Devon Strang

@devonstrang
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Learning in public.
On Prince Edward Island but from Cape Breton Island.
#environment #permaculture #carfree #music #art #discgolf #gardening #climate #macos #scrum #kanban #wordpress

"The "Great British People" Facebook page, which purports to be from Yorkshire, has had 1.3 million views for its latest video of an elderly white British man crying about his pension. Other videos show reporters discussing "the overwhelming scale of mass #immigration" and asking viewers if they miss "the Britain we used to know". But it is not clear whether the creator knows the UK at all: the account is really run by someone based in Sri Lanka."

#UKPol #Propaganda

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckgpyn30dp3o

‘Patriotic’ UK anti-immigration social media accounts traced to Sri Lanka and Vietnam

Overseas fakers are using AI videos to push a narrative of UK decline to large audiences, BBC finds.

BBC News

"Research shows people are worse at detecting #AI fakes than they think, and the more AI content they see, the more likely they are to distrust authentic material."

#UKPol #Propaganda

*first day at my new marketing job*

Me: Toblertwo

Toblerone executives: Holy fuck

"Alberta and Saskatchewan are the two sunniest provinces in Canada, and Calgary is the city that gets the most sun. Solar is a perfect fit, and yet the government, which is so in thrall to the oil and gas industry, is standing in its way at every turn."

Alberta still doesn’t want to ...
Alberta still doesn’t want to stick it where the sun shines

The fossil fuel capital of Canada is so loyal to oil and so myopic about the future, it is doing everything it can to deter solar installation, even for residents willing to foot the entire cost themselves.

Canada's National Observer

Anoter reason to #KillBillC22 #StopBillC22

"[USA] DHS Demanded Google Surrender Data on Canadian's Activity, Location Over Anti-ICE Posts"
https://www.wired.com/story/dhs-demanded-google-surrender-data-on-canadians-activity-location-over-anti-ice-posts/

Quote: "Using a 1930s trade law, Homeland Security targeted the man -who hasn’t entered the US in more than a decade - following posts on X condemning the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti."

Does anyone doubt that if the Canadian spooks had a year's worth of your meta data that they wouldn't give the USA spooks a backdoor?

I doubt if wired sends out fake news.
Can anyone find an article from Canada about this story?

#CdnPoli

DHS Demanded Google Surrender Data on Canadian’s Activity, Location Over Anti-ICE Posts

Using a 1930s trade law, Homeland Security targeted the man—who hasn’t entered the US in more than a decade—following posts on X condemning the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti.

WIRED
We should quite calling it a "ballroom" - trump is building a bunker, and we should call it "a bunker".

RE: https://ohai.social/@MarciaW/116481738868254504

After expressing gratitude for his family, friends, colleagues, and church, Allen ended his message, “I experience rage thinking about everything this administration has done.”