brianpeiris

I'm ditching YouTube and cancelled my Premium account because they recently purged videos and accounts of Palestinian human rights organizations, and I'm generally trying to boycott the US and Google further.

I'm switching to podcasts to give myself something to listen to instead. I found CBC Podcasts and TVO Podcasts. I also found this Lemmy thread from 2 years ago, but I'd figure it's time to ask the community again.

What are your suggestions for Canadian or non-US podcasts?

National Science Foundation (NSF) had offered $1.5 million to address structural vulnerabilities in Python and the Python Package Index (PyPI), but the Foundation quickly became dispirited with the terms of the grant it would have to follow.

"These terms included affirming the statement that we 'do not, and will not during the term of this financial assistance award, operate any programs that advance or promote DEI [diversity, equity, and inclusion], or discriminatory equity ideology in violation of Federal anti-discrimination laws,'" Crary noted. "This restriction would apply not only to the security work directly funded by the grant, but to any and all activity of the PSF as a whole."

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/53878258

The Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) is hosting a worker-first forum with official NDP leadership candidates. The forum will bring together Avi Lewis, Heather McPherson, Rob Ashton, Tanille Johnston, and Tony McQuail for a series of moderated discussions focused on their vision and leadership approach for Canada’s NDP.

The audio is low for the host's introduction, but gets better when the candidates are on the stage.

The Enemies Project helps "enemies" discover the human being in each other.

In each episode, the Enemies Project documentary pairs two people with fiercely opposing worldviews. Intense conflict, yes. But the Enemies Project is neither gotcha TV nor political debate. The purpose is for "enemies" to find the humanity in the other — because in a warring world, understanding is rebellion.

Episodes are hosted by renowned Peacemaker Larry Rosen.

They're running a Kickstarter Campaign here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/larryrosen/enemies-project-a-docuseries-where-enemies-become-human

Episodes Released So Far:

• Transgender — A transgender woman and a MAGA mom move from outright hostility to deep tenderness
• Abortion — A pro-choice woman and a pro-life man confront the fact that their enemy is deeply, beautifully human.
• A Palestinian and a Jew — A Palestinian American and a Hasidic Jew sit together in the aftermath of October 7, confronting grief, pain, and shared suffering
• Two Jews — A Zionist and an anti-Zionist Jew wrestle with betrayal, loyalty, and the pull of reconciliation within their own community
• Do Kids Need a Dad? A Lesbian and a Fatherhood Purist — A lesbian mom and a man who believes gay people should not have children find respect and warmth
• Dictatorship Under Trump: A Proud Boy and a Progressive — Each fears dictatorship in America, but from opposite sides of the political spectrum
• Dictatorship Under Biden: A Proud Boy and a Progressive — The mirror-image conversation, revealing how fear of tyranny shapes both left and right

Coming Episodes — What You're Enabling:

• Guns — Two Traumatized Women Divided by Ideology
• Immigration — A White MAGA Teen and a Mexican American Dad
• Police Use of Force — A Cop and an Abolitionist
• Falling from Christianity — A Gay Man and a Preacher
• Falling from Islam — A Tech CEO and a Muslim Mama
• Race in the U.S. [participants being interviewed now]

Other Episodes in the works: Russia/Ukraine, India/Pakistan, Falling from Mormonism.

This is the third time I'm seeing this type of political smear ad run via Google Ads, specifically through Google News on my phone's "Google Now" screen. The ads are supposedly paid for by Indian companies with nondescript names like "Thiess India Private Limited". The ad usually features an AI-generated image of a left-leaning politician appearing injured or in handcuffs. I've seen doctored images of Jagmeet Singh and Mark Carney so far. This particular ad pointed to a fake website setup to look identical to a CBC News article, with more misinformation. I've reported this to Google, CBC, and The Walrus.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/52502868

I'm still learning more about Yves, but I like what I've seen so far. Apparently some people are calling for him to be blocked from the leadership race because of his pro-palestine, anti-zionist, and anti-genocide views. Contrary to their complaints, he is not antisemitic.

Yves Engler’s campaign for the leadership of the New Democratic Party represents a defining moment in Canadian politics. For too long, the NDP has drifted toward centrism, attempting to appease corporate interests and mainstream media narratives rather than boldly representing the working class. Engler’s vision is different. He stands unapologetically for democratic socialism — a society rooted in economic justice, peace, democracy, and the empowerment of working people.

More info here:
https://yvesengler.com/
https://yvesforndpleader.ca/about-yves/

Send a letter to support his approval:
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/dont-let-genocide-supporters-hijack-ndp-leadership-race

https://drawtheline.world/canada

On Saturday, September 20th, we're drawing the line - for People. For Peace. For the Planet.

From rallies to strikes, marches to gatherings, this September 20th, communities will mobilize across the country and demand that Prime Minister Carney and the Canadian government pick a side: injustice, violence, and climate destruction- or a just and safe future for all of us.

We refuse to stand by while the government and Canada's richest corporations hoard wealth, gut our public services, fuel climate collapse, attack migrants, exploit Indigenous lands, and prop up a genocide in Palestine.

They think that if they can overwhelm and divide us, we won't fight back. But climate justice, migrant justice, economic justice, Indigenous rights, and anti-war movements are uniting to prove them wrong.

Read the demands here: https://drawtheline.world/canada#demands

The Trump administration recently published "America's AI Action Plan". One of the first policy actions from the document is to eliminate references to misinformation, diversity, equity, inclusion, and climate change from the NIST's AI Risk Framework.

Lacking any sense of irony, the very next point states LLM developers should ensure their systems are "objective and free from top-down ideological bias".

Par for the course for Trump and his cronies, but the world should know what kind of AI the US wants to build.