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@ a_gee_dizzle @lemmy.ca

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I evolved from a monkey.

I want to help the fediverse grow, but I have the tendency to get into arguments and say things in the heat of the moment that I later regret, which I feel is counterproductive to the whole fedigrow thing. So I’m working on trying make sure I have more good vibes around here.

  • Why are people speculating that the most recent Trump assassination attempt was fake?

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  • I see

  • Why are people speculating that the most recent Trump assassination attempt was fake?

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  • This is the sort of information I was looking for, thanks. Hadn’t heard about any of this stuff before. I don’t know enough to make a judgment yet but I wanted to hear where people were coming from

    Edit: wait this video is from a previous assassination attempt, I’m talking about the most recent one at the WH correspondence dinner

  • Why are people speculating that the most recent Trump assassination attempt was fake?

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  • Can you please be more specific or provide links or something

  • Why are people speculating that the most recent Trump assassination attempt was fake?

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  • I think it’s just because the PA event was so obviously faked

    What about it was so obviously faked tho?

  • YSK: even modest increases in time spent outdoors significantly reduces a child's odds of developing short-sightedness

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  • though where I grew up it’s very unlikely to see anything close to horizon-distance without being at a beach

    It would be interesting to see if people who live im these sorts of areas have higher rates of myopia. I’m not aware of any data that’s been collected on this though

  • No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world
    a_gee_dizzle @lemmy.ca

    Why are people speculating that the most recent Trump assassination attempt was fake?

  • TIL the Canadian territory of Nunavut is almost 3.5x the size of Ukraine and has 875.87 times fewer people

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  • Probably even less people in the water than in Nunavut

    You’d be surprised

  • TIL the Canadian territory of Nunavut is almost 3.5x the size of Ukraine and has 875.87 times fewer people

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  • TIL the Canadian territory of Nunavut is almost 3.5x the size of Ukraine and has 875.87 times fewer people

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  • At least more than 6

  • Quickly Announcing that the Young New Democrats have launched an official Discord server! If you're a member of the party under the age of 30, feel free to join at the attached link!

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  • You have to enter your name, phone, email and provide information about campus activities before joining. Is there anyway to make this more private?

  • Analysis: Kinew now banks on Port of Churchill alone to change Manitoba's financial tides

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  • How would this effect finances for the city of Winnipeg? I know Winnipeg is struggling for cash right now and imo the mayor is overextending the cities budget to the point of recklessness with all his planned highway expansion projects. So could this change the cities financial situation? I assume that the provinces finances would affect the finances of the cities within the province. Would that be through grants and loans exclusively or is there some other mechanism through which that would occur?

  • Today I Learned @lemmy.world
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    TIL the Canadian territory of Nunavut is almost 3.5x the size of Ukraine and has 875.87 times fewer people

  • Federal Surveillance Tech Becomes Mandatory in New Cars by 2027

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  • Okay so I guess we're actually in agreement then

  • Federal Surveillance Tech Becomes Mandatory in New Cars by 2027

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  • Other countries have done it. The size argument is bullshit, China is able to do it and has equivalent landmass. No excuses. The entire point of trains was to traverse these vast expanses. Trains are what drove the Westward expansion of American society. So arguing that trains can’t handle those distances is absurd.

    China has good rail service, but China still uses cars / transport trucks to get to many rural places. Source: I've been to rural China. I'm not against trains I just don't think we can make it the primary means of transportation between rural towns

  • Federal Surveillance Tech Becomes Mandatory in New Cars by 2027

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  • People used horse and buggy to transport goods between towns.

    This is what I'm talking about. How do we do this without cars? I was discussing this with someone else in this thread so I'll just quote what I said there:

    To put things in perspective, Denmark is 42,947km2, and Canada is 9,984,670 km2. That means that you could fit almost 232 and a half Denmarks in Canada. Despite this about half of the population of Canada in the Quebec City-Windsor corridor, which is only 1,150 km-long, and about 90% of Canadians live within 100 miles of the US border. That means that the vast majority of Canada is totally rural, and there are often vast distances between towns and First Nations. It is simply not economically feasible to build rail lines to connect all these places, let along sending out regular train services to these places.

    Don't get me wrong, I'm all for car free infrastructure within towns, but I just don't see how we can transport goods between rural towns without cars. Willing to have my mind changed tho

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  • Love the quote, not the context. It’s a legitimate question. We got ride of horses in rural areas due to cars. In North America and Canada in particular the distances are so vast that rural public transportation is not really feasible

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  • I agree with you wholeheartedly that car centric urban design is a bad thing. Truly, I do. But in very rural places in North America, you either need a car or a horse and buggy, or something, and the car seems like an obvious upgrade. Just because they can do public transit in rural areas in Europe does not mean we can do it here. Because the size comparisons aren't even close. European countries with good rural transportation are dealing with significantly less landmass than North American rural communities are.

