Do you really think that the people who go to protests don’t also have job? No. They’ve just decided to participate in society.

I could go to one protest on my day off but why should it be a First Nations cause?

Because just like your neighbours in the USA, you live on stolen land.

And which First Nations cause should it be? Land rights? Fishing? Names of streets, statues, and building? Residential Schools? All worth causes that should be fixed.

It is an utter cop out and entirely disingenuous to imply that you protest for nothing because there are too many issues.

That did stand out to me, although I don’t know enough about these things to say how significant it is.

It is. But in some cases there’ll be a game or something that has requirements that are hard to wrestle with. For me it was a video game that needed specific libraries to run (possibly directX or whatever is current these days). After hours of attempts I downloaded Crossover and it worked instantly.

Desktop applications like the Office suites typically ran well for me in WINE. although my experience with those is dated by now.

I’m speaking from a macOS perspective but I’ve used WINE on Linux too.

I don’t see Canadian citizens out protesting it in any meaningful numbers. That makes you all complicit.

Edit: this isn’t to dunk only on Canada. Here in Ireland there is widespread racism towards the Traveller population. Policiies and local attitudes make their lives very difficult. They are expected to integrate to the colonial culture here but we are not expected to meet them halfway, etc. I’m just saying that we can’t pretend that we are not the problem.

I consider myself a trans ally, but I’m struggling to keep up with the latest pronouns. Congrats!

Crossover isn’t cheap, but it can save so much time compared to WINE that I think it does pay for itself.

That sounds promising. Good that they link to the research too. Not enough articles do that.

*He said he was fluttered

Translation: “I’m out of my depth here. I don’t know how to help. I would refer you to the right person but I don’t even have a good, professional referral network.”

I was going through a very rough patch in my teens that felt inescapable, included feeling socially isolated. Anyway, one day I was walking down through the city Center with my head down, as usual. A really confident and attractive woman coming towards me stopped briefly and made a point of facing me directly. She had a beaming smile and said “Hi, you have a really nice smile”. She said it assertively and then moved on.

I felt human again and I’ve never forgotten the impact a complete stranger can have in just a brief moment. I try to be that person for others now.

That’s why I don’t understand the widespread oppression of First Nations. I’ve been reading 21 Things You May Not Know About The Indian Act by Bob Joseph. It’s led me on to follow indigenous issues more widely and I have to say, that the Canadian kindness seems pretty exclusive to white people.

I say this only because I feel things will never change as long as Canadians keep telling themselves that they’re good people.

The current EU administration is doing what it can to avoid sanctioning Israel, despite what citizens want. It has to be the most vile leaderships we’ve seen, under Von Der Leyen and co.

2 C, 2 USB

I didn’t realise that it was fully open source. If that’s the case then that’s a huge advantage.

I don’t know why you’re being downvoted.

Well said. We don’t like inequality, but when it comes to blame somehow we all get a “tax free” discount.

Yes, they are awful people. They have more than enough money to live out their sickest fantasies and it’s still not enough for them. But they are - at least in part - a symptom of the way the rest of us live. We vote for a government that lets us forget our humanity, class consciousness and responsibility in place of overbearing capitalism. Only we can stop this.

And .txt files in Microsoft Word

Yeah, I don’t see how BS can avoid future enshitification anymore than Twitter could. But for now, it’s much better than X.

Pol.is sounds interesting - important even. Good to see places like Taiwan and Finland lead the way here, but I’m disappointed that I hadn’t heard of it before, nor anyone in my circle.

“In 2014, a group of technologists founded Pol.is, an open-source technology for hosting public deliberation that leverages data science. Pol.is enables participants to propose and vote on policy ideas using what they call “computational democracy.” The Pol.is design avoids personal attacks by having no “reply” button. It offers no flashy newsfeed, and it uses algorithms that identify areas of agreement and disagreement to help people make sense of a diversity of opinions. A prompt question asks for people to offer ideas and vote up or down on other ideas. People participate anonymously, helping to keep the focus on the issues and not the people.

Simplicity was important for me. I started with just getting breakfast right: something I like, that’s healthy, every day. Boring, but I can do it.

Once you have that nailed, do something similar for lunches.

This plan doesn’t account for nutritional needs at all. It’s just something I can do.

Edit: meals you can make in a slow cooker or large pot are ideal. I turn the temperature off low and can take breaks to play computer games or whatever to break things up. Once I’ve everything chopped and added, I turn on the heat. It takes me quite a while this way, but I can make enough for a few days.