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mpjgregoire

@mpjgregoire@cosocial.ca

ingénieur, tory canadien, citoyen du Grand Montréal

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mpjgregoire, to random
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It's common in liberal states to have a hierarchy of rules: regulations, statute law, constitutional law. It is also common for rules of order for assemblies to require different levels of support for different measures: plurality support to pass bills and motions, 2/3 majority to reconsider, unanimous consent to suspend rules temporarily.

I wonder if any states have different levels of statutory law, i.e. certain laws passed with say 2/3 support of the assembly over-ride regular laws.

mpjgregoire, to beer
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"Some have quite rightly asked: Is it really worth $225 million not to have to wait another 18 months? The answer is absolutely not. It’s grotesque. What the government should have done was simply cancel the existing MFA with The Beer Store via legislation, on the grounds it was a product of rank political corruption. (In fact it said it would do this, but legislation to that effect was never enacted.)"

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/beer-in-corner-stores-accomplished-the-worst-way-possible

#onpoli #beer #DougFord
#NationalPost

mpjgregoire, to random
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The time Pierre Poilievre got a dressing-down from Stephen Harper
https://nationalpost.com/news/the-time-pierre-poilievre-got-a-dressing-down-from-stephen-harper

"“He was so deeply affected by it, and he really went soul-searching for a few weeks to figure life out,” says a friend."

There's a good chance will be PM in two years. We should be grateful a book has been published about his life.

interviewed the author, , last week: https://paulwells.substack.com/p/a-new-poilievre-biography-from-andrew



parismarx, to tech
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“The thing that really upset Dorsey: Bluesky users demanded moderation and Bluesky put it into place. Yeah, that was the whole issue.”

Good reflection on “decentralized” social media and what Dorsey really wants from it by @davidgerard:

https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2024/05/10/jack-dorsey-bluesky-decentralised-social-networks-and-the-very-common-crowd/

mpjgregoire,
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@parismarx
I read the original interview with Mr. Dorsey. What he wanted out of Bluesky was not a new social network, but a new decentralised protocol for social networks — that's an entirely reasonable goal. Bluesky has a protocol, but at present it's primarily a network. It’s understandable that Mr. Dorsey is disappointed.

@davidgerard

mpjgregoire,
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@wjmaggos
Mr. Gerard mentions in his article the strange omission of ActivityPub from Mr. Dorsey's interview. I can see why he might think ActivityPub doesn't meet all his goals for a protocol, but the fact that it already exists and is growing should be reason to work for improvement, not to start a new initiative.

@parismarx @davidgerard

GottaLaff, to Canada
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ends today! TODAY.

(Click on that hashtag to see all the dopey gifs, including one with Hammy!)

You've been with me every step of the way and for that I thank you.❤️

👉🏼Here are the links to the why, how, and omg it's happening blogs: https://mastodon.social/@GottaLaff/112413459979525215👈🏼

For the next few days we'll be on the road to 🇨🇦, our new home. Bear with me for not replying w/ more than a "like" & for not live-posting the .

I'll post alerts & pop in.

IT'S HAPPENING!!

video/mp4

mpjgregoire,
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Welcome to Canada, @GottaLaff !

jszym, to windows
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My current workflow includes using a #windows Virtual Machine for the sole purpose of running #Microsoft Office and #OneDrive , and this clunky solution is still leagues better than actually running Windows on nearly every measure.

The pain the limited time I spend in that wee VM window underscores how bad Windows has gotten over the years.

mpjgregoire,
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@jszym There's a Linux client for OneDrive, and I understand it's supported directly under the newest version of GNOME.

I wonder if it's possible to use LibreOffice and have sufficient compatibility with MS Office for your purposes...

I also have to use MS products for work, but the IT department keeps things locked down.

shayman, to random
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Bonjour Montréal. This has been an extremely civilized journey so far at speeds frequently reaching 150 km/hr. High speed train travel by Canadian standards. Also they had lots of coffee. Thanks Via!

mpjgregoire,
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Welcome to Montréal, @shayman !

mpjgregoire, (edited ) to random
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Eight things you probably don't know about , from a new biography: https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/biography-pierre-poilievres-most-difficult-moments

wrote about this book a few days ago: https://paulwells.substack.com/p/a-new-poilievre-biography-from-andrew


wjmaggos, to random

@barackobama

please turn on fediverse sharing. it will give you a bigger audience with minimal downsides. many people would like to follow you from the .

https://www.theverge.com/24107998/threads-fediverse-mastodon-how-to

mpjgregoire,
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@wjmaggos
But Mr. Obama does share his Threads posts to the Fediverse...

Ryan, to random
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Hey CoSocialists! (Is that our demonym?)

We Torontonians want an XMPP server.
(404.city has been good, but getting flakier.)

