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chris

@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca

Welcome! I am: Dad, Husband, Tech.
Former #PortAlberni City Council.
Dual 🇨🇦🇪🇸. Speak English, French and Spanish in descending order. Climate and Decolonization are THE issues. Follow my https://chrisalemany.ca/@chrisblog

Opinions are only mine but you’re welcome to share them. 😆 Will post about cats, gardens, politics, sports, other random things. Socialist, anti-fascist, anti-racist, LGBTQ2S and Indigenous ally.
I run https://mstdn.ca/@alberniweather
#selfhosted server and searchable profile.

This profile is from a federated server and may be incomplete. Browse more on the original instance.

chris, to spain
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The Bombing of Guernica happened today in 1937. It was a new and horrible cooperation between fascists states (Francoist Spain, Nazi Germany, and Fascist Italy) to bomb civilians and ultimately lay the blame for the mass casualties on "guerrillas”, “terrorists”... in this case “Reds”.

#España #Spain #GuerraCivil #CivilWar #Fascism #Genocide

https://euskalkazeta.com/bombing-of-guernica-the-number-of-dead-revised/?mc_cid=190edb545d&mc_eid=1bc0052ab5

chris,
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Here is an excerpt from a speech given by Franco in December 1937 declaring his totalitarian state. #España #Spain #GuerraCivil #CivilWar #Fascism #Genocide

https://archive.org/details/francisco-francos-speech-in-salamanca-1937.

A video showing Franco, sporting a green military uniform, bare head with short black hair, a short Hitler’esque mustache. Sitting at a desk reading his address. There is a Spanish flag adorned with a black bird with a crest.

chris,
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@thepoliticalcat very

chris,
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@thepoliticalcat oh! i have a vague memory of that!

chris, to Travel
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"The national chief said staff wanted to put her headdress in cargo storage because there was no room in the cabin, and that the situation got tense. She said the flight crew threatened her staff, and other passengers stood up for her.”

Shout out to “other passengers [who] stood up for her”! ❤️

This is a demonstration of the enshitification of [air] travel taken on a new level.. disrespecting Indigenous Leaders.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/air-canada-national-chief-woodhouse-nepinak-flight-headdress-1.7185649

chris, to fediverse
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I am going to be super busy all day, but this response from the Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada just came into my inbox. I argued Public Safety Canada (emergency communications) services were violating privacy laws using corporate social media. They say they don't have jurisdiction to make the call. Would be interested in your guys thoughts on a response before I have time to think on mine.
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chris,
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@Cassandra i thought I would try the information commissioner first from an access perspective. But I will definitely try the privacy commissioner next

chris, to random
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The Supreme Court of the USA is seeing arguments that would allow a coup and end to democracy in that country. This is not an exaggeration.
Canada should also see at this, and respond in defence of democracy.

chris, to random
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Back doing bad back things.

infomercial movement GIF

chris, to random
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Hey @scottsantens and #UBI friends! This Canadian House of Commons petition needs some help to get across the finish line in the next couple days! Can you help spread the word for more signatures!?

"We, the undersigned, Canadians supporting GBI, call upon the Government of Canada to implement a national framework for GBI that tests various funding and implementation models and their effects on poverty, inequality, innovation and labour productivity.”

#GLBI #CanPoli #CdnPoli
https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-4746

chris, to TeslaMotors
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Canadian media is so full of Fossil Fuel and domestic Car Manufacturer (I include Toyota in this as they have many plants in USA/Canada) apologists they have convinced themselves that because Tesla's sales are flagging (likely because of their idiot CEO turning people off the whole brand of overly expensive, poorly built cars) and domestic makers are pulling back production then the whole EV industry has "trouble ahead”.

Meanwhile, Hyundai America had its best March ever including EV sales doubling.

https://www.hyundainews.com/en-us/releases/4116

Newsflash: Maybe people are buying less Tesla and Ford EVs because they're not as good as other options.

And yes, I own a Hyundai, mainly because Toyota had no EV models in 2019 and even now, 5 years later, only sells one! ONE!

Government needs to get off their butts and force our 20th century laggards into the 21st century but they are in bed with each other so….
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/armstrong-elon-musk-tesla-electric-vehicles-1.7162672

chris,
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@Hypx sure. now tell us about "Green Hydrogen"

chris,
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@Hypx while I agree Hydrogen will play a critical role, I think you are underestimating by a largr degree what can and should be electrified.

chris,
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@Hypx Hydrogen (made with electricity only) is and will always be extremely expensive to create and so will need to be kept to only a last resort.

A fuel cell vehicle requires hydrogen to be created in order to drive an electric motor. Equating a hydrogen vehicle to an electric vehicle that derives electricity directly because they both use an electric motor is silly. The source matters.

Also, cars and batteries are stupid in general. The real solution is less of both.

chris,
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@Hypx You are right, but you also continue to ignore the source of the hydrogen. You likely know full well the fossil fuel industry is chomping at the bit to produce the hydrogen needed by burning natural gas. Which is exactly the opposite of any solution at all. Propaganda by omission of facts is its own kind of propaganda.

chris,
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@Hypx the point, my friend again as you know, that the grid energy can and must be generated cleanly. Hydrogen is a transportation medium, nothing more. Again you avoided the question. You're the only one insisting on fossil fuels being our future. We're done here. Have a great day!

