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ThatBikeGuy@lemmy.cato New Democratic Party@lemmy.ca•Eby 'deeply disturbed' by CSIS briefing on Nijjar killing in Surrey, B.C.12·2 years agodeleted by creator
ThatBikeGuy@lemmy.cato Canada@lemmy.ca•Pastor gets 60-day sentence for role in Alberta border blockade4·2 years agoAs a person, you don’t get to choose what laws you follow.
Corporations on the other hand, can break whatever laws they want, pay a business tax/fine and keep on doing it. Its interesting to see the narratives on both sides and the deep divide we have in the middle, in this country. US vs THEM play book as the 1930’s
ThatBikeGuy@lemmy.cato Canada@lemmy.ca•Online News Act could see Google, Meta pay combined $234 million to Canadian media1·2 years agogoogle will block all of canada until the government is quickly overthrown by all the Canadian corporations that are utterly fucked without google services. It would take a day at most.
ThatBikeGuy@lemmy.cato Vancouver@lemmy.ca•The awful cycling injuries I’ve seen are preventable – governments must build bike lanes1·2 years agoall for it. Every time I race in europe I very much enjoy this engineering concept put into action. The Netherlands & Denmark has it completely figured out and it works great.
ThatBikeGuy@lemmy.cato Canada@lemmy.ca•Alberta woman dies after being denied transplant for refusing to get COVID vaccine14·2 years agodeleted by creator
ThatBikeGuy@lemmy.cato Canada@lemmy.ca•Alberta woman dies after being denied transplant for refusing to get COVID vaccine27·2 years agodeleted by creator
ThatBikeGuy@lemmy.cato Vancouver@lemmy.ca•The awful cycling injuries I’ve seen are preventable – governments must build bike lanes2·2 years agoThe government must enforce the fucking laws that already exist. We have safe passing distance laws here, ive got plenty of video of idiots swerving in on me let alone not giving the proper distance. Send that to cops, they do NOTHING.
the only thing that seems to get the point across is mass protest rides tying up commutes on a regular basis for 12h. THEN suddenly there is an enforcement blitz, and then it slowly faids off again.
ThatBikeGuy@lemmy.catoElectric Cars@lemmy.ca•Buying an EV? Don't Waste Your Money on That Sporty AWD ModelEnglish51·2 years agoAWD helps, but knowing your vehicle and how it performs in the snow, will get you further than fancy devices. Now having the skills AND the fancy devices will take you almost anywhere.
when I was a kid, living on the prairies, the first winter I had my driver’s licence I went out to this big huge and very empty parking lot and started off having fun doing doughnuts. but then I started getting a feel for how it responds when it’s on the edge of control. and was practicing skid turns, regaining control etc. A RCMP car eventually came by, and just sat there for a min or two. I was thinking Uh oh… but he flicked on his lights, and I came to a stop, he walked over and asked what I was doing. I guess I gave the correct answer “learning how to drive in the snow”. He told me he got a “stunting complaint”, but he could clearly see that I wasn’t doing it entirely for thrills, or I would have been just burning those doughnuts. He gave me a few tips, on how to recover from a skid better, and told me to knock it off at that location but told me about another lot I could try and practice a bit more.
That interaction has literally saved my life a number of times, by giving me the skills early on how to recover when the vehicle is at the edge of control. I worked a career driving, never ended up in the ditch (touch wood) and have driven through the hairiest storms you can imagine.
Learn your vehicle, learn how to push it to the edge, and how to come back. (but do so in a safe place)
ThatBikeGuy@lemmy.cato Canada@lemmy.ca•B.C. port workers resume strike after union rejects tentative deal21·2 years agoi think the notwithstanding clause is a provincial thing, not a federal thing. Its a concession the feds had to make in order to change the constitution in the 80’s
ThatBikeGuy@lemmy.cato Canada@lemmy.ca•Canada excluded from Google's expansion of AI chatbot BardEnglish2·2 years agoits a tool. like a wrench. Use it as its meant to be used, it works great. Unfortunately, it is possible to use a wrench to pound in a screw.
oh if you really want to jump down the rabbit hole, just read “your consent is not required”. everything you say, or even don’t say is considered “disordered thinking” if a psychiatrist decided it is. they are literally the chiropractors of the MD world, everything is based on opinion and drug company statements with SFA to back it up.
ThatBikeGuy@lemmy.cato Technology@beehaw.org•Suicide Hotlines Promise Anonymity. Dozens of Their Websites Send Sensitive Data to FacebookEnglish9·2 years agothey send data to a lot more than just facebook.
The true extent is chilling. https://robwipond.com/your-consent-is-not-required
ThatBikeGuy@lemmy.cato Reddit Migration@kbin.social•Why we need to move on from kbin.social1·2 years agoi think whats missing is the ability to migrate a community to a different server within the federation.
ThatBikeGuy@lemmy.cato Technology@beehaw.org•Suicide Hotlines Promise Anonymity. Dozens of Their Websites Send Sensitive Data to FacebookEnglish4·2 years agoRemoved by mod
yea brain is not formed yet. thats why they look like adults but make such incredibly stupid mistakes. Also why we have a youth justice act. We are not savages like that cheetos colored place to the south.