bajohnston.bandcamp.com There's a Hair in My Donair, by B.A. Johnston
from the album Werewolves of London, Ontario
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During the live coverage yesterday, CBC was saying that the issue wasn't affecting all users.
Good news, CBC just called that he lost his seat. Good fucking riddance, bye-bye PP!
As a queer person, I don't really think we should look towards the UK as an example for social legislation.
Girl, if they don't eat they won't make it to next month! This isn't a financial decision, it's a survival decision.
King of the Hill. I love the characters so much, especially the dynamic between Hank and Bobby.
I think what's truly ridiculous is that we're subsidizing fossil fuels so goddamn much that no one even knows or can estimate how much. Our habitat is dying and we're using our tax dollars to kill it. We're funding our own extinction and we can't even keep track of how much money we pump into it.
Gender... stores?
What on earth are you talking about? I don't know anyone who's bought their gender. Everyone either just accepts hand-me-downs from their parents or they make it themselves, DIY-style.
If I were having high-stakes conversations, I might agree, but any slight delays in updates is unlikely to affect me. I'm not a high-stakes target of any sort.
Removed
Trans rocks rule
based mods
- IronFox (web browser)
- Fossify Caller app
- QUIK (SMS)
- Molly (Signal)
- Libretube (YouTube)
- Thunder (Lemmy).
Oops, all FOSS! :)
The only proprietary apps that see regular use on my phone are my banking app and Spotify.
I'm so fucking tired of Americans saying shit like "omg Canada as the 51st state would totally skew our elections Democrat, get owned Trump!"
The reality is, in any scenario where Canada gets annexed by the US, American democracy will not exist anymore by then. Even if there are fake elections, we'd most likely not be allowed to vote (à la Puerto Rico, as you point out).
I do appreciate someone pointing out how utterly enraged us Francophones would be if subjected to US rule.
Some of my ancestors suffered through the Expulsion of the Acadians and that's widely referred to as a deportation, despite most Acadians not being "sent back where they came from".
I'm not sure your definition of deportation is widely accepted. None of the dictionaries I consulted mention any implications of deportations specifically referring to sending people to their country of origin.
Cats geeking out on catnip is a prime source of stoner entertainment!
I had a friend with a lovely cat named "Countertop" (in French) who would always go so crazy playful after sniffing catnip. I miss that cat.
RIP Comptoir 💕
I will never truly forgive the Libs for that. "2015 will be the last federal elections under first-past-the-post", just to turn around mere weeks after being elected and saying "people just wanted electoral reform because they were tired of Harper, now that they have a government they're satisfied with they no longer feel the need for reform" (this is essentially exactly what Trudeau said in an interview with Le Devoir in late 2015)
Love Men I Trust! This comment from a Bandcamp supporter is so accurate:
The musical equivalent to waking up on slightly dampened bedsheets after a rough night.
I really hope the Cons lose massively in this election and back off from this alt-right Trumpian swing they've been on under Poilievre.
Not that the previous versions of the Conservative Party were any better, but at least they tried to hide how hateful and stupid they were. Now it's all just out in the open. It's exhausting.
Ukuleleing while walking? That's very undull behaviour, very undull indeed.
Definitely don't disagree Cons are an economic nightmare, but I just think any PM in 2008 would have similar stats, regardless of party.
Harmonium - Vert (5:34)
Québec's Harmonium was a force in the '70s prog rock scene, and one of the most popular acts of the decade in their home province. They were pioneers of the prog folk subgenre of progressive rock, incorporating elaborate instrumental sections into their music.
