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Kevin Everets

@keverets.bsky.social

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Advocate of kindness, consideration, and Free Software. Interested in anything that makes life a little bit better.

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Kevin Everets @keverets.bsky.social · 10d

Was able to get these setup for local access, then something random changed in the past week and though the Kasa app can see and control them, the TP-Link integration in #homeassistant can no longer find them. These are frustrating pieces of hardware

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Mike Schreiner @mikeschreiner.bsky.social · 20d

The Greenbelt, Wasaga Beach, now protected land in Port Hope. We should all be concerned that our environment is being sacrificed for insider profits.

Ontario Greens will keep fighting to protect our farmland and green spaces.

The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 24d

This spring, the Doug Ford government shifted the boundaries of a protected area in Port Hope, opening the gates for a subdivision to be built there instead. thenarwhal.ca/garden-hill-...

A Port Hope protected area, opened for development | The Narwhal

The Doug Ford government shifted the boundaries of a protected area, opening the way for a subdivision to be built there instead

Kevin Everets @keverets.bsky.social · 23d

Yup, 100% of the time so far

Kevin Everets @keverets.bsky.social · 23d

No worries. Gadgetbridge still works with it, so I have options. I understand the need to focus effort. Just hoped wherever the crash was coming from would be reasonably easy to fix and fix things for a larger class of users.

Kevin Everets @keverets.bsky.social · 23d

Submitted, thanks!

Kevin Everets @keverets.bsky.social · 23d

Got in on this round (yay!) But connecting to original Kickstarter Pebble results in crashes (boo). Hopefully there's enough instrumentation being sent back to help fix the crashes.

Kevin Everets @keverets.bsky.social · 23d

Just updated @f-droid.org.web.brid.gy and saw that #Spotube (cross platform music player) has support for @listenbrainz.org ... Connected that to my @musicbrainz.org account, and am in the process of importing the @last.fm history.

Happy to move away from Spotify as a metadata source.

Kevin Everets @keverets.bsky.social · Aug 29

After 13 months, the #bosch dishwasher is having control panel problems. Won't buy another Bosch. It's been terrible since buying it. How are these the highest rated?

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Mike Schreiner @mikeschreiner.bsky.social · Aug 28

People power is how we stopped Ford's Greenbelt scheme and it's what's going to stop Bill 5.

Thanks to the @whhgreens.bsky.social for organizing this event.

Elora Bill 5 Resistance

YouTube video by Mike Schreiner

Kevin Everets @keverets.bsky.social · Aug 27

It's definitely worth people exploring end-to-end encrypted photo storage such as Ente. Kind of crazy how many deeply personal images are shared with companies that have no respect for their users' privacy

Ente @ente.io · Aug 26

At Ente, your photos aren’t training anyone’s AI.

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Justin Ling @justinling.ca · Aug 13

This is a fun vid from @climatetown.bsky.social
youtu.be/r1bMJekCiBw?...

Joe Rogan Doesn't Understand Graphs

YouTube video by Climate Town

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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · Aug 13

leadnow.ca/campaigns/sa...

Send a message: Sanction Israel Now - Leadnow

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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · Aug 13

Yes, it is indeed unimaginable. But we are well beyond words of condemnation @anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social‬. It's time for full economic sanctions on Israel.

Add your voice to the call at....
www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...

Foreign Minister Anand says suffering in Gaza is ‘unimaginable’ in joint global statement urging unrestricted aid

Ministers from around two dozen countries say action is needed ‘to halt and reverse starvation’

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Sarah Harmer @sarahharmer.bsky.social · Jul 31

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John Lorinc @johnlorinc.bsky.social · Jul 31

#topoli #onpoli New from me in @spacing: Some reflections on @cycletoronto.bsky.social’s huge legal victory in the bike lane war with Ford Nation. spacing.ca/toronto/2025...

Bike Lanes: 2 - Ford Nation: 0 - Spacing Toronto

In an intriguing aside a third of the way into Justice Paul Schabas’ extraordinary decision (issued yesterday) in Toronto’s bike lane war with Premier Doug Ford, he reveals how, about a month ago, he ...

Kevin Everets @keverets.bsky.social · Aug 1

I hadn't heard of Futurehome, but I won't be buying Ring or Belkin products.

If it can't run local-only, then you never truly own the product.

Open Home Foundation @openhomefoundation.org · Jul 31

Worried your cloud-controlled smart devices could be ruined by the manufacturer? You should be.

Our latest newsletter covers the recent cloud disasters from three companies, and why local control is the only safe path forward for your smart home 👇🏼

#Newsletter #SmartHome

You don’t own it if they can break it

This newsletter covers the recent cloud disasters from three companies, and why local control is the only safe path forward for your smart home.

newsletter.openhomefoundation.org

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Toronto Star @thestar.com · Jul 31

Israel has been accused of genocide. This is how Canada should respond

#Opinion from @justinling.ca

Justin Ling: Israel has been accused of genocide. This is how Canada should respond

Canada can intervene in the case against Israel in support of the principles of international law.

www.thestar.com

Kevin Everets @keverets.bsky.social · Jul 31

Really annoyed by "natural flavour" as an ingredient in food products. Too easy to hide crap under that positive sounding name.

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Mark Z. Jacobson @mzjacobson.bsky.social · Jul 22

The global switch to renewable energy has passed a “positive tipping point”

In 2024, 74% of new electricity generated & 92.5% of new capacity were from WindWaterSolar; 17 mil EVs sold

3 cheapest electricity sources globally: onshore wind, PV, hydro

apnews.com/article/clim...

UN says booming solar, wind and other green energy hits global tipping point for even lower costs

The United Nations reports a global shift toward renewable energy, calling it a "positive tipping point."

Kevin Everets @keverets.bsky.social · Jul 12

Looks like one of my IKEA Parasoll sensors has started to have the battery drain issue. Too bad. Otherwise great sensors for #homeassistant sensing door opening. May try #aqara next?

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Radio Canada International @rci.bsky.social · Jul 9

Canadians are being drained of their life savings by scammers. However, investigations by financial institutions all too often end not with accountability, but with banks blaming the very customers who trusted them with protecting their money. ici.radio-canada.ca/rci/en/news/...

5 expert tips to protect yourself from financial fraud when the banks won’t | RCI

Canada’s big banks ‘appear to be protecting themselves,’ expert says

ici.radio-canada.ca

Kevin Everets @keverets.bsky.social · Jul 6

Might be worth spending some time living near a paper processing plant (or visit the area for a day). Paper seems clean on the consumption side, but is nasty on the production side.

The same is true for the electronic components. Just really not clear which is really better up close

Kevin Everets @keverets.bsky.social · Jun 25

Then the link process failed, but looked like it succeeded. After agreeing to the various agreements, etc.

This is causing rage at sign up. Hard to convince to keep going.

Kevin Everets @keverets.bsky.social · Jun 25

Then they got stuck at a slow load screen

Kevin Everets @keverets.bsky.social · Jun 25

Referred a friend who got stuck at the list of occupations. None applied. Quite a turn off.

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The Oatmeal @theoatmeal.bsky.social · Jun 25

A comic about a rat