Timothy King
@tk1ng.bsky.social
Cyber education & emerging tech specialist, writer & teacher. Love a good edge case because I am one!
Gripen E vs F-35? The Wrong Question to Ask nordicdefencesector.com/en/article/g...
Gripen E vs F-35? The Wrong Question to Ask
Mikael Grev is a former Gripen pilot and co-founder and CEO of Avioniq. In this column for Nordic Defence Sector, he compares the Gripen E and the F-35, arguing for a more nuanced view of fighter capa...
nordicdefencesector.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Gripen E vs F-35? The Wrong Question to Ask nordicdefencesector.com/en/article/g...
Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges cnb.cx/4pyM1k5
You can substitute 'Facebook' for whatever the kids are on today. It's the same algorithms doing the same damage, just a different UI.
You can substitute 'Facebook' for whatever the kids are on today. It's the same algorithms doing the same damage, just a different UI.
Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges
Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.
cnb.cx
November 24, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges cnb.cx/4pyM1k5
You can substitute 'Facebook' for whatever the kids are on today. It's the same algorithms doing the same damage, just a different UI.
You can substitute 'Facebook' for whatever the kids are on today. It's the same algorithms doing the same damage, just a different UI.
"only 30% of the Canadian population is currently 'very prepared with workplace #digitalskills' and this number is expected to drop to 23% in the next 5 years as #technology continues to evolve" #cdned
abclifeliteracy.ca/news/ai-and-...
abclifeliteracy.ca/news/ai-and-...
AI and the new digital divide: Why digital literacy matters more than ever
Artificial intelligence (AI) isn’t coming — it’s already here. From chatbots that answer our questions to tools that can generate resumes, recipes or even art, AI is quickly becoming part of everyday ...
abclifeliteracy.ca
November 21, 2025 at 7:18 PM
"only 30% of the Canadian population is currently 'very prepared with workplace #digitalskills' and this number is expected to drop to 23% in the next 5 years as #technology continues to evolve" #cdned
abclifeliteracy.ca/news/ai-and-...
abclifeliteracy.ca/news/ai-and-...
November 21, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Building Global Impact with #Canada’s #Quantum Leadership
With centres in QC, ON, AB & BC...
www.waterlooedc.ca/blog/buildin...
I'm reading this as I travel to NL and once again I'm left wondering where Atlantic Canada's quantum cluster is.
#cdnpoli
With centres in QC, ON, AB & BC...
www.waterlooedc.ca/blog/buildin...
I'm reading this as I travel to NL and once again I'm left wondering where Atlantic Canada's quantum cluster is.
#cdnpoli
Building Global Impact with Canada’s Quantum Leadership - Waterloo EDC
Lisa Lambert, CEO of Quantum Industry Canada, shares how Canada is turning quantum expertise into a global advantage for technology and business.
www.waterlooedc.ca
November 21, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Building Global Impact with #Canada’s #Quantum Leadership
With centres in QC, ON, AB & BC...
www.waterlooedc.ca/blog/buildin...
I'm reading this as I travel to NL and once again I'm left wondering where Atlantic Canada's quantum cluster is.
#cdnpoli
With centres in QC, ON, AB & BC...
www.waterlooedc.ca/blog/buildin...
I'm reading this as I travel to NL and once again I'm left wondering where Atlantic Canada's quantum cluster is.
#cdnpoli
The exact same conclusion was reached through research data at ISED's IP conference last month: www.linkedin.com/posts/temkin...
It's easy to blame research universities and foreign students, but #Canada has a business culture that doesn't take responsibility for development. A colonial mindset?
It's easy to blame research universities and foreign students, but #Canada has a business culture that doesn't take responsibility for development. A colonial mindset?
November 21, 2025 at 1:45 PM
The exact same conclusion was reached through research data at ISED's IP conference last month: www.linkedin.com/posts/temkin...
It's easy to blame research universities and foreign students, but #Canada has a business culture that doesn't take responsibility for development. A colonial mindset?
It's easy to blame research universities and foreign students, but #Canada has a business culture that doesn't take responsibility for development. A colonial mindset?
Traditional web search introduces friction: users must click, read, and synthesize across different sources, building a deeper and more original mental model.
Anyone selling you on frictionless learning (or teaching) is blowing smoke. Learning is mental heavy lifting and hard work, and should be.
Anyone selling you on frictionless learning (or teaching) is blowing smoke. Learning is mental heavy lifting and hard work, and should be.
