Hard Pass

Have some self respect and journalistic integrity.

In America it really does seem like we can only trust some independent sources and media, certainly not the major networks that are bought and owned.

Prime Minister Mark Carney says the federal government is entering into contract negotiations with Saab to buy a fleet of surveillance aircraft for the Royal Canadian Air Force.

The federal government has previously said it’s in the market for six radar aircraft to help protect Canada against threats.

Saab produces the planes in a joint partnership with bombardier, based off of the Global 6500 business jet.

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Airbus SE is exploring the possibility of manufacturing helicopters in Canada for global export if the company secures upcoming government contracts, according to reporting from Bloomberg, citing an executive at the aerospace manufacturer. The European firm currently employs more than 5,000 people in Canada.

Olivier Michalon, executive vice president of global business for Airbus Helicopters, said the company sees an opportunity as Canada increases defense spending and seeks to expand manufacturing jobs. Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government is pursuing closer ties with Europe.

"Clearly, if Airbus helicopters are selected for any of the big upcoming campaigns and there is an industrial project which is tied to this contract, it’s an opportunity to export what would be manufactured here to the worldwide market," Michalon said in an interview in Ottawa. "We’re selling helicopters to 170 countries around the world and not everything has to come necessarily from our main plants in France or in Germany."

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Credits, original author is shave your eyebrows, from tumblr.

(shoutout to @TotallynotJessica@lemmy.blahaj.zone who often posts those shaveposts, i'm taking over that duty today :3)

Analog Mono, Coral Pixel are updated fonts from the 90's. Two Slice is only two pixels tall but still readable. Geist Pixel is a usable modern pixel font.

Before

• alt-tab Slack, glances over messages that need attention, goes back to work (5s)
• git push, clicks link to create merge request (3s)

After

• Starts claude, waits for load time, types "check slack and give me a summary", goes and gets coffee, comes back and realizes that Claude is waiting for a confirmation prompt, presses enter and goes and gets more coffee (15 minutes)
• Starts claude, waits, types "can you push this code and create a merge request", has enough time to go on PieFed to bitch about AI (30 minutes)

👍 produckiv go up 📈

Gotta spend those tokens! We have a stupid leaderboard at my work now.

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Poland and Canada have agreed to deepen their defence ties, including bolstering military procurement from one another, greater cooperation between their defence industries, and jointly participating in military drills in the Arctic.

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This would involve “potential joint projects involving emerging defence technologies and discussions regarding the establishment of ammunition production capacity”, as well as cooperating under the EU’s SAFE programme, said the Canadian ministry.

SAFE is providing €150 billion in loans to EU member states to bolster defence spending, with Poland the largest recipient. Canada has an agreement with the EU for its firms to have preferential access and treatment for procurement under the programme.

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Even if he eventually merges with an AI.

(this is just a joke - of course farmwork still has physically demanding parts)

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