Ryan Robinson
@ryanrobinson.ca
He/him. Anabaptist (Mennonite) + Liberation Theology Christian. Tech: Drupal, Microsoft 365. Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, Canada (Haldimand Tract). Childfree cat gentleman.
Mastodon: @ryan.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy
Photos: @ryan.pixelfed.ca.ap.brid.gy
Mastodon: @ryan.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy
Photos: @ryan.pixelfed.ca.ap.brid.gy
Pinned
CNOY 2026 Fundhub Canada
The Coldest Night of the Year is a winterrific family-friendly fundraising walk in support of local charities. Let’s change the tune for people experiencing hurt, hunger, and homelessness... because i...
secure.e2rm.com
I will be walking 5km again in the 2026 Coldest Night of the Year. If you are able, please consider giving to support the essential work that Ray of Hope does for those in our Kitchener-Waterloo community who need it the most.
secure.e2rm.com/registrant/F...
secure.e2rm.com/registrant/F...
True, but also they make our Premier in Ontario sad at the concept that dangerous driving could face consequences, so obviously they had to go.
December 10, 2025 at 5:54 PM
True, but also they make our Premier in Ontario sad at the concept that dangerous driving could face consequences, so obviously they had to go.
Reposted by Ryan Robinson
*it is actually more expensive to use the non-default font (Calibri is default in Word) because your employees will have to spend time ensuring they are not using the default*
Marco Rubio ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor's decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move
Rubio Stages Font Coup: Times New Roman Ousts Calibri
The secretary of state called it a "wasteful" diversity move, according to an internal department cable seen by Reuters.
www.huffpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:23 AM
*it is actually more expensive to use the non-default font (Calibri is default in Word) because your employees will have to spend time ensuring they are not using the default*
Reposted by Ryan Robinson
Sans serif fonts, along with spacing and other elements, improve accessibility for low-vision and dyslexic readers, and replacing Calibri with a serif font is yet another ableist measure from an administration proud of its performative ableism.
Marco Rubio ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor's decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move
Rubio Stages Font Coup: Times New Roman Ousts Calibri
The secretary of state called it a "wasteful" diversity move, according to an internal department cable seen by Reuters.
www.huffpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Sans serif fonts, along with spacing and other elements, improve accessibility for low-vision and dyslexic readers, and replacing Calibri with a serif font is yet another ableist measure from an administration proud of its performative ableism.
Reposted by Ryan Robinson
Tubi is such a crazy streaming service. It’s like if the Criterion Closet was in a gas station
December 9, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Tubi is such a crazy streaming service. It’s like if the Criterion Closet was in a gas station
I do believe Microsoft cares about digital data sovereignty more than most companies. They have a long time of hosting important data for a lot of businesses and governments and don't want to lose that trust.
But that doesn't change that they are a US company who could be compelled by a tyrant.
But that doesn't change that they are a US company who could be compelled by a tyrant.
December 10, 2025 at 1:12 AM
I do believe Microsoft cares about digital data sovereignty more than most companies. They have a long time of hosting important data for a lot of businesses and governments and don't want to lose that trust.
But that doesn't change that they are a US company who could be compelled by a tyrant.
But that doesn't change that they are a US company who could be compelled by a tyrant.
Reposted by Ryan Robinson
I like this Android feature to group notifications into categories, but I do not know why it says it uses "AI" in order to know that The Toronto Star's app (for example) should be classified as news. Kinda feels like they just need an index of apps that are in the store they already control?
December 10, 2025 at 1:01 AM
I like this Android feature to group notifications into categories, but I do not know why it says it uses "AI" in order to know that The Toronto Star's app (for example) should be classified as news. Kinda feels like they just need an index of apps that are in the store they already control?
I'm always pleased for any excuse to share a Ciri photo.
December 10, 2025 at 12:55 AM
I'm always pleased for any excuse to share a Ciri photo.
Reposted by Ryan Robinson
One theory I have is that competence, self-control, responsibility, and expertise have all been feminized, leaving “masculinity” with the realm of impulsivity and petulance. So the divide is not really between “femininity” and “masculinity” so much as between adulthood and childishness.
Everything else aside, the idea that this is a model for many men of *masculinity* is so wild. This? This is "manly"? This is how people think it's cool to act?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-wG...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-wG...
Dave Portnoy Demands NFL Investigate Pete Carroll & Raiders For Rigging
YouTube video by Clasher Sports
www.youtube.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:41 PM
One theory I have is that competence, self-control, responsibility, and expertise have all been feminized, leaving “masculinity” with the realm of impulsivity and petulance. So the divide is not really between “femininity” and “masculinity” so much as between adulthood and childishness.
