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Lesley Carhart :unverified: @hacks4pancakes.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

Americans and other white people with strong passports are absolutely going to drive me to a bottle of whiskey with the perpetual, “my company shouldn’t complain when I work with no proper visa or authorisation from a foreign county, without asking” comments, and I’m a huge remote work advocate.

@hacks4pancakes what about when you travel internationally for work?
There's no legal or tax implications and no visa needed for that.
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@ of course you need a visa to travel for work. It's a business visitor visa. People with strong passports aren't really aware we're getting one when we apply for evisas or have visas in principle. But we absolutely have to have them too. And they are limited to business visitor activities.

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Rob Bos @rbos.mastodon.novylen.net.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026

@camelliakyoto I and my partner went to one of your group tea ceremony sessions yesterday, and enjoyed it very much. I believe the host was Satsuki. Thank you!

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Rob Bos @rbos.mastodon.novylen.net.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

I notice that @emilylowan is no longer posting on behalf of the Green party on Mastodon. That's disappointing, and is some pretty visible evidence that they don't feel like they can support Canadian social media. Trapping Canadian political parties' public outreach on US-owned social media is a […]

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Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 @chris.mstdn.chrisalemany.ca.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026

It is sad that none of the parties in BC or Canada have said anything about digital sovereignty or even just using Canadian social media channels at all. It’s all Twitter, Facebook and Bluesky. 🇺🇸 I guess “choose Canada” doesn’t apply to online. 😢 👎 thesocialweb.ca #canada #canpoli […]

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ElwoodCity_Blues @elwoodcity.thecanadian.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026

RE: mastodon.world/@TrueNorthSpice/1173… I would love for the next Social Media Coordinator to find the ad on the Fediverse!

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Rob Bos @rbos.mastodon.novylen.net.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026

Google's Android Developer Verification program requires government ID, signing key evidence, and a fee for any developer who wants their software installable on Android. The EFF calls app gatekeeping "a pathway to censorship." over 67 organizations have signed an open letter opposing it […]

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Steve Dodge @jsdodge.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 06/09/2026

I soured on Sabine Hossenfelder some time ago, as it became clear that she had become (or always was) transparently reactionary and unhinged. It appears she has only gotten worse. youtu.be/BdB79BUcLV0

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Vision Zero Vancouver @visionzerovancouver.ca · 21/08/2026

Warning, hearing first-hand reports that the VPD are ticketing cyclists westbound at 1st & Crowe. There's a VPD parking lot on the right and a cop hit a cyclist there recently. Approx 0% of cars stop at this stop sign but they specifically said they're only targetting cyclists.

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Felicitas Pojtinger 🌅 @pojntfx.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/08/2026

Imagine an agent of a foreign adversary having arbitrary control over what your citizens can run what they want on the hardware they own, while you as the government just sit back, collect taxes, and sell out your country. Pathetic

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 15/07/2026

830 wildfires burning across Canada right now. And you know what’s going to make it worse in the future? More oil pipelines. This is why our voice and our vote matters.

A NASA map of the wildfires burning across Canada right now.

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Rob Bos @rbos.mastodon.novylen.net.ap.brid.gy · 05/06/2026

www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/rogen… Rebooting The Littlest Hobo. I don't know how to feel about this.

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Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 @chris.mstdn.chrisalemany.ca.ap.brid.gy · 01/06/2026

really happy to see nearly 200 signatures on the petition to the Government of Canada to restore the services cut from Environment and Climate Change Canada. Science, research, and emergency preparedness should not be at the whim of political winds […] [Original post on mstdn.chrisalemany.ca]

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Rob Bos @rbos.mastodon.novylen.net.ap.brid.gy · 30/05/2026

Petition to review Pete Hoekstra's conduct as US Ambassador to Canada: www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Peti…

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Felicitas Pojtinger 🌅 @pojntfx.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/05/2026

You will own something and be happy

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Mastodon Engineering @mastodonengineering.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/05/2026

We just released Mastodon 4.5.10, 4.4.17, and 4.3.23. These versions contain several medium and high severity security fixes. Also, please note that this marks the final Mastodon v4.3 update, this branch is now unsupported. If you are still using it, please move to a newer version as soon as […]

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Rob Bos @rbos.mastodon.novylen.net.ap.brid.gy · 13/05/2026

@leahmcelrath.bsky.social North Korea has the opportunity to do the funniest thing ever.

