Politicians are already on social media. What we need are government departments on social media. CRA and justice, at a bare minimum, should be on social media.

It also wouldn't hurt my feelings to have a "lemmy.gov.ca" instance with communities for parties, politicians, and every government department and ministry.

One thing to watch out for is that anyone with an iPhone or using something like Air Guard on Android can easily discover that your bike is tagged. If well hidden or inaccessible, that might deter the thief. If not well hidden, it might take only a moment to deal with.

They also had a pretty big turnout for that march against trans thing. Twice.

One thing that the automatic summary missed is this important paragraph:

However, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party also echoed “river to the sea” phrasing in its founding charter as a way to say his government doesn’t recognize Gaza or the West Bank, according to Dr. Dagher, who was a Canadian government analyst overseeing Ottawa’s international aid to those occupied territories from 2007 to 2011. Still, she acknowledged that the phrase can be terrifying to Jewish people especially since Hamas has also placed the phrase in its charter as a call to erase Israel.

So both sides of the conflict have used the phrase as a way to dismiss the claims of the other, although it's origin is as a Palestinian slogan. According to this Wikipedia page, there have historically been multiple interpretations of exactly what is meant when using that phrase and those variations continue. In fact, as of this writing, neutrality of this article is disputed with the relevant talk page raising what could be conflicting concerns, most notably the issue of whether we take the meaning from the users' claims or from those holding opposing views.

No, it should happen at the national level for buying power. It should include the full supply chain as exploited by current national and multinational grocers.

So I guess what I'm saying, is pick one and nationalize the whole damn thing. Weston/Loblaws would be my pick.

Everyone in a position to complain about loss of wealth or income as a result of nationalization has enough of either or both to just ignore.

You can always tip after. Tips are between you and the server anyway. The business is not part of that transaction.

Not true in many places. Lots of restaurants pool all the tips, then distribute them to all staff, sometimes even owners and managers.

I've worked lots of places where working late meant overtime pay, which was against policy and therefore led to battles, "administrative penalties" like getting lousy shifts, and occasionally even labour board intervention. So yeah, it's not unreasonable to think that someone might push the problem on to someone else.

I don't know much about airline regulations, but I would hope that there are also limits on hours based on safety regulations. In that case, the entire flight might get cancelled when someone exceeds allowable hours. Now imagine the pressure the employer applies to the employees in that circumstance. And the outcry from the passengers booked on said cancelled flight.

The only way this can come to a meaningful conclusion is for two things to happen.

First, steps should be taken now to lock in who is going to have to pay if found guilty. No passing the buck. No transfer of assets. No "bankruptcies".

Second, anyone found guilty must be held financially liable for any necessary remediation. Then anyone left standing must forfeit any land they own in the greenbelt. Ideally, not just the specifically contested properties, but everything.

We did that a little over a decade ago. One thing to watch out for is that it could be a one way trip. We're now retired. The lower wages mean that the retirement income is also lower. That would be fine, except that now we're looking at what the future holds for health care and driving. We're fine as long as we can stay here, but anything that forces us back to the city means absolute destitution.

Quantum computing is like fusion power. There are so many complicated little details that we discover as we go and that have to be exactly right that success at a meaningful scale is always just over the horizon.

I only read about this stuff, so I might be completely wrong and the analogy might actually be stupid. :)

Yeah, I've started thinking that, too, so I push back every chance I get. As an actual boomer, I think it's my prerogative, in a kind of "get off lawn" way. :)

The article says "thoroughly under tap water". I take that to mean no soap, but running water and scrubbing, either just with your hands or with a suitable brush.