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submitted 22 minutes ago • 4 comments

Something to add to the red lines we will absolutely not negotiate over when these wretched scumbags come knocking after the election.

submitted 49 minutes ago • 0 comments

For those who are interested in choosing news publications to support in a time where journalism needs it: if you have an interest in affordable housing, the Toronto Star has an entire beat dedicated to it. The coverage often combines rich detail on facts and figures, interwoven with human stories.

submitted 1 hour ago • 0 comments

A set of 57 Chrome extensions with 6,000,000 users have been discovered with very risky capabilities, such as monitoring browsing behavior, accessing cookies for domains, and potentially executing remote scripts.

submitted 2 hours ago • 0 comments

Death of American soft power, a thread:

submitted 5 hours ago • 0 comments

Ottawa... if Waterloo, Ontario, population ~150k, can set building heights of four storeys as-of-right citywide, I'm fairly certain a city of 1.1 million can go higher than three storeys citywide. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

submitted 14 hours ago • 1 comment

Extremely disappointing answer from Carney tonight on Gaza, saying that he won't politicize the word "genocide", which is both a semantic dodge and indication he's not interested in Canada showing leadership by denouncing what is very clearly a genocide campaign.

submitted 15 hours ago • 0 comments

My arch nemesis in the step challenge is back. I've done my last sync for the evening, and they're once again just 1k steps ahead of me. Gotta hand it to them, they're playing the mind games perfectly. (The difference between what counts as a fun evening between one's 20s and 30s is stark).

submitted 17 hours ago • 0 comments

For people who can't afford news subscriptions outside of the two resources below: your local library almost certainly has access to some. For those who can, my strategy is pick a few publications you'll read at least a few times a week to subscribe to, because supporting journalism is a public good

submitted 19 hours ago • 2 comments

They moved this for the hockey game and the debate moderator shares a similar name to the all time great Habs goalie too? Not convinced this country isn't a Saturday Night Live skit.

submitted 20 hours ago • 0 comments

How patronising is this? When Carney went from BOC to Bank of England, apparently the queen “'regarded the whole thing as an intercompany transfer' between two of her countries," at least according to George Osborne www.ft.com/content/5bdb...

submitted 20 hours ago • 1 comment

Interesting anecdote in this piece: JPMorgan's CEO once clashed with Mark Carney over his desire to impose stricter regulations on banks, and called him "anti-American" in a private meeting. Surprised they haven't touted this more, given that in the current moment it's basically a selling feature.

submitted 21 hours ago • 0 comments

We need a Liberation Day™️ but for axing trade barriers between all provinces at once. globalnews.ca/news/1113483...

submitted 21 hours ago • 0 comments

The United States is not "heading towards" a rule of law crisis. It is happening now. Much will ultimately depend on the stance of the US Supreme Court, which has been accused of being politicized, and that of Republican lawmakers, who fear antagonizing Trump and his supporters.

submitted 1 day ago • 3 comments

I'm sorry but a podcast episode entitled "Why do we have a three-item garbage limit" is straight from a Parks and Rec episode (I appreciate cities trying out new forms of community engagement, the topic is just a bit humorous)

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

It is... very hard to square this with Young's historic opposition to the oil sands when the Liberals have been very clear they will be looking to increase oil production and shipping capacity.

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

Pick up trucks? No. Put down trucks

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

Heartbreaking: I entered the evening only 1k steps behind my chief rival in my Garmin step challenge this week, decided to brave the winter malaise outside to pull ahead, and I come home and they've done the same. It's on.

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

Waterloo Region congestion pricing when

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1/Alberta is not doing evidence based policy here whatsoever. A systematic review of the literature found that "evidence does not, on the whole, suggest improved outcomes related to compulsory treatment, with some studies suggesting potential harms." pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

Folks read this. Seriously. While we can have debates about federal spending there is, in Canada, no spending or debt crisis. At all. Ian Brodie Suggesting that canada can do DOGE better is not a good thing and is unnecessary ottawacitizen.com/public-servi...

submitted 2 days ago • 5 comments

The pick me energy coming off this party during this campaign... we really deserve a social democratic party we can take seriously. We have two centre-right parties now, one of whom is skating through this election with not nearly enough constructive criticism.

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

Major "guy who harrasses restaurant servers for saying 'happy holidays' instead of 'merry Christmas'" energy

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Contrast Gavin Newsom's obtuse nonsense with our real friends in western New York, where Visit Buffalo Niagara cut an ad campaign in Canada out of respect for our frustration, even though it hurts their own economic success, given we make up 35-40% of their tourism.

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

Bluesky would cease to function tomorrow

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

What the everloving fuck could this be about, I asked myself. Simpler hed would be: "we are going to change RESP rules so as to include apprenticeship programs". But for some reason CPC couldn't resist making it about "enemies", implying that banks are trying to hurt working class families.

submitted 3 days ago • 2 comments

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