Hard Pass

Federal authorities executed a search warrant on Wednesday morning at the offices of Virginia Senate President Pro Tempore L. Louise Lucas (D), a close ally of Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger, a person familiar with the matter confirmed to The Associated Press.

Federal law enforcement sources told Fox News the raid was in connection with a “major corruption probe.”

Foreign adversaries are meddling in the Alberta separatist debate in ways that threaten Canada’s sovereignty and national security, warns a report released Wednesday.

The study by leading information researchers said American and Russian actors were playing a dangerous role in the province’s dispute over seceding from Canada.

“While homegrown, the movement has become an attractive target for foreign exploitation,” said the study, “National Unity Under Threat: Foreign Interference, Cognitive Sovereignty and the Alberta Referendum.”

As they amplify separatist voices and normalize American annexation of Canada, these outside forces are posing a direct threat to Canada’s “democratic integrity,” it said.

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Moscow has a long history of peddling disinformation that aims to undermine Canada, but U.S. officials and influencers aligned with President Donald Trump have now joined in, it said.

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“The danger is not the existence of that debate,” said the study backed by five think tanks, including DisinfoWatch and the Global Centre for Democratic Resilience.

“The danger is that foreign governments, state-aligned media, ideological networks, and profit-driven manipulation systems are seeking to distort it.”

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The authors ... said Canada was vulnerable to such interference and urged Ottawa to act quickly. To “inoculate the public against manipulation,” the federal government needs to begin preparing before an Alberta referendum campaign gets underway, they said.

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I thought self-hosting requires, like, paid ownership of a website or something. I don't think I've ever self-hosted before and am lost with its guide.

My primary concern is RustDesk's warning about possibly shutting down its free self-hosting because of bot abuse, despite now requiring GitHub accounts. There seems to be nothing even remotely close to RustDesk, except possibly HopToDesk, which I heard is a fork of an older version or something.

It'd be nice to be able to keep this going just in case. Or are there free, E2EE servers out there that anyone knows of?

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/46919124

[...] in January, ownership of the Yves trademark had been transferred from its former owner, Hain Celestial Canada, to Maple Leaf Foods, a major Canadian meat producer.

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Grogan [Maple Leaf Foods COO] also confirmed that six Yves products—Yves Veggie Ground Round in original and large sizes, Mexican Veggie Ground Round, Veggie Ham Slices and Veggie Turkey Slices—will return to grocery store shelves on July 1 this year, coinciding with Canada Day. He added that there are no plans for major recipe changes and that all new products will be manufactured in Maple Leaf’s facilities.

cross-posted from: https://reddthat.com/post/65132773