Languages: Français, English
Pronouns: They/them
Communities:
A Nazi Christian nationalist toured Canada this summer, people opposed had to get together in every single city and have there be substantial public outcry before local governments revoked his licenses to play.
So, Nazi? You’re fine, in line with Canadian values apparently. Critical of Israel in any way? BANNED FROM CANADA
I guess I shouldn’t be surprised, we sell arms to Israel and we have parliamentary standing ovations for shitstains like Charlie Kirk.
distinction between graduate school and undergraduate school
Yeah but you’re implying there’s a distinction between universities and post-grad, not undergrad and post-grad.
It was surprisingly difficult to find, considering how widespread the meme was, but here it is on Dailymotion!
Are there any grad schools which aren’t associated with a college/university?
Look at this big shot who doesn’t need roommates to afford housing.
Former New Zealand Prime Minister
Not me seeing this on my break at work in a café, exactly 2 bong rips and 3 espressos into my day…
The campfires in Celeste are great. They’re such a peaceful respite after the intensity of the gameplay.
The idea that adopted kids aren’t “your own” or as real as biological kids is silly. My first partner was adopted, and she’s much closer to her family than I’ve ever been.
Knowing the hoops adoptive parents have to jump through (at least where I live), I’d even say that the average adoptive parent is probably more of a parent than the average biological one. You really need to want kids to go through that process.
Thank you for saying this. We have more than enough reason to shit on these assholes for their actions and rhetoric; there’s absolutely no reason to use ableist language.
In a similar vein, I’ve seen a lot of “weaponized” homophobic language on Lemmy (often in regards to Putin and Trump). Like you say, the only people who get hurt by this are the random queer people who read these comments.
The absence of a regulatory body for English is honestly probably one of my favourite features of the language. I’m a native French speaker, and while I can speak standard French, my dialect diverges substantially from what’s prescribed by l’Académie française (France) or the OQLF (Québec). There’s this sort of hierarchy in French where France (especially Parisian) French is seen as superior, and all other varieties, from Canadian to African to Caribbean, are seen as various degrees of inferior.
I don’t feel that as much with English, and I think it’s in part because there isn’t an institution trying to define “proper” English. Despite it being my second language, I often feel more confident speaking to native English speakers from other regions than I do to other native French speakers.
Woah, just reading iSerial Reader brought back a flood of Mac piracy memories from the depths of my brain.
I think it’s a tactical error to let the right-wing fascists dictate your policies before there’s even a chance they get enacted.
This video is equal parts informative and hilarious! Thanks for sharing :)
I love reading Spanish as a native French speaker, it’s like trying to read French on drugs. I kinda understand but I really don’t.
This one sentence on the article pretty much summarizes the problem:
It’s not surprising these groups check out of politics, especially when there is mounting evidence that legislators favour higher status voters.
The two main parties can barely pretend to give a fuck about the poors anymore, and the NDP has basically regressed to being equivalent of the Liberals a decade ago. The Federal Greens are a joke.
I only vote because I’m queer and the Conservatives have a much more aggressive form of homophobia than the Libs.
Québec doesn’t have a crown corp telecom, but Vidéotron is a major player there.
I’ve no experience with them (when I briefly lived in Montréal my internet was with TekSavvy) so I can’t comment on how they compare with Rogers/Bell.
When he lies, his nose gets longer. I think it’s because lying turns him on.
As far as commonly consumed things go, I’d say coffee is pretty up there in terms of witchy-ness.
A plant only found in some regions of the world, from which we cultivate cherries to unleash the seed inside. This seed we then roast, grind up into a powder, and use a variety of techniques both ancient and modern to extract the essence of that powder to harness its caffeine properties. Whether I’m using a French press, a pour-over, or a fancy espresso machine, it always feels kind of like magic to me.