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Kevin Lloyd @kevinlovestech.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

If you don't want your account and data based in the US, EuroSky is an excellent option. It's still BlueSky. New accounts get access within a day now.

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Kevin Lloyd @kevinlovestech.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

If you’re looking for a CANADIAN based Facebook replacement with NO ADS, check out hey.cafe! Paid options available to support. Find me: hey.cafe/@kevinlloyd

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Hey.Café

A new social network designed to be fast, contains no ads, and respects your privacy. Share in a safe online community and make new friends.

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Kevin Lloyd @kevinlovestech.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Now posting to BlueSky via @eurosky.social. Please follow me there. :D Open registration coming very soon! Get on the waitlist! It won’t be long! Follow: @kevin.eurosky.social

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Kevin @kevin.eurosky.social · 10/02/2026

First post. Hello everyone! Excited to be here! I am a: * Technology enthusiast with over 20 years in IT. * Writer (blog posts, how to guides, working on a couple of books) * Volunteer * Former long-time Caregiver * Chronic illness sufferer * Canadian, Albertan, Maritimer at heart

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Kevin Lloyd @kevinlovestech.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

On indefinite Social Media hiatus as of 08/30/25. I can be reached via my personal Substack blog (see bio). Take care of yourselves.

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Kevin Lloyd @kevinlovestech.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

A "Navigator" responded to my detailed email requesting a phone call. Yeah, okay. It'll be quick, though. My email was clear. Send an Assessor (Nurse) who adheres to the laws, not one who claims to have powers they don't.

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Kevin Lloyd @kevinlovestech.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

I'm just going to say it...decent interest in my archived How To Guides at KevinTheTechGuy.ca, but almost nothing in terms of paid subscribers out of that. If you get value out of my work, please support me.

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Kevin The Tech Guy | Substack

Please subscribe to my FREE blog posts, and learn more about my home business offering computer repair services. **YOU DO NOT NEED TO SIGN UP TO ACCESS THIS WEBSITE.**. Click to read Kevin The Tech Gu...

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Kevin Lloyd @kevinlovestech.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

Another CGI fest I will happily ignore.

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Kevin Lloyd @kevinlovestech.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

Americans better be having regrets. Choices were made that allowed this to become reality. We were warned for years. To claim ignorance rings hollow. Both sides are to blame for different reasons, and I'm not seeing evidence either side has learned much.

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Kevin Lloyd @kevinlovestech.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

Are you following and financially supporting @kimsiever.bsky.social's work at the Alberta Worker? Kim covers labour and politics in Alberta with depth and independence. Paid subscriptions make his reporting possible. albertaworker.ca

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The Alberta Worker

The Alberta Worker covers labour issues and politics in investigative and critical ways.

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Kevin Lloyd @kevinlovestech.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

Yes, absolutely. But I would question what supports are in place to ensure a full recovery and prosperity. If I had control over that, too, then I'd feel even better about it. In truth, it's not this simple. NIMBYism is real, and resources are severely lacking. cc @markcherrington.bsky.social

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Kevin Lloyd @kevinlovestech.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

Right, yes, on Patreon. I guess I never thought of it like a newsletter. Maybe daily is too often? I have switched to weekly and a paid monthly for mine. I'm still creating the blog posts and YouTube Shorts, but I don't want people to become numb to them.

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Kevin Lloyd @kevinlovestech.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

My latest free weekly newsletter. Paid monthly newsletter starts next month. If you find value in my work, please support me.

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Kevin Lloyd @kevinlovestech.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

I think you're putting in too much effort for too little return. For example, I appreciate your short videos, but they're not getting traction. Maybe do a weekly or monthly (paid?) newsletter to remind people of what you're doing?

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Kevin Lloyd @kevinlovestech.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

I'm relieved to hear some have helped you out. I'm frustrated that it took you pouring your heart out like that in desperation for it to happen. I really wish you would put some of your work behind a paywall, or narrow your focus. I had to, and it's slowly working.

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Kevin Lloyd @kevinlovestech.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Never Again: Why I Refuse to Carry the Burden of Caregiving I was writing a book about how to survive family illness and Caregiving, but now I know I should have walked away. Here's why. kevinspeaksup.substack.com/p/never-agai...

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Kevin Lloyd @kevinlovestech.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

This is no more of a practical solution than making Linux look more like Windows. Pointless and doesn’t solve the problems.

