David Knights Cowling
@aprilfoolschild.bsky.social
Audio nerd and professional, currently at a big a company that makes many sports games. he/him.
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The Narwhal is suing the RCMP to protect press freedom for all Canadians, and our case will be heard in a Vancouver courtroom beginning next week. We’re counting on your support as the case unfolds, so here’s what you need to know. 🧵
January 5, 2026 at 5:20 PM
The Narwhal is suing the RCMP to protect press freedom for all Canadians, and our case will be heard in a Vancouver courtroom beginning next week. We’re counting on your support as the case unfolds, so here’s what you need to know. 🧵
The potentially additional step here: delete all your Bluetooth devices. I found it was ultimately a Bluetooth driver that refused to uninstall correctly until the Windows Reinstall. Doesn't wipe any data, just validates the install.
January 4, 2026 at 9:47 PM
The potentially additional step here: delete all your Bluetooth devices. I found it was ultimately a Bluetooth driver that refused to uninstall correctly until the Windows Reinstall. Doesn't wipe any data, just validates the install.
Posted this on the original post, but going to relink cause this sure sounds like my issue which has fully resolved! bsky.app/profile/apri...
Hey! I replaced my RAM, and was about to replace PSU with a Win11 PC restarting randomly, too! Then, I reinstalled Windows as a late night shot in the dark and the problem completely disappeared. Hasn't happened once in 3 months now.
The second option there, "Reinstall now".
The second option there, "Reinstall now".
January 4, 2026 at 9:46 PM
Posted this on the original post, but going to relink cause this sure sounds like my issue which has fully resolved! bsky.app/profile/apri...
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Silicon Valley’s alliance with Donald Trump was a mask off moment and showed the world we can’t depend on US tech companies.
For the past few months, I’ve been trying to get off US tech and I put together a guide so you find alternatives too. I hope you find it helpful!
For the past few months, I’ve been trying to get off US tech and I put together a guide so you find alternatives too. I hope you find it helpful!
Getting off US tech: a guide
I’m in the process of dropping US tech services. Here’s how I did it, and options you should consider.
www.disconnect.blog
July 18, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Silicon Valley’s alliance with Donald Trump was a mask off moment and showed the world we can’t depend on US tech companies.
For the past few months, I’ve been trying to get off US tech and I put together a guide so you find alternatives too. I hope you find it helpful!
For the past few months, I’ve been trying to get off US tech and I put together a guide so you find alternatives too. I hope you find it helpful!
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"Did you see what Mark Cuban posted? Oh did you see the clapb—"
You shake yourself awake in the cold North Atlantic water. You are not online. It is July of 1858. You are a baleen whale, and you have changed your mind. The future most not come to pass. The telegraph cable must break.
You shake yourself awake in the cold North Atlantic water. You are not online. It is July of 1858. You are a baleen whale, and you have changed your mind. The future most not come to pass. The telegraph cable must break.
December 27, 2025 at 2:06 AM
"Did you see what Mark Cuban posted? Oh did you see the clapb—"
You shake yourself awake in the cold North Atlantic water. You are not online. It is July of 1858. You are a baleen whale, and you have changed your mind. The future most not come to pass. The telegraph cable must break.
You shake yourself awake in the cold North Atlantic water. You are not online. It is July of 1858. You are a baleen whale, and you have changed your mind. The future most not come to pass. The telegraph cable must break.
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Reporting by @kehyslop.bsky.social
We know about this incident because it mentioned in the appendix of a recent OPCC report. But we don’t know the officer’s name - meaning he could work at schools or with youth in the future and parents wouldn’t be aware of his history. thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...
We know about this incident because it mentioned in the appendix of a recent OPCC report. But we don’t know the officer’s name - meaning he could work at schools or with youth in the future and parents wouldn’t be aware of his history. thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...
VPD Officer Was Quietly Investigated over an Abusive Relationship with Teen | The Tyee
A police watchdog report does not reveal the officer’s name or the school where he met the teenage girl.
thetyee.ca
December 12, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Reporting by @kehyslop.bsky.social
We know about this incident because it mentioned in the appendix of a recent OPCC report. But we don’t know the officer’s name - meaning he could work at schools or with youth in the future and parents wouldn’t be aware of his history. thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...
We know about this incident because it mentioned in the appendix of a recent OPCC report. But we don’t know the officer’s name - meaning he could work at schools or with youth in the future and parents wouldn’t be aware of his history. thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...
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Just had to check
December 8, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Just had to check
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No deaths in a year
That's pretty incredible, given the severity of the toxic drug crisis in BC this past decade
That's pretty incredible, given the severity of the toxic drug crisis in BC this past decade
This club sold to 47 adult members and it seemed to work. After one year of operation members reported fewer overdoses, incidents with police, hospital visits, crime. There were no deaths.
Having a dedicated source of known potency and purity seemed to help stabilize people.
Having a dedicated source of known potency and purity seemed to help stabilize people.
November 29, 2025 at 4:41 AM
No deaths in a year
That's pretty incredible, given the severity of the toxic drug crisis in BC this past decade
That's pretty incredible, given the severity of the toxic drug crisis in BC this past decade
Hugely important thread of info on this. Compassion Club was an overwhelmingly reasonable, considered, and just attempt to stop mass death completely ignored by all levels of government. Every single level of government could be saving lives tomorrow and chooses not to, everyday.
Been covering DULF's constitutional challenge for @thetyee.ca this week. Crown prosecutors have tried to poke lots of small holes in what founders Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum were doing. Nyx and Kalicum have largely defended themselves saying they were doing the best they knew how at the time.
