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What are Canadian military learning from genocidal apartheid state? - Yves Engler
What are Canadian military learning from genocidal apartheid state? - Yves Engler
Canadian forces are learning from the génocidaires, directly assisting the US/Israeli occupation of Gaza and will likely help build a colonial Palestinian force. Canadian troops have been taking tips…
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November 24, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Unifor workers threaten to occupy GM plant in Ingersoll if company removes any equipment
Unifor workers threaten to occupy GM plant in Ingersoll if company removes any equipment
GM announced last month that it was pausing production of an electric cargo van at the GM CAMI Assembly plant.
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November 21, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Your Smartphone, Their Rules: How App Stores Enable Corporate-Government Censorship | ACLU
Your Smartphone, Their Rules: How App Stores Enable Corporate-Government Censorship | ACLU
Big Tech Oligopoly helps the Trump Administration crack down on free speech
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November 21, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Ontario faces high cost and high-risk nuclear future
Ontario faces high cost and high-risk nuclear future
Ontario is doubling down on costly, high-risk nuclear mega-projects while electricity prices climb and cheaper clean energy options are sidelined. Billions in public subsidies now hide the true…
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November 21, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Canada's next extractive industry: How AI is following the fossil fuel playbook
Canada's next extractive industry: How AI is following the fossil fuel playbook
Ottawa is betting nearly a billion on artificial intelligence, ignoring warnings of its environmental risks. Just like Big Oil, Big Tech is building infrastructure that will be nearly impossible to…
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November 21, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Since first being elected Ford has continued an unprecedented transfer of power to the premier’s office and has shown an unprecedented cruelty by a government to the vulnerable and marginalized.
Democracy is quietly slipping away in Ontario
Does democracy matter anymore?
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November 21, 2025 at 1:30 PM
This problem in Canadian foreign policy could equally apply to any of the parties. buff.ly/d6o59SF
Time to confront NDP’s racist foreign policy problem - Yves Engler
Would it be racist for the NDP to exclude a white cis male who played Junior A hockey from its leadership race? Maybe so, if one considers it from a Haitian or Palestinian perspective. On November…
yvesengler.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:30 PM
MyTerms/ IEEE P7012 - the 'No...., but' Browser/ App Standard Privacy Signal
MyTerms/ IEEE P7012 - the 'No...., but' Browser/ App Standard Privacy Signal
AKA The cookie banner zapper....
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November 20, 2025 at 8:30 PM
One Tech Tip: Modern cars are spying on you. Here's what you can do about it
One Tech Tip: Modern cars are spying on you. Here's what you can do about it
Modern cars are collecting more data than ever, raising privacy concerns. The Mozilla Foundation says cars are the worst product category for privacy.
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November 20, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Consumer Reports calls on the FTC and state attorneys general to take action against Meta for its failure to mitigate harmful scam advertisements - CR Advocacy
Consumer Reports calls on the FTC and state attorneys general to take action against Meta for its failure to mitigate harmful scam advertisements
Washington, DC – Consumer Reports is calling on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and state attorneys general across the country to take enforcement action against…
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November 20, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Reversing the Reversal?: Government Puts Privacy Invasive Lawful Access Back on the Agenda - Michael Geist www.michaelgeist.ca/2025/11/reve...
Reversing the Reversal?: Government Puts Privacy Invasive Lawful Access Back on the Agenda - Michael Geist
Last month, the government seemingly reversed course on its lawful access plans to grant law enforcement powers to demand warrantless access to personal information from any provider of a service in…
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November 20, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Meaningful consent is best obtained when we center the person from whom we seek consent.centre buff.ly/ofcWYSE
Video consent is preferred over written informed consent in pediatric rheumatology research
Author summary The most important part of enrolling someone in a research study is obtaining their informed consent. This means the person freely chooses to join the study after learning about its…
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November 18, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Guillermo del Toro's 'Frankenstein' gets the monster right for the age of AI
Guillermo del Toro's 'Frankenstein' gets the monster right for the age of AI
Too bad he lets the founders off easy.
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November 17, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Email Security: Where We Are and What the Future Holds
Email Security: Where We Are and What the Future Holds
Email is ubiquitous. If you want to function in modern society, you pretty much have to have an email address, but what was originally just a simple protocol to send messages between machines has…
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November 17, 2025 at 1:30 PM
The First Taste of Liberal Promises onthetrailmtl.ca/p/preliminar...
The First Taste of Liberal Promises
I'm only half done, but so far, 91% of promises go unfulfilled or failed
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November 16, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The DSA Candidate Who Won Down South www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/the-dsa-ca...
The DSA Candidate Who Won Down South
An interview with newly elected Atlanta City Council member Kelsea Bond
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November 16, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Welcome to the Great AI Bubble, a metastasized trillion dollar tech tumour so massive it’s practically visible from space. broligarchy.substack.com/p/the-great-...
The Great AI Bubble
Yes, it's a bubble. And yes, it's going to burst.
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November 16, 2025 at 5:23 PM
MEPs call for new rules on the use of algorithmic management at work | News | European Parliament
MEPs call for new rules on the use of algorithmic management at work | News | European Parliament
The Committee on Employment and Social Affairs is calling on the Commission to introduce a law to regulate the use of algorithmic technologies, including AI, within European workplaces.
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November 14, 2025 at 9:30 PM
The Role of Humans in an AI-Powered World - Schneier on Security
The Role of Humans in an AI-Powered World - Schneier on Security
As AI capabilities grow, we must delineate the roles that should remain exclusively human. The line seems to be between fact-based decisions and judgment-based decisions. For example, in a medical…
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November 14, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Forthcoming Digital Omnibus would mark point of no return - European Digital Rights (EDRi)
Forthcoming Digital Omnibus would mark point of no return - European Digital Rights (EDRi)
127 civil society organisations and unions are urging the European Commission to halt its planned Digital Omnibus.
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November 14, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The AI Act isn't enough - European Digital Rights (EDRi)
The AI Act isn't enough - European Digital Rights (EDRi)
Danes je nov dan has published recommendations for Slovenia to adopt stricter national safeguards and transparent oversight mechanisms.
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November 14, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Risk, fear, and deflection: Some thoughts about antisemitism
Risk, fear, and deflection: Some thoughts about antisemitism
Dave Meslin discusses views around antisemitism in Canada.
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November 14, 2025 at 5:30 PM