Hard Pass

When all these grifters are no longer protected by their orange padrino, I hope that these scum are brought to popular justice.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is seeking security clearance to receive briefings on foreign interference in her province, but the leader of the Opposition says she shouldn't be trusted with it.

The premier told the Legislative Assembly of Alberta this week that she has started the process to get a higher security clearance so she can receive briefings from the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS).

"I would like to know if there is any foreign interference happening in our province," Smith said during question period Wednesday.

(Opposition NDP Leader Naheed) Nenshi said he believes Smith should be disqualified from obtaining the clearance, citing what he called her lack of concern about the ongoing separation campaign in Alberta, and questions he has about the premier's trip to Saudi Arabia last fall to meet with local government officials, which was taken on a private plane.

Research.

Researchers have developed a new kind of nanoelectronic device that could dramatically cut the energy consumed by artificial intelligence hardware by mimicking the human brain.

The researchers, led by the University of Cambridge, developed a form of hafnium oxide that acts as a highly stable, low‑energy ‘memristor’ — a component designed to mimic the efficient way neurons are connected in the brain.

Also important to note that the TRPF is largely about new machinery. Competition involves increasing technology, which raises the mass of commodities and usually the mass of profits, but lowers the rate of profit. This is only fought by further raising the mass of profits via expansion, which is why we get imperialism as capitalism grows.

Seems pretty lucrative, though. Thinking about accepting.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/44418560

Half-joking comments about Canada joining the bloc have become common as Ottawa adapts to its fraying relationship with the United States.

France’s foreign minister Jean-Noël Barrot has floated the idea that Canada could one day join the European Union, using the transatlantic ally as a striking example of the bloc’s global appeal.

Speaking at the Europe 2026 conference in Berlin alongside his German counterpart Johann Wadephul, Barrot argued that the EU is increasingly attracting partners far beyond its borders as geopolitical tensions soar.

Barrot’s Canada remark was not presented as a concrete policy proposal, but rather as part of a broader argument that the EU is emerging as a “third superpower” capable of balancing the rivalry between the United States and China.

Congressman Jim Himes claims a sweeping surveillance authority should stay intact because he hasn't seen abuses by Kash Patel's FBI, according to internal messaging obtained by WIRED.

Archived version: https://archive.is/20260320205610/https://www.wired.com/story/a-top-democrat-is-urging-colleagues-to-support-trumps-spy-machine/

I guess some people think ding dong ditch is still cool/funny? Is it trending on tiktok or something? My friends just had this happen and sent me the recording, and I asked their permission to post it here.