YouTube has just changed its rules to allow hate speech against gender minorities 😞
https://www.usermag.co/p/youtube-removes-gender-identity-from
If you currently publish on YouTube, please consider putting your videos on PeerTube instead or as well:
https://fedi.tips/how-to-publish-videos-and-audio-on-peertube
Your audience doesn't have to be on PeerTube themselves. They can follow and interact with PeerTube from within Mastodon etc, and they can even follow PeerTube from podcasting apps such as Apple Podcasts.
(via @taylorlorenz on https://mastodon.social/@taylorlorenz/114274955775553205)
EFF has joined an ideologically diverse group of legal advocacy organizations in asking a federal judge to strike down the president’s executive order targeting Perkins Coie for past work on voting rights lawsuits and its representation of the president’s prior political opponents.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/04/eff-joins-amicus-brief-supporting-perkins-coie-law-firm-against-unconstitutional
In honor of trans day of visibility, I'm posting this pride flag that was created by NASA, but recently deleted from their website: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14627.

FOSS infrastructure is under attack by AI companies https://thelibre.news/foss-infrastructure-is-under-attack-by-ai-companies/ Please boost for awareness, reach and to public shame Microsoft, Meta, OpenAI, Perplexity and other such AI companies.
BSP---Debian Québec
If you love the sound of digital bugs crunching beneath your digital heals, come help @Debian rid Trixie of Release Critical bugs. We'll be at @ATSÉ in Rosement-Petite-Patrie Fri & Sat, the 28th & 29th March.
https://wiki.debian.org/BSP/2025/03/ca/Montreal
https://agendadulibre.qc.ca/events/2760
https://agendadulibre.qc.ca/events/2761
My mom accidentally referred to cryptocurrency as “kleptocurrency” this morning and I think I’m going to call it that from now on! 🤑
I couldn't find an existing list of Canadian alternatives to American Internet services, so I've started one:
https://codeberg.org/Taffer/canadian-alternatives
Please spread far and wide, and let me know if you have any updates for the page!
#canada #cira #internet #cloud #alberta #british_columbia #bc #manitoba #new_brunswick #newfoundland #labrador #newfoundlandlabrador #northwest_territories #nwt #nova_scotia #nunavut #ontario #prince_edward_island #pei #quebec #saskatchewan #yukon
Debian BSP --- Debian Quebec
https://agendadulibre.qc.ca/events/2760
https://wiki.debian.org/BSP/2025/03/ca/Montreal
https://agendadulibre.qc.ca/events/2761
http://agendadulibre.qc.ca/events/2753
#debian #debianquebec #montreal
Best Dog Ever
Shout out to Catherine, Canine Behaviour Specialist at https://www.lemedailledor.com/ here. She helped me work with Bijou and gave a written evaluation of him and step-by-step reminders of what we'd practiced. Bijou loved her. It was magic. #1 🤩

