Just after they reached record breaking revenue this year. They gotta pay off their € 7m annual EU lobbying off somehow.

Israel’s participation has prompted broadcasters from several other countries to withdraw, including those from Ireland, Spain, Iceland, the Netherlands and Slovenia.

They especially think that it’s unfair that China restricts foreign ownership. They’re especially frothing at the mouth at that.

Canberra: time to ban VPNs next!

You should not watch The Infographics Show, they regularly post misinformation.

Thank you for the detailed write up on the power draw!

MAGA is literally seeking to destroy every South American country. Trump wants to punish Brazilians for being progressive and for using Pix.

Nearly all Canadian mushroom exports — 98 per cent in 2024 — are sold in the U.S. As B.C.’s technologically advanced mushroom industry has grown into a global leader, some American producers have accused Canadian growers of benefiting from unfair government subsidies. It’s set off a trade dispute that could reshape the cross-border market.

Time to tie their level of disapproval with their travel habits.

Brazil is a shocker for sure! 54% approve of the new Monroe Doctrine MAGA regime?!

Can we please replace VISA, Mastercard, AMEX and Discover with Wero, Pix and JCB?

Typical world comment.

Research by the Citizen Lab and the Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) on Bill C-22 and on its predecessor Bill C-2, the Strong Borders Act, which contained the same provisions concerning foreign data sharing, indicates the current legislation might quietly pave the way to giving U.S. law enforcement unprecedented access to personal data stored in Canada, even if held by Canadian companies

One is a potential agreement under the U.S. CLOUD Act, whichwould allow U.S. law enforcement to request personal data directly from Canadian technology companies, bypassing authorization by Canadian courts. This would have detrimental impacts on human rights, in particular, privacy, equality and free expression, while potentially leading to subordination of Canadian constitutional law to the U.S.’s lower legal standards.

At the outset, U.S. government actors face many fewer constraints than their Canadian counterparts on their ability to collect and use personal data in ways that may be illegal, unconstitutional or would violate human-rights laws in Canada.

while any CLOUD Act agreement might restrict the U.S. to targeting only U.S. citizens and residents, Canadian data might still be incidentally collected – for example, a Canadian user’s texts or private messages with someone investigated or charged in the U.S.

Or, if U.S. law enforcement issued to a Canadian service provider a keyword or geofence “reverse warrant” — where the request is for a list of all individuals who searched certain terms or all individuals who were at a specific location at a given time — it could also capture large swaths of personal data that is Canadian, even if the targeted person is not.

Second, invasive surveillance practices normalized in the U.S., such as a higher likelihood of being forced to turn over one’s social media history, can impact those trying to cross the Canada-U.S. border.

If there is already little to stop U.S. law enforcement from seizing people in Canada or demanding private details about those living in Canada with no substantial ties to the U.S., we should at least not encourage or sanction this level of encroachment within our own laws as well.

I can definitely see some vegans up in the faces of those in wheel chairs and telling them they’re “not doing enough by following the philosophy, they must also be an activist for hours everyday or they don’t care about the animals and they’re just as bad as meat eaters” or “that their contributions don’t matter like theirs.”

I think switching to Peertube is an effective strategy since channels actually use the disk space for proper videos.

In 2025, American-owned Visa and Mastercard controlled 96 percent of Canada’s credit card market

many consumers pay with Apple-issued iPhones or use terminals run by American companies, such as Chase, Global Payments, Square, and Stripe.

A system that inconveniences a judge today could, in theory, be turned against a whole country tomorrow. The United Kingdom is reportedly exploring a national alternative to Visa and Mastercard over fears Trump could use United States–owned payment providers to freeze its economy. European officials have warned the continent is dangerously exposed to such coercion.

Canada had a taste of that vulnerability during the 2022 Rogers outage, which affected over 12 million subscribers (including Interac). It was estimated the economic cost to the broader Canadian economy was $142 million. Cloudflare’s global outage in 2025 only lasted about six hours but was estimated to cost Shopify over $4 million (US).

Yeah, the limited selection doesn’t seem so bad now.

Google cares more about Gemini, YouTube can croak for all they care.

YouTube and Facebook feel so unusable nowadays.