Rob Bos

I could see it also being a problem if you’re trying to remove a cable with a stuck latch. Wiggle it around a bit, accidentally hold down the button… oops

Maybe that’s the motivation for invading Canada. Trump the First, by the grace of God, of Canada King, Defender of the Faith.

Oh, sweety. If you think there are no abortions in Texas now, I have a great deal on seafront property in Florida for you.

Clearly a Dutch flag torn in half.

Who’s “we”, motherfucker?

Any non Hulu source?

Yeah, I don’t think anyone is arguing that the Canadian military wouldn’t get roflstomped in hours. It’s more about the insurgency afterwards, I’d say.

Not all the American occupiers can be armed and wearing body armour 100% of the time. They have to sleep and piss occasionally.

Who’s radicalizing? There’s no US invaders on Canadian soil, what are we radicalizing against?

A fascist takeover of Canada would inevitably result in a guerilla war. This is just a fact.

You’re just as dead if you’re shot by a Ross rifle or Lee-Enfield as by a whizbang gizmo-addled wank-rifle with 10 attachments and a CDROM drive.

Canada is five large cities, which are easy to capture, and an entire USSR-size back-country of rough terrain, which would be nearly impossible to patrol and hold in the face of even a mildly resentful populace. You don’t have to have the entire population actively fighting - passive resistance would make it difficult to do anything in the face of shrugs and "I dunno"s.

Resistance fighting can be picked up pretty fast, and in the face of brutal American reprisals and repression, I think it would be. Their history in Afghanistan and Vietnam shows that they’d create an entire generation of people out for revenge VERY quickly.

We would hide our insurgents, and they would fade into the mountains and forests. You don’t need a lot of active insurgents to cause a huge problem.

We have cheap drones and abundant weapons. We’re one of the more gun-infested countries per capita, and have a porous border with the USA.

It’d be a hell on Earth. They’d never hold the Rockies.

Resource extraction operations. Forestry and mining are easy to disrupt, especially if the local labour doesn’t like the occupiers. There are a thousand ways to gum up the works, and a thousand more to attack them and fade away into the surrounding forest.

Megagermans vs milligermans

I work for a Canadian university library and I assure you that data archival efforts are proceeding apace. I can’t really say more without possibly endangering American colleagues.

I can’t say I’m particularly outraged by any of the proposed legislative changes, but I feel like there’s some reading between the lines that would need to be done.

Like their transportation memo embraces new and innovative technology, while ignoring the innovation and efficiency that can be gained by leveraging existing technology. Canada’s train legislation is in dire need of reform.

If they centralize control of transport policy in the federal government, but then declare the needs of suburbs take priority over the needs of cities, then we could end up with a Doug Ford in charge who works to eradicate cycling infrastructure nationwide, and turn cities into mere corridors for cars to pass through to other destinations.

I’ll have to look for that. Probably not at our regular market but there is a south American specialty store across the street that I have neglected.

Soak rice overnight. Add riceand water, milk, cinnamon, vanilla, sugar, to blender . Blend. Strain. Serve over ice, or not.

Great with vinegar too.

I wonder if Costco stock is a good buy right now. Currently $937 up from $300 in 2020. A P/E of 55, with 0.5% annual dividends paid quarterly.

With the new risk of being targeted by MAGAs for a boycott, I could see that being a problem. I don’t think Costco’s survival as a corporation depends on its stock. They do stock buybacks, which is going to be artificially inflating the price a bit.

If it drops significantly, I could see it being worth the pickup. Maybe I’ll sell some long put options.

We tax the theoretical assessed value of houses, why not stocks?

If and when it becomes possible to surgically modify yourself into an actual transhuman type catgirl or kitsune, and you know the furries will be all over it, there will definitely be a conservative backlash.

Just a small nit, I would say ‘much’ cheaper or ‘dramatically’ cheaper. Exponential refers to rate od change, not magnitude of change. Something increasing by 10% a year is exponentially increasing, something that’s just gotten bigger could be increasing linearly or not at all.