https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-iran-negotiations-infrastructure-bridges-b2960588.html

Looking for good quality playing cards that could be an alternative to US Playing Card Co. (makers of Bicycle and a large variety of other decks). But it looks like it and its Belgian parent company (Cartamundi) owns nearly the whole market for playing cards. Is there no local printer for good quality playing card decks?

A relative of mine plays Bridge a lot and goes through standard playing card decks more often than most. So I thought getting a bunch of decks from a quality Canadian or non-US supplier might be a nice gift if one exists.

They should be standard 54 card decks, no fancy designs needed, it just needs to be a few steps up in quality from the flimsy dollar store decks and souvenir card decks...

It's action packed and fast paced, intuitive to pick up for my novice friends and family, replayable with several kinds of optional mechanics. Initially, I picked it up because someone mentioned it in a Flamme Rouge review as being better than it, and I enjoy both games to pieces as the mechanics are immersive.

The new tracks and stuff seem interesting so I'd like to pick up an expansion, but not multiple at once. So help me pick:

• Heavy Rain, Japan + Mexico, puddles and consecutive curves, bumch of new cards
• Tunnel Vision, Netherlands and Spain, tunnels, bunch of new cards
• Rocky Road (upcoming in 2026), South Africa and Germany, gravel roads and stuff

Crossposting another user's post from !mentalhealth@lemmy.world since that thread is likely to disappear.

Likely valid until Thu Nov 27, 2025, available in Calgary only. Posting just for fun and in case 1TB becomes this price next year due to AI datacentres devouring the supply, lol.

YEA/POUR: 169 LPC, 1 GPC

NAY/CONTRE: 141 CPC, BQ 22, NDP 5

ABSTAINED/ABSTENU: 2 CPC, 2 NDP, 1 LPC (Speaker of the House/Président de la Chambre)

The theme seems to be "reduce operating spending, increase capital spending". We'll see how that will blow over with the opposition.

Online left-wing infighting seems to me to be about applying labels to people because they argue or have argued one thing on a particular topic, and then use it to discredit an unrelated argument topic or paint their overall character. I know there are pot-stirring trolls and compulsive contrarians, but I do witness users I personally judge to have genuine convictions do this amongst each other.

Within US politics, CA Gov. Newsom is an illustrative example (plenty of examples exist too for other countries and around Lemmy/Fedi). I don't particularly like him, he has done things I think are good, some things I think are funny, something things I think are bad and some things I think are downright horrible. Yet I have encountered some users online who will say they can't ever applaud a move of his if one specific other policy or set of other unrelated policies crossed a line for them. I'm not asking people to change their mind on what they think of a person because of an isolated good thing they do, but to at least acknowledge it as a good thing or add nuance describing what about it you like or don't. I can accept saying "I don't think this is a good thing in this circumstance", "this person will not follow through with this thing I think is good thing because ___", or "they are doing a good thing for wrong and selfish reasons" too. But to outright deny any support for an action because of a wildly extrapolated character judgement of the person doing it, when that user would support it otherwise, vexes me greatly.

I know this is not every or most interactions on Lemmy, but these are just some thoughts I have to get out of my head. You don't have to agree with me. I'm using 'left-wing' because the definition of 'leftist' or 'liberal' is wide-ranging depending on who you talk to. And on the side of the spectrum I'm calling left to left-centre, we seem to let the fewer things we disagree with get in the way of the many more things we would agree with each other. That's all, thanks for reading.

I'd like to hear people's journeys and motivations from people who switched over the last few months, and if there were particular challenges that were faced.