Notices by Tod Maffin 🇨🇦 (tod@hci.social)

The "Notwithstanding Clause" was Canada's constitutional compromise.

Intended as a rare exception, it's becoming dangerously routine.

And Pierre Poilievre's threat to invoke it raises troubling questions. #cdnpoli #canada

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We heard anecdotally that Canadians weren’t visiting the states, now we have the data. A massive, shocking drop.

It is no longer safe for Canadians (or people of any nationality) to enter the United States.

Border guards are seizing phones, and going through your emails looking for messages saying you don’t like Trump.

They will turn you away, or send you to a “facility.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/us/politics/trump-immigration-visa-crackdown.html?rsrc=ss&unlocked_article_code=1.5k4.07Wr.hHAQqfLPKOEX&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

338Canada is now forecasting a Liberal minority government as the most likely outcome.

DO NOT GET COMPLACENT. Remember, the polls looked good for Kamala too.

It started with joking about it.

Today, the US President told his military to make plans to invade, by force, Panama.

He announced his plans to annex Greenland - in front of the NATO head.

He said the only way out for Canada was to become part of the U.S.

This is not a joke.
War is coming.

What Canada’s response should be:

1. Turn off the oil.
2. Wait 72 hours.
3. Accept victory.

Hateful people tore our #Pride flag off our house again.

Well, it’s back.

This time, with two bright spotlights pointing at it because fuck them.

Next time, it’s coming back with a speaker that plays #YMCA whenever someone gets within 10 meters.

Love doesn’t die that easily, motherfuckers.
#lgbt #lgbtq

Our Pride flag was torn off the house and trashed while we were away. Again.

So, a new one has been ordered. PLUS some flashy, extremely gay coloured floodlights to shine brightly on said new flag.

Tear it down, it comes back three times more queer.

YOU SURE YOU WANT TO PLAY THIS GAME WITH ME, MOTHERFUCKERS?! 😂

#lgbtq #lgbt #pride #queer

• For AGRICULTURE decisions, we will consult agricultural experts and food safety scientists... and follow their advice.

For all other issues, we will ask people who know what the fuck they're talking about, and follow their advice.

Who's with me?

• For EDUCATION decisions, we will consult educators... and follow their advice.

• For HOUSING decisions, we will consult urban planning and social services experts... and follow their advice.

• For JUSTICE decisions, we will consult experts in the legal space... and follow their advice.

I am starting a political party. Here's how it will work:

• For ECONOMIC decisions, we will consult trained economists... and follow their advice.

• For HEALTH decisions, we will consult scientists and clinicians... and follow their advice.

Researchers uploaded 50 nude photos to X.

Then, it reported 25 of them for being nonconsensual. And the other as "copyright infringements."

X removed the copyright-reported nude images.
The nonconsensual nude photos stayed.

Please share.

Link to study: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2409.12138

#brandsafety

What is the #fediverse copycat app for TikTok/Reels?

No Far Cry.
No Watch Dogs.
😞 #xbox

@NanoRaptor Why can’t I find any image of this, or reference to it, in Google?

@mike Mona (iOS)

@mike Would love to read them. But this is what’s happening when I try — it prompts me to open the Flipboard app, but takes me to the App Store instead (yes, I have Flipboard already installed and logged in)

@aral Thank you so much Aral. I hope they do the right thing here.

Unbelievable.

Westjet won’t arrange transportation as part of the vacation package we paid them for… because my wife uses a wheelchair.

Aside from this being a violation of federal law, I’m deeply saddened that WestJet, too, now values cash over humanity.

#disability #disabilityrights #ada #cdnpoli

It’s over.
RIP Twitter 2023.
What a sad, pathetic ending.

Suspending ads on Twitter/X (so far);
- Comcast/NBC
- Paramount
- Warner Bros.
- Disney
- Apple
- IBM
- Lionsgate
- European Commission

https://www.axios.com/2023/11/17/companies-pulling-x-twitter-ads-apple-disney-ibm