Waterfox has sold its users out before. DDG hasn’t (as far as I know)

The fact that Waterfox sold themselves to a search/advertising company before, then mysteriously became “independent” again doesn’t inspire trust. I’ll stick to Librewolf.

Careful civil disobedience is the sensible way to deal with an uncivilized government.

It’s “razor-close” because of the how many individual ridings were within tens of votes. There will be tons of recounts. The result could’ve easily been much different, and may still be different. This was a very close election.

We still have an awful lot of work to do to fix our democracy and actually unite Canadians, despite the claims that everyone felt united by Trump’s threats, this election was full of red flags if you actually look at the numbers they show we’re about as far from united as we can possibly be, and it is going to be a herculean task to change that. We need to stop the flood of misinformation, especially the really toxic stuff targeting and radicalizing our youth who are going to be the next generation of politicians and voters. We are not in a healthy place, AT ALL, and my only hope is that between the Liberals and NDP they can both agree on how serious these threats really are and take serious steps to address them.

Strategic voting was just a delay tactic. Liberal gains came at the cost of the NDP and Bloc, not the Conservatives. The wolves of facism are circling and while we have kept them at bay for now, we did so by lighting a Liberal bonfire using the third parties as fuel, and it’s not going to last forever.

That’s exactly right. They also had managers/publishers telling them to do shit like make the rockets even wobblier than KSP1 because it made for funny viral videos that would get more PR.

Nobody who actually played the game wanted wobblier rockets than KSP1. Nobody really wanted wobbly rockets at all. Sometimes a bug can actually be a feature, but in this case, it really was just a bug. The people in charge didn’t ever care about the people who actually played the game, they just wanted sales, and they made decisions accordingly. That’s why it looks nice, but plays like shit.

He said “ambition” at least 3 times in his speech and I am here for it. I have always maintained that Canadians are ambitious people, but lately our governments have acted like, and to some extent convinced Canadians, that we’re a minor, irrelevant backwater that has no business dealing with greater world powers, particularly the USA who it’s implied we should be subservient to. This self-sabotaged foreign policy has really damaged not only our own national identity but also our standing worldwide. Just as we felt betrayed by the USA turning its back on us and threatening us, when we turned away from our international support and peacekeeping roles many in the rest of the world beyond the USA felt betrayed by us too, albeit to a much lesser, but still perceptible degree.

We are the 9th largest economy in the world and the 1st largest territory. We have a major role to play in the world, and we need to understand that and take responsibility for it. We say things like “resource superpower” but we never really believe it. I think Carney believes it though, and better yet understands it, and I hope he’s going to finally make Canada believe it. Not only are we the world’s 9th largest economy, I think we can be, and we’re going to be, even more than that. It is time for Canada to be ambitious and stand on the world stage again. We can ride this wave of nationalism to rebuild our Canadian Forces, protect the Arctic, and return to peacekeeping and defending democracy and fundamental human rights which are so heavily under attack around the world right now. Canada should once again become a beacon for good that others can rally around.

It’s not about learning racism. It’s about learning why people are choosing racism, and figuring out ways to do something about it. Nobody’s saying politics has be a polite debate between equally valid positions. Politics is about finding practical ways to defeat your enemy. And make no mistake, these racists and fascists are our enemies. The ones can be turned away from it or turned to our side, should be, and the ones that can’t, must be destroyed.

Being political is a civic duty. Doing otherwise just means you get to pretend you’re not responsible when the government does something you disagree with. This entire country is everyone’s responsibility, whether you like it or not, whether you want that responsibility or not, a citizen doesn’t get to abdicate that responsibility for any reason. Even when our votes don’t win the election, we are still responsible. If avoiding responsibility was as easy as voting for a party or candidate that doesn’t win, or not voting at all, who would bother? If you can just say “I’m not responsible because I didn’t vote for them” how are you ever going to get any control again? How are you going to avoid ending up under a tyrant? How are you going to change the status quo if you do nothing? Try something new, stop doing the same thing you always have and expecting a different result.

Take responsibility. Be political. Your success and even your survival depends on it.

