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To my American friends,

Know that this Monday we have a very important election in Canada.

We are trying to stop Musk-backed Canadian-Trump Pierre Poilievre from becoming our Prime Minister (President).

We are also trying to stay a country.
Just that.

Wish us luck! 🤞🗳️🇨🇦

#Canada #ElbowsUp #CanPoli #CanPol #USPol

If you are voting on Monday April 28th
(and if you are an adult Canadian the answer to this should be YES) 🗳️🇨🇦

Don't forget to bring with you official IDs and some official letters with your current address on it, in case you need to re-register on the voting list. This is especially true if you have not received a voting card in the mail.

For some obscure reason, and despite none of my information changing since the last federal election, I had been removed from my current address and would have not found out before election day if I had not checked and called in advance to correct this.

I find this pretty suspicious by the way,
and I'm afraid it might have happened to others who will only find out on Monday and not have the proper identification with them.

Let's make sure your vote is counted.
This election is crucial 🇨🇦

#Canada #Vote #CanPoli #CanPol

Can you believe that
you are here, and I am here,
and we can share and communicate together,
and no billionaires were involved in this happening or continuing in any ways?

How fraking fantastic is this!

#Mastodon #Fediverse

It's my Fediversary today!

To celebrate, send me your favorite custom instance emoji!

#Fediverse #Mastodon #Fediversary

Protesting isn't a one-time thing.

To be effective, you need to do it again and again and again, and come with more people each time, and shout even louder each time.

But it does work.
It does change the world.

Periodic tiny reminder that you do not have to (and actually shouldn't) give your own name to your devices.

Give them their own unique names.

Your privacy will be better for it,
and they'll be happier ✨

#Privacy

Have you been Nicoled yet?
#Fediverse 🐥

13% Yes, many times. Nicole loves me! 🥰
18% Indeed, I have.
38% Not yet! Where's MY Nicole 👀
0% I am a Nicole, and I oppose that Nicole.
32% What is this nonsense?

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New Privacy Guides article 🔐✨
by me:

If you want to keep your password manager local-only, KeePassXC is a great solution!

It's free,
Open-source,
Easy to install and use,
Doesn't require an account,
Works on Linux, macOS, and Windows,
And the team is here! 👉 @keepassxc

Here's how to set it up with a YubiKey: https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/03/18/installing-keepassxc-and-yubikey/

#PrivacyGuides #KeePassXC #Privacy #Security #PasswordManager #Passwords #FOSS

This is The Fediverse,

You do not need to play games here,
You do not need to play the algorithms.

Don't be a content creator,
Be a person, be a human.

Share your thoughts and interests, be yourself, interact!

This is a community 💚

#Fediverse #Mastodon

After Amazon's news this week,
I feel the need to share this advice from my Privacy Guides article again:

Notify guests if you are
using a smart speaker 🔇

If you are using a smart speaker device in your home such as Amazon's Echo (Alexa), Apple's HomePod (Siri), Google's Nest,

Inform your guests about it when they enter your home ⚠️

These devices have the capacity
to record all conversations, and there has already been instances of accidental privacy invasion reported about this 🔓

Even if you don't mind yourself,
offer your guests to UNPLUG your smart speaker while they are visiting you 🔌

https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/03/10/the-privacy-of-others/#notify-guests-if-you-are-using-a-smart-speaker

#Privacy #SmartSpeaker #Amazon #Alexa #Echo