You’re not allowed to say that without prefacing it with “scientists suspect” or something similar /s

Thanks for spreading the word about this. I wasn’t aware. What an unfortunate development. I’ve never encountered mandatory FR in Canada, thank goodness

Thank you! I updated it. Maybe I screwed up the YT URL the first time, because I didn’t get a thumbnail automatically. So then I uploaded a thumbnail image, and I think that overwrites the URL

:D I know, right? I saw it on Mastodon (link in post) and had to pass the chuckles on. I don’t usually share stuff like this

For me, the being a mother of three and that being mentioned just has descriptive value. It doesn’t affect my judgement of her. It just helps me place who did this in the context of society and this anecdote, for whatever that matters - haters/bigots come in all shapes and sizes of course

The NYT has lost all credibility to report anything on this conflict that is not Israeli government propaganda

Black tea: Yorkshire Gold (by Taylor’s of Harrowgate). Other: Celestial Seasonings Sleepy Time tea

To paint one side as legitimate and the other as not

Too soon

I was on the subway and saw a mum and her child who looked about 2 in a stroller and with a pacifier in. The child was being entertained by a tablet that she and her mum were controlling. I thought of how many screens that child will interact with throughout her life and how many of those would replace face-to-face conversations with another human that previous generations had

I believe in a two-state solution will full recognition of Palestine

Lies, more lies, and genocide

Jim sounds nice. I’d pet him for free, even without the $800

Bees that big would be nuts

Definitely not genocide /s

Defunding biodiversity science at a time like this…

FWIW: I’m always on VPN and I’ve never had an issue with lemmy.ca

Right on! I’d guess you’re in Europe. I just meant to describe how the elimination of the deposit in Canada and the US happened. It was corporate motivated, not municipally motivated. Sorry, I should have been more specific

I’m pretty sure coke and pepsi successfully lobbied to have the bottle/can deposit on pop/soda eliminated

I think for me this thing is a symbol of where we are and where we’re heading in terms of not being able to look away from ads