I think they were being sarcastic, playing with the criticizing Israel's government = antisemitism nonsense
Governments (public health units notwithstanding) promoting things in the name of safety remind me of Conservative and Christian groups promoting things in the name of child welfare. It makes spotting lies easier
This deserves criminal charges imo
"Patient safety" is being weaponized against healthcare providers in the same way "antisemitism" is being weaponized more generally
From Turtle Island to Palestine, genocide is a crime
80% of the country wants us to continue our support of Israel or to do even more
Source?
Me, personally, it's not a big deal. But in several ways Canadian identity is based on comparing ourselves with the United States, as if it were the only relevant comparator. I see this in policy and people's national identification. So, I do think a good number of Canadians dislike being mistaken for Americans because it doesn't align with their identity. Separate from that - and the context of this post is travel - there's a popular idea amongst Canadian travellers - especially the hostel-going type - that the world perceives Canadians better than Americans. So, many will display Canada flags when they travel to preemptively fend off the idea that they're American
I was looking for a relatively quick analysis to experiment with some of the NBA stats APIs, so I examined player performance before and after the Raptors-Knicks trade on 2023-12-30 from a Raptors perspective.
I excluded the shorthanded game they played against the Pistons that day, and compared players' average game scores for the ~31 games prior to and ~7 games after the trade (including the pitiful loss to the Jazz on January 13th).
I chose the Hollinger Game Score to summarize player performance, which can be calculated from a player's box score.
The formula is: PTS + 0.4 * FG - 0.7 * FGA - 0.4*(FTA - FT) + 0.7 * ORB + 0.3 * DRB + STL + 0.7 * AST + 0.7 * BLK - 0.4 * PF - TOV.
Game Score was created to give a rough measure of a player's productivity for a single game. The scale is similar to that of points scored, (40 is an outstanding performance, 10 is an average performance, etc.).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnism:
Carnism is a concept used in discussions of humanity's relation to other animals, defined as a prevailing ideology in which people support the use and consumption of animal products, especially meat.
Note: Philadelphia and Boston are basically sharing a spot.
Previous edition: Team offensive and defensive ratings (Dec 1, '23)
Plot explanation
Offensive and defensive ratings are the estimated number of points teams score and allow per 100 possessions. Horizontal and vertical lines are league averages. Diagonal bands reflect net ratings, which are offensive ratings minus defensive ratings. The green dot-dash line is a net rating of +10, green dotted +5, red dotted -5, and red dot-dash -10).
Note: Portland and Memphis are sharing a spot
Previous edition: Team offensive and defensive ratings (Nov 14, '23)
Plot explanation
Offensive and defensive ratings are the estimated number of points teams score and allow per 100 possessions. Horizontal and vertical lines are league averages. Diagonal bands reflect net ratings, which are offensive ratings minus defensive ratings. The green dot-dash line is a net rating of +10, green dotted +5, red dotted -5, and red dot-dash -10).
I use shrewd as a compliment. It's a resume/CV type word
I like coffee, tea, beer, wine. They're all pretty bitter. Non-alcoholic substitutes like soda and juice are typically sweet. That's the appeal for me, having a bitter non-alcoholic drink, like a 'near beer'. I'm not strongly into this trend, but I understand an angle to it when I try to cut back my beer consumption
The controversy exploded over the weekend when it came to light that MPs from all parties, Trudeau and [president of Ukraine] Zelenskky honoured this individual with cheers, salutes and applause.
"We have here in the chamber today a Ukrainian Canadian war veteran from the Second World War who fought for Ukrainian independence against the Russians and continues to support the troops today even at his age of 98," Rota said on Friday. "I am very proud to say that he is from North Bay and from my riding of Nipissing—Timiskaming. He is a Ukrainian hero and a Canadian hero, and we thank him for all his service."
I think this issue raises how complex political history is more than anything. And, yeah, MPs should probably have more guidance with this stuff. "Speaker invites Nazi" seems so 'gotcha!' without learning anything from the incident
Shocked Pikachu face (/s)