#Canada is #unprepared for life next to a dictator because geographic isolation long protected us from invasion and war. #Canadian#governments simply assumed that the #USA would shield us from foreign threats. But if the U.S. becomes #dictatorial, where would that leave Canada?
The authors argue that protected & #conservation areas that meet all 4 criteria—which they name #Nature's #Strongholds"—will be disproportionately important for biodiversity conservation.
Infect your communities with mutual kindness, mutual aid, mutual understanding, mutual grassroots efforts to drive towards making collective, meaningful, mutually beneficial progress!
Don't infect your communities with #covid because it will #disaable or #kill off many folks needed in #resistance against the #governments trying to keep divide/conquer crapola #StatusQuo BS going - that harms, not helps our communities!
Our head of emerging media @cjammet shared his thoughts on how #musk 's ruination of #twitter highlights the the importance of the #fediverse, especially for #governments, #NGO's, and #journalists. Give it a read and share your thoughts!
I see people making judgments about those that still remain on #BigSocial those that use “ #AI “ , those that work for #governments those that don’t use #foss etc whatever purity tests you lot have. I don’t respect you people. You’re the same people that have nasty racist, sexist, homophobic family, friends and colleagues that you call “good people” some of you are also these kinds of people yourselves with. The majority of the people you are critical of happen to be marginalised folk. People that don’t have the means, resources, support, time etc to do these things thus “convenience” is a big part of how they survive.
I’ve seen many of you daily critical of the use of #GenerativeAI you know who’s taking advantage of the free versions and #OpenSource models? Marginalised folk, people who have learning disabilities, don’t know English or other global languages and people that lack the based educational support that are attempting to bridge gaps. Many sit on your high horse thinking your ethical and moral people but you’re not! You’re selfish, inconsiderate and privileged.
Lastly, I’m tired of you defensive #foss#OpenSource folk insulting people’s intelligence and lives because you use and make products/services that aren’t intuitive. People simply can’t afford to use things that takes too much time to adjust to and learn, go look up the poverty levels. Again, I’m talking about specific types of people there are many of you that are lovely and considerate. #fediverse
The cache — containing >570 files, images & chat logs — offers an unprecedented look inside the ops of one of the firms that #China’s govt agencies hire for on-demand, mass #data-collecting ops.
The files — posted to GitHub…& deemed credible by #cybersecurity experts…— detail contracts to extract foreign data over 8 yrs & describe targets w/in ≥20 foreign govts & territories, including India, Hong Kong, Thailand, South Korea, the United Kingdom, Taiwan & Malaysia….
“We rarely get such unfettered access to the inner workings of any intelligence operation,” said John Hultquist, chief analyst of MandiantIntelligence, a #cybersecurity firm owned by GoogleCloud. “We have every reason to believe this is the authentic data of a contractor supporting global & domestic #cyberespionage operations out of China,” he said.
US #intelligence ofcls see #China as the greatest long-term threat to American #security & have raised alarm about its targeted #hacking campaigns.
Imho all #governments in all countries on all levels should communicate via the #fediverse, instead of via commercial services. Why should a profit-maximizing feed #algorithm, and an ad placement algorithm get between the citizen and their government in a democracy?
@J12t All democratically elected governments of the free world should be active on their own Mastodon instances - it's a matter of credibility, integrity & honesty.
Those who still believe autonomous AI isn't a threat need to reassess their stance.
"Several #governments are lobbying the #UN for a binding resolution restricting the use of AI killer #drones, but the #USA is among a group of nations — which also includes #Russia, #Australia, and #Israel — who are resisting any such move, favoring a non-binding #resolution instead."
What we need is a fleet of armed drones not under AI control, hovering over the data centers that run AI. Then when/if it becomes necessary, we can terminate a rogue AI app.
The 62-page report, “‘This Hell Was My Only Option’: #Abuses Against Migrants and Asylum Seekers Pushed to Cross the Darién Gap,” is the first in a series of #HumanRights Watch reports on #migration via the #DariénGap