And yes, I know people will say block keywords and communities, but people don't understand some communities have rules and people must follow them.

cross-posted from: https://scribe.disroot.org/post/7272872

The glaring fundamental barrier between Beijing and the West remains the incompatibility between the absolute authority of China’s Communist Party and the societal accountability of democratic institutions — including Canada’s.

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A purge of senior generals and deepening concern about China’s wobbling economy have had global Beijing-watchers sniffing for hints of regime fragility.

Skepticism about President Xi Jinping’s hold on power only intensified this month after China resorted to a 20-year prison sentence to silence 78-year-old democracy advocate Jimmy Lai.

Was that a message of deterrence or desperation?

The swirling dramas are noticed here in Canada.

Mark Carney’s description of our new rapport with China as a “strategic partnership” was already causing unease among Canada’s intelligence community and Canadians of Chinese, Tibetan, Uyghur, and Taiwanese background.

They worry there is now an understanding that Ottawa will consciously ignore Beijing’s espionage and influence operations in Canada, its repression of Chinese expats, and its flouting of justice both in China and internationally.

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This is on top of doubts about claims that Canada will expand the meagre four-per-cent of our commodity exports that go to China. Based on experience dating back to Jean Chretien, who despite his best efforts failed to grow our market share in China, it is unlikely that China represents economic inroads for Canada. Beijing will never allow imports to compete fairly against its own domestic goods, especially with China’s economy languishing under Xi Jinping’s anti-market statist policies.

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Another factor is that any agreements signed by China’s political institutions — including the very ministries with whom Ottawa is negotiating MOUs — are routinely overruled by powerful officials in the military and security agencies. As Chairman Mao once put it, “political power grows out of the barrel of a gun”.

China’s People’s Liberation Army, Navy, and Air Force do not answer to the state or its constitution, but to Chinese Communist Party (CCP) masters. President Xi Jinping’s most powerful role is probably chairmanship of the Central Military Commission.

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This is not simply a case of divergent opinions over human rights or the role of sovereignty in relations between nations. Before we even begin negotiating the details of diplomatic or trade agreements, seeing the Canada-China relationship as a “strategic partnership” first requires us to believe that we can have reciprocal, fair state-to-state relations.

And that requires buying into a myth, not reality.

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ETH Zurich researchers have discovered major security flaws in three popular cloud-based password managers - Bitwarden, LastPass, and Dashlane - which together serve 60 million users[^1]. The team demonstrated 25 different attacks that could compromise user passwords, including 12 on Bitwarden, 7 on LastPass, and 6 on Dashlane.

The researchers found they could view and modify stored passwords by setting up servers that mimicked compromised password manager servers[^1]. These attacks worked through routine user actions like logging in, viewing passwords, or syncing data. "We were surprised by the severity of the security vulnerabilities," said Professor Kenneth Paterson of ETH Zurich[^1].

The vulnerabilities stem from complex code designed to enhance user-friendliness, such as password recovery and family sharing features. The providers were given 90 days to fix the security issues before publication[^1].

The researchers recommend users choose password managers that:

• Are transparent about security vulnerabilities
• Undergo external audits
• Have end-to-end encryption enabled by default[^1]

[^1]: ETH Zurich - Password managers less secure than promised

Electronic music artist and tech creator Look Mum No Computer has been chosen to represent the UK at this year's Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna, the BBC has announced.

Look Mum No Computer is a solo artist, songwriter and YouTuber, who is also described as "an inventor of unique musical machines."

The singer first arrived on the music scene back in 2014 as Sam Battle, frontman of indie rock band Zibra. The group performed at Glastonbury in 2015 for BBC Introducing. Since then, he has been performing and recording under his solo name.

"I find it completely bonkers to be jumping on this wonderful and wild journey," he said.

"I have always been a massive Eurovision fan, and I love the magical joy it brings to millions of people every year, so getting to join that legacy and fly the flag for the UK is an absolute honour that I am taking very seriously."

cross-posted from : https://lemmy.zip/post/59263361

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“Your success is our success,” Rubio told Orbán. “This relationship we have here in central Europe through you is so essential and vital for our national interests in the years to come,” he added

🇨🇦 At long last, #Scotiabank has fully divested from the murderous #Israeli #drone manufacturer, #ElbitSystems

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https://x.com/dimitrilascaris/status/2023504441169904018

#cdnpoli #bds #boycott #genocide #Palestine #Gaza #Canada #stopgenocide @politics @democracy #uk #PalestineAction @palestine@lemmy.ml @palestine@a.gup.pe @palestine@lemmygrad.ml

Age verification becomes more common. Australia, France, etc. introduce such laws to ban children below 15 years from social media platforms, to protect them.

Will these laws also be relevant to fediverse/lemmy specifically?

Personally I think these laws will focus on the big platforms at first (facebook/meta, youtube, discord, instagramm), which will force younger users with technical skills onto smaller and niche sites. Over time focus on this question will increase for the fediverse.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/43293066

From David Commissiong, Barbados Ambassador to CARICOM. 2/17/2026

In that piteous yet dignified message, our Cuban sister speaks to us about the elderly Cubans who are “dying prematurely because the blockade prevents the arrival of medications for heart conditions, high blood pressure and diabetes”; the new born babies that are fighting for their lives because “incubators in Cuba have had to be shut down due to a lack of fuel”; and the “terrorism through hunger” that is currently being inflicted on the Cuban people through a deliberate US policy to deprive Cuba of food and energy supplies.

Without a doubt, the current situation in our sister Caribbean nation of Cuba constitutes a severe humanitarian crisis that demands a significant and meaningful response from all people and governments of conscience.

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