Futurology Today

Last week, Mozilla introduced legal updates to users of Firefox, and things did not go well.

“Canada doesn’t allow American Banks to do business in Canada, but their banks flood the American Market. Oh, that seems fair to me, doesn’t it?” Trump wrote in a social media post

CNN and others debunked Trump’s claim a month ago.

“There’s nothing prohibiting American banks from operating here, including having retail branches,” Cristie Ford, a professor at the University of British Columbia’s law school, said in an email in February.

Canada tightly regulates the banking industry, and it requires various government approvals before a foreign-owned bank can open in the country. But U.S. banks have been operating in Canada for well over a century; the Canadian Bankers Association, an industry group, said in a February statement that “there are 16 U.S.-based bank subsidiaries and branches with around C$113 billion in assets currently operating in Canada” and that “U.S. banks now make up approximately half of all foreign bank assets in Canada.”

Tyler Meredith, former head of economic and fiscal policy for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, noted on social media in February that Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Citigroup, U.S. Bank, JPMorgan, and Northern Trust are among the U.S. banks with current Canadian operations. You can see the others here and here.

Meredith said in an interview that “we take a very careful look at people who want to come into our banking sector, because we consider financial services to be a core asset to Canada and to the Canadian economy” and try hard to avoid the “cascading consequences” the world has seen with bank failures in the U.S

In an unprecedented move, the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) has begun mass terminations of research grants that fund active scientific projects because they no longer meet “agency priorities”.

At least 16 termination letters have already been sent out... And hundreds more will be coming, say two NIH officials, who requested anonymity because they are not authorized to speak to the press.

The agency, based in Bethesda, Maryland, has now asked its employees to review new and ongoing projects for any DEI activities and to place them in one of four categories: projects that solely support DEI-related activities (category one), projects that partially support these activities (category two), projects that do not support these activities but include some DEI-related language (category three) and projects that do not support any DEI activities (category four).

Mind you: this is an administration where the president had trouble differentiating between "transgenic" and "transgender" mice.

Soft-paywall. Try this Wayback Machine link if you can't access it

Premieres July 2025. The new PV is here. Check out the ANN article for additional information. Synopsis from AniList:

The anime is set in an alternate version of Heian-kyou, the old name of Kyoto and the capital during Japan's Heian era. This alternate version of the city is named Denji Heian-kyou. A delinquent high schooler named Takeru Narehira resides in our world, but after an unfortunate accident, is transported to Denji Heian-kyou.

Here, he immediately meets Tsukimiya, a woman he has seen many times before in his dreams before. Hardly a moment passes after that encounter when Takeru and Tsukimiya encounter an oni monster, and lose their lives.

Takeru awakens, stunned to find himself again at Denji Heian-kyou. He puts together that he has the power to go back in time. Now he resolves to learn this world's version of mystical onmyōjutsu techniques, and become an onmyōji sorcerer to save Tsukimiya.

This is some bullshit and should signal to dem voters that dems don't have your backs. Dems are centrists, not Leftists. They server corporate power rather than workers. Push the party Left.

Typically, I don't post more than once in one community per day. However, this is important and ties into my previous post.

End DEI website

I want a Tails-like LiveUSB OS like tails, but without the tor reliance. Does anyone have a suggestion? Heads is dead, last release 2018, but it resembles what I am looking for.

The planned rollback of protections for Ukrainians was underway before Trump publicly feuded with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy last week. It is part of a broader Trump administration effort to strip legal status from more than 1.8 million migrants allowed to enter the U.S. under temporary humanitarian parole programs launched under the Biden administration, the sources said.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt pushed back on the Reuters report in a post on X, saying "no decision has been made at this time." U.S. Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said on Wednesday that the department had no new announcements. Ukrainian government agencies did not respond to requests for comment.

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/19173956

Here is an article by 404media.co (registration needed)

"In a context where some scientists in the United States may feel threatened or hindered in their research, our university is announcing the launch of the Safe Place For Science program, dedicated to welcoming scientists wishing to pursue their work in an environment conducive to innovation, excellence and academic freedom," the Aix-Marseille Université writes on its website.

The AMIDEX foundation will support the funding of positions, particularly in the fields of climate, environment, health and human and social sciences (SHS). According to the university, 10 to 15 million euros will be made available for scientists, and "we will work with local institutions to facilitate their arrival."

Assume that this is not a wannabee, but someone who, for example, already has a solid job offer from an EU country, and some cash for the relocation.

The latest green shipping corridor announcement comes from Brazil and Norway that have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).

The agreement, signed by the Brazilian Ports and Airports Minister Silvio Costa Filho and Norway’s Ambassador to Brazil, Odd Magne Ruud, aims to establish a shipping corridor between Brazil and Norway for vessels powered by advanced technology and low- or zero-carbon fuels, significantly cutting greenhouse gas emissions.

Silvio Costa Filho hailed the initiative as a milestone for global logistics, of far-reaching impact. “This project will benefit not just our two countries but the entire world. Alongside the Norwegian government, we are committed to making maritime transport even more sustainable and environmentally advanced. Our goal is to build a sector that balances economic growth with environmental responsibility, positioning Brazil as a global leader in sustainable shipping,” he said.

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The pilot project will involve key industry players and research institutions on both sides of the Atlantic to identify strategic routes and ports while developing and scaling up zero-emission fuel solutions.

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Support for FIDO2 (WebAuthn) two-step login on macOS is added with release v2025.2.1. This means you will be able to use a security key (e.g. Yubikey) as a second factor to protect your login.

It is now supported on:

• Desktop: Windows, MacOs
• Browser extensions: all FIDO2 supported Browsers
• Mobile apps: Android and iOS 13.3+

Canada geese are the worst. But I'm rooting for one in this case.

(one of the first things I learned at The Daily was that they are not "Canadian" geese)