@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca2025-07-20 13:56:12
Interesting and fulsome interview on exactly how NORAD reacted to the plane hijacking in Victoria/Vancouver on Tuesday. They speak to the commander of NORAD, currently a Canadian.
I appreciated the last section most though:
“It's the only bi-national command in the world; it's been a strong bi-national command since 1958, and nothing has changed.
We don't ever talk politics at work. It's not something that we do, nor does it affect what we do.
I would say that we are as tight, and probably tighter than we've ever been. As the world around us gets to be more dangerous, I would say that NORAD is even closer than it's ever been.
But one last thing — we have the watch. That's the slogan here for NORAD.
To give you a great example, all of the assessors, we all live on-base in homes that actually have a safe, we call it the SCIF. It's basically a classified room that has all of our systems. The days that you're on duty, you're either at work or in your house. Because the timelines are so small for answering the phone, you don't walk the dog; you don't do all these other things, and someone covers for you when you're going between work and home.
That's how important this mission is to us down here. It's really important for everybody in Canada to know that at NORAD, we have the watch”
#canpoli #norad #cf18
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/us-fighter-jets-bc-alleged-plane-hijacking-1.7588750
@bilbo_le_hobbit@mamot.fr2025-07-20 14:14:07
Un commentaire en dessous d'un article du Figaro https://sante.lefigaro.fr/social/sante-publique/a-quel-point-les-neonicotinoides-sont-ils-nocifs-pour-la-sante-humaine-et-pour-l-e…
@cdarwin@c.im2025-07-19 19:03:30
@timbray@cosocial.ca2025-07-21 01:41:48
@paulbusch@mstdn.ca2025-07-19 11:19:51
Good Morning #Canada
It's a slow news day, historically speaking, so I'll share some local, very cool history related to my small community of Belle Ewart. As parts of our country experience heat waves, perhaps this post will remind you that it will get cold again. For you corporate types, a new definition of frozen assets. For everyone else, think about how far we've come as you rattle the ice cubes in your favourite drink.
#CanadaIsAwesome #iceIceBaby
https://www.orilliamatters.com/local-news/lake-simcoe-ice-company-thrived-in-late-19th-century-6192112
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social2025-09-19 19:56:14
The National Association of Broadcasters has not made a statement on the Kimmel case; the group has previously opposed political threats to broadcast licenses (Taylor Giorno/NOTUS)
https://www.notus.org/money/broadcaster-chief-advocate-nab-sile…
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2025-08-20 00:55:49
Detentions of D.C. delivery drivers leave immigrant communities on edge (Didi Martinez/NBC4 Washington)
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/national-international/detentions-of-dc-delivery-drivers/3976806/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250819/p138#a250819p138
@cdarwin@c.im2025-09-20 15:07:07
@timbray@cosocial.ca2025-09-19 23:15:27
As a former Rubyist and admirer of many people in that community… holy shit. Ruby Central power-play land grab over Ruby Gems (maybe for good reasons but nobody knows) and DHH writing love letters to Tommy Robinson.
Tough to know what to link to, I think some people are hiding truths. Anyhow, https://www.
@cdarwin@c.im2025-07-20 02:08:45
David Barton isn’t just a primary pitchman for the Ten Commandments law in Texas
His fingerprints appear on 28 bills that have cropped up before the legislatures in 18 states this year.
A data analysis of the bills exposes how their language, structure and requirements are inherently identical.
In dozens of instances, they match model legislation pitched by Barton verbatim.
At the Texas hearing, Barton’s eyes fixated on the cover of the rare 1782 Aitken Bible.
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