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Harris Taunts Trump After He Backs Out of Debates
  • Thank you Democratic campaign, and media for finally starting to call out the Trump campaign when they make 2 conflicting statements in the same month. Trump's popularity comes from people selectively hearing what they want to hear.

  • Harris' candidacy has led to surge in Black voter enthusiasm. It could make a difference in swing states - ABC News
  • I think all Hispanic Americans have to bring a translated "Projeto 2025" in front of the people in Florida. Some xenophobic Cubans in Miami want to pull up the ladder behind them. In the report, there is a focus on de-naturalization if they detect fraud (p. 144). Chances are they will twist it to prosecute people with certain skin colours in particular and MAGA doesn't care if you had left your country of birth 40 years ago or yesterday. It also mentions de-prioritize processing speed of even legitimate cases held by their friends and family (p.144).

  • Democrats' new line of attack on Republicans? 'You’re being weird' - ABC News
  • "Weird." That's a perfectly succinct word to make anyone stop, actually reflect on what Trump and his cult are saying and asking themselves whether this is really what they want from their next leader.

    It's not specifically charged at a specific physical characteristic of trump, Democrats dishing out a low blow for once yet unlike all of Trump's low blows.

    Optimistic take: If Democrats could have just a single word be a silver bullet, "Weird" would be it. (No offense to weird Al, he's great and he can keep his weirdness)

    Think about the next time Uncle Jack at the dinner table goes off on immigrants taking the jobs, America is a 3rd world country, we should ban books, ban calling people what they want to be called, climate change is a hoax, how terrible DEI wokeness is, making fun of Kamala etc., when no amount of arguing policy or morality is going to convince him otherwise. Just responding with "Weird.", might shut him up and make everyone at the table reflect.

  • The Obamas Endorse Harris: 'This Is Going to Be Historic'
  • It is very depressing, yes. But a candidate that is 10/10 on every possible good measure that loses to Trump due to Democratic infighting, will be a worse outcome to someone that is mediocre in some respects but can win. It is the most important hurdle, and at the very least I can say the Democrats have some semblance of a strategy now that they didn't have before, and that's reason for hope.

  • Cyclist dead after Yorkville collision with truck driver
  • Toronto has many cycling paths but they are pitiful like on Bloor Street. Cops park there, garbage bins get left there including big metal skips like in this instance, so on and so forth. There needs to be better paths off of the main road, made exclusively for bikes, scooters and local traffic.

    The concept like in Japan described in this NJB video is something that Vancouver does much better with their overall bike infrastructure. They don't even need to paint thick green lines or erect barriers on many of these roads because the roads are quiet and slow enough for people to comfortably cycle down the middle, and cars can't use them to through-run and bypass the main road.

  • How right winded is canada?
  • r/metaCanada was super right wing, honestly I think r/Canada had some of the same tendencies and moderation, making them right wing, them being a default canada sub is silly to me, but I'm not on reddit anymore so whatever. r/Onguardforthee was Canada's more leftwing subreddit, closer to Lemmy's [email protected]

    In real life Canada, provinces of BC, ON, QC and some of the maritimes lean left generally, SK, AB lean right (like the Montana and Texas of Canada). Cities lean a lot more left but outlying suburbs tend to lean right.

    Toronto and Vancouver have let in lots and lots of immigrants and refugees (about the same as the US despite being 1/10th the size), which is great but it does put pressure on housing, wages and other supports. The problems are more a failure of housing policy and use of Temporary Foreign Worker plan to intentionally pay Canadians less, than it is the fault of the immigrants.

    We are culturally diverse, yet there are some voices from people including those who are first or second generation immigrants that oppose immigration (pulling up the ladder behind them). Now there are some aspects of foreign culture I don't wish to import that immigrants will need to discard (caste discrimination for example) but in other respects, diversity is our strength and it's what makes us Canada. Not the colour of our skin.

  • What would you like to change about Lemmy culture?
  • I can help answer this for you. Yes you have power tripping mods on a small handful of servers or communities, but this is where the solution comes in. If you feel it's not justified, you can join another server that fits your vibe better, or create a community on another server. [email protected]e to [email protected] is one of the biggest examples of a mass community migration.

  • ‘I Approve This Message’: Kamala Harris Instantly Uses Trump’s Own Words Against Him
  • Your candor is refreshing to see on an online forum, thank you for that.

    Everyone on the democratic side, Biden fan or not, likely had known that the move to have him not run again had a lot of inherent risk of plunging the whole party into chaos. What I and others didn't realize was that this debacle was obscuring what everybody clearly wanted to avoid, an authoritarian Trump presidency, leaving us all in despair. Having someone who could get ol' Don's knickers in a twist will be a great uniting force for the party and democracy lovers everywhere, and is a source of hope we were all long overdue for.

  • Biden tells US it's time to 'pass the torch' to Harris
  • A quick death is not what I would want for Trump. The heaviest blow to Trump's inflated ego would be when no one talks about him anymore, except for when he's getting served justice for the crimes he's committed. Basically where Giuliani is now.

  • What Project 2025 Means for Our Cities - CityNerd

    Chapter 19 of the Heritage Foundation's Project 2025 edition of Mandate for Leadership (Direct PDF link) is full of policies that would be terrible for the US.

    Highlights:

    • Replace national transportation infrastructure projects with a flat transportation subsidy formula to each state (most of whose DoTs don't know how to do anything with money other than build highways)
    • Stop funding mass transit, give public funds to Rideshare companies like Uber/lyft instead.
    • Preserve single family home zoning at all costs. Each state and city knows what is best for their people, better than the federal government, except when states and cities do something that conservatives don't like.
    • Screw California in particular.
    • Trying to reduce the number of traffic fatalities is bad if anyone dare suggests that we have to drive a little bit slower.
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    Gastown Alley

    cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/24849600

    > Taken at Vancouver, BC in June 2024

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    Gastown Alley

    Taken at Vancouver, BC in June 2024

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    What would you like to see more of on Lemmy and/or the wider Fediverse?

