On the second of January, 18 hundred litres of oil spilled into the ocean near Snuneymuxw First Nation in British Columbia and the local company, Environmental 360 Solutions, has been downplaying the severity of the spill.
NEW: How a Planned Disney World Vacation Turned Into Four Months in Immigration Detention
9-year-old Maria Antonia begged her mom to take her to the park’s annual Halloween celebration. But as soon as she arrived at Miami International Airport, everything started going wrong.
The European Commission’s WhatsApp probe into Meta’s AI policy tests whether interim measures can finally make EU antitrust enforcement move at the speed of digital markets, writes Megan Kirkwood.
« Google est aujourd’hui plus puissant financièrement que de nombreux Etats »
Droits culturels : une culture qui distingue sans diviser #FrCan #Francophonie #MédiasFrancos
«La puissance des moins puissants commence par l'honnêteté», déclare le PM Mark Carney en ouverture de son allocution «sur la rupture de l'ordre mondial», prononcée au Forum économique mondial à Davos. «Les puissances moyennes comme le Canada ne sont pas impuissantes.»
#polcan
"Canada and the United States have built a remarkable partnership in the economy, in security, and in rich cultural exchange. But Canada doesn't live because of the United States—Canada thrives because we are Canadian," says PM Mark Carney, speaking in Quebec City ahead of cabinet meeting.
#cdnpoli
The accumulative injustice of wars, political conflicts and environmental destruction can lead to ‘empathy fatigue’. Could altruistic behaviour be the antidote? Can culture nurture the necessary positive political emotions? writes Nikita Dhawan
eurozine.com/cultural-div...
🇧🇾 5 1/2y after #belarus stolen election, repression has hardened into state terror: mass arrests, silenced media, deportations and political bargaining.
🎤 A journalist, a lawyer and a human rights activist explain how #Lukashenka’s regime sustains power through fear.
👉 voxeurop.eu/en/belarus-p...
Le recours aux banques alimentaires est en hausse de 45% au #nbpoli depuis 2019. Pas mentionné dans l'article c'est le fardeau imposé par la perte fulgurante d'unités de logement locatif relativement abordable. #logement #faim via @iciradiocanada.bsky.social
ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/221...
One of our most-read stories of 2025: This Charter School Superintendent Makes $870,000. He Leads a District With 1,000 Students.
(Published March 2025 with @texastribune.org)
Our most-read story of 2025:
Outraged by the Jan. 6 riot, a vigilante spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was a ProPublica reporter.
The US Virgin Islands sued Meta, accusing the Facebook and Instagram owner of deliberately profiting from scam advertisements and failing to keep social media platforms safe for children. The lawsuit seeks penalties for violating consumer laws reut.rs/3N9Lsz3
Quiz : saurez-vous reconnaître quelles chansons ont été générées par IA ?
Yo what the fuck short form videos are bad
Short-Form Videos Degrade Our Capacity to Retain Intentions
arxiv.org/pdf/2302.03714
Ht: HowTown
🔮 Comme le veut la tradition, nous clôturons l'année avec les prévisions pour celle à venir, préparées spécialement par le politologue 🇳🇱 @casmudde.bsky.social, qui souligne un paradoxe intéressant sur l'avenir de la démocratie européenne.
voxeurop.eu/fr/cas-mudde...
Europe is adjusting to an increasingly multipolar world order: US retrenchment & threatened military withdrawal, Russian cyber & trench warfare, China’s tech dominance. #IvanKrastev on 2025 and what politicians should focus on in 2026. eurozine.com/lessons-from... @concordia.at @erstestiftung.org
Stewart Lee on how Australia’s social media ban could help teens fight back against their misinformed relatives ⏯️🔉
Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, keeps shooting out of the ground in Oklahoma.
Experts say it means even more wastewater is spreading underground, poisoning the state’s water supply.
Published Oct. w/ @readfrontier.bsky.social
"The acquisition, announced Monday, is intended to give Alphabet’s Google access to more electricity for its data centers as aging US grids struggle to meet power demand that’s booming for the first time in decades thanks in part to artificial intelligence."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
#PulseEurope #FGM
For French pioneer healers, female genital mutilation is part of the ‘continuum of sexual violence’
Reportage at the Réparons l’excision unit, near Paris: an experimental project that takes a comprehensive and holistic approach to the issue of FGM
voxeurop.eu/en/france-fe...
The European Cartoon Awards marked the 10th anniversary of the Charlie Hebdo attack. Prize-winning cartoonists & journalists warned that satire is increasingly being perceived as a security threat, both by authoritarian regimes and within democracies. Photo: PhotograVera
voxeurop.eu/en/european-...
Australia social media ban takes effect in world first - www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
Yumi, le documentaire qui a porté la voix des étudiants du Vunuatu jusqu'au prix Nobel alternatif
Eastern European memory politics today: why numbers wars are bad diplomacy; the commodification of communism; Russia’s civic memory cult; Lukashenka’s ahistorical limbo. Review of @neweasterneurope.eu 6/2025 www.eurozine.com/between-comm...
Hebert Valley, and those from Bale Verte to Caraquet differ subtly in scope and function. Dykes built within river valleys to cope with spring floods were not the same as those built to face the daily onslaughts of Fundy tides.»
- The Contexts of Acadian History, Naomi Griffiths
«The techniques of marsh agriculture were part of Acadian life from beginning. As early as 1635 colonists who knew something about farming estuaries were sought out for Acadie & skills recorded in their contracts of migration.
While lands around Annapolis Royal were dyked,
