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Give a shit. Keep learning and growing. And be kind. Enthusiastically supporting human rights, dignity, safety, and opportunity for everyone. ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ โœŠ๐Ÿฟ ๐Ÿข โœก๏ธ ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ โ˜ช๏ธ #hiking #paddling #pottery #gardening #tech #science #astronomy #photography

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Mark Sutcliffe and Lowell Green were both subjects of the same Broadcast Standards complaint over anti-Black racism in their coverage of a 1997 police shooting of a man having a mental health incident

Here are transcripts from Sutcliffe and Green's radio shows:

www.cbsc.ca/decisionsarc...

16.02.2026 16:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 95    ๐Ÿ” 27    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Deepfake โ€˜Nudifyโ€™ Technology Is Getting Darkerโ€”and More Dangerous Sexual deepfakes continue to get more sophisticated, capable, easy to access, and perilous for millions of women who are abused with the technology.

Deepfake โ€˜Nudifyโ€™ Technology Is Getting Darkerโ€”and More Dangerous

www.wired.com/story/deepfa...

#news #heath #business #tech

27.01.2026 13:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Hard to say how many showed up for Alex Prettiโ€™s vigil, but easily hundreds if not thousands. After community activists and leaders spoke at the park where they gathered, everyone marched to the site of Prettiโ€™s killing. Streets just filled with people demanding ICE out.

25.01.2026 01:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1543    ๐Ÿ” 389    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 18    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

Oh my god

25.01.2026 01:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 968    ๐Ÿ” 279    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 21    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
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AI companies will fail. We can salvage something from the wreckage | Cory Doctorow AI is asbestos in the walls of our tech society, stuffed there by monopolists run amok. A serious fight against it must strike at its roots

AI companies will fail. We can salvage something from the wreckage

www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

#tech #ai #business

19.01.2026 19:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The grasshopper gets it โ€” divide and conquer. Todayโ€™s robber barons use the same playbook. But together, we have all the power. Watch.

29.12.2025 15:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5297    ๐Ÿ” 2015    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 178    ๐Ÿ“Œ 174
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WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.

WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment

www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...

#news

23.12.2025 22:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Proposed boundaries for the regional consolidation of Ontarioโ€™s conservation authorities | Environmental Registry of Ontario Ontario is proposing changes to improve the conservation authority (CA) system to free up resources for front-line service delivery to help protect communities and better align the work of CAs with pr...

๐Ÿšจ Major Shakeup: Ontario Plans to Merge All 36 Conservation Authorities into Just 7

If you have concerns about how your local river or park will be managed by a much larger regional office, you have until December 22, 2025, to speak up.

ero.ontario.ca/notice/025-1...

#Ontario

21.12.2025 01:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Sign this Petition - Petitions

e-Petition asking the Cabinet to use Section 90 to disallow the Use of the Notwithstanding Clause Against Transgender Canadians

www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

#Canada #Ontario #Quebec #Alberta #BritishColumbia #Saskatchewan #Manitoba #NovaScotia #NewBrunswick #PEI #Yukon #NWT #nunavut

19.12.2025 16:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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ANALYSIS | The rise of the electrostate: By dominating clean energy, China is leading on climate action | CBC News Chinaโ€™s massive lead in clean technologies has shifted the climate fight from one of big pledges and international diplomacy toward a technological revolution in cheaper energy, analysts say.

China's solar manufacturing capacity today is 65 per cent higher than whatโ€™s required for the whole world to reach net zero by 2050

www.cbc.ca/news/science...

#tech #business #news #solar

19.12.2025 16:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A woman struggling with a comically huge Santa hat

A woman struggling with a comically huge Santa hat

13.12.2025 00:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Montreal honours 14 victims of Polytechnique massacre at ceremony | CBC News A total of 14 women were murdered in the mass shooting on Dec. 6, 1989. Thirteen others were injured in the attack.

Montreal honours 14 victims of Polytechnique massacre at ceremony

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

> A total of 14 women were murdered in the mass shooting on Dec. 6, 1989. Thirteen others were injured in the attack.

#Canada #Quebec

07.12.2025 03:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Campbell's fires executive who was recorded saying company's products are for 'poor people' The Campbellโ€™s Co. said Wednesday it has fired an executive who was recorded making racist comments and mocking the companyโ€™s products and customers.

Campbellโ€™s fires executive who was recorded saying companyโ€™s products are for โ€˜poor peopleโ€™

apnews.com/article/camp...

#news

28.11.2025 17:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Epstein-Barr virus appears to be trigger of lupus disease, say scientists Connection of near-ubiquitous EBV to autoimmune disease affecting about 1 in 1,000 people may spur hunt for vaccine

Epstein-Barr virus appears to be trigger of lupus disease, say scientists

www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

> Connection of near-ubiquitous EBV to autoimmune disease affecting about 1 in 1,000 people may spur hunt for vaccine

#health #news #Science

19.11.2025 14:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Pope returns 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada as part of reckoning with colonial past The Vatican has returned 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada. This move is part of the Catholic Churchโ€™s effort to address its role in suppressing Indigenous culture in the Americas.

Indigenous peoples from Canada as part of reckoning with colonial past

apnews.com/article/vati...

#news #canada

15.11.2025 16:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Silicon Valley data centers totalling nearly 100MW could 'sit empty for years' due to lack of power โ€” huge installations are idle because Santa Clara can't cope with surging electricity demands Two major facilities built for AI-era workloads remain unpowered while the city races to expand its electricity supply.

