BinzyBoi

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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.

[–] [email protected] 79 points 2 days ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days 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.

[–] [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.

 

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

[–] [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.

[–] [email protected] 83 points 2 days ago (3 children)
 

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.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago

Are you even Canadian? That's a pretty dense comment to make.

Indigenous people are much more susceptible to homelessness and addictions due to generational trauma that the government has inflicted on them and their communities through residential schools and the Sixties Scoop.

So yeah, sorry for being racist by... reads notes... acknowledging issues that negatively affect other races.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

That's a shame. Genuinely.

For all the crap I give Danielle Smith, and rightfully so, I really enjoyed the idea she pitched of Alberta becoming a hub for the manufacturing of Hydrogen EV vehicles. It's the exact type of diversification we need in this economy.

Alberta workers are scared about moving from the oil rigs and sands because the work culture here is a lot more about working with your hands rather than working with your brain. That's not to say Alberta workers are stupid of course, just that a lot of the workers here prefer blue-collar jobs over white-collar ones since that's what they're most familiar with.

Hydrogen vehicle production here in Alberta sounded so fucking perfect. It not only diversifies our provincial economy, but also diversifies the EV market by providing options that aren't Lithium-Ion, which comes with a myriad of concerns for a number of people. In my opinion, this move could have been revolutionary.

I know this doesn't involve vehicle manufacturing, but regardless this is a bad look for the idea overall.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 days ago (9 children)

Fucking good. Trudeau made a campaign promise not to go through with purchasing those F-35 planes to begin with and went ahead with it anyway. The deal should have been off the table to begin with, especially with the shit build quality these things have for the insane price point they have.

All that money could be put towards lifting up our fellow Canadians in homelessness and addictions treatment, especially those who are indigenous.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 days ago (2 children)

The comments were deplorable, good thing he's stepping out of the race.

I do have to wonder though, is this out of actual remorse, or because of back door conversations with the Liberal party to ensure they don't risk losing a seat?

 

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!

 

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.

 

Hey all!

Just made the decision to swap to this instance from my PieFed one. Imma keep one of my PieFed accounts to help find bugs with the software and all, but overall I'm going to move here after giving the idea some thought for a few days.

I really want to help the local community on the instance, especially in regards to creating and moderating communities. Is there a list of communities on the instance requiring moderation? If so, I would like to apply for the opportunity to do so after showing regular activity.

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