I miss the days of VHS and DVD shelfs in homes, for example. If you bought the tapes and had them in your home, no corporate entity could alter those tapes without your consent, monitor how many times you watch them, sell your data to whomever they please without your knowledge, roll out new mandatory conditions to a ‘user...
Gausman didn’t have a very good day on the mound. But it didn’t matter. The Jays were down 7-1 in the 3rd inning, and they managed a comeback by putting up runs in 5/8 innings and getting good outings from the bullpen....
Greetings Blue Bird aficionados. We seem to be without our good friend and moderator, @imasnyper, this season. I’m thinking I might ask the lemmy.ca admins if they’ll add me as moderator to this community, as I’d like to update it and have it look more active. It might take me a while to figure out how Snyper set up the...
Since the start of Ottawa’s $10-a-day program, Sandra Christian has had many families leave her private child-care centre in B.C. for a spot in a subsidized centre....
Toronto Public Library branch removed a poem by a celebrated Palestinian poet killed in an Israeli airstrike in December, following pressure from pro-Israel lobby group B’nai Brith Canada, a move that advocates are calling a clear example of anti-Palestinian racism....
Top-right is the high-performance quadrant, and bottom-left is the low-performance quadrant. The vertical axis measures batting, and the horizontal axis measures pitching....
Soda-Licious fruit snacks (lemmy.ca)
https://lemmy.ca/pictrs/image/5812ffc7-ec8e-41ee-b85a-38e8af24a61e.jpeg
Don't Put It In Your Mouth (Full Version, 1992) (youtube.com)
piped.video/watch?v=5AuLkMBAFZg
Dress to impress? The Blue Jays debut the Home Run Jacket on a night that the offense comes alive against Chicago (lemmy.ca)
The Blue Jays launched an updated version of the Home Run Jacket in game 47 of the season today, the 3rd of a 3-game series with the Chi Sox....
Coming to terms with no longer having privacy and control over my technology
I miss the days of VHS and DVD shelfs in homes, for example. If you bought the tapes and had them in your home, no corporate entity could alter those tapes without your consent, monitor how many times you watch them, sell your data to whomever they please without your knowledge, roll out new mandatory conditions to a ‘user...
Jays even up the Twins series with a whole-team, feel-good 10-8 win
Gausman didn’t have a very good day on the mound. But it didn’t matter. The Jays were down 7-1 in the 3rd inning, and they managed a comeback by putting up runs in 5/8 innings and getting good outings from the bullpen....
Community moderation and discussion
Greetings Blue Bird aficionados. We seem to be without our good friend and moderator, @imasnyper, this season. I’m thinking I might ask the lemmy.ca admins if they’ll add me as moderator to this community, as I’d like to update it and have it look more active. It might take me a while to figure out how Snyper set up the...
Blue Jays have lost 10 of their last 13 games (-35 run differential)
What do you think they should do? What do you think they will do?
Thousands of Israelis take to streets of Tel Aviv to demand cease-fire and Netanyahu's resignation (apnews.com)
1:21 video shows the scale of the protest....
Subsidized child care not helping low-income families: operators (www.canadianaffairs.news)
Since the start of Ottawa’s $10-a-day program, Sandra Christian has had many families leave her private child-care centre in B.C. for a spot in a subsidized centre....
Toronto Public Library accused of anti-Palestinian racism after abrupt removal of work by Gazan poet (ricochet.media)
Toronto Public Library branch removed a poem by a celebrated Palestinian poet killed in an Israeli airstrike in December, following pressure from pro-Israel lobby group B’nai Brith Canada, a move that advocates are calling a clear example of anti-Palestinian racism....
Israel Briefs US on Plan for 'Ethnic Cleansing' of Rafah (www.commondreams.org)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/15001340...
Historic student movement for Gaza reaches Canada ⋆ The Breach (breachmedia.ca)
The link is a 4:03-minute embedded YT video and transcript. It’s informative, inspiring, and a home-run piece by The Breach imo....
José Berríos is named AL Pitcher of the Month (www.mlb.com)
From MLB press release:...
Sanders Rips Colleagues for Attacking Student Protesters Instead of Netanyahu | Common Dreams (www.commondreams.org)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/20474460...
Opinion: Ontario Nurses’ Association Must Speak Out Against Gaza Atrocities (www.thegrindmag.ca)
This letter was written by a group of nurses across Ontario who are remaining anonymous for fear of professional backlash....
MLB 2024 season so far team performance metrics (April 28th) (lemmy.ca)
Top-right is the high-performance quadrant, and bottom-left is the low-performance quadrant. The vertical axis measures batting, and the horizontal axis measures pitching....
Ad rule (lemmy.ca)
Inspired by the pervasiveness of ads in society in general
Pierre Poilievre is parroting ‘crooked Big Pharma’ talking points ⋆ The Breach (breachmedia.ca)
Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre appears to have a new speech writer: the pharmaceutical lobby....
Who's your favourite character(s) in the gang or not in the gang?
In the gang, my fave is Dennis - he’s so vain and manipulative. I also like Mac when he’s in denial about being gay - I found that arc so funny....
Historic Number of Democratic Reps Vote Against Unconditional Aid to Israel (www.commondreams.org)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/14534792...
The people’s movement that helped force a Liberal shift on Gaza policy ⋆ The Breach (breachmedia.ca)
[Tom Haberstroh] The NBA playoffs are here, and the league’s player participation policy is being tested (www.aol.com)
web.archive.org/…/nba-playoffs-upon-us-league-135…