Public Sector | Homeland Security
DHS released the “Playbook for Public Sector Artificial Intelligence Deployment,” an innovative guide designed to help government officials improve the delivery of services through the responsible and...
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Sean | Drowned in Sound @drownedinsound.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
What are you doing to support the music you love? Thanks to everyone who suggested ideas and improvements to my initial list #music #independentmusic #gigs
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25 Ideas to Keep Your Music Scene Alive in 2025
A list of ways music fans can support the music we love and the grassroots ecosystem it relies upon.
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Dave Rogers @daverog.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
The impact of AI: Why I have no idea what it'll be, and neither do you! www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBCS... (my talk from last November at @aifortherestofus.live)
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The impact of AI: Why I have no idea what it'll be, and neither do you! | Dave Rogers
YouTube video by AI for the rest of us
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Cyd Harrell @cydharrell.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
🥰🙏 I don't promote my book as much now that I work in government, but I did write one & I believe it's still pretty useful as we enter a time of major shifts & messy information in both government & tech www.goodreads.com/book/show/55...
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A Civic Technologist's Practice Guide
This friendly guide is for technology people who work, …
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Garth Marenghi's Catbus @catbus.phd · 01/01/2025
get a headstart on tomorrow's awards ceremony with this comprehensive playlist of all my favorite songs from 2024 #shoegaze
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best shoegaze of 2024
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
The Godfather Part II is a New Year’s Eve movie
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vish khanna @vishkhanna.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
I’ve received three complaints about this playlist
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Dr. LurkHer 🇨🇦 @lurkher.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
Are there people in other countries named Gord, or are all Gords Canadian?
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Premier League News @plnews.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
The January transfer window is now open.
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Keith Dunne @keithdunne.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
The haunting beauty of fireworks in the fog.
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MakesMeWannaUke🇨🇦 @makesmewannauke.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
I’m busy for the rest of the night. Knitting to stop me from biting my nails #WorldJuniors #TeamCanada 🇨🇦 #ItsOnlyAGame #TheyreJustKids
View from the top of a mechanical hockey table
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John Kenney @johnrkenney.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
Sitting in the dark with a glass of wine listening to 'The End's not Near' by The New Year 🎶 This is (actually) fine 😅 youtu.be/WqZzFvONbIs?...
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"The End's Not Near" by The New Year
YouTube video by Touch and Go Records
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Buz @buzboy.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
My advice for the incoming new year
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Rob Whiting 📓 @whitingx.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
Good to see some progress here. 👏 The algorithmic transparency records from #UK #PublicSector organisations has 📈 increased in number from 9 > 23 records in the past month. 🤔 www.gov.uk/algorithmic-...
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Find out how algorithmic tools are used in public organisations
Find out how and why public sector organisations use AI and algorithmic tools for decision making.
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John Kenney @johnrkenney.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
If you see this post a concert picture you took this year. Pulp 30/05/24 Barcelona - Primavera Sound
Jarvis Cocker, the lead singer of Pulp, on stage at Primavera Sound Barcelona.
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Jonathan Fowler @coldh20.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
#Halifax, #NovaScotia is changing rapidly. We have to act fast to preserve the best of our architectural inheritance before it disappears forever. An update from the Halifax Memory Maps Project: www.mapsofmemory.com youtu.be/YNNp0W_Ltzs
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Built Heritage Attrition in Halifax, Nova Scotia
YouTube video by Northeast Archaeological Research
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Adam @adamundefined.com · 30/12/2024
I’ve shared videos of the Halifax Noon Gun to Twitter in the past, but I don’t think I’ve shared one over here on Bluesky.
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Stereogum @stereogum.com · 30/12/2024
Our 200 most anticipated albums — and 800+ more releases — coming in 2025
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The Most Anticipated Albums Of 2025
“The album is god, period.” That’s Jack Antonoff on the And The Writer Is… podcast earlier this month. “There’s no brilliant artist that’s existed for a real period of time and changed things and has ...
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Mike Gifford, CPWA @ox.ca · 30/12/2024
Lots of great stuff on #opensource & #AI from #Meta 's @yann-lecun.bsky.social in an interview with @karaswisher.bsky.social Yann had some great responses on open source, and frankly his openness to confront power & build in the open. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Umxl...
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Kara Swisher and Meta's Yann LeCun Interview - Hopkins Bloomberg Center Discovery Series
YouTube video by Johns Hopkins University
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Adam Grant @adamgrant.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
Criticizing is fast and easy. Creating is slow and difficult. The two hours you spent on a book or movie took someone two years to produce. Anyone can tear down someone else's work. The true test of insight is whether you can help them improve it or build something of your own.
