Sure I can do that :)

I'll message the mod now and see if there is a response, and then redirect it if I don't hear back

It could be worth posting about it in !communitypromo@lemmy.ca and !newcommunities@lemmy.world

It's been down for me on and off since yesterday

Cool, thanks for sharing it :)

The autofill popup has always been unreliable for me on Android (with Bitwarden)

I use the quick settings tile most of the time instead

Well, it sounds like a course on election disinformation, with a catchy title

We’ll start by breaking down the basics of what foreign interference is and why countries meddle in each other’s elections in the first place. Next, we’ll dive into the legal issues surrounding foreign interference under Canadian and international law. We’ll also investigate the high-stakes world of cyber interference, exploring the use of cyberattacks, such as hacking and phishing, to disrupt democracy. Finally, we will look at the critical role of social media in shaping electoral outcomes through disinformation campaigns and learn how to recognize the signs of manipulation on the TikTok “For You Page”.

Back in school, I remember doing an activity where we got a map of points and we had to gerrymander it to make one side win, and then the other side, and finally decide on a "fair" way to divide up the region. It was a great way to explain the concept.

I'd rather students are aware of the techniques that are used so that they're more likely to spot them in the wild

Compiling some links in a thread in !vancouver@lemmy.ca. I've copied the current version below, but please see the linked thread for the most up to date version: https://lemmy.ca/post/42967562

Information

WARNING: There are graphic videos of the event and aftermath. Keep that in mind when going through any social media posts. The news articles are generally 'safe' to read.

Social media threads:

• !canada@lemmy.ca: https://lemmy.ca/post/42965727
• r/Vancouver: https://www.reddit.com/r/vancouver/comments/1k8v49i/
• https://x.com/VancouverPD/status/1916348189449634129

News Articles:

• https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vehicle-hits-crowd-filipino-festival-lapu-lapu-day-block-party-1.7519778
• https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/04/26/major-police-incident-vancouver-lapu-lapu-festival/
• https://theprovince.com/news/police-incident-at-lapu-lapu-day-in-vancouver/wcm/8078cf55-f577-49a1-a041-6bdd6d7c2bef
• https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/british-columbia/article-vancouver-festival-driver-incident-deaths-injuries-updates-lapu-lapu/
• https://vancouversun.com/news/police-incident-at-lapu-lapu-day-in-vancouver

Let me know if any information belongs in this thread and I'll edit it in.

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Support Resources:

Local Resources

Vancouver Police Victim Services: As per their website - Victim Services staff members are not police officers; they are civilian employees of the VPD with specialized training in emotional support, crisis intervention, and communication skills, and with education in areas such as psychology, social work or other related disciplines.

Staff are available to provide free and confidential support to victims, witnesses, and family members affected by crime and trauma.

If you have been affected by crime or trauma, contact the VPD Victim Services Unit at 604-717-2737.

Vancouver Coastal Regional Distress Line: 604-872-3311

BC Mental Health & Crisis Response (no area code needed): 310-6789

Suicide Crisis Helplines: Text or call 9-8-8 from anywhere in Canada or call 1-800-SUICIDE (1-800-784-2433) in BC, both available 24/7.

Learn about what resources are available in your community, including mental health supports. Available 24/7 and Canada wide: Call 211 or visit 211.ca

Crisis Centre: https://www.crisiscentre.bc.ca/

Other Resources

A few people have recommended doing a visuospatial activity, such as playing tetris, to help reduce trauma related intrusive memories from the incident

https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2017-03-28-tetris-used-prevent-post-traumatic-stress-symptoms

A single dose psychological intervention, which includes using the computer game Tetris, can prevent the unpleasant, intrusive memories that develop in some people after suffering a traumatic event.

Some tetris links:

• https://tetr.io/
• https://tetris.com/

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What can you do

I haven't seen an official call for donations yet, but I've compiled some comments / links.

Blood donation eligibility information: https://www.blood.ca/en/blood/am-i-eligible-donate-blood

What types might be in need:

Filipinos blood type distribution is 86% O-positive, and 8% A-positive, so if you are type O and A consider donating. Oak street location is open pretty much every day

No problem, happy it worked out!

