Tim King
@tk1ng.bsky.social
Cyber education & emerging tech specialist, writer & teacher. Love a good edge case because I am one!
-20 actual, no wind... beautiful ice crystal formation in SW Ontario just as the sun breaks over the horizon.
January 24, 2026 at 3:16 PM
-20 actual, no wind... beautiful ice crystal formation in SW Ontario just as the sun breaks over the horizon.
A series of graphics reveals how the Trump administration has sought historic cuts to the science and research workforce.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
Lots of talk about the loss of soft power, but this is astonishing and will cripple future US development.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
Lots of talk about the loss of soft power, but this is astonishing and will cripple future US development.
January 22, 2026 at 12:52 PM
A series of graphics reveals how the Trump administration has sought historic cuts to the science and research workforce.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
Lots of talk about the loss of soft power, but this is astonishing and will cripple future US development.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
Lots of talk about the loss of soft power, but this is astonishing and will cripple future US development.
Use of #edtech in schools: Children should not have to swap their #privacy for an #education | Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario www.ipc.on.ca/en/media-cen...
What a mess. #onted
"missing key privacy & security provisions in agreements with PowerSchool"
What a mess. #onted
"missing key privacy & security provisions in agreements with PowerSchool"
January 16, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Use of #edtech in schools: Children should not have to swap their #privacy for an #education | Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario www.ipc.on.ca/en/media-cen...
What a mess. #onted
"missing key privacy & security provisions in agreements with PowerSchool"
What a mess. #onted
"missing key privacy & security provisions in agreements with PowerSchool"
www.weforum.org/publications...
#disinformation & cyber insecurity will impact #cdned students (top 10 short & long term) - yet neither are given space to develop into interdisciplinary critical skills in #cdned.
The #digitaldivide is widening in #Canada and the impact to #cdnpoli is devastating.
#disinformation & cyber insecurity will impact #cdned students (top 10 short & long term) - yet neither are given space to develop into interdisciplinary critical skills in #cdned.
The #digitaldivide is widening in #Canada and the impact to #cdnpoli is devastating.
January 14, 2026 at 6:43 PM
www.weforum.org/publications...
#disinformation & cyber insecurity will impact #cdned students (top 10 short & long term) - yet neither are given space to develop into interdisciplinary critical skills in #cdned.
The #digitaldivide is widening in #Canada and the impact to #cdnpoli is devastating.
#disinformation & cyber insecurity will impact #cdned students (top 10 short & long term) - yet neither are given space to develop into interdisciplinary critical skills in #cdned.
The #digitaldivide is widening in #Canada and the impact to #cdnpoli is devastating.
Openmedia's analysis is a decade out of date but there is little reason to believe we did much about it in the meantime.
"estimated that at least 90% of Canadian Internet traffic is routed through U.S. exchange points"
openmedia.org/ixmaps-frequ...
#Cdnpoli
"estimated that at least 90% of Canadian Internet traffic is routed through U.S. exchange points"
openmedia.org/ixmaps-frequ...
#Cdnpoli
January 13, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Openmedia's analysis is a decade out of date but there is little reason to believe we did much about it in the meantime.
"estimated that at least 90% of Canadian Internet traffic is routed through U.S. exchange points"
openmedia.org/ixmaps-frequ...
#Cdnpoli
"estimated that at least 90% of Canadian Internet traffic is routed through U.S. exchange points"
openmedia.org/ixmaps-frequ...
#Cdnpoli
Beyond the SDGs: A New Year’s call for listening to countries’ experiences.
world-education-blog.org/2026/01/08/n...
Listening more to comments made from the friction where policy meets reality is something we should be doing in #education everywhere. #cdned #onted
world-education-blog.org/2026/01/08/n...
Listening more to comments made from the friction where policy meets reality is something we should be doing in #education everywhere. #cdned #onted
January 13, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Beyond the SDGs: A New Year’s call for listening to countries’ experiences.
world-education-blog.org/2026/01/08/n...
Listening more to comments made from the friction where policy meets reality is something we should be doing in #education everywhere. #cdned #onted
world-education-blog.org/2026/01/08/n...
Listening more to comments made from the friction where policy meets reality is something we should be doing in #education everywhere. #cdned #onted
Bell Canada Backbone
Public Peering Exchange Points
www.peeringdb.com/net/1550
Raises questions about how much Canadian data boomerangs through the US. I'm willing to bet it's the majority between eastern and western Canada.