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Kevin Lloyd @kevinlovestech.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

I completely agree, but seemingly the best the NDP can do is complain about the UCP. Straight up tell us what you’ll do. Shitting on the other team isn’t doing what you think it’s doing. @albertandp.ca

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Kevin Lloyd @kevinlovestech.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

I guess Ridley Scott has nothing better to do.

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Ashley Salvador @ashleysalvador.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

A school bus, but on bikes! I recently joined parents, kids, and volunteers for a community ride to celebrate the launch of @bikebusedmonton.bsky.social. #yegbike

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Kevin Lloyd @kevinlovestech.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

How’s the vacation and renos going? I’d like to hear about that sort of thing from people. Day to day stuff, like Social Media used to be.

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Mark Cherrington @markcherrington.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Vulnerable individuals I work with don't have cars, but have needs: shopping, attending appointments, visiting children, etc. Many use buses, many depend on bicycles, e-scooters, skateboards, and yes, even shopping carts. They want to be safe as much as you and I. #abpoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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Provincial pressure mounts as Edmonton mayor vows to push forward with bike lanes | CBC News

Sohi said he told the minister in a Monday morning meeting that it’s too late to pause or reverse bike lane plans at 132nd Avenue, Alberta Avenue and in Delton because contracts have been signed.

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Mark Cherrington @markcherrington.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Want to learn more about the work I do, and hear stories about the vulnerable people I help? Check out the 14 episodes of my podcast recorded so far with @kevinlovestech.bsky.social! It's only on YouTube. www.youtube.com/@markcherrin...

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Mark Cherrington Podcast

I use this podcast to tell the stories of some of the people I help, and how I help them as part of the Coalition for Justice and Human Rights. I have shared what I can on Social Media over the years,...

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Andy Baio @andy.baio.net · 27/08/2025

Infuriating they were reassuring customers as recently as March. "If it were to change at some point, there would likely be a tool to help bloggers migrate to another platform. However, as mentioned, there is no plan at this time to shut down Typepad, and the Support team are still here for you."

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Typepad told me they aren't going out of business. Hope that's true.

I've been blogging with Typepad since 2003, which is when Wikipedia says Typepad launched. So I must have been one of their earliest customers. Now I have three Typepad blogs. So while I've gotten use...

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Kevin Lloyd @kevinlovestech.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

IMHO it's a rather stunning achievement that Social Media companies convinced nearly every biz in the world to permanently put their logo on their branding, vehicle wraps, etc, for free marketing in the attempt to "connect" with customers, which was honestly never the point.

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Kevin Lloyd @kevinlovestech.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Painstakingly put together detailed notes to use at my bank appt today to get info about financially preparing for MAID. Didn’t use them. Somehow I just knew what to say and it flowed. Weird how that works.

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Kevin Lloyd @kevinlovestech.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

I can request a third Assessor to be the "tie-breaker", as she put it, and I likely will. I'll talk about this on mylifeiwithibs.substack.com.

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Kevin Lloyd @kevinlovestech.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Second MAID assessment done today. She contradicted some of the "basics" of eligibility that the program has confirmed to me multiple times. She denied me based on how she interprets the law and her role as an Assessor, which she claims she can do. I'll iron out the details with their office.

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Yep. Prestige podcasting is dying for the same reason as the rest of the media: Pontificating is cheap and reporting is expensive.

It turned out that companies could make way more money if they went straight to the profitable projects—the ones that favored big names and “always on” publishing schedules, and which required (and allowed for) less editing, less format experimentation, and less contemplation. This is why the word “podcast” increasingly means “dudes talking at each other for five hours on camera.” Those hours are then cut down to one minute-ish clips to share on social media in the increasingly futile hope that one will go viral. Step 3, as always, is: ??? Step 4, the most important one, remains: Profit. The result of this enshittification is a fundamentally different medium, and one that produces work very different than the kind I got into this business to make. The consensus picks among people in the industry for the best and most influential podcasts of all time are the sort of work that the industry mostly does not produce anymore—higher-touch narrative projects that are more novel than shitpost, and more art than commerce.

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Kevin Lloyd @kevinlovestech.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Our Handyman has expressed interest in doing that work full-time after 20+ years in automotive parts at a dealership. We were discussing a new website. Most people get pointed toward WordPress. For the landing page he's basically looking for, I suggested Wix or Squarespace.

