Hard Pass

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/46512248

Even when AI has not generated code. This is a major risk for companies where IP ownership is critical.

GitHub has also seen major outages, further eroding trust in their tools.

Hopefully this motivates companies to finally make the switch away from Microsoft.

GitHub 👇

• Codeberg (open-source repos)
• Gitea Cloud (private repos)
• Forgejo (self-hosted)

VS Code 👇

• ZED
• VSCodium

I bought a ticket for Monday’s Alberta Christian Leadership Summit in Red Deer, keen to report on the event that promised a chance for religious leaders to talk about “faith, leadership and public policy in Alberta” with Premier Danielle Smith and other politicians.

But the night before, organizers called and told me, without providing a reason, that I was being deregistered and they were refunding my $200 fee. I wasn’t alone. A journalist from a major news outlet also got the call.

The summit’s website promises a “direct dialogue between Christian leadership and Alberta’s government [to help] shape the policies affecting our families, churches, and communities.”

The General Assembly is expected to quickly approve the map, which slices up Memphis, a majority-Black city that makes up most of the state’s lone Democratic district.

A Canadian is fighting back in U.S. federal court over what he says is an attempt by the Department of Homeland Security, through Google, to seek "vast swaths of information" about his personal life following social media posts critical of Donald Trump's administration.

The Canadian John Doe plaintiff on Monday sued Markwayne Mullin, the current DHS secretary, in a lawsuit that contends DHS is engaged in "a transparent gambit to chill speech the government doesn't like." The suit was brought by American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) offices in D.C., where DHS is located, and in northern California, the jurisdiction where Google has its headquarters.

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

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.”

Posting a series of charts help people navigate the current dialogue for the topic.

Canadian and American gas prices and changes percentage. Also shows the nearly undetectable impact of removing things like Carbon taxes

https://tradingeconomics.com/canada/gasoline-prices

Even after becoming a net exporter of oil and the general perception of American oil culture. The fate of their nation isn't tied to oil, but it does substantially burden gas prices and other aspects of their economy.

Economic profits generated from oil extraction, measured as the difference between production value and costs, expressed as a percentage of gross domestic product

https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/oil-rents-as-a-share-of-gdp?tab=line&country=CAN%7EUSA%7ESAU%7EARE%7ERUS&tableSearch=canada

U.S. crude oil exports surge to record as tankers flock to Gulf Coast during Iran war

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/03/us-crude-oil-exports-surge-to-record-as-tankers-flock-to-gulf-coast.html

Inflation adjusted oil prices. After the highs is usually a big drop.

https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/oil-prices-inflation-adjusted?time=earliest..2024

Yes, she’s staring at a dog’s butt.

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