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
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November 21, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Traditional web search introduces friction: users must click, read, and synthesize across different sources, building a deeper and more original mental model.
Anyone selling you on frictionless learning (or teaching) is blowing smoke. Learning is mental heavy lifting and hard work, and should be.
Anyone selling you on frictionless learning (or teaching) is blowing smoke. Learning is mental heavy lifting and hard work, and should be.
Reposted by Timothy King
It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
November 21, 2025 at 12:49 PM
It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Reposted by Timothy King
“[open social] must be funded like infrastructure, not consumer apps. In fact, given the scale of hybrid threats, it should be funded from defense budgets, not innovation leftovers.
The strategic layer of democracy is the information layer. And right now, it is outsourced.” @seabass.bsky.social
The strategic layer of democracy is the information layer. And right now, it is outsourced.” @seabass.bsky.social
The joint statements coming out of the Summit on Digital Sovereignty miss a structural blind spot: we keep talking about AI while ignoring the system that actually shapes public opinion at scale -… | ...
The joint statements coming out of the Summit on Digital Sovereignty miss a structural blind spot: we keep talking about AI while ignoring the system that actually shapes public opinion at scale - soc...
www.linkedin.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:57 AM
“[open social] must be funded like infrastructure, not consumer apps. In fact, given the scale of hybrid threats, it should be funded from defense budgets, not innovation leftovers.
The strategic layer of democracy is the information layer. And right now, it is outsourced.” @seabass.bsky.social
The strategic layer of democracy is the information layer. And right now, it is outsourced.” @seabass.bsky.social
Watch PixelPalooza!
Jen Looper's Proustian talk is a philosophical look across #webdevelopment from the early days of hand built sites to the 'everything is purple' world of #AI generated content today - it's absolutely brilliant.
www.youtube.com/live/QUWCK1G... starts ~ 26 mins in.
Jen Looper's Proustian talk is a philosophical look across #webdevelopment from the early days of hand built sites to the 'everything is purple' world of #AI generated content today - it's absolutely brilliant.
www.youtube.com/live/QUWCK1G... starts ~ 26 mins in.
PixelPalooza 2025
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November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Watch PixelPalooza!
Jen Looper's Proustian talk is a philosophical look across #webdevelopment from the early days of hand built sites to the 'everything is purple' world of #AI generated content today - it's absolutely brilliant.
www.youtube.com/live/QUWCK1G... starts ~ 26 mins in.
Jen Looper's Proustian talk is a philosophical look across #webdevelopment from the early days of hand built sites to the 'everything is purple' world of #AI generated content today - it's absolutely brilliant.
www.youtube.com/live/QUWCK1G... starts ~ 26 mins in.
The Internet Society's 2026 Action Plan:
"Our Action Plan is a roadmap for progress, powered by collaboration with our global community. Together, we can make the Internet a force for good — today, tomorrow, and for generations to come."
www.internetsociety.org/action-plan/...
"Our Action Plan is a roadmap for progress, powered by collaboration with our global community. Together, we can make the Internet a force for good — today, tomorrow, and for generations to come."
www.internetsociety.org/action-plan/...
2026 Action Plan - Internet Society
From our strategic vision to specific goals, read about how we'll be advancing our five-year strategy in 2026.
www.internetsociety.org
November 20, 2025 at 2:39 PM
The Internet Society's 2026 Action Plan:
"Our Action Plan is a roadmap for progress, powered by collaboration with our global community. Together, we can make the Internet a force for good — today, tomorrow, and for generations to come."
www.internetsociety.org/action-plan/...
"Our Action Plan is a roadmap for progress, powered by collaboration with our global community. Together, we can make the Internet a force for good — today, tomorrow, and for generations to come."
www.internetsociety.org/action-plan/...
IBM and Cisco Announce Plans to Build a Network of Large-Scale, Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computers
newsroom.ibm.com/2025-11-20-i...
newsroom.ibm.com/2025-11-20-i...
IBM and Cisco Announce Plans to Build a Network of Large-Scale, Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computers
By combining IBM’s leadership in building useful quantum computers with Cisco’s quantum networking innovations, the companies plan to explore how to scale large-scale, fault-tolerant quantum computers...
newsroom.ibm.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:26 PM
IBM and Cisco Announce Plans to Build a Network of Large-Scale, Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computers
newsroom.ibm.com/2025-11-20-i...
newsroom.ibm.com/2025-11-20-i...
