Anne Panke

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If AI were so crucial I’d think it would sell itself — but it always seems to be infused with this non-consensual inevitability, like YOU BETTER ADOPT IT OR DIE IT’S COMING LIKE IT OR NOT, a threat gilded as promise.

Ontario-wide police review ordered after Toronto corruption scandal Ontario's inspector general of policing has ordered an independent, provincewide review of police services and boards in the wake of a corruption scandal involving more than half a dozen Toronto polic...

Is it too soon to say, “I told you so…”?

Several ICE agents were arrested in recent months, showing risk of misconduct Investigators say one immigration official abused his girlfriend for years. Another admitted he sexually abused a woman in his custody.

Law enforcement agencies have been infiltrated by domestic terrorists. All law enforcement agencies should have regular polygraph screening.

France dumps Zoom and Teams as Europe seeks digital autonomy from the US European governments are moving away from U.S. tech giants, opting for domestic or open-source alternatives.

European governments are moving away from U.S. tech giants, opting for domestic or open-source alternatives.

Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick

DHS is spending $8 million to pay influencers to pump out pro‑ICE content. So, we’re literally footing the bill for the propaganda that’s killing immigrants and U.S.-born citizens alike.

This is is all thanks to Republicans’ “Big Beautiful Bill.” Now, they want to hand DHS even more of our money.

1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.

Hundreds of kids are still detained.

We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵

Less than 14% of those arrested by ICE in Trump's 1st year back in office had violent criminal records, document shows The official DHS statistics, which had not been previously reported, provide the most detailed look yet into who ICE has arrested during the Trump administration's crackdown.

Less than 14% of nearly 400,000 immigrants arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in President Trump's first year back in the White House had charges or convictions for violent criminal offenses, according to an internal Department of Homeland Security document obtained by CBS News.

Doug Ford replaced elected trustees with sycophant supervisors, he personally hired.

…and apparently, the bots have skimmed credit cards online to buy bitcoin, because they won’t be taken seriously if they don’t have money, and they’re using said money to pay humans to complete tasks for them IRL….?! Is no one else sending danger here??!!

Good idea @brucefanjoy.bsky.social!

Signed.

In tech terms, alpha products are the buggy, incomplete, first version, and often have serious errors, crashes, & data loss risks because they haven’t been thoroughly vetted…. Makes a lot more sense in this context, no?

Toronto police chief has to 'earn' back public trust after officers arrested in corruption probe: mayor | CBC News News that seven Toronto police officers have been swept up in a corruption probe involving a conspiracy to kill a corrections official has sparked questions about public trust in police with Mayor Oli...

Great that Dougie trusts them, but no one else does - and we don’t trust Dougie! We know he’s as bad as the orange monster for enriching only himself (and his pals) at the expense of his constituents… 🙄

Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue

Defence Systems Engineering Technology Program | Niagara College Graduates will learn building and flying drones, terrestrial rovers, and submersible robots in cutting-edge labs.

More of this in Canada! 🇨🇦 🎉

7 Toronto police officers charged in ‘organized crime and corruption investigation’: sources Seven Toronto police officers have been arrested and charged in connection with what York Regional Police (YRP) are calling a “lengthy investigation into organized crime and corruption,” multiple sour...

One bad apple spoils the whole bunch…
Clearly, there’s an unhealthy culture present in police services.

While crime rates in Canada have generally decreased over the last 30 years, hate crimes have increased since 2017.

Hamilton police warned about officer's support of white nationalists 8 months before they suspended him | CBC News In August, Hamilton police suspended an officer while they investigated “disturbing” social media posts. Meanwhile, a local anti-racism group says it informed police last year of a person with extremi...

And this is a Niagara-raised officer, who I’m sure was not the only one posting heinous ideologies…

Crime groups gaining ‘influence’ in government agencies: federal report - National | Globalnews.ca The Criminal Intelligence Service Canada says 29 organized crime groups are believed to be gaining a toehold in public agencies and departments.

They’re gaining a foothold. We need our representatives to be bold and take action.

‘White nationalism’ a threat the Canadian Armed Forces aren’t equipped for: watchdog - National | Globalnews.ca Independent national security review body notes that National Defence has failed to provide adequate resources to counter-intelligence for a decade.

In Canada, we have a problem with far-right ideologies, too. We must beware…

ICE Was Terrorizing Worshipers Long Before Don Lemon Entered a Church Let’s take a stroll through the last year.

I dunno, but I think shooting a pastor in the head with pepper rounds is a little more serious than peacefully disrupting a service….

The US immigrant population generated more in taxes than they received in benefits from all levels of government every year from 1994 to 2023.

The Cato study provides the first-ever 30-year analysis of the fiscal effects of immigration on government budgets.

https://ow.ly/jy8a50Y8kM3

Tuesday briefing: The ‘life-shattering’ stories of Epstein survivors In today’s newsletter: What the newly disclosed Epstein pages really tells us – and why some survivors are frustrated with the way the narrative is being told

“It tells you something about this elite class of entitled, powerful people, who are almost exclusively men,” says award-winning Guardian journalist Amelia Gentleman. “There’s a sense that ordinary norms of behaviour are too trivial or too bourgeois for them to bother with.”

Nike Says Its Factory Workers Make Nearly Double the Minimum Wage. In Indonesia, Workers Say, “It’s Not True.” An average worker at the foreign factories that make Nike’s goods earns 1.9 times the local minimum wage, the company says. None of the workers The Oregonian/OregonLive spoke with in Nike’s second-lar...

We traveled to Nike’s second-largest hub and interviewed 100 workers, none of whom said they earned anywhere near 1.9 times the local minimum wage, the pay rate the company has cited as its global average over the years.

With @oregonian.com

Next time choose *not* to get played.

"The administration is saying one thing and a video shows something completely different.”

Now that we are deep into a 'cameras up' world, these suggestions about how to document ICE safely and effectively are really important. Read and share:

Liberal MPP urges province to reopen Ontario Science Centre as roof withstands record snow | CBC News A Liberal MPP is calling on the Doug Ford government to reopen the Ontario Science Centre at its current location given that its roof appears to be in no danger of collapsing following record amounts ...

Doug Ford is a liar. This was never about safety it was about a land grab. Shame. #onted #onpoli

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Aw :(

DOJ Just DELETED This Document from the Epstein Files. We Saved It. The Trump Department of Justice has done it again.

BREAKING: The DOJ just DELETED a document in the Epstein Files that contained allegations made against Donald Trump.

But we saved it. 👇