[-] n2burns@lemmy.ca 54 points 1 month ago

Jesus Christ that’s fucked up. Only 36 too and stopped drinking…

From the article:

Amanda Huska died Aug. 15 after spending six months in an Oakville, Ont. hospital.

and:

Huska, he said, stopped drinking as soon as she was diagnosed with Alcohol Liver Disease on March 3

So that sounds like she was immediately admitted (which implies she was already very sick) and only was sober in the hospital. In my opinion, that doesn't qualify for "stopped drinking" and unfortunately she didn't get a chance to prove whether or not she was actually able to stop.

[-] n2burns@lemmy.ca 43 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

FTA:

Butker recently delivered the commencement address at Benedictine College, a liberal arts institution in Atchison, Kansas. This is the same college that once forced out gay basketball player Jallen Messersmith to remove a rainbow flag from his dorm room window.

It would seem that Butker felt right at home.

So unfortunately, it seems like this might be what the college was going for.

[-] n2burns@lemmy.ca 50 points 5 months ago

I'm not sure if it's really worth considering an article from the Toronto Sun, citing "people on social media". Especially when it quotes stuff like:

“Welcome to Canada, home to everyone but Canadians.”

A large portion of people receiving those benefits are literally new citizens, and while "newcomers" might not be "Canadians" by everyone's definition, they are at very least "prospective Canadians". Also, as the article points out at the end, Parks Canada has been providing free access to more and more Canadians including Veterans, youth, and those with disabilities.

[-] n2burns@lemmy.ca 52 points 5 months ago

So far, SpaceX has been run with much less Musk involvement. That could change on a whim, but so far it seems to be a pretty well run government-supplier under Gwynne Shotwell.

[-] n2burns@lemmy.ca 53 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

The recall affects 3,878 Cybertrucks, which cost roughly $61,000 (£48,320), made between November 2023 and April 2024.

This is a bit off topic, but the $61K RWD trim is "available in 2025", so the recalled vehicles are either the $80K AWD trim or $100K Cyberbeast trim.

[-] n2burns@lemmy.ca 44 points 7 months ago

The article doesn't really explain it, but assume this is because you can't use 3rd party app stores on Fitbit devices? So to avoid opening to competition, they're removing anything that could be interpreted as a store?

[-] n2burns@lemmy.ca 51 points 7 months ago

Yup. I've volunteered at a couple thrift stores, and we'd just toss stuff like this.

[-] n2burns@lemmy.ca 47 points 8 months ago

"Completely inappropriate," Blanche said. "Over half the population of this country believe the election was stolen. This trial is not going to solve that."

That's a lie. I don't think at any time a poll showed >50% believed the election was stolen. The most recent ones I can find show somewhere in the 30-40% range. It's still a ridiculously high number, but it's nowhere near "over half".

[-] n2burns@lemmy.ca 46 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

And the next paragraph:

The jet had been prevented from making long-haul flights over water so that the plane "could return very quickly to an airport" in the event the warnings happened again, NTSB chief Jennifer Homendy said.

~~Which makes it sound like they couldn't find the source of that warning but weren't willing to completely write it off.~~

Nevermind:

"An additional maintenance look" was requested but "not completed" before the incident, Ms Homendy said.

[-] n2burns@lemmy.ca 45 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm not sure if the Author just doesn't understand the situation or is misrepresenting it on purpose.

Either way, a lack of STV isn't the reason the House Speaker election is going this way. Republican members who are not voting for "the Republican Candidate" know their vote is a protest/obstruction. If the House had RCV, the Speaker Pro Tempore wouldn't call a vote until the Republicans had the vote, lest Hakeem Jeffries be elected Speaker.

I fully support Ranked Choice, Instant Run-off, Mixed-Member Proportional, etc., but this is not a supporting case

[-] n2burns@lemmy.ca 45 points 1 year ago

You miss-read (or didn't read) the article if that's your take-away. It's saying the long-term effects can be roughly the same. It's not equivocating the actions themselves.

[-] n2burns@lemmy.ca 56 points 1 year ago

Please read the article before making your xenophobic proclamation. This has nothing to do with "illegal" immigration. The Temporary Foreign Worker program brings in employees legally. Once in Canada many employers illegally exploit these employees under threat that if the employees report their conditions, their contract will be terminated.

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