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lol

Rest in RIP Chuck Norris.

decided today (well, last night...) that while i can pass fairly well as a girl, thats BORING and i instead went out in some shorts and trans pride colored stockings!! may or may not post photos in the near future

have fun out there :)
(the more anti-trans legislation is put in place, the greater i feel an obligation to make my fit an irl shitpost/ragebait lol)

A new Republican-sponsored bill in the U.S. Congress takes aim at Canada's attempts to force foreign streaming companies such as Netflix and Disney+ to pay into Canadian funds for domestic content production.

The proposed legislation could pave the way for the United States to impose new tariffs on Canadian products.

Called the Protecting American Streaming and Innovation Act, the bill was introduced on Thursday in the House of Representatives by Pennsylvania Republican Lloyd Smucker. It's designed "to counter Canada's digital trade barriers targeting American streaming companies and content producers," he said in a news release.

"Canada’s unfair policies stack the deck against U.S. companies, creators, and workers," Smucker said. CBC News has requested an interview with the congressman.

The bill is aimed at Canada's Online Streaming Act, which has been a trade irritant for the U.S. since it became law in 2023.

With DeepL moving to AWS, I'll obviously stop using it and I am thus in search of a new translator solution.

I feel, however, as if most translators are jumping to AI and I do not trust the technology enough, so the question arises: are there any good AI-free translators left? I need both for PC and an Android app; searching on F Droid and Discover (KDE Plasma) brings some results, but I thought of asking you guys if you recommend something in particular.

Thank you very much and have a nice day :)

The US Mint is generally prohibited from producing coins featuring living public figures or presidents.

Young New Zealanders, Aussies, and North Americans are less happy than 15 years ago, despite increased happiness in under 25s across most of the world, according to The World Happiness Report 2026. The timing of this drop correlates with increased social media use; however, other countries don't follow this pattern, and Latin American countries have both higher social media use and relatively high levels of youth happiness. While noting that social media's effects on wellbeing are complex and may vary with the types of social platforms involved, the report concludes that heavy use may play a role in the decreased happiness of under 25s in English-speaking countries, especially for girls.

Anyone hoping to check their home’s radon level can now pick from dozens of different radon monitors sold online or in stores — but experts warn many of those devices don’t actually work.

Plenty of Canadians install faulty monitors, only to find out later that they aren’t approved or certified, cautioned Pam Warkentin, the executive director of the Canadian Association of Radon Scientists and Technologists (CARST), which runs the country's certification program alongside Health Canada.

“I have to tell them that they can’t really base any decisions on those detectors and need to go purchase another one."

As of March 2026, only six electronic monitors have been approved for use:

• Airthings Corentium Home.
• Airthings View.
• Aranet RN+.
• Ecosense EcoQube.
• Ecosense RadonEye.
• SunRadon Luft.

Canadians looking for one of those certified devices can find a list of provincial suppliers through the Take Action on Radon program.

The Canadian Medical Association (CMA) has applied to intervene in the ongoing pronoun case in Saskatchewan.

In a release issued on Tuesday, the CMA stated that it would like to intervene before the Supreme Court in the landmark case between the Government of Saskatchewan (Minister of Education) v. UR Pride Centre for Sexuality and Gender Diversity (“UR Pride”).

Will AI obliterate all of humanity? Will it destroy all of our jobs? There are so many questions swirling around the existential threat that AI poses, and even more completely hypothetical answers. This week, Adam brings back past guests Arvind Narayanan, professor of Computer Science at Princeton, and Princeton PhD student Sayash Kapoor to give expert perspective on our current moment. Their newest essay, AI as Normal Technology, is a rational and evidence-based exploration of AI that offers an alternative vision to the idea of AI as a potential superintelligence.

The party can lead by clearly explaining why electricity prices are rising and who bears responsibility, or they can surrender the narrative to corporate pundits and technocrats increasingly aligned with Big Tech.

The SEC’s approval lets Nasdaq test blockchain-based versions of stocks that trade and settle like traditional shares.

Joe Kent alleges Trump's decision making process for Iran war had more Israelis in his ear than his own intelligence agency.