Yogthos

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A sentience trapped in a prison of meat. Made in USSR. Capitalismus delendus est! ☭

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2026-05-23 14:33:05 UTC

For now, your encrypted messages have a lock on them. Until, possibly, the end of this summer.
Every messaging app in Canada would be required to build a second key.
With Bill C-22, the government would hold the copy. The lock you trust would no longer be a lock only you can open. It would be a lock the locksmith was ordered to duplicate.
https://dontsurveil.me/c22.html
#canada #cdnpoli #privacy #news #c22

2026-05-17 16:47:28 UTC

how is this not The Onion 😆
#usa #china #cope #comedy
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2026-05-07 21:26:36 UTC

Trump admin seizes US$120,000,000 owned by the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board as stake in an offshore wind project, demands that it be invested in fossil fuel development instead.
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2026/05/07/news/trump-admin-canadian-owned-wind-project-fossil-fuels
#canada #cdnpoli #news

2026-05-03 00:22:24 UTC

70% of Americans say they struggle to pay for food, housing and healthcare.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/videos/70-americans-struggle-pay-food-171319769.html
#usa #news #economy #uspol

2026-04-22 16:34:53 UTC

The global aluminium market is experiencing a "black swan" event as disruptions due to the Middle ‌East war trigger a supply shock that will lead to major shortages this year, according to the top metals analyst at commodity trader Mercuria.
The scale of the supply shock we're seeing in the aluminium market is probably the largest single supply shock a base ⁠metals market has suffered in the post-2000 era" 😬
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/aluminium-faces-black-swan-supply-shock-mercuria-says-2026-04-22
#economy #news

2026-04-10 12:29:15 UTC

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the US has had a very consistent policy of committing atrocities around the world throughout its whole existence. At some point the people of the US have to start taking responsibility for what their regime does.
This whole notion that political participation ends with pulling a lever every few years is frankly the height of absurdity. Especially given that this is what American democracy looks like in practice:
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/perspectives-on-politics/article/abs/testing-theories-of-american-politics-elites-interest-groups-and-average-citizens/62327F513959D0A304D4893B382B992B

2026-03-09 15:32:00 UTC

1 in 4 humans live under US sanctions. Resulting in about 560,000 unnecessary deaths per year. Every US president is a mass murderer.
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(25)00189-5/fulltext
#usa #uspol #geopolitics

2026-03-06 12:44:59 UTC

Russia is providing Iran intelligence to target U.S. forces, officials say. 🎻
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/03/06/russia-iran-intelligence-us-targets
#news #iran #iranwar

2026-01-16 05:21:08 UTC

Even before the whole Greenland fiasco, only 16% of EU citizens were found to consider the US an ally. Even in the UK that number was down to a meagre 25%.
In fact perceptions of the US as an ally are in complete collapse globally, with India remaining an odd exception.
https://ecfr.eu/publication/how-trump-is-making-china-great-again-and-what-it-means-for-europe
#usa #eu #politics #geopolitics

2026-01-13 19:51:28 UTC

I'm just going to say it, boycotting AI is naive and performative. It's just another version of trying to vote your way out of problems. It doesn't work.
The reality is that these tools are here to stay. The real solution isn't to complain, but to build open, transparent, and community-driven alternatives to the privacy invading corporate nightmare.
https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/mozilla-open-source-ai-strategy
#technology #ai #llm

2025-12-27 02:03:06 UTC

The Canada Border Services Agency is removing people, largely refugee claimants, from the country at a rate not seen in over a decade as the Carney government moves to slow population growth. Refugee lawyers express concern deportations may ramp up further if Bill C-12 passes next year.
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.7028111
#canada #cdnpoli

2025-12-20 18:15:00 UTC

Science has selected “Rise of the Renewables” as its breakthrough of the Year. China is reaping the benefits economically, supplying 80% of the world’s solar cells, 70% of its wind turbines, and 70% of its lithium batteries.
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aee6842
#china #technology #cleanenergy

2025-12-05 23:30:32 UTC

A massive new sunspot complex, dubbed AR 4294-4296, has emerged on the sun and is facing directly at Earth. The dark patch is on par with the infamous sunspot that birthed the 1859 Carrington Event.
https://www.livescience.com/space/the-sun/giant-sunspot-on-par-with-the-one-that-birthed-the-carrington-event-has-appeared-on-the-sun-and-its-pointed-right-at-earth
#space

