James H McLaren @JamesHMcLaren@qoto.org
College professor, part time nerd and sci-fi enthusiast. Not actually a duck, but what’s Humphrey Bogart got that I ain’t got?
Joined Nov 2022
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Do you believe US President Joe Biden is cognitively fit to govern for another four years?
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I'm not saying we shouldn't worry about how China might be using TikTok to steal our data and manipulate us...
But why aren't we at least as worried about the U.S. billionaires who own the other apps stealing our data and trying to manipulate us?
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Thousands of climate scientists over more than 30 years provide definitive evidence of climate change.
Danielle Smith: “Meh.”
One anonymous letter that no one has actually seen makes vague allegations about ethics in Edmonton.
Danielle Smith: “OMFG WE HAVE TO INVESTIGATE THIS!!!”
https://globalnews.ca/news/10439503/alberta-premier-says-anonymous-letter-forwarded-to-edmonton-ethics-commissioner/
@mariellequinton Yep I just biked home from work a little while ago. Not pleasant.
I just saw a guy in a public washroom leave a toilet stall and go to a urinal. Huh. Does he not realize the dual purpose nature of the aforementioned appliance?
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Via Politico:
Economic advisers close to Donald #Trump are debating ways to devalue the U.S. dollar if he’s elected to a second term — a dramatic move that could boost U.S. exports but also reignite inflation and threaten the dollar’s position as the world’s dominant currency.
@human3500 The article says four species at risk could be affected so I guess it would be a game changer form them.
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"New Highway 416 interchange in Barrhaven will be a 'game-changer'": Sutcliffe
I'd like to know what's going to change. We'll spend hundreds of millions for 10,000 people to think that they are getting home 30 seconds earlier.
Why couldn't this money be doesn't solving an actual problem? Maybe house some homeless. Maybe feed some starving people. Taking care of people in a bad situation - now that's a game changer.
Catering to people with 2 vehicles each of which is worth $80k along with a house worth $800k isn't changing the game. It's playing the game the exact same way.
https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/new-highway-416-interchange-in-barrhaven-will-be-a-game-changer-sutcliffe
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POLL: How do you get your coffee?
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"How does a MAGA Legislature extract itself from the box it built?
If Republicans repeal the 1864 law now about to take effect, they make a mockery of their own belief that life begins at conception and all abortion is murder."
~ Laurie Roberts
This, I think, is the problem. The Conservatives (and to a lesser extent the Liberals) depend on suburban voters to win elections. Those voters (mostly) see their homes as a nest egg for retirement. Making a real dent in the housing problem will inevitably lower, or at least reduce the increase in, the value of existing homes. So the right wing parties want to be SEEN to be doing something about housing, but they don’t want to actually accomplish anything. https://www.tvo.org/article/the-ford-governments-scattershot-housing-bill-does-not-enough-of-too-much
@kevinbowrin I live near the line a bit further south and they’ve been running trains pretty steadily the last week or so.
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A train! A train! #ottawa
North-South O-Train testing for Line 2 at Carleton station, exciting.
I like Rene Amilcar. She’ll open the north south line when it’s ready to open. That’s a nice change from the previous Ottawa LRT debacle. https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/oc-transpo-boss-will-not-commit-to-trillium-line-opening-date-1.6842852
@HamonWry That’s pretty much the definition of capitalism though: “Government should only give free shit to people who don’t need any free shit.”
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Aww, rats. Peter Higgs dies at 94. I used to live just around the corner from him in Edinburgh. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/apr/09/peter-higgs-physicist-who-discovered-higgs-boson-dies-aged-94
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The fediverse is bigger than Truth Social and most of it isn't even a company... just a bunch of nerds running their own social network on pocket change (as it should be) and the content here is *chefs kiss* so much nicer.
Maybe we should "go public" too LMAO.
College professor, part time nerd and sci-fi enthusiast. Not actually a duck, but what’s Humphrey Bogart got that I ain’t got?
Joined Nov 2022