Is having an XMPP service for cosocial something you would like/want/use?

(Free as in Freedom, encrypted, all the good stuff, of course)

mpjgregoire,
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@Ryan I prefer "CoSocialite" ;)

I don't know about a chatting system. I'm not opposed, but I probably wouldn't use it myself.

chris, to random
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The sound you hear is the breathing a huge sigh of relief as the two rightwing parties continue fighting.
“B.C. Conservatives Leader John Rustad rejected proposed 'non-competition' agreement, Kevin Falcon says”


https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/b-c-united-no-merger-1.7214326

mpjgregoire,
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@chris I haven't been involved in BC politics for a long time. What's driving the rise of the Conservative Party of BC?

mpjgregoire, to random
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La croix du chevet réinstallée au sommet de la charpente: https://lp.ca/dM3afC?sharing=true


mpjgregoire, to random
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VIA Rail veut entrer dans « une nouvelle ère » d’ici 2030: https://lp.ca/9M2iLy?sharing=true


mpjgregoire, to Montreal
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Des tours jumelles au-dessus de la gare Centrale: https://lp.ca/vOFEaI?sharing=true


mpjgregoire, (edited ) to Montreal
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I don't go to many concerts these days, but the best one I went to in 2023 was the Freddie James Project performing at #Poutinefest last year.

Poutinefest has returned to #Brossard, and I see that #FreddieJames will be performing again this Saturday. If you're in the #Montréal area then you should really consider coming. It's walking distance from Panama Station too.

https://legrandpoutinefest.ca/#menu

Here's a video, though not nearly as good as I remember the performance:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QPPFAmIdr4

quixoticgeek, to random
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We've all been having a good laugh about sparkling autocarrot suggesting that people include glue in the cheese on pizza, and that we should all eat rocks.

But at the same time, you can buy mushroom identification books in Amazon that are "written" using sparkling autocarrot.

Actual printed books. On how to tell very similar poisonous and non poisonous mushrooms apart. Something that is really hard for skilled humans in some cases.

Who has liability when people start dying?

mpjgregoire,
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@quixoticgeek Don't trust any books printed after 2020.

wjmaggos, (edited ) to TheMatrix
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Watching with my daughter. The 90s were the peak of our civilization.

edit: I get that the kung-fu bullet time scenes are fun but before they go back in to save Morpheus, I thought we were supposed to care about the other people living their lives (even as cops, not agents).

mpjgregoire,
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@wjmaggos
1999 was a great year for movies, that's for sure.

mpjgregoire, (edited ) to random
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"What we really ought to learn from history’s grotesqueries isn’t “different strokes for different folks” or “we’re so much better than them.” It’s that we’d better be humble about our own virtue if giants like Macdonald could go so wrong on some issues. [...] So it’s worse than facile to assume if you’d lived back when you’d have supported Aboriginal rights or abolition. You’re not that great."

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/john-robson-dont-let-utopian-historical-vandals-desecrate-canadian-history

On what important issues am I mistaken? And you?

mpjgregoire,
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My questions were meant to make readers think about their own beliefs, not because I really want people on the Fediverse to reveal to me my mistaken opinions — nearly everyone here disagrees with my politics after all.

But I'll tell you what: I'll boost replies telling me (politely) what I'm wrong about, if the post also says what its writer worries he or she might be getting wrong.

mpjgregoire, to random
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How do you politely suggest to someone that what he has posted on the Internet might get him in trouble at work, without sounding like you're making a veiled threat? Is staying quiet the best policy, unless the other person knows you well?

"Nice blog you've got here. Shame if someone were to let your boss know what you wrote..." <-- the impression I don't want to give.

GeoffyPJohnston, to random
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I have filed my analysis of ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan’s application for warrants to arrest the prime minister & defence minister of Israel. I focus on the allegation regarding a deliberate starvation policy. Read my take on Friday.

mpjgregoire,
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@GeoffyPJohnston Please post a link when it's available to the public.

timbray, to UKpolitics
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Will the Mastobrits please converge on a hashtag for the July 4th election? Kthksby.

Candidates:

mpjgregoire,
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@craigmorgan
We can't determine how this sort of thing works out, but we can at least try to push things in the way we think best.

@timbray

smach, to random
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I cannot overstress how envious I am of democracies that have election campaigns of 6 weeks instead of 2 years

mpjgregoire, (edited )
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@Lazarou
It's precisely because no one knows exactly when the election will be (until the PM decides) that the campaign period is limited. If the Tories and Labour knew a year ago that the election would be at the start of July, then they'd have had an incentive to start campaigning earlier, to get a jump on the other party.

@smach

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mpjgregoire,
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@LoganFive @Subumbral
Let the boy try to check out Mein Kampf or The 120 Days of Sodom, and we'll see how the librarian reacts.

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