Reposted by Ryan Robinson
...Eliminating Section 230 would literally be the death of free speech on the Internet.
Sites (like here on Bluesky) would literally have to manually review every single post before it's allowed to be posted to make sure it's not something that will get them sued into oblivion.
Sites (like here on Bluesky) would literally have to manually review every single post before it's allowed to be posted to make sure it's not something that will get them sued into oblivion.
December 5, 2025 at 9:27 AM
...Eliminating Section 230 would literally be the death of free speech on the Internet.
Sites (like here on Bluesky) would literally have to manually review every single post before it's allowed to be posted to make sure it's not something that will get them sued into oblivion.
Sites (like here on Bluesky) would literally have to manually review every single post before it's allowed to be posted to make sure it's not something that will get them sued into oblivion.
Reposted by Ryan Robinson
There are lots of other ways to address the very real harms that kids experience online:
✅ Strict privacy laws that make it illegal to harvest data and use it to recommend content
✅ Antitrust laws so we have real choices for where to go online
✅ Regulate features like autoplay & infinite scroll
✅ Strict privacy laws that make it illegal to harvest data and use it to recommend content
✅ Antitrust laws so we have real choices for where to go online
✅ Regulate features like autoplay & infinite scroll
December 4, 2025 at 9:37 PM
There are lots of other ways to address the very real harms that kids experience online:
✅ Strict privacy laws that make it illegal to harvest data and use it to recommend content
✅ Antitrust laws so we have real choices for where to go online
✅ Regulate features like autoplay & infinite scroll
✅ Strict privacy laws that make it illegal to harvest data and use it to recommend content
✅ Antitrust laws so we have real choices for where to go online
✅ Regulate features like autoplay & infinite scroll
Reposted by Ryan Robinson
The thing to understand about "age verification" laws is that they are not just for kids
The only way to "stop kids from doing xyz online" using age-gating is to demand a government ID (or invasive biometric face scan) from EVERYONE.
This means associating your gov ID with EVERYTHING YOU DO ONLINE
The only way to "stop kids from doing xyz online" using age-gating is to demand a government ID (or invasive biometric face scan) from EVERYONE.
This means associating your gov ID with EVERYTHING YOU DO ONLINE
December 4, 2025 at 9:20 PM
The thing to understand about "age verification" laws is that they are not just for kids
The only way to "stop kids from doing xyz online" using age-gating is to demand a government ID (or invasive biometric face scan) from EVERYONE.
This means associating your gov ID with EVERYTHING YOU DO ONLINE
The only way to "stop kids from doing xyz online" using age-gating is to demand a government ID (or invasive biometric face scan) from EVERYONE.
This means associating your gov ID with EVERYTHING YOU DO ONLINE
Reposted by Ryan Robinson
"Moving ahead with the Pathways Alliance [carbon capture] project and adding an extra million barrels of oil per day (which is what the Government of Canada committed to do with the MOU) would leave us worse off in terms of pollution than keeping the current oil production levels with no CCS."
December 9, 2025 at 2:44 PM
"Moving ahead with the Pathways Alliance [carbon capture] project and adding an extra million barrels of oil per day (which is what the Government of Canada committed to do with the MOU) would leave us worse off in terms of pollution than keeping the current oil production levels with no CCS."
When I see the banner "ICE CONCERNS" on the gym TV in 2025, my first instinct is not that it is a big controversy for the Olympic hockey rink to be 2% shorter than an NHL rink.
December 9, 2025 at 2:26 PM
When I see the banner "ICE CONCERNS" on the gym TV in 2025, my first instinct is not that it is a big controversy for the Olympic hockey rink to be 2% shorter than an NHL rink.
Reposted by Ryan Robinson
Thanks for letting me know Ryan, I hadn’t heard about this proposed cut in their omnibus budget bill. For now looks like they can’t even get the bill to second reading as a result of a lack of cooperation w other parties. I’ll keep an eye on this provision!
December 8, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Thanks for letting me know Ryan, I hadn’t heard about this proposed cut in their omnibus budget bill. For now looks like they can’t even get the bill to second reading as a result of a lack of cooperation w other parties. I’ll keep an eye on this provision!
Reposted by Ryan Robinson
Would media show up for me to race the Finch LRT on foot?
December 8, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Would media show up for me to race the Finch LRT on foot?
Here's one I just learned about: the new Canadian budget bill includes repealing the requirement that Canada Post continue their Literature for the Blind service.
www.canadapost-postescanada.ca/cpc/en/suppo...
www.canadapost-postescanada.ca/cpc/en/suppo...
What y'all mad about today?
