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Wayne Beaton

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Wayne is a doating husband, former minor hockey chauffeur, open source governance specialist, and martial artist. πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ he/him

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🎢 I wanna rock! Rock!

04.02.2026 03:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.

24.01.2026 20:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Signs down. Elbows up.

24.01.2026 00:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We live in the dumbest timeline.

10.01.2026 16:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Happy Isaac Newtons’s Birthday to all who celebrate!

25.12.2025 16:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It’d only be once in a lifetime.

24.12.2025 16:54 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
in the pit

in the pit

This entire weekend

15.12.2025 03:58 β€” πŸ‘ 34423    πŸ” 7274    πŸ’¬ 218    πŸ“Œ 255
Photo listing the names of the victims of the Polytechnique MontrΓ©al massacre.

Photo listing the names of the victims of the Polytechnique MontrΓ©al massacre.

Today, we remember the fourteen young women whose lives were stolen at Polytechnique MontrΓ©al 36 years ago.

Their names are a solemn reminder of the devastating toll of gender-based violence β€” and the responsibility that comes with our remembrance.

06.12.2025 16:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1647    πŸ” 438    πŸ’¬ 41    πŸ“Œ 35

We live in the stupidest timeline.

06.12.2025 16:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I taught Karate to the Girl Guides tonight. They pay in cookies. Tonight was a good night.

03.12.2025 02:37 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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America, It's Not You, It's...

28.11.2025 11:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1273    πŸ” 492    πŸ’¬ 42    πŸ“Œ 71

We live in the stupidest timeline.

28.11.2025 05:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Eclipse Collections Categorically: Level up your programming game Eclipse Collections Categorically: Level up your programming game - Kindle edition by Raab, Donald. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Eclipse Collections Categorically: Level up your programming game.

On Cyber Monday, the Kindle version of "Eclipse Collections Categorically: Level up your programming game" will be $0 to buy.

Offer begins 12:00am PST & ends at 11:59pm PST on Dec. 1, 2025. Mark your calendar, & share w/ folks who like unique tech books. πŸ™
www.amazon.com/Eclipse-Coll...

27.11.2025 02:38 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Eclipse Foundation Security Training Sharpen your security skills with our developer security training videos.

πŸŽ‰ The #EclipseFdn Security Training 2025 recordings are now live!

Strengthen your vulnerability management skills, understand embargo coordination, and improve your supply chain security practices by watching our security training sessions.

▢️ Watch the playlist: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

26.11.2025 12:02 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer is on. It’s good to be periodically reminded that we should be kind to misfits because they might one day be useful to us.

23.11.2025 23:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Saskatoon?

22.11.2025 23:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Elbows up

16.11.2025 01:22 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

oct 31 = dec 25

Happy Birthday, Isaac Newton!

01.11.2025 01:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

They make you smarter. It’s right there in the name.

01.11.2025 01:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Remember that time, when we were all talking over each other and you were just saying β€œraisin nut bran” over and over again?

Pepperidge Farms remembers. For the most part.

27.10.2025 23:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Siri pops up whenever I say β€œsorry” #canadianProblems

27.10.2025 23:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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We’re just one week out from the Radio Free Europe β€˜25 release date (10” orange vinyl). Here’s an important message from @michaelstipe.bsky.social and @millsish.bsky.social we originally ran on World Press Freedom Day. Drop by your local indie record store on October 17! ffm.to/remrfe2025

10.10.2025 14:31 β€” πŸ‘ 212    πŸ” 36    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2

We’ve always been at war with Eastasia.

09.10.2025 22:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A vintage sepia-toned portrait of a young boy with short hair, smiling and sitting with one arm resting on their knee.

A vintage sepia-toned portrait of a young boy with short hair, smiling and sitting with one arm resting on their knee.

1 October 1936 | Dutch Jew, Andries Jacob Stad, was born in Enschede.

He was deported to #Auschwitz from Westerbork in January 1943. He was murdered in a gas chamber after the arrival selection.
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A video about gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp: https://youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck

01.10.2025 11:00 β€” πŸ‘ 433    πŸ” 121    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 9
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Canadian Sophie de Goede awarded player of the year.

Well done and well deserved!

#Canada
#WomensRugbyWorldCup
#SophiedeGoede

27.09.2025 19:57 β€” πŸ‘ 177    πŸ” 37    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 5
Vintage portrait of a young girl. The girl is wearing a light dress with a floral design and has curly hair.

Vintage portrait of a young girl. The girl is wearing a light dress with a floral design and has curly hair.

27 September 1936 | A Czech Jewish girl, Blanka Schwarzkopf, was born in Prague.

She was deported to #Auschwitz from Theresienstadt Ghetto on 9 October 1944. She was murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.

27.09.2025 20:00 β€” πŸ‘ 559    πŸ” 140    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 8
Jimmy Kimmel is Back!
YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live Jimmy Kimmel is Back!

As I was saying…

24.09.2025 04:27 β€” πŸ‘ 36088    πŸ” 7904    πŸ’¬ 1683    πŸ“Œ 796

Eight orgs involved in FOSS and package repos have asked for more support for package repos because of the skyrocketing costs for hosting everyone's code

"In effect, public registries have become free global CDNs for commercial vendors."

openssf.org/blog/2025/09...

24.09.2025 23:42 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Look you can’t tell me this thing is β€œintelligently designed” β€” it goes into a five-minute coughing fit if I breathe wrong. Sometimes it accidentally bites itself. It draws blood.

06.09.2025 15:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1408    πŸ” 137    πŸ’¬ 103    πŸ“Œ 24