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"Yes, men dominate computing. There are many reasons for that; none of them justifies collective guilt. Turning the percentages into a struggle session is nonsense." world.hey.com/dhh/be-a-tech-…
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‼️ The tracking server for VIDAA smart TVs, the system on Hisense sets, needed no login.
In 3 hours, Northeastern researchers pulled 57M+ records of what 1M+ TVs were watching, sorted into categories like religion and politics.
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🚨🚨 THE DEMOCRACY FILES / ILLEGITIMACY PLAYBOOK, PART 7: THE SECRET MEGA-ALLIANCE WAITING FOR A RED LINE TO BE CROSSED 🚨
What do you call a mega-alliance that:
• Covers hundreds, if not thousands, of protest organizations
• Covers all the lawfare-related organizations
• Liasions with governors when a Constitutional crisis is crossed
• Consults federal workers on how to block emergency efforts
• Runs a situation room for the midterms and beyond
• Is credited to regime change expert and professor Erica Chenoweth
• Is operationalized by National Security Leaders for America, an organization of 1,600 retired officers, spies, and diplomats
• ... and determines the "red lines" for mobilization of the above?
Meet the United Democracy Alliance (UDA).
UDA is the secret alliance behind the messaging we saw this week:
• JB Pritzker's warning that states will "strongly resist"
• Governor Newsom's office declaring a "CODE RED"
• Norm Eisen talking about "war rooms"
• Slotkin predicting a "national security incident"
You will not find any mentions of the United Democracy Alliance (UDA) on the web. It is a mega-alliance of resistance NGOs ready to deploy on a moment's notice, monitoring every action President Trump takes and monitoring every polling place.
We only can put together the pieces by recordings. Some key quotes:
• "if there's a moment where there's a constitutional crisis, like one of the UDA four red lines, if they get crossed… governors then become the kind of lead anchor for political power." (Zeitz, Aug 6)
• "the big, big, big, big, big tent that's being organized in the blocking community so that if there is a red line crossed in terms of a constitutional crisis, like, everybody's already pre-organized." (Reiff, Aug 5)
• "We are also starting to consult federal workers on how to do some blocking inside the govt agencies during emergency situations" (Eric Manton, Zoom chat, Aug 6)
According to @JeffClarkUS , the last point above about federal workers conspiring to block emergency responses may violate serious statutes. More on federal workers involvement in Drop 8.
Compilation of recordings below:
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#NEW another doctor speaks out about healthcare crisis. Dr Dave Forrest says people are dying because Nanaimo Regional General doesn’t have cardiac catheterization lab to open blocked arteries during heart attacks. 6pm @GlobalBC @jarmstrongbc @dockevinmcleod
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Those jihadists who opened fire at a church in southern Jordan today most likely went to the same schools I went to and prayed in the same mosques I prayed in.
The difference between them and me is that I came to believe that Islam is a death cult and abandoned it. They chose to be faithful to it.
Muslims in Jordan, just like Muslims everywhere, believe in the same Quran, follow the same prophet, and see their Christian neighbors as infidels who must submit to Islamic supremacy.
They know that what those jihadists did was inspired by Islam, even if they themselves would never carry out such an attack, not because Islam stops them, but because their humanity is better than Islam.
And yet, they will rush to defend Islam, even though they know exactly what those jihadists did was according to the commandments of Allah and his prophet.
Before any idiot comes into my comment section to say that those Christians were “mu‘ahadun” and therefore should not be fought according to Islam, let me remind them: in the absence of a caliphate, there are no “mu‘ahadun” or dhimmis.
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Change could sweep Vancouver Island in Saturday's B.C. election. Experts say as many as five Island ridings that are currently held by the NDP, could be won by the Conservatives this time around.
cheknews.ca/im-excited-5-van…
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They call the baby a fetus because they need to dehumanize the baby to defend abortion.
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JORDAN 🚨
Terrorists slaughtered 7 Christians today in an attack on an Orthodox Christian funeral.
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Google on Bill C-22's lawful access provisions:
"This treats all users as potential criminals. Metadata is not merely ‘administrative’ data – in some cases metadata can contain core biographical data that is fundamental to a citizen’s private life."
theglobeandmail.com/politics…
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update: the facial recognition code is used by samsung tv's and returns bounded boxes around faces.
code for facial recognition within the content was also found, investigating if this is used by their background services or if it's stock opencv code.
scans for bounding boxes in apps to track your usage can load new modules over time to expand coverage.
this is like 1 out of 50 things so far, and we're only just getting started.
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Excellent piece. When a few unelected adjudicators can levy six-figure penalties over speech, the question isn't whether we can dismantle this system, but why we haven't. That's why I tabled my bill. We must continue to fight to abolish this ideologically captured regime.
How the B.C. NDP created a human rights regime to advance their ideological goals and why there is ample precedent for dismantling it today in @WDiminishment
Political and social groups champion ideas and values that align with their goals and act as tools to gain or maintain power.
Nowhere is this more evident than in the B.C. NDP’s dogged commitment to the B.C. human rights regime.
How comfortable are British Columbians with consolidating adjudicative power, backed by substantial monetary penalties, in the hands of a few unelected bureaucrats? This question demands an answer when considering our human rights regime.
Abolishing the Human Rights Tribunal and the Office of the Human Rights Commissioner would not be unprecedented in our province’s history, and the suggestion that these actions be taken should not be treated as something beyond possibility.
open.substack.com/pub/withou…
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Jordan: The Christians of St. George Orthodox Church in Hammoud Village, Karak Governorate.
These photos reflect happier moments.
Today, their church was savagely attacked by ISIS.
Seven lost their lives – many more were maimed and injured.
Please pray for them.
May the Holy Spirit minister to them powerfully amidst their present grief and pain.
H/T - @chunguskitten
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On the last day of the @BCNDP campaign, a @dave_eby social media video includes a purported clip of a nurse in British Columbia.
It is stock footage of a dental hygienist shot in Ukraine.
Not in British Columbia. Not in Canada. But in Ukraine. #bcpoli
Supporters of the BC NDP and the Green Party share a lot of the same values. Strong public health care, protecting the place we call home, and asking the wealthiest to chip in more to build a stronger B.C.
That’s why we're asking for your support and your vote to stop Conservative cuts, higher costs and chaos.
If we stand together, we can build B.C. strong.
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Liberal housing agency is blaming Liberal immigration for housing shortage.
The Liberals added five new people for every new home and then wondered why we had a housing shortage.
Now Carney wants to increase immigration even more, while homebuilding falls 4%. So out of touch.
Corporate powerbrokers will profit from higher rents. Canadians will pay.
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Want your words to have an impact?
Stop swearing so gosh-darned much.
If every other word is an F-bomb, each F-bomb loses impact. In fact... all of your other words (nestled in-between the F-bomb collection) lose impact as well.
An over-abundance of naughty words will cause the ideas you are communicating -- and you, yourself -- to carry less weight. Less gravitas.
Be classy. Swear less.
Just a little tip from a guy with an ever-increasing amount of grey in his beard, who used to swear a bit too much, too.