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  • My understanding is that this covers only disinformation about Elections Canada, not in general, like news about people, politicians, provinces, policies, institutions, etc…

    I suggest to also pin + sidebar one of Canada's guides to identify and report disinformation.

  • They are also very friendly with everyone, try to stay neutral, and more important, hold the key to a lot of money.

    But they did not achieve that just by giving people guns, they teach it in schools, hold shooting competitions, lots of bureaucracy, and you can be charged for improper use of your equipment. Their society is not as divided, and they also have good support for their citizens.

    Looking around the world, the places that controlled gun violence well either banned or added more bureaucracy. But it appears that people prefer to go the Australian way.

  • Montreal was a big one. I think the last big mass shootings were all smuggled from the USA, or stolen from the police (Nova Scotia 2020).

    I meant murder with guns in general. It feels like there is always a pundit saying the weapon being black, or having a handgun handle increases lethality… and red makes it faster, more dakka. It feels it is more for economic reasons (block competition) than to solve any real problem.

    There is this one in 2022, it is not as big, but the guy killed multiple people with legal handguns. https://siu.on.ca/en/directors_report_details.php?drid=2360

  • My 80yo father-in-law has some drones, he will be more useful than me, I should probably save for a good one and start practicing.

    Found some tikka t3x on the used listing here, I was trying to find their brochure to see which model they recommend for conversion to 7.62, I imagine a .308 Win would work.

  • Yeah, just infantry, we are talking about rocket launchers, anti-tank grenade launchers(RPG famously), LMG, manpads. Then you have things you can mount on a truck, then you have vehicles itself...

    You also have support from other countries and people, sharing resources, and intelligence. You do not resist USA or Russian with just a bunch of minutemen with walmart weapons. Even harder if they do not care for civilian lives.

    You might have some success disrupting some logistics in the partisan life, but not without a considerable support from modern military and allies.

    well regulated militia

    I might be wrong, but that person's argument seems to be about the individual owner's paper on preserving our sovereignty, independent of the calibre size.

  • No one is using legally attained weapons to kill people.

    The problem is, they are using legally attained weapons to kill people.

    And every time they do, the news makes sure that it is described, and politicians use it as an argument for more restrict control and weird rules.

    They do that because it is easy, and it does not alienate their base and lobbyists. It does not mean it will solve the problem in the long term.

    Not so long ago, they banned a tamagotchi because thieves were using 15K USD devices to unlock cars.

  • Modern militaries are on a different level than “A well regulated Militia” or whatever other 2A BS this is.

    .22 will be useless and they start shelling us.

    I feel like anyone LARPing or dreaming with military campaign would be better served by practicing with RC planes and drones, tanking cool pictures, breathtaking videos, or just doing cool aerial tricks.

  • The citynew article is terrible, the university release explains things better, including highlighting the problems with the livestock industry they are trying to solve (also with the mining industry).

    Who paid for this research? The cattle association?

    The single cell protein (SCP) research is very old. In this specific case, it was https://www.cvictus.com/ that asked U of A to check if they could create protein with their hydrogen.

    Helping the environment means ending the livestock industry and moving to a varied plant-based diet.

    Humans consume a lot of SCP, people might be more comfortable with algae and fungi based, but it is not that uncommon to check the ingredient lists and see some "bacillus" in there, or Spirulina if you are into cooking.

    Bacteria yield more protein per volume, but sadly, they also can create toxins and might not taste as great as algae and fungi, that also adds to the importance of those kinds of research.

    A few papers down the line and these SCP can help us end the need for livestock.

    “dried methanol mixed with bacteria protein”

    That is not the case.

    Ending cruelty is an honourable cause, and also benefits us a lot. But the way you use your words reminded me of those Republicans defunding research and aid because the wording made them uncomfortable.

  • Nowadays, I think it means "agreeable". "I agree with this".

    It is a term that changed a lot in such a short time. I remember it was a way to call a drug addict, like crackhead/basehead. Then it changed to call people talking nonsense, like they were on crack.

    I imagine, at some point, someone agreed with the crackhead talk and read some comment of the nonsense being called "based".