2025-12-05 21:18:50 UTC

US may partially"withdraw from NATO by 2027. The US demands that Europe take over most of NATO's conventional defense functions by 2027, from intelligence to missiles.
https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/us-sets-2027-deadline-europe-led-nato-defense-officials-say-2025-12-05
#worldnews #nato

2025-11-04 17:35:56 UTC

China's "Great Green Wall," a 3,000km tree belt around the Taklamakan Desert, is a monumental effort to combat desertification initiated in 1978. It's planted over 30 million hectares of trees, increasing forest coverage significantly.
While facing challenges, the project demonstrates long-term commitment and is a symbol of environmental resilience. Desertification remains a significant issue, but the Green Wall represents a major step forward.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/travel/travel-news/chinas-great-green-wall-46-years-of-planting-trees-around-taklamakan-desert/articleshow/115849330.cms
#china #environment

2025-10-25 15:02:05 UTC

The push for renewable energy sources has birthed a new problem: where will we store all that energy?
What happens if the sun isn't up, there is no wind, but the city still needs power? Gravity batteries provide a cheap an answer without requiring rare earths.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxKsK8lPpv8
#technology

2025-10-17 13:41:56 UTC

140,000 protesters marched in Brussels against the Belgian government's austerity plans. They oppose cuts to pensions and social security while military spending increases for F-35 jets. Unions warn the cuts disproportionately harm women and risk pushing pensioners into poverty, calling it a destructive political choice.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/10/14/140000-march-in-brussels-against-austerity/
#europe #eu #economy

2025-10-14 20:25:58 UTC

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I think the whole AI race has a very good chance of destroying the US economy

2025-10-13 13:11:12 UTC

Across multiple studies using different advanced methodologies, the evidence suggests that Chinese citizens are generally willing to answer political questions truthfully. Observers must grapple with the reality that the Chinese people hold their government and political system in much higher regard than is commonly assumed in the West.
https://jasonhickel.substack.com/p/support-for-government-in-china-is
#china #politics

2025-10-07 03:12:21 UTC

In a historic shift, renewables including nuclear overtook coal as the world's top electricity source in early 2025. Solar power drove this transition, meeting 83% of global demand growth and enabling developing nations like China and India to actually reduce fossil fuel use.
While developing countries lead the clean energy charge, developed nations like the US and EU are increasing reliance on coal and gas.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2rz08en2po
#cleanenergy #climate #technology

2025-10-06 20:20:11 UTC

The Earth became darker from 2001 to 2024, meaning it reflects less sunlight, a research team reports in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
The development is more pronounced in the northern hemisphere than in the southern half of the planet, the study published on Monday revealed.
https://phys.org/news/2025-09-earth-sunlight-reveals.html
#science

2025-10-06 17:46:03 UTC

Greta Thunberg's detention by Israel after protesting in Gaza has exposed the hypocrisy of the liberal establishment. World leaders and climate scientists who once celebrated her now remain silent because she has challenged a core imperial value: unwavering support for Israel.
By targeting a specific, Western-backed state instead of the abstract concept of "industrial civilization," she transgressed from performative activism into genuine dissent.
https://www.donotpanic.news/p/the-liberal-abandonment-of-greta
#gaza #palestine

2025-10-06 17:35:22 UTC

The US has effectively launched a military occupation of its own city. With a $170 billion budget that would make its immigration force the world's 13th largest military, outgunning entire nations, this imperial project has boomeranged back onto the American homeland.
The tools of foreign intervention have been deployed domestically, turning a major US city into a testing ground for tactics once reserved for overseas territories.
https://inthesetimes.com/article/ice-immigration-chicago-trump-broadview
#usa #uspol

2025-10-06 15:18:42 UTC

Sanae Takaichi who is on track to become the president of Japan declared that she would "abandon the words 'work-life balance'."
https://www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2025100500410/
#japan #capitalism

2025-10-06 14:48:09 UTC

The walls are closing in on Macron with the subtlety of a French farce. The man who promised to be a Napoleon for the 21st century has instead expertly recreated the political chaos of the 1950s, systematically dismantling de Gaulle's strong-presidency model. He’s now a lame duck trapped in a palace, playing a high-stakes game of chicken with a parliament he created, all while Le Pen sharpens her knives.
https://www.thetimes.com/world/europe/article/president-macron-is-a-lame-duck-running-out-of-options-7nqhgct90
#eu #france #politics

