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[–] bitwise@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Haven't been able to read the article, even archive services are paywalled.

[–] bitwise@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 months ago

Good thing Trudeau banned most semi-automatic "assault style" firearms just in time for us to get annexed!

You'd think he'd put a pin in that shit given what we're facing.

[–] bitwise@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 months ago

It's actually the opposite; US shale oil is very high quality in terms of purity. The problem is that their refineries are built around the idea of processing lower quality crude because the by-product is used in manufacturing other goods.

Canada's oil sands produces the crude they need to make money off that by-product.

https://youtu.be/_l1cj_AyR1E

Which is great for us, because it means export tariffs would have an outsized impact on their secondary petrochem product prices.

[–] bitwise@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 months ago

Good to see more of this out here. Harsh criticism of everyone that makes mistakes only serves to ensure that no one will ever change or take responsibility.

[–] bitwise@lemmy.ca 16 points 4 months ago

Quick, let's give more money to megacorps and business our way out of it! That'll fix it!

[–] bitwise@lemmy.ca 12 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I signed it, but I don't expect Doug Ford to have the sense to do what's right for Ontario given what's he's already done so far.

[–] bitwise@lemmy.ca 11 points 4 months ago

Putin's his master and handler. If the United States throws the high ground away and starts gobbling up neighbouring nations, it becomes that much easier to say "the West does it too".

[–] bitwise@lemmy.ca 26 points 4 months ago

Building off this a bit, I think the reason why it bothers me so much isn't just because it's distracting, it also has this unintended toxic effect of tying the value of what someone's saying directly to their appearance. It's exhausting watching new generations of people re-equate truth and beauty again and again in ever more insidious and pervasive ways with new technology.

[–] bitwise@lemmy.ca 29 points 4 months ago (5 children)

I want to like this person's reporting, but I just can't get over the urge to reach through the screen and push her out of the way so I can actually see what the fuck she's talking about.

Seriously, I get that there's tons of pressure to standout in visual platforms by highlighting yourself in your work, but I'd still like her content even if her face wasn't constantly in it.

[–] bitwise@lemmy.ca 11 points 5 months ago (4 children)

False equivalence.

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