I'll delete the test post now

Thanks! I've added them to the post and sidebar

MapleMusic has a recent post on !communitypromo@lemmy.ca, but !givergaming@lemmy.ca could doesn't so it could be good to post about it. Thanks for sharing them!

This is good feedback, I'll note them down for the next set of changes

this post was made for testing and so I'm locking it now, but feel free to post your comment in one of the other threads :)

https://lemmy.ca/post/42908711 https://lemmy.world/post/26364778

(also yes I agree, it's refreshing to just dump a platform format altogether)

this post was made for testing and so I'm locking it now, but feel free to post your comment in one of the other threads :)

https://lemmy.ca/post/42908711 https://lemmy.world/post/26364778

This is a test post to demo crossposts. I should have locked it right away, but I've now downvoted my post to limit its spread

The demo context is here: https://lemmy.ca/post/42908711/16150798

I wrote up a detailed explanation to respond to each question, but in short, making a new post would be simplest. If you want to play around with it, you can try editing this post further since it is possible to make it identical to what you'd get by pressing the button.

I see why I was stuck here. I was using https://lemmy.world/post/26364778 and I can't see the two squares button.

Yes, each instance is a separate "website", managed by a separate team. Login details aren't shared between instances with Lemmy.

This article has a diagram of how it works:

https://fedecan.ca/en/guide/lemmy/for-users/detailed-overview#where-are-the-communities

One confusing aspect is that the post ID (the numbers after /post/) is also different, since each instance manages the number separately. So on lemmy.ca, the original post has an ID of 40107104, while lemmy.world assigned a different ID to the post. There are discussions about changing that in a future version of Lemmy, but for now you will need to know the correct URL for the post.

If you don't have the local post link, you can find it by copy pasting the original link (https://lemmy.world/post/26364778) into the search on lemmy.ca

I copied the source code to my post, but it didn't show the count of comments in feddit.uk

This is also normal. A crosspost behaves like a regular new post, and there isn't any hidden information, only the contents that you can edit.

Some apps and interfaces try to identify crossposts, but they do this by comparing the text in the title/link/post body.

Here is a test post I made using the crosspost button, to compare what it looks like:

• Your post: https://lemmy.ca/post/42908711/
• My crosspost: https://lemmy.ca/post/42945464

As you can see, my post also doesn't show any additional information on the official web interface.

Meanwhile if you look at the same posts on the Photon theme/interface:

• Your post: https://photon.lemmy.ca/post/42908711
• My crosspost: https://photon.lemmy.ca/post42945464

My crosspost shows the extra information, while your post currently does not. I think it's because the original post had an image link while your post doesn't. Easiest would be to make a new post by using the crosspost button. If you want, you can also crosspost it (to !test@lemmy.ca for example) and then press edit to see what is different.

Let me know if anything is unclear, I'm happy to clarify further! I'll see about making an explanation article about this, since other people might be wondering about it as well.

The formatted text:

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/26364778

Credit to https://www.reddit.com/user/lukakopajtic/

There might be some changes that could improve it further:

• Remove Brave
• Maybe add Signal; It's easier than Element, but it's also centralized
• Stop suggesting Linux Mint specifically
• Recommend Hosted Nextcloud
• Add GrapheneOS
• Maybe add Delta chat
• Maybe remove Bluesky
• Remove Stremio and add Jellfyin (even though it's selfhosted and not a direct equivalent)
• Add ente because Immich is selfhosted
• Add aurora
• Add SearxNG
• Add SimpleX
• Add lichess
• Add pCloud

Any other suggestions?

