Open post BG McKay (Brian) 🇨🇦 @BGMcKay@mastodon.world · 17mo ago Replying to @FediTips@social.growyourown.services <p>In case you missed it, Bluesky is apparently caving to an authoritarian government:</p><p>➡️ <a href="https://mas.to/@osma/114346166890552471" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">mas.to/@osma/114346166890552471</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>This is why the Fediverse is so important: each Fedi server is totally independent, servers communicate directly with each other, anyone can set up a server anywhere.</p><p>Bluesky posts all flow through Bluesky's own corporate relay which is impossible to bypass, making censorship easy.</p><p>:Fediverse: No one controls the Fediverse</p><p>🦋 Bluesky is controlled by a US-based for-profit corporation</p> @FediTips I have seen other reports that it is the Turkish gvmt shutting down servers that BlueSky was using. Not BlueSky doing the censoring. I do not know which is more correct.
Open post BG McKay (Brian) 🇨🇦 @BGMcKay@mastodon.world · 8mo ago Replying to @paulbusch@mstdn.ca <p>Good Morning <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Canada</span></a> <br />Tod Maffin, former <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/CBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CBC</span></a> Broadcaster, is now referred to as an expert on Canadian culture and Identity, and a viral content creator. If you have followed Tod over the past few years you have seen a progression from explaining Canadians to our southern neighbours to becoming politely militant in the face of an increasingly hostile U.S. government. His latest contribution deserves the Order of Canada and a superhero cape. He launched a social media campaign to attract American <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Healthcare</span></a> workers to his community and from there the Healthcare Infusion Organization was born. There are now 20 chapters across Canada focused on recruiting and supporting doctors, nurses, and healthcare professionals in local communities facing staff shortages. He has done more to improve Canadian Healthcare than any level of government in this country. </p><p>Follow him at <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hci.social/@tod" class="u-url mention">@<span>tod</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/CanadaIsAwesome" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CanadaIsAwesome</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/CanadianHeroes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CanadianHeroes</span></a> <br /><a href="https://youtube.com/shorts/K6HOJyoHrpo" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtube.com/shorts/K6HOJyoHrpo</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p> @paulbusch@mstdn.ca @tod@hci.social I have friends in the states that follow Tod
Open post BG McKay (Brian) 🇨🇦 @BGMcKay@mastodon.world · 15mo ago Replying to @kytta@polymaths.social @BGMcKay@mastodon.world wouldn't surprise me, given how Waze is owned by Google :D @kytta@polymaths.social lol. I was not aware of that. Thanks. I did check out OSM desktop. Pretty cool.
Open post BG McKay (Brian) 🇨🇦 @BGMcKay@mastodon.world · 15mo ago Replying to @kytta@polymaths.social <p>The street that my mum lives in is a one-way street, but wasn't marked as such on <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/google" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> Maps. This caused many drivers to drive the wrong way. I have tried to edit it on Google Maps (there is such functionality), but to no avail. No matter how often I submitted a change (with photos of street signs!), Google said "Sorry, we could not verify it".</p><p>Solution: Edit the street on <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/openstreetmap" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenStreetMap</span></a>! A few months after I did this, Google seems to have stolen the data, as it regularly does, and now the street is correct in both datasets!</p> @kytta I use Waze most of the time as it has user driven traffic info. I've been told GMaps uses that data as well.
Open post BG McKay (Brian) 🇨🇦 @BGMcKay@mastodon.world · 23mo ago Replying to @streetartutopia@mastodon.online <p>If you agree, PLEASE REPOST</p> @streetartutopia@mastodon.online at first glance I thought it was Poilievre.
Open post BG McKay (Brian) 🇨🇦 @BGMcKay@mastodon.world · 11mo ago Replying to @wdlindsy@toad.social "Donald Trump has leveraged the presidency to boost his personal worth by $3 billion since returning to office, and his favor-seeking donors have contributed $300 million for a garish White House ballroom. Millions of taxpayer dollars are being used to arm ICE with military-grade weaponry, but Trump’s cuts to USAID are expected to kill millions of children around the globe." #Trump #shutdown #food #SNAP #groceries #HealthInsurance #PopeLeo #EconomicElites #children #USAID #ballroom #ICE /8 @wdlindsy@toad.social 3B and he'll still stiff the companies destroying the white house.