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TheMcG@lemmy.cato Patient Gamers@sh.itjust.works•After years of hearing about it, I finally started playing Timberborn. Great chill city builder.5·2 months agoGot 248 hours on record. It’s probably my top city builder at this point.
2Gbit FTTH for $50 cad per month
TheMcG@lemmy.cato Global News@lemmy.zip•Canada PM Mark Carney says old relationship with US 'is over'8·2 months agoI think you are fundamentally misunderstanding how broken the relationship is if you think just voting in a dem will fix it.
TheMcG@lemmy.caOPto Ontario@lemmy.ca•Insiders say Pierre Poilievre called Doug Ford for help — and the premier turned him downEnglish91·2 months agoapologies I actually meant to put the archive link in the post but seem to have forgotten.
As to why I would post a pay-walled article is simple; I believe if we want to continue having quality journalism in this country it is something we need to appropriately fund. We can’t rely on only the CBC (and not just because PP and the cpc want to destroy it). As far as I can tell this is original reporting from the Star so I do kinda feel it is morally correct to link to them first. (although I do not disagree with archive links for paywall bypass maybe that makes me a hypocrite… meh)
I feel its also especially important to fund the star right now as it is one of the last Canadian owned mainstream news outlets that isnt distinctly right wing (even if it is slowly drifting to the right imo) and isn’t ideologically driven (IE Press Progress, CanadaLand).
TheMcG@lemmy.caOPto Canada@lemmy.ca•Insiders say Pierre Poilievre called Doug Ford for help — and the premier turned him downEnglish1·2 months agoOthers have given direct context but general context within Canada is that the federal parties and provincial parties are only tangentially related. However I would say historically Ontario has had the provincial parties most closely aligned to their federal counterparts.
Ontario also had a very odd habit of always voting in opposition to the federal party in power. (IE feds are liberal so we go conservative). Ford actually recently called an early election precisely because he was worried that PP would be in power federally which would have drastically harmed his performance if Ontario had its election as planned.
One thing I haven’t seen mentioned here but is in the article is how odd it is that he turned down P but met personally not just with our new PM Carney of the liberals, but with Christia Freeland one of the most prominent federal liberals. She is also now the minister in charge of internal trade. Something currently both (if not all) parties are closely aligned on solving.
TheMcG@lemmy.caOPto Canada@lemmy.ca•Insiders say Pierre Poilievre called Doug Ford for help — and the premier turned him downEnglish2·2 months agoI don’t think it’s an issue of his image, but of what he can personally benefit from it. He sees a sinking ship, so he’s distancing himself from PP
completely agree. Ford is a populist cut from a different cloth than PP. He realized a lot quicker that Trump style conservative rule isn’t going to fly here yet (hopefully never). He’s also a lot more open to backing down when he realizes he read the room wrong instead of doubling down.
Ford’s far more slimey than you’re giving him credit. It’s obvious when you consider that he widely advertised the 25% energy surcharge, then backed off of it quietly when the US gave him some compliments and offered him a seat to a talk without a single promise, and he went around claiming he “did something” despite nothing coming out of it, all being paid for by taxpayers.
I will disagree with this however. Between Ford’s meeting with Carney and other Feds from when the surcharge was added till now it feels more like he was asked to get onboard with a new tact. I honestly think he was better at being the blowhard but I’m willing to let this cook for a bit and see where it goes.
The complete abandonment of 100+ years of building soft and hard power globally has certainly been a wild choice.
TheMcG@lemmy.cato Boycott US@lemmy.ca•Welsh tourist in US chained 'like Hannibal Lecter'. Don't visit the USA. You might be next.English13·2 months agoOn an older article it just said “visa mixup”. Which didn’t really help at all.
Edit: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c80y3yx1jdyo this one has more details. She was denied entry to Canada as they believed she would try and work.
i think the trumpists understand perfectly and that’s why they’re working to destroy it
I honestly think there is a good portion of the fan base who fully drink the koolaid and think other countries are not viable without them. And have forgotten or not understood America is the world police by their own choice
You can access locally when the internet is down. You just need to set the login bypass for the local network. IMO it’s kinda a stupid step needed in setup but it is available.
TheMcG@lemmy.cato Technology@beehaw.org•Self-Driving Tesla Crashes into Wile E Coyote Wall… Just Months Before Planned Robotaxi Launch - FuelArc News19·3 months agoIn an interview post video release he mentions only using the Tesla as is the only one he’s aware of only using cameras. Luminar wasn’t named as a car brand or anything really as this was not intended as a promotion for them.
He even said during the interview he loves his Tesla and will more than likely buy another. Which tbh was a bit disappointing. But I do think highlights most of the criticism here is largely unfounded and fanboy antics.
The fall of civilizations - it tells the story of the rise and fall of different groups of people through history. Often with readings in the original tongue.
From the same creator “vaccine” is the history of the creation of the works first vaccines. Neither podcast has any ads which is awesome.
Lastly factually with Adam conover is great. Comedian discussing often political issues.
Trying to be honest with myself here. I’d say probably 80. I’d struggle hard if it went away, but breaks while rare aren’t too much of a struggle.
TheMcG@lemmy.caOPto Ontario@lemmy.ca•Doug Ford defends ‘patronage’ appointments of ex-staffers, says he wants ‘like-minded’ Ontario judges16·1 year ago“Folks I appointed them for the exact reason you are mad at me for. So stop being mad at me. I did it on purpose not by mistake!”
Rofl what a defence.
TheMcG@lemmy.caOPto Canada@lemmy.ca•‘Untenable and appalling crisis’: Ottawa must fill judicial vacancies plaguing lower courts, Federal Court rules7·1 year agoFundamentally do not understand why they wouldn’t be appointing judges.
TheMcG@lemmy.cato Ontario@lemmy.ca•Staples Canada lays off head office staff in ServiceOntario deal1·1 year agoThere are two Walmart locations that were announced after the original staples locations were. Iirc.
TheMcG@lemmy.caOPto Ontario@lemmy.ca•Supreme Court rules Doug Ford's mandate letters for cabinet ministers can be kept secret19·1 year agoTotal bs. We should have the right to know what our governments goals are.
TheMcG@lemmy.cato Canada@lemmy.ca•Judge to decide if Ottawa locals can testify in ‘Freedom Convoy’ organizers’ trial19·2 years agoExactly what I was thinking. This just sounds like it would be a victim impact statement which serves very standard.
I also fail to see how it could possibly be considered irrelevant.
TheMcG@lemmy.cato Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•What is a popular book that everyone buys but nobody reads?11·2 years agoMy Godfather tried to read that to me in it’s entirety when I was 4 lol.
Tbh I think that data is incredibly misleading. Every single generation of PlayStation has outsold the Xbox of the same generation(yes even the ps3) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_game_consoles.
Additionally looking at the faq for that site it appears to get its data via page views. What % of console users actually use the browser? Is bet very few. Especially when you consider the ps5 has no built in browser.