Interesting News, Articles & Stuff

[florduh]

This is how the NYT describes the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from Gaza:

"Chancellor Hitler Implementing a Novel Solution to the Judeo-Bolshevism Issue in the Reich"

In Occupied West Bank, Israel Kills Two Women, Including One 8 Months Pregnant

In the occupied West Bank, Israel is intensifying its military assault, which has already displaced 35,000 Palestinians. On Saturday, Israeli troops raided the Nur Shams refugee camp, where they killed two women, including one — 23-year-old Sundus Jamal Shalabi — who was eight months pregnant...

www.democracynow.org

While the focus has been on Gaza, the IDF and settler terrorists have been doing pogroms in the occupied West Bank.

Palestinians in the West Bank Describe How Israeli Settlers Are Seizing Land

Farming outposts are mushrooming across the West Bank, enabling Israeli settlers to displace Palestinians and grab large swaths of land.

www.rollingstone.com

Suspected settlers attacked Palestinian villages hours before Trump rescinded Biden sanctions

Shortly after suspected Jewish settlers stormed Palestinian villages in the occupied West Bank, U.S.

apnews.com

 

[CANtalk]

We can no longer trust America​

Paywall bypass: https://archive.ph/Kjd16

See what's being said about Trump & the US in Canadian media

https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6634032

https://www.reddit.com/r/suppressed_news/comments/1ij3flt

U.S. Travel Association Warns of Economic Tourism Disaster After Thousands of Canadian Tourists Cancel Trips in Protest​

U.S. Travel Association Warns of Economic Tourism Disaster After Thousands of Canadian Tourists Cancel Trips in Protest

While Proposed Tariffs Against Canada Are Now Paused, Canadian Travel Agencies Already Witnessing Retaliation in Form of Canceled Trips

www.thetravel.com

Trump administration disbands taskforce targeting Russian oligarchs​

Trump administration disbands taskforce targeting Russian oligarchs

US attorney general issues memo to break up effort started after 2022 Ukraine invasion to target those close to Kremlin

www.theguardian.com

The US is allowing undocumented migrants across the border into Canada, hit 'em with 25% tariffs!

1 dead, 15 taken into custody after 3 incidents at the Canada-U.S. border: RCMP

Mounties say a man is dead after he crossed from the United States into Canada at the Coutts Border Crossing in southern Alberta on Tuesday. It’s one of three incidents detailed by RCMP during a news conference in Edmonton on Wednesday about Canada’s border with the U.S.

www.ctvnews.ca

Trump energy secretary allowed 23-year-old DOGE rep to access IT systems over objections from general counsel​

https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/06/climate/doge-energy-department-trump/index.html

Trump promises 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum imports — including from Canada​

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trump-tariff-steel-aluminum-canada-1.7454845

How the Republican War on Women Extends to Voting Rights - Most women vote Democratic. And most still change their name when they marry. And that’s where the GOP sees an Achilles’ heel.​

How the Republican War on Women Extends to Voting Rights

Most women vote Democratic. And most still change their name when they marry. And that’s where the GOP sees an Achilles’ heel.

newrepublic.com

 

[florduh]

They're just dabbing on us at this point

China is building a giant laser to generate the energy of the stars, satellite images appear to show | illuminem

Images from space reveal an enormous X-shaped building rising up from rocky terrain in southwestern China. This is a huge nuclear fusion research facility, analysts say, and it could be a sign China is leaping ahead in the quest to harness this futuristic energy source.

illuminem.com

 

[anome]

PET all those years ago:

"Living next to you is in some ways like sleeping with an elephant. No matter how friendly and even-tempered is the beast, if I can call it that, one is affected by every twitch and grunt,"

the irony of this would be funny, if it was not so pathetically sad. One of the major driving factors behind CA confederation back in 1867 was the threat of tariffs from the southern border. But it did unite a group of disparate areas, in an extremely large expanse of territory, to unite and form a nation.

 

[florduh]

I love when Trump says Canada's ripping us off because they don't spend enough on their military.

"They think we're gonna protect them "

No, dumbass. You know what protets Canada? The same thing that protects us: two big, salty oceans. "Big Water".

The Koreans weren't going to invade North America. Neither were the Vietnamese, or the Iraqis. The US Military is only used against poor, weak countries that couldn't invade Canada even if they wanted to. And even then, we almost always get our asses kicked.

Also...no one really wants to invade Canada. They don't act like scumbags around the world. At least nowhere near as much as the United States. Ain't nobody calling Canada "The Great Satan"

 

[budski]

ElonX, he can just buy'em out

 

[anome]

two big, salty oceans

As we say up north, sea to sea to sea; CA has that other large body of saltchuck that also drives some of the current interest in Greenland.

