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People always talk about the Grammys, but it's really high time that we as Canadians start treating the Junos as what they were intended to be: an awards ceremony recognizing the best that Canada has to offer in music and NOT a means of advertising Canadian talent to the American market.

ROOTING FOR CARIBOU AND BBNO$ WOOOOOOOOO

How it feels to post on Canadian topics as a Canadian on PieFed/Lemmy rn.

Hi all!

I've been thinking lately of following more Lemmy.ca communities where possible in order to help foster growth and community with Canadian fediverse users. I used to have a lemmy.ca account, but have since swapped to PieFed's software and have been finding it to be a much better match for me and my personal usecase.

I was just curious if there was a cooking community hosted on the Lemmy.ca instance. In going to the site myself and doing a quick search on the communities page, I was unable to find such a community. If there is one, I was hoping to be pointed in the right direction, as I would greatly appreciate it.

Thanks in advance, and Elbows up!

Hey all,

I recently got some pictures to hang onto the wall of my apartment. While I was able to hang up four of the five so far despite some challenges (needing to get a nut driver to remove portions of the frames and using a command hook for one of the frames rather than strips due to the screws holding the frame together jutting out too much for it to sit flat on the wall with command strips), there's been one picture that I'm in a weird spot with.

Now the picture is clearly not original, it's very obvious that it's a printed reproduction. Regardless, I love the way the art looks, and want to hang it on the wall behind the couch. My issue is that the wooden frame is warped, and I'm a bit lost as to where to go forward with this. The piece I removed from the frame seems to indicate that it was meant to be hung using a nail in the wall, but being in an apartment that would go against my lease. The good news is that I almost certainly can use command strips to attach it to the wall, if only I can figure out how to fix the warping to lay it flat.

Looking online, it might be me using bad search terms, but I can only seem to find out information about what causes this to happen rather than information as to how to fix it. If at all possible I want to avoid reframing the picture since honestly that wouldn't be worth the hassle with how cheap the picture seems to be seeing that it's a reprint.

Thanks in advance!

Hey all,

Last year I was diagnosed with ADHD, and while I've been making a habit of keeping medicated, I still find myself at times getting too distracted to keep me from getting important stuff done. The most infuriating thing I'm currently dealing with is my troubles in creating a consistent sleep schedule, where I have a sleep schedule that works set out, but find myself getting too distracted and staying up unreasonably late as a result.

Unfortunately I had to swap to Windows recently, so looking for suggestions that can run on Windows 10. The harder to ignore, the better. Thanks in advance!

Hey all,

I figured I'd make this post since I was recently looking at the peanut butter section of the store, and every single brand save for Kraft was imported from the US. Kraft, however, likely uses peanuts imported from the US and processes them into peanut butter here in Canada, which allows them to label their peanut butter as a product of Canada.

Peanuts are apparently hardly grown in Canada because of the climate, so importing them from down south makes sense in that regard. However, if you want to find options that source from Canadian farms, Nuts To You Nut Butter makes Sunflower and Pumpkin seed butters that source their seeds from farms in Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Ontario exclusively. Just be sure that it says "grown in Canada" on the label since while the sunflower seed butter I bought states that on the label, the pumpkin seed butter I saw didn't have the label like it does on their website, so it might be a recent change they've made. Just gave the sunflower seed butter a try today and it's genuinely incredible.

I was curious as to what brands of nut butters you all know that are made in Canada since peanut butter is such a big part of a lot of people's diets. Would love to see what y'all have to share!

Hey all,

So I recently learned that the Nutty Club brand is going to shut down completely next month and is currently auctioning off all their equipment. While they admittedly didn't seem to be the best in terms of marketing their product and adjusting to the new retail landscape, I still find it sad seeing a Canadian business going defunct, especially one with as much history and nostalgia factor as Nutty Club has.

That being said, what are some good independent candy companies based here in Canada I can support going forward? While I am working overall to dial down my intake of sweets and junk food, I'd love to support something made here when I do decide to treat myself. If it helps for context, I personally live out west in Alberta, but I'd also love to hear of what's available in the rest of Canada. The only other independent, decently inexpensive Canadian candy that comes to mind are Pal-O-Mines, and I'm not even 100% sure if they're made here or just sold in Canada.

Found this absolutely insane. I already am skeptical about the difference in quality of pasta shipped in from Italy, but it's not like Turkey is world-renowned for their pasta like Italy is.

Personally making the swap to purchasing Unico branded pasta since they're made in Canada with Canadian wheat, and I know Italpasta is also made here as well. Figured sharing this information may help people make a swap, but also curious about other brands that make their pasta within our borders rather than ship them in.

Hey all,

Recently I've been trying to work on purchasing more products made here in Canada as opposed to down south or overseas, reason being to help decrease my environmental footprint, as well as to keep my money supporting businesses based in Canada, especially with the tariffs that might be coming in the near future.

I was curious if there were some good tips to help find products made within our borders. Some stuff has been easy, like swapping from Silk to Earth's Own for example due to labeling on the package that states where the product was manufactured, but other stuff is a bit of a pain since it doesn't seem to indicate where the product is manufactured or at the very least if it was imported, just where the company's head office is located.

While my main concern is with groceries since I've been trying to purchase more second-hand as of late, I was curious as to what some good all-around tips are for finding Canadian products. I'm willing to spend a little more if needed, I prefer to bank my money in my morals and not in convenience.

Hey all,

So I recently decided to go vegan. My personal reasons for ditching animal products were because of environmental factors, animal welfare, and trying to maintain consistency with the values I hold to their logical ends.

I was curious. I've seen a lot of hate towards vegans online, admittedly being someone who partook in that several years ago myself to a small degree. While I'm glad and very lucky people I know closely have been making accommodations for me, I'm also worried about mentioning or bringing it up to people I'm getting to know since I don't want to rub them the wrong way if they possibly have these notions that being vegan and veganism are a bad thing. Namely when it's relevant in conversation like people asking me why I read ingredients lists or can't have something they're offering me, which I've been half-lying attributing to food allergies and intolerances out of worry (I'm lactose intolerant, which helps as a cop-out).

I'm wanting to know what people dislike about vegans, whether they're based on previous experiences they've had, or preconceived notions, and what would make someone a "good vegan" in their eyes. I know I shouldn't be a people-pleaser, but knowing this stuff would definitely help me gain the confidence to be more open about myself and my personal values to others who don't necessarily share said values.

Thanks in advance, I'll try to respond where possible, but it's going to be a busy day for me, though I do read all replies to posts I make.

Hi all,

I'm currently wanting to make a few wiki pages for a community I host here on PieFed. Not trying to advertise the community, but for context, it's a community about BY-NC-SA licensed music, and I'm wanting to create a guide as to how to find new music with that license on certain platforms.

My trouble is this. I want to provide those viewing posts with the ability to find music with ease utilizing search engines when that's the best option to do so. However, I also don't want to have that search engine be Google if that's at all possible.

The main features I'm needing are to only fetch results from certain websites, and to specifically include or exclude specific phrases. For example, if I wanted to find BY-NC-SA power metal music on BandCamp, and exclude songs from the band Blind Desire for some random reason, I'd have the following search:

In this case, Google only fetches results from bandcamp.com, only with the BY-NC-SA license, and only with the words "power metal" in the page, while also removing results from Blind Desire.

Are there any privacy-friendly options that have similar search features? Being made aware of an alternative like this will definitely help me kick what little reliance I have left on Google.

Thanks in advance.