2025-10-06 01:09:12 UTC

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the tragedy of having a FPTP system

2025-10-06 01:08:36 UTC

This research reveals LLMs are opaque vessels for political bias, engineered by undemocratic corporate entities for profit.
Their ability to subtly shape ideology and discourse presents a profound societal threat, poised to influence mass opinion and exacerbate structural conflicts like class warfare.
We must urgently confront their potential as potent, unregulated tools of ideological control.
https://arxiv.org/html/2410.01810v1
#llm #technology #politics

2025-10-05 23:32:20 UTC

Starmer hit with major blow as tech firm backs out of digital ID card scheme.
https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/starmer-hit-major-blow-tech-36013892

2025-10-05 23:29:52 UTC

The #UK regime is now having police restrict protests based on "cumulative impact" because nothing says democracy like preemptively silencing dissent.
With nearly 500 peaceful protesters arrested for holding signs, these new powers feel less like public safety and more like the tactical playbook of historical enforcers who weaponized "public order" to crush opposition.
When holding a placard becomes a police matter, the thin blue line starts looking distinctly brown.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c24rmdngrrjo

2025-10-05 23:24:13 UTC

Who could have predicted that an austerity agenda would backfire? Carney’s Liberals are collapsing in the polls as Canadians realize you can't cut your way to prosperity.
The promised economic competence has delivered only broken promises and a cycle of polarization and mistrust as voters are staring at empty grocery carts.
Maybe next time don’t govern for corporations while telling struggling families to tighten their belts. 🤡
https://www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/10/05/liberals-lead-shrinks-as-canadian-mood-plummets-to-historic-lows/475887/
#canada #cdnpoli

2025-10-05 17:59:37 UTC

Is democracy about procedures or results? 🧐
A deep dive exploring China's outcomes-focused political system. Chinese model built on performance legitimacy has delivered historically unprecedented improvement in the standard of living, tangible freedoms, and it enjoys exceptionally high public trust.
https://dialecticaldispatches.substack.com/p/rethinking-governance-through-outcomes
#China #Politics #Democracy #Governance #Socialism

2025-10-03 12:23:29 UTC

CA
You will never retire (why the retirement age keeps increasing)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZP4-jbe3QIc
#economics #capitalism

2025-10-01 23:03:02 UTC

A family's spending reveals nothing of its happiness. GDP is that same flawed logic, scaled to a nation.
#socialism #economy
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2025-09-29 21:45:41 UTC

China has transformed from Europe's tech "student" to a major competitor, surpassing it in areas like telecom, renewable energy, and EVs. This role reversal has caused anxiety in the EU, which now views Chinese technology defensively. The relationship has shifted from simple tech transfer to a complex rivalry between deeply intertwined economies.
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3327081/50-years-has-china-left-europe-behind-race-hi-tech-future
#china #eu #technology

2025-09-28 20:48:35 UTC

China has successfully completed the first flight of a floating wind turbine, the S1500. The turbine harvests high-altitude jet stream energy, cutting costs and material use compared to traditional turbines. It is by far the largest airborne wind-power generator ever built.
The turbine reduces material use by 4% and cuts electricity costs by 30%. The entire unit can be moved within hours, making it suitable for deserts, islands, and mining sites.
https://interestingengineering.com/energy/world-largest-floating-wind-turbine
#china #technology

2025-09-15 19:50:00 UTC

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there is positive change here to be sure, but also the starting point is really bad.
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2021/06/01/news/canadas-climate-record-worst-g7-countries

2025-09-11 17:00:56 UTC

High inflation combined with abysmal job reports. Sounds like the US economy has entered stagflation.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/11/consumer-prices-rose-at-annual-rate-of-2point9percent-in-august-as-weekly-jobless-claims-jump.html
#usa #economy

2025-08-26 20:40:58 UTC

Europe calls itself the cradle of democracy and freedom. And yet it is also the continent that still preserves monarchies as if they were part of the natural landscape, unquestioned relics of a lineage believed to be immutable. This contradiction reveals a profound orphanhood: Europe has not known how to live without a parent to submit to, without an empire to order it, without a guardian figure to dictate the destiny of its peoples.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/08/25/an-orphaned-europe-and-its-eternal-dream-of-living-under-an-empire/
#Europe #politics

