Jesus fucking christ. If you ever need evidence to explain why Poilievre lost the election to one of the weakest Liberal runs Canada has seen in modern history, here it is. Tone deaf isn't enough to describe it. Clueless feels too weak. He's completely disassociated from the Canadian perspective.

Don't get me wrong, the gap is huge, but this graph is designed to misrepresent the information.

The scale starts at 45% and tops out at 60%. Even the bottom of the scale is only JUST below half, and the top is only 10% above it. The midway point is not the 50% mark, which one would expect to be the case for a graph showing percentages. So that low point is not the low point the graph insinuates, and the gap is only 15%, not the like 95% differential the graph insinuated until you start looking more closely.

The message is ultimately factual, but misrepresenting data to misrepresent vibes is still misinformation.

The fact that we've let the CPC continue to maliciously conflate "publically funded" with "state run and managed," while diehard Conservatives nod along, heads firmly positioned beneath the heels of their media conglomerate ogliarchs, is such a gut-wrenching reality.

Jesus christ, we're still polling on values like nationalistic pride? Don't get me wrong, we're not doing awesome right now, but fervent, aimless pride in the piece of rock I was born on isn't something I value.

Actually, after reading the article: the collective response for "I have a deep emotional attachment to my country" and "I am attached to my country as long as it continues to provide a decent quality of life" was 84% in 1991, and is 81% as of the most recent poll. People are just substantially more inclined to agree with the latter. So we've moved away from blind, fervent nationalism, and instead recognize that the goal of the state should be to provide a good quality of life for it's citizens, and agree that Canada is doing a good job of this.

...fucking good? Nationalism is down, and satisfaction with our country remains the same. This is a win, and it's kind of insulting that the headline, and discussion here, tries to suggest otherwise.

What am I expected to be inferring from this? Why is this news? That's a horrible tragedy, and says nothing about the character of the woman. If anything, I'd assume it means she's likely to be on the side of firearm restrictions, and likely to agree with her predecessor on gun violence as a public health crisis. But the summary, at least, tries to frame it in the opposite manner?

It's very easy to fear becoming the minority when you are willing to treat minorities like they're sub-human. This is the divide: it's not that I don't think the world is becomming less white; it's that I don't care. I WANT diversity, and I am willing to become a minority in support of that. Hopefully in a world where diversity is the standard, one wouldn't need to be afraid of being a minority.

Using AI to automate collusion while holding no personal accountability.

"But what if the invisible hand was an AI algorithm?"

Fuck, it's been "Megawho?" for years.

Imagine calling the difference between people who do stupid things and people who are born with diagnosed mental illnesses "splitting hairs".

It's very, very simple. In one case, you are attacking someone who is completely in control of their mental facilities. In the other, you are attacking people who are literally incapable of defending themselves, from birth. They are not synonymous. If you think that level of punching down is okay, then be as indignant and self-righteous about it as you want, but you deserve to be told.

It's no great secret that the Trump administration was peddling in vaccine misinformation.

The only surprise here is how much damage it caused in the Philippines in particular.

Not as scary as the propaganda you're spreading with the original post.

What a misleading title. Actively developed live games that started more than six years ago is not the insinuation that this title suggests. People aren't spending 60% of their gaming time playing 6+ year old content.