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Tim Lavoie

@tim-lavoie.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy
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Working in infosec, from my island paradise. Fascinated by how tech is (ab)used in real life, and how it might help, or hinder our lives. Love messing with […] [bridged from cosocial.ca/@tim_lavoie on the fediverse by fed.brid.gy ]

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Anil Madhavapeddy @avsm.amok.recoil.org.ap.brid.gy · 10h
.plan: it's the end of my sabbatical this week, so I'm making a winter reading list, and enjoying a storm of research (although I really wish the thousands of OSS security issues weren't a thing) anil.recoil.org/notes/2026w39
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.plan-26-39: End of my sabbatical, and I feeeel fine!
Reflections on the end of my sabbatical, with a reading list on societal change, Tessera's embeddings finish converting, Scrutineer continues to find security fixes galore, good news from Scotland.
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Obsidian Urbex Photography @obsidianurbex.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 16h
👻 After three visits, I still get goosebumps as I push open the heavy doors and step inside once more. This spectacular control room was built in the 1920s in Art Deco style. Natural light enters through an immense central skylight. Levers, switches, and dials […] [Original post on mstdn.social]
An abandoned Art Deco power plant control room features a grand domed skylight illuminating vintage control panels. A central structure and metal railings are also visible.
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jonny (nonvenomous) @jonny.neuromatch.social.ap.brid.gy · 22h
As a side note, if meta has a problem with me disclosing unreleased features, they should have not had a bunch of their senior people publicly say how everything on the VM was mine and there was nothing sensitive on the VM.
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abadidea @0xabad1dea.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026
incidentally, I am still open to finding a job I enjoy more 1) I work from home in Amsterdam. If you are also in Amsterdam, I can physically appear before you on a regular basis. 2) I am not at this exact second a Dutch citizen but I'm working on getting that sorted and finally getting my US […]
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Matt Blaze @mattblaze.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026
The "AI changes everything" people rhyme remarkably well with the "blockchain changes everything" people.
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Ingo Frommholz @ingo.idf.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026
RE: idf.social/@djoerd/1173476250200419… “The real test of an AI-mediated tutor is not what a child can do with AI beside them, but what the child can still do when the AI is gone.” That holds true for students also. Children and students are not guinea pigs for a technology that […]
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highly praised and little read @hannah.posts.rat.pictures.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026
If you told me twenty five years ago that 2026 would feel like if douglas adams wrote cyberpunk i would think i’d be enjoying it more
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Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026
Every year there's always one hen who goes and hides in the barn and makes her own nest in September, which is rather late for chicks in Saskatchewan. This particular mama did this last year too. I was going to see how many eggs she's sitting on, but I forgot […] [Original post on mastodon.social]
An orange hen nesting in a large cardboard box with some random bits of twine.  She looks evil.
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Low Quality Facts @lowqualityfacts.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026
That makes sense.
Karaoke is a Korean word that translates to "sing like nobody loves you".
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Simon Zerafa @simonzerafa.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026
If you should happen to possess an LG G6 OLED TV and would like to disable the spying microphones and actively hostile WiFi/BT module, then the details are below. Perhaps this type of modification would make for a great service to offer, if you have the skills to do so? 🙂🖖 […]
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Berkubernetus @fuzzychef.m6n.io.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026
Photo of a sailing ship.

