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First Weekly Discussion Post! Seeing how Maple Music is a brand new community here on Lemmy, what all would you like to see in the community moving forward? (lemmy.ca)
 

Looking for anything that comes to mind. I'm hoping to make this community an engaging one that builds an active and positive userbase. What would you like to see in this community, and what ideas for it do you have to bring to the table?

Confused about Federation in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

Immediate thought that comes to mind is that you can follow the Lemmy and Pixelfed accounts from your Mastodon, which would give you some ease in accessing their posts via Mastodon, and then boost the posts from there.

Hope that helps a bit, tbf cross-platform interactions like this are something I have very limited experience with.

Confused about Federation in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 10 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (2 children)

Not entirely. While you can interact with content from other social platforms like Mastodon and PeerTube from Lemmy, federation is best experienced when you utilize platforms with similar use cases.

For example, the link aggregators (Reddit-likes) on the fediverse are Lemmy, PieFed, Mbin, and until recently, Lotide. Each of these platforms have similar looks and purpose with slight differentiation. While you can communicate with video streaming or microblogging like PeerTube and Mastodon respectively, it's best to stay within the link aggregators and make a new account for those purposes.

To give an example with microblogging on the Fediverse, there's also a number of options. Biggest one is Mastodon, but others include Misskey and it's endless forks, Smithereen, Pleroma/Akkoma, Mitra, Threads, etc. all with their own interesting quirks. While they can interact with Lemmy and whatnot, their best interactions are going to be with similar-purposed platforms.

Danielle Smith and François Legault are the most unpopular premiers in Canada in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 16 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

Genuinely surprised Smith is that low. Like, if it took into account how people nationally felt about Smith I'd see this as expected, but the Angus Reid poll referenced seems to be based on the approval ratings of the premiers by their constituents.

I swear not long back Smith had a 60% approval rating here, which is absurd to think about as expected as it is. Wonder if the podcast surfacing pissed people off.

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Meet the Calgarians running for mayor and council in 2025 | The Sprawl (www.sprawlcalgary.com)
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VINXIS - Sidetracked Day [Electronic] (2018) (vinxis.bandcamp.com)
 

VINXIS is an electronic musician from Edmonton. Figured I'd share the song here since I've loved it for a few years now.

I want to go to a Calgary Roughnecks game, but they seem to use Ticketmaster for online ticket purchases. Any idea if it's possible to purchase tickets in-person? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 20 hours ago

I actually haven't! I'll be sure to contact them!

I want to go to a Calgary Roughnecks game, but they seem to use Ticketmaster for online ticket purchases. Any idea if it's possible to purchase tickets in-person? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Thanks! Hopefully that's still an option, so I'll likely ask the next time I'm in the area or have time on my hands.

LPT: Want to remove old sticker adhesive from a hard or plastic surface? Use a thick oily substance like peanut butter or mayonnaise to help get it off! in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 8 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

If you can manage to thicken it so that it stays in place, I see no issue. Just with peanut butter and mayonnaise, it's really easy to spread it over the adhesive without it spreading to where you don't need it and it staying in place.

Maybe a paper towel might work, but I'd still worry about preventing it from spreading elsewhere instead of staying place personally.

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Came across this gem I was sent a few years back. (lemmy.ca)
 
Gifted 5-year-old boy with Einstein-level IQ joins sister as member of Mensa in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 0 points 20 hours ago (6 children)

Yeesh, sorry for trying to make a post to the Positive News community.

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I want to go to a Calgary Roughnecks game, but they seem to use Ticketmaster for online ticket purchases. Any idea if it's possible to purchase tickets in-person? (lemmy.ca)
 

Been getting interested in possibly watching Lacrosse the last few months, and want to give it a shot. Just annoyed that the team uses Ticketmaster for buying tickets when I'd much rather use an alternative. Just curious if anybody knows if offline options exist.

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Gifted 5-year-old boy with Einstein-level IQ joins sister as member of Mensa (www.ctvnews.ca)
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LPT: Want to remove old sticker adhesive from a hard or plastic surface? Use a thick oily substance like peanut butter or mayonnaise to help get it off! (lemmy.ca)
 

I've used this trick to get old price stickers off my VHS cases (plastic ones, not cardboard), and to remove branded stickers off glass spice jars I want to reuse and relabel. Always works like a charm after letting it sit for a while.