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    Législatives en France | La gauche revendique Matignon - LaPresse

    www.lapresse.ca Législatives en France | La gauche revendique Matignon

    Arrivée en tête des législatives, mais loin de la majorité absolue, la gauche a assuré lundi qu’elle proposerait « dans la semaine » un nom pour Matignon où Gabriel Attal, qui a présenté sa démission, a été maintenu pour « assurer la stabilité du pays ».

    Législatives en France | La gauche revendique Matignon
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    Crow in Flight

    Photo taken in Vancouver, Canada in July 2024.

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    blog.freecad.org FreeCAD gets a logo upgrade

    Just in time for upcoming FreeCAD 1.0, the project got a major logo refresh. To get there, the design working group organized a popularity contest. Volunteers submitted 46 designs, over 1,500 commu…

    FreeCAD gets a logo upgrade

    The contest from last month had established five finalists: !

    The first row is the new logo that will be used going forward and in version 1.0 of the program!

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    How I thought Ukraine would obtain AWACS capability

    Inspiration: https://sopuli.xyz/post/13232231

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    FUTO funds Immich with 3 year commitment: the best image gallery software

    Link is a 1h42m video interview between Louis Rossmann, FUTO and Immich developers with a introduction to Immich by Louis.

    Immich is an open source self-hosted in-development tool to manage image libraries from a central server, and sync/distribute them across your devices, as an alternative to Google Photos. Also see: https://immich.app

    The important news here is that FUTO has funded full time development on Immich for 3 years.

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    Steamed Hams but Chalmers and Skinner Have Switched Places

    Principal Skinner is voiced with Superintendent Chalmers' lines and vice versa.

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    Guide (+ a bonus rant) on identifying Sysco patties from restaurants

    lemmy.world Americans are choking on surging fast-food prices. "I can't justify the expense," one customer says - Lemmy.World

    Kevin Roberts remembers when he could get a bacon cheeseburger, fries and a drink from Five Guys for $10. But that was years ago. When the Virginia high school teacher recently visited the fast-food chain, the food alone without a beverage cost double that amount. Roberts, 38, now only gets fast foo...

    Americans are choking on surging fast-food prices. "I can't justify the expense," one customer says - Lemmy.World

    Context, a thread on rising fast food costs and comparing local joints in terms of value: https://lemmy.world/comment/10015048

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    "Classified" Ad

    Inspired by: https://lemmy.world/post/15297575

    From the article:

    >The B-2 is being divested in FY 2025 due to a ground accident/damage presumed to be uneconomical to repair

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    Is Alberta finally doing it? - RMTransit

    video.canadiancivil.com Is Alberta finally doing it?

    Watch this video ad-free on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/rmtransit-how-to-build-highspeed-rail-in-alberta Alberta recently announced a huge province wide rail plan, so in our latest video we ta...

    Is Alberta finally doing it?
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    Stop Killing Games Australian Petition - Open for Signature Until 20 May 2024

    This petition is part of the Stopkillinggames.com campaign led by Scott Ross (Accursed Farms), to end in Australia the practice of software licensors to render purchased software completely unusable at arbitrary points in time.

    This petition closes relatively soon so please get the word out to your fellow mates.

    Thank you!

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    Stop Killing Games Canadian Petition - Now Open For Signature

    Petition E-4965 is the one that is posted to stopkillinggames.com, Ross Scott (Accursed Farms)'s campaign to end the practice of bricking games people have purchased, whenever the publisher doesn't want to support it anymore.

    It is open for signing by Canadian Citizens and Permanent Residents, until September 5th 2024.

    Please spread the word to your Canadian friends and family who take interest in games, and please add your name to it to support this campaign to help preserve games in some form in perpetuity.

    Thank you!

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    Trimet MAX LRV in Portland, OR

    Photo taken on a rainy February afternoon.

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    Where Driving Consumes the Most of Your Life (And the Least) - CityNerd

    >In 1974, Ivan Illich wrote that the typical American male spent 25% of his waking life either driving a car or working for the income required to pay for one. 50 years later, is this true? And, which cities consume the most -- and least -- of our time with driving?

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    Who here's committed to not shop at Loblaws' companies this month (and beyond)?

    Including their brandname chains:

    • Atlantic Cash & Carry
    • Atlantic Superstore
    • Axep
    • Bloor Street Market
    • Dominion
    • Les Entrepôts Presto
    • Extra Foods
    • Fortinos
    • Freshmart
    • L'Intermarché
    • Loblaws / Loblaw GreatFood / Loblaws CityMarket
    • Lucky Dollar Foods
    • Maxi / Maxi & Cie
    • NG Cash & Carry
    • No Frills
    • Provigo
    • Real Canadian Superstore
    • Shop Easy Foods
    • Shoppers Drug Mart / Pharmaprix
    • SuperValu
    • T & T Supermarket
    • Valu-mart
    • Wholesale Club / Club Entrepôt
    • Your Independent Grocer / Independent CityMarket
    • Zehrs Markets

    Yes there are other big oligopoly chains like metro, Sobeys/Safeway, Pattison, but I think it's best to start with one major chain to see how much coordinated action can affect them.

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    Train #641 is being introduced starting May 27th, 2024, which departs Ottawa at 4:15, Kingston at 6:15, arriving in Toronto at 8:48am, which would be useful for anyone trying to get into a Toronto downtown office at 9am.

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    Surrey Central Skytrain Station

    Photo taken in July 2023.

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