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Bruce Sterling @bruces @bruces.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/05/2026

*First, generate 100 Agentic buzzwords. Next, print that out and tape it to your mirror youtu.be/JgVBqcqUGE0?si=wjR0xYATHqQ…

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Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/04/2026

It's cold enough and their ears are droopy enough that we need to use the sock trick again this year (sorry babies, maybe your ears will be warm enough after my zoom meetings that I can take them off) #BabyGoatCountdown

2 baby goats with sock tubes around their necks, covering up their gigantic droopy ears to keep them warm. They're under a heat lamp, and their white mama is in the background licking the third baby.

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Harold Jarche @harold.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/04/2026

"There is one thing we can say for Trump’s attacks on Canada: they have finally given us the space to speak openly and honestly about many of the ways the U.S.-Canada relationship has not been working for us for a very long time — and the digital dimension of our lopsided economic integration is […]

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Chuck Darwin @cdarwin.c.im.ap.brid.gy · 12/04/2026

EpsteinWiki is a collaborative research archive dedicated to documenting the evidence surrounding the Jeffrey Epsteintrafficking network. Critical records remain scattered across court filings, depositions, FOIA releases, investigative reporting, and government archives. Our goal is to bring […]

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myrmepropagandist @futurebird.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 12/04/2026

hyperbole? hypobole? eg "The British art of hypobole."

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AstroHyde @astrohyde.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/04/2026

Our crew at the observatory has CAPTURED THE ORION SPACECRAFT... despite the weather in #Toronto #canada ... the low position of #ArtemisII in the sky and having had to take the science ccd off for repairs. Enjoy everyone, now you too can wave at the pixel […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

A still from the Allan I Carswell Observatory 1m telescope showing the position of the Orion craft on the background stars as featured in the video link. There's an arrow annotated to point at it and text that says 'Orion Craft, Artemis II'

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Digital Preservation Coalition @dpc-chat.digipres.club.ap.brid.gy · 09/04/2026

A warm welcome to our newest Associate Member: the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)!🍁 🎉 As Canada’s national broadcaster, CBC has promoted culture and supported democratic life for almost 90 years. We’re looking forward to working together and sharing […] [Original post on digipres.club]

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Rob Bos @rbos.mastodon.novylen.net.ap.brid.gy · 08/04/2026

@StephenRees Nice. We were just talking about the R2 line the other day. The weak link is the on/off ramp to the bridge, and the lane on Hastings. Hopefully the Heights merchant association gets their heads out of their collective asses and stops fighting for a few parking spots at the cost of […]

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Stephen Rees :verifiedgreen: @stephenrees.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 08/04/2026

TransLink fast-tracks major RapidBus expansion from North Shore to Metrotown New all-day service will connect North Shore, Vancouver, Burnaby #Vancouver #Transit TransLink is accelerating the launch of the R2 RapidBus extension to Metrotown, bringing faster, more […] [Original post on mas.to]

A map of Vancouver showing the proposed new rapid bus service

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Rob Bos @rbos.mastodon.novylen.net.ap.brid.gy · 07/04/2026

I've been reading "The Fabric of Civilization" which is an overview of how textiles are one of the fundamental human technologies going back to the very beginning. It makes a good case for textiles being possibly THE most important technology […]

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laura lemay @lemay.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/04/2026

People who claim there is no engagement on Mastodon have never posted a photo of a really cute cat and it shows.

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Martin Rundkvist @mrundkvist.archaeo.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/04/2026

I can't overstate this. NASA's use of pounds and cubic feet in its outreach efforts does not come across to science-literate people, inside or outside the US, as a sign that the country is a badass superpower that can do what it likes and ignore everyone else. Instead it suggests that the US is […]

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Matt Blaze @mattblaze.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/04/2026

@RVLara23 As the old joke goes: guy goes to newsstand every day, scans all the front pages, ever buys a paper. Proprietor finally asks him, "What are you looking for every day?" "An obituary". "But the obituaries are printed inside the papers". "Not the one I'm looking for."

