Wayne Beaton
@waynebeaton.bsky.social
Wayne is a doating husband, former minor hockey chauffeur, open source governance specialist, and martial artist. 🇨🇦 he/him
(INTERIOR, DARK QUEBECOIS CASTLE) SHADOWY FIGURE: "They say you're the best. We're organizing one last job. We know you're retired. But it's--" CELINE DION: "I know what it is. I knew it from the moment you walked in."
Scott Bryan@scottygb.bsky.social · 4mo agoCanada is to enter the Eurovision Song Contest in 2027, EBU announces.
Years ago, I helped design the office space for my company. One of the better innovations that we came up with was to have two dishwashers: one for clean and one for dirty.
✨ #OCX26 was one of those weeks that stays with you. In this blog, @thomasfroment.bsky.social reflects on a week shaped by open source, regulation, AI, tooling, and the people who keep open communities moving forward. Read the blog: blogs.eclipse.org/post/thomas-... #opensource #community
The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.
Today, we remember the fourteen young women whose lives were stolen at Polytechnique Montréal 36 years ago. Their names are a solemn reminder of the devastating toll of gender-based violence — and the responsibility that comes with our remembrance.
I taught Karate to the Girl Guides tonight. They pay in cookies. Tonight was a good night.
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Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer is on. It’s good to be periodically reminded that we should be kind to misfits because they might one day be useful to us.
Siri pops up whenever I say “sorry” #canadianProblems
We’re just one week out from the Radio Free Europe ‘25 release date (10” orange vinyl). Here’s an important message from @michaelstipe.bsky.social and @millsish.bsky.social we originally ran on World Press Freedom Day. Drop by your local indie record store on October 17! ffm.to/remrfe2025
1 October 1936 | Dutch Jew, Andries Jacob Stad, was born in Enschede. He was deported to #Auschwitz from Westerbork in January 1943. He was murdered in a gas chamber after the arrival selection. --- A video about gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp: https://youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck
Canadian Sophie de Goede awarded player of the year. Well done and well deserved! #Canada #WomensRugbyWorldCup #SophiedeGoede
27 September 1936 | A Czech Jewish girl, Blanka Schwarzkopf, was born in Prague. She was deported to #Auschwitz from Theresienstadt Ghetto on 9 October 1944. She was murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
Eight orgs involved in FOSS and package repos have asked for more support for package repos because of the skyrocketing costs for hosting everyone's code "In effect, public registries have become free global CDNs for commercial vendors." openssf.org/blog/2025/09...
Look you can’t tell me this thing is “intelligently designed” — it goes into a five-minute coughing fit if I breathe wrong. Sometimes it accidentally bites itself. It draws blood.