Reposted by Timothy King
Ruin them! From @mollycrabapple.bsky.social:
“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/
“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/
November 18, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Ruin them! From @mollycrabapple.bsky.social:
“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/
“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/
Join well-known developers from around the world to explore how media is used across the web. Bring cutting-edge techniques back to your team.
cfe.dev/events/pixel...
cfe.dev/events/pixel...
PixelPalooza 2025
PixelPalooza will explore all the best practices we, as developers, can leverage media like images, video, audio and documents across our sites and applications.
cfe.dev
November 18, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Join well-known developers from around the world to explore how media is used across the web. Bring cutting-edge techniques back to your team.
cfe.dev/events/pixel...
cfe.dev/events/pixel...
www.independent.co.uk/tech/cloudfl...
"Parts of the web appear to have stopped working amid a technical problem at Cloudflare."
How long are we going to keep shoving our infrastructure onto this rickety house of cards we've built for 'convenience'?
"Parts of the web appear to have stopped working amid a technical problem at Cloudflare."
How long are we going to keep shoving our infrastructure onto this rickety house of cards we've built for 'convenience'?
November 18, 2025 at 1:20 PM
www.independent.co.uk/tech/cloudfl...
"Parts of the web appear to have stopped working amid a technical problem at Cloudflare."
How long are we going to keep shoving our infrastructure onto this rickety house of cards we've built for 'convenience'?
"Parts of the web appear to have stopped working amid a technical problem at Cloudflare."
How long are we going to keep shoving our infrastructure onto this rickety house of cards we've built for 'convenience'?
"To know assembly was to know the CPU itself—what it could & couldn’t do. A chip’s physical design, how the circuits connecting the logic gates of AND and XOR are actually laid, defines how it works"
www.wired.com/story/progra...
Which is why I always included it in #coding.
www.wired.com/story/progra...
Which is why I always included it in #coding.
Programming in Assembly Is Brutal, Beautiful, and Maybe Even a Path to Better AI
Whether your chip is running a vintage computer game or the latest DeepSeek model, it’ll reward you for speaking its native language.
www.wired.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:09 PM
"To know assembly was to know the CPU itself—what it could & couldn’t do. A chip’s physical design, how the circuits connecting the logic gates of AND and XOR are actually laid, defines how it works"
www.wired.com/story/progra...
Which is why I always included it in #coding.
www.wired.com/story/progra...
Which is why I always included it in #coding.
The #ai could "autonomously inspect digital infrastructure, identify “the highest-value databases,” write exploit code, harvest user credentials, and organize stolen data"
fortune.com/2025/11/14/a...
Just needs to be autonomous then.
fortune.com/2025/11/14/a...
Just needs to be autonomous then.
Anthropic says it 'disrupted' what it calls 'the first documented case of a large-scale AI cyberattack executed without substantial human intervention' | Fortune
"Attackers used AI’s 'agentic' capabilities to an unprecedented degree—using AI not just as an advisor, but to execute the cyberattacks themselves."
fortune.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:46 AM
The #ai could "autonomously inspect digital infrastructure, identify “the highest-value databases,” write exploit code, harvest user credentials, and organize stolen data"
fortune.com/2025/11/14/a...
Just needs to be autonomous then.
fortune.com/2025/11/14/a...
Just needs to be autonomous then.
@wired.com is pulling no punches - a must read:
"big #tech companies became The Phone Company—pernicious behemoths who enshittify their products to extract more profits"
www.wired.com/story/silico...
Is our only solution clinging to neoliberalism as a defence against authoritarianism?
"big #tech companies became The Phone Company—pernicious behemoths who enshittify their products to extract more profits"
www.wired.com/story/silico...
Is our only solution clinging to neoliberalism as a defence against authoritarianism?
I Thought I Knew Silicon Valley. I Was Wrong
Tech got what it wanted by electing Trump. A year later, it looks more like a suicide pact.
www.wired.com
November 16, 2025 at 3:33 PM
@wired.com is pulling no punches - a must read:
"big #tech companies became The Phone Company—pernicious behemoths who enshittify their products to extract more profits"
www.wired.com/story/silico...
Is our only solution clinging to neoliberalism as a defence against authoritarianism?
"big #tech companies became The Phone Company—pernicious behemoths who enshittify their products to extract more profits"
www.wired.com/story/silico...
Is our only solution clinging to neoliberalism as a defence against authoritarianism?
“Worryingly, nearly one in 10 terrorism investigations at CSIS now includes at least one subject of investigation under the age of 18"
cbc.ca/news/politic...