Silicon Valley data centers totalling nearly 100MW could 'sit empty for years' due to lack of power โ€” huge installations are idle because Santa Clara can't cope with surging electricity demands

www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr...

#tech #news #AI #business

10.11.2025 13:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Climate Plunder: How a powerful few are locking the world into disaster - Oxfam Policy & Practice Ahead of the major international climate conference COP30 in Belem, Brazil, new Oxfam research finds that the high-carbon lifestyles of the super-rich are blowing through the worldโ€™s remaining carbon ...

Climate Plunder: How a powerful few are locking the world into disaster

policy-practice.oxfam.org/resources/cl...

#news #science #politics #health

02.11.2025 22:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Don't Be a Sucker
YouTube video by US National Archives Don't Be a Sucker

Don't be a Sucker

youtu.be/vGAqYNFQdZ4?...

01.11.2025 17:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Disney reportedly lost 1.7 million paid subscribers in the week after suspending Kimmel An independent reporter claims that more than 1.7 million paying subscribers canceled their plans to DIsney streaming services.

Disney reportedly lost 1.7 million paid subscribers in the week after suspending Kimmel

www.engadget.com/entertainmen...

#tech #business #news #politics #disney

29.09.2025 21:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Widespread tsunami warnings after magnitude 8.8 quake off Russia east coast Tsunami warnings have been issued for the entire US west coast and parts of Asia including Japan.

URGENT!

Widespread tsunami warnings after magnitude 8.8 quake off Russia's east coast

www.bbc.com/news/live/c3...

#news #safety

30.07.2025 02:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Scientists find Uranus is surprisingly warm, heating up the case for a new planetary mission "I think it strengthens the case for a mission to Uranus."

Scientists find Uranus is surprisingly warm

www.space.com/astronomy/ur...

> "I think it strengthens the case for a mission to Uranus."

#Science #space #astronomy #interesting

19.07.2025 18:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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UK bosses to be banned from using NDAs to cover up misconduct at work Exclusive: Changes to workersโ€™ rights bill will prohibit the silencing of staff who suffer harassment or discrimination

UK bosses to be banned from using NDAs to cover up misconduct at work

www.theguardian.com/law/2025/jul...

> Exclusive: Changes to workersโ€™ rights bill will prohibit the silencing of staff who suffer harassment or discrimination

#tech #business #news

12.07.2025 14:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Strange radio pulses detected coming from ice in Antarctica | Penn State University A cosmic particle detector in Antarctica has emitted a series of bizarre signals that defy the current understanding of particle physics, according to an international research group that includes sci...

Strange radio pulses detected coming from ice in Antarctica

www.psu.edu/news/researc...

#science #astronomy #interesting

16.06.2025 16:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Law Firms That Appeased Trumpโ€”and Angered Their Clients After firms struck deals to avoid punitive executive orders, some big clients decided to take their business elsewhere.

After firms struck deals to avoid punitive Trump orders, some big clients decided to take their business elsewhere

www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

#news #politics #faafo

03.06.2025 02:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Exclusive | Tesla Board Opened Search for a CEO to Succeed Elon Musk With profits and the stock price sinking, board members told Musk he needed to spend more time at the company.

Tesla Board Opened Search for a CEO to Succeed Elon Musk

www.wsj.com/business/aut...

#news #politics #tech #tesla #musk #cars

01.05.2025 14:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Merci Quรฉbec! Je t'adore ๐Ÿ˜

#Canada

29.04.2025 02:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Jamil Jivani seen beaming next to a smiling Pierre Poilievre

Jamil Jivani seen beaming next to a smiling Pierre Poilievre

Trump's Vice President is J.D. Vance.

"In truth, J.D. Vanceโ€™s best friend (Jamil Jivani, pictured below) really doesnโ€™t want anyone to know heโ€™s J.D. Vanceโ€™s best friend โ€” not now that heโ€™s running for Canadian parliament"

www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

#canada #news #politics

27.04.2025 21:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Dev Guides - navigate tech with a compass โ€” Ripples and Leaves Invest in yourself with low ratio tech career mentorship. Which skills are important? How do you accelerate your growth? This is a space to give yourself a compass to navigate, and thrive in a tech ca...

Navigate a career in tech with a compass. Dev Guides is a low ratio mentoring program designed to help you focus on the most important skills, concepts, and techniques for investing in your growth:

www.ripplesandleaves.ca/blog/dev-gui...

#tech #technology #programming #community

27.04.2025 17:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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It Was Once Eliminated From the U.S. Now, We Could Be on the Verge of an Epidemic. Experts explain the worst-cast measles scenario.

It Was Once Eliminated From the U.S. Now, We Could Be on the Verge of an Epidemic.

slate.com/technology/2...

> Experts explain the worst-cast measles scenario.

#health #science #news #politics

25.04.2025 03:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Scientists hail โ€˜strongest evidenceโ€™ so far for life beyond our solar system Astrophysics team say observation of chemical compounds may be โ€˜tipping pointโ€™ in search for extraterrestrial life

Scientists hail โ€˜strongest evidenceโ€™ so far for life beyond our solar system

www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

> Astrophysics team say observation of chemical compounds may be โ€˜tipping pointโ€™ in search for extraterrestrial life

#space #science #astronomy #news

17.04.2025 13:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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