Tootfinder

RE: https://newsie.social/@servelan/116638156983655992
wait what are we talking about here? President of Cuba or USA or Florida or some foolish place?

Memo: NBC News Chief Digital Officer Chris Berend is leaving NBCUniversal after seven years and will be replaced by Technology EVP Kyri Sarantakos on July 3 (JD Knapp/The Wrap)
https://www.thewrap.com/media-platforms/journalism/nbc-news-c…

NBC News Chief Digital Officer Chris Berend Exits After 7 Years
NBC News' Chief Digital Officer Chris Berend is exiting NBCUniversal after seven years with the company, TheWrap has learned.

RE: https://flipboard.com/@blackpressmedia/ladysmith-3htvrnabz/-/a-EmvK58ipSWylp1qlX0cEgA:a:3177150469-/0
flleeeeee

Trump Taps Chris Klomp as No. 2 Official at RFK Jr.'s HHS (Rachel Cohrs Zhang/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-06-25/trump-taps-chris-klomp-as-no-2-official-at-rfk-jr-s-hhs
http://www.memeorandum.com/260625/p125#a260625p125

RE: #PortAlberni #ClimateChange #EndFossilFuels

RE: #CanPoli #CdnPoli

Nebulock, which helps security teams proactively find and remediate threats across a company's security stack, raised a $25M Series A led by FirstMark (Chris Metinko/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/pro/enterprise-software-deals/2026/06/25…

Exclusive: Nebulock raises $25M for AI threat hunting
AI enables more cyberattacks — and more cybersecurity.

Hey wordpress and mastodon dev folks. I've been scouring my site at thesocialweb.ca looking for where the text is that appears in the preview image.
"Mastodonserver.ca is a mastodon instance list with a …..”
(in the red box)
Any ideas?
I thought it was the “tag line" but appears not.
#Wordpress #PreviewImage

A very interesting video about the history of a special language that was constructed in a very special era. The short film is by Evan Hadfield, son of the Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield, and includes footage from the Esperanto Museum of the Austrian National Library, which I can highly recommend.
https://youtu.be/S8kV18UQRG8

RE: #popeleo

re:publica 2026: Zwischen Ratlosigkeit und Zuversicht:
Ein Professor erklärt eine Stunde lang, dass man zuhören soll. Ein anderer beweist, KI sei faschistisch. Und Felix Schwenzel sagt: Die Welt ist scheiße — das ist gut so. Christian Buggisch hat seine #rp26 eingeordnet. Blogs leben, Algorithmen nicht.
chris_buggisch@det.social

Nepo-baby Mayor Lurie has launched his website promoting his executive power grab.
And it prominently features coverage from the SF Standard - the outlet funded/created by billionaire Michael Moritz, who has also donated $2 million to the measures.
This is the new billionaire playbook: parallel media they control to support their anti-worker agenda.

Clean Up City Hall
Over time, San Francisco’s governing document - called the city charter - has grown to 548 pages, making us the most bureaucratic city in the country. Departments are siloed, decision-making is slow, and accountability is weak, while confusing ballot measures trap the city in ineffective policies fo

In a significant victory for the party’s left wing, Chris Rabb took roughly 45% of the vote in Tuesday’s contest, comfortably ahead of early frontrunner state senator, Sharif Street, who fell to under 30%, and surgeon Ala Stanford.
Rabb addressed supporters, in an emotional victory speech, who had powered a grassroots campaign backed by the Philadelphia Democratic Socialists of America and the Working Families party.
“I have been critiqued along this campaign for being too radica…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #PacificNotions
Chris Lippincott:
🎵 The Nature of Becoming
#ChrisLippincott
https://chrislippincott.bandcamp.com/track/the-nature-of-becoming
https://open.spotify.com/track/3dYcqKsx2s3oNdOFAyF4UK

Hearst names Chris Berend, most recently chief digital officer at NBC News, as its first chief content and experience officer, starting August 3 (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/digital/news/chris-berend-hearst-magazines-nbc-news-12368…

After Leaving NBC News, Chris Berend Is Joining Hearst Magazines
Chris Berend, after leaving NBCUniversal News Group, is joining Hearst Magazines as chief content and experience officer.

Kyle Shanahan injured in car accident, will miss start of 49ers training camp https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7469758/2026/07/25/kyle-shanahan-car-accident-49ers/

Au Vatican, le cofondateur d’Anthropic alerte sur les dangers de l’« intelligence artificielle » [vidéo]
https://www.lemonde.fr/economie/video/2026

Gen. Chris Donahue set to retire as Army commander in Europe and Africa, in latest departure by top military official (Jennifer Jacobs/CBS News)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gen-chris-donahue-to-retire-army-commander-latest-departure-military-trump-hegseth/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260623/p140#a260623p140

Paper, which allows designers to connect directly with production code and the AI agents that create it, raised a $34M Series A led by Accel and ICONIQ (Chris Metinko/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/pro/enterprise-software-deals/2026/07/23/paper…

Exclusive: Design platform Paper raises $34M
Software designers are using AI, but many design tools don't connect with agents.

