With the disgusting comments about Canada from the US President1 plus a general dissatisfaction with the behaviour of the large tech companies in the states2 I have decided to continue my efforts to move away from these services. Google3, Meta4 and a number of others have decided to side with extreme right wing regime and… Continue reading DeGoogle my life
Author: Matthew Guy
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Because we’re Canadian 🇨🇦
Cute video inspired by the coming together of Canadians with the threat from the U.S. Being Canadian is pretty cool when we share our values of inclusivity and multiculturalism. https://youtu.be/teASSpOb65E
U.S. imposes tariffs
What a truly strange weekend. I guess everything is strange since that man won the U.S. election. It is worse than we feared with diversity programs being blamed for a plane crash, attacks made against trans people and "revenge" being sought against people doing their jobs. And this weekend (in week 2 of the administration… Continue reading U.S. imposes tariffs
Social media is dead
It used to be called social networking, then social media, then a billionaire bought Twitter and it went further downhill from there. Now Facebook has ditched any pretence at upholding what is true1 and gone full-on MAGA with Trump supporters appointed to the board2. I will leave others to document the decline of the main… Continue reading Social media is dead
Hospital New Year
Back in September I was diagnosed with gallstones which was the reason for the excruciating pain I experienced. After a CT Scan and an ultrasound, I met with a surgeon and agreed that the gallbladder had to come out. He said two to three weeks, so I returned to work and told colleagues I would… Continue reading Hospital New Year
Winter has arrived
It took some time and we had a very mild fall and early winter but I just looked back on the photos on my phone for the last week and apart from the obligatory puppy pics, it is all weather. Snow, snow, snow. Although we have had some rain too, it is not as photogenic.