RE: https://mastodon.online/@parismarx/116336629591804786

"Congress did not authorise this war. In two weeks, American forces struck 6,000 targets. The school was one of them. American forces killed almost 200 people, and the reporting reached for 'AI error', which domesticated the event into something a better algorithm or better guardrails could have prevented ... It has also occluded something deeper: the human decisions that led to the killing of between 175 and 180 people, most of them girls between the ages of seven and 12."

"We used to cast IBM as the industry’s 'evil empire', but in hindsight, its buttoned‑down monopoly looks positively staid next to the extractive surveillance machines of X/Twitter & Meta/Facebook. And then there are all the outright illegal activities that have forced us all to think nonstop about digital security—how many times per day do you enter passwords? Apple may be the best of the lot, but it’s a low bar, & Apple is still clearly willing to put profit ahead ..."

https://tidbits.com/2026/04/01/what-apples-50th-anniversary-misses/

RE: https://cosocial.ca/@dyckron/116336635463526120

“Throughout his political career, Douglas fought a perpetual and often uphill battle against the prevailing orthodoxies of Canadian capitalism and the powerful interests that maintained them. Grandfathered into respectability after his death, he was reviled by the establishment in life and was even subject to a spy campaign by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) — who maintained a file on him some 1,100 pages thick.”

First ride with my smart radar taillight. What a difference. Every driver but one gave me +1 metre clearance and most went into the opposing lane, which has not been the norm for me around here. It flashes faster as cars approach and worked just fine not connected to my mobile device. Highly recommended.

https://magicshine.com/collections/bike-tail-lights/products/seemee-r300-smart-radar-taillight?variant=43182999896201

#cycling #RoadSafety

«In response to Madsen’s testimony, EUB panel member Kenneth McCullogh pointed out that the aeroderivative turbines being considered were “mid-20th Century technology.”

“I guess what you're saying is, well, maybe they'll be more expensive in 10 years, but maybe there will be a big glut of those turbines in 10 years,” said McCullogh.»

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/deal-nova-scotia-save-money-10-years-what-about-next-15-9.7150723

#NBPoli