Well, at least the BBC is covering this.

Southern Poverty Law Center says it faces a criminal investigation by the Justice Department The Southern Poverty Law Center says it’s the subject of a Justice Department criminal investigation and faces possible charges over its use of paid informants to infiltrate extremist groups.

The Southern Poverty Law Center says it’s the subject of a criminal investigation by the Justice Department over its past use of paid informants to infiltrate extremist groups. The SPLC was founded in 1971 and used civil litigation to fight white supremacist groups. apnews.com/article/sout...

Trump has agreed to end the war in Iran if Iran agrees to rename the Strait of Hormuz the "Strait of America".

Is Data De-Identification Dead?: Why the AI Privacy Risk Isn't What It Learns, But What It Figures Out - Michael Geist In 1997, an MIT graduate student named Latanya Sweeney stunned the privacy world by matching publicly available voter rolls with hospital records stripped of names and addresses to identify the…

Open version of my Globe column on why AI privacy risk Isn’t what It learns, but what It figures out. Question at its centre: Is data de-identification dead? AI re-identifies people from non-personal data as a structural byproduct, not a deliberate act.

The Dishonest Online Campaign to Support Alberta Separatism | The Tyee A research group raises red flags about foreign interference in the province’s independence referendum.

“I think if you just look at it more broadly, it suggests that there is very clearly an American-led attempt to normalize and amplify the idea of Alberta becoming the 51st state of the U.S. annexation. And the co-ordination effort is so obvious.”
thetyee.ca/News/2026/04...

That was a great video! It was fun to try and identify games I would slot into each category. Also hat tip for your continued love for Urban Sprawl. 😊

This is a dance off. If you see this, repost with a dance or get eliminated

Coachella is trying to wipe all of the footage of The Strokes protest set so I’m gonna post it here. The last images on the screen made me cry.

👏 Canada 👏 Post 👏 is 👏 a 👏 public 👏 service 👏

Nothing proves how capitalism has brain rotted everyone than thinking the post office, hospitals, public transit, libraries, etc. need to turn a profit to be worthwhile.

Are you going to see them?

Nice selfie

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An Al Jazeera investigation of satellite imagery from Planet Labs and Sentinel Hub reveals that Israel is expanding military sites across Gaza, including the construction of what appear to be more permanent bases.

🔗: aje.news/rhu622 | #Infograph

CNN put together a montage of Trump saying as far back as March 9 that his war against Iran "is going to be finished pretty quickly," then him saying that same thing over and over for the past six weeks

Absolutely incredible.

NASA Astronaut Reid Wiseman, who commanded Artemis II, took this footage from the far side of the Moon with his iPhone.

Watch with sound on.

Bill C-22, three days of House debate:
- One paragraph on mandatory metadata retention
- A process answer on encryption back doors
- An admission this is only "a first step"
- A defence of the lower threshold as "higher than mere suspicion"
Full analysis below.

Satellite images reveal Israel expanding Gaza military sites Images show Israel building permanent military bases in Gaza as US-backed reconstruction plans stall.

Images show Israel building permanent military bases in Gaza as US-backed reconstruction plans stall.

Awesome—will have to try this next time I’m in YOW!

Book cover of Clifford D Simak’s novel ‘Out of Their Minds’

Just started this & enjoying it so far

a stop sign with a clown in a car next to it ALT: a stop sign with a clown in a car next to it

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any difference from the 1st edition? we haven’t had a chance to play this yet.

UN Children's Fund calls on Israeli authorities to investigate and 'ensure full accountability'

UN Children's Fund calls on Israeli authorities to investigate and 'ensure full accountability' https://aje.news/gp7zzt

More Surveillance Demands to Come?: Government Admits Bill C-22’s Lawful Access Provisions Could Be Expanded - Michael Geist Debate on Bill C-22, the Lawful Access Act, continued this week with Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree and Secretary of State for Combatting Crime Ruby Sahota leading the government’s case…

The government's case for lawful access just got more alarming: it now admits Bill C-22 is a first step and it is open to going further. Metadata retention and embedded intercept infrastructure aren't the ceiling. They're the surveillance starting point.

Sigh

Massive Attack / Tom Waits - Boots on the Ground YouTube video by Massive Attack

its out! Tom Waits and Massive Attack’s Boots on the Ground. Maybe it should be @cbcstephenquinn.bsky.social‘s wake-up song tomorrow. 🤔
youtu.be/L-57FrioeuE

I do agree with your assessment that’s it’s probably best played with folks about the same level. It took a couple of plays for us to get into it. (Also 💯 get in a couple of plays of Magical Athlete!)

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@heavycardboard.bsky.social watching your play through of GWT after the Jays/Brewers game (boo) & can say 💯 I’d like to see more —of you playing GWT!