streetfestival @ streetfestival @lemmy.ca

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I definitely agree that government should be for the people; I wish I felt like it was. With first past the poll (versus proportional representation), the absurd legal protections of corporations, social media, targeted marketing, corporate control of the news, and lobbying - our democracy is on life support. It's a travesty

Thank you for fighting the good fight, Beaver. On bad (pessimistic) days, our government seems like a firewall, preventing the needs and wishes of everyday people from encroaching on corporate wealth multiplication

The LPC feels so ineffectual right now. It's disheartening. Our political and next election situation seems pretty similar to the one south of the border except that our election isn't for another year

What an absolute @#$%ing embarrassment. I'd like to see actual regulation of the industry not see our government give handouts to a lets-pretend-to-self-regulatate PR ploy

Thank you for that! I love Tobias and Michael in scenes together. I think I might do an AD rewatch, of the first 3 seasons anyway

There's got to be a better way of saying that. I love Tobias, and Michael, and Arrested Development

I love the idea of giant kitties 🥰

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Record-breaking profits enjoyed by a handful of people though! /s

And it's marketing without any real policy or governance or relevance to real people and issues. The world will crumble more the longer this style of politics remains the norm

Agreed, but I also thinks this looks 10x worse on the Canadian government than it does the multinational corps they're jerking off

Dragon's Lair (old school). Too difficult and frustrating for a casual like me, but I want to see the later stages of the game!

The NYT has lost all credibility to report anything on this conflict that is not Israeli government propaganda

Wow. Police brutality. Authoritarianism. The anti-Palestine racism issue in Canada has reached a new low

https://web.archive.org/web/20240712154746/https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/pepper-spray-and-tear-gas-used-as-during-altercations-between-montreal-police-and-pro-palestinian-protesters-1.6960994

This is what supporting genocide looks like. (If you're in the US, I think you still have to vote for Biden in November)

From talk radio to the New York Times, many legacy media companies are (not so) subtly pivoting from journalism to infotainment that is designed to push the agenda of billionaire owners and get clicks and targeted advertising revenue. They also want to have their cake and eat it too though: to have no accountability for journalistic standards yet maintain their historic cache in news spaces.

Coverage of Palestine in the the last year, the US presidential election (Biden vs Trump), and the capital gains tax in Canada a couple months ago (that only applies to the <1% wealthiest Canadians) have all clearly exemplified this. I also recognize differences in true majority opinions on these matters and the ostensible status quos that the media outlets try to portray on how Canadians, Americans, or people in general feel about these issues. Propaganda is a strong word, and boy we're trending in that direction

I'm so glad Murray's on the team! We are stacked with talent!! Our size is our biggest weakness, at the centre position and maybe overall as well

Canada plays for 3rd place on Saturday at 8 pm ET https://copaamerica.com/en/match-schedule/

That's a really great shot of two cats! It looks like they're posing for the photo. They're super cute too!

Biscuit is really sweet. The name Biscuit reminds me of phrase making biscuits (cat kneading): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kneading_(cats)