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Halifax Wanderers FC @hfxwanderersfc.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
⚓️ Proud to be a part of your community 💙 #TogetherFromAways #COYW 1/2
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The Tonearm @thetonearm.com · 30/12/2024
"It’s been almost a year since the historic music outlet Pitchfork shrank considerably. On this week’s On the Media, why the distinctive voices in music journalism are worth saving. Plus, how AI music generators could upend the industry." How AI and Algorithms Are Transforming Music:
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How AI and Algorithms Are Transforming Music | On the Media | WNYC Studios
The state of music criticism; and the AI generator that could put composers out of a job.
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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 29/12/2024
Ninety per cent of the hemlock trees — “grandmothers” — in Nova Scotia could disappear. A Mi’kmaq-led effort is ensuring at least one forest will survive:
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The Mi’kmaq-led fight to save a Nova Scotia forest | The Narwhal
A Mi’kmaq-led effort is ensuring at least one old-growth forest of hemlock trees in Nova Scotia will survive
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John Kenney @johnrkenney.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
Respect the point 😅 ❤️🦅💙
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John Kenney @johnrkenney.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
A special someone gifted me with Godspeed #NowPlaying #NowSpinning #MusicSky
Godspeed You! Black Emporer's album, 'No Title as of 13 February 2024 28,340 Dead'
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Christina Lattimer @christinalattimer.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
This is why I love agile planning - people often use it as a cop out to keep putting back deadlines but good agile prioritises outcomes and also allows the “how” to be thought up and created by the people involved - thus planning is owned by them rather than being done to them. #leadership
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Punk Rock History @punkrockhistory.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
Ramones - Merry Christmas (I Don't Wanna Fight Tonight) ...from the Ramones album Brain Drain #punk #punks #punkrock #oldschoolpunk #punklegends #ramones #history #punkrockhistory
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Indigo Clarke @indigoclarke.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
The Halifax Public Gardens all dressed up for the holidays. It’s cold but pretty. #halifax #holidays #novascotia
People walking through the Public Gardens. There is snow and many holiday lights. An evening walk through the Public Gardens. There is snow and many holiday lights. An evening walk through the Public Gardens. There is snow and many holiday lights. The front gates of the Halifax Public Gardens. There is snow and many holiday lights.
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Ethan Marcotte @ethanmarcotte.com · 23/12/2024
@ashleemboyer.com’s response to an “AI”-enabled “accessibility” product is very good, and worth your time: ashleemboyer.com/blog/how-to-...
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How to Dehumanize Accessibility with AI | Ashlee M Boyer
Hire disabled people, not AI-generated caricatures.
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Arthur David Spota @adaspota.bsky.social · 22/12/2023
Waiting for the Fat Man Lou Reed and John Cale enjoying the hell out of the holiday season.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 20/12/2024
90s scientists: we're sequencing the human genome! we invented the world wide web! we landed a robot on mars! scientists today: for the last time, vaccines don't cause diseases, they prevent them!
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Woody The Xmas Tree @woodyxmastree.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
‼️IMPORTANT REMINDER‼️ I’m only here until the 23rd I don’t want any disappointed children brought before me on the 24th after I’m put back into hibernation mode. This also applies to Cinnabon sacrifices. I don’t want to miss out on free carbs. Love Woody 💚🎄🎩
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Puneet Singh Singhal @puneetsiinghal.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
When someone discloses their disability, it is a moment that calls for sensitivity, respect, and empathy. Focus on listening, acknowledging their experience, and offering support in a way that respects their autonomy and dignity. #Disability #SDGs #WeAreBillionStrong #AXSChat #HumanRights #Ableism
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Northern Tribune @northerntribune.ca · 18/12/2024
🎵 ch-ch-changes 🎵 Ten club option decisions are made, but that isn’t the only roster news to be had with Halifax! #TogetherFromAways #CanPL
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Halifax Wanderers Trigger Five Options, But Big Names Leaving - Northern Tribune
Five options triggered, five options passed, and that isn’t all the action for the Wanderers today.
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David Eaves @eaves.ca · 17/12/2024
This is worth following: @pahlkadot.bsky.social and @andrewgreenway.bsky.social have a report coming on state capacity. open.substack.com/pub/eatingpo...
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Announcing our new report
Coming soon: "The How We Need Now: A Capacity Agenda for 2025 and Beyond"
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David Eaves @eaves.ca · 17/12/2024
Attention to Civil Society orgs in tech... Call for Proposals: Initiative for Digital Public Interest Fund for Civil Society Engaging on DPI digitalpublicinterest.org/call-for-pro...
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Call for Proposals: Initiative for Digital Public Interest Fund for Civil Society Engaging on DPI
Civil society has demonstrated profound interest and urgency in taking on the work to advocate for and strengthen governance, human rights protections and rule of law around digital public infrastruct...
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