Notices by Harold Jarche (harold@mastodon.social)

It is seriously time for Canada to apply for EU membership.

#CdnPoli

“You will not achieve an informed public simply by making sure that high quality content is publicly available and presuming that credibility is enough while you wait for people to come find it. You have to understand the networked nature of the information war we’re in, actively be there when people are looking, and blanket the information ecosystem with the information people need to make informed decisions.” —danah boyd

https://jarche.com/2022/01/the-balance-between-emotion-and-logic-in-the-digital-age/

#PKMastery #media #misinformation #SocialMedia

Note that Apple Intelligence on Mac OS does not work when language is set to English (Canada)
#AppleIntelligence

How to run a food bank. There is not a food shortage but rather a distribution problem. This food bank distributed 84% fresh food one week.

https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6617089

I have been with Fastmail for many years. Great service in my experience. Get off the google and others and check it out.

https://www.fastmail.com/

@blogdiva we play cribbage here and our board dates from the 1950s. Made by those nasty ACME dudes :)

"In fact, you could argue that much of the F*ck Trudeau movement — designed to give rise to the far right in Canada — emerged from exploitation of the resistance against pandemic restrictions. This cause was aided tremendously when (less than two months after the end of the trucker convoy) Elon Musk acquired Twitter and turned the platform into a far-right social network where misinformation and hate speech are allowed to live and spread unchecked."

https://cultmtl.com/2025/01/anger-towards-justin-trudeau-always-comes-back-to-the-pandemic/
#CdnPoli

I wonder how many US veterans voted for Trump?
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2024/11/21/musk-ramaswamy-proposal-slash-spending-could-include-va-medical-services.html

"Most Americans live paycheck to paycheck, and many have no emergency savings—they are one crisis from homelessness. A job loss or an unexpected illness and they are where I am. They are on edge, driving bigger and faster and louder cars—a society speeding along as it disintegrates."

https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a62875397/homelessness-in-america/

@carnage4life So basically you say that most people are lazy, which is probably correct. But is that what we should be striving for in our society? Convenience has a price.
https://jarche.com/2017/09/a-convenience-truth/

"Canada Post has framed this narrative that they are losing money…

I believe it’s unfair that the crown corporation can state that it has lost $3B since 2018 when in actual fact it has invested that $3B into new sorting plants, new vehicles to replace their aging fleet, as well as new equipment and technology all over the country!

The only thing that Canada Post has not invested in during that same time period is their workers… "

https://www.rankandfile.ca/canada-post-false-narratives/

Brandolini's Law is going to sink us. There is just too much BS

https://sketchplanations.com/the-bs-asymmetry-principle

Pluralistic: #Bluesky and enshittification

"I will never again devote my energies to building up an audience on a platform whose management can sever my relationship to that audience at will." —Cory Doctorow 2024-11-02

+1

https://pluralistic.net/2024/11/02/ulysses-pact/

"Today, knowledge is subversive" —Francesca Albanese, the United Nations special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territory

https://www.cpac.ca/headline-politics/episode/un-special-rapporteur-on-the-palestinian-territories-speaks-to-media-in-ottawa?id=e6bec32b-6953-4266-a2ac-120552cc3567#

#genocide #UN

My grandfather was in the Reichswehr (look it up). He served 9 years & then served in the German postal service. Hitler took power in 1933. My grandfather refused to join the Nazi party & would not get a ration card for his family. They went hungry but he fished for eel. There was never a photo of Hitler in the home, against regulations. I am seeing the same situation my grandfather did.
Grandfather died in 1958 saying that all Germans should wear black because of the shame of WWII. It repeats

Seen in passing

#Hfx #cycling #walking

"Beginning in 2024, when society in the United States has grown unstable due to climate change, growing wealth inequality, and corporate greed [this work of fiction] takes the form of a journal kept by Lauren Oya Olamina, an African American teenager." — Parable of the Sower (1993)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_Sower_(novel)

Yes, there are options to burning fossil fuels, even in agriculture and land care

https://directedmachines.com/

"The zero emissions, all-electric drive delivers 60 HP (45 KW) peak power and 1,400 ft. lbs of torque. An up to 30KWh battery bank offers hours of independent work, day or night, charged during daylight by a 450W solar panel. Optional 3KW inverter supplies backup power for home / tools."

Seeing people out walking while wearing high visibility clothing today reminds me of this cartoon from 1927
#CarCulture

Steel is real #cycling