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Hundreds of Americans accept B.C. man's social media invite to visit Canada in c/canada@lemmy.ca

[–] SteveDinn@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/nanaimo-infusion-tod-maffin-1.7519638

What this article didn't say was that Tod Maffin (the organizer) used to work for the CBC (where the article was written). He was a technology columnist for CBC radio. I actually met him a couple of times when he was on my side of the country (Nova Scotia).

MRW I get a notification that the three-month waiting period is over and Section 31 memes are free game in c/tenforward@lemmy.world

[–] SteveDinn@lemmy.ca 12 points 3 days ago (3 children)

I don't think this is true because Im not sure Section 31 even counts as Star Trek

Drummer for indie rockers the New Pornographers arrested over child sexual abuse images in c/canada@lemmy.ca

[–] SteveDinn@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Damn it. This is one of my favourite bands. What's the protocol here, am I still allowed to like them? What if they get a new drummer?