A reminder that if you ever see Chris Rufo in person, throw something wet at him. A sugary drink, a rotten tomato.. really, whatever you have on hand. Aim for his smarmy, transphobe face.

https://rs.bot/esK7cz

Put an end to the seemingly endless grift and corruption of trump2.0
Join 1,136 people. On June 23 2026 Senator Chris Murphy said, “Because once corruption becomes normal, it becomes permanent.” The self dealing and self enrichment of… Sign and Resistbot delivers your letter in minutes.

Google Home Speaker review: the $100 speaker, the company's first such device in six years, works for Gemini power users but has underwhelming music playback (Chris Welch/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/20

The Right Wing: Do not hire based on skin color! You must hire the best person for the job!!!
Chris Nolan: Got it! I've cast my #odyssey movie based on who is best for the job.
The Right Wing: No, not like that!
#movies

➡️ Beat Maker Generative Online Drum Machine
https://mccormick.cx/news/entries/beat-maker-generative-online-drum-machine
(This is a link from my bookmark collection. A new link gets posted each night.)

Beat Maker Generative Online Drum Machine
Chris McCormick - News

by Chris Gural

Now what?

RE: https://cosocial.ca/@yildo/116626473897758375
Tragically Hip
Rush
Pearl Jam
Tom Petty
Dave Matthews Band
B. B. King
Derek Trucks
Adele
Barenaked Ladies
Chris Cornell

The Hard Truth My Party Needs to Face (Chris Van Hollen/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/26/opinion/democrats-israel.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260526/p17#a260526p17

As training camp opens, Chiefs point to brighter f... https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/49433361/nfl-training-camp-2026-kansas-city-chiefs-patrick-mahomes-chris-jones-2026-season

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #NickGrimshaw
Beck:
🎵 Devils Haircut
#Beck
https://djchrisdiablo.bandcamp.com/track/123bpm-beck-devils-haircut-dj-chris-diablo-edit
https://open.spotify.com/track/7h69nvFshbhUpesEXBPH0w

How is it 2026 and companies still can't manage to put their whole inventory and prices online….
#Complaining

Conservative Democrat Senator
John Fetterman (Pennsylvania) has cast the deciding vote to defeat yet another Senate war powers resolution
aimed at reining in the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran -- just hours after the House passed a provision to do so.
The resolution, introduced by Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Maryland), failed to advance in a 47 to 49 vote on Thursday.
The resolution would require the U.S. to withdraw from hostilities against Iran until the action was authorized…

Fetterman Casts Deciding Vote to Kill War Powers, Hours After House Passes Resolution
The vote came just hours after the House voted to pass its own war powers resolution, 214 to 208.

Eric Adams confidant Frank Carone arrested in alleged bribery scheme (Chris Sommerfeldt/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/24/eric-adams-confidant-frank-carone-arrested-in-alleged-bribery-scheme-00973438
http://www.memeorandum.com/260624/p30#a260624p30

Chris Hayes on thinking intelligently about AI (Aaron Rupar/Public Notice)
https://www.publicnotice.co/p/chris-hayes-interview-ai
http://www.memeorandum.com/260522/p25#a260522p25

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Audioasis
Chris Cornell:
🎵 Seasons
#ChrisCornell
https://chashollis.bandcamp.com/track/chris-cornell-seasons
https://open.spotify.com/track/1xRUR651GIJoKbu0dqm0uW

Happy Vyshyvanka Day, Ukraine!
Zelensky: For centuries, we have been fascinated by its pattern, but now it is our turn to create it ourselves – with our lives, our struggles, with each new step.
Ukrainians embroider it with their own hands every day, defending what is dear to them. Rebuilding what has been destroyed. Healing wounds. Teaching children and when they learn themselves. We preserve memory and build the future.
Happy Vyshyvanka Day, Ukraine! With the fate that we embroider independently!
#Ukraine #RussiaUkraineWar

Titans to induct Chris Johnson into Ring of Honor during Week 1 game vs. Jets https://www.nfl.com/news/titans-induct-chris-johnso-ring-of-honor-week-1-game-als

