@RandomCanuck@mstdn.ca
@RandomCanuck@mstdn.ca avatar

RandomCanuck

@RandomCanuck@mstdn.ca

🇨🇦 citizen, 🇺🇦 supporter.

"We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear." - MLK jr

Born at 320 ppm CO2
Not nearly as random as I'd like to be.

Avatar: A white man wearing glasses peeks over the top of a MacBook screen adorned with various stickers.

Header: Two wooden signs, one with a left arrow that says "same old mistakes" and one with a right arrow that says "glorious new mistakes."

#nobridge

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

ned, (edited ) to random
@ned@mstdn.ca avatar

Louder for those in the back.

There is nothing "innovative" about control of capital resources.

Besides which, those who do the actual creating are just working for a living. They don't have a profit motive, they just want to get paid, whether the funding comes publicly or privately.

GottaLaff, to random
@GottaLaff@mastodon.social avatar

"This is not subjective. We all saw it. Plenty of leaders today try to convince the masses we did not see what we saw, but our eyes don’t deceive. (If leaders began a yearslong campaign today to convince us that the Baltimore bridge did not collapse Tuesday morning, would you ever believe them?) Trust your eyes. Trump on Jan. 6 launched the most serious threat to our system of government since the Civil War. You know that. You saw it." https://www.cleveland.com/news/2024/03/our-trump-reporting-upsets-some-readers-but-there-arent-two-sides-to-facts-letter-from-the-editor.html

e_urq, to trans
@e_urq@journa.host avatar

New on Assigned, I found out earlier today that Jonathan Haidt, the author of the splashy new pop-psych book about how smartphones are bad for kids, believes and is promoting a fringe theory that kids are becoming due to social media as well.

Haidt told PBS that "clusters of girls" are developing gender dysphoria when they never had it before.

The problem, of course, is that there's no research whatsoever backing that up.

https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/jonathan-haidt-social-contagion-rogd-pbs

lisamelton, to random
@lisamelton@mastodon.social avatar

Two weeks ago, a build of Mastodon's Web interface removed two features which impacted me, other power users and some folks with accessibility issues.

And many of us complained 'cause, well, it kinda sucked.

But @renchap and the developers listened to us! And they didn't just back out those changes. No, they restored the functionality integrated with other new features.

So, I wanted to publicly thank them for all that hard work and landing it last week. Y'all rock! 💖

/cc @Gargron

luckytran, to random
@luckytran@med-mastodon.com avatar

People have spent years downplaying COVID by saying "it's just the flu." This is reckless for many reasons, one of those being that new flu strains pose a constant threat to public health. I really hope we don't have to experience directly how devastating the flu can be.

rbreich, to random
@rbreich@masto.ai avatar

Unions boost their members’ wages by 10-15%.

In fact, union contracts negotiated last year secured the highest average first-year wage increases since tracking began in 1988.

This is why we must continue the fight to build back union power.

carrieberry, to random
@carrieberry@mstdn.social avatar

If Canada axed its carbon tax — and rebates — this is how different households would gain or lose:
High-income households would tend to be the biggest winners, lower-income households hurt the most
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/axe-the-tax-and-carbon-rebate-how-canada-households-affected-1.7046905

carrieberry, to random
@carrieberry@mstdn.social avatar

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/commentary/article-the-future-economy-will-suffer-if-canada-axes-the-carbon-tax/

lisamelton, (edited ) to opensource
@lisamelton@mastodon.social avatar

March 31 was already significant to me because that's the day in 1998 when I helped Navigator become .

Now this day has a whole new meaning for me as a woman. And it's my first that I celebrate publicly since coming out to everyone on June 21 of last year.

To all my siblings, I see you. Even if complete visibility isn't possible for you right now. You still matter. You're still loved. And you're still trans. Never doubt that. 🏳️‍⚧️🫂💖

plaguepoems, to random
@plaguepoems@mastodon.social avatar

This pandemic
is a once in a lifetime event
yes, this pandemic
is just a once in a lifetime event
at least this is what I tell myself
as I try to make it through
this pandemic
which is currently in its fifth year.

stux, to random
@stux@mstdn.social avatar

The story of Boji the goood :blobcathearts:

A dog doing its daily routine like he did with his previous hooman every day

mike, (edited ) to random
@mike@thecanadian.social avatar

I've said it a thousand times, corporate stock buy backs should be illegal. Just watched an interview with Sully Sullenburger re the situation at Boeing.
"They spent a lot of money on stock buybacks instead of re-investing in safety and engineering"

Stock buybacks were at one time illegal because it creates an artificial market environment. It's insider trading on steroids. Governments everywhere need to stop abdicating their regulatory responsibilies. It's literally killing people.

augieray, to random
@augieray@mastodon.social avatar

Cool new risk assessment tool. Called ARIA (Airborne Risk Indoor Assessment), it comes from . (Look, they say it's airborne--finally.) 😆
It asks for LOTS of info (date, nation and city, Enter temp, humidity, dimensions of room, occupancy, duration, assumed number of attendees infected, if you've been vaccinated, etc.) and provides an estimate of risk:

https://partnersplatform.who.int/tools/aria/calculator

RickiTarr, to random
@RickiTarr@beige.party avatar

Maybe some people are "sad", because they live in a society that is actually prejudiced against them, and trying harder isn't going to fix it for them.

gentrifiedrose,

@RickiTarr Its sounds bizarre to white people & to an alarming number of POC but I truly feel alone when I am interviewing for a job that I am over qualified for and the white interviewers ask me questions about my age, marital status and race. Although dramatic, it feels like I am being hit by a truck every single time. Its inexplicable but I need a job to survive. I feel like I am at risk each time an interviewer asks if I have children or what country my parents were born. I'm always scared.

