Wandering Adventure Party

There have been sweeping changes to Ontario through 2025, so to round out the year I compiled a list of some of the more notable changes that will impact the lives of Ontarians in 2026. https://pressprogress.ca/heres-how-doug-fords-government-will-impact-public-services-and-infrastructure-in-2026/
#Ontario #cdnpoli #onpoli #journalism

Ontario’s Government Claims the Province Isn’t Privatizing Water. Experts Are Not Convinced.

Ontario’s Government Claims the Province Isn’t Privatizing Water. Experts Are Not Convinced.

“The way that this act is written creates this slippery slope towards privatization”

PressProgress (pressprogress.ca)

#ontario #news #journalism #onpoli #cdnpoli

Municipalities across Ontario are (or are attempting) to clear local homeless encampments. These crackdowns come without an answer to the simple question, where are people supposed to go? https://pressprogress.ca/ontario-cities-are-clearing-homeless-encampments-where-are-people-supposed-to-go/
#cdnpoli #capoli #onpoli #journalism #cdnjournalism

@devleader @SmartmanApps @rainer This is great advice, thank you! I've sort of given up on Twitter, despite it being one of my larger social media accounts. Among other things, I hate how poorly posts linking my stories do there.

Looks like Threads might be the next one, then Reddit, Pinterest, and maybe YouTube.

Getting this thing ready for a repo

@rainer @loops @pixelfed I am very curious about Loops as well. I started building out the video posting functionality with it in mind.

The latest episode of Sources features our Health Reporter Brishti Basu speaking to Dr. Angela Rasmussen about a now infamous ostrich farm in rural BC. Make sure to listen! https://pressprogress.ca/podcast-bc-ostriches-deer-viruses/
#podcast #capoli #pressprogress #journalism

Autoposter update:

I can now post text posts to BlueSky and Mastodon. I can also post links to articles and social cards will load on both platforms (Mastodon was much easier haha). I've tested the video upload function separately for BlueSky and Mastodon, but I haven't run the upload function to run both at the same time.

Developer friends - what are other social platforms with good APIs that I can integrate into a posting tool like this?

Also, @rainer - we're getting somewhere!

#python

@phillmv It's good to know these hashtags carried over from Twitter, thank you! Does cdnpoli ever have anything interesting posted to it?

@Pirrewiet @GraphicMatt I'm familiar with his work but I didn't realize he was here! Thanks for the heads up.

Are there any good news/journalism/Toronto/Ontario/Canada related hashtags a reporter should know about on this platform?

#FediTips #Mastodon

This City Councillor in Pickering, Ontario Has Now Been Suspended Seven Times. Here Are The Reasons Why. https://pressprogress.ca/this-city-councillor-in-pickering-ontario-has-now-been-suspended-seven-times-here-are-the-reasons-why/
#cdnpoli #cdnjournalism #ontario

@eljojo thank you! Text works, video works (kind of), and links with embedded social cards are next

This post is being written on the command line and will end up on BlueSky and Mastodon at the same time.
#python #coding #socialmedia #whatamievendoing

Thank you to everyone who beeped at me while I was walking home from the game yesterday. It was like being caught in traffic, but in a celebratory way.

@doctormo I've heard that a few times, and I absolutely agree with it in terms of microblogging/text posts.

But uploading short form videos can take time and the accompanying text often seems like an afterthought. I also don't know if links to articles need a sell beyond the headline. I built a bot to autopost Unrigged articles to BlueSky and I saw the follower count jump to 4000+ over a few months.

Outposting is a really good idea. I'd like to bring people somewhere central when I can.

I've been working on a tool to post my work from the command line to multiple social media platforms.

Recent events in my life made me remember that the reason I became a journalist was to find out new things, not post incessantly and see follower numbers on an increasing number of websites grow.

Right now I'm able to post to Mastodon, BlueSky, and create a custom post on Wordpress referencing the video upload.

I was thinking YouTube and Instagram next, but I'm open to suggestion.