SCURVY: for when life doesn't give you lemons.
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Karl Voit :emacs: :orgmode: @publicvoit.graz.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026
#Oban #Scotland
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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
very good video + also very good hat
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highly praised and little read @hannah.posts.rat.pictures.ap.brid.gy · 16/08/2026
As grotesque and obviously AI generated images start to appear on every single menu, poster, billboard, etc I’m starting to understand why the Amish are like that
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jcrabapple @jcrabapple.dmv.community.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026
FeedEcho exists because I used and loved Echofeed, the little service that cross-posted your RSS feed to Mastodon, Bluesky, and more. When it was announced that it was shutting down, I knew I would miss it, so I built a service inspired by it. FeedEcho watches your RSS or Atom feed and sends […]
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Ernie Smith @ernie.writing.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026
Good news or bad news depending on your POV: Usenet archives are suddenly easy to dig through, thanks to a new service. It’s built by a big data guy, and it’s packed with every awkward thing you ever wrote in a newsgroup in 1997. My deep dive […]
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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
i thought PBS did a really good job on this and was very thankful to go on: www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_Fp...
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Flock Cameras Are Everywhere. Who’s Watching You? | Amanpour and Company
YouTube video by Amanpour and Company
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Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026
I needed a goat-apple-opera break from grant-writing and I bet you do too.
A white goat wish her head thrown back, chewing an apple, but sort of looks like she's singing.  There are several other goats in the background, one other one obviously eating an apple.  Four goats, two white and two black, all eating apples with their heads back and their mouths open like they are singing opera.  Two goats, one white and one black, look like they are singing with their heads back as they eat red apples.  There's a tall wooden fence in the background and green grass under their feet, as well as several other goats in the background.
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abadidea @0xabad1dea.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026
I like this Mongolian metal video where a shifty young man in a hoodie gets Summoned before the Ancestor Warriors so they can chant aggressively at him that a Real Man is polite, honest, gentle, kind and generous (and good at stabbing dudes when the situation calls for it) (the English lyrics […]
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ploum @ploum.mamot.fr.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026
— It seems our extra powerful AI has escaped confinement and managed to send millions of marketing emails… — Boss ! It’s not… — Our AI also built thousands of fake reviews websites — No, it’s… — Our AI posted comments everywhere. We destroyed the World Wide Web. — Boss, our AI was not powered […]
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Joshua Byrd 🐀 @phocks.bne.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026
Shout out to this project. "Standard Ebooks is a volunteer-driven project that produces new editions of public domain ebooks that are lovingly formatted, open source, free of U.S. copyright restrictions, and free of cost." Absolutely incredible. standardebooks.org
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ploum @ploum.mamot.fr.ap.brid.gy · 09/09/2026
Hacker News homepage is mostly AI announcement. My latest blog post, which is anti-AI, was posted there (not by me), quickly gained traction then disappeared from the home page while older post with less votes where still there. I don’t feel it is any conspiracy but there’s probably some […]
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Tim Lavoie @tim-lavoie.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy · 08/09/2026
So, I built a new peanut feeder, mounted on top of the eye-level stump that the camera bird feeder is on. I saw that some peanuts had been eaten, didn’t know if the ravens had found it, or smaller birds. How about, neither? #catsofmastodon
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Chris Dwan (he/him) @somershade.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
A friend refers to the "a pedestrian was struck by a car" construction as the "exonerative" tense, and that shall be its name henceforth and hereafter.
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Low Frequency Ovipositor @pikesley.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 05/09/2026
"The dogmatic anti-asbestos rhetoric on here is getting really toxic. Sometimes it's just the right tool for the job"
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
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Urban Dinosaurs @urbandinosaurs.urbanists.social.ap.brid.gy · 31/08/2026
Lightning. 6" (on an interval timer), f/22, ISO 80, 24 mm, slightly enhanced to bring out the branching bolts.. It's likely another month before I can get out looking for birds, but I could mount a short lens on my tripod. #weatherPhotography
A lightning bolt from high in the frame, disappearing behind some trees. In the lower half of the picture, there are numerous smaller bolts branching out.
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Brett Cannon @brettcannon.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 31/08/2026
These sorts of arbitrary renames seem to make OpenStreetMap even more important than ever. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/google-updat…
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Terence Eden @edent.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/08/2026
🆕 blog! “"iT woRKs BeTter in THe aPp!!"” The monkey-punchers at Google never quite seem to finish any of their apps. There's always some useful bit of work left undone, or showstopping bug which remains unfixed, a thousand jagged edges as yet unsolved by the greatest minds of their generation […]
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M. Grégoire @mpjgregoire.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy · 27/08/2026
Canadian governments ought to replace MS Office by #LibreOffice. (This is one of those actions that cause pain in the US, but benefit Canadians; governments should have done it long ago.) mastodonapp.uk/@wood5y/117161602409… #CanPol #cdnpoli #TrumpTariffs
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Steve Woods (@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk)
"LibreOffice 26.8 contains no generative AI features. Documents are never transmitted to remote services and no component requires network access to function. The suite includes no advertising, no telemetry, no subscription and no account requirement, unlike some well-known proprietary office suites." #LibreOffice #opensource #odf #openstandards https://www.slwoods.co.uk/?p=17192
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Lety Does Stuff @lety.doesstuff.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/08/2026
now people are asking what fork i recommend idk one with four little pointy sticks on the end, three is too little
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raptor @raptor.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 26/08/2026
#RIPTimCurry
#RIP Tim Curry
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Solar Panels in London @solar.bots.edent.tel · 25/08/2026
Today, my #SolarPanels generated 20.91kWh of solar electricity. FAQ: shkspr.mobi/blog/solar-faq
A colourful graph showing how the solar panels performed during the day.
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Liam Proven @lproven.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 24/08/2026
Jack Miladin

