That’s an easy one. For example, by allowing the marketing or product to be unduly attractive to children

I think you mean commerce and marketing ‘give’ those things. Capitalism is about preserving financial wealth and dividing access to health and agency in regulating one’s dopamine (to use your pet metaphor) according to wealth

Nah, predatory capitalism is the problem

vystopia

TIL there’s a word for that. Thanks jerkface! ☺️

Miez - a crowd pleaser like pizza. I like it when she moves her arms to gesture “scritch here, please.” She’s so relaxed ❤️

The bike lanes are pretty long and extensive because they wouldn’t be an attractive traveling option otherwise. The job will require planning of how to ‘renovate’ in addition to the actual roadwork. $48 million doesn’t really surprise me. Ford’s idea isn’t about fiscal prudence or easing traffic, it’s about appealing to suburban and rural voters and Ford trying to build a highway and circumvent opposition to do so: https://thenarwhal.ca/ontario-highway-413-bill-explainer/

I don’t have time to read the article right now unfortunately, and have only glanced at it, but anyone not concerned about the global rise of authoritarianism isn’t paying attention. Based on my glances, I thought the commenters disparaging the Tyee read less of the article than me. I think we’re seeing a post-election uptick in US commenters making US-centric comments on Canadian news article posts on lemmy.ca. When they’re relevant or thoughtful, I don’t mind. I hope to read this slightly dated, but perhaps more relevant now than before, article later

I don’t see where the article says PP is a threat to democracy…

Fair, but at least they’re reporting it and connecting the dots re: this tesla safety issue, which I haven’t seen from any legacy media

It’s not just about the bike lanes. The bike lanes removal is part of a bill ford is using to build a highway. I’m not sure how much the bike lanes bit is a distraction from him circumventing opposition to a highway he wants to build. I definitely think the bike lanes removal is an issue, but it’s not the full picture of ford’s latest effort to @#$ the people of Ontario over, which we shouldn’t lose site of.

https://thenarwhal.ca/ontario-highway-413-bill-explainer/ (bold mine):

If built, Highway 413 would run through Ontario’s Greenbelt, prime farmland, wetlands, woodlands and waterways, connecting suburbs north and west of Toronto. Ford’s Progressive Conservatives have been trying to build it since 2018, and won re-election in 2022 on promises to deliver on the highway. But the process has been bogged down by intervention from the federal government — plus backlash over the 413’s environmental impact and the well-connected developers that stand to benefit from its construction.

Six years later, with shovels not yet in the ground and the premier hinting at an early election, the government is now making another attempt to hit the gas pedal. It’s selling the new legislation — which also includes measures to restrict bike lanes — as a way to solve the Greater Toronto Area’s traffic woes, despite years of evidence showing new highways don’t relieve congestion and bike lanes don’t cause it.

The COP conferences nowadays are O&G industries cosplaying social responsibility as a self-serving delay tactic

The privacy violations seem egregious to me. Then there’s the fact that this bill will secure pensions for 80 politicians by pushing the next election back a week. Why doesn’t the electorate trust politicians more? /s

I think political parties love where politics is at. It’s become about data collection and copious personalized advertising to ‘key voters’ (ie, small groups of voters that heavily and unfairly sway overall results in first-past-the-post style elections). Policy and party identity are passé and not as easy to game the system and be reactionary with. It’s easier to buy votes (via personalized advertising) than it ever was before this era of social media saturation, I think.

I’m in my 30s and I reject these sort of privacy violations (and freedom of reach), in part because I remember how much ownership and privacy consumers used to enjoy. Now, we can’t access many services without handing over gobs of our data, and because we often pay for licenses versus actual goods (eg, netflix) we are at the whims of companies when they want to change their services, increase fees (eg, surge pricing), or change end-user agreements.

I make a point of my age, because when I talk to people in their 20s and younger, they often don’t see things like I do; my privacy-centric views seem strange to them. For people who’ve experienced puberty and onwards with multiple mainstream social media platforms, they seem to regard this relationship with products and companies as completely normal. Good news for the oligarchs.

Why do you think a union would be involved in moving stolen vehicles, especially in any sort of decision-making capacity (ie, deciding to support this type of crime)? Is there any evidence to support your allegations of criminal activity?

Thanks for posting this. I think you’re right. I was getting bad-reddit-like vibes from the recent AMA posts. One thing I like about the fediverse is how real posts and comments are (compared to corporate-controlled social media)

I switched to Coextro after getting fed up with similar price gouging from Koodo. Coextro uses a 3rd party for their billing, which I don’t love, but I pay $81.30/mo for mobile service and home internet (combined) without a contract

In a very superficial way, yes; in a meaningful way, not at all imo. In response to Black Lives Matter, “all lives matter” was a way of delegitimizing a marginalized group’s fight for justice and equality. Recognizing all victims of war and not strictly NATO soldiers (ie the red poppy) is about including more marginalized people in our memorializing, not fewer. It’s quite opposite to “all lives matter” actually

That lil guy is so @#$%ing cute 🥰

Yeah, that’s a real bummer, the disappointing results on a Grey Cup host year. I was expecting to see another Lions v Bombers final this year

This happened in Canada, not the US, but I agree with the US healthcare issues you mentioned

“This doctor billed the Ministry for over 23,000 vaccines over 5 days, incorrectly billing the Ministry for $630,000, 21 times their eligible payments.”

Those vaccines were not administered by her or her staff, but by local medical students, and not in her office, both of which apparently go against billing codes.

I’m not sure I agree with seizure of all funds here, and the vaccine clinics did good, but I think the doctor intended to misuse billing codes and I understand why the Ministry wants some money back. There should have been more communication and compromise earlier on. Like, if a doctor bills the province for $100,000 for a day’s services that should raise a flag