Victoria McIntosh

We have more privacy controls yet less privacy than ever Has online privacy become "a luxury not a right" for us all in 2026?

We have more privacy controls yet less privacy than ever www.bbc.com/news/article...

The Best Daal And Potato Curry Recipe Ever. - Earth And Oven Try this delicious vegetarian daal and potato curry, it's creamy and healthy.

Daal and Potato Curry. So delicious & satisfying; 10/10 will make again. #food

Inviting Grammarly and other tech companies with bad ideas to pay for my consulting service “Ask Me First.”

Fees available upon request.

There are consequences for using people’s personal information and likeliness without consent? You don’t say….

📚 Library job

Insult to monsters. Dracula & the Mummy were never this cruel.

A pox on car alarms when you’re attempting to do an analysis.

"People used to be excited about tech, now they dread what data you're going to steal next"

Art 🥰

…. and it’s still only MARCH.

Post your favourite Lord of the Rings character, wrong answers only:

Good still exists

leaders like trump are why sun tzu had to write a bunch of advice like "don't write your enemy a letter detailing what tactics you really don't want them to do"

So, this isn't just a state or federal privacy law issue and Grammarly has good enough lawyers to know that. This is also a state privacy tort issue and they're banking on the fact that no one will sue them for unauthorized use of their name.

California has very strong laws on this bc Hollywood.

A Super Mario sprite.

Have a Super Mar10 everyone!

Halifax, we gotta up our game. Can you imagine getting something this amazing by the waterfront at the height of summer?

So apparently grammarly stole my fuckin identity

OP’s dog, Ruby, wearing an elegant cabbage leaf as a hat. Ruby’s expression says “I know you are holding a treaty, and I am a very good dog, so I will hold very still while you photograph me.”

OP’s dog, Ruby, wearing an elegant cabbage leaf as a hat. Ruby’s expression says “I know you are holding a treaty, and I am a very good dog, so I will hold very still while you photograph me.”

She’s a grass/normal type.

Google Play Store Adds Warnings About Apps That Could Drain Your Battery Google is targeting excessive 'wake locks,' a feature Android developers can use to prevent a device from going to sleep.

"Google's Play Store will now flag apps that could cause excessive battery drain, which might make you think twice before downloading them—and encourage developers to fix the problem." www.pcmag.com/news/google-...

I too would like to order a billion dollars with my fries. 🍟

JUST LET ME PRETEND I'M SAVING THE PLANET YOU NO-GOOD DISOBEDIENT CREATURE

Usually there’s some level of discussion on complexities behind the situation.

Not this time.

Not sure people in the U.S. understand how the rest of the world views the current military and pending financial crisis as the fault of “those two dumbasses in the White House.”

March is Women’s History Month. I am going to try to highlight a related book each day. I say try because March is also the beginning of Spring when a garden witch’s heart turns to the outdoors. I’ll try to keep it up sharing recommendations and my current reading list.
Please share your recs!

Hope not. Fingers crossed all the snow Jan & Feb keeps things from drying up. 😓

AI cameras are everywhere — and people are paying the price for their mistakes Flock Safety's license plate readers are used by police in thousands of communities. When the cameras make mistakes, the consequences can be severe.

“In a dozen instances, misreads by Flock's automated license plate readers, or a lack of verification by officers, resulted in people who hadn't committed crimes being stopped at gunpoint, sent to jail, or mauled by a police dog, among other outcomes.”

It’s bright, sunny and nearly t-shirt weather in Halifax, and it’s early March. What’s the catch?

Been here long enough to know spring this early is an illusion.

Niiiiiice!

Post your favorite Lord of the Rings character. Wrong answers only.