Wonder about where the coverage is on Bill C-11?

Me, too.

SOPA + PIPA may be dead — or shelved — but Bill C-11 is alive and well and set to pass ASAP in 2012.

The Harper government approach to copyright is copy-wrong!

Remember Maria Aragon?

Bill C-10 will also make covers like Maria Aragon‘s illegal…

You can say “NO!” to Bill C-11!

Email your MP. Email the PM.

Say something — anything — via Twitter, Facebook, etc. against Bill C-11!

Say “NO!” to Bill C-11 now!

Visit Michael Geist’s website [ michaelgeist.ca ] for more information.

Why NO SOPA?

In case you missed it, somecanuckchick dot com went dark — along with thousands of others — on January 18, 2012 to protest SOPA and PIPA.

I believe that SOPA and PIPA would have reached beyond the borders of the United States of America and required internet service providers [ISPs] to take down any website [Canadian, or otherwise!] accused of posting, or linking to, copyrighted content.

I also believe that SOPA and PIPA would have had privacy implications for Canadians, with ISPs performing law enforcement functions that involve invading the privacy of Canadian internet users and Canadian website visitors.

SOPA and PIPA have since been shelved.

Canadian internet users, however, are still under threat from the Harper government, formerly known as the Government of Canada.

Remember Stephen Harper’s lawful access legislation?

Do you think any amount of protest (with a majority in the House of Commons and a majority in the Senate!) will be able to stop the Harper government from ramming through its lawful access legislation?

The same lawful access legislation which featured new information disclosure requirements for ISPs, mandated surveillance technology installation, the creation of new police powers, etc., etc., etc.

FYI the Harper government’s lawful access legislation has many of the same disturbing elements of SOPA and PIPA…

What can Canadians do while waiting for the Harper government to re-introduce its lawful access legislation?

Visit Michael Geist’s website: michaelgeist.ca

And, check out [Un]lawful Access!

More at The UBB Deception.

According to Twitter’s status page, Twitter (now) says that it is/was under a denial of service attack (Wikipedia entry for Denial of Service Attack).

In a statement to CNN, Twitter co-founder Biz Stone (Wikipedia entry for Biz Stone) said:

“There’s no indication that this attack is related to any previous activities. We are currently the target of a denial of service attack. Attacks such as this are malicious efforts orchestrated to disrupt and make unavailable services such as online banks, credit card payment gateways, and in this case, Twitter for intended customers or users. We are defending against this attack now and will continue to update our status blog as we defend and later investigate.”

Twitter now claims that the web site is now back up… however, somecanuckchick (still) cannot access Twitter, via the web site, TwitterFox, TwitterTools, etc.

In the meantime, here is a list of alternative things to do.

Update, from Twitter’s post regarding its recovery from the DoS attack:

“As we recover, users will experience some longer load times and slowness. This includes timeouts to API clients. We’re working to get back to 100% as quickly as we can.”

Here are 20 common (and not-so-common!) twitterisms:

• twitterverse—Twitter+universe.
• twitosphere—Twitter+atmosphere.
• twaffic—Twitter+traffic.
• tweet—a post made to Twitter.
• tweeting—the act of posting to Twitter.
• retweet—a re-post of a tweet made by another to Twitter; often abbreviated to “RT”.
• retweeting—the act of re-posting a tweet made by another to Twitter.
• twoosh—the perfect tweet; a tweet which is exactly 140 characters in length, the character limit.
• mistweet—to tweet by mistake; often inappropriately, or incorrectly.
• tweepish—Twitter+sheepish.
• twitterrhea—the act of sending a large number of tweets over a short period of time.
• tweeple—Twitter+people.
• twitterness—contributions made to the twitosphere by tweeple.
• tweetup—Twitter+meetup.
• twitophant—one who repeatedly tweets, or retweets the [current] trending topics to gain more followers.
• twitterectomy—the act of culling the tweeple one follows.
• tweetaholic—someone who is addicted to Twitter.
• twitterfu—the measure of one’s level of skill using Twitter.
• tweetheart—Twitter+sweetheart.
• tweetard—Twitter+retard.

Of course, there are many more twitterisms…

Do you have a favourite twitterism, or new twitterism? Let somecanuckchick know!

Here are some ways to combat #spam, and deal with spammers:

• Check your Twitter notification settings.

  

  You can adjust your Twitter notification settings to view @replies from all, none, or just the people you are following.

  Visit Twitter Support for help understanding Twitter @reply settings.

• Report any and all suspected spammers to @spam and Twitter will investigate.

  Visit Twitter Support to find out what is considered spam and how Twitter is cracking down on #spam.

• Blocking someone instead of removing them is also an effective means of combatting #spam. By blocking them, you deny them the ability to follow or @reply.

  Visit Twitter Support to learn how to block someone from following/@replying.

• Do not delete your Twitter account and do not create a new Twitter account.

  This does not combat #spam, nor does it help Twitter deal with spammers effectively.

  Be part of the solution, not part of the problem!

  If you still have problems with #spam and/or spammers on Twitter—email support@twitter.com, or submit a request to the Twitter Support team.

Got something to say about Twam and/or Twammers? Let somecanuckchick know!

Here are somecanuckchick‘s Top 5:

• Editing
  Editing for content—specifically corrections, or updates, to information contained in a recent tweet—would improve the quality of tweets.
• Filters
  By filtering tweets, information is directed accordingly. Filters—based on #hashtags—would allow for the selection of information by followers, and for the control and direction of information to followers.
• Threads
  Discussions often take place via Twitter. Threads would help to track an entire conversation between 2+ people.
• Hyper Link Text
  Hyper link text would increase the quantity and the quality of information in tweets containing URLs. (It would also make tweets look a lot cleaner!)
• Multiple Avatars
  Different types of tweets warrant different kinds of avatars. Avatars—based on #hashtags—would represent tweets containing specific information.

Is there a Twitter Feature you would like to see? Let somecanuckchick know!

• twhirl—a desktop client for the Twitter microblogging platform.
• TinyURL—a web service that provides short aliases for redirection of long URLs.
• TwitterBar—a Firefox extension which allows one to post to Twitter from Firefox’s address bar.
• Dashblog—a Firefox extension which allows one to collect images, text, and other media from any web page and publish said media to Twitter.
• Tiny Paste—a Firefox extension similar to TinyURL but for text.
• Twitter Tools—a WordPress plugin that creates a complete integration between one’s WordPress weblog and one’s Twitter account.

Is there a Twitter Tool you cannot live without? Let somecanuckchick know!

The Commenter?

The Moderator?

Let somecanuckchick know what you think!

I wonder why it is that I find myself spending more and more time over at Twitter…

Anyone else find this to be a concern? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? Bueller?

Anyone else use LoudTwitter?

somecanuckchick dot com has been syndicated to LiveJournal via the miracle of RSS.

If you have an account at LiveJournal, feel free to subscribe to the RSS feed.

• Flickr
• Last.fm
• YouTube

P.S. somecanuckchick has also discovered Twitter.

:D SCC