November 29, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Hugely important thread of info on this. Compassion Club was an overwhelmingly reasonable, considered, and just attempt to stop mass death completely ignored by all levels of government. Every single level of government could be saving lives tomorrow and chooses not to, everyday.
A step forward in a cave without a flashlight.
November 25, 2025 at 11:56 PM
A step forward in a cave without a flashlight.
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Really wild situation here: a celebrated and well-regarded indie dev and publisher is facing shutdown because Valve banned their game from Steam and won't talk to them about it, at all.
www.ign.com/articles/uns...
www.ign.com/articles/uns...
Unsettling Horror Game Horses Banned From Steam, Leaving Studio With 'High Risk' of Closure - IGN
Indie horror game Horses is preparing to launch on December 2, on the Epic Games Store, GOG, Itch.io, and the Humble Store. But one place it won't be is on Steam, because Steam has banned the game for...
www.ign.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Really wild situation here: a celebrated and well-regarded indie dev and publisher is facing shutdown because Valve banned their game from Steam and won't talk to them about it, at all.
www.ign.com/articles/uns...
www.ign.com/articles/uns...
ABC Councillors sure are surprised by the consequences of their actions.
ABC councillors saying that it's "unfortunate" people are linking closed baby change tables as being political, or part of the budget.
But it was a deputy city manager that explicitly raised removing them from high vandalism areas as part of cutting the budget for maintenance of civic facilities.
But it was a deputy city manager that explicitly raised removing them from high vandalism areas as part of cutting the budget for maintenance of civic facilities.
November 25, 2025 at 8:17 PM
ABC Councillors sure are surprised by the consequences of their actions.
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In an interview this week, Ken Sim said that he had a list of all the times he said no to the Vancouver Police Department, and said a lot of their budget increases were out of the city's control.
We got the list. We looked at the budget.
Here is a fact check.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
We got the list. We looked at the budget.
Here is a fact check.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
November 21, 2025 at 7:14 PM
In an interview this week, Ken Sim said that he had a list of all the times he said no to the Vancouver Police Department, and said a lot of their budget increases were out of the city's control.
We got the list. We looked at the budget.
Here is a fact check.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
We got the list. We looked at the budget.
Here is a fact check.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Yeah, my kid had only just gone down on a solo care night, so I was pretty lucky to be available.
November 19, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Yeah, my kid had only just gone down on a solo care night, so I was pretty lucky to be available.
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Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Submit a Claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
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Health Canada convened an independent expert advisory group in 2020 to provide guidance on safer supply. Health Canada heavily redacted its final report, but unredacted version obtained by CBC shows the expert group said drug crisis is driven by prohibition and recommended expansion of safer supply
November 16, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Health Canada convened an independent expert advisory group in 2020 to provide guidance on safer supply. Health Canada heavily redacted its final report, but unredacted version obtained by CBC shows the expert group said drug crisis is driven by prohibition and recommended expansion of safer supply
Quadruply so when the space being demolished is housing.
November 15, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Quadruply so when the space being demolished is housing.
Pet peeve: police chief's using the term "boots on the ground" to discuss a civic police force. That phrase is not as generic and fun etymologically as you think it is.
November 12, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Pet peeve: police chief's using the term "boots on the ground" to discuss a civic police force. That phrase is not as generic and fun etymologically as you think it is.
Just to clear things up: the discrepancy seems to be a replacing of the numbers on the doc from Net vs Expenditures.
November 12, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Just to clear things up: the discrepancy seems to be a replacing of the numbers on the doc from Net vs Expenditures.
Ugh, so annoyed I didn't save the doc last night. But the Budget Vancouver 2026 doc I was reading this weekend/last night literally used different numbers under Police Services than they do today. It used to propose $497mil.
November 12, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Ugh, so annoyed I didn't save the doc last night. But the Budget Vancouver 2026 doc I was reading this weekend/last night literally used different numbers under Police Services than they do today. It used to propose $497mil.
The numbers don't even add up on the doc anymore. The difference YOY now reads as a $46.2mil change, and a 10% change. But the difference by percent with new numbers is actually 9.2% (or 9% if rounded), implying whoever updated this doc forgot to rerun the % numbers. What is this budget.
November 12, 2025 at 6:51 PM
The numbers don't even add up on the doc anymore. The difference YOY now reads as a $46.2mil change, and a 10% change. But the difference by percent with new numbers is actually 9.2% (or 9% if rounded), implying whoever updated this doc forgot to rerun the % numbers. What is this budget.
Hey, anyone know why the Police Services budget is $28mil higher today than it was yesterday? We're now looking at $525mil on the budget doc online and during the presentation today, but this was $497mil in all reports/docs before today. @jmcelroy.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/news/canada/....
Vancouver Police Board wants city to increase budget by $50M amid mayor's tax freeze promise | CBC News
The Vancouver Police Board has voted to approve a budget request of just over $497 million in 2026, a $50 million increase over 2025's final budget.
www.cbc.ca
November 12, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Hey, anyone know why the Police Services budget is $28mil higher today than it was yesterday? We're now looking at $525mil on the budget doc online and during the presentation today, but this was $497mil in all reports/docs before today. @jmcelroy.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/news/canada/....
What's the point in communities that overwhelmingly fund the punishing of life rather than the living of it?
November 4, 2025 at 3:32 PM
What's the point in communities that overwhelmingly fund the punishing of life rather than the living of it?