Temporary improved version:

From	To	Compromise
X, Threads	Mastodon	Bluesky
Instagram	Pixelfed
YouTube	PeerTube	ReVanced (just blocks adds)
Reddit	Lemmy
Netlix, Disney+	🔨 Jellyfin
Google Meet, Zoom	Jitsi Meet
Google Docs	Etherpad
Google Search	🔨 SearxNG	Kagi, Ecosia
Google Drive	Nextcloud	pCloud, filen, Proton Drive
Google Photos, iCloud	Immich	Ente
Google Chrome	Librewolf, Firefox	Ungoogled-chromium
All messaging apps	Element (matrix)	Signal
Google Home, Amazon Alexa	Home Assistant
Play Store	F-droid, Aurora
Google Android, iOS	LineageOS, GrapheneOS
Windows, MacOS	Linux Mint

🔨 = Self-Hosted only (requires running a server)

The raw text that you'd paste in:

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/26364778

> Credit to https://www.reddit.com/user/lukakopajtic/
> 
> There might be some changes that could improve it further:
> - ~~Remove Brave~~
> - ~~Maybe add Signal; It's easier than Element, but it's also centralized~~
> - Stop suggesting Linux Mint specifically
> - Recommend Hosted Nextcloud
> - ~~Add GrapheneOS~~
> - Maybe add Delta chat
> - ~~Maybe remove Bluesky~~
> - ~~Remove Stremio and add Jellfyin (even though it's selfhosted and not a direct equivalent)~~
> - ~~Add ente because Immich is selfhosted~~
> - ~~Add aurora~~
> - ~~Add SearxNG~~
> - Add SimpleX
> - Add lichess
> - Add pCloud
> 
> Any other suggestions?
> 
> Temporary improved version:
> 
> | From | To | Compromise |
> | - | - | - |
> | X, Threads | Mastodon | Bluesky |
> | Instagram | Pixelfed | |
> | YouTube | PeerTube | ReVanced (just blocks adds) |
> | Reddit | Lemmy | |
> | Netlix, Disney+ | 🔨 Jellyfin | |
> | Google Meet, Zoom | Jitsi Meet | |
> | Google Docs | Etherpad | |
> | Google Search | 🔨 SearxNG | Kagi, Ecosia |
> | Google Drive | Nextcloud | pCloud, filen, Proton Drive |
> | Google Photos, iCloud | Immich | Ente |
> | Google Chrome | Librewolf, Firefox | Ungoogled-chromium |
> | All messaging apps | Element (matrix) | Signal |
> | Google Home, Amazon Alexa | Home Assistant | |
> | Play Store | F-droid, Aurora | |
> | Google Android, iOS | LineageOS, GrapheneOS | |
> | Windows, MacOS | Linux Mint | |
> 
> 🔨 = Self-Hosted only (requires running a server)

  

This works :)

How should I cross-post a page from another community properly?

Which app are you using? Some apps have a cross post button. If you're using the website (lemmy.ca), there should be a crosspost icon (two squares)

You can also do it manually fairly easily. Copy and paste the post body into your new post, and paste in a link to the original post. You can then use the quote formatting to make it identical to what you'd get by using the button.

I'll reply to this comment with the contents that come up when I hit cross post on that original post

Putting in a temporary email address seems to work

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declaration_on_the_Rights_of_Indigenous_Peoples

The Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP or DOTROIP[1]) is a legally non-binding United Nations resolution passed by the United Nations in 2007 that delineates and defines the individual and collective rights of indigenous peoples, including their ownership rights, cultural and ceremonial expression, identity, language, employment, health, education, and other issues. Their ownership also extends to the protection of their Indigenous intellectual property.[2] The declaration "emphasizes the rights of Indigenous peoples to maintain and strengthen their own institutions, cultures and traditions, and to pursue their development in keeping with their own needs and aspirations."[3] It "prohibits discrimination against indigenous peoples and promotes their full and effective participation in all matters that concern them, and their right to remain distinct and to pursue their own visions of economic and social development"

Excerpt from the article:

Carney opened Friday's forum by reiterating a commitment to reconciliation, and admitted that there is much more to do on the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) Act and its action plan, the calls for justice from the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's calls to action.

UNDRIP is a human rights instrument that acknowledges Indigenous Peoples have the right to give or withhold consent for projects that impact them. The Conservatives have opposed this policy as a "veto," while the Liberals passed legislation in 2021 requiring federal laws be harmonized with UNDRIP.

Looks like the second one is loosely attached, and meant to be stored away as a replacement

https://www.ikea.com/ca/en/p/tronnan-replacement-brush-white-10457027/