Forbes Chief Content Officer and magazine EIC Randall Lane has left after joining in 2011; executive editor Kerry Lauerman will oversee editorial operations (Chris Roush/Talking Biz News)
https://talkingbiznews.com/highlighted-news/forbes-chief-content…

Forbes chief content officer Lane has left - Talking Biz News
Randall Lane, the chief content officer at Forbes, has left the business news organization. “We can confirm that Randall Lane is no longer with Forbes,” said a Forbes spokeswoman. “Forbes remains focused on delivering trusted journalism and world-class storytelling across our platforms. We have a strong editorial leadership team in place and will share additional […]

How Anthropic's ongoing discussions with the Vatican about ethics and AI led to Christopher Olah being invited to Pope Leo's unveiling of an encyclical on AI (Jack Jenkins/RNS)
https://religionnews.com/2026/05/22/why-anthropic-is-he…

Inside the unlikely Vatican-Anthropic relationship that's reshaping the AI ethics debate
(RNS) — Pope Leo XIV's new encyclical on AI is set to be released Monday (May 27), with Chris Olah, a co-founder of Anthropic, at his side.

Tulsi Gabbard, her guru and the mysterious messages that helped shape her political career
I’d been asking people about Chris Butler,
the eccentric religious leader Tulsi Gabbard once described as her guru.
Gabbard grew up in Butler’s breakaway Hare Krishna group.
Her parents held senior positions in the organization. 

Butler’s followers practice a form of Hinduism that involves devotion to a single deity,
in their case Krishna,
and certain expectations…

Tulsi Gabbard, her guru and the mysterious messages that helped shape her political career
I obtained hundreds of confidential memos detailing politics and policy guidance for Gabbard from her years in Congress, then embarked on a quest to identify who was behind them.

'This Week' Transcript 6-21-26: Energy Secretary Chris Wright & Susan Rice (ABC News)
https://abcnews.com/Politics/week-transcript-6-21-26-energy-secretary-chris/story?id=134059921
http://www.memeorandum.com/260621/p25#a260621p25

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #SundaySoul
Minnie Riperton:
🎵 Memory Lane
#MinnieRiperton
https://djjuwan.bandcamp.com/track/memory-lane-minnie-riperton-dj-juwan-dj-chris-j
https://open.spotify.com/track/3Hl3TSGhhpSHfZcgi9CKpT

Facebook should be held partially liable for the death of people like Mr Friesen who were radicalized by the algorithms on that platform during the pandemic.
This leader of the anti-mandate/vax movement in Saskatchewan had to be sent to Ontario for treatment at one point, had pneumonia multiple times since, and died of dementia and pneumonia.
COVID is a life altering and potentially ending disease.
please get vaccinated (for everything!)
https://www.ctvnews.ca/saskatoon/article/grizzly-patriot-mark-friesen-saskatchewans-most-well-known-covid-19-dissident-has-died/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Q&A with Fox podcast exec Chris Balfe on podcasts being synonymous with video and how clipping is shifting ad dollars from creators to short-form platforms (Peter Kafka/Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/fox-podcast…

Fox's podcast chief is keeping a wary eye on TikTok and Reels clips
An update from the front lines of the podcast industry as it grapples with Netflix deals, and how to balance distribution vs. revenue.

The kids aren't OK... and they are not afraid to say so!
#AI #University #Jobs
https://apnews.com/article/ai-college-commencement-anxiety-boo-35aec9bac660eaeb05c5b8d392db2cac?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

interesting... Xi acting as middle-man between Trump and Putin….
#RussiaUkraineWar #IranUSAIsraelWar

How the data center boom is exposing weaknesses in US power grids and what fixes the electricity infrastructure may need to become fit for the future (Chris Gillett/Works in Progress Magazine)
https://worksinprogress.co/issue/why-american-data-centers-cant-plug-in/…

Why American data centers can't plug in
The AI buildout is bottlenecked by energy. But America has the electricity to power its data centers; the problem is getting it to them.

Anyone out there with some experience with wall building with round river rocks, mortar, and possibly with the end result being underwater (fresh)

The conservative writer taking aim at Newsom's green agenda (Camille Von Kaenel/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/23/chris-rufo-conservative-gavin-newsom-california-green-bureaucracy-00971300
http://www.memeorandum.com/260623/p72#a260623p72

my least favourite part of our garden is the hedge we share with the neighbour (who are extremely nice).
Thus, when I do maintenance of it... I tend to be a little more brutal.
like say.... cutting any branches on our side down to the stump.
it grows so fast! it also harbours evil ivy and holly bushes
#gardening #portalberni

Interesting to see this article on the BBC talking about Carney's "Dangerous Bluff" quote and his warning about Brexit.
He's been quick to criticize Brexit since it happened but he did not do much to stop it from happening when he was the head of the Bank of England.
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #BBC #UK #Brexit #Alberta

OpenAI executive Chris Lehane says Sam Altman plans to brief the Trump administration and US lawmakers next week on the company's upcoming generation of models (Maggie Eastland/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

put another way.
Mark Carney is no Jean Chrétien.
#Canada
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #BBC #UK #Brexit #Alberta

stopped myself from buying something on Marketplace
#dontdoit #solar #cheap

lucky palindrome!!
277772 unlocked 😝
#dasherLife #driving #littlethings

RE: https://mstdn.social/@TechCrunch/116980761375753802
Is it turn it back into forest?

