Rentlar

joined 2 years ago
[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 1 points 7 minutes ago

To keep people up to speed: The conditions put by FIFA on Vancouver were revealed a couple weeks ago it included:

No other major sporting events are permitted within a week of the start and end of the World Cup. Other large “cultural events,” like concerts, are also not allowed on the individual days before and after game days.

Not exactly sure what counts as a major sporting event under these terms.

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 2 points 14 minutes ago

There is a thing we could do to tackle the existence of billionaires in a world stricken by poverty...

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 1 points 22 minutes ago

Ah yes, I should have specified the weird racist conservative kind, not the weird, friendly but quirky kind of uncle.

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 3 points 25 minutes ago

I want a basic app that has no frills, is snappy, and does its job well. Lemmy fits that, and is no more or less than I need. I have a separate masto account.

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Ah... I infer that with the daily economic and social chaos and confusion caused by this administration, many businesses had no idea if their own outlook was good or bad. The ones less affected would respond positively, right away so earlier data may have extrapolated from that.

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 hour ago

Yeah I'm skeptical of any of these reports, I won't put any belief in it until we see the New York case culminate and evidence-based signs of widespread vote manipulation or glitches that coincidentally help Trump.

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

This is what happens when you let the weird uncles rule your country.

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 4 points 11 hours ago

That's pretty RAD-eon.

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 79 points 11 hours ago

We're techy enough nerds to know there's another way to be free of billionaire influence while still keeping some resemblance of modern communication: self-hosting.

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 9 points 12 hours ago

The leaf has been on McDonald's Canada for as long as I can remember... but I haven't eaten at a Canadian McDonalds this year at all.

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 38 points 18 hours ago

Trump loves making everything about himself, so I'll do him a favour: assume every redacted name is Trump.

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 1 points 19 hours ago

Putting "Shocked" in a title is the journalism equivalent of putting a shocked expression in a Youtube clickbait video thumbnail.

 

That deadline, although Carney has qualified it as merely a framework toward the goal, kind of passed by with little fanfare. Some links of last month's stories to refresh your memory below:

What do you think is next? Are counter-tariff measures being prepared for Aug 1, more or less Trump's latest TACO milestone?

 

🇫🇮: Yksi sadasta suomalaiset ovat allekirjoittaneet Euroopan kansalaisten aloitteen!

 

Ross is targeting 1.4M or more signatures, keep recruiting for more signatures until the end of July. (1.4M stretch Goal reached!)

Direct Link to Initiative: https://eci.ec.europa.eu/045/public/#/screen/home

 

Still important to track how much of a buffer we can get before the end of the month.

Direct Link to Initiative: https://eci.ec.europa.eu/045/public/#/screen/home

 

Concepts of a plan for a trade deal. No deal imminent or expected before the G7.

 

Since they know the idea of travelling to the US is unpopular among Canadians right now, Porter seems to be trying the "asking for a New York friend" route in their advertising. This is the 2nd one I've seen.

Porter airlines Invite an NYC friend sale

 

I've been watching/listening, seeing Peter sub in for David is making me do double-takes, and aside from his voice made me question for a minute if they were the same guy, just that he grew hair all of a sudden.

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/44568036

There is a clear pattern to U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff negotiations. Andrew Chang explains four key steps to Trump's playbook and breaks down to what extent they work — and at what cost.

 

(CBC News via YouTube)

There is a clear pattern to U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff negotiations. Andrew Chang explains four key steps to Trump's playbook and breaks down to what extent they work — and at what cost.

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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by Rentlar@lemmy.ca to c/main@lemmy.ca
 

Since the server went off of OVH, lemmy.ca has felt super snappy overall. Tonight I'm noticing lagspikes, and the status graph shows it too...

I'll check back in the morning, site's still usable so not an urgent matter. It'd be interesting for me to know what might be happening.

Morning edit: seems like a one off.

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/43946806

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