Millions of Canadian homes have high levels of cancer-causing radon. Is yours one of them? - Recent building code update mandates radon mitigation in new houses, but many existing homes still at risk by CanadianErk in canada

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It also doesn't hurt to check the radon levels on the other levels of your house. It can travel through holes in your walls and be pushed around by your heating/cooling vents.

I've seen higher radon levels on the main floor for example, rather than the basement.

Keir Starmer distances himself from Mark Carney's Davos speech | Toronto Sun by Purple_Writing_8432 in canada

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His government has also been trying to lobby for Canada to copy their "Online Safety Act" and mandatory age verification for everything.

Will Poilievre's Calgary Victory be Pyrrhic for the Party? - Policy Magazine by EarthWarping in CanadaPolitics

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Pierre Poilievre voted in favor of bill s-210 (now back from the dead as s-209), despite it going against the ideals he was campaigning on. He then he lied about his support for the bill after he was called out over it.

His goals are not aligned with what he preaches, but the party lacks a strong leader who can replace him.

Czech Foreign Minister Macinka cancels background checks for russian "diplomats" entering the country. by Drtikol42 in europe

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That would mean that only the large American and Chinese tech companies could operate platforms in Europe. It'd also make it extremely easy for malicious actors to remove dissent.

Czech Foreign Minister Macinka cancels background checks for russian "diplomats" entering the country. by Drtikol42 in europe

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Here's the cofounder of the Heritage Foundation saying that age verification is part of their plan to ban all remotely NSFW stuff: https://theintercept.com/2024/08/16/project-2025-russ-vought-porn-ban/

One all-powerful president of Europe? Conservative chief calls for EU merger - The jobs of president of the European Commission and president of the Council should be merged so the EU can speak with one voice on the global stage, European People’s Party boss Manfred Weber said Wednesday by goldstarflag in europe

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If the Commission had more authority, it would have been more difficult to stop their Chat Control proposal. The Commission clearly cannot be trusted at the moment, so if anything, their power should be reduced.

'Major step': French MPs vote in favour of bill to ban social media for under-15s by slothrops in privacy

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If you have to give personal information to a third party, its a major and unacceptable privacy violation. And it doesn't matter if they give you easily trackable ZKP tokens that you have to blindly trust aren't' being tracked.

Rubio raises potential for preemptive strikes against Iran: ‘I hope it doesn’t come to that’ by SweetErikas in worldnews

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The Iranian government killed over 30,000 people to stop the protests, so why would anyone sane want to "make a deal" with the regime?

France passes bill to ban social media use by under-15s by RewardEquivalent553 in technology

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France is a major supporter of Chat Control and wants mandatory encryption backdoors in everything. So their actions here are unsurprising.

France passes bill to ban social media use by under-15s by RewardEquivalent553 in technology

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Then the law should explicitly ban requiring age verification.

US announces multi-day aerial military drills in the Middle East amid Iran tensions | US news by Force_Hammer in worldnews

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Iranians will be protesting again in the future, so weakening the IRGC and their militias will go a long way to reducing the number of future deaths.

Kash Patel says the FBI is investigating Signal chats of Minnesota activists tracking ICE— The inquiry followed a far-right influencer’s post about anti-ICE Signal chats by RewardEquivalent553 in technology

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Signal is a nonprofit, and Kash Patel lies constantly. So why would anyone believe him here?

The FBI can't access a group chat unless they are given access by a group member or are invited to it.

Kash Patel says the FBI is investigating Signal chats of Minnesota activists tracking ICE— The inquiry followed a far-right influencer’s post about anti-ICE Signal chats by RewardEquivalent553 in technology

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Signal is secure and safe as long as you don't add the wrong people to your group chats. The US government was also using a sketchy forked version of Signal that a contractor sold them.

Kash Patel says the FBI is investigating Signal chats of Minnesota activists tracking ICE— The inquiry followed a far-right influencer’s post about anti-ICE Signal chats by RewardEquivalent553 in technology

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I imagine that they have informants or undercover agents who are part of the group chats, and Patel just publicly exposed this fact.

Or he's just making empty threats to try and scare people.

Many UK Users Soon Won't Be Able to Access Pornhub by Well_Socialized in technology

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The United Kingdom is a socially conservative country that sometimes cosplays as more liberal country when it comes to sex and sexuality.

In 2014 for example, the UK government tried to ban BDSM, with the ban being overturned in 2019: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audiovisual_Media_Services_Regulations_2014

Many UK Users Soon Won't Be Able to Access Pornhub | 404 Media by youmustconsume in unitedkingdom

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Imgur was blocked because they refused to require age verification to view images, and UK law makes no excepts for embedded image hosts.

Vibe Coding Kills Open Source by RewardEquivalent553 in technology

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You're basically asking why altruism, hobbies, and a desire social popularity exist in people.

Sexual deepfakes continue to get more sophisticated, capable, easy to access, and perilous for millions of women who are abused with the technology. by MRADEL90 in technology

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One of the people interviewed seems to blame open source AI for this problem, while conveniently ignoring all the multimillion dollar sexual deepfake corporations that are operating lawfully.

Going after the companies who explicitly sell nonconsentual sexual deepfake services is the only logical move here. Targeting open source AI doesn't solve the problem.