[–] 1 point 4 hours ago

Export tarrifs is a sketchy game to start playing. We still buy a bunch of food and other important stuff from the USA. I try not to, but I wouldnt want to impact food security.

Maybe the people selling tge specialized stuff to farmers just increase their price for Americans. This is definitely a situation where we the individuals have the collective power to fuck them.

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  • [–] 17 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

    The rail strike was absolutely ridiculous. CP and CN absolutely colluded to create that and the government did absolutely noting to seperate the strikes or hold them accountable.

    Also don't forget, CN and CP LOCKED OUT the union. Also they stopped shipping any new dangerous goods weeks before the lockout to make sure that those that relied on DG shipments to power generators in Quebec and clean their municipal water supplies would be loosing their shit on day one of the lockout. They also posted messaging warning people about potential unsafe drinking water if the lockout went on too long.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 day ago* (2 children)

    The government could literally spin up their own Mastodon instance with minimal investment and management needed

    But then comes the hard part: getting people to use it, especially normal people. Even just getting the politicians on it would be difficult.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 day ago* (2 children)

    He said a number of people were looking into the bushes nearby, and that's when he saw the animal, which looked lethargic and confused.

    "I just started talking to the skunk because I'm an animal person. I like to do that," Haché said.

    "I was saying, 'Hi, buddy, how you doing?' And the skunk looked up at me, and turned toward me, and it walked on to the sidewalk and it bit my leg and then it bit my shoe."

    Isnt most people's reaction to seeing a skunk in a bush to just get some distance? Also any wild amimal that was acting weird would be giving me alarm bells, maybe thats just hindsight but animals can carry diseases don't you know!

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