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Deep in the ocean of words, the author said something like "doing stuff your character can do according to the rules of the game isn't cool". And I totally disagree.

Choosing the right thing, at the right time, to help your party (or even better, enhance your party's abilities) feels pretty good, and gets accolades at the table.

I'd love to take credit for the summary, JuxtaposedJaguar did the work.

I use one of these: https://hobsonseats.com/

It's great. I don't ride without it.

I find that iron-on patches don't tend to stay affixed. They fall off even faster when the cloth flexes repeatedly throughout the day.

I've had good luck hand stitching another piece of cloth to the underside of the garment.

On Friday night, in two Ottawa bars, campaign workers shared how the party was behind this move — how two Liberal Party staffers attended the conference intended for conservatives and placed these buttons in areas where attendees would find them.

How stupid are LPC staffers that they think they can brag about doing unethical shit at bars in Ottawa, at election time? It's embarrassing.

The stereotype of the condescending, entitled Liberal isn't far from the truth in this case.

The Greens have been pushing innovative policy for decades.

They were the first Canadian party that I know of to advocate for a carbon tax in the early 2000s or late 1990s.

not again

Check her estate, Mr. Scott. You may be pleasantly surprised.

• The first phrase (at the top) talks about being part of a series, rather than the purpose of the doc. That should go at the end.
• the image in the middle looks like it's describing use cases, but the cases and significance to the reader aren't clear. What is DRM? What is profit share? What is a credit system? Why should the reader care?
• why are library apps in a rectangle, but the others in circles?
• "Environmental" has an icon, but it doesn't seem to be used anywhere.
• would the bubbles with icons look better if they were left justified?
• the "need help choosing" block is the most understandable: it lists interests and an appropriate suggestion.

The first app on the left is a library app. I think the ones under it might be library apps too.

That's a quality summary.

That is a lot of text. Like, I want to read it, and the reference to buddy's three rules of TTRPGs is neat, but it rambles.

good bot

In the 90s it was seen as a backwater with growing power. There was a sense that China's economic growth would push it towards democracy. Tiananmen Square seemed like proof of that.

It says nothing about why it's a problem that people with high incomes also get this (other than it's unfair).

That's a pretty good reason. It's using the income of taxpayers to subsidize seniors with above average income. Yes, about half of that is clawed back, but it's a poor use of resources.

It then suggests making it more complicated (increasing overhead) so that poor people can get more.

Payouts are already scaled by income. Changing the scaling rates does not increase complexity, but it does improve fairness.

The link does a pretty good job describing the issue.

OAS is in desperate need of reform:

presently includes individuals with incomes over $140,000, and couples who have nearly $300,000.

This level of subsidy for affluent retirees is a perverse outcome of the ESDC failure to adapt OAS in response to other pension policy, and the rapid increase in housing wealth enjoyed by many seniors. We should now make up for lost time, because we live in an era when some people have real affordability concerns.

There are a bunch of people getting money they don't need, and a bunch of people who need money aren't getting enough.

Putting it in terms of "keep" vs "take away" shuts down conversation about a significant problem in Canada's federal government.

It's typically a question of who is available in the riding to run. And then they need to make it through the vetting process. And then they need to collect the signatures and deposit. And then they need to fill out the paperwork and submit it to Elections Canada.

It's a lot of effort, just to be a name on a ballot.

That'd track

100% usability and algorithm. I still visit Reddit because r/all is perfectly entertaining rage bait.

Lemmy is fine usability-wise, but we're short engaging content.

Mastodon's lack of algorithm makes it a really hard long-term sell.