December 8, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Here's one I just learned about: the new Canadian budget bill includes repealing the requirement that Canada Post continue their Literature for the Blind service.
www.canadapost-postescanada.ca/cpc/en/suppo...
www.canadapost-postescanada.ca/cpc/en/suppo...
Reposted by Ryan Robinson
expect a blitzkrieg over the next few months across right wing and establishment media about how Netflix is a woke antitrust nightmare (piggybacking on valid concerns about consolidation), and that letting Larry Ellison own the entirety of U.S. media will be good for everyone
December 8, 2025 at 3:59 PM
expect a blitzkrieg over the next few months across right wing and establishment media about how Netflix is a woke antitrust nightmare (piggybacking on valid concerns about consolidation), and that letting Larry Ellison own the entirety of U.S. media will be good for everyone
Reposted by Ryan Robinson
Jared Kushner's involvement was "not mentioned in Paramount's press release on Monday morning about its $108 billion bid, nor were participating sovereign wealth funds from Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi and Qatar."
fancy that
fancy that
Jared Kushner is part of Paramount's hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery
Paramount is telling WBD shareholders that it has a smoother path to regulatory approval than does Netflix.
www.axios.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Jared Kushner's involvement was "not mentioned in Paramount's press release on Monday morning about its $108 billion bid, nor were participating sovereign wealth funds from Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi and Qatar."
fancy that
fancy that
Reposted by Ryan Robinson
as someone from a small country beset by larger powers aspiring to dominate it i always tend to assume that first and foremost tolkien's legendarium should be read as a postcolonial work: it is full of anxiety about the small being overwhelmed by the mighty and what that does to the soul
December 8, 2025 at 11:25 AM
as someone from a small country beset by larger powers aspiring to dominate it i always tend to assume that first and foremost tolkien's legendarium should be read as a postcolonial work: it is full of anxiety about the small being overwhelmed by the mighty and what that does to the soul
Reposted by Ryan Robinson
conceptualising Mordor as exactly what the text suggests it is - the dominion of a mad fallen angel, intent on overwhelming men and elves and dwarves simply because they refuse to submit to his will - actually allows you to bypass, imo, any unpleasant moral questions about the orcs altogether
"War must be, while we defend our lives against a destroyer who would devour all; but I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend:
December 8, 2025 at 11:49 AM
conceptualising Mordor as exactly what the text suggests it is - the dominion of a mad fallen angel, intent on overwhelming men and elves and dwarves simply because they refuse to submit to his will - actually allows you to bypass, imo, any unpleasant moral questions about the orcs altogether
Reposted by Ryan Robinson
The real Santa Claus slaps.
I'll see myself out.
I'll see myself out.
December 8, 2025 at 11:14 AM
The real Santa Claus slaps.
I'll see myself out.
I'll see myself out.
Reposted by Ryan Robinson
Spoiler Alert: Canada is not one of them. At all. Quite the contrary #cdnpoli #MarkCarney www.cnn.com/2025/11/07/c...
The surprising countries pulling off stunningly fast clean energy transitions | CNN
Fossil fuel production is still increasing and the United States is in climate denial mode. But, globally, the use of renewable energy is on the rise — and several countries are shifting to solar fast...
www.cnn.com
December 7, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Spoiler Alert: Canada is not one of them. At all. Quite the contrary #cdnpoli #MarkCarney www.cnn.com/2025/11/07/c...
Reposted by Ryan Robinson
christmas has gotten so far from its religious roots, wish we could celebrate our holidays like medieval christians (cross-dressing, being told by the bishop to stop cross-dressing, resolutely refusing to stop cross-dressing, threatening the bishop in defense of cross-dressing)
December 6, 2025 at 9:14 PM
christmas has gotten so far from its religious roots, wish we could celebrate our holidays like medieval christians (cross-dressing, being told by the bishop to stop cross-dressing, resolutely refusing to stop cross-dressing, threatening the bishop in defense of cross-dressing)
I will be walking 5km again in the 2026 Coldest Night of the Year. If you are able, please consider giving to support the essential work that Ray of Hope does for those in our Kitchener-Waterloo community who need it the most.
secure.e2rm.com/registrant/F...
secure.e2rm.com/registrant/F...
CNOY 2026 Fundhub Canada
The Coldest Night of the Year is a winterrific family-friendly fundraising walk in support of local charities. Let’s change the tune for people experiencing hurt, hunger, and homelessness... because i...
secure.e2rm.com
December 7, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I will be walking 5km again in the 2026 Coldest Night of the Year. If you are able, please consider giving to support the essential work that Ray of Hope does for those in our Kitchener-Waterloo community who need it the most.
secure.e2rm.com/registrant/F...
secure.e2rm.com/registrant/F...