Its tremendous spending to be able to better hurt more people rather than help them.

I would also add this: www.msn.com/en-us/news/p...

The US is believed to be the most powerful military in the world, and they have decided they need to spend 50% more on it.

she's very subtly creating opening for much bigger moves. It is not a very big jump from this to "we have everything we need to hold Canada over a barrel for whatever we want".

"Made in EU" - it was harder than I thought. I tried building my startup entirely on European infrastructure. Here's the stack I landed on, what was harder than expected, and what you still can't avoid.

Good post about what it's like actually doing the digital sovereignty thing www.coinerella.com/made-in-eu-i...

I wish this were true, but so far no data I can find supports this story. This looks like AI generated fake news. The stocks listed have not dropped by mentioned amounts and financial news streams do not have any mention of this. I will watch the markets as they open,

Every time I hear about this “board of peace”, I hear: “organized crime” or “axis powers”. The future looks grim.

The U.S. Is Launching a Regulatory Assault on Drone Users New restrictions try to shield ICE from being watched from above.

Although the Trump administration cites national security concerns to justify snatching affordable drones away from American users for their own good, its own actions consistently undermine the argument, argues Faine Greenwood.

whats the plan here?

I completely support this, ICE needs to be stopped. But I have one big concern: the people held at ICEs facilities are already living and dying in inhumane conditions. Wont the cut of funding be weaponized to further deprive them of basic necessities?

"DON'T TRUST THE MEDIA" is actually good advice, but distrust of "the media" does not mean either automatically assuming they are wrong or blindly believing every contrarian claim, conspiracy theory, or biased, fringe outlet. VERIFY don't TRUST Fact check, cross reference, use multiple sources, avoid echo chambers, and track claims back to their original source. Being a contrarian who blindly dismisses anything "the media" says is just as bad as blindly believing "the media." thelogicofscience.com

CBP and ICE are basically being treated as a the administration’s private army that is unhampered by rules and law. Unlike the army and national guard, DHS operates freely on American soil. This is why they are being heavily funded. Private army.

In Cuba, people go without food and power as U.S. squeezes oil supply and tourists flee | CBC News Some Cubans say everyday life on the Caribbean island has reached a breaking point amid a fuel shortage brought about by the U.S. squeezing the country’s oil supply. Meanwhile, Canadian airlines suspe...

www.cbc.ca/news/world/c...

I dgaf how the US feels. Canadians have long flocked to Cuba. Me included. We have to help.

Entwistle says there may soon come a time when 🇨🇦 needs to step in and send significant humanitarian aid despite the tariff threats”

No more games and no more hiding. Sunshine is the best disinfectant. We will release the names. That’s what the law says—and no amount of redacting by DOJ is going to change that.

Goldman to Lyons: "You said in your opening statement that references to ICE as 'the Gestapo' or 'secret police' encourages threats against ICE agents. The problem is you have it backwards. People are simply making valid observations about your tactics, which are un-American and outright fascist."

WHO BROKE THE INTERNET? Understood - Transcripts | Listen | CBC Radio Host Cory Doctorow coined the word "enshittification" to describe the state of the modern internet: a broken down, decaying place, once full of promise, now overrun with intrusive ads, hateful trolls,...

I would add, for those who would like to listen to the audio version of Cory's argument, his CBC podcast "Who broke the internet?" contains a very similar discourse:

www.cbc.ca/radio/podcas...

YouTube video by corydoctorow Elbows Up: How Canada Can Disenshittify Tech, Reclaim Its Sovereignty, & Launch a New Tech Sector

Finally had some time to listen to this. It's very interesting. Cory is one of my favourite authors and my admiration grew. #ElbowsUp #Canada #sovereignty
youtu.be/iZxbaCNIwg8?...

la subtilité, la précision:

I’m not arguing with no account defending AI. My grandmother lives in an area being environmentally compromised currently by an ai data center. I remember the color of the lake before they built it and the sludge I see in it when I go to see her. Shut the fuck up about “the benefits of AI” forever.

An observation I've been thinking about:

Around 2020, we were told that US political & corporate elites had been gripped by "wokeness" & thus become obsessed with climate change & diversity. This wokeness was alleged to be so severe & monomaniacal that it threatened the entire culture & economy.

Exactly. It's like every 4 year ping pong. That's why I don't think we will ever gain the world's trust again. Because the world must be thinking what if a Democrat does win in 2028 and then in another 4 years another MAGA wins and then we are back here again.

Please support this petition calling for a parliamentary investigation into foreign (American) interference in our country. It is sponsored by my former colleague Don Davies

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

YouTube video by CBC News: The National The next American threat you might not see coming

Good watch on the Alberta referendum and how 🇺🇸 disinformation and misinformation are the biggest sources of foreign interference.

youtu.be/zAhPvXJRyYA?...

So Long to Cheap Books You Could Fit in Your Pocket

“If it weren’t for these, I reckon I might not have gotten into reading what I do.”

Truly a loss. Mass-market paperbacks made me a reader.

So Long to Cheap Books You Could Fit in Your Pocket www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/b...

Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.

Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

How grocery giants control who can sell food in your neighbourhood | CBC News Canada’s biggest grocery giants — including Loblaws, Sobeys and Metro — are using property law to control how other grocery stores, dollar stores, pharmacies and gas stations can compete with them, an...

'Canada’s biggest grocery giants (Loblaws, Sobeys, Metro etc) restrict what other businesses can sell..'
In 2009 Harper/Pierre Poilievre CPC Bill 10 REDUCED the Competition Bureau's ability to probe anti-competitive behaviours - AND favoured corporate concentration..
Gee..
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

after the fact I am often left feeling that their philosophy was: survival/success of the fittest (eg well connected/select few) over survival/success of everyone.

conservative policies seem to favour big corporation and business interests over the greater well-being of the people. cut back on services that people depend and but also cut down on business regulation - often meant to protect and help more people.

Affaire Epstein : Emmanuel Macron victime d’une opération de désinformation liée à la Russie Une attaque informationnelle russe liée au réseau Storm-1516 a été détectée par les autorités françaises. L’identité du journal « France Soir » a été détournée à des fins d’ingérence étrangère.

Affaire Epstein : Emmanuel Macron victime d’une opération de désinformation liée à la Russie