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  • Danielle Smith is Mark Carney's secret weapon

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  • I also hate attack ads, but... Is it really an attack ad if you simply play the recording of what someone else said without editing it to make it worse (because it's already sufficient bad in its whole, truthful self)?

  • Canadian Muslims outraged as Quebec moves to ban religious symbols at schools, including hijab

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  • I'm saying everyone should have equal freedom to wear the headwear they want to wear or not wear, regardless of whether it's for fashion, cultural, or religious reasons.

  • What TV cancellation are you most upset by?

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  • Yes, we do eventually find out what G stands for.

  • Canadians Turn on Tesla, and It Becomes Physical | More than 80 Teslas were damaged in Hamilton, Ontario, the police said, amid other acts of vandalism against the company owned by Elon Musk.

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  • As bad as American prisons are, they are not on the scale as being deported (is that even the right word in this case?) to what amounts to a concentration camp in a foreign country without any process.

  • What TV cancellation are you most upset by?

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  • Firefly and Pushing Daisies are staples in these conversations, so I'll throw in a less common one: NCIS LA.

    I watched that show for over a decade. It was something predictable and comfortable. The show ending was like losing my favourite hoodie I've had for 14 years. Does it really impact my life? No. Do I miss it nonetheless? Yes.

  • Tesla recalls all Cybertrucks ever made over trim falling off | Electrek

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  • A little over a year ago, a guy tried to ask me out and I'm the process said a few dumb things in an attempt to impress me. The dumbest of them all was that he was planning to buy a Cybertruck as his next vehicle. By the time he'd said this, I'd already long made up my mind about this guy. Mind, this was the period of time when Elon was just an asshole and hadn't gone full Nazi yet, but even then, this dude's choice of vehicle told me I'd made the right choice.

    Theseadays I wonder if that guy ever got his idiot truck, and, whether he did or not, if he's changed his mind about it.

  • Canadian Muslims outraged as Quebec moves to ban religious symbols at schools, including hijab

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  • The lesson here isn't "they shouldn't be able to wear headwear, either", but "I should be able to wear headwear, too".

  • B.C. company apologizes for '51st state' reference in ad following online outrage

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  • Yikes, I'm wondering how many people looked at and approved the ad through its different stages. This is an example why you need to get fresh eyes on things before publishing, people who are too close to a project have a skewed perspective.

  • Canada condemns China after it executes Canadians over 'drug-related crime'

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  • This is just one example of why Canada should not cozy up to China, as some have suggested in recent weeks. China is not an ally to Canada, to freedom, to democracy, or to human righta. We should never forget that their government held Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig hostage. That's just what they've done to specific Canadians, they've done much worse to other people groups (Tibetans, Uighur) and their own citizens. As far as feasible, we should be avoiding China the way we are avoiding the USA. China is more enemy than friend.

  • Wait, why is the White House using Starlink to ‘improve Wi-Fi’?

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  • I don't believe nothing will change. I do believe Musk will capture communications and use it to monitor people he believes are his biggest enemies, then use it to best-case blackmail them, worst-case have them arrested in trumped-up (no pun intended) charges.

    Random unknown people are being kidnapped, tortured, and sold internationally as slaves by the government. These are the cases we know about because they are getting to the media. How many are not getting through the Right-supporting media? Do we really think actual opponents aren't just waiting targets?

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  • Librarians go to school to learn how to manage information, whether it is in book format or otherwise. (We tend to think of libraries as places with books because, for so much of human history, that's how information was stored.)

    They are not supposed to have more information in their heads, they are supposed to know how to find (source) information, catalogue and categorize it, identify good information from bad information, good information sources from bad ones, and teach others how to do so as well.

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  • I had to tell a bunch of librarians that LLMs are literally language models made to mimic language patterns, and are not made to be factually correct. They understood it when I put it that way, but librarians are supposed to be "information professionals". If they, as a slightly better trained subset of the general public, don't know that, the general public has no hope of knowing that.

  • Did you (like me) take up drinking Earl Grey because it was Picard's beverage?

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  • I never really got into tea because I always found the flavour disappointing compared to its aroma. But I recently tried yerba maté, which isn't a tea but definition, but is similar. It's made from the leaves and stems of Holly and has a strong, bitter flavour that definitely does not disappoint. It's enjoyed in places like Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Brazil. Now I start my day with a mug of coffee, then sip on maté the rest of the day.

  • How a Columbia Student Fled to Canada After ICE Came Looking for Her

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  • This is insanity. I'm glad she's safe here in Canada and edit: HOPE she will be granted status to stay and complete her PhD that she's almost done. It sounds like Srinivasan is the kind of person we want to welcome here: intelligent, hard working, slides with justice.

    I hope Canada will continue to be a safe place for people who work hard for a better life not just for themselves, but others also.

  • Quebec aluminum towns aren’t feeling the sting of 25 per cent U.S. tariffs

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  • Personally, I'm not sure we can assume there will be an election in four years. Or if there is one, that it won't be an "election", like in Russia.

    (Likewise, if the US ever did take over Canada by force, I'm sure we would be a territory like Puerto Rico and not have a vote.)

  • Elon reportedly orders government to stop feeding the bomb-sniffing dogs

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  • Dogs taking away jobs from humans? What a disgrace! Surely dogs are DEI hires, if I ever saw one. They're not even people!

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    Texas lawmakers file FURRIES Act, targeting animal roleplay in schools

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  • There are very many normal human sounds that are not speech, including, but not limited to: laughter, crying, yelling/screaming/yelping (in surprise, pain, fear), groaning, moaning, yawning, sneezing, coughing, vomiting, singing, whistling.

    What constitutes human speech? There are languages that have sounds that don't exist in other languages (said as someone still trying to get a hold on rolling my Rs).

    In any case, we should all learn some sign language. Seriously, it's useful to be able to communicate silently or just visually (e.g. Across a noisy room), plus it makes life way more inclusive for Deaf people.

  • Surprising Share Of Canadians Support EU Membership

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  • Wow, the Russian (probably) movement went hard on that one.

    My respect to you for going back and checking it out.

  • Huge Ontario music store known for being largest in Canada closing after 57 years

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  • Honestly, I'm not surprised. Was their main target in-store shoppers? Their location is too far for, I suspect, most people when a L&M (or even other small, independent stores) is much closer.