Max sleepy floof for #caturday
#atlas #catsodon

Gee. If only we had more local/home/business based solar and wind to spread the generating capacity eh?
I think I noticed one of these surges/interruptions last night around 9PM. All the lights flashed all of a sudden.
#bcwildfire #electricity

spring is nice
#pandemicpond #portalberni #gardening

see the little damsel fly?
#garden #pandemicppnd

Hey Canadian Bluesky users!
Getting uncomfortable with Bluesky’s inevitable decline into USA corporate, private-equity, control?
Now is the time to come over to the Canadian Social Web.
It is free, open, community driven, and growing fast.
There is a handy directory of Canadian spaces at TheSocialWeb.ca.
And don’t worry, you can even bridge over to Bluesky from your Canadian account so you're not out of the loop.
#deshitification
#socialweb #Canada #CanPoli #CdnPoli #Bluesky #OpenSocialWeb #EndCorporateControl

Heads up for #SocialBC users.
We’ve been having some issues since yesterday afternoon where timelines are updating a visible but posting and interactions are not working or intermittent.
We're on the case and working on a fix.
Thanks for your patience.
Chris and the SOSSBC/SocialBC team

I almost cringe to ask this….. A few years ago there was this wave of American and Canadian, and probably a bunch of our “western” country citizen, families who moved wholesale to Russia and started YouTubing or otherwise social media-ing…
What happened to them? I fear for their kids, mostly.
#youtube #russia #brainwashed

Is it possible to upload to a peertube instance via command line? (ie. automated, super useful for timelapses)
#peertube

tiny bus stop bunny 🐰
#rabbits #publictransit #nanaimo

flœdebolle (chocolate covered marshmallow) homemade by @… and rabarbergrŸd (rhubarb sweet/sour soup) made by Nana from our rhubarb.
omg. so good
#food #dessert #danish

nice walk down memory lane. I believe my earliest experience with MacOS was System 7.5.3 so a little past the revelation of 7.0 but still far enough back that I remember stuff like Conflict Catcher, using AppleScript for everything, the controversy of Copland and the sad reign of Gil Amelio before Jobs returned.
#apple #MacOS #System7

awww, poor #TheAmericanFascist is looking grumpy that he's not being escorted by Xi
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1w28qw1e0xo

Why do people still go on cruises?
#plagueships
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn5pe4yel1ko

We must not alllooowww.... a MINE SHAFT GAP
#random

LLMs/AI is just bad software. It's not ready for prime time. It is full of errors. Any normal software package that exhibited the kind of errors “AI” does would be yanked off the shelf and re-worked.
AI is a scam.
#AI #LLM #Scam

they've had a bucket full of corners and absolutely none of them have looked dangerous. Need to be better on those chances! #CdnMNT #canada #worldcup

Unfortunate goal against the play. Canada has looked good. Has had good chances they need to keep pushing!
#CdnMNT #canada #worldcup

Buy an EV like your wallet depends on it
This is a letter to all my driving friends. There is one good thing that is actively saving me money every single day, my electric car.
https://chrisalemany.ca/b/PFa

general IT screaming.....
it's not hard to save your passwords securely people! You are Professionals. Save a unique password for every website!

Wow, this chart is wild!! Also, UK Ministers are dropping like flies, which means Starmer is going to be gone soon.
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #Democracy
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c1e2n923v1lt

Trump is doing all the things but AOC is considered an 'extreme’ leftist?
(this is not a slight on any of my followers or repliers for anything related, just a general handwaving to the insanity of the world)

