www.frontiersin.org/journals/sci...
Consciousness science: where are we, where are we going, and what if we get there?
An overview of recent developments in the scientific study of consciousness and consider how several novel approaches may facilitate new breakthroughs...
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A look at the last 50 years shows that each time the Liberals were in power, the GDP increased.
And each time the Conservatives were in power, the GDP decreased.
www.jefftiedrich.com/p/welcome-to...
remember the 2006 movie Idiocracy?
it took hundreds of years to devolve into a state of permanent, unending stupidity.
it real life, it only took ten.
AI's unparalleled expansion uses earth and water in massive quantities. By 2030, a UN report recently concluded, AI will use the same amount of water as 1.3 billion people.
unu.edu/inweh/collec...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
What do we know about the US-Iran peace deal – and what questions remain?
By any assessment, the fate of the Iran’s nuclear program – a key rationale given by Trump for the war on Iran – has not been resolved in the latest agreement.
canadians.org/analysis/mr-...
Prime Minister Mark Carney made a surprise appearance at the CANSEC arms fair in Ottawa last week. Accompanied by blaring rock music as he stepped onto the stage, Carney received a rock star’s welcome from attendees.
www.rawstory.com/ufc-26770385...
New development firmly 'connects Trump family's financial interests' to UFC fight: report established a firm connection between the event and the “Trump family’s financial interests,” The Guardian reported Sunday.
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Civil Society Summit on the AI Industry: Intersectional and Intergenerational Organizing and What’s Forming
by Council of Canadians May 28, 2026
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Norway crown princess's son sentenced to 4 years in prison after rape conviction
But in the USA, no one has been charged let alone jailed from their exposure in the Epstein files... MAGA protects sexual predators.
ecojustice.ca/news/ottawa-...
Ottawa is gutting pesticide rules. And they’re betting you won’t notice
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Hidden inside two budget bills is the biggest rollback of pesticide protections Canada has seen in a generation. There was no major announcement, just a quiet burial in the Spring Economic Update 2026...
Understanding the biophysical basis of consciousness remains a substantial challenge for 21st-century science. This endeavor is becoming even more pressing i...
AI’s rapid growth drives huge energy, water, and land use, raising environmental and equity challenges across its global infrastructure.
unu.edu
Despite the White House’s claim that the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) posed “no conflict of interest” regarding President Donald Trump, a new development directly undercut that claim ...
Access to the strait of Hormuz and the future of Iran’s nuclear program are among the issues that remain unclear amid a lack of detail on the agreement
The costs and consequences of this radical shift to a military-first economic strategy were the focus of a recent Ottawa-area bus tour that the Council of Canadians organized with Peace Brigades In…
The Civil Society Summit on the AI Industry convened by the Council of Canadians confronts the unprecedented convergence of money, political power and technological awe that a handful of techno-oli…