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Tom Warren @tomwarren.co.uk · 02/04/2026

NASA’s mission to orbit the Moon is being interrupted by Outlook (New) and Outlook (classic) both refusing to open 😂

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Barry Deutsch @barrydeutsch.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

How Hard Could Getting Voter ID Be? Read more cartoons! ---> #PoliCartoon Help us make more! ----> patreon.com/barry

TRANSCRIPT OF CARTOON

This cartoon has four panels, each showing a different scene. In addition, there’s a small “kicker” panel under the fourth panel.

PANEL 1

The panel shows a counter at a fast food restaurant. We can see a couple of customers, and a couple of workers. The workers are wearing hats that very vaguely resemble hamburger buns. A sign on the wall shows a smiling hamburger with eyes, below the caption “Soilent Green YUM.” A smaller sign says “SAFETY” in larger letters followed by tiny print, which says “is a word we use a lot so you can’t sue us.”

The worker at the cash register is turning to speak directly to the reader.

WORKER: To get an official photo I.D., I have to go to the nearest government office, which is 90 miles away, and I don’t have a car, and even if I did my boss won’t give me a weekday off.

PANEL 2

We’re in what looks like someone’s back yard. In the foreground is a garden, with some sort of plant being grown in tidy rows. An elderly woman is kneeling on the ground in front of the garden, wearing a floppy straw hat, an apron with a floral patter, and holding a trowel. She speaks directly to the reader.

WOMAN: I can’t get I.D. without a birth certificate. But when I was born home births didn’t get birth certificates.

PANEL 3

A mover wearing jeans and a black tank top is carrying a sofa as he’s talking to the reader.
MOVER: The state charges $60 for a driver’s license…. but first I’d need a copy of my birth certificate, which is $30. I can’t afford 90 dollars to vote!

PANEL 4

This panel shows the interior of a coffee shop. A man and a woman sit together at a table. They're both looking at their devices, him annoyed, her dismissive.
MAN: Why wouldn’t anyone be able to get an I.D.? Idiots!
WOMAN: People like that don’t deserve to vote.

SMALL KICKER PANEL UNDER THE BOTTOM OF THE CARTOON
The man from panel 4 yelling at Barry
MAN: If it’s easy for me it must be easy for everybody! That’s just science!

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Jared White (ResistanceNet ✊) @jaredwhite.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/03/2026

WOW. With the news that Bluesky closed a $100M Series B (!!) last April and didn't tell anyone (??) until now, it's just become far more obvious that Bluesky is inching very close to its full enshittification era. You don't raise that kind of money unless you're ready for *massive* capture of […]

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Rob Bos @rbos.mastodon.novylen.net.ap.brid.gy · 18/03/2026

The Firefly panel where they talk about the new animated series. Hype! youtu.be/7DlFJDrq3sU

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Ron Dyck @dyckron.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 12/03/2026

"But where Alberta’s logic breaks down is in its repeated failure to upgrade its grid to safely handle the B.C. inter-tie, she said. 'The fact they haven’t, that’s political,' McPherson added. 'That’s insane.' This situation — where Alberta benefits from the intertie as a contingency while not […]

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Rob Bos @rbos.mastodon.novylen.net.ap.brid.gy · 07/03/2026

"And I can't help but wonder, now, Willy McBride - do all those who lie here know why they died? Did you really believe them when they told you the cause? Did you really believe that this war would end war? The suffering, the sorrow, the glory, the shame, the killing, the dying, it was all done […]

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Fair Vote Canada 🗳️🍁 @fairvote.ca · 06/03/2026

Great to see @avilewis.ca calling for electoral reform and a Citizens Assembly. Thanks for putting this on the agenda! The goal should be a voting system where organizing and turnout actually translate into representation. A proportional voting system makes every vote count.

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Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Great sentence from the part of Wodehouse's career where he gets good: "The floor was crowded with all that was best and noblest in the country; so that a half-brick, hurled at any given moment, must infallibly have spilt blue blood."

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Rob Bos @rbos.mastodon.novylen.net.ap.brid.gy · 04/03/2026

@wackJackle In other news, concentration camp guards need therapy for their trauma.

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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 03/03/2026

I KNOW IT SUCKS, I KNOW IT IS NOT WHAT YOU WANT, BUT PLEASE DISABLE YOUR DAMN OPEN MASTODON INSTANCE REGISTRATIONS

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