BA Johnston - There's a Hair in My Donair - (1:44)
BA Johnston is an artist from Hamilton, Ontario known for his satirical songs and energetic live performances. Some songs will be simple acoustic arrangements, as in Canadian Beers or they'll feature synth and drum machines, like I Don't Buy No Government Weed (Still Buying From Steve). Across all tracks, there's BA Johnston's self-deprecating humour and many references to real Canadian culture (like the mention of the camo Alpines in Canadian Beers, this man gets me)
Seriously, if you ever get the chance to see one of his live shows, please do yourself a favour and go! I don't want to share any details because it's best you go in blind. I will say that a BA Johnston show is an unhinged, multi-sensory experience.
Motherhood - Tabletop (3:01)
Playful as a puppy but smart as a whip, New Brunswick's Motherhood pack deeply conceptual art rock into a delightfully unpretentious package.
What are some cool spots you like riding your bike to?
Summer is approaching (in the Northern hemisphere, anyways) and while I do still bike in the winter, I'm hyped for the nicer weather to go on more leisure rides rather than just commuting.
However, I'm lacking ideas and inspirations for spots to cycle to, so I was curious where everyone here likes to go on bike rides!
New Brunswick needs to double addictions and mental health care spending | NB Media Co-op
According to the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA), 27.9 per cent of New Brunswickers indicated having difficulties with their mental health in 2024. Additionally, Statistics Canada reports that New Brunswick has the third highest suicide rate among all Canadian provinces, with 15.1 deaths per population of 100,000. It is crucial that New Brunswickers have access to timely and effective mental health services.
Unfortunately, in New Brunswick there are limited and inadequate supports for individuals seeking mental health care.
Le Conseil québécois LGBT craint un « recul » des droits au Québec
ici.radio-canada.ca Le Conseil québécois LGBT s’inquiète d’un « recul »
Tandis que le comité de sages sur l'identité de genre formé par Québec s'apprête à déposer son rapport, l'organisme dit constater de « l'intolérance ».
Tandis que le comité de sages sur l’identité de genre formé par Québec s’apprête à déposer son rapport à la fin du mois, le Conseil québécois LGBT veut lui envoyer un message clair. « On s’attend à [ce qu’il n’y ait] aucun recul de nos droits et aucun recul dans l’accès aux services », lance, inquiet, le directeur général de l'organisme, James Galantino.
Même si la ministre Suzanne Roy, qui a mis sur pied le comité il y a plus d’un an, avait promis de ne pas revenir sur la question des droits existants, le contexte social et la "montée de la haine" nourrissent les appréhensions de M. Galantino.
Holt adopts Higgs COVID playbook, minus the hard decisions
Last week, Premier Susan Holt launched her weekly livestreamed press conferences on her government's tariff "action plan."
New Brunswickers got to know the media room Holt was using — and the image of leadership in crisis — during Blaine Higgs's frequent pandemic briefings, fed into laptop computers and smartphones.
The premier instead adopted the role of therapist-in-chief, pledging to use the weekly briefing to respond to questions sent to her office by anxious, frustrated New Brunswickers.
What's the dumbest thing you've done to fix a tech issue?
Prime minister appoints Moncton Mayor Dawn Arnold to Senate
Moncton Mayor Dawn Arnold is stepping down from her municipal role effectively immediately to take on the new responsibility in the Senate. Paulette Thériault will be acting mayor, effective immediately, a statement from the city said.
Elections N.B. said Moncton will have to wait until May 11, 2026, to fill Arnold's vacancy.
Yeah, I'm what they call a cybersecurity expert 😎
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Tackling Canada’s Discrimination Against Indigenous Language Education | The Tyee
The freakout about Canada’s ‘internal trade barriers’ is a corporate scam
breachmedia.ca The freakout about Canada’s ‘internal trade barriers’ is a corporate scam ⋆ The Breach
Business lobbyists and right-wing think tanks are exploiting Trump’s threats to push their deregulation agenda
What tech skills are needed to host Fediverse platforms for a community of people?
I'm ready to completely jump in to using decentralized, federated platforms, however most people I know aren't fully there. It strikes me that this moment in time, where a lot of people are newly actively aware and frustrated by Meta and Twitter's actions, is ideal to get people to switch over to new platforms.