That’s the American spirit that I, as a Canadian, want to see! It’s your country. Don’t let them take it!

Britain, Canada and the United States have really gone off the rail.

I have been to Britain. I can honestly say Britain is probably one of the most open-minded and tolerant countries in the world.

You said both these things. They make no sense together and seem to show no awareness of the context of your comments. Are you an AI?

Speaking as a software developer, software developers should stick to their lane. There is plenty of stuff the very best software developers are stereotypically terrible at. “Programmer art” is a genuine phenomenon illustrating our lazy, half-baked efforts to create things that we are not expert at. Apparently, “Programmer politics” is another such area of non-expertise, because the tech bros ideas are a fucking stupid fantasy.

Well, if anyone wants to marry a Canadian, I’m single.

At least until they sneak it into VS Code’s telemetry. …only sort of joking.

Honestly I’ve been worrying for years that the only way the US is going to resolve this division and hostility within their country is by breaking up, possibly largely along red state/blue state lines, and hopefully not triggering a violent (or god forbid nuclear) civil war in the process.

But I can say as a Canadian, if it does come to that, and you guys can’t take back your country (which I really think you can, once you start to accept what is happening and accept that it’s gonna hurt and you dig your heels in anyway, I don’t think there’s anyone who will be able to take you down, not even Trump and crew), then we would be absolutely happy to quickly rebuild and strengthen our relationship with most of the blue states. And however you end up wanting to arrange yourselves in the end, we’ll work with that. And if you guys genuinely wanted our help, our resources, our logistical support, even our protection (what little we can provide), if things were to start looking like actual civil war, I’m sure we’d absolutely be willing to figure out what sort of arrangement is actually going to work. We’d have to at least initially discuss it as equals and as partners though, I don’t think we’d ask you or coerce you to give up your sovereignty, any more than we’d want you to take ours. But if the intention to join Canada was a popular attitude, I expect we’d be willing to consider it, probably after some cooling-off period though to make sure it’s not just a passing fad. The progressive parts of America are the parts we’ve always loved. If you guys come knocking on our door needing a couch to crash on we’re not going to ask how long you need to stay, we’re just going to go find pillows and blankets.

They’re not worse than the US, but they’re not better either. Two dictators don’t make a democracy, and they never will. Having a choice between two dictators is not a great choice to begin with, and we shouldn’t feel forced to choose the lesser of two evils.

Besides, there is already a beautiful and relatively prosperous economic union on the other side of the Atlantic that almost perfectly aligns with our values. They need us right now, and we need them, and I think we would be absolutely foolish to prioritize anything else at this time.

Carleton deserves better! The voting’s never over until the last poll is closed. Never let online polling make you think your vote doesn’t matter. It always matters. Predictions can be wrong. It might come down to literally the last vote. You never know. And if you don’t vote, you never will know what could’ve been. Millions of people didn’t vote in previous elections, enough people to literally change almost every riding. Don’t be one of those millions, THAT’S actually throwing your vote away. VOTE! Always make sure your choice gets counted, even if it doesn’t win.

Nah, set it to broil for optimal results /s

Part of the reason the USA has gotten to this state is because we allow unverified sensationalist slop like this to get the public’s attention and be used against them. We’ve already seen 1 bullshit study linking vaccines and autism that is STILL being widely circulated and used to this day to convince people not only that vaccines are bad but that the whole GOVERNMENT is bad. Look at the results.

Now we’re going to convince people toothpaste is bad using the same quality of “independent research”?

I mean, it depends what you’re willing to call “research”.

The testing, conducted by Lead Safe Mama, also found concerning levels of highly toxic arsenic, mercury and cadmium in many brands.

I’m not sure I would put this on the same level as a controlled, reproducible double-blind peer-reviewed study by Harvard and MIT published in a prestigious journal, but I’m sure it’s really close. /s

Edit: Ok, so people argue she’s at least a little legitimate, but why the fuck can’t we use actual scientific institutions anymore? We have a scientific method for a reason. Where’s the peer review? Where’s the people reproducing her results?