Rentlar

Go Councillor! Go Fediverse!

Even if I would agree with your principles, this kind of comment is what is tiring for moderators to deal with at scale.

Hey Republicans, to fix this issue, build a bunch of wind turbine power generators to blow the smoke away.

At this point, it should be clear that mirroring the US’s stance won’t get Canada any benefits anymore. So we should just drop the appeasement and speak for world order instead of for genocide.

Technically, uh no. Many of the games I haven’t loaded onto my PC would no longer be accessible, correct. But I have a copy of Goldberg emulator, in case Valve doesn’t hold up their end of the bargain.

Restructure is essentially synonymous to being fired/laid-off in Japanese. Shaun points out its used with relatively mixed meanings elsewhere.

Just speaking from my own knowledge of Japanese work culture, each employee and employer are a lot more mutually valued with each other than a relationship with shareholders. The need to frequently turnover staff reflects worse on both. Japanese shareholder relationships with companies, in turn, traditionally (post-bubble era) are less focused on solely “fiduciary duty”. They were more on stability, sharing success with good product releases, customer relations and feeling that you are part of the company itself as a shareholder. Many offer(ed) annual gifts and product samples to their domestic shareholders.

So the idea to pursue short-term growth at the expense of long-term success or popularity, is not as well-received by Japanese executives, employees and the public as it may in North America.

This [public service cuts, government financial austerity and all the other stuff in the first bunch of paragraphs] is a descent into fascism. By defunding the state and over-funding the military, Canada is careening towards disaster. And unsurprisingly, the voices that are paid by the corporate class, are cheering this descent on.

Come on, let’s get specific. Call out our fascism where the descent into fascism is happening under Carney’s government: Bill C-2, Trump ass-kissing, parts of Bill C-5.

I am diametrically opposed to wanton public service cuts, but let’s be targeted and accurate at what we are calling the descent to fascism.

Sure. That is assuming that someone is available on the LibreOffice side to support the ministry for a particular amount, and that the policy related to government procedures can be followed under this agreement.

They could spend 1~2% of the cost of their microsoft licenses to create their own plugins/development to make the UI more usable for their applications and workers, rather than relying on Microsoft themselves or creating plugins on outdated and proprietary frameworks.

Interesting how “top US official” now implies some idiot Trump blowhard more often than a competent experienced leader.

If you nationalize your industry, you should be doing it to reform and re-gear it to support your country.

Clearly, Putin here is not interested in making it good for the country, but that his petty war has him cash-strapped and needs to forcibly ‘borrow’ his billionaire friends’ assets.

The chaos of living outside, she said — marked by violence, sexual assault, sleeplessness, and lack of housing and health care — can make it nearly impossible to get sober.

This is my point when it comes to people who wonder why homeless people can’t just “stop using drugs, tobacco and alcohol”.

I challenge anyone who thinks that to try being outside for a week, with one set of clothes, sleeping on benches, and trying to find food supports and shelter without a phone. And then tell us to our face how easy it is to do without drugs.

Somewhat reasonable take from former Conservative leader Erin O’Toole. Mainly because I juxtapose it against the current Conservative opposition which seems to be incapable of anything but squawking “Y no budget? Oil project when?”

The complicity of many national governments in this genocide, including my own (Canada), will be remembered with disdain.

When someone gets charged for assaulting a federal officer, is the allegedly assaulted officer identified by name or department and badge number?

Every single Democrat warned you. You didn’t listen.

US border patrol gives no shits about most laws and international treaties. Supposedly they are conducting a reasonable search there, so if they unwittingly encounter classified information in the course of that duty, they most they might need to do is report it.

Anecdotally, I have heard cases of some workers bringing a fresh laptop through the border, then re-imaging it with their files after. This is probably what government with classified files, corporate agents holding trade secrets and diplomats with sensitive info need to do.

There was another thing that Musk made from the ground up. How’s that going?

Possibly this news is related:

https://reason.com/2025/07/02/florida-plans-to-deputize-9-national-guardsmen-as-immigration-judges-to-increase-deportations/

@Reannlegge

The US government flaunting its effective tyrannical control of its tech companies are, somewhat ironically, helping the EU get away from that control by being encouraged to swap to Linux and FOSS.