On a drab Wednesday in early February, malicious software from Russia quietly infiltrated the internal systems of Canada’s largest bookstore chain.
At the time, Indigo Books & Music Inc. IDG-T had recently promoted a new chief executive, and a major upgrade of the company’s decades-old website was just wrapping up. The retailer was implementing grand plans to expand its offerings, looking beyond books and launching into a wide array of markets around the world.
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— Males In Disguise (@MalesInDisguise) August 5, 2023
The federal Liberals’ new communication strategy appears to be doubling down on their signature tactic: gaslighting Canadians into thinking there’s no problem and, if that fails, blaming them for thinking there’s a problem at all.
Earlier this week, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attempted to assert that housing isn’t primarily a federal responsibility, despite several key levers fuelling the crisis being very much under federal jurisdiction — and a history of campaigning on housing affordability.
Diet culture is rooted in white supremacy and black people are food insecure because of systemic racism pic.twitter.com/4zJC1HtJ3O
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) August 4, 2023
After revelations of child labor and treacherous conditions in many cobalt mines, automakers and mineral companies said they would adhere to international safety standards
FUNGURUME, Democratic Republic of Congo — Alain Kasongo, burly and goateed, worked for four years driving the heavy trucks that hauled away tons of cobalt ore from a gaping hole at one of the biggest mines in Congo. The vibrations from the equipment and the jolts of driving over rough ground during his 12-hour shifts could be bone-rattling, he said. Finally, the pain in his spine grew so unbearable that he needed surgery.
The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has received another boost in the polls: If federal elections were held this week, the populist party would win 21% of the vote, putting it firmly in second place behind the center-right bloc of Christian Democratic Union and Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU), which remain the strongest force at 27%, despite taking some small losses.
That is according to the latest edition of the representative “Deutschlandtrend” survey, for which pollster infratest reached out to 1,297 eligible voters via phone or email between July 31 and August 2.
Solid-state physics very rarely goes viral. But that is what happened when a group of researchers at Korea University, in Seoul, announced on July 22nd that they had discovered a “room-temperature superconductor”, a material dubbed lk-99. They published a pair of preliminary, non-peer-reviewed papers. If the researchers are right, it would be one of the biggest discoveries in physics in the past few decades. A Nobel prize would be a mere formality. But history provides plenty of reasons for caution. Labs around the world are rushing to test the results. What exactly is so exciting?
This Reuters article offers additional skepticism, apparently even the best scientists can be fooled: Superconductor claims spark investor frenzy, but scientists are skeptical
The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that “Bud Light sales might never fully regain the ground they have lost to competitors” as stores clear their shelves to make room for other brands.
Bud Light sparked a firestorm of controversy in April after it collaborated with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney. Since then the beer has suffered a nearly 30% loss in sales compared to the year before. On Thursday, Anheuser-Busch InBev also announced that it would be laying off hundreds of workers.
One of the reasons that rogue states such as Iran and Russia have become so empowered is that, thanks to the Biden Administration’s apparent decision not to enforce sanctions, both countries have been freely evading them.
Instead of enforcing sanctions, the Biden Administration has actually been issuing waivers, making the sanctions appear to be simply cosmetic. On June 10, 2023, for instance, the Biden Administration gave Iraq a sanctions-waiver along with a green light to make a payment of $2.76 billion to the Iranian regime.
It’s insane. People are dying while the corporate class rakes it in six ways from Sunday.
A federal appeals court is weighing whether American gunmakers can be held liable for violence perpetrated south of the U.S. border, presenting a new threat to the domestic gun industry and raising questions over whether a law protecting manufacturers applies to complaints from foreign countries.
Mexico is suing several gunmakers, including Smith & Wesson, claiming that the companies designed weapons they knew could be easily modified by cartels to use for gun violence. Defendants say they have immunity, according to a federal law that protects manufacturers from legal responsibility for gun violence. Federal law and legal precedent limiting foreign lawsuits against American firms also pose a hurdle for Mexico’s case.
The province of Alberta has withdrawn its support for a bid centred around Calgary/Edmonton to host the 2030 Commonwealth Games, weeks after the Australia state of Victoria pulled out of hosting the 2026 Games.
Alberta’s tourism minister, Joseph Schow, said that cost was behind the decision.
“It’s not a good deal for Alberta,” he said, according to the Calgary Herald. “When it comes down to it, it has to be a good deal for Alberta taxpayers and this just wasn’t that.”
Good for Alberta, all the “Games” are gamed to line the pockets of the ruling class.
Pity Toronto had no one looking out for its citizens when it signed on to that shady World Cup Deal.
Lizzogate is only a few days old, but the embattled pop star and Joe Biden 2020 campaigner is reportedly already feeling financial repercussions from her widening professional scandal involving allegations of sexual harassment and fat shaming.
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