The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) said on Friday evening it was “taking action to understand and address the recent supply-chain ransomware attack against Kaseya” and providers that employ their software. Kaseya has taken their cloud service offline. It initially said 200 companies were affected, but later changed …
Read More »Auf wiedersehen, Frau Merkel… you will not be missed by many of us in Britain
Merkel has been visiting Britain for the last time as Chancellor, meeting Prime Minister Boris Johnson at his country residence, Chequers. No doubt Johnson had a number of issues on the agenda, most particularly her insistence on Brits being banned from travelling to Europe, and the Northern Ireland Protocol. However, …
Read More »Canada’s international image is a kind and gentle one. But internally, this Canada Day was a reminder of the nation’s dark history
Yesterday was Canada Day, a celebration of Canada’s confederation, which occurred on that same date in 1867. Usually, the federal holiday is a day of celebration and festivities. But this year, after the harrowing discovery of hundreds of indigenous children’s unmarked graves, for many the day became a day of …
Read More »Another Florida residential tower ordered EVACUATED after safety audit as Surfside death toll reaches 22
Crestview Towers in North Miami Beach was built in 1972. On Friday, North Miami Beach authorities ordered all the residents to evacuate by the evening, as the building was not judged safe for continued occupancy. The reason behind the order was the report by an engineering inspector, dated January 11, …
Read More »Tara Reade: I thought I was a sexual assault survivor, but apparently Facebook thinks that makes me a ‘dangerous extremist’
In 2019, after the media began their onslaught against me, I woke up to my friend texting me she had left me a present to cheer me up outside my door. It was a copy of Anna Karenina and a note to stay away from train tracks. I smiled at …
Read More »Minneapolis judge orders city to hire more police officers after residents sue over crime rates
Hennepin County Judge Jamie Anderson mandated the city council and Mayor Jacob Frey this week to hire 730 sworn officers by June 30, 2022 after it was discovered that the projected number of police officers hired by that time, 669, would not meet the city’s stipulations for the amount of …
Read More »Housing trans women convicted of sexual offences in female prisons is lawful, England’s High Court rules
The judge rejected claims that jailing transgender sexual or violent offenders with cisgender women was discriminatory. A female inmate, known as FDJ, launched legal action against the Ministry of Justice after claiming she had been sexually assaulted by a trans woman at HMP Bronzefield near London in 2017. The alleged …
Read More »Ukraine’s Zelensky slams Russia’s Putin for claiming both nations ‘are one people’… despite once saying the same thing himself
Speaking as part of his traditional ‘Direct Line’ televised question and answer session with the public on Wednesday, Putin said, “I believe Ukrainians and Russians are generally one people… we are a single whole.” He went on to say that the deterioration in bilateral relations between Moscow and Kiev was …
Read More »WATCH: Hundreds protest in Istanbul as Erdogan withdraws Turkey from international treaty protecting women’s rights
Crowds of hundreds, mainly women, marched in central Istanbul on Thursday. Activists and members of various NGOs, as well as representatives of the LGBTQ+ and feminist communities were seen chanting, drumming, and carrying banners opposing Ankara’s withdrawal from the international treaty. Protesters carried banners reading: “We will not be silenced, …
Read More »Social media is not as big a threat to humanity as the self-selected experts who think they have a right to police it
There is no doubt that social media is a powerful instrument for mobilising people. It is also clear that it has had an enormous impact on culture and politics. But it is not its technological imperative that allows the technology to play such a prominent role. The technology has no …
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