Barry Lavallée - VE3YZV

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Coffee - active transportation advocate - livable cities - public transit - bikes as transport - commercial drone pilot - licenced pilot of crewed aircraft - Transport Canada RPAS Flight Reviewer https://barrylavallee.com/drone-licence-flight-review.html

It's better than I had hoped for. There's widespread outage across so many public and private service sectors. Ukraine has struck a nerve in Russia's backbone. It probably won't be easy to rebuild the infrastructure quickly. Bleed the Russian economy and their troops will die as collateral damage.

Anton Gerashchenko@antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 2d ago

Yandex is Russia's leading IT giant;its cloud infrastructure supports not only the civilian sector but also business systems&government agencies,meaning the consequences of the attacks on it are systemic: Damage to data centers caused disruptions to over 80 of the company's services (including

I voted electronically for the first time ever, across any level of government, in the Halton Hills municipal election. It was a good experience and that is saying a lot for me as a lifelong privacy advocate and tech nerd (hardcore introvert tendencies). Bill C-22 would kill future possibilities.

David TS Fraser@privacylawyer.ca · 5d ago

Mozilla has a clear statement on how problematic Bill C-22 is for user privacy and security: blog.mozilla.org/netpolicy/20...

Navi Pillay has won the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize for her lifelong defence of human rights and international law. The former ICC judge helped establish rape as an act of genocide, fought apartheid in South Africa and led the UN investigation that found Israel responsible for genocide in Gaza.

Navi Pillay, the ICC judge who helped establish rape as an act of genocide, wins 2026 Nobel Peace Prize

Navi Pillay has won the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize for her lifelong defence of human rights and international law. The former ICC judge helped establish rape as an act of genocide, fought apartheid in Sou...

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So there has been a plot twist in City of Toronto politics. It's now Chow Chow against Brad Brad. But seriously, I wonder who recruited the second Chow to have that name on the ballot higher up the list than the incumbent Chow. And, how much was he paid to enter the race. Filthy filthy politics.

Has anyone else experienced online voting for elections, anywhere? This is the first time I have seen the ability, and I'm going to try it.

Town of Halton Hills@haltonhills.bsky.social · 6d ago

💻 Register at vote2026.haltonhills.ca. Once approved, you’ll receive a unique voting PIN by email. Then, use your PIN and date of birth to cast your vote online anytime from October 9 at 9 a.m. to October 24 at 11:59 p.m. 🏡 Your community. Your choice. Your vote.

In my teens I imposed a duty on myself to be as aware as possible about current events, locally, nationally, and internationally. I wanted to know when something was happening if it affected any person's well-being and right to equality, even if it wasn't affecting me personally.