Public Peering Exchange Points
www.peeringdb.com/net/1550
Raises questions about how much Canadian data boomerangs through the US. I'm willing to bet it's the majority between eastern and western Canada.
January 12, 2026 at 9:54 PM
Bell Canada Backbone
Public Peering Exchange Points
www.peeringdb.com/net/1550
Raises questions about how much Canadian data boomerangs through the US. I'm willing to bet it's the majority between eastern and western Canada.
Public Peering Exchange Points
www.peeringdb.com/net/1550
Raises questions about how much Canadian data boomerangs through the US. I'm willing to bet it's the majority between eastern and western Canada.
A Ph.D. in cybersecurity strikes me as similar to a Ph.D. in teaching. I'd rather be doing it rather than observing and talking about it.
January 6, 2026 at 9:07 PM
A Ph.D. in cybersecurity strikes me as similar to a Ph.D. in teaching. I'd rather be doing it rather than observing and talking about it.
The future of privacy in education? Surveillance programs in the classroom will at least prepare students for their role as techno-serfs in the workplace.
The willingness to fabricate data for marketing makes this a difficult read. What is the future of pedagogy if any of this is acceptable?
The willingness to fabricate data for marketing makes this a difficult read. What is the future of pedagogy if any of this is acceptable?
January 4, 2026 at 8:08 PM
The future of privacy in education? Surveillance programs in the classroom will at least prepare students for their role as techno-serfs in the workplace.
The willingness to fabricate data for marketing makes this a difficult read. What is the future of pedagogy if any of this is acceptable?
The willingness to fabricate data for marketing makes this a difficult read. What is the future of pedagogy if any of this is acceptable?
"Overall, it is surprising that respondents do not perceive their networks to be at greater risk."
www.cosn.org/wp-content/u...
Is it a surprise considering how little #cybersecurity is found in #cdned curriculum or educator training? #onted
www.cosn.org/wp-content/u...
Is it a surprise considering how little #cybersecurity is found in #cdned curriculum or educator training? #onted
December 15, 2025 at 7:37 PM
"Overall, it is surprising that respondents do not perceive their networks to be at greater risk."
www.cosn.org/wp-content/u...
Is it a surprise considering how little #cybersecurity is found in #cdned curriculum or educator training? #onted
www.cosn.org/wp-content/u...
Is it a surprise considering how little #cybersecurity is found in #cdned curriculum or educator training? #onted
#Tech companies are pouring money into #AI, and they’re not making it back - how everything could come crashing down: www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
"The U.S. is becoming an Nvidia-state."
Those Invid are trouble!
"The U.S. is becoming an Nvidia-state."
Those Invid are trouble!
December 6, 2025 at 8:49 PM
#Tech companies are pouring money into #AI, and they’re not making it back - how everything could come crashing down: www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
"The U.S. is becoming an Nvidia-state."
Those Invid are trouble!
"The U.S. is becoming an Nvidia-state."
Those Invid are trouble!
Whoever is doing social media for the Canadian Forces...
You've got game!
I hope it encourages more Canadians to consider the many opportunities this pathway offers.
#cdned
You've got game!
I hope it encourages more Canadians to consider the many opportunities this pathway offers.
#cdned
November 30, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Whoever is doing social media for the Canadian Forces...
You've got game!
I hope it encourages more Canadians to consider the many opportunities this pathway offers.
#cdned
You've got game!
I hope it encourages more Canadians to consider the many opportunities this pathway offers.
#cdned
This week in NL:
Bald eagle
Moose
Great cormorants
A wolf! (Running across the road at dusk on the way to Cape Spear)
All of which were lovely, but this one was something special. He followed me around Signal Hill for 20 minutes!
Bald eagle
Moose
Great cormorants
A wolf! (Running across the road at dusk on the way to Cape Spear)
All of which were lovely, but this one was something special. He followed me around Signal Hill for 20 minutes!
November 29, 2025 at 3:16 AM
This week in NL:
Bald eagle
Moose
Great cormorants
A wolf! (Running across the road at dusk on the way to Cape Spear)
All of which were lovely, but this one was something special. He followed me around Signal Hill for 20 minutes!
Bald eagle
Moose
Great cormorants
A wolf! (Running across the road at dusk on the way to Cape Spear)
All of which were lovely, but this one was something special. He followed me around Signal Hill for 20 minutes!
A brilliant example of cross #Canada #education collaboration between UBC and @ictc-ctic.ca @mark-carney.bsky.social
Want a sense of just how cross Canada it is?
