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• Post #4500646

  “A “anti-hail sonic wave cannon” could be a Canadian first, as a #Quebec apple orchard south of #Montreal says the device could protect its crops from hail damaging his fruit crop.” https://globalnews.ca/news/12015843/anti-hail-cannon-canada/

• Post #4450793

  “The #US embassy in #London is offering grants of up to half a million dollars for new “public education” programmes in what has been criticised as interference in #UK domestic politics. Using language that the pro-Trump #Maga movement has sought to appropriate, a funding notice identifies a goal of fostering a “national conversation” about “shared civilizational values”. “ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/08/us-accused-of-meddling-in-british-politics-with-500000-grant-scheme-prom...

• Post #4388152

  “The US military’s strikes on alleged drug boats have likely illegally killed individuals who are not involved in narco trafficking.” Senator Tim Kaine told the White House this news, following “a careful review” of classified information he has seen so far. “They are murder victims,” the #Virginia Democrat wrote in a letter to President #Trump. So far, the US military has killed at least 221 people and destroyed at least 67 vessels in the Operation Southern Spear.” https://www.cnn.com/2026/...

• Post #4354037

  “EU citizens in UK get letters telling them that their post-Brexit residency rights were given ‘in error’ After years of building lives in #UK, potentially thousands of #EU citizens could be told they have no right to remain in the country.” https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/aug/02/eu-citizens-uk-letters-post-brexit-residency-rights-given-in-error

• Post #4353947

  “ Govt sends out alert ‘Stop all outdoor activities’: South #Korea records its highest ever temperatures. Authorities issue alert saying indoor spaces without airconditioning are ‘dangerous’ as temperatures pass 40C for fifth straight day.” https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/03/south-korea-highest-temperature

• Post #4335864

  #Meta has announced it wants to build a massive datacenter just north of #Edmonton #Alberta. Protests have begun https://globalnews.ca/news/12006999/alberta-meta-data-centre-protest/

• Post #4298688

  “Florida Professor Fired for Assigning a Profane ‘Political’ Story, Lawsuit Says South #Florida State College President fired an English professor after she assigned a story about a teacher who drinks, talks about sex with her students. Now the professor is suing.” https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/us/south-florida-state-college-professor-fired-lawsuit.html

• Post #4264314

  “The dam is breaking. Six federal appeals courts in a row — including two *today* - have now shot down #ICE's mass detention policy, along with a 469-54 split against the #Trump administration among district judges.” https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/30/ninth-circuit-ice-detention

• Post #4254037

  The #Odyssey Film Review: An Uncomplicated Man by Emily Wilson “Christopher Nolan, who studied English at University College London – where students still study The Odyssey as a first year ‘foundational text’ – is doing his best to get the general public reading again, and I am grateful. But…” https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v48/n14/emily-wilson/an-uncomplicated-man

• Post #4253814

  “US govt map of #Africa mislabeled every country on slides during a state department presentation at a ⁠global conference in #Brazil ⁠this week, causing a stir among attenders who took screenshots and posted them online. Reuters viewed a video of the presentation given at the #Aids 2026 conference in ⁠#Rio de Janeiro to confirm.” https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/30/government-map-mislabels-african-countries

• Post #4252200

  “ #SpaceX’s #Starlink orbital internet #satellites are falling out of low Earth orbit at an increasingly alarming rate, with one to two satellites now reentering Earth’s atmosphere every single day.” https://www.fastcompany.com/91419515/starlink-satellites-are-already-falling-and-it-will-only-get-worse

• Post #4244283

  “The #Trump admin’s plans to stymie and defund #bike lane plans in the US, on the unusual basis that they are #DEI tools…” https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/30/bike-lanes-defund-trump-administration-dei

• Post #4209220

  “ #Trump admin is planning to scrap US #Medicare subsidies, which could leave seniors facing higher rates for their prescription coverage next year. After 2026, the government will stop providing billions in subsidies to insurance companies that keep premiums low for Medicare prescription plans.” https://newrepublic.com/post/213660/donald-trump-medicare-subsidies-seniors-drug-prices

• Post #4207931

  “Elon #Musk xAI Company Sues Minnesota Over Law Banning Use Of AI To Create Nude Deepfakes. “Using #AI to generate nude images of people against their will is appalling,” #Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison said. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/elon-musk-xai-nude-deepfakes-lawsuit_n_6a6959e9e4b0fddbd712304f

• Post #4170015

  “Police arrested a high school physics teacher for clapping during a city council meeting. Teacher Lux Claridge went to a meeting of the Emporia, #Kansas City Commission on July 22 with their spouse and brother. All three were there to speak out against a proposed hyperscale #datacenter that would sit on 1,000 acres of rural land in Emporia. They were dragged out, in handcuffs, by police on the orders of a city commissioner. The city approved the datacenter.” https://www.404media.co/perso...

• Post #4163771

  “While South #Korea swings between heatwave and downpour, in #Japan and Vietnam torrential rain has led to landslides. #China, meanwhile, has seen bouts of extreme rainfall since the flood season began in April, according to the water resources ministry in mid-July, marking the start of a month-long peak flood control window. More than 600 rivers have since risen above warning levels – a 35% jump from the average for the same period over the past five years.” https://www.theguardian.com/env...