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5 Emerging Canadian Artists You Need to Hear in April 2025 │ Exclaim! (exclaim.ca)
Maxime Bernier decries 'woke ideology' at campaign stop in Dartmouth in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

Cat meows, more at 11

US Government says Quebec's french law is an illegal barrier to american business. ''We will not compromise on French. This isn't negotiable" Quebec premier responds. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 79 points 1 day ago (2 children)

God, why do they feel entitled to our marketplace? Jesus Christ can they just fuck off?

Howdy! What can I do to help around here? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Will do! I'll look at the smaller communities when I can. Mouse is borked at the moment, so using the Raccoon app on mobile and NumLock keys on the desktop to get around for the time being.

Six in 10 Canadians want to scrap contract for U.S. warplanes: Nanos poll in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Is that the case? I've been hearing a lot about how unreliable the F-35s have been with it being hard to even get them off the ground half the time due to the maintenance needed on them.

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Watch bbno$'s boisterous performance at the 2025 Juno Awards (www.cbc.ca)
 

So fucking glad my guy finally got a Juno. Fun and talented dude.

Green Party co-leader in Yukon to pitch national civil defence corps in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 days ago

I fucking love this guy, the more I hear about him, the more I want to throw my vote for the Greens.

As much as I wish they would ditch May and make him the sole leader of the party, I might concede my gripes and vote for them anyway since he's just so fucking talented as a person and party leader.

Look up this guy's portfolio, he walks the walk.

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Should we make a list of MPs who have Mastodon or BlueSky? (lemmy.ca)
 

So the other day I was in a conversation talking about the MP for my former riding, Greg McLean. I by no means am a Conservative voter, but of the Conservative MPs I can give respect to, Greg McLean is towards the top of the list considering the social issues he's worked on, and his engagement with the community.

I was checking out his website and shockingly found that he has a BlueSky has one of his social platforms. Not only that, but he also uses it regularly, posting multiple times per day. Now this could just be his publicity team rather than him directly, but it still caught me off guard in a positive way that it was a platform he utilized.

It had me thinking. What other MPs use BlueSky and/or Mastodon? I feel having a list would be a useful resource especially in asking other members of parliament by legitimizing the idea of providing a method of following them on social media without using X or Facebook.

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Now Launching Maple Music! (lemmy.ca)
 

In celebration of the Junos recently, I've decided to make this community to help highlight Canadian music, and the incredible talents of the Canadian music scene!

My recent thoughts of making a community for Canadian music are not the first occurrence of me wanting to do so. Every now and again I'll work on adding things to MusicBrainz. I had a close friend who unfortunately passed a few years ago who was involved in the Edmonton hiphop scene, and in working on adding Edmonton-based hiphop to MusicBrainz, I came across a number of acts that I felt deserved more recognition than they received.

I hope that in making this community, gaps become filled between Canadians and their exposure to Canadian music talent. Even with Canadian Content laws, a lot of acts don't receive the exposure they deserve, part of this being owed to the digital media age and music streaming services.

Please forgive the community looking bare for the time being without a community icon or banner. I'm currently without a mouse for my computer using my keyboard to navigate my computer. When I have the opportunity to do so however, I will be adding those ASAP. Please feel free to provide any ideas for the images in the meantime.

Plans for the community include the following:

  • A megathread of Canadian musicians and where from Canada they hail from.
  • A megathread of free and/or Creative Commons releases and music by Canadian musicians for those who are unable to afford fiscally supporting musicians who have paid releases
  • A megathread of Canadian music magazines and media based on locality and/or genre.
  • Weekly topic threads. These topics will be questions asking about your favourite Canadian musicians in x genre, what Canadian songs have emotionally moved you the most, musicians you feel were robbed of a Juno, etc..
  • Event-specific topic threads. This will likely be used mainly for future Juno awards to discuss Juno nominees, winners, the live event, and closing discussion the day or two after.

Once I get this technical issue out of the way, I look forward to helping make this an active and thriving community here. Cheers!

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Ideas where I can get a free computer mouse in this city? (lemmy.ca)
 

Howdy y'all,

Earlier today my mouse crapped out. I'd easily buy another, but unfortunately I am incredibly tight on funds for the rest of April.

Is there anywhere I can find a mouse for free? I really don't need anything special, just something that can navigate me around the monitor reasonably. Have set up NumLock keys for the time being and that's how I've been getting by for the day on top of the Tab and Page Up/Down keys.

Thanks in advance.

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