I've been saying this for awhile; I think Trump wasn't supposed to win this term. He looked legit surprised when he won, and I think the Republicans were planning for four more years to really solidify their plans, and get more right wing gov'ts in power first (like Canada). Trump winning pushed everything up four years early, and made them basically have to speed-run to the goal. They went mask off so fast, and they're driving everything through before it would have been ideal. It's now or never.
To paraphrase Dr. Who, this has always stuck with me: Never be cruel, never be cowardly. Remember – hate is always foolish…and love, is always wise. Always try to be nice, and never fail to be kind.
Oh dude, no worries. I was wrong about the totals too. There's way more cases in Canada than I was aware of. It's weirdly difficult to find the specifics. Actually really surprised there's fewer than 1000 in the US overall as well.
This is strange. I'm trying to find the full stats, however this says as of Nov 9 2024, Canada had a total of 130 cases. Granted this was only 6 provinces, but the 6 most populated.
The spike lately is certainly way more than I was aware of, though everything I could find about MB specifically has 20 total in 2025 so far.
Haha yup, just one of the quips Carney made that went over Trump's head. Referring to Canada being owned by Canadians to a man who believes he owns his country himself was really well done.
I don't understand what a "Joe Biden" moment is? He pulled the US through the damage of Trump's first term and was objectively a pretty successful President. I have no idea what you're getting at. Seeing an adult in the room with Trump?
A win's a win but it really was too close for comfort. Gotta stay vigilant and keep the fascists at bay. Thank you though, it's a mice sentiment. We dodged a bullet but the guns still firing.
Edit: responded to the other guy. Too much booze celebrating beating fascists
Imposter syndrome just limits you. Nothing wrong with fake it 'til you make it. If you're not doing it, someone else is. Just base your opinion of them on what you see, and act the same regarding other's opinions of you. Actions speak louder than words.
I dunno, I'd like to try to be hopeful. The NDP has a real shot to completely rebrand and come back swinging. Convince Charlie Angus to come out of retirement and lead the party, and spend the next however-long-this-term-lasts rebuilding support. I can't think of a better outcome than having to Sophie's Choice between Carney and Angus. Imagine having to choose between 2 legitimately good party leaders.
True enough. I suspect that "yet" will come pretty soon though. I'm hoping all of these 'early AI adopter' companies fuck themselves out of business. With the tech as it is, most companies pivoting their products to AI on the user-end are just introducing a middle man. Once people catch on to it and realize they can just cut out the middle man, they hopefully won't last long.
This kind of thing is what confuses me as a business model. Take audio books for example, Audible is pivoting to ai voices. Why would people spend $20 on an audio book with an ai voice when they can just spend $1.99 on the eBook and run it through an ai voice program themselves?
Has Mullvad ever been required to comply for anything though? Or are you saying Mullvad has already, and refused to follow Swedish law?