To encourage people in my community to join platforms on the Fediverse, I want to host instances of various platforms (probably Mastodon and Pixelfed to start with). Having a specific instance on these platforms to point people towards would probably help a lot of the folks I know get on board.
However, I'm scared I'm not knowledgeable enough to admin these public instances for others. I know some basic networking, I self-host a bunch of stuff with Docker on an old laptop, and I definitely am smart enough to figure out how to start up instances of these platforms. However, I'm mostly concerned with whether I'd be able to properly maintain and secure these instances. I wouldn't
Quad9 DNS randomly stopped working
I have been using Quad9 for my DNS, setup at the router level, for months without issue. Today, I woke up and the internet wasn't working, and as the one in the house who self-hosts a couple things on an old laptop and thus tinkers with the router, I was the one my roommates looked at in a panic.
I figured I'd just do a factory reset, and it worked! And then stopped working when I changed the DNS from my ISP's servers to Quad9's. I can't even ping their servers from my home network.
Could my home IP have been banned from Quad9 for some reason? I truly can't imagine why.
EDIT: Update if anyone cares, it works now. I assume it was a problem somewhere between my network and Quad9's servers, since I didn't change any configurations to make it work.
NB Elections: Susan Holt leads Liberals to majority victory, Blaine Higgs loses seat
Article en français (La Presse)
The Liberals under Susan Holt have won the majority of seats in the New Brunswick election.
At 9 p.m., with 80 per cent of the polls reporting, the Liberals were leading 31 ridings, the Progressive Conservatives were leading in 16 and the Greens were leading in two ridings.
Just before 9 p.m., CBC projected wins for Holt and Green Party Leader David Coon, who both ran for Fredericton seats, but PC Leader Blaine Higgs lost his Quispamsis riding to Liberal Aaron Kennedy.
Susan Holt leads Liberals to majority victory, Blaine Higgs loses seat
Article en français (La Presse)
The Liberals under Susan Holt have won the majority of seats in the New Brunswick election.
At 9 p.m., with 80 per cent of the polls reporting, the Liberals were leading 31 ridings, the Progressive Conservatives were leading in 16 and the Greens were leading in two ridings.
Just before 9 p.m., CBC projected wins for Holt and Green Party Leader David Coon, who both ran for Fredericton seats, but PC Leader Blaine Higgs lost his Quispamsis riding to Liberal Aaron Kennedy.
bc.ctvnews.ca Air Canada's chatbot gave a B.C. man the wrong information. Now, the airline has to pay for the mistake
Air Canada has been ordered to compensate a B.C. man because its chatbot gave him inaccurate information.
Jake Moffatt was booking a flight to Toronto and asked the bot about the airline's bereavement rates – reduced fares provided in the event someone needs to travel due to the death of an immediate family member.
Moffatt said he was told that these fares could be claimed retroactively by completing a refund application within 90 days of the date the ticket was issued, and submitted a screenshot of his conversation with the bot as evidence supporting this claim.
The airline refused the refund because it said its policy was that bereavement fare could not, in fact, be claimed retroactively.
Air Canada argued that it could not be held liable for information provided by the bot.
Legault sur l'utilisation de l'anglais auprès des jeunes
Lien Streamable pour ceux qui ne veulent pas suivre le lien Twitter pour visionner le vidéo. Celui-ci expire 2 jours après la publication.
Patrick Déry:
« Il y a des jeunes, malheureusement, qui trouvent ça cool de sortir des mots an anglais ou de se parler en anglais. »
Manifestement, pas juste les jeunes! 🤣
PS. Priceless : le visage de M. Legault quand il cherche à comprendre sa bourde.
Federal cap on international students is unfair, N.B. says
New Brunswick universities are scrambling for information after the federal government announced new caps on international students, set to come into effect for the next school year.
Article en français (Acadie Nouvelle)