"The council says exports to Canada fell 63 per cent last year. "It has been devastating," said Swonger.”
They didn't think to ask him if he voted for Trump in the last election?
And to think some Democratic and 'NeverTrump' (haha) Republicans believe AOC running for President would lead to a Republican win.
The same Republican party that has decimated the American liquor industry, destroyed American leadership in the world, and cratered the economy.
2028 Presidential Election:
No Liquor Industry Neo-Facist Theocracy
or
Black Progressive Woman Democracy
Hard choice, amIRite, America?
But oh ya, I'm not being “realistic” 🤯
#FAFO #TheAmericanFascist #USA
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/american-alcohol-boycotts-bans-canada-trade-war-nslc-nova-scotia-9.7194289?cmp=rss

a tourist complex that is a kind of Kremlin replica in a subburb of Moscow is on fire? Cause TBD. 🤔
#russiaUkraineWar https://kyivindependent.com/major-fire-reportedly-breaks-out-at-tourist-complex-in-moscow/

imagine spending $5000 to watch this.
😴

An interesting interview with a former Canadian General on his recent visit to Ukraine and his impressions of the current state of the #russiaUkraineWar
“ Many Ukrainians argue that Western support has often arrived too slowly. Looking back over the past four years, do you think allies have fully adapted to the realities of this war?
In Canada’s case, I would say no. The support was well-intentioned, but often politicized and disconnected from battlefield realities. Too much emphasis was placed on being seen to provide aid, rather than on delivering capabilities quickly and effectively.”
#canpoli #cdnpoli
https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/4132767-lieutenantgeneral-retd-christopher-coates-former-commander-of-canadian-joint-operations-command.html

Full adulting today.
Changing Home and Auto insurance providers to BCAA. Please wish me luck and low premiums. 😂

No touch detected on that foul/free kick for RSA. 😂 ⚽️
#worldcup #mexicoSouthAfrica

So the Democrats are turning to an ex-Marine (ok fine) with a Nazi tatoo that he's had “covered” (umm... no), and who posts rape-y violent stuff on Reddit. (umm... again no)
The Democrats are definitely fine.
#USPoli #USA #Democrats
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/graham-platner-democratic-senate-maine-9.7229981

He won't last the month.
#UK #Starmer

RE: https://scicomm.xyz/@JohnBarentine/116558373277343748
This one’s for @…

RE: #canpoli #abpoli #cdnpoli

I hope these Indigenous families find closure, and that all provinces in Canada start to undertake these investigations so that children and babies buried without the knowledge or consent of the parents can be properly located and identified.
#FirstNations #indigenous #everychildmatters
https://www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/article/dark-side-of-quebecs-history-indigenous-families-exhuming-their-childrens-bodies-for-answers-closure/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

RE: https://c.im/@clarissadelune/116552910783662335
But at least we had our F150s

Honest question: how is someone rescued by a "sea drone”?
"Two crew members of the Apache helicopter that crashed following the attack were rescued by an American sea drone, the Pentagon said in a statement.”
#Iran #USA #Israel

“Elbows Up Carney” now deploying a kneel-and-kiss strategy.
“CTV News
48m ago
Carney says Canada open to deeper integration with U.S. ahead of CUSMA review”
#canpoli #cdnpoli #carney

RE: #russiaUkraineWar

I love my driveway.
#altgrass #home #portalberni

it's nice to be able to open the windows and turn off the A/C a smell the hint of the sea on the breeze.
🌊
#portalberni #bcstorm

RE: https://flipboard.com/@travelers/the-travel-exchange-jktq9rq6z/-/a-a65qy2VXQ0Sur4MTegBARg:a:3734781405-/0
Love it.

ok. yep, definitely lost a few posts from the past few days. woops. Well, this is the benefit of learning and doing this on a nearly-one-person instance.
Sorry @… and @… lol

Finally cancelled our Telus “Home Security" plan. We have our own webcams that are nicer anyway and fully controlled by us for free. Versus their cloud system for $21/mo (actually $41/mo but we had -20 in discounts promotions)
We had originally got it on a bundle or something...
Just have to remove the Telus camera from our outside area and pack it up to send back. They threaten to charge you $100 if you don’t send it back by their 'deadline’.
Customer Service. It's a thing...
#Telus #HomeSecurity #bills

I haven't actually seen a total on bandwidth used on my home network through my ISP for quite awhile.
9.073TB is a fair bit. lol.
tbf: that includes three webcams streaming 24/7 and other image transfers happening regularly.
Hooray for free/discounted unlimited bandwidth.
#Telus #HomeLab

Why are conservative parties not only always deeply corrupt and often doing illegal things... but also traitorous?
The UCP, "Centurion Project" and "Republican Party of Alberta" are all so tainted with this scandal that Jason Kenney... yes Jason Kenney... is playing the victim.
I feel bad for Albertans, but they've also brought a lot of it on themselves by voting these bozos in time and time again.
#ABpoli #CanPoli #CdnPoli
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/elections-alberta-voter-data-centurion-project-ndp-ucp-9.7189167

that Kash FBI guy is one weird dude