Kirk Ismay

My alternative contact information is available on my personal site at: ismay.ca For professional inquires about my business, see secure-by-design.com

@CRTCeng The volume of spam is increasing too.

📢 What’s bugging Canadians about spam? Top complaints: 🔹 Lack of consent – 48% 🔹 Unknown sender – 20% 🔹 Deceptive marketing – 19% Explore more stats: crtc.gc.ca/eng/internet/p… #CASL #FightSpam

@iamharaldur Happy Birthday!

@DJSnM I've long thought that once Starship is able to land reliably, the option of a Starship kitted out for orbital research / manufacturing & that could stay up there a year or more, then land with the finished goods becomes possible.

The future space station projects which will replace the ISS will all be built differently from the ISS. The shuttle could carry components up and assemble the station, but station modules being built today all need their own propulsion, power, attitude control & guidance so they can either be self reliant, or, maneuver to their final destination. That’s how the soviet stations were built, and that’s how China’s station was built. Until there’s a space tug that can deliver dumb station modules after reaching orbit the ISS is going to be unique in this respect.

I cancelled my #adobe creative cloud subscription and bought another @affinitybyserif license.

In 1968, during Apollo 8, Bill Anders offered to humanity among the deepest of gifts an astronaut can give. He traveled to the threshold of the Moon and helped all of us see something else: ourselves. He embodied the lessons and the purpose of exploration. We will miss him.

Sad to hear of the death of Apollo 8 astronaut Bill Anders, 90, after he crashed the T-34 he was flying in Washington state this afternoon. We now only have 6 survivors of the cadre of 24 humans who have flown to the vicinity of the Moon.

@facebook @fbsecurity a client's Facebook account and business page was hacked, and there doesn't seem to be any way to get it back. Have visited facebook.com/hacked/ and reset the password many times.

@IAMIRONMAN7 @NWSSWPC Would this storm have any affect on home WiFi?

@NWSSWPC Red zones in the map show where shortwave radio signals are being absorbed. Caused Protons accelerated by #solarflares in the magnetic canopy are following the #ParkerSpiral back to Earth. Think of it as a magnetic superhighway. #Auroras #Sunspot #BLACKout #EMP #CME #SolarFlare

REGION 3664 NOT DONE YET! PRODUCES X8.8 FLARE...LARGEST OF THE SOLAR CYCLE!

Phil Katz, the designer of .ZIP, died because of acute alcoholism. His mark, “PKZIP” is the preceding mark of every ZIP file in the world. He is forever. He mattered. And in the end, it didn’t matter. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Katz

@DJSnM @CommunityNotes The location is great and all, but it lacks atmosphere! ;-)

FAKE IMAGE - If it's on the Moon then what's that Moon like Moon rising in the background. @CommunityNotes

ok, I've now read the full NYT complaint filed this morning vs OpenAI and Microsoft. I'm impressed - it's future-focused around fair value for work vital to democracy. It also contains 220k pages of exhibits although the pages of Ex J stood out to me. more on that in a minute. /1

There's a common myth being passed around that longCOVID is rare, that it only affects medically infirm people, that it can't happen to me. Here's a short thread on the famous people (politicians, atheletes, entertainers) that are dealing with #longCOVID v.2 1/

@DJSnM I wonder if they were aiming for close to the road to go pick it up with a truck in case the helicopters were grounded due to weather?

The conspiracy nuts are going to be talking about this landing conveniently close to a road 🤣

Here is @onthemedia's guide for interviewing conspiracy theorists and other disinformers running for office. The first one is by far the most important. And I'd go further: ask yourself why you're doing this— then share that answer with the rest of us.

I am looking at the pre-colonial history of the Indigenous people of each province. Today, I am focusing on the Tlingit people of northwestern B.C. Located in the northern coast of British Columbia, the traditional Tlingit territory stretched down from Alaska. 🧵1/8

@Stonekettle Found this the other day 💙

1. This is Mika Westwolf, a 22-year-old Indigenous woman On March 31, she was killed when an alleged white nationalist ran her over on the side of a highway Her killer is not currently facing any charges for killing Mika Mika matters This is her story 🧵

Checking in on excess mortality in Quebec. Data up to early April 2023 now available. Excess mortality in 0-49 year olds has yet to slow down. Week of Apr 1: 59% excess deaths. Week of April 8, 2023: 71% excess deaths. Folks that is the single worst week of the entire pandemic.

@geerlingguy @Raspberry_Pi Oh good, I have a TuringPi 2 that needs 4 compute modules....

I can confirm that yes, in fact, @Raspberry_Pi 4 are being produced. And all the other models too! I see the light at the end of the tunnel... and I saw the robots on the production line, too! (Video will come soon-ish. I have SO much footage to process!) #RaspberryPi

@climagic I just did!

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