2025-08-20 18:57:16 UTC

BlackRock is trying to buy up electric utilities in US states. It hopes to profit by increasing electricity bills for customers.
Wall Street monopolies aim to privatize as much infrastructure as they can to suck out wealth by charging monopoly rents.
https://minnesotareformer.com/2025/08/19/blackrocks-bid-for-minnesota-power-worries-consumer-advocates/
#usa #economy #capitalism

2025-08-07 13:34:14 UTC

China is utilizing humanoid robot swarms to perform complex tasks in car factories, a world-first in automation. These robots use "brainet" swarm intelligence and are developed by companies like UBTECH Robotics in partnership with car manufacturers. This trend is part of China's broader push to integrate embodied AI into its industries.
https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/china-robots-tackle-car-factory-tasks
#China #technology

2025-08-02 13:46:22 UTC

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2025-07-23 13:38:12 UTC

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for sure, and now things are getting weird for the EU because the US is pivoting to openly exploiting Europe which makes it hard for Atlanticists to justify their subservience to the US

2025-07-15 00:07:12 UTC

Weird how Liberals act like they're so very concerned about misinformation, yet here we have Mark Carney peddling discredited carbon capture technology as a way to produce “decarbonized” oil.
https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/government-adviser-slams-mark-carney-for-promoting-decarbonized-oil-pipelines/article_71fd48cf-5328-4936-b827-d59faee9a817.html
For those unaware, carbon capture is a scam and it is absolutely not a viable solution for dealing with emissions.
https://davidsuzuki.org/what-you-can-do/why-carbon-capture-and-storage-is-not-a-real-climate-solution/
#climatecrisis #canada #cdnpoli

2025-06-04 14:13:34 UTC

Trump is now shocked that China, holding all the cards, isn't keen to make a deal on his terms. 😆
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/04/trump-says-extremely-hard-to-make-a-deal-with-china-president-xi-.html
#usa #china #tradewar #clownworld

2025-05-21 16:26:12 UTC

A great video explaining how China's internet firewall is a net positive ensuring a sovereign and a cleaner online space. It limits harmful content, disinformation, and foreign interference, allowing domestic tech to thrive.
While censorship exists, citizens have channels to voice concerns, and the system avoids the extreme polarization and toxicity seen elsewhere.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAEwoYIYgJA
#china #technology

2025-05-07 00:28:58 UTC

A 2019 study predicted a nuclear war between India and Pakistan in 2025 due to escalating tensions following a high-casualty terror attack.
The consequences of the nuclear exchange were described as catastrophic, with millions of immediate deaths, major cities destroyed or uninhabitable, and global fallout including climatic effects and potential famines.
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/new-updates/india-pakistan-war-a-chilling-2019-study-had-predicted-a-nuclear-war-in-2025-and-what-could-happen/articleshow/120920791.cms
#india #pakistan #kashmir

2025-05-06 16:13:23 UTC

Welcome to Berlin, the capital of Zionist repression. As Israel's global isolation grows, Berlin deepens its alliance with Tel Aviv – criminalising dissent, rewarding lobby groups, and eroding rights in the name of fighting antisemitism.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/welcome-berlin-germany-capital-zionist-repression
#germany #gaza #genocide

2025-05-05 13:21:59 UTC

China quietly dumps US debt, pivots to gold, and hoovers up global capital. Meanwhile, Trump’s tax cuts are turbocharging the debt bomb, stocks are tanking, and American consumers are left holding the bag.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYdNXk4VaEA
#usa #china #tradewar #tariffs #economy

2025-04-02 21:31:57 UTC

United States announces following reciprocal tariffs
🇨🇱 Chile 10%
🇮🇳 India 26%
🇮🇱 Israel 17%
🇧🇷 Brazil 10%
🇨🇳 China 34%
🇯🇵 Japan 24%
🇹🇷 Turkey 10%
🇹🇼 Taiwan 32%
🇻🇳 Vietnam 46%
🇵🇰 Pakistan 29%
🇹🇭 Thailand 36%
🇦🇺 Australia 10%
🇲🇾 Malaysia 24%
🇨🇴 Colombia 10%
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka 44%
🇸🇬 Singapore 10%
🇮🇩 Indonesia 32%
🇰🇭 Cambodia 49%
🇵🇭 Philippines 17%
🇨🇭 Switzerland 31%
🇧🇩 Bangladesh 37%
🇰🇷 South Korea 25%
🇿🇦 South Africa 30%
🇬🇧 United Kingdom 10%
🇪🇺 European Union 20%
#economy #us #geopolitics