GottaLaff, to Canada
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So we just made our usual reservations for our next trip up to BC, , but something was different this time.

We didn't have to make them for a return trip to California.

Shit's getting real. 🇨🇦

chris,
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@GottaLaff Ohhh! One way ticket! You’re being sucked in, and we're better up here for it! :D 🇨🇦

chris, to random
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have you ever bit your tongue so hard it actually bled?

ow.

😣

GottaLaff, to legal
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Mr. Blowdryer cooperated. I'm back, catching up now.

NEW THREAD🧵 1/...

Klasfeld:

We're back.

Prosecution: "The People call David Pecker."

Pecker, 72, provides some biographical information. He's married, and he now does consulting work.

After seeing that Jurors do not currently have notepads, the judge asks those who want them to raise their hands.

Their hands immediately shoot up — a studious bunch.

They are provided with them.

chris,
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@GottaLaff note to self. Don't say things in limos. lol.

GottaLaff, to legal
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1/…🧵

Via Klasfeld:

Expected first:

The judge may issue his Sandoval rulings, determining what prior bad acts prosecutors can confront Trump with if he testifies.

A key question: "What's fair game?"

chris,
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@GottaLaff
NFL
Lordy, there are tapes.

chris, to TeslaMotors
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"Comprising the newly developed anode and cathode, the assembled full cell forms a high-performance hybrid sodium-ion energy storage device, which crosses the energy density of commercial lithium-ion batteries available in the market. According to researchers, the device exhibits the characteristics of supercapacitors’ power density."

https://interestingengineering.com/science/sodium-battery-charged-in-seconds

chris, to fediverse
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Only 24hrs left for Canadians to sign petition urging Parliament to make a server for our public servants!
This was a joint effort by Canadian Mastodoners and it has been a great success! There is still time share it on your other social media feeds!

Huge thanks to: @Dunstable @stephanie @chad
@mike @Dragon @bougiewonderland
@danamcfarland
@bluefacedbeast

There is still work to do to make it a reality but this has been a big first step!

https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-4769

chris,
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Petition is officially closed! It received 1012 signatures. It'll now be certified by the Clerk and then it can be presented in the House by the sponsor MP. Then the government has 90 days to respond.

Thank you to all of you who signed, shared, and supported the petition! Keep using the link to advocate for trusted, publicly run, servers for politicians and other public services.

@Dunstable @stephanie @chad @mike @Dragon @bougiewonderland @danamcfarland @bluefacedbeast

A screenshot of the signatures by province. At the top is the total of 1012 signatures. There are two areas missing. Saskatchewan and Yukon with 27 and five signatures respectively.

chris, to TeslaMotors
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I have always been suspicious that the "EVs are too expensive" notion is a plant by Fossil Fuel companies and some car manufacturers to shift the blame to consumers for not transitioning to EVs.

So here's a comparison of the most popular vehicles in Canada in 2022 vs. most popular EVs in Canada in 2024.
https://driving.ca/column/driving-by-numbers/10-best-selling-vehicles-canada-2022
https://driving.ca/column/driving-by-numbers/10-best-selling-electric-vehicles-canada-2023

(All prices are 2024 models in Canadian $)

10: Hyundai Elantra: $21,999 v Audi Q4 e-tron: $63,400
9: Hyundai Kona: $25,999 v Mustang Mach-E: $57,690
8: Honda Civic: $28,765 v Kia Niro EV: $48,544
7: Honda CR-V: $37,261 v Toyota bZ4x: $48,042
6: Toyota Corolla: $26,372 v Hyundai Ioniq 5: $54,999
5: GMC Sierra: $48,931 v Hyundai Kona Electric: $46,399
4: Chevy Silverado: $47,931 v Volkswagen ID.4: $51,220
3: Toyota RAV4: $36,202 v Chevy Bolt: $41,575
2: Dodge Ram: $37,952 v Tesla Model 3: $53,990
1: Ford F-150: $46,600 v Tesla Model Y: $54,990

Averages: Gas: $35,801.20 EV: $52,084.90

So ya, the difference overall is about $20,000 on average.

However, these are all base prices and while EVs generally have only a few higher priced options, the Gas cars/trucks often start low and have many higher priced options, some over $75K. So I believe the real-world selling price averages would be closer.

I believe it will take governments being aggressive and consistent on their Electric-only targets to force companies to re-tool their productions to both meet demand and bring the prices down.

Both Canada and the USA have recently gone in the opposite direction, both pushing back their EV-only targets. This is both why prices remain high, and we won't hit our CO2 reductions.

And ya, as a proud Hyundai Kona Electric owner, I'm going to finish with this “call-out" from the CEO of Hyundai to other manufacturers.

"Why would anybody want to purchase an EV from an [automaker like Toyota or GM] who’s lobbying against EVs?”

Indeed!

https://electrek.co/2024/04/08/hyundai-us-boss-calls-out-rivals-brand-goes-all-in-on-evs/

chris, to random
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Question for Canadian . Are there Canada-located masto.host type services for creation of scalable independent Mastodon domains?

chris,
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@kboyd The shoe that needs to drop is the ability for Mastodon to be a plugin-like service that could be added to existing web hosting platforms like CPanel/WHM. Then the full ecosystem of webhosts would be able to add it to their offerings and it would be trivial for people/businesses/whoever to “make a mastodon/fediverse website”

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