Rentlar

The Bloc knows they are in a far better negotiating position now then if an election were to be called immediately. If Cons get a majority as 338 predicts, they will give zero fucks about the other parties.

That's part of the reason why new community oriented projects are way more interesting to me now than most software. There are some outliers in the space who still have dedicated people in their craft rather than for money but it is fewer and farther between.

Imagine if they pulled that on the idle timeout pause screen too...

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2 of the 3 threads that were posted when I wrote the original comment were asking for a direct link to the clip. I don't think that's no one. Maybe these users are blocked for you?

I guess. To clarify, if I also had to choose between maintaining existing service levels but free or prioritizing service expansion with an equivalent amount of funding I would also opt for the latter, except in cases where the cost of collecting the fare outpaces the benefits (like traffic data as I mentioned) or revenue recovery from it.

Fluffychat on Android mobile. Feels familiar.

Well well well, would you look at that.

A government in Starmer's words, dedicated to service. A government delivering for Labour, the ruling party's namesake. The trains will be running again, and the government too, will be running again with much of the Conservative incompetence sacked.

The link everyone's looking for:

Vance's statement followed by the supercut of Trump calling Harris a fascist and a number of vile things

Sure I'd like free transit but, eh, if I had to choose between free and proper investment in bus priority, new bus services and new rail projects I'd pick that first, Vancouver's transit as it is is actually good enough worth paying for.

Since most fees are collected with contactless cards, there's not too much savings from eliminating fare gates. You don't really need to inspect fares often and you will still need safety staff across the system. Plus for TransLink and BCTransit you get the benefit of anonymous transit usage data and pathing, used for actual targeted service improvement rather than just advertising.

If it were free but buses and trains showed up 1/3 as often it's not worth it. I say instead just give out free and concession transit cards to the homeless and poverty line individuals, focus on housing too and focus on bringing more and better service all across Metro Van.

Honestly we (Canadian media + the public) should just take the nonsense Trump is saying and question the Conservatives here about it.

"Tell me about your concepts of a plan for healthcare."

"Are immigrants to Canada eating the dogs, eating the cats, and eating the pets of the people that live there?"

"What are your thoughts on Project 2025?"

E-bikes are great for hauling stuff! You don't even have to sweat much harder to get your grocery trip done.

You should see my local Costco, it makes me happy to see so many people coming with cargo bikes.

Welcome to the club!

I really feel this especially related to mobile (cellphone and tablet) communications: (Google Pixel is the only device offering substantial support for alternative OSes, Mobile Payment Processors rely on one of the big names like Google, Apple, Samsung etc., other projects becoming unmaintained and supporting 10 year old phones, etc.)

In the personal (laptop and desktop) computing space we are in a much better place. You are much less beholden to companies' interest in harvesting data on every aspect of your life.

Sure, we can lament that most people don't care. But look where we are now: I have daily driven my Linux box for a year to play all the games that are in style with my friends without Microsoft constantly over my shoulder. I'm on Lemmy and other Fediverse platforms, unbeholden to specific corporate policies. I use Beeper which means I don't have to have Meta apps harvesting interaction behaviour directly on my primary cellphone. I can't win every battle for my privacy and freedom, but each conscious choice I have that I make is a statement of resistance, and one step of many towards my ideal of the computer world I wish to be in.