All posts tagged: weakness

Carney Says Canada’s US Ties Have Become a Weakness

Carney Says Canada’s US Ties Have Become a Weakness

Published by Sam Flores

CALGARY, April 19 (Reuters) – Canada’s close ties ⁠to ⁠the United States were once ⁠a strength but have become a weakness, Prime Minister Mark Carney ​said on Sunday, in a video message to his country in which he also praised the ‌heroism of military leaders who ‌fought against U.S. invasion more than two centuries ago. Holding up a small toy soldier ⁠depiction of General ⁠Isaac Brock, the British military leader who died defending what is ​now Canada from a U.S. invasion in the War of 1812, Carney said Canada can’t control the disruption coming from its U.S. neighbors, and can’t bet its future on the hope that it ​will suddenly stop. “The situation today feels unique, but we’ve faced down threats like this ⁠before,” ⁠Carney said, referencing Brock and ⁠several other ​Canadian historical figures, including Chief Tecumseh who united Indigenous Nations across the Great Lakes ​to resist U.S. expansion ⁠in 1812. Carney, who secured a parliamentary majority for his Liberal government last week, has said his electoral win will help him deal more effectively in the trade …

Quiet Is Not Weakness | Psychology Today

Quiet Is Not Weakness | Psychology Today

Published by Jenni Sidey

In classrooms, quiet adolescents are often the ones adults worry about most. Teachers may wonder whether they are disengaged, unsure of themselves, or struggling socially. Yet many quiet teenagers are not withdrawn from the world around them. They are paying close attention to it. In clinical work, some of the most important aspects of development are easy to overlook. Not because they are hidden, but because they do not announce themselves. In this column, I reflect on the quieter moments in adolescent development that exist outside formal diagnoses and treatment plans. Some of the most meaningful forms of growth occur long before they become visible to others. Quiet adolescents are often misunderstood. Their strengths do not announce themselves in the ways adults and institutions typically reward. In classrooms, social settings, and even families, silence can easily be interpreted as hesitation, disengagement, or uncertainty, when it often reflects careful observation, thoughtful processing, and deliberate engagement with the world. In many environments, silence is quickly interpreted as the absence of confidence, engagement, or ability. A student who …

Behind Trump’s war fever lies profound weakness

Behind Trump’s war fever lies profound weakness

Published by Sam Flores

“America is winning,” announced Pete Hegseth during a remarkably ugly Pentagon press conference this past week, in the latest and perhaps greatest example of the second Trump administration outdoing Mike Judge’s legendary 2006 farce “Idiocracy.” Admittedly, there’s plenty of competition for that prize: The White House has also released a series of grotesque propaganda videos in recent days, apparently constructed by AI and incorporating images of U.S. strikes on Iran with unlicensed clips from action movies, popular TV series and video games. (Ben Stiller has requested that footage from his 2008 satire “Tropic Thunder” be deleted, something of a Hollywood in-joke given that film’s troubled history.) Determined not to be left behind in the contest for maximal self-ownership, Donald Trump was up early on Saturday morning to issue, even by his standards, an incoherent stream-of-unconsciousness Truth Social post. It came complete with classic Trump moves: upside-down run-on sentences, the leaders of unidentified nations (no doubt holding back tears) saying “Thank you President Trump” and a self-canceling proclamation that Iran had “surrendered to its Middle East …

Password Managers Share a Hidden Weakness

Password Managers Share a Hidden Weakness

Published by skeptic

An FBI informant helped run the Incognito dark web market and allegedly approved the sale of fentanyl-laced pills, including those from a dealer linked to a confirmed death, WIRED reported this week. Meanwhile, Jeffrey Epstein’s ties to Customs and Border Protection officers sparked a Department of Justice probe. Documents say that CBP officers in the US Virgin Islands were still friendly with Epstein years after his 2008 conviction, illustrating the infamous sex offender’s tactics for cultivating allies. WIRED published a guide detailing experts’ tips and preferred tools for surveillance-resistant organizing and collaboration. In opsec fails, comments and other metadata left on a PDF detailing Homeland Security’s proposal to build “mega” detention and processing centers reveal the DHS personnel involved in the plan’s creation. And the Department of Homeland Security is making moves to combine its face and fingerprint technologies into a centralized, searchable database across all its agencies. Fears about possible drug cartel drone activity over Texas sparked a recent airspace shutdown in New Mexico and El Paso, Texas, but the episode ultimately underscored the …

If You Want To Actually Get Hired, These Are 11 ‘Weaknesses’ Bosses Usually Like To Hear During Job Interviews

If You Want To Actually Get Hired, These Are 11 ‘Weaknesses’ Bosses Usually Like To Hear During Job Interviews

Published by Jenni Sidey

Job interviews are stressful, no matter how prepared you think you are. You want to present the best version of yourself, but it’s not always clear what employers are actually looking for, especially when interviews follow the same familiar pattern. You talk about your background, your experience, why you want the job, and what you bring to the table. Then comes the question that makes almost everyone uncomfortable: “What would you say your weaknesses are?” It can feel like a trick question, but it serves a real purpose. Employers aren’t looking for perfection. They want self-awareness, honesty, and a willingness to grow. The key is choosing weaknesses that show emotional intelligence and personal accountability, not ones that raise doubts about your ability to do the job. If you want to actually get hired, these are the weaknesses bosses usually like to hear during job interviews, especially when you explain how you’re actively working on them. If you want to actually get hired, these are 10 weaknesses bosses usually like to hear during job interviews: 1. …

Cell division breakthrough reveals a hidden weakness in cancer

Cell division breakthrough reveals a hidden weakness in cancer

Published by skeptic

For decades, biologists have wrestled with a fundamental mystery of life: how cells manage to copy their DNA during cell division without spinning into chaos. Every day, trillions of cells in the human body divide, each one duplicating its entire genetic blueprint with astonishing precision. If this process ran unchecked, cells would quickly exhaust their resources, accumulate errors, and trigger disease or death. Now, researchers believe they have identified a crucial built-in safety mechanism that keeps DNA replication – and therefore cell division – firmly under control. Why DNA replication needs strict timing Cell division is not a single action but a tightly choreographed sequence that unfolds over roughly 24 hours. Before DNA copying even begins, cells must manufacture all the proteins and molecular components required for replication and stockpile them in advance. Launch replication too early, too late, or too often, and the system collapses. Without precise regulation, cells would start copying DNA repeatedly and wastefully, a scenario molecular biologists describe as ‘replication catastrophe.’ This failure mode stresses cells, damages the genome, and can …