Here we are at Gonzaga High School in St John's on UBC's Geering Up #Quantum Arcade yesterday! www.quantumarcade.org
#cnded #IYQ2025
Want a sense of just how cross Canada it is?
Here we are at Gonzaga High School in St John's on UBC's Geering Up #Quantum Arcade yesterday! www.quantumarcade.org
#cnded #IYQ2025
November 26, 2025 at 8:19 PM
A brilliant example of cross #Canada #education collaboration between UBC and @ictc-ctic.ca @mark-carney.bsky.social
Want a sense of just how cross Canada it is?
Here we are at Gonzaga High School in St John's on UBC's Geering Up #Quantum Arcade yesterday! www.quantumarcade.org
#cnded #IYQ2025
Want a sense of just how cross Canada it is?
Here we are at Gonzaga High School in St John's on UBC's Geering Up #Quantum Arcade yesterday! www.quantumarcade.org
#cnded #IYQ2025
November 21, 2025 at 2:11 PM
We do love to build critical infrastructure and then manage it like this...
November 18, 2025 at 8:39 PM
We do love to build critical infrastructure and then manage it like this...
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'?
Daniel Suarez wrote us out of that trap with an #AI that forced a clear choice between regionally empowered local democracies and globalism and the authorititarianism it will always spawn.
Maybe Skynet will save us rather than destroy us - but we need a visionary who isn't a myopiic greed monster.
Maybe Skynet will save us rather than destroy us - but we need a visionary who isn't a myopiic greed monster.
November 16, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Daniel Suarez wrote us out of that trap with an #AI that forced a clear choice between regionally empowered local democracies and globalism and the authorititarianism it will always spawn.
Maybe Skynet will save us rather than destroy us - but we need a visionary who isn't a myopiic greed monster.
Maybe Skynet will save us rather than destroy us - but we need a visionary who isn't a myopiic greed monster.
I've been working with @ictc-ctic.ca for the past 3yrs doing #K12 #cdned #cybereducation outreach with support from ISED & CSE. etalentcanada.ca/for-educator...
Perhaps it's time for CSIS to work with us on building critical youth digital media literacy skills?
#cdnpoli @mark-carney.bsky.social
Perhaps it's time for CSIS to work with us on building critical youth digital media literacy skills?
#cdnpoli @mark-carney.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I've been working with @ictc-ctic.ca for the past 3yrs doing #K12 #cdned #cybereducation outreach with support from ISED & CSE. etalentcanada.ca/for-educator...
Perhaps it's time for CSIS to work with us on building critical youth digital media literacy skills?
#cdnpoli @mark-carney.bsky.social
Perhaps it's time for CSIS to work with us on building critical youth digital media literacy skills?
#cdnpoli @mark-carney.bsky.social
"Moonshot's comparison chart shows that these results put K2 Thinking ahead of some leading commercial models like GPT-5 and Claude Sonnet 4.5, as well as Chinese rival Deepseek-V3.2"
the-decoder.com/moonshot-ais...
the-decoder.com/moonshot-ais...
November 7, 2025 at 7:41 PM
"Moonshot's comparison chart shows that these results put K2 Thinking ahead of some leading commercial models like GPT-5 and Claude Sonnet 4.5, as well as Chinese rival Deepseek-V3.2"
the-decoder.com/moonshot-ais...
the-decoder.com/moonshot-ais...
Happy with the final edit:
temkblog.blogspot.com/2025/11/leve...
"You are surrounded by #quantum mechanics. Celebrate this centenary of our discovery of #quantummechanics by recognizing that it isn't coming soon but is something you've been surrounded by your whole life." #cdned #onted #IYQ2025
temkblog.blogspot.com/2025/11/leve...
"You are surrounded by #quantum mechanics. Celebrate this centenary of our discovery of #quantummechanics by recognizing that it isn't coming soon but is something you've been surrounded by your whole life." #cdned #onted #IYQ2025
November 7, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Happy with the final edit:
temkblog.blogspot.com/2025/11/leve...
"You are surrounded by #quantum mechanics. Celebrate this centenary of our discovery of #quantummechanics by recognizing that it isn't coming soon but is something you've been surrounded by your whole life." #cdned #onted #IYQ2025
temkblog.blogspot.com/2025/11/leve...
"You are surrounded by #quantum mechanics. Celebrate this centenary of our discovery of #quantummechanics by recognizing that it isn't coming soon but is something you've been surrounded by your whole life." #cdned #onted #IYQ2025