in Canada news, there is an upcoming election in the west coast province of British Columbia. Currently the province is led by David Eby and the NDP, a party best described as ‘progressive’ in the parlance of imperial democracies (i.e. center left neoliberal, not vocally fascist though supporting many reactionary policies). The election looks to be close between the BC NDP and the BC Conservatives. The BC Conservatives spawned from the reactionary slop leftover from the implosion of the BC Liberals (the previous BC conservative party) and BC United, the failed rebrand of the BC Liberals. BC politics have historically been more left than the rest of Canada, hence the BC Liberals being the major right wing party in the province and the BC NDP being the more left wing party.

With that background out of the way, as this has been a contested election, the BC Conservatives have been putting their best foot forward:

https://archive.is/Wdeyr

Globe and Mail: Rustad (BC Conservative leader) wants B.C. Indigenous rights law repealed. (First Nations) Chief sees that as 40-year setback

“…Rustad “explained” that adopting an international framework such as UNDRIP wasn’t the right fit for B.C.’s context, with more than 200 unique First Nations and vast traditional territories that aren’t covered by treaties.”

The Conservative statement last February starts by saying the changes were an “assault” on private property rights and the right to access shared Crown land.

“Conservatives will defend your rights to outdoor recreation – and your water access, as well as B.C.’s mining, forestry, agriculture sectors and every other land use right,” said the statement posted by Rustad.

The specific law they are talking about is the legislation that adopted UNDRIP in the province. While the concepts of UNDRIP are absolutely not codified and integrated into BC law (see the use of state violence against Wetsuweten land defenders for their protests against methane pipelines across their traditional territory for example), the rollback of this legislation would nevertheless be a major setback for Indigenous rights in BC.

Well, that flag was no angel

I don’t see how anyone believes this is possible though.

The American/imperial electorate is brain poisoned by generations of propaganda that undermines any actual understanding of politics.

Modern fascism has a lot more to offer to young men than young women. The return to tradition explicitly pitches a vision of society that centers on the patriarch that provides for his brood mare(s). I don’t think there is anything special about the medium of the message (music vs sports vs video games vs other forms of influence), it’s the message itself that people respond to.

https://archive.is/QZaVC

SCMP: Huawei’s AI chips take another step forward as Chinese firms look for Nvidia alternatives

The Ascend 910B chips, which Huawei has called on par with Nvidia’s popular A100 chips, have become a top alternative in multiple industries across the country. Its Ascend solutions were used to train roughly half of more than 70 of China’s top large language models as of last year, according to Huawei.

I’m curious if non-Huawei execs agree with the assessment that these ascend chips are comparable or closely approaching the A100. In any case, this trend really seems to imply that 2-5 years out, the age of Western chip domination will be over, if it isn’t already.

A honeymoon period measured in femtoseconds

the best part about this kind of democracy is that it doesn’t matter that he’s historically unpopular after only 3 months - as long as his government votes as a bloc, he’ll be there for 4-5 years.

we’re having quite a night over here

Memento - a man with a rare memory loss affliction which will make you, the very high audience member, feel as though you share the same affliction as the protagonist

The Prestige - magical realism in the nineteen dicketies with twin themes of magic and betrayal

Frankly I was very high when I watched both of these and found them hard to follow

I appreciate that, but it’s a funny way to describe the movie

Someone should do a miniseries of Mexican gothic by Silvia moreno garcia

A record large container ship has made the Arctic transit between Russia and China, saving a lot of time compared to the Suez route during the open water season.

https://gcaptain.com/first-panamax-containership-sprints-across-arctic-reaching-china-in-just-three-weeks/

Good news for eurasian integration, bad news for climate change

pi - number enthusiast uses his math themed mental illness to learn the name of god, gets in trouble with stock brokers and jews

the thing - a dog brings a special gift to an antarctic research expedition, the gift turns out to be inside everyone all along

the shining - a struggling author becomes caretaker of an isolated hotel, learns a bit about himself along the way

inception - yo dawg, I heard you like yo dawg, so I put a yo dawg in your dawg so you can yo dawg while you dawg

A record large container ship has made the Arctic transit between Russia and China, saving a lot of time compared to the Suez route during the open water season.

https://gcaptain.com/first-panamax-containership-sprints-across-arctic-reaching-china-in-just-three-weeks/

Good news for eurasian integration, bad news for climate change

edit: i just realized I didn’t post this in the newsmega

https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2024/09/indian-foreign-minister-throws-cold-water-on-the-idea-of-a-brics-currency.html

Article on Indian reluctance and challenge associated with a BRICS currency, citing comments by the Indian foreign affairs minister Dr Subrahmanyam Jaishankar

“People have raised the issue that should there be a Brics currency. But, for countries to have a common currency, you need enormous alignment of their very fundamental fiscal policies, monetary policies, economic policies… And when you look at Brics’s standards, I think we’ve to be realistic about the extent of alignment among members.”

Oh if you’ve got a new person then fuck d&d unless they really want to specifically play d&d. If not, there are way better systems for shared storytelling. I introduce people to rpging via dungeon world 10 times out of 10.

That’s wild, like jamming three people into an oversized bullet

Definitely do that, it will be easier to reference later

Oh, consider dungeon world. It’s a simpler system that lends itself to fail forward, and the basic moves/character sheets are all available for download for free.

This is how bernie could still win