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Cake day: July 18th, 2023

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  • Mexico is preparing to raise tariffs on Chinese imports of automobiles, textiles and plastics

    It cites a Bloomberg report that it doesn’t link to. Every sentence supporting the title is “US pressuring Mexico to” not “Mexico has suggested.” Feels like US propaganda tbh.

    Of note, Mexico is building a national EV (source), so they could theoretically have non US-related motives to consider tariffs on Chinese EVs

    Mexico’s “Olinia”, for instance, is a planned EV line set to be led by a new federal ministry, with a focus on affordability. As noted in its initial press release, the target demographic is families and young people, with three models expected to cost between US $4,400 to US $7,400—significantly lower than other EVs sold in the country.














  • Yes but other than government handouts to industry, the EV industry in Canada has no momentum. Moreover, between Assolini’s eagerness to destroy the world, Smith’s anti-EV lobbying, and Carney’s corporate profits-first agenda, I don’t see EV manufacturing getting off the ground in Canada any time soon. I bet Carney will soon strike down (or ‘postpone’) the EV quota mandate for Canadian car manufacturers, to go into effect in 2026, I think, further eroding momentum. Other parts of the world are passing North America by when it comes to renewables while we’re asleep at the wheel because the oligarchs in this country obstinately refuse to reduce fossil fuel dependence and our political and media classes keep bowing to them

























  • It appears that it does not matter if the target is an individual, organization, or government. As long as the legal request is considered valid in the United States, the target or location of the data does not matter.

    As an example, the Department of National Defence and Canadian Armed Forces make significant use of Microsoft 365. They have their own defence-tailored instance called Defence 365, which serves as a common cloud infrastructure for collaboration across DND/CAF, with stakeholders and other government departments.

    In theory, any data on or using Microsoft or a U.S.-based organization’s products and infrastructure which is not isolated from the Internet could be subpoenaed by the United States government.


  • In the face of Israel’s continued targeting of journalists in Gaza, Canadian Journalists for Justice in Palestine (CJJP) has issued a powerful statement condemning the August 10th killing of an entire Al Jazeera news crew in an Israeli airstrike. CJJP, a national coalition formed in April 2025 by concerned Canadian media professionals, includes reporters, editors, broadcasters, photojournalists, and media scholars united by a commitment to press freedom and journalistic accountability.

    The organisation, with active branches in Toronto, Vancouver, and Montreal, was established in response to growing alarm over the lack of accuracy, balance, and ethical depth in Canadian coverage of Palestine. Since its founding, thirteen more journalists have been killed in Gaza.

    CJJP’s latest statement demands that the Canadian government uphold its moral and legal responsibilities by naming Israel as the perpetrator, ending its diplomatic hedging, and pursuing international accountability for the systemic killing of Palestinian journalists—killings that constitute war crimes under international law.

    This is their urgent call to action.

    The systemic killing of journalists cannot be dismissed as collateral damage. These are war crimes that must never be normalised, excused, or forgotten.


  • I thought Ipsos did polling. This is marketing. It’s also bullshit.

    How does one meaningfully answer a question about whether or not they support creating “pragmatic environmental policy?” There’s only one good answer: “Tell me more what you mean by that?”

    Notably, Ipsos doesn’t tell participants who is paying for their study. However, in this publication of results, they’re happy to unmask that: “Canadians Support Policy Ideas Set Out by Business Council of Alberta”.

    If you were to tell me that “Pragmatic environmental policy” was defined according to the Business Council of Alberta, that would clarify to me that you mean “no environmental policy.”

    This is less polling and more propaganda. Personally, I don’t think ipsos.com publications like this are worth posting again