For those who don’t know, Bluesky isn’t really federated. The only way to host a non-Bluesky instance required 1TB of storage in July 2024, and 5 TB of storage in Nov 2024. Could be way more than that now.

You basically have to be a company to federate into the ATProto (Bluesky) ecosystem. You can’t just “stand up an instance”.

Lots of detail: https://dustycloud.org/blog/how-decentralized-is-bluesky/

(I know you’ve already realized that you were conflating Mastodon with Bluesky, I’m putting this here for others who come along so they can get the facts).

I am learning today that some provinces have slightly different definitions for their provincial corporations than the Federal and Ontario definitions that I’m used to so ¯_(ツ)_/¯

That site says: “Meanwhile, a not-for-profit organization only fits within the following criteria: It is involved in smaller groups and revolves around a particular hobby or recreational activity; doesn’t have charters or a governing board; must not have the intentions of earning money.”

Having founded a not-for-profit corporation, and having looked at both the Ontario and federal laws around doing so, that is incorrect. We founded a not-for-profit with articles of incorporation that had to be approved by the provincial government (a charter) and the organization had (and still has) a governing board. Only the last 8 words of that statement are true in my experience.

That lawyer’s site also has Lorem Ipsum text further down on the same page. I’m not sure I trust it.

In Canada, the terms are interchangeable. The disctinction is only a US one.

The terms mean the same thing in Canada. The distinction is US-only.

I’m an @lemmy.ca user and subbed to multiple @sh.itjust.works communities. I didn’t know you were hosted in Canada. I’m all for Canadian unity, and glad to see us all working togther for a stronger Canadian Fediverse based on mutual, continuous consent and agreement.

In Canada: Not-for-profit == non-profit.

There is only a distinction in the US. In Canada, the distinction is not-for-profit/non-profit vs. charity.

It’s a US term. Typically referring to IRC 501©(3) non-profit corporations. The advantage in the US is tax-exemption, and donations to such an organization would be deductible from one’s income tax. Not-for-profit corporations in Canada do not enjoy such a status.

In Canada, the corresponing category to the US “non-profit” is “charity”. There is no distinction between not-for-profit and non-profit. Both imply the former.

It is much more difficult to found a charity in Canada because our definition of charitable aims is much more strict than in the US.

Source: Have served on more than one not-for-profit board and founded one not-for-profit corporation. The question of “why can’t I get a tax deduction for donating” always comes up.

Rally the votes for impeachment conviction now and I’ll consider not blaming you 100% for the situation the US is in right now.

warof1812 has entered the chat.

I think we agree on the overall premise, but disagree on the degree. I also think that’s fine. I don’t know how hard it would be to arm Canadians broadly as you suggest. I’m suggesting that armament will be most effective built on a foundation of intelligence and logistics.

I think there would be value in something like the Swiss model (though I understand that it isn’t as ubiquitous as it once was).

Wars aren’t won with weapons. Battles are won with weapons. Wars are won with intelligence and logistics.

Russia tried to make their “special military operation” a battle and take Kyiv in the first few days. They failed, and now they have a war on their hands. If you follow the details of the war, a lot of focus is placed on cities that are well-connected to other cities by road or by water. Your military can be much more agile in where it chooses to deploy resources if you control the supply infrastructure.

Occupations are notoriously even worse. The asymmetry of maintaining resources for an occupation is huge. Relatively small pockets of resistance, well applied, can cripple an occupier’s forces, even if the resistance is relatively poorly armed.

The question is what the limit of the American populous’s tolerance for soldiers dying to occupy Canada, of all places. I hope we never find out.

There was a good discussion online between Christine Lemmer-Webber, one of the editors of the ActivityPub W3C Standard, and Bryan Newbold, protocol engineer at BlueSky.

• CLW - How Decentralized is BlueSky Really?
• BN - Reply on Bluesky and Decentralization
• CLW - Re: Re: BlueSky and Decentralization

These are long reads. But they are worth reading. Christine and Bryan agree that ATProto and ActivityPub have different design goals and so what you get from “federation” with each is different. ATProto makes a centralized index of the entire system possible, at the cost of relying on very few (practically likely one) centralized providers.

As a result, the Lemmy ecosystem, as it exists today, wouldn’t be possible with ATProto. It would probably look more like Reddit, but with a “credible exit” possible as a defense against enshittification.

The entire premise of this piece is that it happens consensually within the law. Secretary Krasnov-Trump of the 47th Oblast is not known for respecting consent or the law.

The outcome we have to be wary of is forcible annexation. Trump only respects strength, so the right thing to do is to be strong. Trump’s reaction to Ontario’s energy surcharge is proof that we’re on the right track—it’s him whining “no, I’m stronger”. We have to keep showing Canadian strength in response. Not aggressive strength, but a forcible “no” with enough oomph to back it up.

He’s a bully. He’ll give up when we’re no longer fun and hand the file over to someone who will be willing to negotiate. Then when a deal is reached that is almost exactly where we were in December, he’ll claim victory for bringing Canada to heel.

Peace, Order, and Good Government is the right goal. But right now all three of those aims require paying attention to Trump, not ignoring him.

The fight for justice, democracy, and civility knows no borders. You (singular), and those who fight against oppression will always be our brothers/sisters IMO.

We know you’re there, and we know who we are and aren’t booing when we boo the Star-Spangled Banner.

I think I can speak for most Canadians if I say we’re sorry that standing up for ourselves means hurting you, but we’re not sorry for standing up for ourselves.

I’ve been saying “Canadians are nice by choice, not because of something in the water.”

I like this one, too. I intend on stealing it and spreading it. #ElbowsUp

I think Trudeau is best when he gets to lead a country, and not have to deal with politics. I mean, he’s not the best policy maker, IMO, but we’ve had worse PMs. Whenever he has to do “politics” stuff though he’s… well, bad.

Thanks, consider me a +1 on your internal prioritization. I know that a lot of places offer DNS management for free (because it scales so well) but I’d be willing to pay a nominal fee to have it be Canadian. I’m already paying right now to have it managed on a hacker-run service rather than a large corporate service.

Do you provide managed DNS hosting?

I’ve got a couple of droplets I would probably move, but I’d like to centralize my NS record provider first.

Didn’t have to be real, just scary to the powerful.

(Not commenting on truth of whether it happened or not, just a generalization of my observations of the behaviours of the powerful)