• Post #4162824

  “Deepfakes and other AI content must be labeled from Sunday, Aug 2, as the EU’s sweeping artificial intelligence transparency rules kick in to make sure Europeans immediately know whether the online content they see is real or fake. The #EU's #AI law enters into force in stages. From Sunday, companies must ensure their AI systems like #chatbots make it clear to users they are AI, or when an image or text has been created using AI, there must be a label saying so.” https://www.lemonde.fr/...

• Post #4136606

  #Migraine rates rise during periods of #wildfire smoke: research report Fyi @ottaross@mastodon.social

• Post #4099060

  “ICE arrested 39,563 people in June, its highest-ever monthly total, according to figures released this week by the agency. That same month, Republican lawmakers authorized a further US$70-billion for the deportation campaign. In July so far, #ICE is approaching an average of 1,500 arrests a day.” #Trump admin deportation roundups are surging while staying out of the public eye https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/us-politics/article-us-ice-deportation-roundups-surging-immigration/

• Post #4099021

  “Federal government says it won't support #Ontario's Billy Bishop Airport expansion plans. #Toronto mayor calls on Ford government to return land to city.” https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/billy-bishop-airport-federal-government-9.7283568

• Post #4098987

  “ #Trump’s role in clearing Folarin #Balogun from a mandatory one-game ban at the World Cup is set to provoke a formal complaint to #Fifa ethics investigators. The #Norway soccer federation said Thursday its board of directors will consider filing the complaint at its next meeting, likely on 6 August. Norway previously joined an NGO’s complaint to #Fifa alleging Infantino breached a statutory duty of political neutrality, by creating a peace prize to award to Trump.” https://www.theguardian.c...

• Post #4097443

  The Rise of Anti-Flock Influencers “ #Instagram influencers are creating fake cease-and-desist letters, making themselves go viral and muddying the waters about mass #surveillance.” https://www.404media.co/the-rise-of-anti-flock-influencers-who-make-things-up-for-clout/

• Post #4088686

  VIA Rail announces #Toronto to #Vancouver rail service has been disrupted by wildfires in #BC and northern #Ontario. https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2271279/feux-foret-via-rail-canadien

• Post #4067148

  “ #Canada’s federal opposition #NDP party leader is calling on the Mark Carney Liberal government to block the latest data-sharing deal between US #ICE and the Canadian media giant Thomson Reuters. Avi Lewis, the federal leader of the NDP, demanded on Tuesday that #Ottawa address the contract and further restrict Canadian corporations from doing business with ICE.” https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/24/canada-government-mark-carney-block-data-sharing-deal-thomson-reuters-us-ice-avi-le...

• Post #4061157

  “Acc to the Ontario Electricity Distributors Association, the tab for upgrading networks over the next couple of decades will amount to between $103-billion and $120-billion. Only $450-billion has been spent so far this century across #Canada on electricity infrastructure.” Unlike #BC & #Quebec, with its electricity behemoths, #Ontario has 60 small ‘fiefdom’ providers. Disconnected: Ontario can’t build homes without rebuilding its power grid https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

• Post #4050199

  “Local Prosecutor Investigating U.S. Boat Strikes and Claims of Torture Was Murdered in targeted hit in a cafe in #Ecuador. New evidence had recently emerged of U.S. Coast Guard activity in the aftermath of two strikes, further corroborating survivor testimony. Ecuador is under the control of a pro-#Trump admin, right-wing, Miami-born president.” https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/prosecutor-investigating-ecuador-boat-strikes-murdered

• Post #4043638

  “ #Orcas (Orcinus orca) have been spotted ramming sharp-tail sunfish (Masturus lanceolatus) so hard that they explode. For fun. The gory display involved a female orca holding a dead sunfish in place for a male to speed into.” https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/23/orcas-ramming-prey-hard-explodes-playing-game

• Post #4018596

  “ #Trump exhaustion syndrome.” TO Star columnist Susan Delacourt wrote this week. And #Canada, we’re all feeling it. He’s like a toddler who, when you try to ignore his tantrum, glues the cat to your head and lights the living room on fire.” https://www.thestar.com/politics/political-opinion/trump-exhaustion-syndrome-has-us-tuning-out/article_2661432c-6dc4-450a-a038-396184824175.html

• Post #4017308

  “The #Trump admin has raked in about $13 billion after taking over #Venezuela’s oil exports in the wake of its kidnapping of President Nicolás Maduro, according to a Financial Times analysis. But six months later, and one month after two devastating earthquakes, that money is nowhere to be found.” https://newrepublic.com/post/213359/trump-billions-venezuelan-oil-revenue-missing?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=tnr_daily

• Post #4016200

  Bwahaha! #Trump’s tariff threat during a premiers conference keeps on making #Canada morph into something better! Cross-provincial booze blocks are being removed and now this! https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-alcohol-direct-to-consumer-9.7278453