Tim Bray 🇨🇦

In which @mitsuhiko, who’s on a tear recently, defends and promotes the use of the word “clanker” to replace “agent” (in the LLM sense): https://lucumr.pocoo.org/2026/5/26/clankers/

#genai #clanker

Hey, I asked @douglascrockford and he confirmed my impression: This year (last month, actually) is JSON’s 25th birthday.

{ "greeting": "Happy birthday!"}

#json

On the prairies, the snow is gone but the plants haven’t awakened. If you look close you can see bits of green.

#SilentSunday #Photography #saskatchewan

Feline guardian loses the plot.

#Caturday

Spring comes. Feline guardian of the garden is fiercely alert!

#caturday

Spring storm on the prairie. Power out.

#skstorm

I joined the BC Green party because there's no other option around here if you care about the earth. My first ever political convention!

@emilylowan

#bcgreen #GreenParty

OK, granted #NotAllAmericans, but as of now I'm making an effort not to buy anything your shit-governed country makes or sells. Need a hashtag… 

#TrumpBoycott ?
#BoycottAmerica ?

#USpol

Shame, shame. U of C President Ed McCauley should resign immediately.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/university-calgary-palestinian-protest-police-removal-1.7199937?cmp=rss

#gaza #calgary #uofc

Conservatives routinely and systematically lie, ep. 98,353: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-renewables-pause-moratorium-aeso-foip-1.7196943?cmp=rss

#cdnoli #abpoli

Rock n Roll loo.

#photography #rocknrollneverdies

Your prediction: Will's Meta’s “Threads” product actually engage in ActivityPub-based federation, or will that idea be postponed and eventually forgotten?

#FaceBlock #meta #threads

Hey, I posted a blog piece ⬆️ about #faceblock as a case study in #fediverse governance over the long weekend, and I learned… never post anything you want people to read over a long summer weekend. Anyhow, for people who care about the subject and had the good taste to be out in the sun over the weekend, here ya go.

Hey, enjoying the summer? Long weekend for Canada Day up here.

How about amusing yourself with an essay on #Fediverse Governance, with #FaceBlock & #fedipact as a case study… Is that an exciting topic or what?! https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2023/06/24/Fediverse-Governance

Poll on #FaceBlock. Feel free to bypass if this is an issue you don’t know or care about. Boost if you care a lot.

Four baskets based on two questions:
1. Your instance will block Meta proactively (or not).
2. You were consulted on the decision (or not).

At the Turangawaewae Regatta, 2015/03

#photography #Aoteaora