Snowstorm

joined 3 weeks ago
[–] Snowstorm@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 days ago

Thanks for this list, I will come back to see it evolve and grow even if it’s already quite long.

There is something for everyone.

[–] Snowstorm@lemmy.ca 13 points 2 days ago

To add : Support communication infrastructure outside of AWS : that can be as simple as showing up on Lemmy regularly, visiting CBC website and a variety of Canadian information sources all the way to having a computer offline with a copy of early 2025 Wikipedia and various open sources software and decent local LLM.

Community involvement will be for two objectives: increasing preparedness is evident but also your own mental health that will be way more stable with you actively doing something tangible + the support network.

 

It seems the US isn’t competitive in the Icebreaker business… should we keep Helsinki’s shipyard busy for our own profit?

[–] Snowstorm@lemmy.ca 13 points 5 days ago

What if i think «guillotine » is the most beautiful word of 2025? I know some would argue Luigi should be first here, but i stand by my conviction.

[–] Snowstorm@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 days ago

Unfair for other countries refugees but Ukrainian already in the US will contribute to Canadian economy way faster in a time where we need to invest/restructure our economy away from US dependence.

[–] Snowstorm@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Attitude has a wide offer of household product, made in Quebec. They have a transactional website (Shopify) with free delivery if you order enough.

[–] Snowstorm@lemmy.ca 16 points 5 days ago (4 children)
  1. if you aren’t deficient you most likely have many months of b12 store.

  2. the tablet is about 1000x what your body can absorb daily. Don’t take two.

  3. unless you are just starting the treatment for a profound deficiency don’t sweat about it, but do build yourself a better system to remember.

  4. you won’t be anemic because you forgot a few dose, same thing with neurological symptoms: if you feel bad there is probably another explanation.

This isn’t medical advice because we don’t live under the same laws and maybe i don’t have your full information…

Some vegan look into yeast as a source of b12 : same problem than the tablet you need to remember to add it to your recipes. Since your lack of b12 comes from a diet choice we can expect your stomach to produce the “intrinsic factor” required to absorb b12 : you are fine.

[–] Snowstorm@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 week ago

Exactly, we need to be relevant to Europe and giving a very visible hand to one of their most important priority is an investment in Canada. That doesn’t need to be frontline boots on the ground but it’s time for visible Canadian logistic support inside Ukraine and at home manufacturing modern gear.

[–] Snowstorm@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Joint nuclear test for Ukraine and Canada… then let ambiguity happen. Both nations already have competent people and the test is only for the foreign public.

 

Article in question from CBC

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/adam-gopnik-anti-elitism-antisemitism-anti-urbanism-1.7458841

Trying to make sense of the current political storm, this article helped me.

I keep coming back to the question: what’s the end goals/motivations of Trump supporters? They know he wants to break the government and, yet, thinks it’s worthwhile. Why? Motivation will be multifaceted and we read all kind of proposition from dementia to dark gothic MAGA (as a plot from billionaires to each be king of their own techno-feudal city state). I don’t want to be naive but don’t want to be fear mongering either. Any agenda is enabled by the population and sufficient support.

This article’s take on anti-elitism as a rejection from the uneducated mass of educated immigrants because they perceive them as competition and as being responsible for their failure to achieve success… it leaves me a bit depressed because it takes effort to open up to any difference (immigrants, sexual orientation… ) and the mass of average (poorly) educated population doesn’t have the ressources to make this effort. And then the division in our population can be exploited by dangerous individuals for further pain.

How do we fight this now (and frankly forever because this weakness is intrinsic to this world, for every generation)?