We have a camp with coyotes around and I’m aware of this exception - it’s part of the reason I’m a firearm owner.

But this case is not true for the vast majority of Canadians. The additional nuance here being that it’s still illegal to use or point that firearm at/on a human, even a trespasser.

Gun owner here. I agree. Canada’s current position regarding home defence is fine. We don’t need to include firearms in our daily lives to protect ourselves from each other. Governments have been hard on legal owners and in many cases a lot of it is political noise and grandstanding.

We do not have the right to defend ourselves with firearms. There’s simply no need.

Additionally, defending a home with a firearm is incompatible with safe storage.

What am I going to do? Ask the intruder to hold on while I go assemble a weapon with parts stored in three different places? All under lock and key?

Keeping a loaded firearm around is WAY riskier for people INSIDE the home than any outside threat.

We need to start working to see and hear (and support) each other not put up new barriers to keep each other at , ahem, arms length.

I’ve been playing very close attention to the leadership race. Avi’s been surprisingly straightforward and plain spoken about the issues facing Canadians - and the terrifying turn the liberal government has taken in abandoning climate action and embracing corporate welfare all while cutting public services.

I was originally hoping Heather McPherson would get the job (before I heard Avi’s positions and platform) but it’s nice to see a number of great candidates.

Also many of the workers were unhappy with the way the strike unfolded and there was some disagreement amongst the members - solidarity within the union was either lacking or waning.

Most folks don’t realize the pain they’re in for when all their communication is funnelled through a corporate profit machine - and one where they’re likely the thing being sold.

Canada Post is a common good. It doesn’t need to turn a profit or even break even and I’m happy to pay my taxes to have it around even if I’m not the one benefiting from it. One day I might need it.

Like healthcare.

Speed cameras are a regressive tax until the fees are proportionate to net worth (income is too easy to cheat with here in Canada).

Same with parking tickets.

I do wish Canada’s public restrooms were locally owned and operated.

It’s sooo good - the local references were almost always on point and made the show even better. From the “Springfield” (anywhere USA) to the very specific cultural milieu of Québec, watching the Simpsons in Québec is a joy.

Lisa: J’y vais à UQAM. (It’s Harvard in the original version). lol.

I’d go further and argue in many cases medical technology can push patients well past a true natural end and, instead, extend that misery and suffering (sometimes seemingly indefinitely).

Christianity was not and is not prepared for corporate capture of extending life at all costs.

We (collectively) gave them a chance. They’ve proven unable to keep promises or work for the best interest of all Canadians in good faith. The time to start prepping to beat them is now.

My MNA did not respond to my letter on C-2almost two months ago.

I’m going to work to make sure he’s not re-elected.

I’m all in on proportional representation but the irony of FairVote highlighting the concentration of power while posting on BlueSky is just too on the nose.

Still got my upvote.

Archived link without the noise: https://archive.ph/pTYtU

Sadly I think some of the folks in power at our neighbours to the south use this as a calling card for their desired endgame: https://www.wcbu.org/npr-news/2024-06-03/the-upside-down-american-flag-goes-mainstream-as-a-form-of-right-wing-protest

They’re destroying and capturing everything. Twisting the meaning of everything.

It’s revolting.

Can’t sign this - it’s way too shortsighted.

I would sign a petition (and even campaign) for a law requiring that no public sector communications be on any corporate platform. But calling out x/twitter is useless. In my area, RCMP and the town use Facebook. I do not have a Facebook account.

My town regularly fails to post updates on their own site.

We need to a law that mandates no private platforms should be the primary source of any public information. I don’t want my public services to just start posting on BlueSky.

Local food bank or Soup Kitchen - maybe check in if you have a local Legion?

In KV where we live the food bank does delivery and can always use help.

There are also other ways to get involved. I recently found some trails I use all the time and joined the organization to help keep them up / develop them.

But no matter what you do this is awesome. One of the biggest tricks that’s played is this idea that things are out of our control - and yet so much of what (and how) we do can be shaped locally.

Also if you find something’s not your thing - don’t give up - keep looking.

Finding a cloud service provider that’s reliable and has good terraform support has been impossible. Best we could do there was switch to another American firm that didn’t seem to be a Trump-supporting sell-out.

Otherwise it’s been pretty easy. But mostly because we already had everything.

As a baseline my focus hasn’t been so much not buying American at all but buying from Canadian owned and operated stores as the primary entry point. So no more Amazon, etc.

I’ve got two Atwater bags. They’re really nice. I’ve had some mixed experience with the company though, sadly. I hope it was just a blip. Quality, well designed, and handmade in Montreal.

I switched much more recently. It’s been more than fine - great even. A few rough edges but nothing that prevents me from getting my vision out. Publisher 2 is a very adequate replacement for InDesign and I like that the tools are more tightly integrated.

The one feature I miss is the integrated and centralized asset library for multiple users and teams.

And codeberg is the the hosted alternative which runs on Forjego. It has OG GitHub vibes: https://codeberg.org/