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deck.blue @deck.blue · 25/08/2025

brazil is on the way of implementing a similar age-verification system to the uk that is """for the children""" and if that ends up happening i'll have to shut down deck.blue i'm operating under brazilian laws and i don't want to build a verification system that will do more harm than anything else

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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Online age verification is not like "showing ID to buy alcohol" because a) the liquor store doesn't get to scan your ID and store a digital copy of it forever in a database that will inevitably get hacked b) you don't have to show ID to go to the library because they have cocktail recipe books

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Kevin Lloyd @kevinlovestech.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Side note: Are you planning on doing more of those e-bike vlogs? Really enjoyed the one a few weeks back!

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Kevin Lloyd @kevinlovestech.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Maybe it doesn't need replacing. It was a fun experiment. Bluesky is certainly the best version of what's left.

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Kevin Lloyd @kevinlovestech.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

If it comes down to giving billionaires control in order to do things in space, IMHO, we just need to call it quits now. It's not worth it. Imagine what $4B could do for those in poverty.

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Kevin Lloyd @kevinlovestech.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

I check in a couple of times per day, but usually what I'm seeing doesn't interest me. I'm certainly posting less. I post my latest blog posts to my home biz accounts, but I don't interact there. It's a replacement RSS feed really. The heyday of Social Media is done.

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Kevin Lloyd @kevinlovestech.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Mom will be getting her COVID and flu vaccines while she house sits in BC this winter. "Who knows what they'll do in Alberta! They'll probably try to make me pay for it, or it'll be out of stock! Why is this allowed to happen in Canada?!"

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Kevin Lloyd @kevinlovestech.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Following a bad IBS flare-up, I spent last night working on How-To Guides for Mom, a home inventory list for insurance, and editing @kttgfeed.bsky.social YouTube Shorts.

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Kevin Lloyd @kevinlovestech.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

Will canvassing start soon for those with mobility challenges and health issues? I see some mobile options being mentioned. I'm in Red Deer.

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Kevin Lloyd @kevinlovestech.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

Made the shift today from covering Windows to now focusing on iPhone on my home business website, and doing YouTube Shorts. Health and family challenges are forcing me to reduce my workload, and iPhone is a better fit. My iPhone stuff is already getting traction.

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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

preparation

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IF ONLY WE WERE PREPARED TO TACKLE CATASTROPHIC CLIMATE CHANGE
THE WAY WE ARE IN THE OFF CHANCE EVERYONE ON THE PLANET DRIVES TO THE MALL ON THE SAME DAY.

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Jen the Feisty Librarian @feistywaters.com · 23/08/2025

Happy pride parade to Edmonton today, especially my CSU 52 comrades, everyone who protested the fucko bucko concert last night and those who continue to fight for the rights of LGBTQIA2S+ people of all ages.

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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

Nova Scotia's iconic Blue Nose is refusing to travel to Trumpland. This is a huge decision given the role they play in the international schooner festivals. But they will not cross the border. The Blue Nose is your dime. If they can hold the line against fascism. So can you. Keep the boycott strong.

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Kevin Lloyd @kevinlovestech.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Supporting libraries is worth it whenever possible, but I have never forgiven the frustration in the 2000s of renting DVDs that are seriously scratched up and often skipping or refusing to play at random. Are libraries keeping on top of that and checking?

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Kevin Lloyd @kevinlovestech.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

The second MAID physician FINALLY reached out nearly a month after the first assessment. We're doing phone tag. I don't know if or when I will ultimately go through with it, but I want to be approved so the CHOICE is MINE.

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Jason Haslam @jasonhaslam.ca · 20/08/2025

Here’s where we stand: My union moved on salary and was willing to talk: Dal mgmnt was not interested My union offered to find ways to save money: Mgmnt said no. My union wanted to work together to build new child care: Mgmnt didn’t care. Let’s #KeepDalStrong, we said. No, they replied.

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Kevin Lloyd @kevinlovestech.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Or your blog post. Or newsletter.

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Kevin Lloyd @kevinlovestech.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

I love it when people on Substack push the idea of “give people what they want to get subscribers” as click bait, then bury their supposed gospel of advice below “don’t do this” ramblings, near the end of a 3,000 word think piece.

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Kevin Lloyd @kevinlovestech.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

In recent years, some of those who voted for the C*ns claimed they were “tricked” or “didn’t fully understand” what or who they were voting for. That can no longer be believed. This is an overwhelmingly majority for a man Canadians know VERY well. This is deliberate choice.

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