 

[bellona0544]

Distributed quantum computing across an optical network link - Nature

The distribution of quantum computations is demonstrated between two photonically interconnected trapped-ion modules, using repeatable, deterministic teleported controlled-Z gates to perform Grover’s search algorithm.

www.nature.com

I'm not a huge proponent of "the" Singularity as I don't tend to regard history as materialistic, so take this with a grain of salt here: this is really freaking cool! One concern that seems to be overcome again and again is that humans will hit some kind of technical or knowledge-based wall when we develop technologies, and this is another example. While there are still ample challenges to overcome, quantum computing appears to be a near-future reality as we keep figuring out ways of solving problems.

It does feel good to think of history as moving toward something, but I find the world far more fascinating when it *isn't* moving toward anything in particular. We are approaching some incredible advances in computing that go beyond all of the advancements we've had in the past century, and rapidly coming up on a set of existential questions that used to only be asked in science fiction.

 

[cybrguy]

We are approaching some incredible advances in computing that go beyond all of the advancements we've had in the past century, and rapidly coming up on a set of existential questions that used to only be asked in science fiction.

Right. The difference is, in science fiction, when we get the answers wrong, nobody dies.

 

[florduh]

It does feel good to think of history as moving toward something

It would feel better if we had an economic system that was going to equitably share the fruits of this amazing new technology.

When I hear about AI and the job loss it will cause, I do sort of wonder if, in a way, these tech idiots are going to solve the problem for us.

The future is either Star Wars (dystopian and fascist) or Star Trek (utopian and socialist). I'm hoping for the latter. But even in Star Trek lore, their utopian future required humanity first passing through The Cool Zone.

What's The Cool Zone, you may ask? Not really something you talk about on the internet.

 

[bellona0544]

The destiny of Earthseed is to take root among the stars, comrades.

Focusing exclusively on the future means we forget our agency in the here-and-now. However, focusing exclusively on the here-and-now means we are purely reactionary, and we do not then shape the future into something preferable. We are human. We cannot control the future, but we can shape it.

Quantum computing networks are arriving right as traditional computing networks and the global internet system is controlled more and more by a handful of corporations with vested interests in denying access to information. Small-scale quantum computers set up in university labs that can instantaneously transfer information with a high enough fidelity would be extraordinarily difficult to cut off from each other once networked together.

Angela Davis highlights the communication between Palestinians and protestors in Ferguson in the 2010's over mediums like Twitter in her book "Freedom is a Constant Struggle". She points to tear gas utilized on Americans protesting police brutality being the same as that used in occupied Palestine, and recounts how the Americans were taught mitigation techniques by the Palestinians. Most American protestors didn't have much experience countering tear gas, but Palestinians did--in fact, the same company, Combined Tactical Systems, that made the tear gas used in Palestine was being used against Americans. American protestors started crowding the police, staying close enough that any tear gas thrown would have also hit the cops.

This oppression is global, and any means of democratizing information or communications will be useful tools in finally shifting the power back.

 

[CANtalk]

American Bar Association Says ‘Chaotic’ Trump Is Attacking Constitution and Rule of Law​

American Bar Association Says ‘Chaotic’ Trump Is Attacking Constitution and Rule of Law

Searing statement from the ABA accuses the Trump administration of failing to respect the law and Congress.

www.thedailybeast.com

Trump ousts director of Office of Government Ethics​

Trump ousts director of Office of Government Ethics

President Trump removed the director of the Office of Government Ethics, the independent agency responsible for overseeing ethics rules for the executive branch.

www.cbsnews.com

Far-right populists much more likely than the left to spread fake news – study​

Far-right populists much more likely than the left to spread fake news – study

Amplifying misinformation is now part of radical right strategy, says Dutch study of tweets by MPs in 26 countries

www.theguardian.com

 

[florduh]

Musk teenage staffer ‘Big Balls’ now State Department adviser: Report

The news raises fresh fears about Musk and DOGE’s access to sensitive information about U.S. diplomats

www.the-independent.com

Musk’s DOGE teen was fired by cybersecurity firm for leaking company secrets

Edward Coristine, a 19-year-old member of Elon Musk’s squad was fired from an internship after he was accused of sharing information with a competitor.

fortune.com

A 19 year old who goes by the name "BigBalls", who was fired from his first job for leaking secrets to competitors, is now running the State Department. He's gonna sell the NOC list to some Russian spy if he agrees to buy him beer.

DOGEbro Update: Coristine's image-sharing site linked to URLs referencing pedophilia, rape, KKK

I recently wrote about how 19-year-old Edward “Big Balls” Coristine, a member of Elon Musk’s secretive DOGEbro coup gang who has unprecedented, and possibly illegal, access to sensitive government information across many federal agencies, has links to...

www.dailykos.com

This is now the second of Musk's teenaged lieutenants who has been outted as a Nazi. He also distributes child porn. This is who is now running the Federal Government.

For weeks now, everyone at the CCP has to feel like the Philadelphia Eagles at halftime. Sure, you still have to play the rest of the game. But it's pretty clear you're about to take down the reigning champs.