"Had Canada been treating us fairly, this would never have happened. So, buckle up Canada, you're taking on Goliath."

Janel Comaeau

"Hey quick question does Goliath win in that story"
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Sal Rahman @manlycoffee.techhub.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/08/2026
This subreddit has some pretty good stuff in it. www.reddit.com/r/BuyCanadian
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Sal Rahman @manlycoffee.techhub.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/08/2026
Post for people planning to buy an E-reader: I own a Kobo. Some may not consider it a Canadian brand, but it started in Canada, and their brand's headquarter is still in Toronto Ontario. Really good stuff. ca.kobobooks.com/products/kobo-clar… #Canada #ElbowsUp
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Kobo Clara BW
Enjoy the joys of reading with the Kobo Clara BW eReader. Read comfortably with features like a 6" E Ink screen, waterproofing, ComfortLight Pro, and more.
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Tim Bray 🇨🇦 @timbray.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy · 21/08/2026
Awww. petapixel.com/2026/08/21/photograph… I’m sure there’s a metaphor lurking in here…
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Photographer Captures Day-Old Goslings Leaping From Their Nest
Geronimooo!
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Erin Dalzell (He/Him) 🇨🇦 @emd.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy · 22/08/2026
Have we ever had a leader as well spoken and thoughtful? Great speech! www.youtube.com/live/Dx9ExdjaREg?si… #ElbowsUp #CanadaStrong
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DEF CON @defcon.defcon.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/08/2026
For your weekend: The first early release talk from DEF CON 34 has made it to our YouTube channel. Please enjoy national treasure Cliff Stoll updating his 'Stalking the Wily Hacker' and casually dropping gems all over the place. If you haven't read 'The Cuckoo's Egg', this is your sign from […]
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Ross A. Baker @rossabaker.com · 17/08/2026
@cks Does this sequence help? The first to reactivate the region (if you haven't moved), and the second to turn it back into a rectangle: C-x C-x ;; exchange-point-and-mark C-x SPC ;; rectangle-mark-mode
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Theodora Ward @theodoraward.wandering.shop.ap.brid.gy · 13/08/2026
yesterday i was talking about mastodon and someone was like "what the fuck is that" and without thinking i said "linux twitter"
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mx alex tax1a - 2020 (6) @atax1a.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 13/08/2026
oh sure when _we_ depart from reality on some kind of psychotic break that's a "medical emergency" and "acute crisis" but when the entire tech field does it that's "just innovation" and "the future"
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Leander Lindahl @leanderlindahl.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/08/2026
I don't get the argument that public institutions "have to be where people are". Why? Pornhub has about the same amount of monthly active users as X. No one thinks our EU commissioners or the Swedish parliament must be on Pornhub. In the pre-socials era no one expected the prime minister to […]
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852dude @852dude.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Bro. People are cool as fuck.
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Maj - 🇨🇦 @maj.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy · 11/08/2026
We, the undersigned, residents of Canada, call upon the Government of Canada to: 1. Formally declare Pete Hoekstra persona non grata and request his removal as U.S. Ambassador to Canada; 2. Raise with the United States the pattern of conduct by Ambassador Hoekstra inconsistent with the Vienna […]
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ploum @ploum.mamot.fr.ap.brid.gy · 11/08/2026
To teach my students the fallacy of "I have nothing to hide", I simply ask them to tell the whole class about the last time they masturbated. It is surprisingly efficient, they immediately grasp it. I never had someone argues with me on the subject after that.
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