Aspiring Generalist: News

Mark Carney wins new term as Canada’s Prime Minister on anti-Trump platform.

How Gen Z became the most gullible generation.

Behind Trump’s imperial presidency (and Elon), there’s Russell Vought.

AI-generated images can exploit how your mind works, here’s why they fool you and how to spot them:

China seizes disputed reef in the South China Sea.

UAE set to use AI to write laws in world first.

The Trump administration is pooling data on Americans. Experts fear what comes next.

Spain and Portugal power outage: What caused it, and was there a cyber-attack?:

What Canada’s election results mean for Canadians, Trump and U.S. tariffs.

The napalm girl standard.

Congress passes bill to fight deepfake nudes, revenge porn.

Sadly for China, rare Earth elements aren’t actually all that rare.

The Carbon Curve

Canada: a safe haven for carbon removal innovation in an uncertain world

The day after Mark Carney's election victory, I find myself reflecting on a sentence about carbon removal in the now re-elected Liberal party platform. Just a few years back, seeing carbon removal featured in a major G7 party's election platform would have seemed like wishful thinking. But here it was - and not just some vague promise to "explore" carbo…

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2 months ago · 4 likes · 1 comment · Na’im Merchant