Free_Press, to news
@Free_Press@mstdn.social avatar

Republicans Somehow Find Worst Possible Nominee to Replace Ken Buck

The new republican candidate has a criminal record, including domestic violence and drunk driving.

https://newrepublic.com/post/180267/greg-lopez-republican-nominee-replace-ken-buck-violent-past

stux, to random
@stux@mstdn.social avatar

A little too enthusiastic

gemelliz, to Canada
@gemelliz@mstdn.ca avatar

“Sometimes it’s hard to tell who is the bigger idiot: the politician campaigning against a program that benefits the majority or the majority preparing to torpedo a program that benefits them.
#Poilievre has bullied the public through social media manipulation into abandoning something that all evidence shows is working. PP axed the facts & #Canada is ready to elect him because of a dumb slogan brought to you by Big Oil.”

#CarbonTax #rebates #climate #cdnpoli via #taylorNoakes @cultmtl

timkmak, to Ukraine
@timkmak@journa.host avatar

Here's what we are reading today:

Zelenskyy announced that without U.S. aid, would have to retreat in “small steps.”

Ukraine has had to rely on natively produced weapons to fill in the equipment gaps, like drones, but it is not enough.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/zelenskiy-says-without-us-aid-ukraine-forces-will-have-retreat-2024-03-29/

timkmak,
@timkmak@journa.host avatar

Donald Tusk stressed that Europe is in a “pre-war” era and that Russia must be defeated for the “good of the whole continent.”

War in is no longer an abstract scenario, he said.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68692195.amp

augieray, to random
@augieray@mastodon.social avatar

I don't need another epidemic to track, but you may have heard about in cows in the US. Some info:

  • May be rapidly spreading. Found in cattle in multiple states recently (NM, ID, OH, MI, KS, TX)
  • MAY be spreading cow-to-cow as cattle are imported from other states.
  • Low risk to humans (so far): Pasteurization kills the virus in milk produced by an infected cow
  • Risk to dairy business: Infections are spoiling milk and causing limited disease in mostly older animals. (1/3)
VE3RWJ, to Hockey
@VE3RWJ@mastodon.radio avatar

Copied from Facebook:

Turns out the mountain depicted on ’s CON jersey is in fact the Matterhorn in Switzerland, not a peak in the rockies.
Of note, Switzerland has had a national carbon tax since 2008, already set at $180 CAD a tonne which is $10 more than Canada’s 2030 target.
Oh the irony 🤔😳🥹🤣

chris, to Unions
@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca avatar

In case you feel like climbing on board a 787 or 737 Max in the next little while... this might disabuse you of such a consideration:

“Discussing Swampy’s death and the whistleblower lawsuit he left behind, the longtime former Boeing executive told me, “I don’t think one can be cynical enough when it comes to these guys.” Did that mean he thought Boeing assassinated Swampy? “It’s a top-secret military contractor, remember; there are spies everywhere,” he replied. More importantly, he added, “there is a principle in American law that there is no such thing as an accidental death during the commission of a felony. Let’s say you rob a bank and while traveling at high speed in the getaway you run down a pedestrian and kill them. That’s second-degree murder at the very least.””

#Boeing #NeoLiberalism #Mismanagement #Unions
https://prospect.org/infrastructure/transportation/2024-03-28-suicide-mission-boeing/

gemelliz, to Canada
@gemelliz@mstdn.ca avatar

In 6 months, Conservative leader Pierre #Poilievre billed Canadian taxpayers over $3 MILLION in expenses – averaging $562,428.91 per month.

He's been jetting around campaigning nonstop about affordability & food banks while living in a taxpayer-funded mansion with chef, chauffeur & nannies.

Elections #Canada says PP raised $23.3M, almost double the Liberals. So, while the Feds have been running the country, PP has been running across the country building a massive election war chest.

gemelliz, to Canada
@gemelliz@mstdn.ca avatar

Back in 2005, rookie MP Pierre Poilievre petitioned Queen Elizabeth to compel her to reject Michaëlle Jean's appointment as Governor General of Canada.
The Queen dismissed his request.

#canada #poilievre #BaloneyFactory #cdnpoli

CanadianCrone,
@CanadianCrone@mstdn.ca avatar

@gemelliz took issue with Jean's past support of the Quebec sovereignty movement. So he took out a petition asking the Queen of Canada to dismiss her. Shouldn’t we be asking the king to dismiss him given his involvement in, and support of, the ? Seems only fair.

adamvs1,
@adamvs1@mastodon.world avatar

@gemelliz @CanadianCrone Everytime I think I’ve heard ‘Peak Poilievre’ something even more petty, unserious, and yet grandstanding arrives. He is a truly miserable little git.

johnquiggin, to random
@johnquiggin@aus.social avatar

It would be good for someone to write an all-purpose book with the title “It’s More Complicated Than That”. Everyone should buy it and put it on to the desk next to the skull saying Memento Mori.

Then, with that ever-present reminder, we could all go back to talking in terms of the oversimplified concepts we all use to make sense of history, economics and life in general: the Middle Ages, the nuclear family and so on.

  • All
  • Subscribed
  • Moderated
  • Favorites
  • •
  • megavids
  • thenastyranch
  • magazineikmin
  • everett
  • InstantRegret
  • rosin
  • Youngstown
  • slotface
  • love
  • khanakhh
  • kavyap
  • tacticalgear
  • GTA5RPClips
  • DreamBathrooms
  • provamag3
  • modclub
  • mdbf
  • normalnudes
  • Durango
  • ethstaker
  • osvaldo12
  • cubers
  • ngwrru68w68
  • tester
  • anitta
  • cisconetworking
  • Leos
  • JUstTest
  • All magazines
    •