Isaac

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[–] Isaac@waterloolemmy.ca 9 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

https://pierresrecord.ca/

  • Received a government pension at 31, then raised the retirement age on hard-working Canadians
  • Defined marriage as a union between ‘one man and one woman, to the exclusion of all others’ (in front of his gay parent)
  • Visited and courted far-right extremist groups
  • Said Indigenous Peoples needed to learn the value of hard work more than they needed compensation for residential schools
  • Worked to bring American-style, anti-union laws to Canada
  • Said he’d use the notwithstanding clause, overriding Canadians’ rights
  • Committed to free votes, allowing his MPs to bring forward anti-abortion legislation

Timbit Trump has had a terrible history as MP, I don't want to see him as PM.

[–] Isaac@waterloolemmy.ca 5 points 11 hours ago

Retirement for the environment

[–] Isaac@waterloolemmy.ca 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

That's awesome! Yes each country, region, municipality should have their own instance. I've spun up a Lemmy instance and going to try and make grassroots in roads by going to local businessses and trying to get them to sign up.

Its a chicken and the egg dilemma. Trying to get users is hard, but if there are businesses that interact with local users then there's something more whole some. Not zucc, musky, or the other broligarchs making pennies on each local interaction. Their power needs to be usurped by the people.

[–] Isaac@waterloolemmy.ca 1 points 11 hours ago

Yes it's good on the surface, but echo chambers are near impossible to break. Having everyone on fediverse where there's not perverse incentives to tailor algorithms to keep your engagement could help free some younger minds.

Its still a curated echo chamber and not reflective of the broader society, but its not a broligarch making pennies on each click either. For online social discourse, transparency is key.

Reddit has recently been issue warnings for users that engage (read: upvote) with content construed as inciting violence. Free and open discourse is not tenable on the main platforms (Meta, X, Reddit, etc.) and are being astro-turfed by bots trying to drive wedges in the communities.

[–] Isaac@waterloolemmy.ca 4 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

Billie du Page - Fake Friends (English) https://youtu.be/1vN7prrtDNg

There's apparently a French version? I haven't heard it but if its same lyrics then sure add both!

Edit: version en français https://youtu.be/7gjeVsxETCI

[–] Isaac@waterloolemmy.ca 24 points 1 day ago

https://pierresrecord.ca/

  • Received a government pension at 31, then raised the retirement age on hard-working Canadians
  • Defined marriage as a union between ‘one man and one woman, to the exclusion of all others’ (in front of his gay parent)
  • Visited and courted far-right extremist groups
  • Said Indigenous Peoples needed to learn the value of hard work more than they needed compensation for residential schools
  • Worked to bring American-style, anti-union laws to Canada
  • Said he’d use the notwithstanding clause, overriding Canadians’ rights
  • Committed to free votes, allowing his MPs to bring forward anti-abortion legislation

Timbit Trump has had a terrible history as MP, I don't want to see him as PM.