    To put things in perspective, Denmark is 42,947km2, and Canada is 9,984,670 km2. That means that you could fit almost 232 and a half Denmarks in Canada. Despite this about half of the population of Canada in the Quebec City-Windsor corridor, which is only 1,150 km-long, and about 90% of Canadians live within 100 miles of the US border. That means that the vast majority of Canada is totally rural, and there are often vast distances between towns and First Nations. It is simply not economically feasible to build rail lines to connect all these places, let along sending out regular train services to these places.

    To really hammer the point home, consider Nunavut, a territory in Canada. It is 2,093,190 km2. For perspective, Ukraine (the second-largest country in Europe after Russia) is 603,549km2. That means you could almost put three and a half Ukraine's in Nunavut (and again, Ukraine is the second-largest country in Europe!). And Nunavut is extremely rural, with a population of 36,858 (and Ukraine has 32283000 people, meaning that Nunavut has 875.87 times fewer people than Ukraine). The largest population centre in Nunavut is Iqaluit, which has only 7,429 people.

    So putting aside, for a second, the extreme logistical challenges with creating railways in Nunavut (due to terrain, ice, etc), how can we possibly build public transit to connect the entire territory? When we are dealing with places this vast, and this rural, we simply not economically feasible to build rural public transit. Even reality wealthy countries like Canada cannot afford to fund megaprojects like that. And again, this is just Nunavut, 1 of 13 provinces / territories. When you look at the entirety of Canada, it is simply not realistic to have rural public transit servicing the entire country. I'm sure it's possible in small countries like Denmark, but not here.

    But that doesn't change the fact that, within cities at least, we should of course do our best to get rid of car centric design.

  • Have you noticed the degradation of content closer to the 2020s and beyond?

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  • Conversely there is no more stupid, fun comedy movies coming out anymore. Think Will Ferrell or Adam Sandler movies, that kind of thing. The 90s / early 2000s was the golden age of dumb comedies, and now it seems that those sorts of movies are rarely ever produced anymore

  • YSK: even modest increases in time spent outdoors significantly reduces a child's odds of developing short-sightedness

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  • The 80-90% claim seems to be repeated in various areas on the internet, including by the American Academy of Ophthalmology, which I assume to be reputable:

    Over recent decades, the prevalence of myopia has skyrocketed, particularly in Asia. In countries like China, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, and Japan, up to 80-90% of teenagers and young adults are now myopic.

    Of course these local averages are still consistent with a lower global average

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  • Unironically though snowmobiles are one of the main means of transport in Nunavut

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  • Except for the thousands of years that humanity was able to exist in low population density towns and villages completely fine without the need for personal vehicles.

    Should we go back to the horse and buggy?

  • Manitoba @lemmy.ca
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    What do you guys think of Wab Kinew's plan to introduce age verification for social media?

  • Manitoba @lemmy.ca
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    Manitoba to ban social media, AI chatbots for youth, premier says | CBC news

    www.cbc.ca /news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-social-media-age-restrictions-9.7177470
  • No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world
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    What was going on in Africa during WW2?

  • You Should Know @lemmy.world
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    YSK: even modest increases in time spent outdoors significantly reduces a child's odds of developing short-sightedness

  • Manitoba @lemmy.ca
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    Manitoba won’t put U.S. liquor on shelves until Trump drops tariffs, releases Epstein files: Kinew

    www.ctvnews.ca /politics/article/trump-must-drop-tariffs-release-epstein-files-before-us-booze-returns-to-manitoba-shelves-kinew/
  • AskACanadian @lemmy.ca
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    Would it he good for the NDP to adopt a policy of straight up socialism?

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
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    How would you survive a zombie apocalypse?

  • No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world
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    What’s the difference between communism and socialism?

  • Shitty Ask Lemmy @lemmy.ml
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    Have you ever killed a man?

  • Canada @lemmy.ca
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    Dutch YouTube creators behind Alberta separatist videos getting millions of views | CBC Investigates

    www.cbc.ca /news/canada/alberta-separatist-youtube-channels-netherlands-9.7174719
  • Winnipeg @lemmy.ca
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    Sinkhole opens up on Winnipeg street | CTV News

    www.ctvnews.ca /winnipeg/article/sinkhole-opens-on-winnipeg-street/
  • Offroad @lemmy.ml
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    Live community?

  • No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world
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    How do I remove bird poop from cement and/or metal surfaces?

  • No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world
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    What's the best way to tell a kid that their dog died?

  • Unpopular Opinion @lemmy.world
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    Canada should ditch English as an official language and become 100% francophone

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
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    What's the most moving experience you've ever had?

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
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    What's the best piece of advice you were ever given?

  • Winnipeg @lemmy.ca
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    Yesterday it was snowing, and today it's almost 20°