A senior Canadian federal scientist has alleged that the government shut down an investigation into a mystery brain illness in New Brunswick that he believes may have affected 350 people....
My first thought was misfolded prions. Sounds like one possible avenue of the potential harmful "environmental exposure" the microbiologist (and CJD researcher) in the article was talking about.
According to the video, the places aren't being built to be attractive to live in but to be cheap upfront investments for landlords (so not just small but crappy layouts and quality overall), and the majority of said landlords are "middle class" (their words) couples rather than large companies.
A B.C. coal mining company in northeastern B.C. has been fined more than $45,000 for repeated violations of the province's environmental protection rules, including the failure to monitor mine waste into fish-bearing water and failure to limit particulate being put into the air....
There's a Brit Marling movie where exactly that kind of thing happens to some corporate execs. (I think it was a chemical company instead of mining though.)
Accounts bearing the name United Citizens for Canada posted content on social media portraying Canadian Muslims as threatening Western values, and suggesting pro-Palestinian protesters in Canada were seeking to implement Shariah law....
My first thought before reading was that it's a shame of course, but not a surprise. While reading, I didn't see (or missed?) if charges are going to be laid in this case. Maybe they're just gathering info on who to charge? Surely there have to be existing laws that suffice.
I tried to find where Haaretz wrote about STOIC (as referenced in this article), and instead came across an article about STOIC having had a campaign to influence lawmakers. (It's paywalled, but the comments section is interesting.) There's also a headline off that page about a march of nationalist Israelis through "the Palestinian area of Jerusalem," chanting:
Biden's older than a Boomer though, he's Silent Generation. (Trump is on the older end, but indeed a Boomer.) I'm curious if you'll ever have a Gen X president some day, but it's not really generation that matters so much as having someone of reasonable intelligence who has empathy and integrity instead of yet another power-networking fundraising wizard.
As we enter another wildfire season, Environment and Climate Change Canada is advising people to pay attention to air pollution levels and check the Air Quality Health Index – especially on smoky days....
Iranian police have arrested more than 260 people, including three European citizens, on suspicion of spreading satanism, the state-run IRNA news agency reported Friday....
Useful constraints would focus discussion to keep questions/replies brief, relevant, and hopefully helpful, wouldn't they? I just wonder how up and downvoting would work since that would go very differently from Lemmy.
Horrific and sickening, to see an aid organization treated like this, especially knowing the situation in Gaza. Depraved actions like these will not be forgotten by decent people of the world.
Shell sold millions of carbon credits for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions that never happened, allowing the company to turn a profit on its fledgling carbon capture and storage project, according to a new report by Greenpeace Canada....
A bunch of young trees don't equate to old growth forests in any sense and it's even worse if the species hasn't evolved in in balance with that environment's other species and conditions.
So it's not even just that the tree needs to survive. On top of that we need to put time and resources into the right mix of regionally native trees which will thrive and integrate into their surroundings to properly reform ecosystems over numerous decades that we don't even have.
Instagram is profiting from several ads that invite people to create nonconsensual nude images with AI image generation apps, once again showing that some of the most harmful applications of AI tools are not hidden on the dark corners of the internet, but are actively promoted to users by social media companies unable or...
That's highly subjective, but the fascinating book The Dawn of Everything argues otherwise. There are even parts about the anthropological evidence some peoples just up and changed systems every so often (yes, non-violently). Our problem as people in the modern era is many can't imagine anything else, not that no one ever did.
Genetic predispositions also aren't necessarily written in stone. At this point, we have a lot of research showing genes can be turned on/off by diet and environmental or nurture-based factors.
Pretending it's OK for kids to be traumatized if we can just drug them or have them speak to a therapist once they're older (or increasingly now, starting from childhood) has never made sense to me. It's not like either of those things cures people. The treatment bar being set at life being just okay enough to hold down a job is shortchanging everyone, societally, even those making short-term profits.
We should be looking for ways to eradicate serious mental health issues that affect people's ability to function, not just make them easier to hide.
Second Canadian scientist alleges brain illness investigation was shut down ( www.theguardian.com )
A senior Canadian federal scientist has alleged that the government shut down an investigation into a mystery brain illness in New Brunswick that he believes may have affected 350 people....
Why are so many big-city condos sitting empty? | About That (12:18 video) ( www.youtube.com )
Just to make things easier for people....
B.C. coal mining company fined for more than 400 violations ( www.cbc.ca )
A B.C. coal mining company in northeastern B.C. has been fined more than $45,000 for repeated violations of the province's environmental protection rules, including the failure to monitor mine waste into fish-bearing water and failure to limit particulate being put into the air....
Pierre Poilievre doesn’t want to talk about foreign interference ( www.nationalobserver.com )
Israel denies link to Islamophobic campaign in Canada ( montrealgazette.com )
Accounts bearing the name United Citizens for Canada posted content on social media portraying Canadian Muslims as threatening Western values, and suggesting pro-Palestinian protesters in Canada were seeking to implement Shariah law....
Biden: What's happening in Gaza is not genocide ( www.gmanetwork.com )
"What's happening in Gaza is not genocide. We reject that," Biden said at a Jewish American Heritage Month event at the White House....
How to check the Air Quality Health Index and assess your health risks ( www.nelsonstar.com )
As we enter another wildfire season, Environment and Climate Change Canada is advising people to pay attention to air pollution levels and check the Air Quality Health Index – especially on smoky days....
Iran arrests 260 people for spreading 'satanism and nudity' ( abcnews.go.com )
Iranian police have arrested more than 260 people, including three European citizens, on suspicion of spreading satanism, the state-run IRNA news agency reported Friday....
Shoppers Drug Mart Recruiting Volunteers to Staff Stores ( www.linkedin.com )
Role Description...
Ideas to build a federated StackExchange alternative ( ioc.exchange )
Codeberg was asking about this. The linked toot by a commenter points to :...
Israeli mob storming the UNRWA building in Jerusalem which they later burned down. ( streamable.com )
Note the israeli police being fully present and supporting this.
Shell sold millions of carbon credits for carbon that was never captured, report finds ( www.cbc.ca )
Shell sold millions of carbon credits for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions that never happened, allowing the company to turn a profit on its fledgling carbon capture and storage project, according to a new report by Greenpeace Canada....
Instagram Advertises Nonconsensual AI Nude Apps ( www.404media.co )
Instagram is profiting from several ads that invite people to create nonconsensual nude images with AI image generation apps, once again showing that some of the most harmful applications of AI tools are not hidden on the dark corners of the internet, but are actively promoted to users by social media companies unable or...
"The status quo, preoccupied with biomedical interventions... is no longer defensible" ( documents-dds-ny.un.org )
I looked at this blog post and it mentions a UN report which seems to be quite critical of modern psychiatry....