Extremist groups find un-supervised Canadian kids online everywhere. They make for easy targets.
#cdnpoli #cdned
cbc.ca/news/politic...
Extremist groups find un-supervised Canadian kids online everywhere. They make for easy targets.
#cdnpoli #cdned
Nearly 1 in 10 terrorism investigations at CSIS involves a minor: spy boss | CBC News
The head of Canada’s spy agency is warning about a “worrying” number of young people becoming radicalized.
cbc.ca
November 14, 2025 at 2:47 PM
“Worryingly, nearly one in 10 terrorism investigations at CSIS now includes at least one subject of investigation under the age of 18"
cbc.ca/news/politic...
Extremist groups find un-supervised Canadian kids online everywhere. They make for easy targets.
#cdnpoli #cdned
cbc.ca/news/politic...
Extremist groups find un-supervised Canadian kids online everywhere. They make for easy targets.
#cdnpoli #cdned
US ‘disappointed’ that Rolls-Royce will build UK’s first small modular reactors www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"Trump administration signed an $80bn deal with Westinghouse, which had been struggling financially, the Trump administration could end up taking a stake in the company"
"Trump administration signed an $80bn deal with Westinghouse, which had been struggling financially, the Trump administration could end up taking a stake in the company"
US ‘disappointed’ that Rolls-Royce will build UK’s first small modular reactors
As Keir Starmer announces SMRs to be built in Wales, US ambassador says Britain should choose ‘a different path’
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:37 PM
US ‘disappointed’ that Rolls-Royce will build UK’s first small modular reactors www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"Trump administration signed an $80bn deal with Westinghouse, which had been struggling financially, the Trump administration could end up taking a stake in the company"
"Trump administration signed an $80bn deal with Westinghouse, which had been struggling financially, the Trump administration could end up taking a stake in the company"
Stage seperation complete: www.virtualtelescope.eu/2025/11/13/c...
Comet C/2025 K1 ATLAS fragmentation: 13 Nov. 2025 image and animation. - The Virtual Telescope Project 2.0
Comet C/2025 K1 ATLAS showed several fragments in the inner coma on 13 Nov. 2025. Image by g. Masi, Virtual Telescope Project.
www.virtualtelescope.eu
November 13, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Stage seperation complete: www.virtualtelescope.eu/2025/11/13/c...
Reposted by Timothy King
Rohit Gupta, the TDSB supervisor, will earn $350,000 a year +$20,000 in expenses to get the board “back on track” despite an auditor finding no evidence of financial mismanagement.
[email protected]
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A former Metrolinx advisor getting things back on track is just perfect.
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A former Metrolinx advisor getting things back on track is just perfect.
November 12, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Rohit Gupta, the TDSB supervisor, will earn $350,000 a year +$20,000 in expenses to get the board “back on track” despite an auditor finding no evidence of financial mismanagement.
[email protected]
[email protected]
A former Metrolinx advisor getting things back on track is just perfect.
[email protected]
[email protected]
A former Metrolinx advisor getting things back on track is just perfect.
"They’re fueled by hype & ebullient valuations. When the heat rises — when capital tightens or customers scrutinize ROI — they go up in seconds."
open.substack.com/pub/ceodinne...
"Infrastructure clones in crowded categories — 1 more LLM gateway, 1 more vector database"
#ai #aibubble
open.substack.com/pub/ceodinne...
"Infrastructure clones in crowded categories — 1 more LLM gateway, 1 more vector database"
#ai #aibubble
The AI Wildfire Is Coming. It's Going to be Very Painful and Incredibly Healthy.
AI won’t crash—it will burn. Like every tech cycle, the fire will clear the brush, redistribute talent, and leave infrastructure to power what comes next. The question is: what kind of plant are you?
open.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:01 PM
"They’re fueled by hype & ebullient valuations. When the heat rises — when capital tightens or customers scrutinize ROI — they go up in seconds."
open.substack.com/pub/ceodinne...
"Infrastructure clones in crowded categories — 1 more LLM gateway, 1 more vector database"
#ai #aibubble
open.substack.com/pub/ceodinne...
"Infrastructure clones in crowded categories — 1 more LLM gateway, 1 more vector database"
#ai #aibubble
Working out migration strategies to Substack this morning...
substack.com/profile/1387...
substack.com/profile/1387...
Timothy King (@tk1ng)
Working out migrations strategies to substack.
substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Working out migration strategies to Substack this morning...
substack.com/profile/1387...
substack.com/profile/1387...