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One subtle difference between men and women, when a woman says, "Hey, come smell this" it usually smells nice.

cross-posted from: https://scribe.disroot.org/post/9055474

The Ford government says it is banning Chinese-made drones from being used in sensitive police investigations as the first step in a broader bid to remove them from the government supply chain altogether.

The move will affect every drone owned and operated by the Ontario Provincial Police, according to the government, which said they currently only use Chinese-made drones.

Still, Stephen Crawford, the minister of public and business service delivery and procurement, said the move was a vital step toward enhanced public safety.

“Now more than ever, it is critical that we are protecting our province’s data and safeguarding our security against bad actors,” he said in a statement.

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“Banning government use and future purchases of Chinese-made drones is another important step in our plan to protect Ontario and better leverage Canada’s world-class drone manufacturing sector.”

The government said the impetus behind the change is rules that can compel companies incorporated in China to disclose their data, even if it was gathered or stored abroad.

Banning Chinese-made drones, the province said, would align it with the Canadian Armed Forces and the RCMP, among other Canadian organizations.

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From Kingshlin Andrews

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cross-posted from: https://scribe.disroot.org/post/9055618

Conservative MP and parliamentary foreign affairs committee vice-chair, Michael Chong says China is attempting to “move the goal posts” by trying to prevent Canadian officials from visiting Taiwan.

Chong, who is also the Conservative foreign affairs critic, is in Taiwan this week to meet with Taiwanese officials, including Lai Ching-te, president of the Republic of China Taiwan. Several delegations of Canadian parliamentarians have travelled to the sovereign territory over the years.

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Chong said his trip is meant both to show solidarity with Taiwan — which he said is facing threats from an authoritarian China — and to assert Canada’s sovereignty by demonstrating no foreign government, namely China, can dictate the travel of Canadian parliamentarians.

“For decades, Canadian MPs from both sides of the aisle have been visiting Taiwan as part of a broader pattern of enhancing two-way relations between Canada and Taiwan,” Chong said in an interview on CTV Power Play with Vassy Kapelos from Taiwan on Wednesday.

“They’re trying to move the goal posts by saying that that travel should no longer take place,” he also said. “My visit here is a declaration that it should take place, and that we can’t allow, as a democracy, an authoritarian state like Beijing to dictate our terms of engagement in the world community.”

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And, asked whether he hesitated to take the trip given he and his family have been targeted by China in the past, Chong again said: “No.”

“I’ve got the privilege of being elected to high office, of being a member of Parliament in the Parliament of Canada, (and) that gives me the ability to be a voice for the voiceless,” Chong said. “There are countless citizens in democracies around the globe that are facing transnational repression, that are suffering in silence because of the threats coming from authoritarian states.”

Chong said he told the federal government about his plans to visit Taiwan and meet with its officials ahead of time and that they issued a statement of support.

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Today’s game is Subnautica. I actually had a friend gift the second one to me, but I’ve been weighing the moral dilemma of playing it and whether to actually keep it or refund. (It’s done by the original team, but that EULA… yikes). It did put me in the mood to play the first one though. Which I went ahead and downloaded and started a play through of.

It’s a lot prettier than I remember. Maybe it’s because I was streaming it through game pass when I first played but the night time especially is gorgeous.

I ended up going through the game a lot faster than I expected. I guess a lot of the game hinges on the mystery and stuff. Once you kind of know what’s going on though and know how to prep it goes way faster.

Like. I was in the Aurora by hour 5 (very rough estimate). I had the engines fixed up and I was out. If my estimate is right I might be done by 10 Hours.

Speaking of, I found it very easy to cheese the Leviathans just by swimming close to the wall. Then I swam in and fixed up the reactor.

Anyways, just a brief detour From Twilight Princess for me to relive so nostalgia for this 7 year old (or 11 year old if we’re going by EA release date). I might stick to this a little longer and beat it since it’s going way faster than I thought. It’d be fun to finally actually beat it and see the ending.

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Schriftart ist der regulär schwere Oswald

From Alex Lynch

Bad day to be a hornworm!

Burrowing owl in Scottsdale AZ

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From African Raptor Centre

Barn owl chicks grow and develop incredibly quickly. At a hatch weight of 15g, this little one has grown tremendously in 17 days.

From CROW - Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife, Inc.

Say hello to this cotton ball with legs!

This Eastern screech owl chick (patient 26-1685) was brought in after being found alone under a golf cart; we suspect it had fallen from a nest. As the days have gone by, the white down has been replaced by larger, fluffy grey feathers.

We're even starting to see a hint of the characteristic feather tufts - known as plumicorns - on top of the chick's head!

Weighing in at just 55 grams, this tiny patient is now being raised by CROW's team under standard orphan care protocols until it is old enough to return to the wild.