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It is not a good movie, but my kids enjoyed it, so I got some vicarious pleasure out of the experience. I wouldn't watch it on my own.

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I suspect if you polled the Carney voters from the last election, all but the NDP/Green ABC-crowd would be fine with these policies.

Ironically, many of the voters worried about the collapsing middle class (in the form of stagnating wages and the housing crisis) probably went with the CPC.

That's been the LPC strategy since the early 2000s. It works.

That's what many of his left-leaning detractors have said. Unsurprisingly, the central banker is a dyed in the wool neoliberal who wants to trim government spending while shoveling money towards the private sector to grow the economy. Maybe wealth will finally trickle down this time. 😅

Federally, only two parties have formed government. They change their names etc, but it's pretty close to being a two party system already.

It's fair to say other parties have had an effect (like the NDP before the last election), but they haven't gotten anywhere near forming government.

That's awesome! It took me a while to build a connection.

Even if my blood boils every other day, I would kill for them. This is really weird. They can bring the worst out of you and, in an instant, flip it on its head and make you feel almost high.

Yeah, it's a weird dynamic. I haven't fully gotten used to it, tbh.

I always hated the sound of kids crying and wanted this kid to be different in that respect but I still hate it and my blood starts to boil the longer he cries (again, I'm not going to hurt this kid. I'm not a violent person).

I had similar feelings. There were a few times where I wasn't in a good place emotionally, so I made sure the screaming kid was safe, closed the door, and took five to calm down. Then I opened the door and did what I could to help the baby.

I didn't think I was a person who got angry/frustrated that easily, but yeah, a screaming kid can have that effect.

I felt so bad when my first was born. I felt similar, the immediate jolt of love and connection wasn't exactly there ... he would scream, and I would cry. ...

3 years later that same baby, I'd rip my fucking skin off with rusty pliers if there was a chance of keeping him safe

This is my experience as well. Nobody seems to talk about it IRL, but I see similar sentiment online.

They go through a bunch of phases in the first three years:

• houseplant (need to be watered and fed, don't interact much),
• blind kitten (need to be fed, not in control of movements, don't really interact, can move)
• kitten - can move and interact, not really in control of actions.
• Puppy - can interact, likes playing, not in control of emotions, can move
• drunk troll - likes moving, vaguely understands what's happening, gets upset for weird reasons, starting to express love towards you, destroys things for fun/frustration

And then they start getting more like people. It's easier to interact with them. As they get closer to creatures we understand, it will be easier to love them.

Good luck. It gets easier and better.

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It sounds like this has been planned for a while, and they're hurrying it along. Like you say, I'm glad they're covering the bases.

There's more than just policing:

In addition, the city will investigate and establish new short-term shelter options, including $1.95 million for up to two managed, secure and short-term emergency shelter spaces, $850,000 for operations and $300,000 for property rentals.

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The plan includes $624,000 in additional support for existing housing non-profits to expand existing relocation services, but doesn't specify which non-profits will receive funding.

Sorry, I just can't stop myself from shitposting sometimes.

I'd donate a bit to all of them (your home instances, and the respective devs) because you're using resources from each. But that's just me.

I'm more disturbed by the lack of tread on their shoes!

It's hard to tell but she's actually skating

I've donated to development. Instances need support, but the platform won't improve without developers.

It's popular to shit on lemmy.ml and the tankie devs, but that's where most of the development and beta testing happens. It's wild that software that allows users to ignore the silliness of that instance isn't funded because of the instance.

(It's possible for devs to be distasteful enough that I wouldn't use their software, but we haven't gotten there yet with Lemmy)

Let's fucking go

The Facebook Files made – and provided evidence for – multiple allegations, including that Facebook was well aware of how toxic Instagram was for many teen girls; that Facebook has a "secret elite" list of people for whom Facebook's rules don't apply; that Facebook knew its revised algorithm was fueling rage; and that Facebook didn't do enough to stop anti-vax propaganda during Covid-19. Most damningly of all, The Facebook Files reported that all of these things were well known to senior executives, including Mark Zuckerberg.

It's clear which side Sorkin is taking. "I blame Facebook for January 6," he said last year. "Facebook has been, among other things, tuning its algorithm to promote the most divisive material possible. Because that is what will increase engagement ... There’s supposed to be a constant tension at Facebook between growth and integrity. There isn’t. It’s just growth."