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The Ghost In The Machine Trading Alberta’s Water and Gas for the Promise of an AI Oasis

It's been a while since I published something on substack. The AI data centre issue in Alberta keeps me up at night.
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Just wanted to say hello on blueskee. Thanks to Sen Kennedy for teaching us how to pronounce it. 😀 #bluesky

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Once sunglasses were merely sunglasses. Now they are surveillance tools. #meta #AI www.msn.com/en-us/news/t...

Tracker Newsletter: ICE in Focus As federal agents carry out Trump’s program of mass deportation, this limited-series newsletter will track what’s happening and what’s coming next.

As Trump’s mass deportation program unfolds, immigration policy and enforcement is shifting fast.

That’s why we’re launching Tracker, a limited-series newsletter navigating what’s happening and what’s next. Sign up for free: www.wired.com/newsletter/I...

Raskin probes DOJ after Apple, Google blocked ICE tracking app Democrats are challenging the administration’s immigration crackdown in Minneapolis and its use of force against protesters.

Raskin probes DOJ after Apple, Google blocked ICE tracking app

ICE’s Facial Recognition App Misidentified a Woman. Twice In testimony from a CBP official obtained by 404 Media, the official described how Mobile Fortify returned two different names after scanning a woman's face during an immigration raid. ICE has said the app's results are a “definitive” determination of someone's immigration status.

“It is sickening that ICE is using this flawed app and unacceptable invasion of biometric privacy to supposedly determine whether someone is undocumented and deport them or even worse,” EFF’s @cooperq.com told @404Media.co. www.404media.co/ices-facial...

@peggychaney.bsky.social Peggy we just received your donation to help with Picasso's vet bill. We can't thank you enough for helping.

Whistleblower drops 'largest ever' ICE leak to unmask agents: 'The last straw' A Department of Homeland Security whistleblower has released the identities of about 4,500 ICE and Border Patrol employees Tuesday in what has been called potentially the largest agency data breach fo...

Someone inside DHS leaked the names of 4,500 ICE and CBP officers to a nonprofit that tracks ICE. About 80 percent of those name are active.

www.rawstory.com/ice-agents-d...

Hi Peggy great to connect here. I don't com on that often. He's home finally and can start to heal

#caturday always brings a reprieve of the insanity in the world

A message to America: we are not your enemy Last night, the US launched an all-out assault on the "global censorship industrial complex", I respond with some deep breaths, solidarity and a vibey video (it's all I have)

NEW: last night, the US govt launched an assault on the ‘global censorship industrial complex’, aka European tech researchers/campaigners.

It’s a deeply chilling move & speaks as to why we need international solidarity more than ever.

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State Department to deny visas to fact checkers and others, citing 'censorship' The order is focused on applicants for H-1B visas, which are frequently used by tech companies and is part of a campaign by the Trump administration against online content moderation.

So anyone who works against deception is now banned from the US. www.npr.org/2025/12/04/n...

Hundreds of English-language websites link to pro-Kremlin propaganda Thinktank says internet flooded with disinformation by Russia-aligned Pravda network, which many websites treat as credible

Pravda means truth but this network spreads anything but the truth. Aided and abetted by AI, it infects every home and office.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n... #AI #disinformation

This is a huge blow for Pegasus software and the Israeli NSO group. And get off WhatsApp if you're on it.

A7 Abroad: Sanctions evasion as a service A7, led by convicted fraudster Ilan Shor and backed by sanctioned Russian banks, claims to have moved over $86 billion in less than a year. CIR’s investigation details how A7 uses shell companies and ...

New @cen4infores.bsky.social investigation: Sanctions, shell companies and Russian state-backed money laundering.

Here’s how Ilan Shor and the Kremlin are laundering tens of billions of dollars around the world.

www.info-res.org/reports/a7-a...

Love this

❗️Photo of today's interception of a 🇷🇺Russian Il-20 reconnaissance aircraft by two 🇸🇪Swedish JAS 39 Gripen fighters and two 🇩🇪German Eurofighter Typhoon over the southern Baltic Sea

A Sunday calm vibe with Picasso

Europe turns to Ukrainian tech for ‘drone wall’ against Russia Billions available for governments to purchase battle-tested technology to fill Nato’s security gap, says Brussels

EU proposes to build an anti-drone wall, together with the Ukrainians
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Protesters target Royal Opera House over performance by ‘Putin’s diva’ Anna Netrebko’s presence on stage called a ‘disgrace’, despite soprano condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine Dozens of protesters have gathered outside the Royal Opera House to demonstrate against an eminent Russian opera singer nicknamed “Putin’s diva” who performed on the opening night of Tosca. Anna Netrebko, 53, one of the world’s best-known sopranos, who draws full houses for her performances at leading opera houses globally, has denied being an ally of the Russian leader. Continue reading...

Protesters target Royal Opera House over performance by ‘Putin’s diva’

How ICE Is Using Your Data — and What You Can Do About It | KQED ICE’s reach may get even wider due to a new partnership with a spyware company. But there have always been tools at the immigration agency’s disposal. KQED speaks to privacy advocates on what people s...

www.kqed.org/news/1205560...

There is a magical serenity that exists on Easter island. Watching the sun come up over the Moai

Lithuania to sound sirens during drone incursions after Russian UAV crash The measure is part of new response procedures approved last week and comes after two Russian Gerbera drones, one of which was armed, crashed in the Baltic country in July after entering from Belarus.

⚡️ Lithuania to sound sirens during drone incursions after Russian UAV crash.

The measure comes after two Russian Gerbera drones, one of which was armed, crashed in the Baltic country in July after entering from Belarus.

X is now offering me end-to-end encrypted chat — you probably shouldn't trust it yet | TechCrunch X's new encrypted messaging feature, XChat, has some red flags.

X rolls out what they call end to end encrypted chat. Should you trust it?
techcrunch.com/2025/09/05/x...

We can call ourselves something other than canvassers...