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A Canadian Social Network Is Not the Point
Taking a break from algorithmic sludge, and finding a small Canadian corner of the internet that still feels human (actual humans).
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I’ve been spending a little more time on @gandersocial.ca . The feed feels different. People tell stories. Founders answer questions. Bugs get called bugs. Chapman’s posts about ice cream. I wrote about why that matters to me, and why digital sovereignty is more than where we park the servers.
jasonbu.onlineA Canadian Social Network Is Not the PointTaking a break from algorithmic sludge, and finding a small Canadian corner of the internet that still feels human (actual humans).Morning. Bombardier gets Mississauga wing plant. Build here. PP: stay in Canada, vote Liberal out. Almost. Albertans: vote. Hamilton: 29%. Counter-tariffs Monday. A deal isn’t caving. Turnip doesn’t need Canada? Four million oil barrels daily disagree. Gander: Hoekstra for 9/11? No. Coffee on. ☕🇨🇦
Morning. Long weekend. TO bound. New $20: King, Vimy, Indigenous plants. Toronto cleans up after a “100-year” storm. Once-a-century needs an asterisk. 👀 Snowbirds bow out at Grey Cup. Hamilton: NDP + Liberal > PC. Math. Be smarter. $4.7B VIA cars built here. Bye U.S. Coffee on. ☕🇨🇦