‘Elon Musk’s Crash Course’ Exposes the Dangers of Tesla’s Autopilot Feature

The New York Times’ documentary, premiering May 20 on FX, puts the world’s richest man’s stylish electric vehicles under the microscope—with occasionally deadly results.

Teslas are stylish, cutting-edge, and immensely popular electric vehicles. With their sleek exteriors, luxurious interiors and dashboards dominated by a single enormous touchscreen, they’re preeminent 21st-century status symbols. While their wow factor is undeniable, however, their safety and reliability record is more debatable, as evidenced by the fact that just last week, Tesla recalled upwards of 130,000 cars because of a not-insignificant new glitch: the onboard infotainment system had a habit of overheating to a dangerous degree, thereby shutting down a variety of basic functions necessary for operation. While a software update was all that was required to fix the glitch, it was merely the latest technological headache for the company, which—depending on which reports you believe—has to date issued recalls on a quarter to half of all its sold cars.

Hmmm…

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inThe Future

The best Canada VPN 2022

Like just about every Western nation, Canada undertakes significant surveillance on its citizens. And, with invasive anti-terrorism acts, convoluted privacy laws, and the fact most of Canada’s traffic is handled by both Canadian and US data centers, it’s quite understandable that residents and visitors alike feel the need to up their privacy game.

That’s only half the story, though. A quality Canada VPN should also be able to unblock streaming content from Netflix, BBC iPlayer and more from around the world, and will allow you to tune into CTV, TSN and Crave when you’re away from home. All you need to do is connect to the right server, and you’re anywhere you want to be.

I’m in the USA and have decided to try SurfShark – 26 months on unlimited devices for $60, then the price goes up but you’re not bound by a contract and there’s a 30 day money back guarantee. They also have addons like antivirus, private search, alerts if your information is leaked to the web, etc.

PS. – When you’re signing up with SurfShark, there’s an additional option to get another 12 months (so 38 total) for ~$26, huge savings. 

VPN use in Russia is surging as citizens try to bypass government’s tightening internet control

Russia’s internet has been subject to censorship for years, though major U.S. platforms like Facebook, Twitter and Google have been freely available, unlike in China where they are completely blocked. These companies however have operated under the threat of being blocked, especially if they host content that is perceived to be critical of the Kremlin.

Russia = Canada, Kremlin = Liberals.

PPS. – If you decide you want to sign up with Surfshark, using me as a reference will get you free additional months.

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by Sarcasticat••0•Posted in"Surveillance Society", Internet, Privacy Concerns

Climate alarmists never satisfied

You would think that with Canadian taxpayers spending $100 billion fighting climate change — that’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s figure — we would at least get some credit for it from the global environmental movement.

Fat chance. A report last week by the U.K.’s Guardian newspaper which devotes enormous resources to covering climate change, condemns Canada, yet again, as one of the world’s worst climate offenders.

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by Sarcasticat••0•Posted inCanada, Climate Change, Global Warming Hoax, Propaganda

The War of the Zombie Empires

When people speak of “escalating the war in Ukraine,” they commonly refer to the possibility of a nuclear conflict between the West and Russia. But there is another sense in which the present conflict can grow: it can enlarge in scope through the participation of new great power alliances formed to exploit the changed conditions. The collapse of Russia as a great power has kicked off a frenzy of adjustment among other global players.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Ukraine - Russia"

Conservative leadership candidate Pierre Poilievre denounces ‘white replacement theory’

OTTAWA – Pierre Poilievre is denouncing the “white replacement theory” believed to be a motive for a mass shooting in Buffalo, N.Y., as “ugly and disgusting hate-mongering.”

In a statement provided to The Canadian Press, the high-profile contender for the Conservative party leadership condemned the attack, in which police say a white gunman shot up a supermarket in a majority black neighbourhood, killing 10 people and wounding three others.

I don’t recall that he ever endorsed it. Hope they ask Junior to do the same.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inWTF?

