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Seven Billion Reasons for Facebook to Abandon its Face Recognition Meta’s analysis that it can avoid scrutiny by releasing a privacy invasive product during a time of political crisis is craven and morally bankrupt. It is also dead wrong.

Meta adding face recognition technology to its smart glasses would violate the privacy rights of millions of people and cost the company billions of dollars in legal battles. It should abandon its plans. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Our hearts are in Tumbler Ridge tonight with the families of those who have lost loved ones.

Government will ensure every possible support for community members in the coming days, as we all try to come to terms with this unimaginable tragedy.

February 10, 2026 Ottawa, Ontario "I am devastated by today's horrific shootings in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. My prayers and deepest condolences are with the families and friends who have lost loved ones to these horrific acts of violence. I join Canadians in grieving with those whose lives have been changed irreversibly today, and in gratitude for the courage and selflessness of the first responders who risked their lives to protect their fellow citizens. Our ability to come together in crisis is the best of our country - our empathy, our unity, and our compassion for each other. I have connected with Premier Eby to express my condolences, and with the Minister of Public Safety, Gary Anandasangaree, who is coordinating the federal response. Our officials are in close contact with their counterparts to ensure the community is fully supported as best we can. The Government of Canada stands with all British Columbians as they confront this horrible tragedy."

Statement by Prime Minister Carney on the tragic shootings in Tumbler Ridge

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Tumbler Ridge student, mother describe school lockdown during mass shooting Darian Quist, a Grade 12 student at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School, and his mother, Shelley Quist, spoke to Radio West host Sarah Penton. Darian described how he and his classmates barricaded the door...

I work often with Sarah Penton, the interviewer here. She is a masterclass in connecting with people, and we are privileged to have her and the people like this who trust her with their stories

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A VPN is not a tool for anonymity, and while it can protect your location from some companies, there are many other ways companies may track you. ssd.eff.org/module/choo...

‘It’s a tradition’: Snowshoe artists return to winter carnival in Riverview, N.B. For the fifth straight year, Matt Robinson has created a massive piece of sustainable art on top of a frozen reservoir in New Brunswick.

‘It’s a tradition’: Snowshoe artists return to winter carnival in Riverview #NewBrunswick

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and now that i can say this with mY full chest, ice and that entire administration.

Absolutely losing my mind over Ava, THE ROCK'S DAUGHTER, quitting WWE despite them offering her a raise to keep working a pretty cushy kayfabe general manager gig and then the day after her contract ends she posts this

Thinking about whoever said that by accepting a meal from people and then arresting them ICE agents broke a cultural taboo that was invented by, like, the first humans to set up a tent

They are running out of lawyers.

EFF Town Hall: ICE, CBP, and Digital Rights You see it. We see it. ICE and CBP are out of control. Many people are exercising their right to say it's unacceptable. But what are the limitations around recording immigration agents? Is it true

ICE and CBP are out of control. ​Join us Thursday at 10 am PT for a livestream​ to discuss ways to protect and exercise your digital rights in the face of immigration enforcement's brutality. eff.org/livestream-ice

Man sprays U.S. lawmaker Ilhan Omar with unknown substance at town hall | CBC News A man was tackled to the ground after spraying an unknown substance on U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar at a town hall she was hosting in Minneapolis on Tuesday.

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Mass Market Paperbacks are discontinued Publishers Weekly last month reported that ReaderLink, the largest full-service distributor of

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A color studio-style portrait of Abe Okpik facing the camera. He is shown from the chest up, wearing a light-colored parka with a fur-trimmed hood. The parka features embroidered floral patterns in red, blue, and green along the front and shoulders, with a vertical zipper bordered by red trim. He has dark hair styled neatly and a neutral background behind him.

He was the first Inuk to sit in the NWT Legislature.
He played a major role in the Berger Commission that was instrumental in Arctic land claims.
He led Project Surname to help the Inuit obtain surnames rather than government disc numbers.
This is the story of Abe Okpik.

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ICE Is Going on a Surveillance Shopping Spree U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has a new budget under the current administration, and they are going on a surveillance tech shopping spree. Standing at $28.7 billion dollars for the

With an annual budget that is 10 times the size of the agency’s total surveillance spending for the last 13 years, ICE is going on a shopping spree, creating one of the largest, most comprehensive domestic surveillance machines in history. Here’s what they are buying. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

AI Slop Will End Canadian Culture as We Know It | The Walrus Synthetic content is drowning the human voices our policy was built to protect

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Bob Rae: "We do have to wake up. This is not business as normal. And this is not politics as usual. You don't go around threatening peaceful countries like Denmark and Greenland. You don't go around threatening your neighbours, like Mexico."

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“US attack on Greenland would mean end of Nato, says Danish PM”

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@pfbvan.bsky.social Happy New Year gang. Thanks for the books. The conversation, the warmth, the thoughtfulness, and general good-dudery.

It means a lot.

Wage increase of 2.25% for my full time staff effective 1 January 2026. Ayn Rand says I'm meant to put the proceeds of a busy year into my own pocket, but a paper bag doesn't stand very tall on its own, & the prosperity that comes with hard work (& not a little bit of luck...) deserves to be shared.

Resolutions annoy me, so instead I sent several notes and post cards to friends with a P and a Q.

A Promise, and a Question.

So far I've promised to visit a certain number of art galleries for the year, to read a certain number of books, and a few others.

Here's to offline convos this year. 💌

Well-known, family-owned Sunrise Market in the Downtown Eastside up for sale Real estate agent David Wu, who has the $4.5 million listing, said only the business asset is for sale, not the $3.9M-assessed property

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Another of Shlegeris’ concerns involves AIs being surreptitiously encoded so they obey specially signed instructions only from the chief executive of the AI company, creating a pattern of secret loyalty. It would mean only one person having a veto over the behaviour of an extremely powerful network of AIs – a “scary” dynamic that would lead to a historically unprecedented concentration of power.

Yeah, just imagine if a malicious coalition of ultra wealthy people took over everything. That would be horrible.

Canada's critical role in creating the polio vaccine and proving that it was safe

Happy to report that the current full length upload of “Queen of Hearts: A Twin Peaks Fan Film” just hit 26,000 views.

at a deep instinctive level they can't recognise popular ideas or take them seriously

Cybertruck Owners Only Joe Sawyer • 19h • O ... X Had an issue stopping my Cybertruck from a low speed the other day and had to make a choice to crash it or risk going tumbling down a mountain to probable death. Sucks to see, but it held up well and only a few minor scrapes and bruises. Still going over every choice made and trying to understand why it would not stop and was gaining speed from 5 mph to 12+ while on the brakes. ABS was probably hurting more than helping on this 26° downhill angle. Hoping to be able to talk to someone at Tesla as I have the crash recorder data already. [cybertruck upside down like the shitty little brick it is

joining the "cybertruck owners only" group on fb is one of the best decisions i've ever made. every so often when i'm scrolling through fb getting pissed off, i get to see a little treat like this

Imagine watching Sinatra, son of Dolly & Antonini born in Genoa & Sicily, respectively, and Martin, son of Gaetano & Angela, born in Montesilvano, Italy & Ohio respectively, (Angela to parents born in Monasterolo, Italy), and crusading against the value of children of immigrants to the U.S.