Turkey objects as Sweden, Finland seek NATO membership

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden on Monday decided to join neighboring Finland in seeking NATO membership, ending more than two centuries of military nonalignment in a historic shift prompted by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

The move drew strong objections from Turkey, a key NATO member who declared the two nations should not be allowed to join because they have been too lax in taking action against Kurdish militants. Countries can only join NATO if all current members agree.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Ukraine - Russia", Erdogan, Finland, Kurds and Kurdistan, NATO, Sweden, Turkey

Suspect In Church Shooting Is Chinese Immigrant Motivated By Hate For Taiwanese, Police Say

The man accused of opening fire at a church in California is a Chinese immigrant who was allegedly motivated by hate for Taiwanese people.

The 68-year-old man is accused of killing one and injuring five others before members of the Taiwanese congregation disarmed him and hog-tied him using extension cords.

The Orange County Sheriff’s Department said in a statement that they recovered two firearms at the scene and that the suspect was not believed to live in the area.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"China - Communist Slave State", Taiwan, USA, WTF?

Senator Probes Biden Admin for Offloading Baby Formula to Illegal Immigrants

Congress is investigating the Biden administration for reportedly shipping pallets of baby formula to illegal immigrants, according to a copy of the probe obtained by the Washington Free Beacon.

Sen. Ron Johnson (R., Wis.) is asking the Department of Homeland Security and the Food and Drug Administration to provide information on the steps it is taking to combat the nationwide shortage of baby formula in light of reports that illegal immigrants detained by federal authorities are receiving “pallets” of formula at detention centers.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Joe Sleazebag Biden"

How prejudice rooted in an ancient social system has migrated from India to Canada

When Gurpreet Singh packed his bags last fall and arrived in Ontario from India, he soon learned there was one thing some fellow Indians in Canada hadn’t left behind in their home country — their prejudices.

The human resource management student at Durham College in Oshawa, Ont., said he is viewed as an outcast in the ancient South Asian social structure known as the caste system, but faces more discrimination from Indians in Canada than he did in India.

“I have been here for roughly five months and I have faced it in a way more aggressive or aggravated form in this country from my own Punjabi community,” Singh said. “They beat their chest with pride that they come from this caste or that caste.”

Clearly they have internalized the white man’s racism.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Diversity"

JK Rowling praises feminist who ‘never dropped her flag’ as she stood up to masked trans activist thugs

This is the extraordinary moment a lone woman waving a purple, white and green Suffragette flag was ‘manhandled’ by a gang of masked trans activists.

The unnamed woman supporting the campaign group Standing For Women (SFW) was assaulted during a counter-protest by the Manchester Trans Rise Up (MTRU) movement next to the city’s statue of Emmeline Pankhurst in St Peter’s Square.

The two groups clashed after the trans activists arrived to disrupt SFW’s speaking event in front of the statue as part of an event which said it aimed to reclaim ‘a part of Manchester for women’s voices’.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inBig Tranny

Russia has lost a third of its ground forces committed to Ukraine, UK says

The Russian military has lost a significant portion of its ground forces in Ukraine since invading nearly three months ago while its latest offensive has stalled, according to the United Kingdom’s Defense Ministry.

Russia has lost roughly a third of the ground combat forces that were committed to the Ukraine fight, the agency said on Sunday, adding that Moscow’s forces have sustained “consistently high levels of attrition.”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Ukraine - Russia"

Commerce Cronyism: Inside Deals, Conflicts of Interest and Chinese Connections

The US Department of Commerce seldom grabs headlines or congressional scrutiny. It does not become “weaponized” against political opponents of the incumbent party. After the 2016 election, an article on Vox about incoming power-players of the Trump administration dismissed the department as a “hodgepodge of agencies,” and a “Cabinet backwater.”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"China - Communist Slave State", "The China Class"

Lawyer Facing BC Law Society’s Discipline in Transgender Teen Case Denied Open Proceedings

The Law Society of British Columbia Tribunal has ruled that the proceedings against one of the society’s lawyers will be closed to the public, contrary to the lawyer’s wishes and despite the fact that the society’s hearings are normally open to the public and media.

Tribunal adjudicator Lindsay LeBlanc issued the ruling on May 13, a day after the tribunal held a pre-hearing meeting at which the Law Society of B.C. applied to have the May 16–18 hearing against Vancouver lawyer Carey Linde shielded from public view.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inBig Tranny